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Haidilao needs little introduction — the Sichuan hot-pot chain has built a global reputation as much on its service culture as on its soup, and the Scarborough location on Sandhurst Circle appears to deliver the full, slightly theatrical…

Viet Garden lands on Queen Street East in Corktown at an interesting moment for the neighborhood — and by most accounts, the restaurant carries itself with the kind of quiet confidence that neighborhood still hasn't quite figured out yet.

Ten Restaurant operates on a premise so specific it borders on manifesto: ten seats, ten courses, one counter, and a kitchen that treats vegetables as the entire argument.

Kaiseki Yu-zen Hashimoto operates inside the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre on Sakura Way in North York, and the setting matters as much as the address.

Chef Emiliano Del Frate — who has worked in Noma's kitchen during its third Michelin star era and contributed to the opening of Gucci Osteria Tokyo — could have built a reputation on biography alone.