Paradise Fine Chinese Dining

I love this place, my favourite sticky rice, har gow just done right, best chili oil… octopus fingers mmmmmn

food is not bad, one of the better places. atmosphere is nicer than the places in Chinatown
weekend dim sum is 50% before 11. you have to be seated and order by 11 which is debatable. I’ve had the waitress seat us before 11 and wrote the time on the order sheet and have the waiter take our order after 11 and wouldn’t honor the discount and have come same time and seated before 11 and ordered after 11, honoured discount. the time they didn’t honor it, they just completely ignored us when we asked about it
I must say though, the fresh mango rolls were delicious

Took my GF here for a dinner. Paradise is a nice restaurant, but for the price point you can do better.
Pros:
Very nice décor
Service is on point
Cons:
Value for the price point could be better
I’ve always noticed this place while driving by. Most people usually come for dim sum based on the reviews. I wanted to bring my GF to a nice place for dinner and decided on this one because it was close by. The place has great décor and tries to set itself apart from the rest of the restaurants in the same plaza. It’s definitely the most professional of the bunch.
We ordered a steamed fish, diced beef tenderloin and a braised tofu with vegetables. The food comes out with two servers, one to hold the dish, the other to actually serve it. It’s a little over the top for a HK Style Café veteran like me, but it’s nice to have. The servers here are all on point. Service is a very important ideal for them here.
The food itself was OK. It’s just for the price point I feel the portions could be a lot better. The three dishes and 3 bowls of rice came to over $ 130. You can tell from my pictures that it’s safe to say portions could be a lot better. My favourite dish was actually the braised tofu which is surprising. The food was presented well though. I guess when I left, I just felt the meal lacked something for the price point.
I’m on the fence about this place. There were things I liked but for the price, I felt you should come out with more.

I visited this place a few weeks ago with my mother and aunt. Immediately, when I walked inside, I was quite impressed with the décor around the whole place. It was clean, prestige, and elegant.
The dim sum is selection is very standard of what you would normally find in any dim sum restaurant. The choices are quite delicious, with a few specialty creations, like the Fried Papaya and Milk Dumplings. The food was freshly prepared with fresh ingredients. The prices are reasonable considering the quality of the food.
The service was good as the waiters were very attentive at our table. Overall, I had a great experience at this place and I cannot wait to come back for more.

I came here for my mom’s early birthday celebration, but I didn’t know about the special price before 11 am. There was a small wait around 12 pm, but that was no big deal. Other dim sum places require you to wait for a lot longer on the weekends.
The food came pretty quickly after we placed our orders (probably in about 10 – 15 minutes). My family ordered some typical dim sum dishes including the shrimp dumplings, beef rice rolls (funny how they call them rice crepes on their menus), spare ribs, sticky rice, beef balls, and chive pork blood. The food tasted delicious and definitely high quality, but I was not particularly blown away. However, the sticky rice we got was fried, and I was quite intrigued by the texture; it looked sort of like a mountain. I’m not a big fan of sticky rice with a fried exterior, but I felt that this tasted great, and the frying did not diminish the quality of the food at all. The other dishes tasted great as well, and probably comparable to a lot of high quality Chinese restaurants. However, the beef rolls were a bit smaller than usual.
Overall, Paradise is a bit pricey, but it’s worth the price for a fine dining experience. It’s nice to have a place in North York, especially since I don’t live in Markham. I recommend to come again but probably when the special prices apply.

Went here for the early bird special on the weekend. Before 11am, dim sum (S, M, L) are $ 2.95 each. But you better be one of the firsts to get here or they will run out of tables. For a small table 4 – 6 ppl, it’s best to get here by at least 10:00am (they open at 9:00am).
The food was alright. We ordered
Sticky Rice with chicken & lotus leaf — not that much chicken. Mostly rice
Shrimp dumpling — liked it. though imho a little small
Siu mai with minced pork & shrimp — liked it and they tried to make it nice with the presentation.
Snow pea leaf & shrimp dumpling — have had better before.
Pan fried green onion crepes — super disappointing. There was pretty much no green onions
Crispy shredded chicken spring roll with taro — it was fine and expected.
Crusty taro with scallop — I liked this. Never had it with scallop before
Grilled turnip with preserved meat — as expected
Golden fried sesame balls with soft custard centre — not bad at all
Would probably come back for dim sum. Service was alright.
As with every Chinese restaurant, I always like to look at the décor to see if it’s tacky for weddings. It wasn’t too bad. But there doesn’t seem to be space for a nice head table anywhere. Would probably be nice for a baby’s 100 day celebration.

The food is of a higher quality than most dimsum places so it’s more expensive here — you get what you pay for. When we came in we were seated immediately, & our food came to us hot & freshly made.
I did not give higher stars because I think the servers need to be friendlier & build a better rapport with their clientele.
Overall the place is clean & bright, & we will come back in the future.

Came here with fellow Unilocaler Lili for dim sum. The aim was to get there before 11am while it was ½ price but damn this place was busy. Most of Markham must have had the same idea.
The wait was around 30 minutes which took us past the 11am mark.
The dim sum was top notch though, no complaints.

Went for dim sum at Paradise as I’d heard it was good, but found it disappointing. Usually I think of dim sum as something to indulge in, where I can order a variety of dishes & enjoy each morsel of food as a little burst of flavour. Here, the dim sum was generally lacking in flavour and not well prepared.
Details on some individual dishes & the size they’re priced at (Small, Medium, Large, etc.):
1. Steamed Supreme Har Gows (Shrimp dumpling) (Large): Dry and bland. You get a generous amount of shrimp, but it doesn’t particularly taste good. The dumpling skin was thick and coarse rather than delicate.
2. Steamed Chicken Feet with Supreme Sauce (Small): Usually this dish should be bursting in flavour from various spices stewed in the sauce & then absorbed into the chicken feet, but Paradise’s Chicken Feet was undercooked and bland.
3. Sticky Rice with Chicken & Conpoy Wrapped in Lotus Leaf (Medium): There was little non-​rice filling in this, which made the whole thing rather bland. The texture of the sticky rice was fine.
4. Crusty Taro with Scallop (Large): This is a deep-​fried taro dumpling with «crusty» crispy edges on it, filled with a piece of scallop. Scallop was thin, bland, and not fresh. I’ve had better versions of this taro dumpling (at other restaurants) filled with ground pork instead.
5. Deep Fried Assorted Meat Dumplings (Small): These were not good, not appetizing at all.
6. Grilled Turnip Pâté with Preserved Meat (Radish Cake) (Medium): The «turnip» here refers to white radish. This radish cake was bland, flavourless and not seared well. They used so little radish (or «turnip») that I couldn’t really taste it. Seems like it’s mostly filler (flour).
Service is so-​so. Expect it to be busy at lunchtime. There may be a substantial waiting list before you get seated. You need to get a number from the hostess. They may not call out numbers very clearly or loudly. Apparently, the hostess passed over our number several times without bothering to call it out to the entire crowd waiting in the front lobby area.
Décor is pretty good. Restaurant is pleasant to sit in.
2+ stars

One of the more elegant Chinese dim sum /​fine dining places I’ve gone too. My grandparents and I love coming here. The decro is great and spacious. Although the price may be considered to be on the pricier side, the food was great. We come here a lot for dim sum. We usually order the typical stuff but some fun items to try would be the deep fried sticky rice (aka joong), mushroom and veggie dumpling (It was green!) and fresh mango coconut rolls!

Don’t be trick by its special price, 2.80 $ before 11:30!
Rating
Taste — 2
Service — 4
I take taste on the upper hand, therefore I give 3, realistically I want to give a 2.5. Maybe it’s just me. ^^ eat well ^^

wow I’ll never come here in lunch hour again just no frigggin way this place is louder than a slaughter house it’s virtually impossible to enjoy the dimsum and chinese tea with a million people talking and laughing obnoxiously in the background
三個女人一個墟
哩度應該有十幾廿個墟

Our group meets monthly for dim sum. This restaurant met all our expectations and more. What makes Paradise stand out from other restos is the unique combinations in their offerings. The dishes were fresh, flavourful and gave a great taste experience. You order off the card; this is great b/​c we could see the full array of interesting choices. It is easy to order the pricier (L, XL, XXL, SP) items and come away paying $ 25/​person. We all felt it was well worth it.
Service was prompt and polite.
It was very, very busy so make reservations if you don’t want to wait 30+ min. (Very common wait time in most dim sum restos).
Update:
For our return visit the following month we focused on the Medium and Small priced items (with a few L) and came away stuffed and satisfied. Of particular note: the honey-​garlic wings, the steamed vegetable and mushroom dumplings, sweet red bean pancake, a steamed rice crêpe. Last time the steamed bok choy was terrific; this time the sauteed bok choy was just ok. Last time the steamed rice in lotus leaf was disappointing, this time it was flavourful and delicious.
The desserts were delicious with unusual entries such as sesame balls with soft custard centre. The chilled mango pudding had small chunks of mango, the egg tarts were flaky and flavorful. The sweet tofu with ginger syrup was underwhelming.
With 11 people we came away paying $ 23/​person.

There is plenty of parking outside the restaurant. The restaurant offers a discount to their VIP customers when paying cash. Our group of 5 chose the 4 course banquet menu as it appeared to be the best bang for the bucks spent. The price was discounted from $ 238/​-​to $ 188/​-​before tax and tips. We were told that if paid by credit card, then there would not be the $ 50/​-​discount. Fancy that a $ 50/​-​surcharge for Credit Cards even though the most unpopular card among vendors, the AMEX only charge 3% surcharge. Not really sure how they justify it.
The food was good and the portions good sized. We had Sharks Fin soup, shredded chicken stir fried with Jelly Fish, Goose feet and wings, steamed fish, lobster and noodles. I had the impression that the food was much more expensive than Seaview restaurant.

I’m going to skip this place the next time i crave dim sum. I thought the selection was smaller and it was rather over priced. I don’t ever recall spending $ 100 on dim sum for 2 ppl before… and it’s not like it’s got the Lei Wah Heen quality or anything.

This place is really okay. The service is okay if you are some sort of regular. The food is okay. But the tables are really crowded and there’s no room to walk in between. In terms of the variety of dim sum there is a bit of variety and specially item compared to other places. We tried their steamed rice roll with fried tofu in the middle and fried glutinous rice. Both seems to be okay pretty tasty. The portions of their dim sum is on the small side, if you are not full can always order fried rice or noodles. We tried their fried meat dumpling this time and the colour is a bit off. It’s either over fried or the oil is old. Their spring rolls and fried sesame ball dessert is pretty good too. This place is a bit crowded for me and their quality is a bit inconsistent, not to mention parking in the parking lot is horrendous, there are some pretty bad drivers that frequent this lot, once in a while is okay.

I like this place for a more upscale dim sum dining.
The environment is pretty elegant… nice utensils, mederate noise level, tentitive servers who would actually come over to check on how you’re doing (not usual for Chinese dining).
Food was delicious and the presentation was far better than some other cheaper places. Obviously it was more expensive, but we ordered before 11am to take advantage of the discount, which s/​m/​l dishes are all for 2.80 each.
I tried their regular dining menu before as well and those are really good too, but definitely pricier compared to other Chinese restaurants

There are a whole bunch of dim sum restaurants in the Tdot that simply steam packaged dim sum that one can find in the frozen section of chinese supermarkets. This place isn’t one of them.
The dim sum is hand crafted. They serve baked tapioca pudding. No other dim sum restaurant in toronto serves this dish. Proof that this restaurant has creativity.
I would give this place 5 stars but it is always busy. I’ve had to turn away due to long line ups before. Parking is available but sometimes the lot is full. Plan ahead to wait if you try this place on the weekends.
I grew up eating dim sum. As restaurants move to pre fab heated food to pad profits it’s nice to go to a place like paradise and remind myself of times when all dim sum was made at the restaurant level.

Upon arrival, I was impressed by the fancy décor. The meal went downhill from there.
In summary: very expensive for small portions. Little to no service. Flies everywhere.
Succulent pig with jellyfish: a small portion. Pig was pretty okay, but I’ve had better.
Half chicken: some pieces were hot, some were warm, some were cold, as if they microwaved it. Pretty standard tasting otherwise
Tofu dish: don’t know the name for it in English. Quite salty, but still good. Again, small portions. The 4 of us had 1 – 2 small servings and the dish was done.
Yee mein: smaller portion than what I would expect. The noodles were made quite wet, not what I’m used to, but tasted pretty good.
Beef with puff pastry: horrible!!! And what a weird dish. The puff pastry was not cooked and tasted bad. Underneath were entire pieces of very low quality steak. How do they expect us to eat giant pieces of chewy steak? It tasted either old, low quality, or poorly cooked. We didn’t even take the leftovers for this dish home. This dish was over $ 20… for this price, I might as well have something at a cha cha tang! Even their steaks taste better.
Tom cleared the dishes for us. When my aunt mentioned the flies, he ignored her and walked away. He had quite a poor attitude, I think.
Anna brought us the check. I had read on reviews that they sometimes add a few dollars on the check (to trick people into paying more) so I told my aunt to double check the price. Anna did not look pleased. What’s the big deal? If there is nothing wrong with the check, she has nothing to worry about. After paying, she just took the receipt and leaves. No thank you, nothing, same bad mood expression on her face.
Service: slow. They basically only come to you when they’re serving food. So if you needed tea refilled or dishes cleared, you would need to grab someone yourself. No smiles, nothing.
All in all, not very good. Food was acceptable (other than the puff pastry steak thing), but paired with the bad service, we would not go back. I highly do not recommend this place, unless you want to be ignored or treated poorly.

2.5 Star
Paradise Fine Chinese Dining is one of the few dim sum places in the North York area (of course, if you were to drive a bit further east… different story). Anywho, the restaurant itself is located in the same shopping plaza as Asian Legend and Sunny Supermarket, except that it’s located in the back. Prices are a bit high so make sure you come out before 11am (well before 11am) to get their special pricing, which is $ 2.95 per plate as opposed to $ 5 on some dishes.
We ordered all the dim sum staples like hargow (shrimp dumplings), chicken feet, beef tripe, sticky rice in lotus leaf, etc. There was no real standout dishes. The hargow was probably the best item there. I enjoyed them because they were done really well. Skin was gelatinous but «bouncy» and the shrimp filling had actual flavor to it. The chicken feet and tripe were solid, but nothing exciting or anything different from others. The sticky rice was bland. No real flavor to the rice and not enough filling either. I’d like to say more, but not much else to say.
The place is unspectacular, yet somewhat solid. Service was slow, even on a day that was not as busy as I have seen it before. Find parking on the side of the building as there is garage parking as well as rooftop parking directly next to the restaurant. There are definitely better places to go, but in the area, this would be it. The layout of the restaurant is odd in that it is nice and all, but there seemed to be more large tables than intimate ones. It seemed as though it was easier to sit a table of 5 – 10 than a table of 2.
Make sure you arrive around closer to 10 than 11 am if you really expect to get that special price. The line can be painfully long.