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    Marathon Cafe

    3.2 (167 reviews)
    Open 6:30 am - 10:00 pm

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    Casual
    Moderate noise
    Happy hour specials
    Good for kids

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    Camille D.

    Came here as a recommendation of family who lives in Toronto. I would say very solid, tasty food and drinks. That milk tea definitely is *chef's kiss which I ordered hot, the pineapple bread with chicken was so delicious it's perfect. The Hong Kong style French toast is lovely after. Very fattening, but so worth it. It is cheap as well. The style is order at the front desk first. It is definitely a no frills type place which is fine with me. Ambiance feels like quick go to cafe but otherwise is clean.

    HK style milk tea
    Kevin E.

    Had to come here to try their award winning milk tea! So smooth, silky and fragrant. Felt like I was transported back to HK and drinking a cup of milk tea from Lan Fong Yuen. Would be nice if they could place sugar packets on the tables so customers can adjust the sweetness themselves.

    Alex C.

    Ordered to go. The place was not so busy but staff was a little disorganized when retrieving my order. The restaurant has many 2 top tables that can be arranged to suit any size party. The decor is dark and not the brightly lit of many of the newer cafes. The food... for $17.xx not sure what to expect but the baked beef w/ tomato sauce over rice was very over done and tough. Definite not worth repeating. The milk tea... felt it was not very rich and smooth like others describe as many other shops craft up a better HK milk tea in my opinion.

    Peggy C.

    It's been a while since I last came here. It's a cafe where you place and pay for your order at the counter first. Then you can grab a seat to stay and eat or do take out. I only come here when I'm in the area and absolutely craving for their milk tea. Their milk tea is so good! It's rich and strong in flavor. I came on a Friday morning. It's always so busy here. I got their combo satay beef with instant noodle, egg sandwich and cold HK milk tea for $14.90. The prices have certainly gone up and the portion is a lot smaller. For $15 plus taxes it doesn't seem to be really worth it to be honest. As much as I love their milk tea, I don't think I would come back as often as I would like before.

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    Wynne L.

    We hadn't been here in years when we decided to come for a late lunch. When we walked in, there were a few occupied tables and no one to greet us. There was a table of staff having their lunch, so we asked them if we just seat ourselves. We ordered at the heavily plexiglassed counter, paid, and then waited for our food. The food was mediocre, nothing special. This was actually a bit disappointing since people rave about their HK milk tea. I guess the food just isn't as good.

    Pineapple bun with pork chop
    Derek W.

    This cafe got a good natural charm to it. The pineapple bun with pork chop is crazy good. The milk tea taste traditional af and voted the best. The service is kind of what you expect of an Asian restaurant, whatever you want to perceive that as. The place is very popular at certain times so sometimes it can get loud in places like these but if you don't mind all that sound, you'll get the best kind of food, the hidden gems. Would come here again for a quick bite or even stay for a long dine. Whatever the vibes are I enjoyed my time here and would definitely come back when I'm near this place.

    HK style milk tea.
    James L.

    Heard a lot about the place from my mom who loves a good cup of milk tea. We finally get to try it today. It is as advertised, very strong and concentrated. Nothing fancy and even the cup isn't fancy. It is a lot stronger than your regular milk tea. It has been a couple of hours I can still taste the tea in my mouth. It surely reminds me of the milk tea in Hong Kong. If you like strong tea, this is your place, if your stomach cannot take strong tea, you may want to go elsewhere.

    Anne L.

    Richmond Court is closed for renovation so this is now where we go for our HK Cafe experience. They have award winning milk tea and it doesn't disappoint. We will come back to try more but we had the usual satay beef instant noodles with fried egg and also live up to all the other reviews. The decor is fine if you set your expectation that it's the Hong Kong local neighbourhood joint vibe. Everything is clean and tidy and the staff is super friendly. Note: it's cash only (surcharge even if you use debit card). So bring your sanitzer. :)

    HK milk tea
    Joy H.

    Tasty HK milk tea but the food is sort of pricy. Their milk tea is wonderfully strong and creamy, just the way I like it. However, their foods a sort of pricy for what they are. It feels very "homemade" but with a $5-10 price tag. Their food is good, don't get me wrong, but it's just good--not great. The food also comes a bit cooked down, which give it a bit of a microwaved-feeling--even if it may not be. There are some other HK cafes that I think are doing this way better than Marathon. As wonderful as their awards are, ultimately that's in the past. They haven't kept up with competition who are offering tastier and more price competitive food and drinks.

    Satay Beef Udon and cold milk tea
    Julia C.

    I was craving some HK style breakfast and decided to try out Marathon café. They also open early at 6:30am! Satay Beef Noodle Soup - I usually go for vermicelli but decided to try udon this time. It was good, but udon doesn't really soak up the satay flavour as well as vermicelli. The satay beef was very flavourful though! 3.75/5 Hong Kong style milk tea - this was BOMB. Probably the best milk tea I have had in a while. It was so smooth and tea flavour was also strong 5/5 I would definitely recommend the milk tea! It's a must try for anyone!

    Condensed milk butter bun
    Rachel L.

    Their cold milk tea is amazing. I am not a huge milk tea person, but enjoy every single sip. The food wasn't that good though. They look like an authentic HK cafe so I thought their tomato sauce baked pork chop rice would be bomb, but it was such a disappointment. I don't know if they purée their sauce, but it's almost orange and doesn't taste like tomatoes. The double baked bolognese wasn't bad, but some part of it was a bit cold/ not evenly baked, maybe? We also got the condensed milk bun, it was ok, but there was a bit too much bread for the amount of butter/condensed milk we had. They have a few tables available for dinning in. We had to order in the front, and then they bring the food to you. The service was pretty good. There's a 25cent fee to pay with debit card. Will be back for their milk tea for sure, not so much the food though.

    abosolute horrendous, two zombie wings cost 12 Bucks

    12 bucks for this, fried to absolute s**t , you can see the bones from outside the skin, and only two wings. Horrendous.

    Big Boy Bottle means 1L of cold milk tea goodness!
    Vonny W.

    Not sponsored, but I was pulled in by the 30% off offered via the My God app for Marathon Cafe so I had to grab myself the BIG BOY BOTTLE, also know as a 1L JUG OF COLD HK-STYLE MILK TEA! Please note that in-store, this item is $9.50 but on the app, it is $10.99 with 30% off... but in the end, you still save some money so it is worth it. I love milk tea from Marathon Cafe because their ratio of milk-to-tea is accordingly to my liking. Its texture is also very smooth which is very important for a good cup! Their regular level of sweetness is also a good amount so I don't usually have to adjust it. Follow me on Instagram @oh.snap.vonny for more food reviews and photos!

    1L of milk tea :D

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    Decent food & reasonable price. Satay beef noodle is very tasty. Opens early 6:30am, good vibe with Cantonese news on tv

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