The Best Dim Sum in Scarborough, Compared: Banquet Halls, 24-Hour Counters and Shanghai-Style Dumplings

Scarborough is where many Toronto diners go for Cantonese dim sum, and the choices range from long-running banquet halls to Shanghai-style dumpling specialists. This guide compares the restaurants named in BlogTO's Scarborough dim sum list and Destination Toronto's 2025 roundup.

Classic Banquet-Hall Dim Sum

Perfect Chinese Restaurant (Sheppard Avenue East) is described as serving 24-hour dim sum and seafood feasts, with chicken feet, deep-fried squid tentacle, dumplings, spring rolls, BBQ pork buns and stuffed crab claws on the BlogTO list. Grandeur Palace (Brimley Road) offers traditional dim sum in a banquet setting, with steamed and crispy options, congee, rice rolls, barbecue and desserts. Fortune Restaurant (Midland Avenue) covers the staples: dumplings, sticky rice, BBQ pork buns, turnip cakes and custard buns.

Creative and Upscale

Casa Imperial (Steeles Avenue East) is noted for scallop and spinach dumplings, baked abalone and chicken pie, and mango cream dumplings; Destination Toronto highlights rice noodle rolls in XO sauce and bitter melon with salted egg yolk. Casa Deluz (Sandhurst Circle) goes further with honey beef short ribs, foie gras dumplings and a durian pastry pie. Crown Jewel Fine Dining (Bamburgh Circle) serves a standard dim sum menu plus specialties such as stir-fried pumpkin with egg yolk and a salty, spicy fish fillet.

Everyday Neighbourhood Options

Full House Chinese (Finch Avenue East) lists har gow, siu mai, BBQ pork buns, rice noodle rolls and congee, plus specialties like pan-fried shrimp pancakes. Ginger and Onion (Alton Towers Circle) offers steamed, baked and fried dim sum, rice rolls, congee and rice pot dishes.

Shanghai-Style Dumplings

If you prefer dumplings over the Cantonese cart tradition, Destination Toronto points to Jiangnan Handmade Dim Sum, with crispy-bottomed dumplings and lotus root salads, and Ding Tai Fung, known for Shanghai-style wontons, pan-fried buns and xiao long bao.

How to Choose

For a late or early meal, Perfect is the one that runs around the clock. For a big family table with the traditional spread, choose Grandeur Palace or Fortune. For something more adventurous, try Casa Imperial or Casa Deluz. For quick, no-fuss weekday dim sum, Full House or Ginger and Onion fit. And for soup dumplings and pan-fried buns, head to Jiangnan or Ding Tai Fung. Weekend dim sum often draws a crowd, so arrive early or call ahead, and confirm hours since they vary.