Hanoi 3 Seasons

Great Phở place in Toronto! I can never finish my soup and always leave happy! Beef balls and lemongrass Phở’s are always a good go to! Back Patio in summer is a great day spot too!

This is the best place to eat Phở in Toronto, hands down. All the plates are great and proved to be consistent all through my regular visits over the last 2 years. Good service, patio, beer, take out, nice décor and free parking available if you know the area. They only accept cash.

I had the lemongrass chicken with coconut milk and I forget what hubby had but I remember it being like, meh. We went back because we forgot we had gone there a couple of years earlier and miraculously I ordered the same thing without realizing. I only recognized the dish when I began to eat it (and didn’t like it the second time either). I am hopeful in saying that maybe we (both) didn’t order the right things. I honestly cannot comprehend why this place gets such good reviews.

The foods are so delicious. Like the patio seating. Surprised they serve morning glory vegetable.

Pretty good food. Service was excellent and dishes came out hot. It’s a little away from downtown but the plus is parking is cheap and easy to find. We got the famous grouper in soup. It was very good with lots of interesting flavors. Prices are very reasonable. Can’t go wrong with a quick dinner like this.

Came here last night and I thought everything was lovely.
The staff were some of the nicest, coolest servers ever, and there was a really nice relaxed yet fun vibe in the restaurant.
I had the chicken lemongrass with coconut milk (with vermicelli) and my bf had garlic chicken with rice. My dish wasn’t bursting with flavour from the first few bites, but this was quickly sorted with some hot sauce, which really gave it a kick! I loved the vermicelli in particular, it was satisfying and kept me full but gave me no horrible stuffed bloated feeling. I tried some garlic chicken and it was delicious!
The prices can’t be beaten in the area. $ 10.50 for any main dish And the portions are really big!
A lovely experience overall.

Has become one of my wife’s and mines favorite local eatery’s! Great service and friendly neighborhood atmosphere. We both love the Phở soups. My favorite is the Grouper. It is awesome and I always leave full.

I eat here often, only because there’s not much else in walking distance of my office.
I keep ordering various items and am always left unsatisfied.
It’s alright, but flavours are one dimensional, unlike Vietnamese cuisine where freshness and exotic spices lingers frangrantly in the air.
Meat and vegetable dishes are soggy, like when you over crowd a pan and all you get a soppy wet mess.
Vietnamese cuisine is my favourite of all Asian cuisines and this is NOT a good example of it. When you’ve had some of the best vietnamese food, this is a big let down.
Ordered:
No. 20 Spicy Beef Sate with Basil — One dimensional flavour (taste like only curry powder and no other spices), soggy meat, could not taste/​find any basil.
No. 21 Garlic Beef with Stir-​fried Bok Choy — soggy beef & bok chok, no flavour.
It’s not worth the $ 10.50 that’s for sure.

Cute restaurant (particularly the back patio on a summer eve) with friendly staff. The phở is not quite what I’m accustomed to from other Vietnamese restaurants nor my Vietnamese family kitchen… but still scratches the itch for a quick, tasty soup, when I don’t feel like spending hours making it myself. The spring rolls aren’t the best here but LOVE the lotus salad and the fried fish (grouper) with dill and vermicelli as well. My husband and I are regulars here!

One of my favourite places to eat. I usually order the Curried sate chicken and vermicelli bowl, and spring rolls and it is always delicious.
It is slightly more expensive than the Gerrard location and I find the portions to be a bit smaller, but that could just be me.
I alternate between the two locations and enjoy the food in both.

Have been to each location, both were amazing although the Leslieville location has a nicer atmosphere. Fantastic food, will come again!

Wonderful meal with one of a kind northern Viet cuisine experience! 5 times best Viet food winner in Toronto by Now magazine!

I’ve wanted to try this place forever because my friend served some of their spring rolls a while back at a baby shower and they were great. It also looks really cute from the outside, and I have heard that they have an excellent back patio though I’ve missed out yet again on it considering it’s now October.
If you start off your meal telling the server that you’re allergic to MSG and spend a bit of time talking together about ordering dishes that do not have MSG, you’d think you’re in the clear, am I wrong? Well I was wrong. Let’s just say that my face is still on fire as I write this review and my stomach? Well, let’s leave that one alone.
I started with the cold shrimp spring rolls. They were fresh tasting though not mind blowing. For my main, I ordered the curried sate chicken on vermicelli. I didn’t find the chicken very flavorful and I had one bite that was full of really nasty gristle. There also seemed to be a plethora of lemon basil in the dish which was kind of bitter and jarring. I would really prefer if they stuck to Thai basil. I think the MSG problem must be attributed to the sauce but I could be wrong.
The best thing about this meal was the server. Even though he didn’t help me avoid food that would cause me to feel like crap, he was really sweet.

I love typical Phở but Hanoi 3 Seasons offers so much more.
My favorite dish is the Grouper with vermicelli. My second favorite is the Buddhist Treat which really reminds me of a Korean Chapchae.
The garden has super tall bamboo and the inside is quaint. I feel like the Queen East strip needs more restaurants in this price range.

I’ve eaten here 5 or 6 times over the summer. The back patio is great, and it really feels like being in S.E.Asia (which means not fancy, unmatched tables and chairs, but a serene vibe. I didn’t know bamboo could grow outdoors in Canada!). Plus, you have to walk through the kitchen to get to it.
The service is friendly and helpful, and they give advice/​explanations on dishes. Lots of lemongrass, dill, and other spices in the dishes, and the place is aromatic and heavenly. The smoothies are amazing… especially the avocado!
It’s cash only, so be forewarned.

First up — cash only. I always forget (lucky for me the bf always has cash)
Second — best chicken phở in town. It’s got all the flavours you want, lemongrass, salty, sour amazingess that dances across your tongue and down your gullet. One taste and you are back in your vietnamese grandma’s kitchen getting love spooned into your mouth.
Now, I don’t really have a vietnamese grandma, but if I did, she’d make me soup just like this.

I really enjoyed eating here this evening.
The Hanoi Special Phở was great, and we also had the seasoned pork. Nothing to complain about. I really like the décor, and for a few more bucks than a china-​town style phở place, it was definitely worth the visit.
It’s November, so no patio action this time round, but come summer, I’ll be here for sure!

This second location by the same owner (original on Gerrard that I’ve also been to) is lovely. A friend of mine who used to live in Toronto but now lives in Calgary always unites a group of us at Hanoi whenever she’s in town.
My first (and honestly) only experience with North Vietnamese food is with Hanoi and it has been wonderful every time I’ve been there. My personal favourite is a #10 and most people at the table order it — a delicious dish served your choice as a soup or with vermicelli (I choose vermicelli) is a healthy serving of noodles, lightly coated and cooked white fish with carrots, cilantro, and I’m not sure what kind of sauce but it’s delicious!
Others have ordered the spicy chicken version of this dish and there are many variations, I’ve never seen anyone disappointed. We usually start with a couple of orders of the clam appetizer — also delicious served with rice cakes for getting a good spoonful.
The wine is fine and a couple of eclectic beers are on the menu. The service is always pleasant and efficient. And the price is unbelievably low — 9 of us had drinks, apps, dinner all for under $ 300 — including tax and 20% tip — about $ 35 per person. Amazing.
And the owner always remembers us and sometimes gives us a delicious complimentary dessert plate of green tea/​white bean/​ginger ice cream, fried bananas that is mouth wateringly tasty.
Décor is simple — there’s no pomp and circumstance here — just nice people serving great food for great prices. Perfect for a group, a casual date or reuniting with great friends.

I am not Northern Vietnamese Food Expert. my usual experience is Phở and Bun, so I was really excited to try out some authentic Northern Vietnamese food at Hanoi 3 Seasons… But after eating here I am confused and a little disappointed.
The good:
The restaurant is really nicely decorated and have a Spa like feel to it and I love that!
The owner is really nice and sincere when he takes out order and give us recommendation and I always love good services!
Good, Clean washrooms, I really like that. hardly any vietnamese places I been to have washrooms that clean!
The bad:
The food here is just to greasy. Everything are deep fried. Even the Lemongrass Chicken with Coconut Milk are deep fried until the chicken are so dried out! The Cha Ca tasted ok but did not Wow me. The Fish sauce they served here is really weak, taste more like coloured water.
Since the restaurant was full with a big group of 30 people ordering the same time, the kitchen might be stressed out and thus affect the quality of food?
I might give the other Hanoi 3 Seasons a try but for sure I am not coming back to Queen Street location anytime soon.
They accepts Visa and Mastercard.

North Vietnamese is a cuisine I haven’t come across before and it’s nice to find a restaurant that features Hanoi popular dishes for all those people that hasn’t made that trip to Southeast Asia like myself.
We stepped inside to this Vietnamese themed décor with a mood lamp lighting ambiance. It was unfortunate that there was quite a big group gathered here for their dinner and broke the sound barrier I couldn’t hear myself think and just as a note it could have taken part in the meal prep as large group orders all at once are hard to handle and rush out unless reserved in advance.
Others already commented about the servers/​owners, so I’ll agreed with them as I had first hand experience of similar degree. The basement washroom had a nice waiting space as well however there’s a dish of LYCHEE of some sort that you shouldn’t touch or else let their Fruit Flies swarm you. 2.5 *Stars*
#6 Hen (Sautéed Spicy Baby Clams served with Crispy Rice Crackers$ 7.00). Crispy Rice Cracker was good to eat and strong Sesame flavour that is a nice change from Pita Breads and Nachos. The Baby Clams however I have to say is not for my palette. It might be authentic but something in my mind just didn’t like this non-​fresh Clams texture.
#10 Cha Ca (Hanoi-​style Grouper with Dill & Shrimp Paste $ 12.00). The Rice Vermicelli, Shredded Lettuce, Cilantro, etc are standard as any Bun dish you’ll have at Phở places. The Fried Grouper reminded me of Filet-​o-​Fish, I’m not against it but I imagined some Bread and Tartar Sauce as I ate.
#23 Ga Nuong Xa Sua Dua (Chicken with Lemon Grass & Coconut Milk $ 10.50). I believe the Chicken would have been better if grilled but if I’m correct, they fried it instead as I taste that slight Lemon Grass flavour but couldn’t find the Coconut Milk.
The Oil from the Chicken was soaked into the Rice Vermicelli below and it was excessive almost like an Olive Oil tasting. I’m one that don’t mind excessive Oil, but at least it has to have some flavour or be the healthy variety.