Asian Legend

Alright I give it to them the place is GORGEOUS. The customer service is perfect. Like they make sure you have everything around the clock. But why 3 stars? THE FOOD IS DISGUSTING! I do not know what world this «Asian» food is from but it sure as hell isnt Asian. It cold damp and tasteless. Like the chefs apparently.

The food was great. The yanghzhou rice is awesome. The moushu chicken or pork are some of my favorites. Both times we have been we did take out. Would like to eat there one day, the ambience looked great. We have been waiting for a genuine Chinese restaurant and this place hit the spot for us.
We have two young kids who also love the food. The general tao chicken is also really good. All in all good addition to the neighbourhood

Came here because we were shopping in the area. The interior is very nice. However, the food was not that good. The food was salty or bland. I don’t think I will come back.

Not bad for an asian restaurant. As an Asian, I always go to Rhill or Markham for good eats, but I’m satisfied with the food I had here. finally some delicious non-​fast Asian food around here!

Glad to see a real Chinese restaurant in the area… it’s about time! I frequently visit the richmond hill, North York and Scarborough location and the food portion, flavour and ingredients do vary but that is somewhat normal as it really depends on the cook. Nevertheless, I am happy to have real Chinese food close to home. Although this location is not my favourite, the food is still great!!!
Service, décor and washrooms are very good too.

The quality here is very much lacking compared to other Asian Legends in the GTA. Food temperature was lukewarm for most of the dishes we ordered.

Conveniently located across from Wonderland, not too far from Vaughan Mills and right off the highway was Asian Legend. I’ve read great things about the location on Leslie and i wanted to try this place when it opened up.
The decorations and aesthetics of this place was quite nice. It was spacious, clean and comfortable.
The food was pretty good too. Since i was there for a light dinner with one other person, we had «ho fun» aka stir fried beef rice noodles (⁵⁄₅) and dim sum dumplings that were made fresh (4.8÷5).
The staff was very friendly and the food was fresh.
Overall i’d come back again!

I’ve been going to other locations of this restaurant and loved them. Now that they came in my area, this location has instantly became my frequent dining place.
As they just opened, they are still looking to hire more staff. They are often short staffed but each waiter is doing their best. They are truly working hard. Seeing that they are doing their best, I don’t mind waiting.
Food is great. I haven’t been disappointed with anything I have ordered so far, except that a few dishes were not available. Not sure if it is because this is a new open location and they are not yet equipped to make those dishes?
I hope they will have all dishes on the menu available soon.

Love the décor. It’s upbeat and stylish. The food is great and high class. It is like the other Asian legends. The service was okay and the server was well mannered. All the staff are new so they would need to get experience over time. The location is close to wonderland and Vaughan mills mall. Overall this is one of the best chinese food in Vaughan.

A very typical Chinese restaurant with all the typical Chinese menu items. Do not order the peaking duck. The wraps were dry and the duck was mediocre and just as dry. It took us days to finish the rest of the chopped BBQ duck which we had to take home. Was also disappointed with the jellyfish appetizer which was so tough to chew we just left it, such a waste. The only thing I would recommend is the fried tofu which has a nice crispy texture and the 139B ho fun noodles with beef. I would only go here if I was really craving some comfort Chinese food that wasn’t too far of a drive. Should also note that the interior is very clean and nicely decorated.

Jumping straight to the food — it’s decent, definitely better than anything else in Vaughan. With regards to specific menu items, I did not find the dumplings particularly good. Maybe I’ve just developed a distaste for overly thick dumpling wrappers. We ordered a soup of some kind; I can’t remember what it was called but it was the vegetarian one (side note for any vegetarians out there: there are actually a decent number of vegetarian options on the menu). The soup was surprisingly quite tasty. There is also an interesting rice called the «Shanghai steamed rice,» which serves basically as an alternative to your standard white rice. The Shanghai steamed rice is salted white rice mixed in with some veggies. NOTE that the rice is actually cooked in with some sort of animal fat to give it some flavour and moistness (I think it might be lard), so be careful about ordering this if you’ve reason to be. I really wish that they would be more descriptive in the menu.
As for the space, it is large and comfortable with decent décor. Large would also describe the menu as well — the options seem endless. But this is nothing surprising compared to the typical Chinese restaurant. I suspect that the Asian Legends that I’ve been to in Scarborough/​Markham may be a bit better, but I’ve never quite had the most discerning palate when it comes to northern Chinese cuisine. Something unique to this location is that they will put your order in and then come back with little tickets with your order and stick them to your table, checking off the items as they arrive. I’ve seen this done at the occasional Chinese restaurant, but I don’t think I recall this from Asian Legend in particular.
Asian Legend is definitely a welcome addition to the Vaughan food scene, and for that they get 4 stars from me. That’s not because they are doing anything remarkably well though; it’s just that there’s a serious shortage of decent Chinese restaurants in Vaughan. Asian Legend comes in to save the day, saving Vaughan citizens from having to necessarily trek down to Richmond Hill for Chinese.

Heard a lot of good things from the other location. Décor was nice and there is a wide selection. You must make sure you read the menu CAREFULLY… There was absoultly zero accommodation or understanding from the manager when our dish came out and it was not even close to what we anticipated.
We ordered shrimp dim sum which was mediocre, wontons in a peanut sauce as an appetizer which was not tasty as it came in a soupy oily peanut sauce, chicken fried rice which was great, beef with mushrooms and scallions which was our favorite dish and we highly recommend it, and crispy noodles with chicken and vegetables which is the dish that the manager did not accommodate us with… the noodles reminded me of uncooked Mr. Noodles.
We enjoyed 2 out of the 5 dishes… this place is hit or miss. To be honest, if the staff was a little more accommodating I would have given them 3 stars.

Popped in here after a fun time at Canada’s Wonderland which is across the street. The décor is nice and appears to be a higher end Chinese food place. First of all the tea was on point. It’s been a long time since I had proper tea at an asian food restaurant, and so this was perfect. It also seemed to hold an unending amount of tea which made me quite pleased! The food was good as well. We ordered two different kinds of dumpling, veggie and chicken. The veggie one was amazing! It was full of bok choy and glass vermicelli noodles and was delicious! The fried rice had pineapple and chicken and was really tastey! I would totally recommend this place and I would return.

I came here for dinner with my bf. The interior is nice. I didn’t check out the restrooms so cannot comment on that. We had the onion pancake, siu mai, dumplings and a noodle dish. The siu mai was still pink inside when I bit into it. Unfortunately my bf had already consumed his in one bite. I flagged down a server who took it away to steam them some more. The food was just okay… Nothing I would crave again. I was full after my meal, but unsatisfied. One of our servers was very pleasant.
Overall, I would not recommend this location.

So disappointed. I’ve been a repeat customer of Asian Legend since 2010 (mainly 505 Highway 7 East — Commerce Valley Drive West Thornhill location). Compared to many past positive experiences there, I could not believe how unappetizing the food was at this new location (9781 Jane St. Vaughan). The food quality and taste at 9781 Jane was beneath what I have come to expect and always received from Thornhill. I won’t be back.

A group of 5 of us ventured into the new Asian Legend located in a plaza near the Jane/​Major Mac intersection. One of the group frequently visits another Asian Legend location and has always raved about the food. Based on her ravings about the place, we decided to give it a go on a Friday night.
As our friend was here before, she wrote down our selections and passed it to the waiter. I don’t know if this is par for the course here, but I noticed small pads of paper on most tables and a pencil as well. Perhaps it’s done this way to avoid confusion, as the menu is fairly large. Anyways… it worked and we received all the items ordered.
We ordered far too many dishes to comment on them all, so I’ll list some of the hits and misses
* Steam Soup filled Dumplings with Ground Pork — the person who recommended this place said this is one of her favorite dishes at Asian Legend, so she loved it. Being a «newbie», I found it interesting. Not sure I would order it again, as it was a bit salty for my liking, but it’s a neat combination of items.
* rolled Onion Pancake with Sliced Beef — the onion flavor is fairly light. I found it to be a bit on the gummy side (I had an end piece) but all my dining companions loved this dish.
* Vegetarian Spring Rolls — ugh. Not very good unfortunately. I’ve purchased frozen ones better than what we were served.
* General Tao Chicken — had a nice heat to it, generous portion size. Very good.
* Stir Fried Spicy Shredded Beef — complex flavours which were completed overwhelmed by far TOO much salt. Generous portion size.
* Fried Sliced Noodles with Sliced Beef — pretty flavorless
* Sautéed Baby Bok Choi with Garlic — the hit it of the meal. Cooked perfectly with an intoxicating aroma of garlic. Perhaps the best I’ve ever had at a restaurant.
Our male waiter was very good. When we saw a dish on someone else’s table we asked what it was and asked for it. He came back laughing a minute later to inform us we had included that item in our original order. He was attentive and friendly.
So, based on some of what were ordered, a few dishes were definitely misses, some were fantastic. I’ll most likely visit again just to sample more items.

We came here for dinner on the 6^th day of their opening. The restaurant is conveniently located in a plaza with many other stores, so there is plenty of parking. The interior is clean and modern with the a dark wooden décor. According to one of the waitresses, the restaurant at this location has been a work in progress for a year.
The restaurant has the same menu as all the other Asian Legend restaurants. We ordered the xiao long bao with ground pork, the pan-​fried crispy pancake with egg, beef brisket noodle soup, and green beans with dried shrimp. The xiao long bao was tasty as usual. The soup inside was not overly hot. The pancake was also good. We’ve tried it without the egg at other locations and didn’t notice much of a difference except that the non-​egg version is obviously crispier. The beef brisket noodle soup was tasty as well. The soup is spicy, as indicated on the menu, and adds a nice flavor to both the noodles as well as the beef. The green beans were tasty as well, but I thought the dried shrimp was too salty.
The opening of Asian Legend in the Maple area is a welcome change as there is a lack of good Chinese food in the area. We’ll definitely be back.