R&D

R&D is a bold and modern restaurant in the heart of Toronto’s iconic Chinatown - opening soon.

7 / 10
65
ratings
  • Phone

    (416) 586-1241

  • Website

    rdspadina.com

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  • Type

    Asian Restaurant

Address

241 Spadina Ave Toronto ON M5H 2Y4 Canada

Credit Cards Yes
Wi-Fi Free
Outdoor Seating No
Restroom Yes

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Hannah Jor

Get the grandpa 's fun guo and salmon belly ! Really really good! The ribs are amazing it has a twist to it. It's fried with sweet and sour sauce. Beef tongue comes with oysters & flavorful pickles !

Joanna Sable

A very cool space with knowledgable servers . The food as a whole is terrific. I think a little work on balancing sweet to savoury is a great plan but I am looking forward to returning.

Munchies

The food is a mix of Chinese flavors colliding with North American dishes like a mapo tofu poutine , fried chicken with Hong Kong-style egg waffles , and Brussels sprouts with black bean butter. Read more

Ian Leung

The Sichuan maple old fashioned was amazing. Sounds crazy with roast duck infusion and sichuan spices, but it's almost imperceptible. Just awesome

Ian Leung

Tasty fried chicken with Sichuan peppercorn I think. HK style waffle too dry, might be better the regular way. Nice syrup .

Ian Leung

A year ago used to be quite good. Since then the menu has been downgraded somewhat in price, but mostly quality. Now average-ish Asian-style food. I was rooting for this place too. Heartbreaking.

Ian Leung

Octopus was excellent! Great combination of flavours and textures. #2 in Toronto

Ian Leung

Ceviche was really good. Light and unexpected flavour. Also, pretty big portion for a place like this

Gabrielle -

The fried chicken and waffles have a great asian twist!

Ian Leung

Grandpa fun guo is the most popular dim sum for good reason. Truffle works.

Christine Ha

Good cocktails especially the Chinese sausage + shitake one. Run by Eric Chong MasterChef Canada s1 winner. ????

Baharinaaa

Mushroom rice is must try????

Meritxell

The ceviche is really delicious !!!!

H I

Salmon belly and polenta fries were great. Lobster chow mein - not so much.

D Nice

Vegan option the veggie Chop suey was great.

Laura Shum

Bibimbap was good but ask to stir it yourself, the sauce can be over powering

Ian Leung

Everything we had was consistently impressive

Linda

Dim sum , boas, cocktails

Ian Leung

Cha Siu Bao is just ok. Fresh baked but unremarkable. A bit too buttery

Adam Williams

The grilled octopus was a highlight.

Ian Leung

Smells great, but salty. Tasty lobster , albeit not much.

B K

Spring rolls and banh mi

Laura Shum

They charge $2.50 per person for water...

Adam Williams

Pretty underwhelming.

Zhen Zeng

Overrated.

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