My favourite place for Chinese food by far. Each dish I…read morehave had has been fantastic. I friend told me about 126 Chinese and at first I wasn't sure by looking at the outside. It is a small place with old style lights on the outside and a name I do still do not understand. All the dishes are cooked to perfection and seasoned very well. Vegetables are very fresh and whatever meat you go with you know what it is. Staff is always friendly and make great suggestions. The restaurant is small but very very clean which I really appreciated as some Chinese restaurants lack in the cleaning department. Great food, great staff, and great prices.

I chose this restaurant baste on their ratings. From the…read moreexterior of the restaurant as well As the inside, I didn't expect that they would have had good food. When I ordered I didn't expect the large portion of food I got. I was very pleased with the taste as well the quantity. The women who took my order was very attentive and very nice! I'd definitely would go back in the future!

This is the best food ever, the customer service is was incredible, best ever. Perfect temperature…read morefor the food. This whole experience made my day better. The sauce was incredible can't wait to eat here again. The ambience was amazing idk what that means but u gotta fill it out‍.

I order from here quite a bit. Great food, good value and typically the service is very fast. Combo…read moremeals are a good deal, as are their lunch combos on weekdays.

This has become our go-to place for Chinese takeout. It is a family business and the people here…read moreare very friendly. The kitchen looks spotless, all COVID-19 protocols are observed, and the food comes fresh and hot. My only complaint is that the Cantonese fried noodles aren't crispy. They taste good, but are soft. I miss the Toronto Cantonese restaurants I frequented pre-pandemic, and wish their noodles lived up to that standard. The web site doesn't show their full menu, so I have scanned the paper menu and uploaded it here.

Our go yo Chinese food resteraunt. The dishes no matter what time of the day are always cooked with…read morefresh ingredients ..vegetables and meat . Staff is courteous and food prepped quickly. Delivery time accurate. Will highly recommend.

Came here for dim sum with the fam. Service was typical of a Chinese dim sum restaurant especially…read morewith how busy it was in there. The food was actually really good, I'd say the best dim sum I've had in kw (though I haven't yet tried king tin so I will have to try it next), but not very special (I better leave these visits for when I'm craving and can't make it to toronto). The reason I couldn't give them more than three stars is because some of the food items were not as expected (calamari was body, battered, and fried as opposed to large seasoned tentacles, turnip cake was too doughy, chicken feet was too soft at the bone), they charge for tea and hot sauce, and they are missing a lot of what I'd consider dim sum essentials. I always need mustard with my dim sum. That wasabi/horseradish/Dijon flavour is one of the things I look forward to when I go for dim sum. This was a huge disappointment. They were also missing deep fried taro balls with pork (oh well, the spring rolls will have to do and they were actually quite tasty), and the preserved egg congee. All in all, food was authentic but I'm still searching for better in kw

Tried this restaurant out with a bunch of friends Being a…read moreSunday the place was very crowded The ambiance was good though a bit crowded and noisy The washrooms were in the basement so quite inconvenient The service reasonably good as it was crowded and the servers were busy The food was very average The dim sums,spring rolls, Buddha delight entree and fried rice The chicken was too sweet Definitely not for vegetarians or vegans as every single dish every main dish or appetizer even vegetarian stuff had fish sauce and fish garnish on it There's no concept of vegetarian or vegan here The food is okayish too

We just ate dinner in this gem of a place. The woman who works out front is the co-owner along with…read moreher husband who is the chef. She is as friendly as can be and his food is piping hot and expertly prepared. We had the crispy beef and bok choy with fried​ rice with pork and eggs rolls all were perfect. You can't ask for more in any restaurant​.

Best Chinese food in the area. I highly recommend you try it out. Sandy will look after you…read more Everything comes out very hot.

Was visiting family in Kitchener and everyone was craving dim sum for dinner. My family took me…read morehere, the food was amazing and so fresh, no complaints other than being stingy on the hot sauce and chilli oil. We're an Asian family that loves their spicy food. Top fave foods were the fat noodles with the shrimp pieces inside, shrimp spring rolls, hargow and the seafood congee. Happy eating fellow yelpers!

Food was delicious... But the service was very poor. Poor server did not speak or understand…read moreEnglish and didn't know how to actually serve.we had to ask for water utensils,plates, napkins. Dishes cames separately far apart.server said they didn't have egg rolls. Soup came half way through the meal. No sauces with the dishes. It was good but the girl should have had some training. Kind of put a damper on our family dinner. We will order take out again though.

Mary and I have enjoyed the food at Mei King for the pat 30 plus years. Yes some days better then…read moreother? Certainly, but more often then not the food and service, dine in or take out has been a strong four star. Yesterday we we picked up dinner for four and the dishes were were enough to feed six. The young man that served us doubled bagged all the food without us requesting it. He Was very polite and appreciative of our business. Congrats to Yen Chow and your employees on your continued success in Kitchener. Philip and Mary

This is a joke of a restaurant. Its filthy!!!! Not sure how they stay open! No functioning…read morewashroom! Got food poisoning and reporting them to health department. Second time it's happened and I won't be back! Save your money and digestive system from food poisoning! New Years Eve from hell!

Really good Sunday dim sum spot in the KW area. I'd recommend going around 10:30am-11:30am, as…read moreservice seemed to slow a bit after noon where more people are likely to come. Sam's had a good amount of seating, clean and well maintained - great for large family, friend groups but also a decent amount of 2-4 seater tables as well. Selection of dim sum was just enough, covering the basics from egg tarts, har-gow, shumai, turnip cakes, cheung fun rice rolls, congee and much more. Ordering style wasn't the regular cart format, as the restaurant size runs more on the smaller side. But we were provided a pen and paper with the dim sum selection where we were able to fill out what quantities we wanted. Service was friendly, average wait time for food to arrive and the food overall was delicious. Big fan of the congee and egg tarts were probably the best ones I've ever had! The cheung fun rice roll dishes are usually my favourite, though the shrimp one seemed a bit mediocre than most I've had. +1 for offering a tofu cheung fun dish, as I've never seen that before and honestly liked it a lot more than the shrimp. Overall a great spot to come back to whenever I'm in the area with family, a bit farther from the UW and main student campuses, but worth the drive if you have access to a car :)

I was in search for a dim sum place in the kw area that was less pricey than Cameron but…read moremaintaining a good taste level. I did a lot of googling and was slightly skeptical of Sam's kitchen because of the reviews however I decided to give it a try and was not disappointed. When you first enter the establishment, it looks quaint and typical for a Chinese restaurant. There were maybe 12 tables and at noon on a Sunday, we did not have to wait. We were promptly seated and asked about what kind of tea we liked. They speak both Cantonese and mandarin - the ladies were the sweetest! Very attentive ( at least one of them was) and we got our food very quickly. Our order: Har gow - the skin was perfectly thin. When you pick it up, make sure you let it cool slightly or else you break the skin before you pick it up. The shrimp were amazing! They were juicy and had a very good bounce to it - a sign that it's perfectly fresh and cooked Siu mai - pork bases finished with fish row on top. Juicy. Soft. Meaty. Absolutely satisfying when you're craving for it. Shrimp spring rolls - it was served with a plum sauce? Didn't taste the sauce, but the shrimp was on point. My only complaint is that the spring roll wrapper was a bit too thick. Fried tentacles - fried, not pan fried like your typical dim sum places in toronto. It was tender and flavorful. Not too greasy. But rather the batter was light and squid was fried to a very nice golden brown. BBQ pork steamed buns - bread bun was sweet, fluffy and perfect. Not a lot of filling but it was good. Sweet bbq pork filling, not a lot of gravy. Slightly different from toronto dimsum places where the ratio of meat and bun is a little over half. But the bun was perfectly steamed. Chiu chow fun go - peanuts and meat wrapped up in a crystal shell. Typically served with chili oil, they gave me chili sauce when I asked for it. The skin was very thick... surprising because their skin on the har gow was perfect. Dough fritter rice roll - ok. I LOVED this. Dough fritters were freshly fried. It had an amazing crunch wrapped with the soft rice roll and covered in the sweet soy. They didn't give us the usual peanut sauce and hoisin, but I don't typically dip it anyway so not something I missed. Eat this when it comes to your table. If you leave it, the dough fritter, like all friend foods covered in sauce, will get soggy. Well done! Fried taro dumpling - I wasn't sure about this one when I ordered it. Everywhere I've gone it's never fresh / fried enough until the center is hot. However they do it pretty good. The center was hot. That's a plus. It was crisp and not greasy... another plus. But a lot more taro than meat filling and gravy inside. It is a little on the heavier side but I love taro. If you don't like taro, this would be like... a slightly more flavorful potato croquette with a pork filling. Lotus wrapped sticky rice * didn't eat.. we were too full Egg tart - umm. When it came, it looked good. The egg mixture was a nice deep yellow glossy color, a little different from regular egg tarts. The pastry is a flake pastry. I wouldn't necessarily order this again. The egg mixture is more gelatinous and deviates from the eggy light goodness that egg tarts are typically. But the pastry was good. We ate almost 10 dishes... had tea... and it came to about $50 with leftovers. Ok, we did order quite a bit but it's really so that we can figure out if we would be coming back or not. They do their shrimp right. Most of the food that came in were good. It's not Markham standards but pretty on par with Cameron's at a fraction of the price. Service was great! I would definitely go again as my go to dim sum place in kw to try everything else. They accept credit and cash - I had assumed it was cash only which is a plus. Parking is slightly limited.

Excellent restaurant. They became our favourite during the pandemic and still are…read more The food is flavourful and always hot (heat) and appetizing. I recommend the chicken corn soup. I look forward to being there in person when the pandemic is past history. Summary: outstanding food and reasonable prices. Franklin Ramsoomair.

Just looking at the photos that I took it suggests this place is like your average Hong Kong style…read morerestaurant. The restaurant is located at the back of the restaurant plaza at King/Uni. Lots of students frequent is region and lots of competition around the area. Jia Jia Lok doesn't seem to be as popular as the other places nearby. This place is suitable for a quick lunch. Would be too casual for dinner, unless you happens to live nearby and is looking for a fast meal to get back to studying. The menu is fairly large, featuring your staple Chinese food with noodles and rice combos. I ordered the fried fish with cream sauce on rice and it was alright. Nothing too special, good enough to fill you up for lunch, but definitely not enough flavor. The price on average was $10 per dish, acceptable for the student population around the region.