I have been going to this place since the first time I was referred here by a coworker 16 years ago, and introduced me to the owner who was very friendly and hospitable. I believe to this day, it is the same man who is the chef and now his daughter runs the order desk- very sweet and kind folks. Their chilli chicken (dry version) is consistently packed with the best chilli flavour and the crunchy texture is delightful. My kids now also choose this place as their favourite place to get their chilli chicken fix- just like their mama! read more

Had two lunch specials, chilli chicken and beef and green onion. The meat and method of cooking is too homey, didn't give that natural bounce texture known in Asian stir fry. Sauce was good. There are better Hakka Chinese places out there. For the price it was ok. Food came hot, spicey and fast. This place deserves 2.5 stars but I could only select 2 or 3 stars. read more

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Restaurant has been here for years and has never disappointed. The owner is very friendly! Food arrives incredibly fast, cooking in only 5 or so minutes at max. It's all delicious and I'm here every week! They have a TV in the main area and the interior is colourful. read more

Disclaimer: - I think I have become a health freak... I just cannot eat anything that is too oil.. soaked in oil... deep fried and then soak in oil - so the fellowing review is bias, opinionated... and may not be relevant to you! I love Indian food! I love Chinese food! But just I still have not feel the love when they decide to become Hakka Indian food... Hot Wok is quite nice and clean and dare I say Modern compare to some of the Hakka place I have been... The large Plasma TV on the wall is showing hot music video the whole time we were eating here... Chicken Pakora ($8.50) - after my Federick incident... "The Worst Pakora in Toronto?" I still have not find a place that serve anything that is worse than that... - Here the chicken has been marinated with tandoori based spice... and then dipped in batter than deep fried.. has a lot of flavours - The dipping sauce is AMAZING! Spicy.. refreshing and a little sour.. which balanced out the oilness of the pakora Chilli Chicken ($8.50) - Chicken deep fried then stired fried in this thick and heavy dark sauce! - No sight of Chili?? I was looking for it really hard? Maybe my dinner mate ate them all when I was watching and singing along with the music video? Manchurian Noodle ($7.75) - Huge Huge Huge Plate of Noodle piled sky high!! - This is one of the time that you wish that the portion is not that huge... - Noodle itself as is is not bad.. have quite a good bite...but with all these oil dripping ... make it not my kind of noodle Manchurian Vegetable Egg Fried Rice ($6.95) - Huge portion again.. every piece of rice is soaked in oil - I am not a rice person..so I never feel the love and joy when a huge plate of rice in front of me and I have to eat that! - My dinner mate that insist in ordering some rice hardly touch it because she was complaining about a vinegar taste... which none of us detect that Service here is indifferent, but efficient... typical Chinese restaurant.. Waitress has more interest talking to the 2 young male patrons than serving us. We have tons of leftover and I hope my yelp friend ate that at home as midnight snack will have better experience after heating them up in the microwave... read more

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Best Hakka in the area, good portions/price. First, they have zero advertising on Kennedy Road, which is a shame! You can see the restaurant on Progress Avenue. Small place, but prices are in the typical $8-$11 range. Ordered Chili Chicken (Dry), Ginger Beef (No option for dry unfortunately), and one of their many dinner specials, which was rice topped with which we picked rice topped with chili chicken (with gravy). Dry Chili Chicken portions and taste were both Great! Ginger Beef (with gravy/sauce) was Good/Bad....the sauce was FANTASTIC, but the beef itself was NOT breaded and fried and was noticeably rubbery. Dont know why they dont have Dry Ginger Beef like Lotus Garden. The Dinner Special with the Rice topped with Chili Chicken with sauce was overall very good. The specials are about $1-$2 dollars cheaper than other dishes. I like the the Chili Chicken (Dry) most...big portions and about $10.00 (2019 CAD). And the sauteed onions and little bit of leftover sauce made it taste AMAZING. Overall, recommended restaurant because it is more intimate spot and not hectic like Hakka Legend (which has much smaller portions and is more costlier compared to here). Lin Garden is a bit cheaper with same general options, and Lotus Garden has smaller portions to here. If they set up advertising on Kennedy Road, it would def. help them... read more

When I first moved to Scarborough, my friend took me to all the places she used to frequent in the area when she lived here. Places she thought I'd enjoy - and Hot Wok was one of those places. Since then, I have come to Hot Wok on a number of times, mostly with that same friend. It had been a while since I had revisited Hot Wok, and then I saw it be reviewed on Yelp - and it made me want to come back all over again. So I convinced a couple other yelpers to join me on yet another Hakka meal. The food was mostly as I remembered it - good, but not great. Greasy, bright coloured and mildly spicy. We ordered a variety of dishes and this was the verdict: - Chicken Pakoras - Were WAY too greasy, even for me. But the sauce it came with was yummy! -Chili Chicken - This is the one dish my friend and I would always get when we came here. I remember this dish being much better; more spicy and less gummy. I was let down by it this time around. -Manchurian Noodle - I really enjoyed this. Yes, it was oily - but I didn't mind it. -Manchurian Vegetable Fried Rice - For some reason this had a vinegary taste to it (that only I could detect). But I still enjoyed it - I love rice in all its forms. The friend that introduced me to this place no longer wants to come here - she just doesn't like it anymore. But I might return - Whenever I have a craving for some greasy, spicy Hakka food. Hopefully by the time I return, the Chili Chicken will be back to being the way I remember it. read more

It's been quite a Journey learning of Hakka cuisine in the Toronto scene. It's amazing to realize how little I knew/know of this Hakka Indian-Chinese offering. This being said, I'm sure there are even more people that know even less than I do or not at all. Some people will love it and other dislike it, while as for myself... I can definitely feel myself being bias without initially realizing it and it is simply because this cuisine is confusing to myself as a Chinese descendant. We're probably looking/dissecting for that Chinese element and flair in every dish while not understanding this is not Chinese food but rather it's own distinctive cuisine, Hakka Indian-Chinese. To see the brilliance of this cuisine is to see it in the eyes of the people of this culture and the people that frequent Hakka Indian-Chinese restaurants. To breakdown each part of the Hakka, Indian, Chinese individually and then assemble it back together to make it altogether something unqiue, unfamiliarly-familiar if you will. 2.5'd It's just very unfortunate that I've figured that when I break the dish down to it's particles, that I know the reason for my natural personal MEH for this cuisine at no fault to the cuisine itself. Factors such as deep-frying, overly starched Soups/Sauces, orange/brown colored monotone presentation, hot spices. Just as where I cannot force someone to love Stinky Tofu nor Duck Tongue, I have a preference for some Hakka Indian-Chinese dishes over majority of others. Chicken Pakora - Love that spicy Chimichurri-esque dipping sauce(+0.5 Star). The Tandoor spice on the Chicken gives the Croquette a darker tinge than other places but at the same time less flour-coated due to the smaller size. I like the juiciness and spiciness. Chilli Chicken(Gravy) - Bland starchy Gravy doesn't give much to the lightly floured deep-fried Chicken. I still don't understand why they call this Chili Chicken when no hint of spice was there. This looks more Canadian-Chinese if I wasn't in a Hakka restaurant. Manchurian Noodle - First experience with this dish and basically felt like it was a version of Shanghai Fried Noodle with the distinctive Indo spice. See what I did there? Refer to Chinese again, my bad! Give me time... Manchurian Vegetable Egg Fried Rice - First experience with this dish, so you already know by NOW what I'm going to say so peace out. read more

This is going to be short as there's nothing outstanding about this restaurant. I only come here for the chili chicken (dry) - make sure you have something to drink!!! There's also the caution warning of overload of oil of the noodles. & the waitress is kinda bitchy (but that's okay if you get take-out). read more

Hot Wok offers a variety of dishes for $5.50 as part of their lunch special. We decided to grab lunch from them today since it was close by. We were at the restaurant at about 1:15pm and the lady said that because it was a special day, they have to charge the dinner price $6.25 instead of the lunch price. It's only $0.75 but it makes no sense to me considering the portions are not any bigger. Appears to me that the owner of Hot Wok is one who likes to gouge customers for money. I don't support unethical and business owners with no morals. The food is not even good enough to compensate for their sneaky practices. read more

Ordered thai chicken but it had nothing to do with thai. It was basically chinese deep fried chicken with hardly any chicken doused in a chinese style sweet and sour sauce. It was a big sloppy mess. How was this thai?? Also got beef with ginger, it came in the exact same sauce. Beef didnt taste tender and was missing all flavor. Ordered spring roles and they were so tiny, were all pastry hardly any filling. Was very greasy, just covered in the red sweet and sour sauce, creating a big nasty slop. You have nerve to sell this and call it food. read more

Ordered few times for pickups. Both service and dishes were great. Spring rolls are nice and not too oily. Manchurian chicken and satay beef are great, the only thing is kinda of hit and miss is the rice... I sometimes find the rice to be a bit too hard.. other than that, great Hakka restaurant! read more

This place is awesome. We always order to-go and the food is hot and fresh. The vegetable fried rice is some of the best I've ever had. The chili chicken with gravy is a MUST. Almost everyone who comes here usually orders that. We order it mild because it tends to be a little too spicy for my taste, but other than that it's great. Don't let the appearance of the place keep you from coming in and giving it a try. read more

Hot Wok - a dining area with tables and chairs - Hakka Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

One of the best Hakka Chinese places! This is one of our top 10 places to eat. (its Halal) The service is friendly and fast. What we usually order: -Hakka beef chow mein -Hot wok spicy wings -Sweet corn Chicken soup/ Hot & Sour soup -Chilly Shrimp with Gravy ( it comes with rice) Everything is Excellent! This place is also located in a good place, easy to get there by ttc. read more

Came here after a post workout meal. Ordered the crispy honey chicken and hot wok fried rice. Expected the dishes to be salty but it actually wasn't! The meat dish came with a medium Styrofoam white rice too. The price is really reasonable. We're gonna come back for the chili chicken. Will probably come back because of the price, portions, and not salty dishes. read more

We stumbled on this restaurant about a year ago and have been back almost weekly ever since. We order the Devil Chicken (a magical mixture of a million spices that all work together), Manchurian Shrimp (in a thick, rich brown sauce) and Calamari (that are seasoned to perfection and the best I've ever eaten). The take out service is quick and ready in 15 minutes or less, but eating in is the best as the food is piping hot and perfect. We call our three choices the trifecta as they combine to make a fantastic dinner combination. The servings are generous and consistently good every time we've had it. It comes with a complimentary bowl of white rice which goes great with the Manchurian Shrimp sauce. We highly recommend this restaurant. It isn't fancy but the food is the best!! read more

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I wanted to try a new Hakka place and came across some decent reviews online about a place called Hot Wok. As I was going to be in the area, I figured I'd give it a try so as to compare to other Hakka establishments in Toronto. First off, the location is in a small plaza just outside of Kennedy Commons and is pretty hard to miss as it's in the corner of said plaza. The interior leaves a lot to be desired, but it's clean and well organized. The one key difference which immediately set Hot Wok apart from the other Hakka places is service. The staff, which I assume to be a family was courteous, warm and communicative, and everything went well in the service department. 5/5 stars here. When we went the restaurant was completely empty but there was a steady supply of customers who came to order take-out. This is a good sign that people enjoy the food and I was pleased to see that others were coming for the food. As for the food itself, there are certainly better Hakka places around. My favourite being Great Eastern Esquire. The chilli chicken is not as good as other places, but the one key differential is that this place uses a lot of sauce for the dishes. The food is adequate and there were no noticeable issues. The service was outstanding and the delivery was speedy. All in all, I'd recommend it if you want to try something new. read more

By far the best dry chilli chicken I ever had. The appetizer calamari is fantastic too.

Food is always good never dissapoints late night or lunch on point. May not be the most lavish and upscale but when your in a rush they make sure you leave quick and with big portions. read more

So I literally just finished eating my food from hot wok and said to myself, I have to write a review. I've been to a hakka restaurant in the past and it was pretty terrible. This experience is a 10/10. I ordered by phone because I found the menu online. I ordered, chicken Masala fried rice, hakka chicken chow mein, & beef with vegetables. The food was ready for pick up in only 15 mins! Amazing. Also, not to mention, the food was great, and there were heaping portions. I would definitely recommend this restaurant. My boyfriend & I really liked it. read more

Decent food. The shrimp with mixed veggies and rice lunch special is a must try. Staff is nice as well. Food can get a bit saucy so I always ask for less sauce. Other than that it's your average local Hakka restaurant with your average food. read more

Food was very good .. Very busy place need more staff. Very small inside best to take out rather then dine in.

Came here frequently for lunch to get chili chicken less sauce on rice. Found disgusting hair in food today. Never going back

This was my first time trying Hakka style cuisine. I ordered the dry chili chicken and it was delicious. Prepare for the spice! My wife ordered satay shrimp and they made it dry style instead of sauced. The flavour was amazing but the shrimp was only the baby shrimp. Good place to check out for a quick lunch. read more

If your a foodie for spicy food this place a must, quick but tasty food, fresh never soggy or stale, super busy during whole Week, dry chilly chicken and crispy beef with mixed noodles is my thing, and fish and shrimp pakoras too, chef/owner Simon is always willing to hear you out, but wont bother changing if you mistakenly order something else lol but still tastes amazing! You can spice it up to ur liking. Single Bathrooms, bright decor and tv with two entrances. Plastic water cups and water jugs available immediately. read more

It's really hit or miss depending on who is working. Used to order from here quite a bit but prefer other hakka restaurants better lately.

Under rated at a great price. Tangra masala chicken is great. Whole in the wall blink and you'll miss it but it is worth it. One of the best hakkas in Scarborough. read more

I love this place. 2 min away from my house. Best place to eat in scaborough. Amazing owner, very welcoming. Chilie chicken gravy is the best dish they have. read more

We have been eating lunch sometimes here for years because it is close to work. Food is okay but very cheap. We went today and I think it may be the last time for me. They were closed for "renovations" awhile back and it is as dirty and ugly looking as it was before. The bathroom is disgusting. The waitress then made a mistake with our order but we let it go. They charged us for her mistake and when I explained that they mixed up our order the OWNER went on to lecture us about how next time we should tell him because now he is paying for the mistake. I pointed out that the waitress never came to ask us how our lunch was, never giving us an opportunity to tell her. Whatever. Total "Hole in the Wall". For sure not any kind of dining experience. Best for take out. It's great if you like horrible service, dirty room and your food deep fried and drenched in sauce. read more

I recently had the pleasure of a family together at HOTWOK. The atmosphere was wonderful and cozy. The staff was friendly and very professional. But the the food, no one could have prepared me for how wonderful and delicious food. read more

Excellent meal, great price, friendly service. Will definitely be returning. Had plenty of leftovers for future meals. I ordered chilli chicken, upgraded to fried rice, and a side of wonton, not disappointed at all...thoroughly enjoyed this meal. Thanks for great service and a great price. read more

I've been here more than a few times and the chili chicken and chili beef lunch specials are perfect. The hot and sour soup is unlike anything else I've ever tried and the dipping sauce for the pakora chicken/fish is brilliant. I'd eat here every day if I thought my stomach could handle it. Absolutely recommend. read more

If u r looking for a great Indian Hakka restaurant hotwok is surely one Of them in Scarborough. Love their chilli chicken dry and chicken pakora. 2 of my favourites. Not to mention a friendly atmosphere as well. I'll surely recommend to my friends.... read more