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Chinatown

TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4.0 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #27 of 305 attractions in Toronto
Traveller Description:
With more than 200,000 Chinese who reside in Toronto, visitors are attracted to this lively and colorful district for bargain-shopping and... more » With more than 200,000 Chinese who reside in Toronto, visitors are attracted to this lively and colorful district for bargain-shopping and restaurants. « less
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Attraction type: Neighbourhood
Activities: Shopping, Dining, City walk sightseeing
Address: Spadina and Dundas
(From Queen to College and east and west of Spadina) Toronto, Ontario M5T 2E9
Canada

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5 of 5 stars
Bay City, Michigan
16 Jul 2007
6/7 found this review helpful

We toured a lot of the neighborhoods in Toronto, and we loved it here. Everyone was very friendly. The shops sell a lot of the same merchandise, but it is fun to stop at many of them anyhow. The restaurants were packed, and we loved the Ding Dong Bakery-we went back twice! The place was packed, but that is half... more

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3 of 5 stars
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
12 May 2007
7/8 found this review helpful

An interesting place to see if you have never been to a China Town. Interesting little stores and great Dim Sum restaurants. It gets very, very crowded, though, and the streets fill up with empty boxes from the vendors and other garbage. more

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4 of 5 stars
Brooklyn
6 Sep 2006
12/12 found this review helpful

In contrast to other reviewers we actually found this Chinatown cleaner and less aromatic than that in Manhattan. We are used to very strong fish smells as we walk through NY's Chinatown - not that we mind it, just it is less so in Toronto. It seems cleaner also - less rubbish on the sidewalks and in the streets. Toronto's... more

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2 of 5 stars
The Netherlands
22 Aug 2005
14/28 found this review helpful

If you every visited a chinatown in another town around the world, it is not worth your time, since this was by far the dirtiest one I have ever visited. However, if a first it can be fun to take a stroll here. more

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1 of 5 stars
manchester, ct
10 Aug 2005
21/42 found this review helpful

Our car was vandalized (driver window smashed) as was another car with US plates(driver window also smashed) while parked in a public garage in the Chinatown area during 7/05. Both the garage's security and staff informed us that cars with US plates were frequently targeted by young vandals looking for goods to fence. There was no warning at the garage... more

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5 of 5 stars
Oakville, Canada
7 Nov 2004
10/23 found this review helpful

Going to Chinatown was like entering another country. Everything was different. Every few yards there was some form of outdoor market/store. It is a very beautiful place. more

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5 of 5 stars
White Lake, Michigan
30 Nov 2003
9/22 found this review helpful

I loved it I was in Toronto a whole week and went there 3 days out of the week had a great time. China Town is awesome :) more

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4 of 5 stars
Montreal Quebec
16 Sep 2003
31/41 found this review helpful

Enjoyed the friendly people, best Chinese food in the East, super shopping, great deals, terrible car drivers - everyone for himself. Love to visit again as there is so much to do and see, especially all the different ethnic restaurants and clothing shops. Great city!!! more

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Spadina and Dundas | (From Queen to College and east and west of Spadina), Toronto, Ontario M5T 2E9, Canada