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Leslie Cafe
- Price Range:
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$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- No
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- No
- Delivery:
- No
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Wi-Fi:
- No
- Good For:
- Breakfast
- Noise Level:
- Average
- Has TV:
- No
- Caters:
- No
11 reviews for Leslie Cafe
11 reviews in English
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Review from Laura C.
Toronto, ON
2/26/2012 1 Check-in Here
Honestly you can't go wrong with a meal for two for $12 including taxes and tea.
It's HK Cafe Style aka western food. There's a certain taste to this and usually quality is pretty standard.
Before 5:30pm on a weekend, we got $4.75 for a medium side beef brisket and tendon soup noodles (yum), and a curry ox tongue rice for $5.75. We were starved and gobbled it up immediately.
It comes with a HK style tea.
It was a great pick for some comfort food. -
Review from J K.
1/2/2012
Lemongrass pork chop: have NEVER had better and believe you me, I eat this often.
Beef chow fun: maybe have never had better. The "wok hay" (wok air) is so delectable that I wanna lick up the plate. It is never greasy.
Portuguese pork chop dish is also really good but I personally like a fried rice instead of the white rice served.
This food is freakin' amazing so I really absolutely have no idea what's up with the low ratings. It's almost always packed with authentic Chinese patrons & all different age groups come here. My bf's parents come here once a week or two.
Breakfast will cost u 5 bucks to split their huge portions for 2 ppl. We come here as 4 ppl and split 3 dishes and each dish also comes with a drink (HK style milk tea, coffee or lemon honey tea) and a soup (Chinese style broth or veggie tomato broth). You will be full!!!!
Service is fast, plates are big, prices are good and most importantly, the food is GREAT. -
Review from Jennifer K.
Markham, ON
Afternoon Tea Specials at Leslie Cafe is A-OK.
I am not complaining too much as I got
Rice Noodle Soup with Beef Brisket and a Hong Kong Style milk tea for $3.99
The noodle was served boiling hot... so so hot that I burnt the side of my mouth...
The Milk Tea did get a little cool by the time I finished slurping my noodles.... next time I should have request to be serve after my meals!!
Cash ONLY! -
Review from Rana L.
11/2/2011 1 Check-in Here
You certainly get what you pay for here. The deals are a little alluring w/ the set lunch/dinner combos (comes w/ your choice of chinese soup/veg soup & drink) for approx $6.99 +. But don't let that fool u... def. not the best tasting nor great ingredients. Hubby's baked pork chop w/ tomato sauce was full of fat... nearly half was fat. I should've taken a pic of the fat he cut out :) Other than that it was ok but def. had better at other places.
The service was so slow. I have been here 2 times and its always slow. They've also mastered the art of ignoring customers.
They do not accept credit cards -
Review from Belinda I.
North York, ON
8/7/2011 1 Check-in Here
Clean, but service was really slow and the food has much to improve. So, I tried to order the grass jelly drink and they ran out of grass jelly. Then I tried to order the red bean ice cream, and they ran out of ice cream. Then I tried to order the jackfruit slush, and they ran out of jackfruit!
Ironically, this Hong Kongnese style cafe is right across from a grocery store. The baked pork chop rice was a little undercooked. :( -
Review from Peter C.
North York, ON
9/23/2011 3 Check-ins Here
Go here when you want a cheaper chinese meal. For the price here, it's actually cheaper than fast food. They have sandwiches and noodles from $3 to $6 which is as cheap as it can get. I usually get the lunch or dinner set meals which includes soup and tea or coffee.
Sometimes its just a good place to go to for take out or a quick meal for a good value. Of course, it's not the best food bit for this value, it's really good. -
Review from Lily C.
North York, ON
5/4/2011 1 Check-in Here
Great value. Come here when you don't feel like cooking and want variety. They have cheap sets including soup, entree and coffee, OR go for the meal sets of 2,3,4 or 6 dishes (14.99, 19.99, 25.99, and 36.99 respectively). Portions are generous and there are 32 dishes to choose from ranging from Italian red wine beef to sweet and sour chicken. I had the coconut scented Portuguese chicken which was creamy and flavourful, along with bass and veggies simmered in rice wine as well as bitter melon and egg. The set comes with soup, but you have to order your own rice.
All dishes were pretty good and I had plenty of leftovers to enjoy for a future meal.
Also you can ask them to hold the MSG.
The only caveat is the combo sets described above must be chosen from a Chinese only menu taped on the window. With my poor Chinese reading skills, it was a bit overwhelming.
I'm generally not a fan of HK Cha Chan Ting, but this is okay lah. -
Review from Michael V.
Toronto, ON
5/8/2011 5 Check-ins Here
The small and compact Leslie and Finch Plaza is a treasure trove of great places to eat and buy your groceries. Today, we went for the second time to the Leslie Cafe. I believe that it's one of the best uber cheap places I've ever eaten.
Average price for a meal is $6.50 and that is a lot of food. Good variety and very tasty; it's a great place to replace cooking at home. The food is served quickly and it comes with milk tea or coffee. The main entrees come with choice of soup.
For a quick and easy place to eat... this is the one. Or you can check out the other restaurants in the same plaza. -
Review from WaYnE c.
Maple, ON
8/21/2010 5 photos
The Chinese name for this place actually incorporates the term "Ice Chamber" which was a variation of the HK-style Restaurant. More info: http://en.wikipedia.or...
It was available in Hong Kong as a place to have a meal from a smaller menu within an Air Conditioned environment when most homes couldn't afford AC back in the day.
This Ice Chamber however had a decent variety of items/combos to choose from. Ox Tongue Spaghetti Dinner Meal($6.99) is quite a deal and there is a reason for that.
It came with a choice of Chinese or Western Soup which was Borscht for me. It was decent and it even had a surprise for me as a piece of Duck Skin from BBQ Duck was inside. Maybe it's a secret flavour? Good thing I eat shit all the time.
The Ox Tongue Spaghetti had good portion of Pasta and Tender Beef Tongue in a Black Pepper Sauce with Onion/Mushrooms/Bell Pepper julienne topped with some dried Oregano flakes.
You get what you pay for and as it came with a choice of hot drink, I guess it's closer to A-OK for the value conscious quantity over quality crowd. I tried the Milk Tea which is A-OK as you add your own Sugar to it.
The decor is alright and the BOOTH seating a plenty. The seats were cushioned however the back support was lacking as all you're leaning on is really a hard ass divider that was 90 degree angle.Listed in: Southern Chinese Food, T
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Review from Joanne W.
8/24/2010
So my friend and I were trying to find a place near our area for breakfast/brunch. She suggested this restaurant considering that it was in between where we both lived. I've passed by it ten million times and the décor looked really good, so it didn't hurt to try it out.
So we went.
The choices for a HK styled café were similar to any other café. Choices were limited, and for any other Canadian Born Chinese person, it just wasn't very appetizing.
I got myself a pickled vegetable and meat with vermicelli dish + egg, spam, and toast. Nothing special there. Small portions for the noodles, but it was enough for me.
You would get a tea with your meal as well, but they brought it to me in the beginning of my meal! Usually they would ask you if you want your drink or after the meal. I prefer after. By the time I was done my meal and wanted to drink my (was) hot milk tea - it was cold.
Cheap place for food, but I know I could spend my money on something else.Listed in: OMNOMNOMs in North York!
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Review from Kathleen W.
9/22/2010
I always drink too much when I fly ... so being hungover after a red eye is no beuno.
So obviously when it came time to order breakfast, I wanted congee. Prices here are really cheap - but not certain it was worth the 35 min drive out here during rush hour traffic.
Still - for around $5.00 you get congee, noodles (or toast) and milk coffee - not a bad deal. Lots of other Asian breakfast specials to choose from. I ended up pouring half a bottle of salt into my congee to try to give it some flavor.
