Mayflower Chinese Food

My family and I have been ordering from them for years, and we’ve never had a problem with them. My personal favourite is their Schezwan Shanghi noodles, spicy and delicious!

This place has been around for over 40 years and there is an excellent reason for this. The food is great, for westernized chinese food, and have a few authentic dishes as well. I worked downtown for many years and know the difference between real and western chinese food, but if you are going for the western style, this is one of the best in the city. High quality food and after ordering from them for decades, have yet to have a dish that didn’t taste great or was cooked properly. So you are well aware, this is a take-​out/​delivery business, there are no tables to eat here. They are always busy and the food is cooked to order, so if you want a place where you can get it fast by choosing food under heat lamps and be in and out is under 10 minutes, don’t go here. If you want fresh good food cooked to order, then this is the place for you.
The kitchen staff are all asian, using authentic cooking utensils (nothing frozen or prepared earlier to be heated up in a microwave) as you can hear and see through the beaded drape separating them from the order area, and they tend to employ local high school seniors to do the order taking out front. these girls are very good at taking orders, including checking on specialty items while on the phone so there is no disappointing call backs, or food missing from your order. Delivery is between a half hour to an hour depending on how busy they are, and they tell you the approximate time for delivery so you know up front. But despite this wait time, the food always arrives piping hot and ready to eat. Don’t forget to ask for utensils if you need them, they don’t believe in unnecessary waste, this is Etobicoke after all.
Once again, there is a very good reason they have been in operation for over 40 years, and still highly popular and very busy for a reason, they are simply the best chinese take-​out in west Toronto. ENJOY!!!

Sometimes you really just want some good old fashioned westernized Chinese food. If this is you, Mayflower is your place. Hubby and I got takeout from here and it hit home on the classic greasy Chinese food we were looking for.
The honey garlic spare ribs were a tasty treat offering a good balance garlicy sweetness, the chicken lo mein was delicious (good balance between sauce, noodles, chicken and veggies), and the egg rolls were also done well with a not-​too-​thick crust. The star, though, was the chicken balls. Let’s face it, if you’re going for this type of Chinese food, it’s that deep fried goodness dunked in the red sweet and sour sauce that you really want — and Mayflower gives you just that. There is a light sweetness to the batter complemented with a good chunk of meat. Will definitely be ordering this again.
When you walk in, you can smell the goodness in the air. The pickup area is very simple and the waiting area is pretty small. The staff are straight forward and set your expectations early in terms of how long you will wait for your order.

We did take out from here about a week ago. Their egg rolls and spring rolls are incredible and such a steal. We also had the sweet and sour chicken, beef chop suey, chicken vegetable stir fry and all were really good. We ordered in and had our food in about 45 min. Super fast and friendly service. Definitely my future go to place for Chinese food night in.

I am not huge fan of chienese food but this place is ppretty good for American styyle Chinese food. I usually get a combo 1 chicken friend rice with chicken balls and their wings are pretty good too.

I first heard about this place while reading an article about Rob Ford and that this was his favourite takeout Chinese food place. Now I don’t always agree with everything that Robbie does but he’s a fatty like me so I tried it out and it’s really good. The chicken balls were a tad greasy but they had big chunks of chicken in them and not too much dough either. The spring rolls were excellent and the wonton soup was also excellent, full of wontons and quite filling on its own. I highly recommend this place if you are looking for good Canadian style Chinese food at a decent price.

The hunt for really good (Westernized) Chinese food continues. Like many other places in the area (Weston/Mt.Dennis), Mayflower is a solid «meh»; a 2.5 out of 5. Nothing horrible but nothing great either. Ordering was a breeze and delivery arrived within the hour as promised. Lots of greasy heavily-​battered food available but not much in the way of flavours.
If some greasy grub would really hit the spot, by all means order from this place! But if you’re looking for something a little better than mediocre Soo Guy and dry BBQ pork, you’d likely be happier going elsewhere.

Best Chinese take out food in etobicoke. Favourites are chicken balls, Cantonese chowmein, fried rice, Shanghai chowmein, and general Tao chicken. Also you can’t beat the in house made egg rolls and spring rolls

I drove 45mins because i had a craving for chicken balls and this place did not disappoint! Best chicken balls ive ever had! I definitely will be back!

I eat at Mayflower often. More than often. I’m there once a week usually. Sometimes more. I’ve had a lot of what they offer, and I can say without a doubt that it’s my favorite Chinese restaurant in Toronto. I enjoy it so much that I rarely eat at any other Chinese restaurants. I usually get one of the combo items listed on the menu board in the restaurant. The place can get insanely busy with long waits but I’ve never been disappointed. If you want to order on New Year’s Eve, you have to call it in on December 30. The best Chinese in Toronto!

Haven’t been there for a while and it hasn’t changed much. The food and the price makes this one of the best (if not the best) Chinese Take Out places in the city and I’ve eaten in a lot of these chinese take out places. Love the sweet and sour chicken balls and breaded shrimps.

Ordered delivery for sweet and sour spare rib, chicken fried rice, and egg soup. The call taker was friendly and helpful. However, the order took more than 50 mins to be delivered… when I live in the vicinity of 5 min drive. I thought an accident took a toll on the time so when I asked the delivery man, I got a very rude and curt ‘we’re busy’. Shocked from uncalled hostility, I handed a bill and waited my change so that I could tip. Instead he short hands me by keeping a meager change, and authoritatively (and retorically) asks ‘it’s okay right?’.
Inside the package, no tissue, fork, spoon, no utensil whatsoever to eat the food with. However, there were two soy sauce packs, two fortune cookies, and the food was descent for the price.
Unfortunately, I will never order from this location again with its poor delivery experience that made me feel extremely guilty about asking why their food was delivered late, not to mention withholding from proper exchanges of money.
If you want a well priced chinese food, so be it. However, be prepared for unapologetic lateness and confounding courage to keep change and storming out your frontsteps.

My parents have been ordering from here for almost 40 years, and I also hear customers from brampton and such still coming here. Great food. Just depends what you are expecting. This isnt a high dining authentic chinese restaurant, but great if you just want something good to chow down. But you can atleast love it or hate it. I can tell why the place is so busy on weekends!
Tip: Weekends are extremely busy know what’s coming for yea

If you consider this place to be good Chinese food, then you have never had good Chinese food before. This place is mediocre at best and dismal at it’s worst. Poor quality execution of North American favorites and it’s just really sad. It’s even more sad that reviewers consider this to be worthy Chinese food. You need to get out of Etobicoke and experience life!

I haven’t had great Chinese Canadian fast food in a while. Moving down South I’ve had trouble finding something I like. Toronto definitely has amazing spots but in Etobicoke this definitely a great spot. Food is amazing and time for pick up order is very reasonable (around 20 min).
If you’re looking for Chinese takeout in Etobicoke this is definitely the spot. Buffets are okay if you want AYCE but this place does not compare, plain and simple the food is just really good.

Anyone who cuts up the place needs to stick to the buffets. Always tastes fresh and is extremely flavorful. Several times over repeat customer and will continue to order.

Great comfort Chinese food. I recommend the chicken balls and reheating the leftovers with sesame oil!

After all of the reviews and praise that I had heard about this place (including Mayor Ford’s blessing) I was extremely disappointed with everything about this place.
I was surprised that it was very much like a small laundromat when you enter. A ring of waiting charis surrounding an order desk. That’s it! The young girl that took our order made a mistake with the prices and had to re-​enter my debit card twice and we were given NO utensils nor napkins whasoever. This was upsetting since I had to run all the way back to get some from a nearby park.
When I finally got some food in my mouth, it tasted just like heat-​lamp buffet chinese food, overly steamed and soggy.
Sorry Mayflower, my ship has sailed elsewhere.