CHOPSBOOK
Our Story

More Than a
Dining Platform.

We bridge cultures, connect communities, and celebrate the richness of Asian cuisine across Canada.

How It Began

Born from a passion for authentic food and community.

CHOPSBOOK was founded in August 2025 by a group of Hong Kong entrepreneurs who moved to Canada and found themselves searching for a familiar taste of home. What began as a simple need became a mission: to build the definitive dining platform for Asia's diaspora in Canada.

We saw a gap in vibrant Asian communities with no single destination to discover, review, and share their culinary experiences. So we built one. A platform rooted in culture, designed for community, and built for growth.

Toronto, Canada · August 2025
3Cities Covered
2025Year Founded
3User Types Served
Ambition

What We Do

Beyond a search engine.

CHOPSBOOK is a comprehensive ecosystem integrating culinary discovery, brand marketing, and merchant solutions to empower restaurants and delight diners.

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Culinary Discovery

Find authentic Asian and international restaurants across Canada. Real reviews, real community, real food.

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Brand Marketing

High-impact social media strategy through curated Creator visits and targeted campaigns that amplify trusted word-of-mouth.

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Merchant Solutions

A complete merchant portal for menus, operating hours, promotions, and direct access to your target customers.

What We Offer

Three services, one platform.

From diners finding a restaurant, to creators landing collaborations, to merchants managing their own listing, all in one place.

Restaurant Reviews & Food Guide

Restaurant listings across Canada, filterable by cuisine, city, rating, price range and opening hours. Ratings are the average of published member reviews, with no sponsored ranking or paid placement.

Browse restaurants

CHOPSBOOK Creator Network

A community for Asian food creators in Canada, with no follower minimum. Members get a verified badge, a search-indexed public profile, and matching with restaurant, brand and event collaborations.

About Creator Network

CHOPSBOOK Business

A restaurant management system where merchants update their own listing, menu, opening hours and promotions, review diner analytics, and manage branches and brand pages.

About Business

Who We Serve

Built for everyone at the table.

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Diners

  • Find authentic reviews you can trust
  • Discover the latest promotions
  • Build your own food blog portfolio
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Restaurants

  • Primarily serving Asian restaurants
  • Helping non-Asian brands reach the Chinese market
  • Direct access to your target audience

Creators

  • Create your own blog portfolio
  • Share food reviews with the Asian community
  • Help restaurants grow their reach
  • Build your personal food map

Our Values

What drives us.

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Community First

Every feature we build starts with a simple question: does this make our community's experience better?

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Cultural Authenticity

We celebrate Asian food culture with the depth and nuance it deserves, rather than a simplified version of it.

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Mutual Growth

As an agile startup, we grow alongside our restaurant partners and community members, refining together.

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Bridging Cultures

We deepen connections for Asian brands while leading international brands into the Asian market.

Platform Facts

How we operate.

Coverage
Canada-wide, with the densest coverage in Toronto, Vancouver and Calgary.
Languages
English, Traditional Chinese, Japanese and Korean. Restaurant names and descriptions are written natively rather than machine translated.
How ratings work
A restaurant's rating is the average of all published member reviews. There is no editorial score.
Who writes reviews
Every review is posted from a registered member account and links back to that member's public review history.
Ranking policy
Search results and listings carry no sponsored ranking or paid placement. Merchants cannot buy position.
Founded
Founded in August 2025 in Toronto, Canada, by a team of Hong Kong entrepreneurs.

FAQ

About CHOPSBOOK.

What is CHOPSBOOK?

CHOPSBOOK is Canada's restaurant review and food discovery platform. It covers restaurant listings, member reviews, menus and promotions across Canada in English, Traditional Chinese, Japanese and Korean, with particular depth in Asian cuisines and their sub-categories.

Who founded CHOPSBOOK, and when?

CHOPSBOOK was founded in August 2025 in Toronto, Ontario, by a team of Hong Kong entrepreneurs who had moved to Canada.

Which cities does CHOPSBOOK cover?

CHOPSBOOK covers Canada nationally. Coverage is densest in Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area, Vancouver and Metro Vancouver, and Calgary.

What languages does CHOPSBOOK support?

The whole site is available in English, Traditional Chinese, Japanese and Korean. Restaurant names, descriptions and city names all have language-specific content, and fall back to Chinese where a translation is missing rather than showing a blank.

How are restaurant ratings calculated?

A restaurant's rating is the average of all published member reviews. Reviews can also score taste, ambience, service, hygiene, value and drinks separately, and unrated items are excluded from the average.

Can restaurants pay for a higher ranking?

No. CHOPSBOOK search results and listings carry no sponsored ranking or paid placement, and merchants cannot buy position.

What is the CHOPSBOOK Creator Network?

The CHOPSBOOK Creator Network is the platform's community for Asian food creators in Canada. It is free to join with no follower minimum, and members get a verified badge, a search-indexed public profile, and matching with restaurant, brand and event collaborations.

What is CHOPSBOOK Business?

CHOPSBOOK Business is the restaurant management system. Once a merchant claims their listing they can update restaurant details, menus, opening hours and promotions, review diner analytics, and manage branches and brand pages.

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