This place has very good Hong Kong style milk tea, Hainanese Chicken (with rice), noodle soup, and Panna Cotta (they call it French style but it's really Hong Kong style). You can have a very nice meal for $10. read more

Another Hong Kong style café and I am giving this place 4 stars because of a great breakfast I had there recently. The café itself is clean, inviting and has a modern décor and even on a cold Tuesday morning was packed. We ordered a chicken fried steak that came with 2 eggs, a small salad and a sweet sticky bun. The chicken steak was a little greasy but flavourful and the eggs went well with the bun. Service was good, but not great, and the price for two full breakfast with hot lemon teas came up to $14.00 including taxes and a tip. I enjoyed this place a lot more than I did B and B which is just down the street from here. I will definitely come back again here :) read more

Phoenix Restaurant does not look like much from the outside, but it is pretty modern in a sort of elegant way on the inside particularly modern, and with a surprisingly comfortable atmosphere. Food is quite good. My hands-down favorite and the restaurant's popular dish is the Hainanese Chicken W/ Chicken Oil Rice, their Fried Chicken Wing is juicy good,serve hot straight out of the deep fryer, and their Hong Kong ice tea is pretty good. The restaurant is clean, service is fast and attentive, and it is a popular place. read more

Giving this place even one star is a gift, as far as I'm concerned, for this place committed the two most basic mistakes a restaurant can make: 1. IT MADE ME SICK. I GOT FOOD POISONING for the first time in TWENTY YEARS eating at this place, and I had to take an almost entire week off of work to recover! 2. THEY WOULDN'T TAKE MY MONEY. They have a "ten dollar minimum" on debit purchases, which they apply to your pre-tax amount, not the amount they're charging you. Yes, if your bill is $10.75, they will tell you you can't pay with debit because of this minimum. Fine, I'll get a drink. A majority of items on the menu are under ten dollars, so this is clearly a money grab, not an attempt at being a restaurant that has its customers' satisfaction in mind. read more

I come to this restaurant 2 or 3 times a year for brunch. Your typical Hong Kong style cafe. Service is really quick and food is reliable. This place is well staffed, menu is simple and menu items are familiar for this type of restaurant. Brunch is usually $20 for 2 people. Today, we ordered 2 brunch/ breakfast combos. 2 eggs, 2 slices of ham, 3 small pancakes & Beef Satay Vermicelli with 2 pieces of toast $16.95 not including tip - included 2 breakfast drinks. Food quality was legit. Milk tea here is really good. Would recommend this place for a quick breakfast, brunch or lunch. read more

Poor customer service, hot milk tea is cold and wait for ten minutes to get change. Will never return.

This place is great for a real taste of HK style food. I have their curry ox tongue on rice and fried chicken steak on rice with tomato sauce on a regular basis. This place is usually busy so expect to wait 5-20mins during lunch time. Good value and good food. read more

The cashier withheld changes from me and demand above 10% service charge. Even after throwing the dishes at the side of the table. Worst yet I got food poisoning. read more

The servers are "neighbour" friendly, and easy to work with, the place is always busy around "prime time" as seating is limited. Food are reasonably priced and good, especially their Hoinan Chicken Rice. Food comes fairly quickly, and in the odd case it does not, a quick check with the servers will get food out fairly quickly. read more

For some reason this location is not as good or as popular as the Raymerville location and the service definitely reflects that. While the food is just as good in some cases the service at this location is often times abysmal. From servers ignoring you to food orders being missed sometimes you just end up leaving a little agitated. Tho it is still the same food the parking and wait times are definitely better than the Raymerville location. Only reason it received a less star is due to its lack of service. read more

Atmosphere: Modern, Clean, usually packed with people, wait for food was a bit long Food: 1. Chicken Cutlet with Teriyaki sauce : Chicken was nicely deep fried, the rice was a bit hard, Teriyaki sauce was good. $7.50 + drink 2. Chicken Cutlet in tomatoe sauce with spaghetti: Tomatoe sauce was a bit bland, other than that it was a fairly enjoyable dish. Overall: Cheap and enjoyable. Good for the price. I got a 15% discount, so ill defintely be back. read more

Every time I visit Markham, I always find time to come here for their Hainan Chicken with rice. Although I don't care much about the soup that comes with the meal, the chicken is deboned, tender and juice. The flavor is amazing. That's why I keep coming back. There is usually a line up waiting for a table, but I never had to wait too long. Today (Sunday), we arrived at 1pm and got a table around 1:15pm. Food arrived quickly so we didn't have to wait for long. read more

Phoenix Restaurant - Hainanese chicken rice - Chinese Near Me - Markham, Ontario

Good selection. Prices were affordable. Reminded me of my time in HK... :) I really enjoyed the French Toast and coffee... read more

Phoenix Restaurant is a cafe that I wasn't a big fan of years ago. I remember it being expensive and lacked variety but I went again recently and was impressed by the large selection and decent prices. I had their alfredo with a fluffy pastry at the top which added a great texture, their chicken wings are also freshly fried and very crispy. They also have a good dessert selection with waffles and sesame ice cream as my favourite. http://www.theroadtripgirl.com/under-10-meals-my-top-hk-cafes-for-afternoon-tea/ read more

Got the Yunnan Fish Soup with Vermicelli and Meat tendon balls. Tasty and not super fishy but still with strong flavours. Couldn't finish it all though. Too many noods here...carb overload! read more

this is my go-to place for 茶餐廳 food! cheap nice and fast with decent food really couldn't think of anything to say about it so I'll talk about the food. personally i prefer my corned beef egg sandwich with corned beef and egg separated but they mixed it and it still tastes pretty good read more

See all

Service here is good, lots of people working Food is good and it comes quite fast. They have some pretty good specials that come with a drink, soup, bread and the main course for around or less than 10 bucks. I go there to eat for lunch alot. read more

Tried Phoenix for the first time and it was without a doubt the worst Chinese food I've ever had. The chicken chow mein was mushy and overcooked, the fried rice was also overcooked and had an off-taste. The sweet and sour sauce tasted horrible and the chicken balls tasted and felt like they'd be sitting out for hours; they were also mushy. I couldn't take more than a few bites and afterwards I was left with a bad aftertaste in my mouth and my tongue was tingly- not sure if it was just too much salt or msg or what. Definitely won't be ordering from Phoenix again. read more

I would rate their food 4/5. It really depends on what you order. I order the same thing everytime - hoi nam chicken rice. This is by far the best hoi nam chicken rice I can find in Toronto. Please let me know if you have better recommendation :) Their deserts are pretty good too. Why do I give it a 3? because I find other food on their menu is really soso..also, it's a bit pricey when comparing to other hk style restaurants. read more

Phoenix Restaurant - Chinese Near Me - Markham, Ontario

See all

This place use to be okay. Recently went there for breakfast for the first time....no...can't...just too terrible...high prices for carbs in MSG. I was thinking how good a sausage and egg Mcmuffin would be. Fool me once etc. read more

It's an easy restaurant to go to, your basic cha cha tanggg. The price is alright depending on what you get. All in all a family restaurant to go to when you're not sure what to eat. read more

I heard from others that the service here is pretty bad but my first visit there seemed to prove otherwise. While the service wasn't great, it didn't seem any worse than your typical Chinese restaurant. I ordered the fish tofu noodle soup ($5.95), supposedly of a shark's fin pork bone based broth. I was hesitant at first since I generally don't like anything made with pork. It turned out ok because the broth tasted (and smelled) only mildly of pork, but the shark's fin taste was not there either. The noodles were rather good (chewy texture, not too soggy). I also shared an order of the HK-style egg sandwich with a friend. It was pretty good - fluffy crustless white bread and fluffy scrambled egg. I was told that it's a little expensive as far as HK style tea cafe restaurants go but it still seems reasonable (for someone from Orange County, California, at least). Would definitely come back again if I have the chance. read more

HK cafes are my go tos! For breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea or dinner. This place was OKAY. I tried their Hainan chicken which i suppose is their specialty. Chicken was tender and had spices that went well with it. The soup however, was bland and contained a good amount of MSG. Price is a little bit above average compared to most HK style cafes. Lunch time was really busy on the Friday. Would I try this place again? Maybe not. Nothing too special about this place. read more

Phoenix Restaurant - Hainan Chicken Rice - Chinese Near Me - Markham, Ontario

I really enjoyed the food and surprisingly even the service here, however, the food made my stomach turn really bad even before I could finish. read more

I feel like this restaurant has too much hype, we didn't find that their food was anything to brag about. We ordered the set dinner meal that comes with a croissant, soup, main and a drink. Deep fried squid tenticles, "baked" spaghetti with chicken, and Japanese roe fried rice. Also 2 iced lemon teas. The croissant for the soup was bland and overly buttered for such a tiny pastry. The soup was cream of mushroom and it was so disappointing, basically was all cream and 2 slivers of mushroom. Tasted bland and boring, didn't finish. The spaghetti was also very bland. You have to pay more to add cheese ontop, which is dumb. Cheese really should be included, it's not that expensive to add shredded cheese. Other cafe style restaurants include the cheese to make it taste better. So basically we got soup cream mixed with the spaghetti, because I don't understand what point it tasted "baked". The Japanese fried rice was the better tasting out of the dishes we ordered, it was at least flavoured. The squid tenticles were okay, nothing to brag about. Overall, the bill came pretty high and most likely won't be back. Not worth it for the taste and value. read more

Probably the most disgusting Chinese comfort food restaurant. I came into order a pineapple bun with butter and a coffee. Paid $5.00 for it when I could've gotten it for 2.50 but I guess they say you pay for convenience. She said I hate to wait 10 minutes for it to be ready. Really 10 minutes to prep for a bun that's already been made and to put butter in it? Uhhh okay. Not only that, as I was waiting at the back, they had their waitresses making tea and putting their fingers in the cup. Seriously? You just cleared other peoples dirty dishes and you put your fingers in peoples tea cups? That's really sanitary! I am never coming back. Yeah its good if you're sitting down and eating fast food comfort food...but the shit I saw yesterday, not cool . read more

It was the worst meal I've ever had in my life. The food had zero flavour, fried rice was barely fried, service was bad, and the meat made me feel sick. Everything on the menu looked terrible. read more

I came to this location around 9pm for dinner. My wife and I order two fried rice for dinner. The restaurant is not busy at that time. I have been waiting for 20min to get my order ready. When the fried rice comes to the table, both fried rice are barely warm at all and lack of any taste. I only had few bites then I just give up and get the bill. The waitress communicated with us to understand the issue but she just said this is the problem of the kitchen that she are not responsible for that nor she can do anything. The bill for this dinner is around $30 for some cold fried rice. I don't think I will give future business to this chain. read more

I alway ordered the fish tofu fish bone soup noodle as I have dairy allergy. The chef would mix milk in the broth if you don't have special request. I think they have the best fish tofu noodle. read more

Best hainan chicken ever? boohoo. When I bit into the first piece, It tasted like frozen chicken. For the price they charge they should be able to use fresh chicken. What a waste of money, a waste of time, and a total embarassment to the restaurant's name. The other food we ate, average not much to talk about or blaze around the news. Probably the most expensive and tiny portion food ever. They are supposed to be known for the hainan chicken. Now I know it is overrated. Not alot of bang for that buck! Never gonna be back. read more

Service is horrible and expensive. The place wasn't busy when I went. They ask us if all the people are here already. Why? It's empty. They kept missing the stuff we order the waitress kept saying "we are making it" with full attitude. Seriously? You give me a bowl of noodles in one minute but twenty minutes to microwave a slice of bread? Horrible service and high price surely not worth it read more

My cousin had told me to check this joint out when I came up to visit from Boston. The place might have the best Hainan Chicken Rice I've had in the longest time. The rice itself tasted amazing on its own and the dish came with a nice serving of broth soup to wash everything down. My little brother ordered a lunch special and it came with toast with condensed milk syrup poured on top which brought me back to my days living in HK. I would move to Toronto just for this place. read more

Decided to give this place a try, the Woodbine location of this chain. Really not worth the effort. The exterior of the restaurant is unappealing enough, with a run-down parking lot that's part of a building complex that looks more like a collection of industrial stores than an eatery. I ordered the pork/chicken chop combo and while it's somewhat nice to get it less than two minutes later, it also blatantly shows that the food was not prepared fresh -- it's pre-made and they just pour the gravy on it after you order. The side rice is fine, a simple egg fried rice, but the vegetables are truly pathetic -- they are so cold and lifeless that you wonder why they don't even bother to keep it in some kind of food warmer. The meat was mediocre, not unacceptable, but also completely uninspired. An extra star ducked for inattentive service. Took about 10 minutes for them to take the order and another five to get the check after the meal. While I can confidently say that the staff isn't unpleasant or deliberately inattentive, they also appear either overworked or just not very good at it. I had been thinking of coming to this place as an alternative to Metro Square Cafe on Steeles, but one visit is enough. Phoenix Restaurant doesn't even come close to measuring up to Metro Square Cafe or Tasty Delight at Leslie and Finch, the two other Hong Kong steakhouses I know in the area. read more

Staff didnt check on us, food was So-so. Squid/Fish Balls were a tasty appetizer. We weren't given the option for dessert. Server walked up, told us register was closing so they were billing us now. (This was as we were finishing our dinner, and wasn't 10PM yet) They did this to everyone there at the time, but it would've been nice to have at least been asked if we wanted anything else. We had hot tea and hot food in a warm restaurant, and would've gladly sprung for something cold. I had the Malaysian Ox-Tongue Curry, my wife had the Malaysian Chicken Curry. Both were decent. read more

Probably my favourite HK Style restaurant in the area. A little pricier than other HK Syle restaurants (by around $1) but has better quality food. Their Hainanese Chicken is good but I wouldn't consider it their best dish (as most of the reviews saying that the restaurant is bad are judging all of the food based on this one dish...). The curries are good and their baked rice (comes with a fried rice base instead of plain white rice) combos, which are what I usually get, are good as well. The servers are ok/average (friendly but busy and sometimes forgetful if very busy) and the decor is modern with an emphasis on practical. I would recommend this restaurant to my friends and I go pretty often myself. read more

Servers are so rude get rid of them already! They hate their job! No service at all and didn't care about any of us. Everything was overpriced and food is inconsistent. Food used to be good but their big menu really shows why the standards have fell. DONT COME HERE! Trust me. Haven't seen anyone even close to finishing their meal. Bye bye never coming here again. read more

This is my regular restaurant. If I can't think of what to eat, or no special preference, I will visit this place. Tip of the day, lunch time is always busy from 12:00pm, parking is a headache during lunch time, in the days with good weather I will park in the CIBC plaza, much more convenient. I like the Curry dishes, the HaiNan Chicken. read more

I've been a big fan for a while now. Their Malaysia curry beef brisket with potatoes and the Roti (seperate but much needed addon) they make is always super tasty - my only complaint is that there is usually a lot of fat on the meat. Their drink selection is good - i recommend the green tea milkshake, its off the hook. They often give a 10% coupon when you pay your bill that can be redeemed if you visit in the next couple weeks. Keeps me coming back. read more

The hainan chicken & rice is not as good as before. The rice tasted like rock, seems like they put less water when making it . The good thing was boneless chicken but they used microwave to warm up the chicken. read more

This place is always overly crowded for some weird reason. I've been here a few times only because there isn't much around here for lunch so we sometimes default to this place if we want some HK cafe food. However the food isn't really that special or that good for that matter. I'm guessing the place is crowded because of convenience and the food comes quick. Given the choice, there are other better and less expensive HK style cafes out there. read more