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Ginger
Category: Restaurants Vietnamese Vietnamese [Edit]
521 Bloor St WToronto, ON M5S 1Y4
Neighbourhood: The Annex
(416) 536-3131
- Price Range:
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$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- No
- Delivery:
- Yes
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- No
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Good For:
- Lunch, Dinner
- Alcohol:
- Beer & Wine Only
- Noise Level:
- Average
- Has TV:
- Yes
12 reviews for Ginger
12 reviews in English
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Review from Natalie T.
East York, ON
4/12/2012
I made a video on this restaurant. Feel free to Like It on My City Lives (Pink Button--I won't force you but it would be nice). Thanks! And it's a great tip. Plus, see me in all of my dorkiness.
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VIBE
The Bloor St. location is quite bright and clean. I love it! Very modern. They also have seating for solo diners near the window.
WE ATE
Chicken Banhi Mi (or baguette) for $3.50. Honestly, this is one of my cheap eats secrets. Such great value. You could have this for lunch or dinner and feel satisfied. Chicken spring rolls are $2 and salad rolls are the same. It's all really delish! Great for a quick snack if you're not craving noodles or a big sandwich.
OBLIGATORY CATCHY REMARK
You don't have to have ginger with your meal but honestly, for the value RUN don't walk kids! Plus, I like that the locations they have are pretty convenient to major intersections downtown.Listed in: Yummy Yummy Sandwiches
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Review from Good T.
Toronto, ON
5/11/2012
Ginger you're giving gingers the world over a bad name!
There's some appearance of cleanliness at this place, everything else goes downhill from there. The food was pretty meh, my pork chop was pretty bland and the plate they had served it on was so chipped that it was embarrassing.
I didn't go in expecting butler service but Ginger, you can definitely do better than chipped plates, rude staff and very mediocre food. -
Review from Susan C.
Toronto, ON
3/24/2012
I came to Ginger with a friend. We were walking along Bloor St. looking for a restaurant that has a good range of vegetarian dishes (my friend is a vegetarian). Ginger seemed to offer it.
When you enter this restaurant, you would have to order at the cash, but after ordering, you take a seat and the waitress will bring you your food. The waitress seemed annoyed when we were standing and deciding what to get, so when we finally went to order, she was rude and kept rolling her eyes on us. The restaurant cleanness (e.g., tables, utensils, etc.) was okay, not the best, but tolerable. The food tasted a little off for the pad thai.
Overall, the experience here wasn't terrible, but it wasn't good to bring me back for another time. The attitude from the waitress takes away a star from my review. -
Review from Carly H.
Toronto, ON
4/5/2012
This is my go-to place in the winter when I want some soup to warm up. The veggie/tofu hot and sour soup is great. The service is fast, food is well priced, and there's lemon water which you can help yourself to.
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Review from Dr. K.
Toronto, ON
9/7/2011
I marvel at the wizardry of Ginger!
They must have a team of talented warlocks in the back, perpetually casting spells of flavor and taste upon the food!
They must also have scientist back there unravelling the riddles of space and time in order to get you your Fresh Rolls within minutes of ordering them!
I also suspect they are heavily connected in the underground grocery mob. How else could they charge so little, for so much! My wife and I order 2 meals, three fresh rolls, and an avocado shake and it only costs us $22! That's impossible!
I bet the guy who served us could lift a car over his head, easily! -
Review from Alex x.
NORTH YORK, ON
Updated - 6/15/2011
I stopped by this afternoon and tried their pineapple smoothie! It was so delicious! I died and went to a magical tropical paradise for 20 minutes or so!
The kind gentleman just put in pineapples and crushed ice into the blender and, voila, my pineapple smoothie was born in a holy matrimony.
She was a beauty, she was! cool, blonde, sweet and without the 'extra baggage' many of her kinds come with (processed sugar). Not too thin, not too thick ;) Just perfect!1 Previous Review: Show all »
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5/9/2011
I can always rely on Ginger (only the Bloor location) for its:
1. Fast service; it only takes less… Read more »
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Review from Lauren M.
WOW, poor little Ginger has only 1 review? I'm surprised!
Ginger is a great little vietnamese "fast food" style place on the Bloor Annex strip.
As the previous reviewer mentioned, the portions are BIG and they don't skimp on the meat, which is unusual for your typical Annex asian food joint. The food has a nice "fresh" feel - nothing is served greasy or overly fatty.
The menu is big, consisting of mostly Vietnamese and some Thai dishes. 4-5 different varieties of spring rolls, 4-5 "salad" rolls (the fresh rice paper rolls), pho, bun dishes (vermicelli), various pad thai, udon and stir fries and a slew of vegetarian options.
They also do some really awesome thai style salads - papaya salad with beef, and a mango salad with chicken & shrimp. Both are delicious.
Prices here are really cheap - $5.00-$7.50 for most entrees, salad/spring rolls are all $1.50-$2.00
They also serve really cheap beer here, domestic bottles are $2.95
Decor is modern but plain, place is clean. You order from the cashier and you get a number. Food comes out uber quickly (3-5 mins) so it's a great place if you're in a hurry.
Overall, a really great place for cheap eats. I typically pop in here when the Sushi on Bloor line up is long and I'm too hungry to wait (it's only a couple doors over). In the summer they open up the front so you can sit, eat and people watch in a few seats that overlook the street. -
Review from Catherine M.
ON
11/20/2008
There was a period of time in my life when I had Ginger so many days in a row, I had to take a break from it. But if you are looking for inexpensive, hearty and protein-filled meals, Ginger is a great stop for lunch or dinner.
One of my favorite menu items is the Viet-style baguette sandwiches, which are essentially a bahn mi style sandwich. The variety I always ordered was the chicken, which comes topped with chicken breast, crunchy julienned veggies like carrots and daikon, and of course, plenty of cilantro. This sandwich was around 3.95 the last time I went to Ginger and well worth the price. There are also several other variations including a veggie variety. Another good value is a side order of spring rolls, which is only a couple of bucks and quite tasty. The fresh fruit smoothies come with more exotic tropical fruit choices such as dragonfruit and jackfruit, as well as your more commonplace strawberry, pineapple and melon. Try a new combination and see what you like.
The brilliance in Ginger's business model is that everything you order there is ready and waiting for you to order it, and most of the combos are just protein + starch + item c (usually side veggies or broth, in the case of pho). So if you order the chicken breast it can come in a array of combos with different noodles, rice, sauces, etc. Everything comes out very quickly because you aren't waiting for them to make it, they are just heating and plating it. Lots of great options for vegetarians as well as people who just want to switch it up a bit. Try it! -
Review from Vanessa J.
York, ON
6/29/2011
Cheep, quick to be served and delicious food. What more could you ask for?
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Review from Ayesha A.
5/30/2010
Cheap & delicious!
Whenever I want quick food and don't want to guilt myself for eating out I pop into Ginger.
The one in the Annex is nice because it's MUCH cleaner than some of the other, older, locations.
Quick
Cheap
Delicious
I personally love the avocado and crispy tofu salad roll and my all-time favourite menu item is of course the $3.10 tofu sub. Mmmm, mmmm, mmmmmmmmm.....
can't beat it.
Not to mention there's free water (with or without lemons) while you wait.
*Highly* recommend it! -
Review from Tye S.
Toronto, ON
10/15/2010 1 Check-in Here
Eat here all the time. Super tasty, fast, and pretty cheap!
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Review from John M.
Toronto, ON
2/21/2011
Conditional pass, enforcements have been taken.... need i say more.. well last time i ate there my chicken actually tasted bitter.. kind of like rotting... yum
