Asian restaurant washrooms

[ETF-Commando]

Doesn't anyone here think Asian restaurants, their washrooms are often sooo dirty? Like it's sooo nasty, and no one takes care of it. Makes me cringe when I have to go while I am at one. (Example, was at Walker Hill Korean BBQ on Hwy 7 opposite of Commerce last night, the men's washrooms were soo dirty! I been there 3 times and this is the only time I had to use the washrooms there..) They always smell, or have some very dirty brown crap or goo on the walls, floor, etc... I always hold my breath or think of my gf naked when I'm in these washrooms! LoL!! Takes my mind off of the nastiness of my current place that I am in! I'm just gonna not go to the washrooms in Chinese restaurants anymore, or, gonna go to the McDonald's closest to it since McDonald's have to have their washrooms clean, hehe. Afterall, they hire minimum wage paid students to clean them!

It's pretty much the same at any Chinese restaurants I know, the Vietnamese ones I been to in Mississauga (especially the Pho 99 franchises) those are clean! It's amazing!

You'd think those food inspectors that the federal government has running around would also rate washrooms too...

[Gee]

Why would you think of your girl friend naked in a dirty environment?

Just think about all the staff using the same washroom and not washing their hands. Then they come and serve you.

You are right. Vietnamese restaurants are exceptionally clean. Even the floor is not sticky.

[silentio]

That place isnt great for food.. Im not sure asian restaurants have more dirty restrooms than non-asian ones.

[freakygirl]

no matter how "good" an asian restaurant is... their washroom are always nasty! it's a bit sad when you go to a "nice" asian restaurant, and then you see their washroom... :(

i find that non-asian restaurants actually take better care of their washrooms .... they're cleaner and some are actually elegantly designed..

[netspec]

well, the condition of the washrooms are also dependent on the patrons lack of manners...for example - spitting gum into the urinals, not flushing the urinals...ditto for the toilet...urinating on the floor/walls. I used to work in restaurants, asian, italian, french and when I talked to the cleaners/kitchen help, they simply told me that if the patrons show a lack of respect, then they deserve to use a nasty washroom. In a high class restaurant, you won't see this sort of thing because the patrons are more respectfull of the environment they are in.

this response is going to generate plenty of heat, but I am just telling how it is...

[Fobulous]

Chinese malls for that matter are pretty nasty.
Pacific's basement bathroom is so warm its gross.
Market Village bathrooms are ok, just really really old.
First Markham's smells
Metro's REALLY REALLY stinks

As for restaurants, Satay Rio, New World... all nasty

Two places whose bathroom deserves an honourable mention are:
1) Day and Night Steakhouse. Always clean, and very uniquely designed, esp, the women's.

2) Fang's at First Markham. Their bathroom is nicer than their dining area. Very bright, very clean, and well accessorized.

[cmge]

Chinese malls for that matter are pretty nasty.
Pacific's basement bathroom is so warm its gross.
Market Village bathrooms are ok, just really really old.

couldnt agree more... my friends are afraid to go to the washrooms when i we go to Pmall... its just nasty.. mens and womens... -_- ... soo gross..

[Qube]

I always hold my breath or think of my gf naked when I'm in these washrooms! LoL!! Takes my mind off of the nastiness of my current place that I am in!

Wouldn't that make you piss all over the wall? :cheesygri

[shadowfighta]

couldnt agree more... my friends are afraid to go to the washrooms when i we go to Pmall... its just nasty.. mens and womens... -_- ... soo gross..

I think the washrooms in Pmall are decent. The one on the second floor with the statues and the parking garage washroom are actually pretty clean from my experience. Although I usually go during late night (probably after the janitors clean) and don't remember their condition during the day.

[felix]

umm ... that's because it's a brand new restaurant. That's the Shanghai restaurant with the big red logo right?




2) Fang's at First Markham. Their bathroom is nicer than their dining area. Very bright, very clean, and well accessorized.

[felix]

um ... do you mean Pho 88? I've never heard of Pho 99.


the Vietnamese ones I been to in Mississauga (especially the Pho 99 franchises) those are clean! It's amazing!

[felix]

umm ... they aren't extremely dirty but space is tight! I mean, the toilets are like inches from the door! At least they are in the ladies bathroom.



I think the washrooms in Pmall are decent. The one on the second floor with the statues and the parking garage washroom are actually pretty clean from my experience. Although I usually go during late night (probably after the janitors clean) and don't remember their condition during the day.

[Fobulous]

umm ... that's because it's a brand new restaurant. That's the Shanghai restaurant with the big red logo right?

Hey felix, you're right it is the big red logo one. Its not that new however. Its been around for 2 years or so if not more. They just take pride in their establishment and try to put forth the best product possible.

[Amourek]

If you think the bathrooms are bad, what do you think the kitchens are like?

[HomerJ]

pho maxim up in waterloo (University Plaza) was closed down after health inspectors found meats on the floor, dried blood all around, crap being stored in the fridge with the food, rat dumpings etc etc.
Read an article in the local paper and shortly after they re-named themselves... but same ownership.

[nx2k]

Chinese malls for that matter are pretty nasty.
Pacific's basement bathroom is so warm its gross.
Market Village bathrooms are ok, just really really old.
First Markham's smells
Metro's REALLY REALLY stinks

As for restaurants, Satay Rio, New World... all nasty

Two places whose bathroom deserves an honourable mention are:
1) Day and Night Steakhouse. Always clean, and very uniquely designed, esp, the women's.

2) Fang's at First Markham. Their bathroom is nicer than their dining area. Very bright, very clean, and well accessorized.
which washroom are u talking about at metro? i find the basement one to be very respectable, hardly anyone uses it. and everytime i go, it's clean.
market village has more than one washroom, the one at the front is also decent, i woudln't say clean but a lot better than pacific.
pacific...all 3 are horrible
FMP does smell but on occasion, it's also respectable

[wju2004]

I have to agree that restrooms at most Asian places are 'nastier' than their Western counterparts - but hey the trend is changing right??? And think about the conditions you would have to put up with in a restaurant in Asia - if they even have a bathroom at all... (remember the old 'squatter' toilets?)

[ETF-Commando]

um ... do you mean Pho 88? I've never heard of Pho 99.


Nope, Pho 99. There's one downtown on Dundas West, in mississauga one by Dixie and Dundas in the Zellers plaza, and Eglinton and Hurontario in the Toys R Us plaza, and finally, Grand Park by Burnhampthorpe and Grand Park drive.

[aznspddmn]

Nope, Pho 99. There's one downtown on Dundas West, in mississauga one by Dixie and Dundas in the Zellers plaza, and Eglinton and Hurontario in the Toys R Us plaza, and finally, Grand Park by Burnhampthorpe and Grand Park drive.

the one downtown is closed down

[[H]ackerK]

I always hold my breath or think of my gf naked when I'm in these washrooms! LoL!! Takes my mind off of the nastiness of my current place that I am in!

I wonder if your gf knows that... She might get piss of (no pun intended) if she knows you think of her naked in those ugly stinky places..

IMHO, maybe you are a bit too sexual focused (i.e. Horny) in those places... :twisted:

All I know is I just wanted to get the hell outta there asap... Can't think of anything else.

flames > /dev/null

[[H]ackerK]

Wouldn't that make you piss all over the wall? :cheesygri

Or maybe he is not taking a leak with those thoughts?

[Gee]

Nope, Pho 99. There's one downtown on Dundas West, in mississauga one by Dixie and Dundas in the Zellers plaza, and Eglinton and Hurontario in the Toys R Us plaza, and finally, Grand Park by Burnhampthorpe and Grand Park drive.

The one on Dundas in the Chinese Plaza near Tomken is actually Pho 88.

[Kursor17]

Ironically, the restaurant washrooms in China and HK are cleaner than the asian ones here.

[Oni-kun]

not to mention basement bathrooms *shiver* those are scary, what was that restaurant downtown thats haunted or something? Bright Pearl i think it was?

[psiwashing]

no matter how "good" an asian restaurant is... their washroom are always nasty! it's a bit sad when you go to a "nice" asian restaurant, and then you see their washroom... :(

i find that non-asian restaurants actually take better care of their washrooms .... they're cleaner and some are actually elegantly designed..

Kind of like the original continent itself.

[Roninvancouver]

Doesn't anyone here think Asian restaurants, their washrooms are often sooo dirty? Like it's sooo nasty, and no one takes care of it. Makes me cringe when I have to go while I am at one. (Example, was at Walker Hill Korean BBQ on Hwy 7 opposite of Commerce last night, the men's washrooms were soo dirty! I been there 3 times and this is the only time I had to use the washrooms there..) They always smell, or have some very dirty brown crap or goo on the walls, floor, etc... I always hold my breath or think of my gf naked when I'm in these washrooms! LoL!! Takes my mind off of the nastiness of my current place that I am in! I'm just gonna not go to the washrooms in Chinese restaurants anymore, or, gonna go to the McDonald's closest to it since McDonald's have to have their washrooms clean, hehe. Afterall, they hire minimum wage paid students to clean them!

It's pretty much the same at any Chinese restaurants I know, the Vietnamese ones I been to in Mississauga (especially the Pho 99 franchises) those are clean! It's amazing!

You'd think those food inspectors that the federal government has running around would also rate washrooms too...


boy, your style of posting subtly racist postings is really similar to that banned unbanned guy cummer. I wonder if the mods will agree with me.

[ETF-Commando]

1st:

There's a Zellers in the Chinese plaza where Pho 88 is? DIXIE and DUNDAS, where Value Village is, where Zellers is, where that buffet is, where Radio Shack is.... :confused: ;)

2nd: Ronin, the thread is Asian restaurant washrooms, where in my posting does anyone find offensive to be racist? Is it not true McDonald's hire minimum wage students? I know, I worked there in my teens. Got paid $6.40 at the time. And is it not true that Chinese restaurants and Pacific Mall like the members here mentioned, their washrooms are unclean?? So to state a fact is racist...right, I will remember that one from now on.

If the mods think I'm racist for what I wrote, why don't they ban the lot of the other people who agreed and added to my comment?? :evil:

[part-trader]

i crack up when i see the ice cubes in the stalls, nice touch

[Nyte]

First of all, I find McDonald's washrooms to be really dirty and they stink. It might depend on location though, this is true to the ones I've been to, I tend to avoid their washrooms, head over to Tim Hortons or something I need to.

Also, I've been to one restaurant downtown, and the washroom was horrible. It was in the basement, and dirty, that part didn't bother me too much, the part that really annoyed me was that the ceiling was about 5 feet high. I had to squat down kinda to take a piss.

[ramoose]

If you think the bathrooms are bad, what do you think the kitchens are like?

Exactly and well said. A good restaurant that keeps it washrooms clean probably keeps the kitchen clean.

[drdar]

Most puplic washrooms are nasty.

[Doom Dealer]

boy, your style of posting subtly racist postings is really similar to that banned unbanned guy cummer. I wonder if the mods will agree with me.

I disagree with your thoughts about the posting being racist.

I, being someone from HK, totally agree with the general trend of dirty washrooms at Chinese restaurants.

However, if you think those washrooms are bad, you haven't seen the public washrooms in HK. It's like entering a whole new dimension when you step through the doors of a public washroom in HK; the weather is usually hot in HK and so you have flies/mosquitoes festering everywhere in the washroom... I'm grossed-out already just thinking about it.

[ccdude]

There is a little chinese buffet near Humber College where the sink in the bathroom does not have a drain. IT HAS A BUCKET UNDER THE SINK!!!! Someone has to go and empty in the toilet every once and a while. If I was a real @ss I would have left the water running when I left

[Oni-kun]

Most puplic washrooms are nasty.

Thing is restaurants aren't "public" they are private. Public bathrooms are even worse, omg those bathrooms at national parks or beaches are NASTY, and people go in barefoot

[cummer]

boy, your style of posting subtly racist postings is really similar to that banned unbanned guy cummer. I wonder if the mods will agree with me.

lol the infamous troll Roninvanoucver is back. Anyway how the heck is his post racist? He is merely stating the obvious. ANyone that has been in any of the aforementioned restaurants knows that the restaurants are not sparkling clean.

Well that's the surprise of the century!!

hey ron don't you have other things to do than to provoke trouble? oh wait, you don't. lol

[Fobulous]

which washroom are u talking about at metro? i find the basement one to be very respectable, hardly anyone uses it. and everytime i go, it's clean.
market village has more than one washroom, the one at the front is also decent, i woudln't say clean but a lot better than pacific.
pacific...all 3 are horrible
FMP does smell but on occasion, it's also respectable

At Metro, the one upstairs by the elevator (I only to to Metro to play Jitz, and when i go for a break, thats the closest one and it STINKS)

Market... the one behind the Viet/Korean&Jap/Beauty Spa store. I use the one beside the frozen buns/dumpling store & Sogo usually. Dunno how the one by the aquarium is though... will need to look into it.

FMP's SO smelly, everytime i go it its so gross. Maybe its from everyone taking a dump...

ALSO, ever see shoeprints on the toilet seats on either side? Some ppl (Big Green's) don't know how to use or just prefer not to use a toilet seat and go retro in squatting. Kinda funny/sad/gross.

Also, I don't find his post to be racist. No point of starting a flame war blah blah

[thelefteyeguy]

RATE YOUR CHINESE RESTAURANT WASHROOMS!

Lai-Wah Hin at Downtown Toronto: 10/10
City-Inn at Market Village: 9/10
The Ambassador at Hwy7-Lesile: 9/10
Ding-Tai-Fong at First Markham Place: 7/10
Ruby Restaurant Finch and McCowen: 1/10
Albalone Restaurant at Hwy7-Lesile:5/10

[justlam_]

in general, that is tru. but if just for peeing, then u don't haf to worri too much but if pooing, put some toilet paper on the seat.

[Xavier]

frig.......public washrooms are NAAAAAAAAASTY

forget asian ones yo....TTC is a biohazard !

frig...all restaurants are dutty....mandarin was decent tho

[Iron Chef Shanghai]

You know what has to be worse than a dirty chinese restaurant washroom? It would be the dirty chinese restaurant washrooms that also serve as a storage room for their vegetables. That has got to be illegal!

[akito925]

well, the condition of the washrooms are also dependent on the patrons lack of manners...for example - spitting gum into the urinals, not flushing the urinals...ditto for the toilet...urinating on the floor/walls. I used to work in restaurants, asian, italian, french and when I talked to the cleaners/kitchen help, they simply told me that if the patrons show a lack of respect, then they deserve to use a nasty washroom. In a high class restaurant, you won't see this sort of thing because the patrons are more respectfull of the environment they are in.

this response is going to generate plenty of heat, but I am just telling how it is...

I'd agree..

people do alot of nasty things there.. since it is not their bathroom thinking someone else will clean up their mess they left behind.

[Kinki]

I'm a clean freak myself and you won't find a single dirty washroom/bathroom in my house. But even when I go over to my friends house and check out their bathrooms/washrooms... oh the black grimes on the bathtub walls and calcium build-ups around the handles etc... ew.

If your friend/family can't even keep a clean bathroom themselves... just imagine their respect for a public one.

So glad I'm a guy where I just have to stand up most of the time.

[squall458]

i agree PMall is nasty while viet restaurants are actually nicer! so suprising

[jkyc]

there are actually 5 washrooms located inside the market village.
nearby the food court,
second floor where the clinics at
beside sogo
beside the supermarket(the one with the yellow sign suppermarket)
nearby the korean restuarnt.

[trini]

Man washrooms in Toronto are bad but dont go to one in most of NY City.
It's still ok here.

[whatsinaname]

most asian restaurants have disgusting washrooms. but i'm a guy so it doesn't mean much, unless the floors are really dirty, because it'll get my nice shoes all dirty. i notice the mandarin restaurant has pretty clean washrooms though. it's probably okay for guys since most just go and take a leak and leave. the girls though...they have to take off their pants, sit and then do their buisness, lol, feel bad for them at dirty restaurants.

[Evil Techie]

i know most of the real japanese owned japanese restaurants are clean
washrooms are very clean too
they are more diciplined than the chinese restaurants ive been to

im taiwanese btw
i go to a lot of asian restaurants
but its not right to categorize most of the authentic japanese restaurants washrooms as dirty asian restaurant washrooms

[barqy]

this thread reeks of CBC... :cry:

[koolah]

agreed 100% asian restuarant washrooms are just plain nasty especially the chinese one. Worse ones are the china town ones.

[trueno92]

well, the condition of the washrooms are also dependent on the patrons lack of manners...for example - spitting gum into the urinals, not flushing the urinals...ditto for the toilet...urinating on the floor/walls. I used to work in restaurants, asian, italian, french and when I talked to the cleaners/kitchen help, they simply told me that if the patrons show a lack of respect, then they deserve to use a nasty washroom. In a high class restaurant, you won't see this sort of thing because the patrons are more respectfull of the environment they are in.

this response is going to generate plenty of heat, but I am just telling how it is...

totally agree, the washrooms are a very good reflection of the class of patrons that frequent the place.. you got a really inexpensive restaurant and ur gonna attract people that don't look twice when lining themselves up with a toilet.. if you go to the keg, its a different story... chinese buffets sometimes have horrid bathrooms but frankie tomato's bathroom is above them all.

but chinese bathrooms are known for being crap.. do we really need a thread to cover this?

[Gee]

this thread reeks of CBC... :cry:

How do you figure that?

Most high end restaurants have an attendant there. What do think would happen if Chinese restaurants hire some old guy to hand out papeer towels and mints?

Don't ever accept a mint from someone in a bathroom.

[Degenerate]

This thread is uneccessary. Everyone knows about asian restaurant washrooms. If you don't like it don't go back easy as that. They're not going to do anything about it and it's here to stay unfortunately. When you go to a restaurant you go with a purpose to eat. You don't go with the purpose of using their washroom.

[spike-spiegel]

I disagree with your thoughts about the posting being racist.

I, being someone from HK, totally agree with the general trend of dirty washrooms at Chinese restaurants.

However, if you think those washrooms are bad, you haven't seen the public washrooms in HK. It's like entering a whole new dimension when you step through the doors of a public washroom in HK; the weather is usually hot in HK and so you have flies/mosquitoes festering everywhere in the washroom... I'm grossed-out already just thinking about it.


A lot has changed since the SARS scare and most public washrooms in HK are actually really clean now. They have a janitor sitting in the washroom sometimes and they're hourly checks. Overall, HK is much cleaner now.

[baz5]

In my opinion, I think that most chinese restaurants are owned by chinese people that haven't been here that long. Chinese food restaurants is a business that sells itself. You can find a dumpy little restaurant that a lot of people go to, because the food is good. I think the chinese people that own the restaurants, don't have good business skills. Don't look at things like keeping the place clean will keep people happy and coming back. They just worry about what they are there for, cooking your food, and making sure the food is good.
So they don't really think, "oh we should keep the bathroooms clean because it will keep people happy and coming back."

[etcbq]

Interesting! The only clean Chinese restaurant restroom I've seen is a Chinese restaurant was run by a Muslim guy!

And the nastiest restroom I have used was in China. I don't even want to remember.

Generally, except for Thailand, I find public/restaurant restrooms in Asian countries appalling. Public restrooms in most other countries in the west are pretty bad too. I have to agree that it's also partly a reflection on the patrons as well.

[Rehan]

Interesting! The only clean Chinese restaurant restroom I've seen is a Chinese restaurant was run by a Muslim guy!
Was that in the Toronto area? If so, which restaurant?