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Hue's Kitchen
Category: Restaurants Asian Fusion Asian Fusion [Edit]
774 Yonge StToronto, ON M4Y 2B6
Neighbourhood: Downtown Core
(416) 967-0404
- Price Range:
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$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- Yes
- Wi-Fi:
- No
- Good For:
- Lunch
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
- Noise Level:
- Average
- Ambience:
- Casual
- Has TV:
- No
- Caters:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- No
25 reviews for Hue's Kitchen
25 reviews in English
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Review from Tuan L.
this place is right on par. i wasn't lured in by the sign outside that said best pho in town as i know this is just a marketing plow to lure in people who are not familiar to pho. those being of the non-asian race. my friend and i were hungry and it happened to be the option we were dealt because of it's proximity.
hue not only serves pho but other Vietnamese fusion dishes as well. i settled for the oxtail soup and rare beef. the broth was yummy. it was not overly salty but had a calm flavorful tone to it. i could tell they put some effort into the broth and didn't just drench it with msg. the oxtail was good, it could have been cooked a little a bit longer so the meat would just fell off the bone. i had a little difficulty getting every nook of that tail. the rare beef was sliced a bit thick for my taste but the there was something rustic about it. it was pretty apparent they didn't use a meat slicer so i kind of appreciate that. the sides such as mint, water sprouts, etc. were oddly put into the bowl. normally it accompanies the pho and is added based on preference. -
Review from Emad G.
Toronto, ON
3/20/2012
The sign up front is a lie. Definitely NOT the best pho in town. That said, it IS the best pho in the neighborhood and their quality of beef is far better and more consistent than what I've had at Ginger.
Service is usually very fast and as a result, it's become a mainstay for quick, out-of-office group lunches during the week.
Patio is very secluded and absolutely beautiful during the spring/summer. I wish there was some view of foot traffic on the street, but I can't complain given the location. -
Review from Lynn C.
1/9/2012
I don't know how they were brave enough to put "best noodle soup in Toronto" on their front sign, since is really ridiculously not true.
Went there for lunch, wanting to try the reincarnation of Saigon Sister since I've had Ginger before, but was a bit disappointed. The decor is so modern, and so is there menu content, but something about this place just doesn't work.
Their menu reflects an attempt to encompass and infuse South East Asian food, and serve sorta fusion things like lemongrass chicken rotis and traditional things like pho and pad thai, which is a cool concept (sorta like spring rolls) but you seem to get very mixed and conflicted msgs about what they are trying to deliver.
- The name of the restaurant and its sign tells me it's a vietnamese restaurant that predominantly serves pho
- It's decorated in a very modernistic and clean style, causing you to second guess that it's your typical viet restaurant
- Despite the modern decor, the service is completely Asian--brisk and to the point--and gave us our bill as soon as we finished eating without us asking for it
- There's with an Asian guy taking order, an old guy behind vietnamese sweet bar but it's oddly filled with liquor
- Their menu is nicely fusion and their food smells great, though my pho is mediocre.
I think I prefer Ginger -
Review from Chris D.
4/4/2012 3 photos
I was drawn in by the promise of awesome noodle soup, but ended up not ordering it because it was a warm summer day. The menu was a confusing combination of Asian fusion, a sure fire sign nothing was going to be particularly great and a factor in dissuading me away from the pho. I ended up with a combo of fried noodles, various meats and veggies and while it was decent on the variety, it was a bit muddled and monochromatic. The spring roll was pretty greasy, but hit the spot. I topped my lunch off with a Tiger beer (not bad) and a green tea bubble tea (delicious). Most of the patrons were solo eaters, like me, but I'm not sure what that says about the place. Ultimately, it was a middle of the road option for lunch during my day in Toronto alone.
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Review from Mauricio A.
Toronto, ON
11/22/2011 1 Check-in Here
This so-called 'kitchen' is surviving on borrowed furniture. The previous restaurant, Saigon Sister was an actual restaurant with an actual full menu. They were the ones who set up the large glass windows, the modern wooden decor and the above average patio in the back. Once they flopped, this restaurant (which I think are the same owners) took over -again, inherited the decor and remodeled it as an upper end [sic.] option to Ginger, across the street.
Nice, yet simple decor aside this place is really not very good. Sure the waiter is very friendly (and part of Movember, no less) however the food feels sub-par. Specially when a place like Ginger, selling Pho at $5.95 beats Hue's $7.95 pho in quality/taste hands down. Their cheap $1.50 crispy rolls where okay and my Spicy Soup, is literally the same pho broth with some spicy pepper oil thrown in... with some slabs of different beef and different noddles. However, the thicker noodles were tasteless and the hot paste seemed like it was added as an afterthought. There was no infusion happening here.
Food for thought, if both places are cheap, why is it that Ginger is generally packed, while Hue's, with its superior decor remains next to empty almost everytime I have walked by, day or night?
All in all, I have been here three times, the first time, my brain tried to tell me something, a mild, quiet thought ringed in the back of my mind but I ignored it as the soup was not all that bad and I was giving the place the benefit of the doubt. The second time the company was good and I was distracted, however this last time, that thought was quite loud and perfectly clear... "Next time, when in the hood, go to Ginger instead." -
Review from Charlie S.
Toronto, ON
4/15/2012
I like this place. The service is friendly and super fast! They always bring me my pho in 5 minutes or less. It's probably not the best pho broth, but I really like thequality of their beef - it's the best I've had so far.
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Review from Reynold P.
Toronto, ON
10/11/2011
If you like Ginger, you'll like Hue's. Most similar to the Ginger near Church and Wellesley, Hue's serves up some quick Asian fusion that is tasty and affordable.
Hue's is a more proper Ginger. Proper as in a proper sit down restaurant, not better. There are menus and servers unlike Ginger. The food choices are similar but are overall different. The quality is the same as Ginger but the presentation of the food is restaurant style.
I recommend the pork or beef subs. They are cheap and delicious. Just like a Vietnamese Bun, it's flavour every mouthful. I also recommend the spicy ox tail pho. It's not too spicy and it satisfies the pho craving.
Overall, Hue's is a good hybrid restaurant. You get a waiter but you pay at cash after wards. It's my go to place when I'm at Yonge and Bloor and want to save some cash on "fast" food. -
Review from Fern H.
6/29/2011
After having lunch at Hue's, my first thought was "Shoulda gone to Ginger".
We ordered the vermicelli with shrimps ($7.99) and the curry chicken on rice. The vermicelli noodles were limp and loaded down with fish sauce. The currey chicken was decent but not at all spicey.
Service was quick. We were given a menu to check off our orders. Food came quickly but lukewarm.
Not one of my favourite places for food in the area.Listed in: Downtown Lunching
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Review from Vivek S.
Drawn in by the claim "Best Noodle Soup in Toronto" I stopped here for lunch. A few minutes after noon, it was positively chocablock with nine-to-fivers slurping away noisily. Fortunately, someone waved us upstairs, and me and my sister snagged un table pour deux.
The place is clean and fairly modern and features TWO (count 'em) two chandeliers. The service was a little brisk, but I'm sure that's a result of the lunch time crowd. Our waitress was super friendly. You order by filling out a bubbled slip (like a Scantron sheet) with a red pencil. Food comes impossibly fast to your table.
The menu features crispy rolls, soup, rice/noodle platters and inexplicably, butter chicken. That's beyond pan-Asian. I wasn't messing around with naan, so I ordered the Spicy noodle soup with beef and pork. My sister got a chicken pho.
Our crispy roll appetizers ($1.50 for a 4" roll cut in two) was OK. As for the soup: best in the city? Not really, but still pretty good. Lots of noodles and chunks of beef. I would have liked the soup to be a) spicier and b) pork-ier, but hey, for $5.75 it was a decent value. And that was for the small portion which I barely (actually didn't) finish. I can't imagine what a large soup is like. (But that's because I am not imaginative.)
Solid value and service, and savoury offerings for lunch. I'd return.
Obligatory Title Pun: HUE is saturated with value. (That's one for the designers.)
Menu Readability: Oval menu with pictures.
Need to mention: You can get smoothys (sic) here also. My avocado smoothie was 3/5 at best.
What this place teaches me about myself: I love standardized testing! Don't you?Listed in: Eats on the TO Subway Line
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Review from Grace Y.
10/31/2010
While a bit on the expensive side, the food is decent, the service is fast, and there's a lot of seating.
To order, you circle what you want on a paper menu and your food arrives in a few minutes. It's a good place for a quick sit down lunch. I would recommend the rice plates. The pho is so-so, good enough if you need a fix. There's also a variety of Asian drinks like bubble tea, mango slush etc.
There's a patio in the back and inside the restaurant there's a lot of light and a lot of tables. -
Review from Anabel L.
Toronto, ON
12/1/2011
who? hue.
Everything is better with Bana. Our impromptu lunch date landed us at Hue's Kitchen. I had heard it was good.
It is for it is. Fast, cheap, good food.
Honourable mention to the rolls - salad and fried. Both tasty and cheap. I also need to point out the terrasse, sorry, patio...it is lovely and totally unexpected.
At $1.50 I should have ate 10.
My lunch was the pho, bad choice; butter chicken roti, better choice. And it's $5.99, what!
Apart from the communication mishap Bana and I experienced it was an easy lunch: in-eat-out.
Hue's secured a spot on my lunch draw. And that my friends, is a good thing. -
Review from Lauren M.
Why do the words "asian fusion" send shivers down my spine?
Anyway, this place is surprisingly decent for a quick lunch during working hours. Don't go out of your way to visit here, but if you work nearby it's an OK option. Food comes out quick and you can eat for under a tenner.
Decor is modern and the back patio is a nice leafy green space. Won't find many patios like that on Yonge St.
You get your regular "Viet-Thai" meal options - bad pho, "thai" curries, spring rolls, etc. You get to pick your fav rice/noodle option and can add extra veggies on the side for $1.25.
Place is PACKED at lunch but the service is quick.Listed in: Picky Eaters
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Review from Jennifer M.
Toronto, ON
9/10/2010
Hue's is like the newer, slightly prettier sister of Ginger, although just not as good.
Hue's is basically across the road from Ginger on Yonge and shares a very similar menu. (Same owners). The food is decent, and reasonably priced. I have eaten here a number of times, but primarily for the back patio. The patio is an oasis and a welcome addition to the Y&B corridor.
Just like Ginger, the food is not really Vietnamese, although here it is even less. A fusion of Vietnamese, Thai, Western and Indian appears on the menu, which is broad, granted, and slightly disorganized.
Best are the terrifically inexpensive fresh rolls with a myriad of choices. Worst are any of the Overly-saucy-sweet Tofu + choose side dishes. The Bánh mì (Sandwiches) are particularly poor value.. even for the low price.
For Lunch you can get in and out pretty quick, if you are not basking in the sun on the patio. It is not as quick as Ginger, not nearly as organized, and the bus people here are much crankier despite the more elegant surroundings.
After work forget it altogether. I came here for "spring rolls and a beer" with a girlfriend that had some time to kill between appointments and the service was unbelievably awful. We would order a bottle of beer each, she'd bring ONE. The other would take 20 min. We'd ask for more, she'd forget.. Two beers and spring rolls took 1.5 hours, even though we ordered at the cash on the way in.
Good Patio, Good "Fusion" Food if you have a very western palate. One star is for the Patio. -
Review from Angela L.
6/8/2009
This self described "Viet-Thai & Fusion" counter service eatery is a more recent addition to the many Asian fusion options on Yonge near Bloor. While perusing the menu outside of Hue's, my friend and I were greeted by the rush of savoury smells that came through the door as a beaming lady with an armful of take out stepped out and gushed about how excited she was to try it for the first time. With that, we were sold!
Once inside, the dark wood decor was more upscale than you'd expect. The closed off second floor and focal point chandelier seem to be reminants from a previous venture and probably wouldn't feel so out of place if you were coming for drinks instead of lunch or even dinner. The biggest surprise is the large back patio which is surrounded by vibrant leafy greens and a great way to enjoy the warmer weather.
The appetizing tofu and avocado salad rolls ($1.95 ea), filled with firm, almost bocconcini-creamy tofu were larger and tastier than the competition's. The incredibly fragrant coco shrimp ($7.25) was served with some of the most flavourful pad thai that comes as a side. Jasmine tea ($1.50), served in a cute little teapot, was a nice warmer-upper as the sun set, although there is a no-can-do policy for additional hot water.
I can't wait to come back to try their special caramel fish mango ($7.95)! -
Review from Kelly K.
Toronto, ON
6/29/2010 1 Check-in Here
Went for lunch with a friend during the week, place was nearly empty and we couldnt figure out why. it turns out there is a lovely back yard patio and THAT's where all the diners were. Next time!
On to the food: I ordered the green curry chicken with extra vegetables (bc really, there are never enough veggies!) and brown rice, a mango smoothy. My friend ordered the lemongrass chicken with brown rice, a strawberry smoothy and an order of yam tempura rice paper rolls which we split.
The food came super fast and was piping hot. I cant comment on the lemongrass, but my curry was excellent, with only one comment: LESS RICE PLEASE! I have trouble with portion control, and honestly, no one needs to eat 2 cups of rice in one sitting. While it was super yummy, Im regretting my inability to put down the fork. (Yes, I know this is my issue and not theirs, but for once it would be nice for restaurants to serve normal sized servings of food instead of Ginormo-humungo-norteamericano sized ones.)
Will I go back? Yup. You betcha. I'll just have to remember to bring a takeaway dish to take home some of that rice in.Listed in: Torontoness
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Review from Junaid U.
Toronto, ON
6/9/2009
This place is a lot like the restaurant Ginger, except with an ambience. Hue's Kitchen has a long list of thai and viet cuisine. While the prices here are comparable to fast food, the decour and ambience say soooo much more!
Located half a block south of Yonge and Bloor, the back patio is one of my favorate hideouts in the area. The chicken and shrimp pad thai is very simple but still great. What i love is the quality of chicken that this place uses and the amount of meat that comes in a $7 meal. The fresh juices and appetizer rolls here pretty damn good too! If you like iced tea, i recommend trying their house blend...unique and soo damn good! For $10, your can pretty much get yourself a fresh juice and close to anything off the menu!
For good value, great food and a quick escape from Yonge street, this place always keeps me coming back when im in the area! -
Review from Jim N.
7/2/2011 1 photo
I haven't had a decent Vietnamese place to eat in Toronto for a while I decided to eat at the one on Yonge Street. Had a bowl beef noodle soup which was decent enough to eat which was at a reasonable price.
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Review from Keeley-Ann H.
Mississauga, ON
5/22/2011
a few of us from our work went here for lunch one day. All i gotta say is MEH. I mean as far as asian cuisine goes its rampant in Toronto and this is not that good. There is one really good thing though, the beer is SUPER cheap. On multiple occasions i have contemplated going here for pre drinks before a night out on the town, but no one else seems to ever want to do that lol. The food is sub par, i found my food to be to slimy and just did not look appealing. Not to mention the flavours of the food is super blan. Our server also did not write our order down and proceeded to screw up 2 of the 4 lol If you want to get drunk on a budget go here in the summer on there patio cause its a really decent size and pretty nice. But if you want a good meal, pass.
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Review from Jenny T.
2/2/2010 2 photos
I didn't like Ginger and I didn't like Hue's either. This was the worst butter chicken and worst butter chicken roti I've ever had. The chicken wasn't even cooked in the sauce, you can tell it was obviously cooked separately and it was dry. The portion was also too small, which is really unusual for me since I get full really quickly.
My friend's dish was a noodle dish, and it was just spammed with noodles, I'm not even sure what kind of meat he had.
I had higher expectations for the mango smoothie since it was a staple item in Vietnamese restaurants. I was disappointed, the mango used was the tart west-indian mango instead of the sweet, orange mango that's usually used for smoothies. I finished it, it was too bad but I prefer the sweeter mango taste. Again, the smoothie size was too small.
For the price, it wasn't worth it. -
Review from Mike C.
Toronto, ON
Their food is ok, not great, not bad. I always feel rushed while eating there. The waitress/waiter will drop by like every 5 minutes asking you whether or not you're done, even when the place is pretty much empty! The second you put down the utensils they'll clean up the table so fast and give you the bill before you could even swallow the food. This has happened multiple times. I'm not sure if it's a norm or just bad luck for me, but I sure have had enough. Even at Ginger they don't rush you like that.
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Review from O S.
Thornhill, ON
5/27/2011
Fast food Vietnamese is as good as it gets for a place that is probably an OK lunch spot, but not much else. Very busy and servers seemed to be confused much of the time over who got what. If you can grab lunch anywhere else south of Bloor/Younge that looks decent, do it and skip this place. Go here if you're told there are no tables elsewhere.
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Review from Annie L.
Toronto, ON
9/27/2011
The food is nothing special. But with very nice patio/indoor seating choices, good service and cheap bubble teas, hot chocolate, full bar, good mango salad, what's not to like?
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Review from Secyw W.
Richmond Hill, ON
6/8/2011
The place is very crowded but they have an open patio that is very nice for summer weather. When you order, each person gets individual order form that states a number. Hence, your bills is usually separate. Service is rather slow as it took us forever for our order to be taken, come and bill to come. I ordered a rare beef noodle small size and I thought it was okay. The location is at Yonge/Bloor, I guess the price is reasonable for that location but I had better Pho either at Ossington/Queen area, or uptown at Pho88 near Warden/Steeles. The soup was rather mild and did not have as strong taste. I doubt I'll go there again.
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Review from Z Y.
Toronto, ON
7/31/2011
Dropped in for lunch after finding out that the KFC near Yonge/Bloor doesn't serve chicken (true story...). Place is pretty standard - cheap, greasy, kinda tasty, and filling. My roommate got their house noodles bowl (their claim is "best noodle soup") and said it was pretty good. Not much else to say ;).
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Review from Downtown D.
Toronto, ON
7/31/2009
Cheap, you order and pay at the counter. Food was okay. I looked at the take out menu which said "we can cook without MSG at your request" which surprised me.
