Restaurant · Toronto, ON
Best restaurants in Toronto, ON ranked by Google reviews.
We pulled the top-ranked restaurants in Toronto, ON from Google’s own
listings. Here’s the leaderboard, what the leaders share in common, and how
a branded biglove.to link helps yours close the gap.
Data refreshed from Google Places.
Leaderboard · top 10
Who’s winning the review race in Toronto.
- 01
JOEY King St
20 King St W, Toronto, ON M5H 1C4
4.9 ★ · 12,862 reviews
- 02
Black+Blue Toronto
130 King St W, Toronto, ON M5X 2A2
4.7 ★ · 5,887 reviews
- 03
RASA
196 Robert St, Toronto, ON M5S 2K7
4.7 ★ · 1,422 reviews
- 04
Chefry's Global Kitchen & Catering
390 Richmond St W, Toronto, ON M5V 1X6
4.7 ★ · 1,238 reviews
- 05
- 06
Aloette Restaurant
163 Spadina Ave. 1st Floor, Toronto, ON M5V 2A5
4.5 ★ · 2,026 reviews
- 07
KŌST
80 Blue Jays Way 44th Floor, Toronto, ON M5V 2G3
4.4 ★ · 5,911 reviews
- 08
Daphne
67 Richmond St W, Toronto, ON M5H 3V5
4.4 ★ · 1,511 reviews
- 09
Abrielle
355 King St W, Toronto, ON M5V 0N5
4.4 ★ · 596 reviews
- 10
Gusto 101
101 Portland St, Toronto, ON M5V 2N3
4.3 ★ · 5,556 reviews
What the leaders share
Patterns from the top of the leaderboard.
Restaurants live and die on Google reviews. The places at the top of this list have figured out how to ask — politely, repeatedly, without gating.
- They ask every customer, every visit. Not just the obvious fans. The compounded effect of asking 100% of customers — even shyly, even with friction — beats asking 10% of customers enthusiastically.
- They make the link short enough to say out loud. The restaurants at the top of the Toronto leaderboard print a memorable URL on receipts, table tents, or cards. Long Google review URLs don’t survive the trip from till to phone.
- They don’t gate. No "rate us 5 stars first" forms. No satisfaction filters that route happy customers one way and frustrated customers another. Google’s 2026 review policy and the FTC’s 2024 Consumer Reviews Rule both prohibit gating, and the leaderboard reflects it — the top Toronto restaurants are clean.
- They follow up once, never twice. The polite single ask converts. The pushy second ask annoys.
How to climb the Toronto restaurant leaderboard
Five steps that move the needle in 90 days.
- 01
Claim a memorable review URL.
Pick a slug that customers can read off your receipt.
biglove.to/your-restaurantbeats the long Google URL on every printed surface. Free preview at biglove.to/check — no signup needed to see your slug + QR. - 02
Print the QR somewhere your customers see it twice.
Receipt and door sticker is the highest-conversion combo. The customer sees the QR when they pay, again when they leave, and again at home if they keep the receipt. Three impressions beats one impression by a wide margin.
- 03
Make the ask part of the script.
Train staff to mention the QR card during natural pauses ("If you enjoyed this, our Google review code is right here on the receipt"). Don’t script a 5-star pitch — that’s gating. Just point at the QR.
- 04
Reply to every review within 48 hours.
Public replies signal an active, accountable restaurant — both to future customers reading the reviews AND to Google’s ranking signals. A short, sincere thanks is enough; engagement matters more than length.
- 05
Track which ask path works.
Pro tier on biglove.to gives you click analytics — country, hour, device, referrer — so you can tell whether the receipt QR or the email signature is actually driving the reviews. Optimize what you can measure.
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