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Mi Mi Restaurant
Category: Restaurants Vietnamese Vietnamese [Edit]
688 Gerrard St EToronto, ON M4M 1Y3
Neighbourhood: Riverdale
(416) 778-5948
- Price Range:
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$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- No
- Parking:
- Street
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- No
- Delivery:
- No
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Wi-Fi:
- No
- Good For:
- Lunch, Dinner
- Alcohol:
- Beer & Wine Only
- Noise Level:
- Average
- Has TV:
- No
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
13 reviews for Mi Mi Restaurant
13 reviews in English
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Review from Lawrence H.
Toronto, ON
11/2/2011
Good Vietnamnese can be a little harder to come by in the East York/Danforth area so I'm glad to have found this restaurant to throw into the Vietnamnese rotation.
Granted, I only tried one item, the Special Pho (Pho Dac Biet) but I enjoyed that their broth was not super salty or oily like most other places, it was very natural tasting. My friend's vermicelli with grilled pork and spring roll looked really tasty too (Bun Cha).
Silly suggestion but they should play music in the background b/c even with a few tables of patrons in the restaurant, it sounds absolutely dead in there - not that most people go to Vietnamnese restaurants for the atmosphere. -
Review from Daniel O.
8/7/2011
Mimi's delivers consistently great Vietnamese food time & time again. Live in the area, this has become our go-to local dinner spot.
Disregard the interiors, the place needs an overhaul but the food and top notch service makes up for it.
Their pho is delicious, deep, authentic broth, full of flavour and delicious fat. My pick for pho is the BBQ beef pho, the char from the beef adds a delicious smoky taste to the broth. Their bun dishes are also very good and super cheap. I'm partial again to the BBQ beef bun but always get it with sugarcane shrimp. Their cold rolls are chalk full of huge butterflied shrimp, tons of pickled carrot/daikon and glorious mounds of thai basil. The spring rolls are a bit hit and miss, sometimes arrive perfectly fried. other times super soggy with grease. Still worth a try.
Dinner for two with drinks and a share appetizer is about $30 with tip.
Beware: cash only. -
Review from Jennifer K.
Markham, ON
2/21/2011 7 photos
There are so many different Vietnamese restaurants in the Gerrard and Broadview area. Sometimes it is not easy to decide which one to go.
Me and my friend was walking along Gerrard looking for a place for our Pho fix. Mi Mi Restaurant looked packed on a Sunday afternoon and I thought it must be good if the place is busy... I was wrong and right at the same time...
We were lucky to get the last available table, after that people start lining up waiting for one.
Special Pho XL ($7.50)
- The broth is so clear...but full of flavours.. though lacking the star anise but is A-OK
- All the Beef that comes with the Pho were nicely prepared.. taste wise, texture wise..
- Noodle though not fresh but was also nicely prepared
- XL is huge....we cannot finish the whole order!
Spring Rolls ($3.95)
- has taro inside as stuffings.. not usual in a lot of other Vietnamese restaurant I been to
- pipping hot when it arrived...
- the wrappings are more the Chinese spring roll wrappings
Mi Mi Restaurant is the only Vietnamese I been to when our nice polite waitress asked me if we want more broth for our Pho!! My friend is a Pho soup monster..she was drinking the soup without even eating the noodle!!
So the food is quite good and service is nice.. I would give a 3.5 to 4 star. However, it took us almost 1 hour to finish our lunch!! Now I know the reason why Mi Mi was packed this particular afternoon.. we waited more than 30 minutes for our food to arrive!! All these people were just sitting there waiting for their food!! If I go for Pho, I expect to be fast and quick, in and out within 30 min..not 1 hour!!!!!!!Listed in: Vietnamese Food in the GTA!, A Day in Riverdale!
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Review from Jen G.
9/15/2009
The pork chop was good.
The beef was not good. Too chewy.
The shrimp salad roll was decent.
The pho doesn't taste anything like what a pho should be. I never had pho that has sesame oil and pad-thai style noodle. The pho tasted more like a Chinese noodle soup than pho. -
Review from David D.
Markham, ON
3/24/2011
It was packed on a Thursday afternoon for lunch. I was quite impressed for my first time here. Service was quick and friendly. Loved the fact that they can speak English, Chinese and Vietnamese so fluently, all of which I understand.
I ordered the rice with BBQ chicken and Vietnamese sausage. ($7.95) The chicken was flavourful and done just right. The sausages were amazing. It's different than the ones I usually get at other Vietnamese restaurants. It tasted authentic and delicious!
I'll be back to try the vermicelli and pho. Now I can't stop thinking about those sausages...Listed in: The Pho Scale
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Review from Em L.
Toronto, ON
5/4/2009
I've been searching "Mimi"... I've been going there doggedly for years and always assumed "Mimi"!! Now, I know.
When asked for a recommendation for Vietnamese resto, I ALWAYS recommend one of two places: Pho Phuong on College and Mi Mi. Both are a little off the beaten path, but definitely worth the trip.
Mi Mi is family run and has a friendly and warm atmosphere. I recently took some friends there who were mostly vegetarian and they were super cool about adjusting dishes to make them work for everyone at the table. They have always been super accommodating.
It's a nice open space. Lit well with a nice amount of space between the tables (ie - not packed like sardines!).
Me? My usual there now is the bbq pork with egg and rice noodle (dry) with soup on the side ($7-ish). I don't think I eat it right because I always ask for the fish sauce for it and dump it onto the noodles... but their bbq pork is RIDICULOUSLY good. I've also had the rice dishes, pho and the vermicelli dishes and they are all a step above most Vietnamese places in the city.
Mi Mi: It's worth the trip to Chinatown 2. -
Review from sarah l.
3/16/2010 1 Check-in Here
Everyone tells me how much they love Mi Mi. I loved how close it was to my house. What I didn't love was the pho.
The good:
- It's close to my house
- The servers speak perfect English
- It was pretty fast
- It was packed (which like Neil, should have been a warning sign)
The bad:
- The beef in my pho was sketchy looking and fattier than rare beef at the other pho places
- The broth wasn't as translucent as other places, it was cloudy
- I expected the cloud was beef bits that would impart a more robust flavour but... I was let down
- My can of pop was over $1, which I never think is right at dumpy places. Pop should be $1, the end.
If this was the only pho place in my area I would begrudgingly eat here occasionally, but since it is one of about 10 pho places in my area I will never eat here again. -
Review from Jennifer M.
Toronto, ON
8/17/2010 9 Check-ins Here
I'm surprised this place doesn't have a better overall rating.
This is THE place we go for Vietnamese. There are so many choices in this neighborhood, and we have tried them all - always returning to Mi Mi's.
I don't eat Pho, but my partner is a bit of a connoisseur. In his opinion Mi Mi's even trumps his previous favorite place in Markham. The real star of the show here is the Bun. It is very fresh, with a quantity of fresh veg, sprouts and peanuts. Their BBQ Shrimp on sugarcane Bun is fantastic. The best Vietnamese Shrimp Paste I have ever had (Soooo much better than Golden Turtle). Smoky, Lightly Charred and Sweet. My SO gets the Bun Combo, Shrimp and Pork and Beef in one.
Family run, by an incredibly nice family. I completely screwed up an order once and offered to pay for my mistake. They took back the dishes and gave us what we had originally wanted without charge - and with a smile.
Tea is good, always hot. The Sauces and tables are clean. -
Review from Jenny T.
2/1/2010
I'm Vietnamese and I think this place is one of the more authentic places for Vietnamese foods. That being said, authentic doesn't mean it's better. To be honest I like the pho from those chain pho restaurants better, but those pho places are the equivalent of McDonald's for "white food": they taste good, but they aren't authentic.
The pho and noodle soup dishes at MiMi's taste a lot more like what my mom's pho and noodle soup dishes taste like.
What I go to MiMi's for, and what it is known for are their BBQ vermecelli dishes! Their vermecelli noodle with their BBQ beef, beef balls, Vietnamese sausages, shrimp/seafood wrapped around sugar cane with the fish sauce - that's the stuff! It's fantastic! If you go to MiMi's, I would strongly recommend their Vermecelli dishes.
I also eat their rice dishes, they're good too. And yes, there seem to be a lot of white people in this restaurant for some reason... but I think that's because it's a slightly nicer looking pho place and the waitress there is really friendly and speaks English fluently (as well as Chinese and Vietnamese) - which is impressive! -
Review from Phil M.
EAST YORK, ON
8/17/2010
Here's another one for Kelly O. Is this fake too?
Great Vietnamese place run by some sweet Vietnamese women. Mum's in the kitchen, and all smiles on the floor.
They have a special chicken soup that cures what ails me in the colder months. I tried learning how to make it at home and I just can't. I'm sure they have this simmering all day in the back.
It's inexpensive and the quality is A1. They get phone orders in for pickup from people on their way home. So their food has a great reputation. Big menu as well. I always leave this place stuffed.
One small complaint: It's run by 3 women, so the place is kept super warm. If they cooled it down a bit, I would go more often. Too warm, coupled with a hot soup, doesn't make for a fun meal. -
Review from Conny J.
6/15/2011
My favorite Vietnamese restaurant in Toronto. Their pho broth is perfectly seasoned, the staff are friendly, the prices are good, and theyre open late. What else could one want?
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Review from Terry H.
Toronto, ON
11/6/2010
I had bad Vietnamese once and vowed never to go again. After a few years of my boycott (I can be stubborn) I finally went to Mi Mi on Gerrard with a friend. Delicious! Friendly service. Very basic decor but clean. I got the bbq beef on rice noodles, my friend got pho and loved it. I would recommend. I've been again and even though my meal wasn't as hot as I'd like the second time (it took a little longer to get to me), I am looking forward to my next visit.
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Review from Daniel T.
Toronto, ON
7/19/2009
Mi Mi's secret weapon is their BBQ. I love their BBQ lemongrass pork chop and it's excellent value for the money. They also have the big platters for wrapping which are also very popular. Give them a try, you won't regret it.
