#1,270 in Toronto. 24 Redditors across 36 mentions, Oct 2023 to Jun 2026.
What Reddit says
A Hong Kong style cafe with several locations, known for Hainanese chicken rice, baked ox tongue and Hong Kong French toast. Redditors mention the College and uptown branches and generally recommend it.
Paraphrased from the comments below.
What to order
- 8.3Hainanese Chicken Rice#1 for Hainanese chicken rice in TorontoTop pick
- 8.0Hong Kong Café (French Toast#2 for Hong Kong café (french toast in TorontoTop pick
- Pho2 Redditors
- Brunch1 Redditor
- Bubble Tea1 Redditor
- Bun Bo Hue1 Redditor
In their words
Short excerpts, each linked to the full comment on Reddit.
“Phoenix restaurant has my favourite. It’s boneless dark met and it’s amazing”
Loved itr/FoodToronto, Jun 2026Read on Reddit (opens in a new tab) “Most cha chaan teng in uptown have good French toast, like Phoenix.”
Liked itr/FoodToronto, Oct 2024Read on Reddit (opens in a new tab) “Hainanese chicken rice my go to is Phoenix.”
Liked itr/FoodToronto, Jul 2024Read on Reddit (opens in a new tab) “more traditional than the ones you get at Phoenix or Cafe de Hong Kong”
Mixedr/FoodToronto, Jun 2026Read on Reddit (opens in a new tab) “There is also a phoenix at Yonge and Finch and if you like hk cafe food they are great”
Liked itr/FoodToronto, Apr 2026Read on Reddit (opens in a new tab) “Phoenix restaurants have great HK milk tea, and their afternoon tea prices are a bit more affordable”
Liked itr/FoodToronto, Jun 2024Read on Reddit (opens in a new tab) “Golden Turtle / Pho Tien Thanh (Ossington) or Phoenix (College) are all great options”
Liked itr/FoodToronto, Jul 2024Read on Reddit (opens in a new tab) “someone recommended Phoenix as being another good spot for HK french toast”
Liked it (secondhand)r/FoodToronto, Oct 2024Read on Reddit (opens in a new tab) “A guy I worked with from Hong Kong (dude had a Hong Kong flag in his car) swears by Phoenix Restaurant on Woodbine.”
Liked it (secondhand)r/FoodToronto, Apr 2026Read on Reddit (opens in a new tab) “Their chicken is so juicy”
Liked itr/FoodToronto, Jun 2026Read on Reddit (opens in a new tab) “Best Milk Tea is probably between Phoenix, Marathon, and Yin Ji Chang Fen”
Liked itr/FoodToronto, Jul 2024Read on Reddit (opens in a new tab) “Pho hung (Spadina), golden turtle (ossington), phoenix (college)”
Liked itr/FoodToronto, Oct 2023Read on Reddit (opens in a new tab)
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