Chinese Halal Restaurant

Excellent food, fantastic value nice quick service and very friendly atmosphere. Since we first visited this place in 2014, my wife and I have become regular customers that whenever I am anywhere around Leslie and Finch we stop over. Definitely recommended!

The lamb skewers were the only good part of the meal. The other lamb dishes were very fatty and the flavour was completely different than what the name suggests. Non lamb dishes are average. Remember to order dishes with the cumin spices, you can’t go wrong with those.

We always order the same 7 – 8 dishes. And it’s always amazing. Try their beef tablets, sooooo gooooddd. I don’t like most Chinese food, but I have tried some new stuff here and so far so good ;).

I was here Saturday night with my boyfriend and the place was packed but thankfully (and surprisingly) we were seated immediately.
We ordered Szechuan chicken, noodles with veggies, and chicken and corn soup. Our food came out within 10 – 15 minutes of ordering and everything was delicious!
The chicken was well seasoned and the veggies were fresh and crunchy.
The portion size for the noodles was a bit small but it was the perfect amount for just the two of us.
The soup was my favourite part. I grew up eating corn soup and this tasted just like my grandmother used to make.
Overall it was a very good experience; modern setup, friendly staff, and a lively atmosphere.
We will definitely be coming back here again.

Ohhh mannnnnn so spice, so good. My mouth was a hot bed of tingle after leaving Chinese Halal Restaurant.
We came here on a thursday night. The restaurant was close to empty, which I always get nervous about. We stood at the front waiting for perhaps a hostess to invite us in or anyone. After waiting a while we kinda just invited ourselves to the middle of the restaurant and waved at the waitress working and she pointed at a table and we sat down. The ordering style is write-​it-​down-​yourself-​and-​hand-​it-​back-​to-​them. We ordered lamb skewers, kidney skewers (don’t hate, I love these), bbq buns (which we thought were bbq pork buns… they’re not), xianjang noodles with chicken, and black bean chicken.
The skewers are smallish and kinda pricey but so good. Definitely hits the craving for skewers.
The kidney skewers are also smallish, but good. Well seasoned.
BBQ buns which we THOUGHT were bbq pork buns, were good despite lacking the meat we were expecting. They are season in cumin and chilli flakes and very addicting.
Xianjang noodles with chicken were good but very spicy and oily. Delicious hand made noodles were nice and chewy.
Black bean chicken was the crowd pleaser that day. Unbelievably tender and juicy, it came sizzling hot on a cast iron plate.
Service was poor, any time we need anything, menus, drinks, orders, etc it took a lifetime to wave the waitress down, considering the restaurant was so empty it should have been easy to get some attention but nope. A little frustrating and at times we wondered if she even understood us.
However even with the poor service, the food was very good and very well priced.

Absolutely love this place! First time at this location but have been to the other locations a few times and the food is always great. My famous is the lamb dumplings and lamb skewers — you can never go wrong with those!
The place was quite nice and service was really great. I was there on a Sunday night so it was fairly empty. The food came out pretty fast within 10 minutes of our order and the price is quite reasonable. Great place for some northern Chinese food !

We wanted to try some different foods. My mom got the flyer & said this place looked interesting. So one weekend we got take out here and went to pick it up. Didn’t like many of the dishes, it wasn’t what we were expecting. Most of the dishes had the same spices used & many of them were the kind we didn’t like. Portion sizes weren’t great either. Also the restaurant itself has seen better days. It looks like it needs a reno badly. It wasn’t busy at all on a Saturday afternoon. We weren’t impressed. Won’t be ordering from here again.

The food here is prepared with care; but I have one gripe. The food is just not hot (warm) enough when it comes to the table. There is no question that this is refined cuisine at its best — I just wish it was hotter when it arrives at the table!
The lamb with Chinese yam is a good dish. Hand made noodles with lamb so-​so.

These guys know how to cook proper chinese! I’m amazed. Food is fresh and very light and comes in a good quantity for the price. This is a hidden gem guys

This is one of the few Chinese places that cooks lamb, and it’s delicious! Overall the rice, noodle, dumpling, and bread-​like dishes are very much Chinese style, but it does differ a little from mainstream Chinese cooking just to have its own unique taste. The portion sizes (generous!) and prices (low!) are very much like other Chinese restaurants, which means $ 10 to $ 15 per person (after tax and tips) will buy you a very satisfying meal. Other than that, I’d briefly mention that their free Wi-​Fi Internet didn’t seem to work properly.

Chicken corn soup was really good and so was the hot and sour. The BBQ menu was excellent bbq lamb, chicken and beef. The spicy boneless chicken was delicious beyond words. The chicken fried rice was good. The noodles were good, however thick. I just did not enjoy the beef dumplings, something about the seasoning was not appealing to my palate. The price was affordable too. We were 8 including a 4 year old and it cost us $ 106. The service was fast and they were all really really nice. Loved the atmosphere, and it was clean. Will definitely be a regular here and recommend more to come.

The Food was very good, and the restaurant had an authentic feel.
The only complaint is that they did not convert American currency nor accept American debit cards, so if you are coming from the USA, be sure to exchange some currency before eating here.

Disclaimer: this was my first northern Chinese halal meal ever, so I could only review based on if I enjoyed the food and experience.
I came for a UYE organized by Jennifer K. We ordered mostly lamb/​goat dishes: grilled skews, curry, marinated, roasted, stir fried, spicy, not spicy. We had had it all. Lamb meat being lamb meat, all the entrees were moist and easy to chew. Some were juicier (marinated lamb) than the others (skews). Generally, all the dishes were boldly flavoured and the meat well-​seasoned. I particularly enjoyed the roasted lamb thigh, because it was so meaty. On the other hand, I found the spicy skews best went with something cold and alcohol (you guess it: beer). For lamb meat lovers, this restaurant is heaven on earth.
I only had lamb meat at this UYE, so I can’t comment on the entrees of other type of meat.
Halal lamb meat didn’t taste any different from non-​Halal lamb meat. I wouldn’t pay a premium for it. I liked the bold taste, yet I found I craved some mild flavoured vegetable mid-​meal to give my taste buds a break. I definitely recommend ordering a mix of bold and mild flavoured dishes if you dine here.
The services was slightly below average, because we had to walk over our empty teapots to servers for water refills. This might be due to the fact that we sat inside a party room.

Baa, baa, black sheep, (Jen k and Wayne arrange for a lamb focused UYE)
Have you any wool? (After a debate we set the date)
Yes, sir, yes, sir, (12 Unilocalers agree to partake)
Three bags full; (How we felt after the UYE)
This UYE was arranged to coincide with the Year of the Ram. As always amazing effort to arrange such an event.
We went all out with the menu. So here is the verdict on each dish.
Fried Lamb Tongue a more exotic dish for some I guess though we we stayed away from the Vday special. Decent I would order this for the texture as it was done well.
Fresh Lamb Soup. Hmm couldn’t make much of it a filler IMO.
Sliced Lotus Roots. A good version of lotus root. Even though its pan fried I think its a good way to change the taste of the lamb.
Spicy Cabbage. Again done quite well. For a place that’s known for lamb they do veggies quite well.
BBQ Lamb Chop. Excellent the top item IMO for this outing. Cooked to perfection with crisp out and nicely rendered fat. The dry spice also elevated this dish.
Lamb Slice Skewer. Intense and looks like a big serving but it is laden with cumin. I would rather order the BBQ lamb skewers as they feel you more satiated.
BBQ Lamb Skewers. For a place that is known for lamb it would be terrible for them to get this item wrong. They do this quite well. I would say its a crowd pleaser
Sesame Lamb Chop. This version of the chops didn’t quite sit right. Quite bland IMO. The dipping sauce didn’t add much to the meat as it stayed bland. IMO lamb meat benefits from being spiced well so this one was downer.
Big BBQ Lamb Leg: Big on presentation a huge hunk of was brought carved and drew ooh and aah from the table. Cooked just right so the meat was tender. The meat was spiced well so a good thing to order if you are a big crowd. There is an option bring it whole so one can carve it on the table.
Lamb Pancakes. Decent and fulfilling.
Beef dumplings. Average as just boiled and not spiced.
Lamb Dumplings: Average.
Rice. Had raisins in it which provided a nice surprise.
My recommendations are order the leg of lamb, BBQ lamb chop if you are a medium sized group and balance out the rest of the meal with other items.
I would say a 3 star for moi and would bump it up another star if you are into lamb.

Décor, space, and service were all amazing
BUT the food wasn’t (mind you this is dependent if you fancy Mongolian cuisine)
I surprisingly found the curry fish to taste scrumptious but other items such as friend potato and noodles to be bland and in some cases very oily
I would recommend this for someone craving traditional Chinese cuisine but if you are like me who enjoy Hakka style more I would avoid this place.

This place is great for lamb lovers like me. So many different types of lamb dishes, most of them delicious.
We ordered a few dishes, all containing lamb. The ones that I remember:
–lamb soup: I didn’t like this one actually. Seemed like they added some flavor to try to mask the gaminess, but I didn’t really like that flavor. When I order a lamb product, I want the gaminess!
–lamb dumplings were excellent. Among the best that I’ve had
–had a lamb noodle dish that was the special of the day. This was also really good. Probably our favorite dish of the night
–stay away from the lamb chops! They were really salty, and also a LOT of fat pieces (in fact, there was more fat than meat)
–cumin lamb on toothpicks was delicious as expected
Will definitely be back. Would have been 5 stars if not for the fatty lamb chops

I live closeby so I come here a lot. You need to know what to order because it can be a hit or miss, but what I really like from this place are:
Handmade Lamb Noodles — much better than the beef imo and a lot more tender and flavourful.
Cabbage with Vinegar — Nice flavour and super yummy.
Skewers (most of the things on their BBQ menu) — Really flavourful and goes great with rice!
Lamb soup — Love the flavour!
Beef or Lamb pancakes — can be oily but the bun has a nice texture.
Overall I do like this place, their food is generally pretty good and if you like lamb, you should check it out. They have some good lunch specials as well!

If you love lamb, then you’ll love this place. If you merely like lamb, even you might think it’s a bit much.
Chinese Halal couldn’t be more generic with their name. Judging by the look of it outside and the menu, I did not expect to walk into a aesthetically pleasing restaurant. It is a lot nicer than I imagined in my head. The menu is Northern style food that mixes the BBQ with spicy cuisine as well. Oh and lots of lamb options.
I’ve had the spicy jellyfish, BBQ lamb skewers, bbq beef skewers, BBQ lamb leg, Sesame lamb chops, and the beef pancakes. Despite the variety of it all, there are just so many inventive ways that they use lamb. The skewers were the best part of the meal as the bbq beef and bbq lamb skewers are incredible (and incredibly fatty as well at times). The meat is savory and tender, but can get a bit over spiced. They really lay on the cumin here.
The BBQ Lamb Leg was pretty good as it’s a whole roasted shank, with the same seasoning as used for the skewers. The leg meat tears apart from the bone and you can pick at the meat from the bone at the end if you like. The Sesame Lamb Chops were good, but can be very gamey (some like that), so if you aren’t a big fan of lamb, this dish might turn you off of it for a bit. The sesame flavor doesn’t really come out, but the meat is still very tender and savory.
You come here if you want to have lamb or try multiple ways of eating it. The skewers are your best option here as they are very good. The place is clean and it’s pretty nice inside. Service is good and free wifi is offered here as well.

Just went here for lunch with my partner, after hearing it recommended by a friend, and I’m really glad we checked it out. I’ll definitely be coming back!
They have a lot of dishes that were not so familiar with me — I think with the Muslim connection, they’re Western Chinese? But I always love trying new things, so that was a plus! And everything we had was really good.
The very best thing was the steamed lamb dumplings — SO GOOD! I don’t even normally eat red meat, but they had so many lamb things on the menu, and all the scents of the food around us smelled so good, I decided this worth a compromise, and it totally was. They make magic with lamb here!
I had the spicy tofu lunch special, and while it wasn’t actually all that spicy — somewhat, yes, but my standard for «spicy» tends to be many other people’s standard for «incendiary» — it was really tasty, and came with a side dish of cold edamame, which was nice too.
My partner got chicken with chestnuts, which was also very nice — I’d never encountered chestnuts in Chinese food before, but they went really well in it. Their sweetness made a nice balance to the savoury sauce. Again, not too highly seasoned, but still very good.
Service was very quick, too, which is good when you’re on lunch break from work as I was. All in all, quite a nice find, and I’ll definitely be back.

This place is just okay. Most of the dishes we had were fine, and there was nothing that blew me away. A few items were just bland (cow tongue skewers).
My brother wouldn’t stop saying how it used to be better before.
Service was very friendly, and the food came out VERY quickly, which was awesome.
My favourite items here were the pan fried lamb dumplings.