This is one of my go to places for cheap eats in Toronto. Nice hot broth and unlimited rice noodle refill for less than $15. Great place to go if you’re looking to carb load. Service is fast and there is ample seating so I never have to wait.
MISYYZ
Google
Quite the experience. I was very pleased with the presentation and the quality of the food. The noodles were light and the veggies fresh. The proteins are good in size and taste. The salty chicken was a WOW moment!!! Man that was enjoyable. We found the service to be fast and friendly. The atmosphere is very warm and fuzzy as the wooden tables adds a warm ambiance.
The price was very reasonable for the amount and quality of food we had.
Totally recommend this location.
Phil
Google
Tasty food, great portions, and rich broth. Warms you up and is very satisfying.
Simple restaurant, but it's great on a cold or sick day.
Simon Li
Google
The beverages were super good, absolutely worthy the $5! Everything was so fresh and not to cold and not to hot. Perfect food temperature. Spent under $50 for two people. However I do wish their customer service was more consistent, the server didn’t talk to us once she gave us the menu and left for the whole night. Customer servers non existent, no Thank You and no Goodbye after I paid
Claus Kao
Google
I passed this restaurant time to time , and this day I’ve finished my swam, my friends and I decided to tried this restaurant ,at first we came in the waitress was quite slowly to hosted us and showed our table was, and we sat down looked the menu around 6-8 mins later, water isn’t served yet, and we ordered 4 main dishes, I have to say the foods are really delicious and taste, we both were refilled the noodle 3 times although I guess it’s time closed to finished all the staffs are really casual and did their own things not too take care of customers, all the staffs are really unprofessional and chatting to each other quite loud ,I saw one of the situation ”waitress gave a bill to other table” and in the end, we asked for bill, one of waiter he asked us to came to desk for pay, so I was wondering what a double operation.
It was a really unforgettable experience.
Anne Mary Pham
Google
If you come here, I really recommend the signature braised pork noodle soup (as opposed to the crossing the bridge). It’s absolutely delicious - the broth is super flavourful and nourishing!
I’ve only come for lunch, so it’s always nice and quiet. I love how calm and brightly lit this place is. The service is also pretty good!
Great food, great prices, and a nice environment to eat in - not much more I could ask for!
Linda H
Google
Environment
This is a very busy location. Every time I passed by, there's always a long queue. Wait was about 20 min when we went for dinner on a weekend. I came a few times with friends since their opening.
Service
You get a piece of fancy, fully-colored menu paper to write what you want to order. But I can only imagine how many of those single-use prints they go through everyday...
Service was good, the servers were attentive enough to fill our water and warned me about the soup being hot.
Taste
The Original Crossing the Bridge Rice Noodle Soup w Beef Slices came with a tray of sides for you to put into the boiling broth. The Signature Rice Noodle Soup with Braised Bone-in Pork came with everything inside the bowl already.
In both cases, the dish turned out to be more salty than I would like, and I normally have a high salt tolerance. The marinated egg was a tad cold, dry and hard to chew.
You do get unlimited refill of the noodles, which is a great.
Price
The noodle soup averaged around 11-13 dollars pre-tax, which is the standard noodles soup cost nowadays.
Would I return?
Only if my friends really want to come.
Anne Bui
Google
So pleasantly surprised with Dagu. I have been eyeing this place for a while with the always filled seats and often long lineups. Totally exceeded my expectations.
The noodles were good - a little soggy. The soup bases can be a bit oily depending on which one you order. The spicy ones are not too spicy, but they have chilli oil on the table to add to your taste. They also claim not to add msg which is great. The Taiwanese fried chicken is delicious, but I think msg is added. The lamb skewers were SO good, juicy and I highly recommend them.
The service is very attentive compared to other Chinese restaurants in the city.