Made In China

I LOVE this place. Me and my boyfriend come here every week and we sit in the same spot and we order the same two dishes. We get the spicy chili fish and the beijing style sizzling beef plate. We love the food, the staff, and the general atmosphere of the place.

3.5÷5, +.5 for service
Made in China is not the place you go to if you’re expecting high end hot pot, but for the price you pay here it’s of excellent value.
I came here for hot pot on a cold day with my family, and was welcomed immediately by employees who look like university students (Ryerson is adjacent to this restaurant and U of T is also not very far). Despite their relative lack of experience, the students really do try to provide good service, and I do give them credit for it.
AYCE hot pot here amounted to about $ 20, but depending on the soup base you order it may cost a little more. Regardless, the price for hot pot here is less than other hot pot places in the city, and it should be taken into consideration when ordering your protein and veggies. Their meat selection is not too wide, but their meat quality is actually very good for the price you pay. There’s also a decent seafood selection consisting of squid and octopus, and they tasted decent too. I believe you also get a free seafood platter on weekends that consist of lobsters, mussels, etc.
Service, as I mentioned, was excellent and remained great the whole way.
Overall if you’re expecting high quality hot pot, this isn’t your place. However if you’re expecting high value food at affordable prices, this is definitely a place to consider if hot pot is something you like.

Cannot be beat. Best General Tao in town and more than happy to do special requests. Excellent prices and awesome staff too.

This place offers a-​okay Chinese/​Korean food for an a-​okay price. I ordered the Korean chicken bento lunch ($ 5.99) and it was surprisingly fairly tasty. I really liked that they gave a variety of vegetables as sides. This included sour daikon, bean sprouts, and kimchi. The chicken was tender and flavorful, and the overall bento was filling.

If I could give this 0 stars, I would. Actually surprised this palce is still open!
With Made in China, I gave this restaurant two chances and that was enough for me.
First time I went was with a group of friends, on a recommendation from someone who says it’s their favourite place to go. I had wonton soup and fried rice, which after coming home I immediately got sick from. The second time I ate here was with a different friend and I had their special «fried noodles with beef» that a waiter personally recommended as their favourite dish. Luckily I didn’t get sick eating this but the meal wasn’t even cooked! Noodles were hard and it was luke warm.
Finally, my friend who ate with me on my second attempt actually went back again because they didnt get sick and thought I was just being dramatic… only to get sick after eating there again!
Therefore, people eat there at your own risk!

Go to a hot pot hot pot place for hot pot. Their service is not as good as a real hot pot place for hot pot. The food was good but little sheep or celebrity were better overall. Had the obligatory 10 plates of lamb and watercress. Tip is included in bill already also.

My friend and I paid 30 dollars for a miserable bowl of rice and a small portion of beef.
If you’re hungry go to Chinatown.

This is the third Made In China restaurant I’ve been to. I love the interior décor.
The food and service was very consistent with the other 2 locations (Scarborough and Richmond Hill).
I absolutely LOVE the condiments they give. If you’ve read my other hot pot reviews you’ll know that I believe it’s all in the sauce!
This place offers a big variety of condiments and I use them all! Yum yum!
The meats and vegetables are always fresh. The service at this location is fantastic. And nothing could be better to eat in this cold bitter winter.

Had Hotpot buffet. Food is great!!! Each customer can get a half lobster, 1 scallop, 1 mussel, 1 piece of salmon, a couple of shrimp and some fish balls for free if you order dinner. Please be aware that it’s not really a good deal for small eater. Each of us spend about 30 bucks.

I change my review…
I went here today, they had bug in my food…
so… Not going back here again…

I love their hot pot very much. We got half lobster, one giant oyster, shrimp, salmon each for our seafood dish. We love their Japanese fish balls, lamb balls and also dumplings. Their chicken and crispy beef are fantastic, esp beef, super tender and juicy. Their seafood menu options are very limited, hope they can add something more into their menu in the future.

Great cheap eats in the downtown core. I’ve been here many times. Their specials are very affordable, starting at $ 5.99.
Their ramen menu is great too.

This place has Chinese fusion food and the other side is a Korean grill. They have hot pot, Hong Kong comfort food, Shanghainese food, and Northern Chinese food. I went in for the Hong Kong Chinese food. I had the shrimp with egg over fried ho fun. Ohmigod. It was glutton goodness served up in a mini wok. Those of you who aren’t into saucy egg dishes, this might not be the dish for you. This was a typical HK dish, which is usually served over rice, but this place had it over fried ho fun which I’ve never had before or even seen available in the States. The noodles were nice and tender and the egg sauce added such good overall flavoring to it. When you go to the bottom, the ho fun noodles were fried crispy so there was a nice crunch to it at the end.
I also had fried dumplings which was nothing to rave about. The shell was more like a cheap pastry flake shell, and it tasted kind dry and bland. The sauce that came with it didn’t make them any better either.
I wish I had more days to try other HK dishes here. I’m hoping next time I stop in Toronto, I can come back and have my favorite childhood dish — the fried spaghetti with ham. Yum!

I ordered sweet and sour pork, it looked appealing, but the taste did not follow through. It tasted like cubes of fat and sweet and sour sauce. I ended up just eating part of the rice and sauce.

I sometimes eat here from time to time during my Ryerson years, and it is indeed a very decent and cheap eat-​in lunch spot. The Maoist propaganda theme cracks me up (and I believe, if not mistaken, some of the merch on display are available on sale).
The food however, cracks me up even more. It may say ‘Made in China’ on the door, but they serve Chinese fusion meals. Oh, not just that, they make some Japanese, Thai and Malay dishes, and much of their ironic menu is essentially what would you get when a gwai lo imagines what combining Chinese and Thai food together would be like. Since Made in China shares restaurant space and operations with the adjacent Korean Grill House, you could also order from the Korean menu. Sounds a whole lot like a Maoist culinary takeover.
And oh, they also do hot pot, but never got around to try that.
The stuff is very filling and well-​presented, but as unspectacular as a typical Chinatown Chinese dim-​sum. I once ordered a pad thai (to prove myself the point of ordering Thai at a place that calls itself Chinese), and it was a sad slop of noodles.
It’s a very kitschy, Chinese-​for-​hip-​White-​folks kind of place. But it’s also a damn cheap restaurant, and for the prices, it’s very good enough. Especially if you are a debt-​incurring Ryerson student tired of campus cafeteria crap, fast food and hot dogs.
{TTC: from Dundas station, walk north past Gould.}

We visited Made in China on a Saturday afternoon around 3pm. We were initially drawn in by the huge Mao era mural while walking down Yonge St, and found that the theme continued inside with similar graphics along the walls and behind the bar. The restaurant shares its large, slightly steamy, primary seating area with Korean Grill House so most tables were equipped with a stove. Hot Pot seemed to be the meal of choice here as most of the lively groups were having it. Overall the setup was spacious, tables and chairs clean, and the décor refreshingly unique.
Their menu, as with most Chinese restaurants, was extensive and included some really inexpensive specials ($ 5.99 to $ 8.99). We ended up deciding on the Short Rib Sizzling Plate and Singapore Style Vermicelli. Both dishes came out pretty quickly with the Vermicelli arriving in a miniature wok which we thought was a nice touch. The portions were more than enough, but the meals themselves were pretty average.
What prompted me to give this restaurant 4 stars was the service. Our server was very attentive, genial and most impressively patient. We overheard her explaining the menu to a group of other non-​Asians and were impressed at the way she answered their many questions. With us, she was very attentive but not intrusive. Bottom line — she made my dining experience better, which nowadays is becoming more of an exception than the rule.
With a low price point, decent food, cool décor, and great service, Made in China is a good choice for HK style Chinese food along the Yonge strip.

Came here with Husband and a huge group of friends a few months back. Hot pot was not all that great, and the soup choices were limited. It was nice that they had split dividers so that if you had one half spicy and the other half not, you’d be able to choose.
The quality of meats were okay, but a bit too fatty for my liking. Most of their other offerings were processed fish and meat balls with imitation crab. Pretty standard hot pot choices, and even still, on the lower grade of quality.
For a price of close to $ 25 – 30 CAD/​head for AYCE, I expected a little more. Understandable that since it’s in Downtown core near Eaton Centre and price will be naturally higher, but wish they’d either reduce the number of item choices and bump up the quality, or go all out and offer a lot more overall.
It’s a fun place to go with friends and socialize, but if you’re there for the food only, I’d definitely pass.

BOTTOM LINE: An insanely cheap Hong Kong style diner + hot pot wrapped in a communist-​chic décor.
Made in China is basically your typical Hong Kong diner for any meal of the day. You want macaroni with spam in soup? Russian borsch? Spaghetti bolognese in cheese? Baked chicken in Portugal sauce on rice or spaghetti? Done, done, done and done! There are combo menus for everything that will add an appy, soup and drink for cheap.
Their lunch combos are unbeatable for $ 5.99. For dinner, they have a great «tasting menu» for $ 10, where they bring you a 3-​course meal with an appy, soup and main dish. Often times, the dishes are small variations of their usual dishes, or are presented in a platter of 3 to 4 smaller selections.
I have yet to try their AYCE hot pot for about $ 20, but judging by what other Unilocalers say, it sounds solid. Service is also typical of most Chinese restaurants so you know what you’re getting into. At the end of the day, while nothing will blow you away, Made In China offers solid and decent food for cheap.

With a restaurant name like, Made in China what can one expect from such a place? My guess would be cheap prices, Canadian Chinese food and a place whose décor will be a mixture of loud and contemporary. If you guessed all this as well, then you will know exactly what to expect from this restaurant.
Made in China is conveniently located along Yonge close to Gerrard. It has a large space amongst many other food options and the décor is kinda interesting. You will see murals of random Chinese icons and symbols. There will be a plethora of Chinese cartoony drawings with a panda or rooster smack right in the middle of all the action. But don’t be fooled, this is no run down restaurant. Most of the furniture and décor in fact look well maintained and still give off that new feel. Made in china has a very competitive daily specials from $ 5.99 to about $ 7.99. And the food portions aren’t bad at all. With each dinner special comes a free pop beverage.
I’ve been to Made in China a number of times and decided to drop by after work with Angela. There was a ton of seating around 6pm so we were seated quickly. The place can even seem a little quiet at times, so reservations usually aren’t required. We ordered off the daily special menu and each item was only $ 5.99. I got the General Tao Chicken and Angela got the Oyster Sauce Spare Ribs & Mixed Vegs. The wait wasn’t bad at around 10 minutes or so and we were given tea during the wait.
Once the food arrived, we did noticed the portion sizes have dropped a little since the last time we dropped by. A little less in all aspects except for rice. A little less vegs, a little less meat and even a little less sauce it seems. But still I consider Made in China a good deal to in downtown Toronto. The General Tao was cooked well with the typical taste and sauce. The spare rib on the other hand was a disappointment. The flavour was alright but the choice of ribs used appeared to be weak. It was tough and a little chewy. I believe if they cooked it a little longer, the meat would have tasted much better and have a better «fall of the bone» effect. Lower grade ribs used?
Overall, I still like Made in China. The service is the usual standard attentive «Chinese» style dinner service. They use to have many more options for the $ 5.99 daily specials but I’m sure pricing across the board has gone up. So this may really be a reflection of the cost of doing business. Wish they had more options like in the past but at this price and at this location downtown, I can’t really complain too much.

This place is actually located on Yonge just north of Dundas, it’s showing up on the map on Rosedale which is incorrect.
Anyway, this is one of those places where you know it’s just going to be mediocre. «Asian Fusion» is right. Even though the place is called Made in China, half of the dishes are badly done thai food.
I was about to give this place 3 stars because the décor is quite cool, the service was great and the price point is incredible. But the food, oh the food, was just really, really 2 star.
They do have really cheap specials. Lots of options for $ 5.99, with the option to add a bowl of soup, tiny spring roll and 1 bbq rib for $ 2.50. And FREE pop! You can get this at any time of day, not just lunch. So makes for a cheap dinner.
Food was presented nicely but just very bland. I had kung pow chicken which I thoroughly doused in hot sauce to add some kind of flavour.