Tender Trap Restaurant

Phenomenal, family run Chinese restaurant serving Cabbagetown for years.excellent food quality and competitive prices.they make one of the best Singapore style noodles, super tasty chicken wings and fried fish as well.portions are plentiful and the owners are wonderful.highly recommend!

One of the better Chinese joints. I am so happy with the food and speedy service I got for lunch. The lunch special is totally worth it and a great variety can't wait to try them all.

Used to be better. It's too expensive imo. Lower quality and the portions are pretty small. Their fried rice is not good. If I'm craving Chinese, this place wont satisfy my craving. Some of their noodle dishes are good. Ill give it 5 stars because I'm nice.

I forget the name of the dishes I ordered but oh man the food was so good. Chinese food is my favorite food since I am a kid living in Panama, and when I moved here to Canada the Chinese food is so meh. Finally I found a place that made the Chinese food really like the Chinese community in Panama and is so good. I love it how they serve you big portions and the price reasonable. I'll be back here for sure.

They're one of my favorite Asian restaurants around, I'm taking out cause it's close to my place, their foods are good, the prices are really reasonable and the staff are very welcoming, also fast which is a very good point, my favorite dishes are fried fish on fried rice and chicken balls with sweet and sour sauce.recommend

Absolutely a gem that you would overlook in a heartbeat. Portions are amazing food is 90% outstanding. This is my go to for Chinese food

Had the chilly chicken and general Tao. Tasteless and flat tastes for both soaked in oil. Food was so oilly that till it arrived it was a moshy chicken. No crispiness left. Maybe its good for dine in but I would avoid for delivery or anything that stays in package for more than 10 mins.

Also leaving bones in our General Tao chicken its really not pleasant. Every-time we had a bite we were afraid we were gonna break our teeth. You either serve it boneless or not.

Quick, cheap, and reliable whenever I’m in need of a greasy Chinese food fix with generous portions.

This restaurant is very dirty no clean be careful for your your own lives. I found piece in the noodles

Love the Food here. Reasonable for the price and the staff/family running this place are good operators. My favorite is the Tso's Chicken.

My Goto best Chinese place near my house. I love there food and it’s affordable. Do visit and grab some of there Chinese food.

The first time I eat their food it was really tasty hot and good price. Last week the food tasted awful especially the fried rice, it tasted bad.the rice smelled bad. The kung po chicken was mostly vegetables I could count how many chicken pieces was in the plate.
Yesterday got the wrong order didn't realize until I got home. Chill chicken was way too salty. I do have think that I would be buying from this restaurant any ti.e soon. A bit disappointed and bummed.

Got the fried tofu as appetizers and the chilli chicken with rice, and I gotta say it was an absolute rockstar! Quick and friendly service, and the portions were generous! Will be back again:)

Tender trap is a STAPLE in the area. Nothing bad on the menu. I've probably tried everything now. They're also super friendly and give off a warm family vibe. Eating a dish from tender trap is like being transported back to a time when Chinese food meant something different and despite how much the neighborhood has changed around them, they've stayed true to who they are and what they do well: Providing affordable food and outstanding value to the families of Cabbagetown, st James town and beyond.

One of the few original and non pretentious Chinese restaurants in Toronto. Good food, good price, good portion sizes.

The food is tasty but they often screw up orders.
On more than one occasion I ordered vegetable hot and sour soup and I received the chicken hot and sour soup (I don’t eat meat) and once when I ordered a veggie noodle dish, it came with pork in it.

WE ORDERED 4 ITEMS FOR TAKEOUT AROUND 12/1230. THEYRE QUITE BUSY HERE, SO CALL AHEAD FOR PICK UP.

SERVICE 5/5
THE LADY TAKING OUR WAS VERY POLITE AND FRIENDLY. UNLIKE OTHER RESTAURANTS W. THE LANGUAGE BARRIER. SHE WAS QUITE PLEASANT.

VALUE 5/5
DEFINITELY GETTING YOUR BANG FOR YOUR BUCK HERE! PORTIONS ARE HUGE! TASTES OVERALL REALLY GOOD!

CRISPY BEEF 4/5
ID JUST WISH THE BEEF PCS WERE SKIGHTLY THICKER SO WHEN FRIED, ITS NOT OVER COOKED AND TOUGH/CHEWY. FLAVOURS ARE GREAT! LOVE THE SPICY KICK.

FRIED SQUID 5/5
WE ASKED THEM TO MAKE THIS DISH SPICY. PRETTY GOOD! AGAIN, HUGE PORTION!

SHRIMP FRIED RICE 5/5
VERY TASTY! THAT CHINESE FR WOK FLAVOUR! I LIKED THAT ITS NOT TOO SALTY. LOADED W. SHRIMP TOO!

BROCCOLI W. GARLIC 5/5
CANT GO WRONG HERE! BROCCOLI CROWNS NICELY BLANCHED AND TOSSED IN SOME GARLIC!

OVERALLS ID DEFINITELY COME BACK HERE FOR MY CHINESE FOOD CRAVINGS! WE SPENT ROUGHLY $54 TAX IN, PLUS TIP $60. I REALLY ENJOYED IT! THANK YOU TENDET TRAP! YOUVE TRAPPED US FOR LIFE!

Shanghai noodles - amazing, Cantonese lo mein - amazing, beef ho fun - mo fun than I ever had. This really is a tender trap. Recommend 100% and great prices too. Friendly staff

Really good food. Servings were perfect size. Staff was great and friendly. I will be ordering from them soon.

Best fried rice.order the tender trap fried rice. Can't go wrong and deep fried squid. Soooo Good

This is clearly one of the most pleasant place in the region. Whenever I go there I am deeply happy. They preserve their very high standard service and the highest level of cooking they give. You definitely will enjoy this this place. Very recommended.

Have always loved this place. They have such an extensive menu with variety. Their food is fresh, reasonably priced and most importantly, delicious!

Gave the chilli chicken a try three times now. Even asked to make it spicy and add gravy was still disappointed.

They have one of the best Chinese food on Toronto. Their chicken balls are soft and their egg rolls are good too

Delicious and authentic Chinese food. Very quick service and staff are also friendly and attentive. Big portions and good for takeout.

Excellent food, a great amount of veggie and meat per dish. Rice is included. From take out to dine in, food are percise cook to perfection. Lovely staff. Simple and delicious.

The food is amazing. 80% of the business is take away.so the food is amazing and piping hot. The bathroom was also stellar clean.

Not the traditional experience. The Staff is friendly, the Service is fast and the prices are fair, but the food isn't necessarily what you'd expect (explanation below). Our order contained BBQ pork wonton soup, vegetarian egg rolls, Tender Trap fried rice (also known elsewhere as house, special or Yeung Chow fried rice), honey garlic spare ribs and General Tao chicken.

The soup has a dark, slightly orange broth that has a strong fragrance of BBQ? And thick square chunks or pork. Definitely not the clear broth with thinly sliced BBQ pork and a few veggies that I'm accustomed to in other parts of the city.

The egg rolls where fine but nothing special, would have preferred if they had some meat in them since the spring rolls are also vegetarian.

The rice was quite tasty, I really enjoyed it. It's a bit darker and slightly oilier than what I'm used to but very good nonetheless.

The honey garlic spare ribs are breaded and in a thick sauce, which really threw me off. I haven't had spare ribs like since Ho Lee Chow was still around so I was not expecting that. The menu doesn't mention they're breaded. Not my thing, but I'm sure other will enjoy them.

Finally, the General Tao chicken was a bit heavy on the breading and not hot at all. The brocoli that came with it was a very nice touch and I really liked that but IMO, it still needs a bit of peppers and onions.

Overall it was an okay experience and I will definitely give them a try for other dishes, but it will unfortunately not be my first choice for chinese food.

Place smells like a thrift store other than that food was great. Tried the chilli fried tofu dish

Despite the funny name, Tender Trap serves hot, fresh Chinese take-out in a down-to-earth location. The food is always hot and tasty, albeit occasionally salty. The chicken balls are top-notch!

Small and cozy, food was good, couldn't finish it all they give u quite a bit, I would go back again.