Been to the Grand a few times for both dim sum and dinner. With a diminishing number of decent Chinese restaurants in west GTA, the Grand is better than most. They're known for putting a little spin and pizazz to their dim sum dishes through presentation as well unique flavour profiles.
Their quality of ingredients is good, but I personally like my dim sum the classic old school way: loud, grimy, non stop glass clinking, packed full of people with simple traditional recipes.
Things like the Thousand Layer Cod pastry, Pumpkin and Pork bun and others are standouts and show the technical skill of the kitchen. But again, I've always felt dim sum doesn't need to be styled as pretty as they do.
Perhaps a little too refined for me? Is that even a fair criticism? I'm stubborn about this.
For dinner, I feel that most of my meal was relatively forgettable. The best dishes of the night were definitely the Roast Duck and the Roast Chicken. Both were cooked perfectly, the skin crispy and delicious with enough underlying fat to moisten each bite. Everything else was meh.
It's a shame that this place has been half empty every time I've gone. It's a little pricier than most places, almost $1-2 more per dim sum dish. High quality of food, a specialty for sure. Just not my thing.