Congee Queen has redeemed itself once again. The past few visits were rocky but this time the food…read morewas on point. During busy times at the restaurant they have a digital screen to signup on their waiting list. Weekends are always busy here. Good place for larger gatherings.

Had a terrible experience with the store manager (Male, little bald), who dictated over lunch menu…read moreand created inconvenience for customers. Seems like he has a bad reputation if you search "manager" in the Ggl reviews. I was a loyal Congee Queen customer for 6+ years and I work around that area. The Wednesday before last week, my colleagues and I went there, he ordered bubble tea with lunch menu (iced milk tea with $1 bubble). I then ordered again this Tuesday which worked. However yesterday, he added a separate charge of $7 bubble milk tea outside the lunch menu. He said they've never done this. I said look at the bank transactions, it happened twice, once to my colleague, once to myself the past 2 weeks. While the full menu did say +$1 to add bubbles in drinks section, the manager dictated and said the 1-page fixed lunch menu didn't mention anything about it, and wanna blame his servers. I don't understand why the manager gave customers a hard time on picking their favorite drinks. With $4 dollars difference and his bad attitude, We won't come here again till this is resolved

Canteen is a great casual Hong Kong-style spot tucked away on the second floor of Dragon City Mall…read morein Chinatown. It's kind of hidden, especially since much of the mall doesn't have many businesses open and most visitors probably stay downstairs for the cheap dumpling restaurant. Don't let that deter you - Canteen is definitely worth heading upstairs for. We ordered the Hainanese chicken rice lunch special, baked spaghetti lunch special, and lamb chops. Everything was tasty, satisfying, and came out surprisingly quickly. The lunch specials were especially good value at around ~$13 USD each, including soup and a drink (we chose canned Pepsis). The owner/waitress was genuinely kind and welcoming. If you're nearby and looking for a quick, reasonably priced Hong Kong café-style meal, Canteen is well worth checking out.

Came here to try the Ikan Bakar grilled stingray. Ordered ahead of time and it was definitely worth…read moretrying. The fish was grilled with a flavorful sauce. Also tried the nasi lamek, loved the crispy little fish it comes with and the sambal was delightfully spicy! Also had the Malaysian gui diao stir fry noodle dish with shrimp, and it was perfectly seasoned. Definitely recommended.

solid old school place for HK style food - sort of a hybrid between a typical canto dinner…read morerestaurant and a HK cafe. I came for lunch on a weekend with some relatives. They were busy but we could still be seated right away. Service was as expected for a place like this. quick and the servers were all nice enough. food: fried beef ho-fun dry style with soy sauce - absolute classic and this was done very well. noodle texture was spot-on, slight bit of chew, not too mushy. Excellent wok hei. beef slices were tender, bean sprouts had slight bit of bite and onions had a bit of crisp to it. Seasoning was on point. For this particular simple and classic dish, 5/5. baked pork chop with tomato sauce on rice - a HK cafe classic. the pork chop was nice. not dry, and pre-cut into slices to make serving easier. Egg fried rice underneath was good. The tomato sauce was odd though, mostly tasted like tomato paste and had a very weird neon orange/red colour - probably food colouring or something. The sauce was just very artificial looking but tasted decent. 4/5. spicy salt and pepper pork chop - popular item here apparently. Pretty good. I liked that it wasnt too salty like this dish can be sometimes, but it needed more heat. 4/5. chicken and intestine soup with pickled greens. Served on a tabletop gas burner like a hotpot. It was fine. Im not a huge fan of this dish but my relatives thought it was decent. I wont rate this as I almost never order it and dont think it would be fair. fried sweet milk - I did not like this. The milk was very subtle in flavour which is fine, but it tasted like they just fried it in the same oil they use to fry savoury foods and this made it taste weird and also very greasy. It did not taste like "old" oil gone rancid though. It was piping hot and very crispy on the outside though. 3/5. HK style coffee/milk tea mix (iced) - barely taste any coffee, mostly just tea, and very watered down. good mild sweetness level though. 3/5. The place is old and I was told its been around for decades. Clean enough inside the dining room but the bathroom left something to be desired. Big free parking lot out front in the plaza. Overall I would give this place a cautious 4/5 if you order the HK classics - they seem to nail the basics and the pricing is competitive for value. I would come back.

Food was decent, but I just want to share for others that order off the $9.90 menu and get the…read moreextra dish +$5 that the translation of "Fried wonton with sweet and sour sauce" is in fact not a whole fried wonton; so not similar to a crab rangoon type thing when you search up the above dish. It is actually fried wonton SKIN with sweet and sour sauce. Think like a giant tortilla chip but as a wonton skin and the sauce that has mostly only pineapple. Other than that service was quick and ambiance was typical HK cafe style, rambunctious. If you aren't bothered by that then it's fine.

Lunch special today. Food is always consistent - you know what you're getting. This is typically…read moreCantonese fare. The shrimp wonton were HUGE and juicy. The home-style thin noodles with chicken and shrimp were both good and not oily. BONUS! They start you off with a small congee (jjeok) and a small plate of choy sum. Only criticism: tables were sticky ... All in all, good food washed down with a Hong Kong tea.

I recently went to Congee Wong for lunch…read more The crispy chili radish patties were good Braised beef tendon was solid, although not as good as the same dish I've had at other places (e.g. Congee Queen) The congee with sliced fish was super disappointing. Although the congee itself was fine, the sliced fish pieces were thin, small, and direly overcooked. The fish pieces were hard to eat and ruined the congee in general for me The food in general is probably good, aside from the sliced fish.

I'm updating my review with more dishes I've had at Congee Queen since:…read more ****^ Beef with mushrooms was good, although salty 4.5 stars ****^ Braised beef tendons continue to be great, soft and tender, 4+ stars **** The turnip patties were good ***^ Rice roll was fine 3+ stars ***^ Gai lan (chinese broccoli) was fine, a solid vegetable staple dish, 3+ stars *** Salt and pepper squid was a bit too tough and chewy last time I had it, the breading was coarse and heavier instead of being light and crispy. 3 stars

I just want to make an update for my review on their afternoon tea which I thought was such a…read morephenomenal deal. We decided to come on the hottest day of the year because I was really craving a red bean ice and their afternoon tea meals come with a drink. You can pick between Milk Tea, Coffee, HK Lemon tea and their red bean freeze with ice cream. We ordered a wonton noodle soup and a beef flank lo mein and we both picked the red bean freeze with ice cream. Everything was sooo good. The noodles on both dishes was cooked perfectly with a nice "bounce". The wonton was really big, plump and delicious. It was filled with shrimp pieces. The beef flank was tender but quite lean. I didn't mind it since I am on a cut but I'm sure you can ask for fattier pieces. And oh my god the red bean freeze was so good! Look at how much red beans they put in it. I removed the ice cream but it was still perfectly sweet and the red beans were very soft and cooked perfectly. These noodle dishes were like $10-12 each and comes with a delicious drink. It is such a great deal. I thought they would skimp out but they most definitely did not! They were very generous with their portions. I also highly recommend their delicious chilli oil. It goes perfectly with these noodles. One thing to keep in mind is that their afternoon tea is only from 3pm-5pm though.

This is our go to Cantonese chinese restaurant. The food is always freshly prepared and…read moredelicious. The servers are nice but some of them only speak Mandarin. We were seated in a private room because main dining room is busy. There's a buzzer you can press for service. I recommend you come here for lunch or dinner. The menu is endless and they got your table favourites like fried chili turnips and spice and pepper squid.

This place has a nice inside decor and environment not known from their exterior signage…read more I was craving some congee and tried this place as it was in my vicinity. I expected that it was an old rundown style Hong Kong cafe or congee establishment. Boy was I wrong. Upon entering I was greeted with an impeccably designed interior. I'm glad I tried this spot. On my first visit I ordered a chicken and duck congee. For $9.75. The portion was humongous. I immediately came back the very next day with my family and ordered 1. Singapore fried vermicelli 2. Fried turnip patties 3. Sirloin beef All the food on these 2 visits were amazing as you would expect from a congee shop. They also have an extensive menu with an abundance of choices. What caught my eye were their lobster combos. The price is amazing for these challenging economic times. We will definitely be back to try some of these offerings I recommend coming here as my 2 experiences were fantastic.

My parents and I visited for lunch after watching the new Spiderman movie on Sunday before Labor…read moreDay. We had: - Hong Kong style stir fried egg noodles - Radish cake in xo sauce - Choy Sum in oyster sauce - Deep fried chicken wings in spicy pepper salt The food was pretty good. The dishes are not very spicy. The radish cakes were crispy and soft once you start chewing. The chicken wings were crispy, too. You should be expecting to have some take out if you are ordering noodles and/or rice.

They get 3.5 stars…read more Complimentary soup had carrot, chicken feet, lotus root soy beans & pork rib. It was good, tasting nourishing with natural sweetness.  Sizzling egg tofu was poured on a plate in front of us. It had egg tofu but no egg which would elevate it. There were a lot of Western vegetables: onion, carrot, broccoli, snow pea, mushroom & celery. There was a tasty brown sauce but there was no meat in it. Sweet & sour pork was good: very crispy, though thickly battered. Taiwanese vermicelli with seafood was quite eggy. It tasted simple. It had some smoky wok flavour as per its Chinese name but with vermicelli this is not so easy to get. It would be elevated with a spicy and/or sour note. They do not charge for boxes anymore.

We definitely ordered too much here lol…read more We had the crab meat & pork xiao long bao, crystal shrimp & pork xiao long bao, rice siu mai, poached chicken in chili sauce, pan-fried pork buns and crab roe fried rice. My favourite was the crystal shrimp & pork XLB. That would be the first thing I'd reorder. My husband preferred the richer/soupier dumplings, so apparently we cannot even agree on dumplings. The pan-fried pork buns were also really good and I liked having something crispy alongside all the steamed dumplings. By the time the fried rice came I was already pretty full, so this is definitely somewhere I'd rather go with more people next time so we can order a bunch of things without completely overdoing it. Would come back mainly for the dumplings.

TL;DR - Crappy Chinese supermarket cooking failure level stuff selling for restaurant price + HST +…read moretips with near no service. AVOID. This restaurant has recently moved to Keswick. We gave it a try on our recent trip to north of York region. Had probably the WORST EVER lunch here, enough for me to question if all the previous good reviews here or on Google are even remotely relevant, or if it's just me having an exceptionally bad luck with them on my first try. Anyways, here's my misery: We ordered fried bun, garlic broccoli, Wuxi pork rib and chicken fried rice. After ordering via a QR code menu I went to the washroom, but the booth had no toilet paper available. Delightful surprise. Or perhaps they were just having a busy day and missed it somehow. Speaking of busy day, there were only us and another table with a group of four. Perhaps they were occupied with all the orders coming from online or something. We waited for food, checked twice if I placed order correctly, and asked the server if the food was coming at all. Answer was "just wait a bit more". First dish arriving was the pork rib, ~20 minutes after we placed order. Wonderful punctuality. Then next came the fried bun, with beautifully blackened bottom soaking in residual frying oil. Took a bite on the unevenly leavened skin and ...came out nothing but the bland, dry pork stuffing - no juice at all, neither salty or sweet - perhaps to ensure a clean, messy-free juice bun experience. Finally the broccoli and the fried rice. The broccoli had such a subtle garlicy flavor that I could barely taste at all, and the texture was all so soft that close to steamed or boiled rather than stir fried. All so thoughtful that there would never be an garlic after taste in mouth problem, nor would there be any too hard to bite broccoli problem. I didn't taste the chicken fried rice at all - for I strangely lost all my sense of hunger at this point, and that I doubted if that was my rice dish as the chicken appeared pretty much invisible. Playful. Just I was not in a mood for treasure hunting sorry. Other warning signs - There was a primary school age kid helping around setting up the table. Probably the kid of the owner. Nothing wrong for family business perhaps. Many items on the menu appeared to be sold out, perhaps that was because it was the last day of long weekend and everywhere was closing. Upon leaving the server asked how we liked the food. It was not to my taste. Then she responded that it was hard to make everyone satisfied and they promised their commitment to quality. Cool. Sincerity perhaps, I don't really know - but no, terrible cooking is terrible cooking itself, period. It was definitely not about my personal taste, it was a pure cooking skill problem. This place advertised itself to be originated from a brand name restaurant in Wuxi since 18th century on Instagram. Yes there's indeed a restaurant with this name - but I doubt if this place has any real connection with them. More likely than not it's a scammer just stealing the name. Shame on myself falling for it. Shame on me even paying the normal level of tips just to be decent. THEY DO NOT DESERVE IT. If you cannot do the cooking fundamentals, go back to a college to train yourself and PAY THE TUITION instead of asking others to pay for your food. If you do not have the resource to serve your customers right and make your menu actually available, CLOSE YOUR DOOR for a day or forever for good. That's it.