6 restaurants where you can celebrate Lunar New Year in Toronto

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Published January 27, 2025 at 10:42 am

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Lunar New Year, also known as Chinese New Year, is a big deal in Toronto. There are all kinds of celebrations and markets happening around this time, and food is a major part of most of them.

Here are restaurants in Toronto offering a Lunar New Year dinner.


The Lost Land

This eye-popping restaurant on Yonge is offering an exclusive curated five-course tasting menu for Lunar New Year.


Cafe Boulud

Celebrate with a super fancy meal that’s a collaboration between a French restaurant and Mimi Chinese.


Alma

A Lunar New Year menu that includes duck confit dumplings, scallion bao, braised beef cheek and charred black cod will be available from Jan. 29 to Feb. 1 at this Michelin Bib Gourmand restaurant near Bloor and Dufferin.

 

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Shangri-La

This restaurant in a hotel near University and Queen is serving a Lunar New Year Afternoon Tea and a special Snake’s Nest cocktail until Feb. 9. On Jan. 29, you can take in a traditional Lion Dance.

 

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DaiLo

A special Lunar New Year tasting menu will be available for a week at this restaurant on College Street.

 

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Hong Shing

This Chinatown restaurant is switching things up a bit with a full-on party on Feb. 1 with $5 Hennessy shots.

 

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