Graceful Vegetarian Restaurant

Different location, similar menu and still excellent offerings on vegetarian food. Well prepared, well served. Great consistency.

Nice veggie restaurant, the dishes here were not too oily. Love the fresh tofu/ vegetables here, very close to the pacific mall

We're extremely anxious and glad that this restaurant finally re-opens in the new location.

We're particularly fan of the dim sum at Graceful. The cooking is truly above most dim sum joint in Markham (despite being a vegetarian restaurant). The finesse of each dishes, the balance of flavors, the restraint use of oil / grease are much a welcome addition.

Going to Graceful and enjoying each dishes is an experience that you cannot replicate anywhere else. In each dishes, you often wonder how do they make the "mock meat" so close to the real thing while only utilizing plant-based product and while tasting so good and refreshing. Leaving Graceful each time will leave you feeling very satisfied and somehow refreshing!

Recommended / favorite dishes for Dim Sum
- Shark fin soup (mock)
- Rice in clay pot with mock salted fish
- Friend Wonton with Sweet and Sour soup
- Mock Goose Meat
- Mock tender beef with turning

We truly are a fan and will be coming to Graceful for years to come.

Oh, we forgot to mention that the service in this restaurant is arguably the best from any Chinese restaurant we encounter!

I can't believe I've never reviewed Graceful Vegetarian. This is my ultimate favourite vegetarian restaurant in Scarborough.

Graceful definitely has a special place in my heart; my family and I frequented it lot since my 20s. I cannot even count how many times we've eaten here. I've had major gatherings here, even including birthdays and post-funeral dinner. I've also ordered ginormous take-out orders for parties at my mother's house. The managers and the waiters here, although I still don't know their name, pretty much recognize me and also my entire family. They're always kind, prompt and respectful.

The food here is amazing, no matter what you order. Some of the regular dishes we get are the fried taro fish and porkchop fried rice (vegetarian with egg).

try out today .....so great those..just the taste is lighter...so far so good...recommend..

When I stopped eating meat, giving up giant dim sum brunches with my family was the hardest thing. This place was my only consolation! Even my father, who seems to have an innate distrust of mock-meats, was willing to eat here, and with good reason--the food here is really good. Really really good.

I've since started eating meat, but I'll still make the trip to Pacific Mall whenever someone suggests we go here. Try the turnip cakes--they're so good.

I tried this great restaurant based on the ratings that previous yelpers gave it... and I am not sorry I did.

I had a bit of a tricky time trying to find the place since I am not that familiar with this part of the city. But basically if you go in the Pacific Mall parking lot and just keep driving around it, eventually you'll find it. It is in the building behind the mall.

I was keen on this place because last week I opted out of going to a different dim sum restaurant (that serves meat) with my (meat eating) sisters because I don't speak the language and can't decipher between what is vegetarian and what isn't. BUT at THIS place, I get to order anything. In fact, I even picked a number at random for one of the dishes we tried.

While everything is vegetarian, the menu is in english too so you can know what you are ordering. And if you have any questions, the servers speak english very well and can help you out.

The menu is at the table when you are seated. It is paper and you just write a number beside the dish you want corresponding to the quantity of that dish you would like. I probably don't need to explain this as it is pretty intuitive, but at least you know what you are getting into before going.

I ordered the spring rolls, Shanghai dumplings, deep fired pumpkin and stuffed buns. All items were delicious. But my favourite were the dumplings.

The place was very clean and the service was excellent. Overall it was a pleasant experience and I will be going back. Next time my sisters are in a dim sum mood I know where to suggest. =)

When you are done eating, you can always stop in at the market in the adjacent building and pick up some more stuffed buns or dumplings to reminisce on your experience at a later date.

Overall experience 5/5

Service 5/5: very goodThe manager/owner was very attentive. As soon as we were running out of tea, he came right away to fill it up and he was very nice and patient when we were ordering.

They have a large menu..i felt pretty overwhelmed because i didn't know what to order, but thankfully my cousin (Yelper Z) was there to recommend some dishes.

Atmosphere 5/5: pretty nice. It's not super fancy inside, but it was comfortable.

FOOD:
Appetizer: Satay mock chicken kabobs- 4.5/5 So...here's my problem...IT TASTED PERFECT...but as soon as i finish eating it...which was in a few seconds..my throat and tongue became itchy...(YUPPP, i didn't know that satay was a coconut/peanut sauce)..thankfully i didn't have a serious allergic reaction....


Mains: Sweet and sour chicken - 4.5/5....loved it,..enough to share it with another person...however it was a bit too sweet..thank goodness my cousin told me to order the lemon chicken to balance it out

Lemon chicken - 4.5/5... i appreciate how they put the sauce to the side. There's nothing worse then someone drenching the 'meat' and ruining the whole dish.


Final thought: LOVED EVERYTHING! I CAN'T WAIT TO GO BACK! infact...i'm going to go back next week! =D =D =D I'll post up pictures soon.

Went there today after not being there for a while. This place is good. Refined Cantonese vegetarian dining. Portions are not massive, and the food is prepared with care. It is evident in the quality of the seasonings and the product itself. Delicate tasting food - not sure how else to describe. They strive for a quiet and relaxed dining experience. It is a very welcoming place and a pleasant environment. Small restaurant. One of our favourites is the stuffed, braised tofu skin. Never disappoints.

This place has very good vegetarian food. Worth a try if you have not been here. Prices are not cheap but reasonable.