I never understand why my mom love their lobsters so much, this is her go to place for lobster. Their lobsters are really just mediocre-average. Everything else tasted decent, quite greasy, nothing stands out. I have to admit I really enjoy the taro tapioca dessert at the end of the meal. Great service, decent food, price is fair.
3.5/5

I was visiting Toronto and we have tried it yesterday, Saturday around 19pm.
Bad service ever. Even to get a glass of water it took 25 minutes.
We've ordered some seafood and fried rice...it took more than 45minutes to get the rice and we were about to leave...when the rice eventually arrived, all the seafood and chicken were cold...First and last time for me.

Anywhere where Lazy Susan dominates the scene is A OK by me.

I popped in here after an event with some buddies and ordered way too much of the good stuff. We were a motley crew of two big dudes, a pregnant lady, a small lady and a vegan. We went through the gamut of the usual goodness from hot and sour soup, to dumplings, to veggies, to fried rice, to meat dishes and back again. All of it was... more

Greeted by enthusiastic waitresses as my friends and I stepped into this restaurant one evening. Menus on the wall, plastic tablecloth, seems like a typical Chinese restaurant. Their kitchen is in the basement, and food is transported via a dumbwaiter.
We ordered Beef and Choi Sum, Braised Pork with Preserved Vegetable, and Eggplants with Minced Pork en Casserole. The meal came with... more

Worst experience ever! Seafood is frozen when advertised as fresh. Dishes were oily and covered with msg. Staff were pushy and rude. Had to ask three times for tea and the restaurant was empty. Sounds of arguing amongst staff and kitchen made the experience very uncomfortable. When received the bill I was charged for phantom dishes and had to argue for corrections to be made. Was denied... more

Lobster!!! Cheap!! Delicious

We stopped in here when we got to Chinatown and was a bit surprised that the place was dead empty. This made me a bit leary but we were convinced by the lady out front to come in and try it. The lobster price was surprisingly cheap. 2 lobsters for $20. They were good size and deliciously prepared. We also... more

Thumbs up from singapore

I'm visiting from Singapore, and I say yummy Chinese food for very decent prices. nuff said.
It's my first visit to North America and my dad can't live wo some azn food so... We weren't disappointed at all. Definitely go lobster, it's amazingly cheap here compared to back home. Veges stir fried with garlic, anything fried with spices and salt... more

Best seafood place in Chinatown

I met some friends who are familiar with Chinatown. They knew how to order, what to order and the price of the order. She said 4 dishes and the waitress said 54. We had free soup, came chow mien seafood, steamed fish, lobster and eggplant with shrimp. The combination was good and the price was fixed.
You can see that... more

Wow !!! Pleasant friendly English speaking waitress at a Chinese restaurant in Chinatown,. Amazing! The best in my experience. Always ask about daily special dishes first.

Since my friend took me to this place months ago, I have become regular visitor. The food is always delicious, fresh, and really yummy. The service is fantastic. The staff is very friendly and welcoming.
Plus, absolutely love their steamed fish and free range chicken.

Decent food, slow service

Went there tonight for dinner based on Tripadvisor reviews, and was a little disappointed. Maybe we ordered the wrong dishes, but I found the chicken and corn soup a little less thrilling than I'm used to (though plenty of big chunks of chicken in it). The tofu and seafood hot pot had a ton of tofu and not as much... more

Best customer service

I've eaten at Rol Jui alot of times and it has never disappointed me. They recently changed their decor with new tables,chairs, ceiling decorations , which makes the restaurant better looking than before. The foods good and the waitresses are friendly and some of the best customer service I've had. Lunchtime is also a great time to eat here because... more

What can you get with a $25 gift certificate to an unassuming looking Chinese restaurant in Toronto's Chinatown? I foolishly thought I could get a meal for two.

I was really impressed by the friendliness of the server and was charmed enough to order a hot and sour soup, a vegetable side dish, some white rice, and because it's a seafood restaurant - a lobster large enough for two to share. It... more

My favourite restaurant in Chinatown

I have gone to the Rol Jui many times, as I live in the hood. Sometimes the nameless chef is replaced so I prefer to go in the weekend, when the quality is best. There are some dishes that they do best: lobster, salt and chilly seafood or squid, snowpea leaves, eggplant with shrimp and black bean sauce. Soups are... more

Very plain dim sum, nothing fancy at all..was a bit disappointed.

As Yelp describes it: "A-OK."

Lunch special is very good, but their cooking speed is VERY slow! (even with very few patron in the restaurant)

Reviewed during: Mon - Fri Lunch time
Service Speed: 4 / 5
Cooking speed: 2.5 / 5
Food Quality: 4 / 5
Food Quantity: 4 / 5
Price: 5 / 5 (Lunch special is $4.99)
Cleanness: 4 / 5
Repeat: Yes

food was not fresh at all! i ordered one vegetables with meat, the vege was sour. lobster was not fresh too. never go back there anymore

A Gem and a Bargain

Rol Jui is our favourite seafood restaurant in Chinatown. The decor is ... well, there really isn't any ... harsh florescent lighting, plastic table covers, walls mostly decorated with big handwritten menus in Cantonese and English, etc. But the food is excellent, prices are surprisingly low, and they often have a $25 lobster special with 2 small lobsters cooked any... more

Superb food

Dropped in for a late lunch last week whilst exploring Chinatown. Was a bit off putting that we were the only ones in the restaurant but we put that down to the lateness of our arrival for lunch. Shortly after we arrived it was obvious that the locals like this place for takeaway too - good sign!
The welcome was... more

Rol jui gets a new look

Long-time owner Vanessa Leung is now presiding over beautiful new tables and chairs. The old red rug is being retired n favour of a new floor covering, and the overall look is at once refreshing and relaxing. The food is still terrific. Ask for my special Conger by name.
Mark State

I was first introduced to Rol Jui through my girlfriend's family, it's here that we've been coming for years to have family dinners for all sorts of special occasions like birthdays and holidays. The restaurant is always filled and the food is very consistent.

Dishes always come out piping hot, and are always tasty. Though I don't always know what the dishes we order are called, I have no... more

I really do have a food crush on this place!

I have eaten in this restaurant several times and always have had a good experience.

I love the plastic table clothes, I love the lazy susan and I love the staff. Service is quick and the food comes out quickly too. Staff have always been friendly and helpful. This feels like a family place. The restaurant is clean. I love that the menus are on the... more

cheap, cheerful, delicious

We were in town for a conference. Rather than get a recommendation from the hotel, we wandered around. Some of the Chinatown spots looked or smelled not-so-great.
Rol Jui exceeded our expectations. The food was very fresh and tasty. The staff was nice, service was prompt. It was a bit unusual that our appetizer came in the middle of the... more

Took awhile for me to get around to this review as my experience of this restaurant was on a Friday night on the Canada day long weekend.

Was in the area again on the weekend and before I gave this place one star I wanted to make sure it was the right place.

So like most the joints on this section there is absolutely nothing fancy about the interior or anything amazing about the ambience, it... more

Fresh and perfectly prepared seafood

Visited with my daughter. It's places like this that make me wish I traveled with a crowd! So many delicious choices but 2 people can only order so much. The squid was perfectly cooked - tender and delicious. Everything was fresh and prepared in a light Cantonese style, which really let the great seafood shine through. Portions were good; we... more

F@!k is Susan ever lazy.... but if you like Lazy Susan you'll love Rol Jui.
Open most nights until 5am, this is easily my go late night (early morning) to china town eatery and as you've guessed it they have lazy susans on their tables.

The place seems pretty ghetto once your start to deconstruct your surroundings. We have faded pictures of food blown up and mounted on the walls, the white... more

One of My Favorite China town stops

Excellent tasty food. Friendly Staff.
Have been taking my family here for 7 years now. kid Friendly.

Toronto is a tough town for late night eats, but Rol Jui definitely fit the bill! Good food. Fast service. Open late. Fast. Friendly staff. Popular but not too crowded.

Last Saturday night after 11PM was my first visit to Rol Jui, but it won't be my last. We ordered and started getting served within minutes. And the food was good and plentiful!

Recommend: Hot and sour soup. Beef short ribs.... more

No where else in Chinatown would I risk a parking ticket for takeout.

Upon entry it looks like any other Chinese food restaurant - with those elusive Chinese only menus on the wall which make you wonder if THAT menu is cheaper and the suspicious yet intriguing tank full of lazy/half dead lobsters.

But don't let that fool you the food here is pretty great. I highly recommend the crab corn soup... more

Fine, fine Chinese seafood restaurant. I was there at relatively off times 1:30 and 3 pm and it wasn't crowded. The staff were friendly and attentive. The waitress also described my choices as among her favorites, but then...

On one visit I had the Steamed Lobster with Ginger and Onions, the Crab and Fish Maw Soup and the Stuff Crab Claws. All wonderful. On the second visit Steamed Sea Bass... more

This is the Chinese restaurant we always go to. We really enjoy the Lemon Chicken, Cantonese Noodle Dish, Ginger and Onion Lobster, and Seafood Soup. We have had probably 5 other dishes and they were all very good as well. Service is always good (may be because we are regulars) and the beer is cheep. We got the discount card and always get a percentage off our meal when we pay with cash. I am... more

An authentic Chinese restaurant. There were huge menus on the walls with mouth-watering pictures of menu items.

Maybe because it was we were all Asian, or maybe because we ordered in Chinese, but the waiter didn't offer to suggest anything to us or offered us forks - which I think is probably more of a positive thing.

The service was good for a Chinese restaurant, the waiters asked us if we... more

This is a great Chinese seafood restaurant. The seafood dinner combo and regular dinner combo contain many good dishes. However, one minor thing would be that the service is less satisfiable compared to the food there.

so my wife and i had been around this area just the night before or so and we were looking for somewhere to catch a bite. there is this other place in the city called rol san yelp.ca/biz/rol-san-rest… which is also chinese and has the same font in its logo. so we figured if you cant get the first sibling better to date their sister and so we walked in.

so we sat down towards the back, across... more

I enjoy eating here late

I enjoy eating here late at night. The steam tilapia is really delicious.

Best restaurant in North America. The food was excellent, the

Best restaurant in North America. The food was excellent, the

fish dishes were of outstanding quality, and the dim sum is to

die for