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Lime Asian Cuisine
Category: Restaurants Thai Thai [Edit]
170 Eglinton Ave EToronto, ON M4P 1A6
Neighbourhoods: Mount Pleasant and Davisville, Yonge and Eglinton
(416) 322-5463
- Hours:
Mon-Fri 11:30 am - 3:30 pm
Mon-Fri, Sun 5 pm - 10 pm
Sat 12 pm - 3:30 pm
Sat 5 pm - 11 pm
- Attire:
- Casual
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Price Range:
-
$$
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- Yes
- Delivery:
- No
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Wi-Fi:
- No
- Good For:
- Dinner
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
- Noise Level:
- Average
- Has TV:
- No
9 reviews for Lime Asian Cuisine
9 reviews in English
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Review from Shaye S.
Toronto, ON
9/15/2010
Tasty Coconut Chicken Soup, great portion sizes, beautiful ambience and style.. This place is clean and chic. If you go there before the sun sets, you can watch how the room slowly transforms. I watched it go from white to a pale green... not sure if it was intended but it's the little touches of the space that makes it a great atmosphere for lunch or dinner, metal chopsticks and white plates help showcase your meal, definately helps moisten the taste buds to the art of food you are too devour.
One thing I didn't like when I went to the bathroom they forgot to put the seats down, it would be nice not to have to touch a toilet seat, then again it shows that they do clean the toilets so I guess that's nice to know. all in all, until I try more of the menu they get a 5/5.. will update next time I attend. Enjoy! -
Review from Madelaine D.
Toronto, ON
9/20/2011
The food was just so bland!
I've been intrigued by this place for ages. The minimalism decor is lovely and gives the restaurant a crisp clean feel. It seems like the kind of place where the food is foremost. Unfortunately the food had almost no taste. We ordered the Thai Chili with Cashew and the Thai Spicy Lemongrass (recommended to us over another dish because the other dish lacked any flavour apparently...it must have tasted like water).
The one great thing about this restaurant was the Thai Sweet and Sour Soup. It was quite sweet and quite sour and the tofu in it squirted at you bit into it in the most delectable way! (I feel pretentious just using that word). Anyway, the soup was great!
Unfortunately the rest of the food was a miss for us. Too bad since this restaurant is just around the corner for me.Listed in: Yonge and Eglinton, Restaurants around Yonge and…
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Review from Sol O.
Toronto, ON
7/4/2011
Place never seems busy, but the food is good. Solid good. I've been here half a dozen times, and the beef is always tender and delicious.
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Review from Mark P.
Toronto, ON
6/2/2010
My wife and I ate here the other day (weekday) for lunch. Although the place looked promising the food and service failed the first impression. Here's why:
Food:
We ordered the chicken curry with rice and the pad thai with chicken and tofu along with a hot and sour soup. The soup was thick and starchy, almost like chinese style sauce. It tasted almost exclusively of ground pepper. No good. The chicken seemed chewy and must have been made in the early morning or even the day before. Previously frozen, no doubt about it. The worst was the pad thai - there was simply nothing authentic on the plate and the dreaded KETCHUP SAUCE killed the already bland dish. There were 1 inch stems of raw green onions and a small amount of peanut granules off to the side next to a jungle of lettuce (!) leafs. What a mess.
Service:
My dish came 5 minutes before my wife's (Restaurant was only 1/3 occupied). No apology for being late. Fail. The next table from ours faired no different.
Ambience:
Nice actually, unlike everything else during our lunch visit.
Price:
Affordable...sort of.
Final thoughts:
Don't waste your time here unless you insist. There are far better picks in the neighborhood. And compared to other Thai places, this one
is average...at best. Reviewed 2010/06/01 -
Review from Janet L.
10/25/2008
Food was FABULOUS
SERVICE WAS SH*T. understaffed, and reallly really slow with only one waitress working and the place was almost full. - maybe they underestimated a wed nite?! either way, i don't believe just bringing your food to the table counts as "service"
so back to the food! because nothing else can be said about the service -
AMAZING PANANG CURRY with ginger sticky rice -- yum
(the chicken was tender, that sauce was rich...)
Green Curry -- good --
Chicken Satay App -- good --
Mango Salad -- ok, a bit on the sour side, and portion's too big
Fried Banana w/ Vanilla ice cream -- goood.
great portion sizes with the entrees, awesome if you each order something if you go with someone and share.
we ordered some pretty standard stuff, since we went in search for yummy curry in the city.
and also because the menu is a bit confusing when you first glance at it, as in -- you're not sure which culture they're referencing with each dish, there are things like vietnamese style pho, and then there's malaysian style, thai style... etc. to cover the pan asian flavours -- but i guess they're trying to hit a broader market in toronto since it's pretty hard to find a JUST THAI food place in T.O. they are rare.
so with that being said,
one of the better places around to get come good thai style curry if you're not in a hurry or don't care about crappy service. :) -
Review from Luisa S.
Vancouver, BC
10/9/2008
If in search of a more authentic experience, Lime Asian Cuisine is a good place to start. They focus on re-creating traditional recipes but giving them a creative twist by introducing local ingredients to execute the exotic flavours.
Portion size is generous--my friend was wowed by the size of the calamari (her: "These are, like, big pieces of squid. You know how you can normally just put it in your mouth? I'm going to have to cut all this before it fits...." Haha). The degree of spiciness can be tailored to suit more conservative palettes. Even as a non-meat eater, the mango chicken in phoenix nest looked delicious.
The décor is clean and spare. Soft backlighting infuses the place with warmth while the rich flavours linger in the air. -
Review from Min min T.
Scarborough, ON
8/10/2009 1 photo
Lime Asian Cuisine is my new favourite place for Thai. This little restaurant is a 10-minute walk east of Eglinton Station and is close the Dunfield Club, owned by Extreme Fitness.
The owners put a lot of thought into the interior, made to look very chic without being intimidating. Cream-coloured vinyl seats, floor-to-ceiling glass front, wood decor - it feels almost like a lounge. A plethora of wines line the walls behind the cashier's desk at the rear, so it wouldn't be a bad place for a date either!
The service was cordial but a little impersonal. Janet's review of the service is rather harsh as it's no surprise when it comes to Chinese-run businesses, but I honestly believe that most of the staff here are just shy. During my visit, a waiter accidentally spilled water on a nearby customer, but I was impressed with how well he handled the situation. He offered some sort of compensation but the customer said that it was alright. Nobody was upset and it was apparent that the couple would visit again in the future.
There are lots of vegetarian options here and the last page of the menu is devoted to the herbivore. Some of the selections include basil eggplant and fried tofu and cashews. The vegetarian appetizer - at $12.95 - is ginormous enough as an entree for an individual or a snack for three people. The springs rolls are fresh and generously packed with vegetables, while the fried tofu and peanut sauce will have you asking for more.
My personal favourite was the tom yum soup (a small bowl costs $3.95) and hit the spot on a cold rainy night. The Penang curry, complimented with ginger sticky rice, made my feet curl and was recommended as a chef's special. The spices left my lips buzzing for a bit!
A great little spot that seems to be a secret to the locals. During the hour and a half I was here on a Sunday night, there were probably half a dozen people who came in for take-out! Definitely coming back for more! -
Review from N T.
Toronto, ON
6/22/2011
I mainly like this place because of its ambience and service. One of the girls is chatty and helpful and started recognizing us after our first visit. The food is hit and miss - sometimes good, sometimes average. I have never got bad food here, but sometimes get average food. One time the beans in the chicken dish were tasting very raw, but that is my worst experience with the food.
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Review from Ktimene G.
1/16/2009
The tom khai soup was lukewarm and the bamboo and chicken plastic-y. The server forgot about our table of two, and our casual lunch ended up lasting about 2 hours. The curry was sickly sweet-- really odd. There is way too much selection in Toronto and even on Eglinton to ever come back here.
