Milliken Bar & Restaurant

Excellent food, good service, cheap dim sum and now also 24 hours ! What else could you ask for ! I came late at night with a couple of friends and ordered a bowl of pork bone congee, a pecking duck combo that came with 2 lobsters, a plate of ma po tofu, 1 steamed tilapia and last of all a plate of vegetables. Our bill came to around 70 dollars which is surprisingly very cheap despite all the things we got. So if your ever hungry and awake at 3 am or wanna find a good place to go dim sum during the morning then this is the place to go !

Cheap and decent dim sum regardless of whether you go in the morning or afternoon (price difference isn’t that big). The restaurant is located across from Steam House and it’s a bit shabby-​looking on the inside. Didn’t seem like the restaurant owner wanted to put it through renovations. The name of the restaurant is a bit confusing because it’s not quite a bar. The food is decent quality for the price, no complaints so far, will come back!

4.5
Dim sum at $ 1.80 for S, M, and L before 11am on weekdays. $ 2.20 after 11am. Very reasonable portions. Tasty food? Yes please.
Had: (a lot of food)
For $ 1.80:
Steamed chicken feet — This (phoenix talon) is my new dim sum craving. Portion was 3 big pieces. slightly spicy, slightly sweet, still savory sauce.
Steamed beef tendon — Good stuff. Tender, slightly sticky tendon. Tendon had soaked in a lot of the sauce, so the tendon had flavor.
Steamed rice noodle roll with snow pea shoots and king oyster mushroom — small slivers of oyster mushroom, but other than that, can’t complain.
Steamed rice noodle roll with deep fried dough stick — Alright. Could have been a tad more crispy, but for that price, I’m not going to complain.
Deep fried taro dumpling — Wu gok. My favorite dim sum choice. 3 pieces for $ 1.80? Yes. Crispy stuff. Lots of taro. Yum.
Spare ribs with black bean sauce — good portion. Spare ribs weren’t super chewy. Slightly spicy from the peppers.
Tofu with fish — deep fried tofu with fish paste. 3 pieces. Crispy tofu.
Pork stomach with pickled veggie — not enough pickled veggie flavor, but not bad. On the blander side. Lots of white pepper smell though. Oh. Also peppercorns in the sauce.
Chicken pies with portuguese sauce — didn’t even touch this because we ordered too much food.
Fried bean curd sheet rolls — minced pork inside, I think. 3 or 4 to an order. I can’t remember. Crispy on the outside. Filling was decent.
Minced pork cake on rice — didn’t touch this either because we wanted to bring it home. $ 1.80. Um. Yeah. If I had 2, it’d be $ 3.60, if I did my math right, and I’d have leftovers if I just had the two for lunch… or dinner…
Sesame ball with egg yolk — dessert! Wrong description in Chinese. In Chinese, it says there should be bitter melon. No bitter melon. Just a glutinous rice shell covered in sesame, deep fried, and filled with a sweetened salty egg yolk sauce (it’s not a paste) that just oozes out. I have no idea why the glutinous rice part is dyed green, but it doesn’t matter. 4 balls to an order. These are fantastic.
Steamed milk with ginger sauce — fairly large bowl of it. Like larger than most individual servings of Chinese soup. Ginger sauce was distinct, but not overwhelming. Dessert, but mild dessert.
For $ 2.60(?): I believe they were $ 2.60 for special items. Still super cheap.
Black pepper beef short ribs — still had some beef taste. Fairly tender.
Stewed beef internals and turnip — Sauce had flavor. Internals were fairly tender. Good ratio of internals to turnip.
There may have been more, but I forget. Total damage after tax was $ 35 plus change. Total leftovers (after 3 people chowed down) — 2 large boxes and 2 small boxes. I think this is my new favorite dim sum place. Bonus: they use actual Chinese mustard (insert spazz about inappropriate use of yellow ballpark mustard at Chinese restaurants).
Lots of menu options. Super cheap.
Final question: If dim sum can be this cheap, why are tapas so expensive?

Milliken Bar & Restaurant is all about value. A decent meal at a good price.
Pros:
Cheap early bird dim sum special
Variety of set meals at good prices
Cons:
Nothing spectacular
I’ve now come here for both dim sum in the morning and dinner in the evening. There early bird special is one of the cheapest I’ve seen in the city. $ 1.80 before 11am and only $ 2.20 after. There are dim sum places with early bird specials much more expensive than their regular prices. The dim sum is fairly decent, specially for the price. It won’t ever be the best, but it’s more than good enough for what you’re paying.
Dinner offers a lot more in choice here. You can just pick and choose from the menu or you can order from their many set menus the offer. Most of these offer some sort of seafood along with several dishes for a very good price in my opinion. Dinner for 6 with seafood dishes will be a little over $ 10 a person which is very good. The dishes themselves again are more than good enough for what you’re paying. There are little things like the beef tenderloin could of been more tender but like I said, more than fair for what you’re paying. All food orders also come with free soup and dessert, more value!
The service here is very good. The staff are all friendly and try to get things done quickly. I’ve never had a disappointing time here in any of the times I’ve come. Give this place a try if you’re looking for cheap dim sum or a nice meal at a good price.

Excellent value for the early morning dim sum special. $ 1.80 before 11am on weekdays and $ 2.20 afterwards. Arrived around 10 for a large party and was immediately seated. Service was pretty good but the food came out a little too slow. I liked how we were able to order what we wanted rather than wait for carts to be rolled out. Everything tasted pretty decent, I definitely recommend the rice noodle rolls!

Came here for dim sum lunch today with some relatives. Never been here for lunch but we met here because they were coming up from downtown. Place was pretty packed at 12.20pm and not many empty tables. We had to sit right at the front door. The dim sum ain’t bad, especially for the price. We got a good variety of things like fried squid tentacles, shrimp rice rolls, har gow, steamed tripe, steamed beef balls, fried dace fish balls, stuffed peppers/​tofu and congee. The rice rolls were really good, transparent, smooth and not too soft. The worst dish was the congee, not much ingredients, too thick and didn’t look appetizing. The fried dace fish balls were not bad and even came with the proper clam sauce. Not many people bother to make this dish and give the correct sauce.
Not somewhere that I would’ve chosen to dine at but I’m pleasantly surprised. Would come here again, if I was in the area. If you can dine early, 8am to 11am (mon — fri), then S, M or L dim sum is only $ 1.80 per dish. (It’s $ 2.20 on Sat and Sun mornings)

The name and location is a bit deceiving.
The place sounds like a bar, from the street, it reads and looks like one, but it isn’t!
We came for dim sum on a Sunday at noon and it was a short wait which is nice since most places are pretty busy at this time. We ordered roughly 18 dishes and the bill came out to $ 59 for 6 people. The prices seemed okay, there are no sizes at least when I came, everything was the size price.
The dim sum itself was okay, nothing to write home about. The menu is a little bit odd if you only read English though since there are some typos. Note that this isn’t a push cart restaurant, it is by paper orders.

This place lost 2 stars for me. Reasons will be covered in a bit. Came here on the weekend, Sunday to be exact, was crowded and staff were mad dashing to clear a table for me and my date. Although, I hated that they assume that we speak Chinese until they realized my hand signals meant I didn’t understand. Anyways, we ordered a lot, see the pictures for what we ordered.
The food came out fairly quickly, still hating on the damn teapots, it’s like every. standard. dim. sum. place. freaking overfills the pot to the point where they’re not pour-​able without spilling all of it all over the tablecloth. Food was good, really like the spring rolls and the squid tenacles, others are so so. One item was mislabeled as meat and veggie dumpling and ummm there was no meat in it… what the hell. Oh and one menu item we ordered, never came out. I wanted my shrimp siu mai, people!
Pros:
— Fast, effective service
— English menu to help non-​Chinese speakers order
Cons:
— Not all food ordered came out
— Overfilled teapots
— Tip separated from bill and cashier demanded tip when I had no change left for tip.

Nope, it’s definitely not a bar, although it does have beer and wine.
This place is considerably less busier than Steam House located across from this restaurant in the same building, but it has its own target of customers here. It’s also somewhat cheaper than Steam House, and the design is a bit less modern (mainly because this place has been around longer I assume).
I ordered the special dinner for 6, but added a pigeon order and another kind of fish which I forgot. The starter soup, crispy chicken, steamed fish, and sweet/​sour pork all tasted very good. The beef vegetable and vancouver crab was meh at best, and the bean curd was on the disappointing side, as none of us expected it to be fried (which honestly ruins the taste). In terms of the other items outside the combo, the pigeon tasted very good, and we even ordered a second one to take home! The fish which I forgot its name… was definitely regretting as it was tough to chew.
For $ 59.80 for the original 6 dishes, there’s definitely good value in it. It’s definitely not the best Chinese food I’ve eaten, but I can’t argue given the price (and the free soup and dessert that came along). Service, however, definitely could be better, as I honestly believe everyone should be trained to at least take down our food orders, but only the captains/​managers were allowed to, and it seemed the waiters/​waitresses outnumber them almost 2 to 1.

Came here on a Tuesday night for a family dinner. The restaurant was probably close to 25% full but yet, service was slow. The servers ignored us and did not refill our tea. When they did take away our tea pots, they did not bring it back until I went up to the counter and asked why we’ve been waiting ten minutes for our tea pots to be refilled. Compared to the usual Chinese restaurant time, the food took a long time to come out.
Too bad, originally this was our go-​to restaurant when we wanted casual night outs but I guess we’ll have to find another one.

i guess i will give this place 4 stars… mainly because its a good value.
less line ups than other chinese restaurants. taste is comparable. but obviously cant compete with omei or any fancy shmancy place… did i mention. price is not too bad?
i come here for dimsum very often. its always my back up dimsum place if others are jammed pack.

My friend told me they are quite cheap and the food is good, so we tried this place. I like the dough and congee. The food was average for a Dim Sum place. The price is quite reasonable and waiters are attentive. Will come back since I like the dough with my soya milk.
Btw, I ordered lots take out food and they gave a big box to carry it. It only costs $ 40 for a big box of food… then I used the box to store recycling.
The Peking Duck is not authentic at all… only suggest the Dim Sum there.
Good place for brunch.

This is currently my parents new favourite restaurant.
We come here in the morning for dim sum. They are not the cart pushing type of dim sum, it is order off of the sheet. Dim sum is not bad and not expensive either.
We also frequent the dinner scene. Their set dinner menu is not bad. We typically order a 6 dish menu and it’s big enough to feed a family of 9 with leftovers.
Overall, food is pretty tasty!

Wonderful dim sum at great prices!
Milliken Bar and Restaurant doesn’t sound like a dim sum/​Chinese place. It doesn’t have those standard Chinese names (of which it seems that all restaurants take from a Chinese word bank — words like Dragon, Golden, Panda, etc) Anyways, the place itself looks a bit off from the outside, but the interior isn’t bad at all. It’s a large place and seems it has to be in order to accomodate all the people who come here for dim sum! Service is stellar but they have problems with English. The patrons are all Chinese so that’s always a good sign.
I am allergic to shrimp… but I love it. Naturally, I ordered Shrimp Dumplings, Fried Shrimp Dumplings, Shrimp Noodle Roll, and an order of Chicken feet. (F**k Allergies). The shrimp dumplings were wonderful as the shrimp had a great filling taste with a strong sesame oil smell which I love. The skin was a bit sticky but the dumplings were huge so I’m sure they kind of clumped into the bamboo dish. The Fried Shrimp dumplings were good but pretty oily. The shrimp filling was good and the wrapping was crunchy crisp and not at all soggy.
The shrimp rice noodle roll was fresh. The shrimp was fresh and the rice noodle was fresh. I stress «fresh» because there are so many places that have that overnight frozen smell and taste that instantly throws you off. This place does it right. The chicken feet was a good portion and they cut their feet in half to make it easier for you to eat i guess? In any case, it was good and gelatinous.
The place is great, as is the service, but don’t expect a smile. That’s just how Asians are. They do their job very well, and don’t need to fake any emotion for you.
One thing to note is: they advertise $ 2.10 dim sum all day from 8am-​11pm. Don’t be fooled. Place stops serving dim sum after 4pm. They should really take that sign down. It drew me in the first time and had me disappointed. I just left and came back the next day.

I have enjoyed their cheap (well-​priced) dim sum several times so I brought my family here for dinner on a Saturday night. We were a party of 3 adults and 2 kids and arrived before 6pm to a restaurant less than half filled but barely got a table! Several parties of people after us got turned away because the restaurant was booked full of reservations.
We ordered from the set menu. Our dinner for 4 included 1) king mushroom with shrimp, 2) crispy chicken, 3) preserved vegetable with pork and 4) steamed fish. All this for $ 39.80! I love Chinese food :)
We got free soup to start which was vegetable and pork based. The vegetable dish came next but was more like «shrimps on a bed of Chinese vegetables with a few king mushrooms» rather than what was advertised. The fish was fresh and delicious and the chicken skin on the crispy chicken was very yummy. The preserved veg and pork (belly) had good flavour and did not disappoint. My kids also enjoyed the food which made it a good evening for me. I liked the complimentary Red bean soup (not excessively orange peel-​y).
As we ate, the restaurant filled up. Noticed a nearby table brought their own booze. Service was standard for a Chinese restaurant… there were pretty busy that night too. There’s a party room near the front that fits 4 large tables for private gatherings.
Definitely want to come back for the Peking duck and roast pigeon.

Don’t let the outside exterior fool you, this restaurant serves authentic fresh dim sum that is very reasonably priced. In it’s past life, it was a bar called Daybreak where you could sing karaōke in a separate room. Daybreak was a pretty shady bar where shady things happened in the washroom but the beer was cheap.
So one day I was hungry for dim sum and I was in the area, so I decided to drop in. They have done a pretty good job of renovating the inside, they have kept the washrooms the same as before and the patio the same which is still an eyesore that has not been renovated.
They charge $ 2.10 for most dishes on the weekday and $ 2.40 for most dishes on the weekend. They also charge .80 a person for cha wei, in English it translates to a tea fee which is pretty common for every dim sum restaurant but normally it’s $ 1 or higher.
Normally I order a lot of the basics like har gow (shrimp dumpling, siu mai (pork dumpling, har cheung (shrimp roll) and my favourite fung zaau (chicken’s feet).
At Milliken Bar & Restaurant instead of old ladies pushing carts around, you order from a sheet and a waiter or waitress will bring the food to your table when it’s ready. This process usually ensures that the food is freshly made and hasn’t been sitting around. The food like I mentioned is fresh, pretty well executed, decent sized portions and tastes good. The service is not bad, pretty comparable to most of the dim sum restaurants in Scarborough.

Miliken Restaurant & Bar is a cheap and decent dim sum restaurant in the Scarborough area. Prices are $ 2.10 for all dishes during the week and $ 2.40 for the weekend. I live awfully close to the restaurant so I also appreciate the convenience.
Some of my favourites here include:
Deep fried taro dumpling
Korean style short ribs
Deep fried meat dumpling– the slightly sweetened glutinous exterior was thick and had a nice, chewy texture
Rice noodle roll-​wrapped Crispy Dough– surprisingly refined and delicious
Egg tarts
Sesame dumpling with bitter melon and salted egg yolk– a very interesting dessert. The bitter melon is very subtle and I could hardly taste it.
All in all, not a bad place for cheap dim sum. I’d come during the week if possible to avoid the weekend crowd (and price premium). But on the weekends, the servers circulate around holding dishes that are not on the menu, and these items are not available during the week. I always like to see what they bring out (and it’s usually quite enticing), so I try not to order so much from the regular menu and save some room for these special items.

How would one expected that Milliken Bar and Restaurant would be serving Dim Sum and Roast Duck?
I was expecting some fancy Martini or Craft beer when I dropped by for lunch today. and I was given a dim sum menu…
Dim Sum $ 2 all size all day… not a bad deal… Nothing too fancy on the menu but all the items are made to order so quite decent.
The service here is friendly. overfriendly… especially when our waiter gave us some pickup lines…
The dim sum are standard… nothing to write home about but at least the restaurant itself is quite spacious and clean.
FYI, this location before it is a Chinese restaurant was a BAR! I guess they just kept the old name!

Like mother like daughter… My mom and I are very alike in that we love to eat. We differ because she usually likes to venture out to try new Chineae restaurants and I like to venture out and try eveything! The Miliken Bar was our weekend adventure.
We got the dinner special. For $ 70 we got: Peking Duck, steamed fish, broth braised lobster, daikon and winter melon soup, beef stir-​fry, stir fried greens and adzuki (red bean) sweet soup. This special is even more of a bargain during weekdays ($ 58!)
The food was a bit on the salty side for me but all in all very tasty. The Peking duck was the best! The duck was not too fatty and the skin was crisp. The crêpe was nice and thin and is one of the best I’ve had at a Chinese restaurant! The stir fried beef had a hint of five spice, was battered and then smothered in sauce. This was a little too salty for me. The lobster was good, the meat was nice and firm, though I wish they would’ve added some scallions in it for flavour. The stir fried greens were a little oily but savory. The fish was nice and tender though a but too flaky IMHO. The red bean soup is prolly one of the best in Toronto. The consistency was perfect! Not too watered down but not too glutinous either and just the right amount of sweetness.
A must try! Service was good. They changes our plates after we filled it with lobster shells and gave us clean ones.

A pretty good Chinese restaurant.
I came here with my family and we ordered a classic Chinese ten-​course meal. Everything came all at once, and more or less in improper order, but the food was good and we all really enjoyed it.
The service was great. My mom called ahead to book a large lobster for 12. They brought out a couple of lobsters for us to choose from, and we picked the bigger one. I thought this was a nice touch.
Best: Lobster fried rice, sweet and sour pork.
The lobster was actually pretty good, but it was a Maggi sauce, and I’m a bigger fan of ginger chive sauce. Of course, that didn’t stop me from eating almost half the thing myself.
All in all, a very nice dining experience, moderately clean restaurant, zero décor as in most decent Chinese places and good food.