Toi Shan - Calgary, Alberta

The buffet is a rip off. The worst eating experience of my life. I’m still not over the effects of the MSG and 3 greasy chicken wings. it’s been 21 hours since I ate there and I am very sick with high blood pressure headache from it. I know good food this is not ... it. Read more

Excellent food and service. The atmosphere is rather plain, but it works. Great choice for take out. Parking is a bit awkward as the restaurant is in the corner of a relatively busy strip mall.

Our family has been going to Toi Shan since 1994. We have eaten Chinese food in Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong and many other cities in Asia along with some of the best Chinese restaurants in the UK, other parts of Europe and North America. Toi Shan is still our favorite for quality ... of food and about one fifth the price of what it cost in London England. When I read the long negative comment on this site, the first thing that came to my mind is it may of been written by their competition because I know by Chinese food well. After 30 years of dining out at Toi Shan, I can honestly say I have never have had a bad meal there and I would highly recommend Toi Shan to anyone. Cheers, Bob. Read more

I have driven by it for years, but was interested in Chinese food and trying someplace different. It was not busy, so service was prompt. The serving size for the 4 person combo had more than we could eat, so we took home our next day lunch. Food quality was ... good - Cantonese style. No complaints at all. They appear to be very busy for take out, so that was fine for us to dine in. Read more

I wanted to give myself a chance to calm down and think overnight before I write such a negative review. I work in the restaurant industry and I know that really negative reviews can actually really impact an establishment. I hate writing poor reviews, but I really feel ... this one is warranted. There is no email listed on the website that I can see, so I hope the owners and management see the reviews and try to rectify the issues. I had several recommendations to try Toi Shan, despite the higher price. My mom lives out of town and barely gets Chinese food, and we were craving some delicious almond chicken soo gai, beef and vegetables, and chicken chop suey. We also ordered egg rolls and were gifted two spring rolls for ordering over $40. Our total came to $64 and change, with free delivery. SWEET! I tipped the driver , and was so stoked to try what was supposed to be the BEST around. It had better be for $73!!!! To say we were disappointed is an understatement. Almost nothing was really edible. The free spring rolls were apparently decent, my daughter would only eat them and I never got a chance to try. Here's a rundown: Almond Chicken($16.95)- Way too dark, looked like either super old oil was used, or GROSSLY overcooked. The chicken inside was soooo dry and overcooked. We are talking almost chicken jerky here. I pulled some chicken out and ate that because we were all starving, but I would have sent it back in a restaurant, just like everything else we ordered. NOT GOOD! Beef and mixed Veg($15.50 )- RUBBERY, and slimy, greasy beef, greasy vegetables, in a POOL of water and grease. I picked a few vegetables out and ate them, but I had to literally spit the beef out. No flavour at all. Some vegetables were almost raw, some were ok. But still oily and no taste apart from that. YUCK! Chicken chop suey($15.50)- Same thing as the beef- rubbery, slimy, oily, and in a pool of liquid with next to no seasoning. Chicken was completely inedible. The description on the menu also describes " Egg foo yung".........GROSS! Egg rolls ($5.75 for 2) -Really dark, again looked very overcooked or really old oil was used. The outside was NOT crispy like an egg roll should be. IT was thick chewy, and doughy. The inside was ok.....but I didn't eat much because there was so much grease coming out and it was super off-putting. ANOTHER MISS!!!!! EWE! Wonton Soup( $4.50)- The wonton soup was edible. Not great at all, but edible. I would say that there were a lot of wontons, and the portion size was pretty decent for $4.50. The broth was bland, but after I added a ton of Soy and pepper, it was better and I was able to eat the whole soup. All in all,I would rate the whole meal around 1/10. My mom was SO UPSET. I am hoping maybe I can rinse some of the oil off of the vegetables and sautee them myself and add some sauces and spices and at least not have to throw everything out. My poor mom splurged a lot of $$ on a treat for all of us and she was so disappointed and upset. We all were. As I mentioned, I hate writing poor reviews, but this was just absolutely unacceptable. Seeing other reviews, I don't see a lot of owner/management interaction on here, so I am not really expecting much. It would be great if they would be more cognisant of what they are sending out. Maybe it was an off- night with new chefs, maybe the order sat a while, maybe they didn't have time to change the oil and didn't realize how GROSSLY overcooked the chicken was. MAYBE a lot of things. But this was an almost ENTIRE MEAL ( besides the free spring rolls and the $4.50 Wonton soup ) that will likely just end up in the garbage. So disappointed. It's the worst meal I think any of us has had in a VERY long time, and possibly EVER for my daughter. Read more