I visited here cause there was a fan organized birthday gathering. I got a slice of creme brulee…read morecheese cake and a large kumquat lime green tea (less ice, 1/4 sugar, mixed tapioca pearls). The service was quick. Ordering was easy and done through online menu (with a qr code). Food was delicious. There was a good balance of sweet and sour. The drink was good. The sweetness from the cheesecake was not overpowering and complement the drink.

Grotto is a staple bbt place with a great lounge space to hangout and enjoy the vibes and chats…read more They do have a minimum one order per person if you are seating down. They have a great selection of snacks and drinks. If you choose to takeout, you get a 15% or so discount. They might have discontinued their daily special, definately ask staff as their website still seems to indicate the offer... If you stay, they provide free popcorn for the table. Their drinks aren't too sweet, 50% sugar basically tastes like 10% at other locations, I will definately try it at full sugar next time. Overall decent drinks and deals, but the vibes is why you'll be there.

This is primarily a takeout place but they have a couple small tables if you want to eat some…read morethere. Or you know, take some pictures before you ruin it during commute. It's a bento place, so everything comes in a Bento box. You pick your main meat and then a couple sides. Good portion of meat, very flavourful. The sides are also quite filling. Definitely a convenient meal to take out.

They didn't have enough food warmers, so the noodles were not hot, but we still liked the noodles…read more For the bentos you can choose 1 kind of meat and then 3 kinds of none meat dishes, that included the fried eggs and mapo tofu. Both pork belly and pork hock meat were tender and full of flavour, well balanced taste with more savoury than sweet tone which I liked. Mapo tofu was spicy but not numb which is my preferred choice. The fried eggs were tasty too. The eggs were cut into rectangular pieces. Service was fast as it's really a fast food style, the window seat freed up so we moved there. It's a small place, only 3 or 4 sets of table. Each bento set is $15, lots of food so I still think it's a good deal.

In hot weather, I need this so much to cool me down. With…read moreall of my favourite ingredients: grass jelly, taro ball, ice cream, taro paste and shaved ice. I love the taro paste, it's full of taro taste. So good! I'd say the entire environment was super clean and the service was amazing.

Welcome to Mississauga! been waiting for you guys to come to the hood! Located at the corner plaza…read moreof Mavis and Eglinton. Replaced the starbucks that used to be there! Must be hard times opening up during covid. But they have a make shift patio for right now. There are 3 tables right outside for you to enjoy. As for the dessert, i was pretty impressed. loved the grass jelly and the taro balls. Will definitely be coming back for more! What I ordered: Signature grass jelly winter melon drink

Hot Star finally opened in Mississauga!!! It was supposed to open long ago since I saw the sign,…read morebut not sure what happened. One can enjoy their chicken in a nice clean spacious seating area. I usually get their popcorn chicken. This time, I found their mild flavours spicier than it's supposed to. I still enjoyed them!! I like how it's cooked to order as each piece was hot in temperature and tender. Yummy!! $8.50 plus taxes for a small bag of yummy-ness!! A great snack. I waited for about 8 minutes. Good time frame. It reminded me of the night market food in Taiwan. Thank you for opening one in Mississauga!

As a treat for changing my Winter Tires, I was in the area and I got the Popcorn Chicken + Drink…read morecombo. Tbh, I haven't seen the size of their famous, large fried chicken, but it does seem a bit pricey upon just a glance at the menu. It is $12 for a piece of schnitzel essentially. Drinks were kinda on the pricey side at $5.50/soda mixed with some kinda fruit juice. I guess this is the going rate now! So the Popcorn Chicken seemed to be the best value to try out Hot Star. Apparently, all food is fried-to-order, so there is a bit of a wait. Interior is brightly lit, clean, and new. The Mojito was good, but very simple. Too bad this place doesn't have beer! There was a dry spice on the Popcorn Chicken that I couldn't quite put my finger on, but I didn't love it. It was good, but I almost wished that I had gone for the boring regular. It was a meal for me, but for anyone who is a big eater, it would be a snack. All the pieces were in a small paper bag. I'd definitely check this place out again as their fried chicken is juicy!

I've ordered the peanut rice roll and the classic milk tea. The food was good, however you can't…read moretaste the sweetness unless you deliberately take a bite of the rice roll that has the peanuts. The classic milk tea wasn't sweet or sugary. The restaurant was pretty small, so you'll need to go to the common space to eat. There are about 4 tables on the second floor in the common area but there are benches throughout the mall for you to sit at. I was the first one there to order the rice rolls and no one was around, however she forgot my order. But I do appreciate the quick turnaround when she realized that she forgot my order.

This is a little nook in the corner at Langham Square. We came on a Sunday morning so there were…read moreplenty of parking. To get to this store: take the escalators to the 2nd floor, turn left and go all the way to the end of the hall, turn right and go all the way down. It is the 3rd last store on the left side. Ambiance: 4/5. It is a 1 person store. The owner has another store across but it's really just a storage unit. She's usually deep within the store making food so you'll have to wait to catch her attention. There is a large menu outside along with 3 breakfast combos near the cash register. I missed those because I wasn't looking up. Service: 3.75/5 - we were the first one to order. More people came after us. She told us 10 minutes so we walked around while we waited. When we got back, there were more waiting but she gave an order to someone that ordered well after us. After we spoke with her, she realized she forgot our order. It took another 10-15 minutes to make. Food: 4.5/5 - we ordered the traditional rice roll ($8) with soy milk ($3). On first glance, it looked small. It has some weight to it and it felt very hot. When you bite into it, it's warm. There is a very crispy fried dough fritter in the middle. It also came with preserved/picked vegetables and a Tawianese sausage. Definitely don't unroll the cling film wrap all the way or it'll be an even messier eat. I liked that there was a lot of filling and the rice around it was a thin layer. It is small but mighty! I'm surprisingly full from it. The soy milk is fine, it tastes unsweetened. Overall: 4/5 - I don't mind coming back and trying the other options (more varieties of rice rolls, appetizers, desserts, baos). I just hope she doesn't forget our order next time.

I was talking to my cousin who mentioned a Taiwanese place for breakfast by their place. Took 2…read moreseconds to convince me that we should try this place out. This place is close to a pub we used to go to all the time! We were over in no time and walked in. It was pretty empty but it was raining pretty hard when we dropped in. We had a scan at the menu and they had some specials. You could get a main but you could also make it a combo where you get a side and a drink. After having a quick look through the menu, I definitely wanted a scallion pancake with an egg. I combo'd it so I got a hash brown as well as a milk tea. We grabbed a seat, the seating in here is limited but I can't see people sitting in here for too long. I just wanted to give you a heads up in case you come with a large group. Our order was out in no time in a bunch of wrapped paper wrappers. I ripped open all my bags to check out my breakfast and they looked alright. The pancake with egg was decent as well as the hash brown I got. The milk tea wasn't overly sweet. This place has quite a number of different breakfast options and interesting ones that I'd definitely come by to try something else. The items I ordered were decent enough I'd grab them in a pinch if I was in the area. The service was super friendly and prices weren't bad!

SO GOOD. The food is DELICIOUS…read more This small Taiwanese place is great for a to-go style meal. The seating section is small so not the best for big groups or hanging out. We ordered: Braised Pork Rice Traditional Taiwanese Rice Ball (the fried egg one) Ham Puff Pastry Sandwich They were all around $10-$12 each The problem was the incredibly long wait time. For these 3 items to go, I probably waited 15-20 minutes which is too long, but I forgave them after tasting the food

First time trying bubble republic! I tried the caramel pudding milk tea I got 50 percent sweet and…read moreit was still really sweet, I would've enjoyed more if it was 0 percent sweet but next time I know! The tiny tapioca is a game changer! The service we friendly but it did take a while to get my drinks, they seemed to have a lot of orders. The place sells dessert and food as well! The ambiance is casual with a family style vibe.

one of my fave boba spots in mississauga. i LOVE the milo chiller in any weather and honestly, i…read morethink it's because it's hard to find a good milo (i don't make it good enough at home with the powder sold in the grocery stores lol) service is quick, even when they're busy! the food offered here is also SO yummy. love the feeling of being in taiwan with my boba and lu rou fan dish!

Not a big fan of Taiwanese cuisine but this place ain't too shabby…read more Exceptional service! Courteous and fast. Food was alright. We had pork hock, fried chicken bits, egg-yolk sauced chicken wings and this $25 set meal with noodles and soup - amongst other food items. Fairly priced and quite spacious dining area. If you're looking for the place, it's across from Boston Pizza.

Finally came here for lunch yesterday. My friend brought me here to try traditional Taiwanese food…read moreand it was delicious. Apparently this is a very famous restaurant in Taiwan so it's great that we can try it here in Toronto! My Taiwanese friend did the ordering as she was familiar with the popular dishes to try. She ordered two lunch specials. One lunch set was a little pricier for about $25 but if you pay cash there is 10% off on this item. This lunch set was really worth it as this combo included 6 side dishes, a main dish with a soup or milk tea...and for the main dish, you could choose Danmi noodles or Minced pork rice and we picked the noodles since we got the Pork Hock & Minced pork rice for our 2nd lunch set. The two of us shared all the items except my friend insisted that I have the marinated abalone side dish and this was so good! I will definitely be coming back because of this dish! I also liked the Danmi noodles and Pork Hock. Although the food was amazing but the service was lacking. It wasn't busy when we got there just before noon on a Wednesday and we had to wave the staff for help several times and the staff didn't even take our order correctly as we had asked for two tea and they only brought one. I will still be back as the food was really good and I love Taiwanese food!

We've been here a few more times since the past review about a year and decided to upgrade the…read morerating to 4 stars. While it is cafeteria style food, the consistency is strong. You know what you're going to get every time you order. We've had popcorn chicken (5/5), pork cutlet (4.5/5), fish fillet (4/5), braised beef (4/5), stinky tofu (3.5/5 for me but others give it 4/5), dry noodles with Taiwanese sausage (4/5), braised beef soup noodles (4/5). The sides are consistent in what you get and the nice thing is you get to choose 3 with bento boxes. The complimentary soup is alway nice and my rating varies depending on what they made that day but never below 3/5. Price: At prices between 10-12$, this is a great place to get takeout lunch or dinner.

Super kind and helpful staff. We were visiting Toronto for the first time and we were short some…read morecash. They take debit but since we don't have Canadian debit cards our American ones didn't work ofc! There is no ATM around and luckily she was OK with us using our credit card this one time!! Really appreciated that. As for the food, we got the stinky tofu, sticky rice sausages, oyster omelette, and chicken thigh bento. My husband is from Taiwan and he thought the the food was just OK. He particular liked the bento and stinky tofu but the oyster omelette and sticky rice sausages fell short and I agree! The bento had a variety delicious side dishes and chicken was moist and tastily flavored. Big portion and good value! The stinky tofu was crispy and stinky, perfect and pickled cabbage was great with it. The oyster omelette was fine but wasn't glutinous enough, we are used to it being more gooey/sticky/stretchy. In addition there were a lot of onions in it which was hadn't experienced before. The sticky rice sausages fell apart super easily and the casing around the rice was really hard to bite through. Minimal seating, 2 tables that seat 4 each. A counter with 2 seats by the window. Not sure if we'd come again but not bad.