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Category: Asian Fusion [Edit]
Shops At Don Mills11 Karl Fraser Rd
North York, ON M3C 0E7
(416) 971-7041
- Hours:
Mon-Thu 11 am - 10 pm
Fri 11 am - 11 pm
Sat 11:30 am - 11 pm
Sun 11:30 am - 10 pm
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Price Range:
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$$
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- No
- Takes Reservations:
- Yes
- Delivery:
- No
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- Yes
- Good For:
- Dinner
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
9 reviews for Linda's
All Reviews
Linda's
7/27/2010
The restaurant's décor is very creative with elepant drawings on the walls and golden statues for a temple looking venue. It looks a lot bigger from the outside but stepping into the restaurant, the spaces between tables are limited but none the less, breath-taking.
Linda's is the sister restaurant to Salad King but even though they are under the same management, there are differences between the two such as more distinctive dishes at Linda's instead of the fast food kind you get at Salad King and of course the price! Linda's being the more extravagant and expensive one of course. It also seems that they spend more time on the food here as in the creative aspect of the dishes as well.
Their Thai dishes are decent but like I said, the prices are a bit high for the small portion you get but very tasty. If you do come here, I suggest the Golden Curry and the Beef Panang which was initially proposed by our waitress ( Beef Panang FTW! it was soooo good we ended getting 2 orders of it so I highly recommend this dish). The food is great but I'm not sure if I'm willing to spend $20 for a tiny share of curry and rice.
Linda's
7/26/2010
My husband and I decided to try Linda's today. We were disappointed with the level of service and the food. We ordered the spring rolls as an appetizer. The server forgot that we ordered the spring roll appetizer and after 15 minutes asked us if we still wanted it because she forgot to put in the order. 20 minutes after we ordered the server brought out two spring rolls cut in half that looked like they were just brought out of the deepfryer and previously frozen. Definitely not worth it to order again.
I ordered the special soup (forgot what it was called) and a few of the shrimps weren't de-veined. The server never came back to ask us how our food was, never once. The only time she came back was to clear our dishes and ask us if we wanted to order any dessert.
We won't come back here again. I think i'll just stick with Salad King downtown.
Linda's
7/15/2010
Nice decor inside. We were able to sit on the patio. Setting was a little tight out there as they had heat lamps taking up some space. I found it very expensive and our food too way too long (entrees came out about 45 minutes after we ordered.) We were not advised of any delays nor any acknowledgment of such a long wait.
Shared 2 orders of spring rolls among 4 people. Very disappointing. They had a heavy shell and little filling and very small (two bites maybe). Could have gotten better ones frozen at the grocery store.
As my main I had green curry shrimp. I was impressed with the shrimp in my dish. There were about 8 shrimp and they were nice sized. I had a huge bowl of curry sauce and a tiny side bowl of rice. I asked for more rice as there was not enough for the amount of sauce given, but that'll cost you $2, which is fair if they had given a decent amount to begin with.
I found this restaurant over-rated and over-priced. You'd get the same food at Salad King for a better price.
Linda's
3/8/2010
Great food good ambiance. It gets pretty crowded in there for dinner and it's a bit on the expensive side. The mieng Kum appetizer is unique and great. Definitely something different than you're average spring roll or chicken satay so give it a try.
The Atlantic scallops were a bit over cooked, but still tasty and the panang curry is awesome.
Linda's
4/11/2010
Sister restaurant of Salad King. It's quite pricier than Salad King, but I think you're more so paying for the ambiance than for the food. The food is pretty much the same that they have at Salad King. If you go there though, I would suggest the Thai Islamic Noodles. The dessert was good as well (such as the fried mango).
Linda's
12/31/2009
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One of our party had been here before and recommended it. What a great recommendation!
we ordered the mango salad, fried duck, beef pannang?, pineapple fried rice, some special noodle dish, and ended off with a mango roll with lychee ice cream.
The mango salad was a refreshing, palette cleansing appetizer, and a hint of great things to come.
Soon after, the good food flood gates flung open and we were served the beef pannang, fried duck, rice, and noodles.
The clear winner was the beef pannang. Tender, deep fried, with a aromatic, and fragrant curry.
The Fried Duck was also very moist and crisp, and a together with the wrap, celery, hoi sin sauce provided a multi-faceted alternative to the other mildly spicy dishes.
The noodles were fresh and springy to the bite, with a lightly spiced sauce. The shrimp and chicken was large and well textured.
The fried rice lacked the forceful flavours of the other dishes, and the rice itself was a bit dry. Still a good dish, just not as good in light of the other dishes.
The dessert was much smaller than we had anticipated, but the deep friend "roll" was perfectly done. Crispy, without being oily. the lychee ice cream was slightly bland, but provided a good compliment to the mango roll.
Our server was polite and helpful, although towards the end of our meal, her service levels fell (empty water glasses, long wait for dessert menu and orders).
It was busy and slightly noisy, but adds to the overall good atmosphere of the restaurant.
5/5 (the faults are mentioned only for balance, overall it was a great meal)
Linda's
8/30/2009
I've been to Linda's twice now. The first time I went, it was for a wedding rehearsal dinner with a tasting menu. Great atmosphere, but still quite busy midweek.
I went back for dinner last Friday. I made a reservation for 8pm but we finished shopping earlier and they were able to seat us at 7:30. I ordered the duck curry that I had last time, which was delicious. My friend ordered the crispy duck which was very good! It's presenting Peking duck style, with wraps and sauces. The duck meat is prepared differently, more roasted and the meat literally flakes and falls off the bone, but so juicy! The waitress should shred this for you. This with wraps and the additional shitake mushrooms are yummy.
For dessert, the portions are smaller for their prices, but a good selection of choices. We had the chocolate/green tea mochi ice cream and chocolate burst. I really liked chocolate burst which is rice balls, filled with warm chocolate, then rolled in toasted sesame seeds.
My only comment was that the dishes are presented Chinese style, meaning that each dish came out one at a time, instead of together since my friend and I ordered our own separately, so you might want to make that request.
It's Asian Fusion, so not cheap, but it's a good meal out if you are hanging out at Shops at Don Mills.
Linda's
Updated - 1/10/2010
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vegetarians, be warned! Linda is one of the least vegetarian friendly restaurant i have been to. Most of the dishes under their small "interesting vegetables" section are not even vegetarian (made with fish sauce, seafood sauce etc) and cannot be modified to be. I was pretty much offered one item that i can order and they still had to modify it.
Went there with a girlfriend for lunch. Their entire lunch/brunch menu is not vegetarian. Neither are the items in their "Lindalicious" menu. the waitress we had was pushy to get us to order their special fruit juice. we weren't interested as it was super cold and we wanted to warm up first. after realizing we weren't going to order it, we felt a drop in the level of service. The waitress kept on coming back to check if we were ready to order. If we said, give us a minute...at least give us a minute! My friend ordered the grilled lobster tail & vermicelli item from their brunch menu. The portion size was more like an appetizer and she was not too impressed with it. I ordered the Golden Tofu curry (modified veg) from their regular menu. The portion size didn't make sense. You get enough curry sauce for like 3 meals but I'd prefer less sauce and more veggies. It came with a small bowl of rice and the whole meal was eaten very awkwardly as the bowl is too small to put the veggies in it and the plate of curry has too much sauce to put rice in there to eat it together. The waitress also never came by to check if everything was okay.
I would probably rate the service a 2 and give the food 3 stars. Not enough for me to want to go back but not enough to say never again. There are plenty of other great places to go and I am really not surprised that the restaurant was only about 10% full on a Saturday lunch.
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