I come here often with my family for saturday lunches since it's at a really convenient location. I always get the baked chicken & ham spaghetti with cheese and egg. It's almost $10 but it's really fulfilling and I always end up returning ordering the same thing! Also, they usually have discounts throughout the year where you can get discounts for your next visit if you spend a specific amount of money. I'm also a fan of their noodle soups and rices! Overall, their food is definitely reminiscent of some classic cafe food in HK and I feel the price for what you get is reasonable as the quality is definitely higher of other cafes around Markham. Their drinks and desserts are also great! Iced lemon tea is always a favourite of mine and all of their desserts are amazing - the dessert menu is really varied and they usually change it up with every season. Definitely a personal favourite restaurant of mine! read more

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Hands down the best Hai Nam Chicken I've ever tasted. Juicy deboned chicken pairs perfectly with the amazing rice. Other items on the menu is pretty standard for a HK cafe. If you haven't tried their Hai Nam Chicken yet.. you must!! read more

Came on a Friday afternoon for lunch. It was busy but we were seated immediately. We had to flag down someone to take our order and again flagged down someone to refill our team cups. The food came very promptly after ordering though (less than 10 minutes). We ordered a baked pork chop with cheese, tomato and cream sauce. A special pineapple bun with Bolognese meat sauce and cheese and a brick toast with black sesame paste + a side of condensed milk. Hubby always enjoys their baked dishes and the baked pork chop rice dishes so no complaints there. The pineapple bun was very crispy on the outside kind of like it was toasted again and there was lots of Bolognese meat sauce but it was kind of borderline cold... The cheese was melted though so I assume it was just sitting in the kitchen for a bit before they brought it out. The brick toast was a nice thick cut and had plenty of black sesame paste but French toast is definitely better. Overall food is ok - typical HK diner style. Would come back because it's a convenient location. read more

Phoenix Restaurant - Chinese Near Me - Markham, Ontario

Love coming here for their Hoinan chicken with rice. Probably the place to go in the Markham/Richmond Hill area for it. They also make a REALLY heavy ice cream on thick toast dessert. It can definitely serve as a meal on it's own. Everything on the menu is reasonably priced and they have a large variety of dishes. read more

Phoenix Restaurant - Green tea ice cream + crepe - Chinese Near Me - Markham, Ontario

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This is a HK style restaurant that I frequently visit. HK style restaurant tea is known for good price, good food and fast (I didn't say good) service. Especially good deals on High tea, and breakfast. Speed read: 1) HK style Milk Tea - good and consistent 2) Above average price (you will spend more or less $10 per person) 3) Menu is not typical, there's always a twist to justify their premium price 4) Hit and Miss on the dish. The number ONE reason I visit this place often is the lack of competent competitor in that area. Sadly speaking, it's the lack of better choice on food quality from the surrounding. HK Milk tea here is always great. Better than the hit and miss at Marathon café. Quality is good and above average. Most of the time it's pretty good. Even if they mess up sometime, it's not terrible (unlike some other locals where you could get spoiled ingredient) E.g. We order baked pork chop rice, and a baked fried chicken rice. Chicken is tender, and properly season, where the pork chop is dry and dull. What I hate here is the menu is not typical of HK style restaurant, and I found their added twist doesn't really add quality but I feel it's merely a gimmick to charge a higher price. If you walk in here wanted a typical wonton noodle or beef brisket noodle, sorry, you won't find it. I can only speak to this location of their chain. Other may or may not be as good. Thank you for reading this far. Tips: Weekend breakfast is generally really busy. Don't go at the last minute before 11am, you won't find a seat. read more

The decor is modern and fairly clean. Despite some of the seats on the booths being outdated, as some of them were taped. However, that didn't bother me too much because I was there for the food. My friends and I stopped here for lunch and the 3 of us got the Hai Nan Chicken and Yunnan Noodle Soup with Beef Balls (we substituted the vermicelli for egg noodles) to share since the portions are quite large. As for the taste, the broth was above average, but everything else was just mediocre. Since it was lunch, we got a choice of 1 cup of coffee or tea to go with our meal. Unfortunately, the tea was completely too dark for my liking. I've also tried the coffee on another visit and it was equally undrinkable. Service was a bit slow due to it being a lunch rush. read more

One of the best Hong Kong style cafes in Toronto. Their noodles in soup comes with fish broth, it's not common when you go to other HK style cafes (usually use chicken broth). Fish broth is how it should be. I usually come here for lunch and I order lunch combos (comes with a drink, add a dollar for a cold drink). Very decent place. read more

Until recently, I would rate this place 3/5 because it was a decent place to get cheap food. It's no longer cheap in the realm of HK cafes. They've increased the prices with no improvements to anything: service, food, decor; so I don't know what the increase is for. In these types of establishments it has become the norm to be charged extra if you want the cold version of a drink, i.e. Milk and lemon tea. Usually it's $0.50. This place first increased it to $0.75 and now it's $1.25. That's over 100% increase in the last couple of years. Is ice in high demand? Because you don't get much more drink. Test out the volume between cold and hot. You'll see. Most recently, breakfast for 3 cost us $42 for take out: 3 dishes and 1 egg sandwich. Quality is debatable. You'll see a lot of Asian people raving about the Hainan chicken. Personally, I don't get their fascination with this dish and I'm Asian. I'm born in HK! It's chicken with rice and the chicken fat is cooked in the rice. I don't find it a big deal, especially cut of meat you get (it's only dark meat). Generally speaking, most dishes drown in rice. The service is rudimentary: seat you and bring you food. If you need anything, wave. Don't ask for anything special because they won't do it, ie leave out certain ingredients. Some of their "policies" baffle me. I ordered take out once and they forgot a dish. I get home, noticed and call them. They said they'll take my number down and credit me. I return another day and I don't feel like that dish anymore so i wanted the credit to be applied on something else. What they forgot was a breakfast item and it was now, lunch. They refused citing that it's a limitation with their system. I have to get the same thing as last time. Lastly, they only take cash. Some of their other locations take debit, which is a real inconvenience when you forget which one takes modern payment. We all know why they take only cash as well. read more

Cling.... clingggggg .....the cutlery fell in nowhere and landed on our table.......and .... stomp!....... the plate of noodle dropped right in front of me...... I turned my head and was about to ask for two bowls but I didn't see anyone! *REPLAY*......... MIB came out from the kitchen with a plate of silver needle noodle with shrimp, BBQ pork and eggs. He walked over to our table, and dropped the cutlery and the plate of noodle on our table in his arm's length. He turned his back against us at the time he dropped the cutlery and plate; as if he was running a relay. He picked up his speed and ravel in the crowd of "black". Fast service eh?! The servers here are trained so well that almost all of them are providing that "fast" service. They are all wearing black, but it isn't hard to tell them apart from the customers even if they aren't wearing black - just look for those without facial expression :p Service - can't rate coz there isn't service : ( Food is good and there is always new thing in the menu. I had their new dish; silver needle noodle with shrimp, BBQ pork and eggs. Yummmy!! Silver needle noodle is noodle made with rice flour. (not too many restaurants make this noodle) It is short. shaped like a needle and is in white semi-transparent color. Their ice milk tea is rich. Love their panna cotta! I come here quite often tho, coz their food is really gooooood! read more

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Really won't be coming back again. Their food is mediocre at best, really nothing that special, and honestly, you could be cooking up the same if not better caliber of food at home. The price is really what takes it down here - expensive for a breakfast/lunch option and considering the quality of food you get, definitely not worth it. Their signature chicken and rice dish, is very, very salty, and their portion of chicken is tiny. The "sauce" on their rice isn't anything special and this dish just seems to be washed in salt all over. Again, for the price you pay, you're better of eating somewhere else. I really don't understand all the hype around this Hong Kong styled breakfast/lunch here, especially when there are far better options around 5 minutes away. read more

This is probably the place with the worst customer service i have ever had. Stood at the takeout counter unacknowledge by all the staff for a good 10 mins. read more

Oh yes the Japanese fried rice is a must try by the way. My kids love it! Hianese Chicken is good during my first time. On my third visit, it no longer tasted as good. read more

Over the past years, I have visited Phoenix many time and usually order snacks more than actual meal or I would get lunch set. Today I am quite disappointed st one of their lunch menu which is number 10(spaghetti with tomato sauce and beef? Atleast that's what I was told) my expectation is similar to bolognese sauce. Granted, it is on tomato sauce, and the beef were slices, I was expecting like ground beef but then again, the menu doesn't specify or the pictures doesn't show clearly either since it was a baked dish... anyways, the beef doesn't taste like beef, feels weird the texture, the sauce feels like pour off the can, atleast the pasta was al dente. As a pasta lover, I don't recommend this dish absolutely, get their dessert menu instead. On another note, this place ONLY take cash.... There's no sign of whatsoever outside or inside that days that, it is very inconvenient for new client or even not regular client to eat at this location, when I suggested them to put a sign they said there's a convenience store that can withdraw money.... With that said, they said most of their customer knows their cash only policy. Well, for ur new customer who doesn't know and don't carry cash, it is super inconvenient as those "convenience store ATM" could b charging u extra. Take suggestion and take action! They only received 2 stars base on the not so good experience. Their dessert and drinks aren't bad tho. Would I recommend this place? I'm unsure to be honest, if you have other option, go to other places before u hit this one up. read more

Just a quick update to say that the food is still consistent and amazing here but I find that the service has been going downhill in the past few months. I find that orders take extremely long to come or they come extremely fast. They've also forgotten to make drinks on multiple occasions or have gotten the drink order wrong. However, will still be coming because the food is consistently good! read more

Took a beautiful girl here on a date. We enjoyed the venue and the food! She ordered the taiwanese chicken it was unbelievable! After eating we gulped down a couple of milk teas. They give you the option of adding sugar if you need to. They let you hang around just to chat if you need to which was perfect. Will be back for the chicken with or without her. Enjoy! read more

Tasty Hong Kong style food, but a bit pricey. The milk tea, and the milk tea mix coffee is a must to drink because they do make it good. read more

Phoenix Restaurant - 白汁魚柳焗飯 - Chinese Near Me - Markham, Ontario

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Yes. Their chicken and rice is super! Chicken is very soft and melts in your mouth. The rice is flavoured with chicken fat so you can eat it by itself. I love the chilli paste oil there. Very spicy.another highlight of the restaurant would be The hk milk tea reminds me of the tea that I would drink back in my home country Burma. The only one I found in toronto so far. I feel nostalgic when I ate their food. Will be back for more. read more

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One of the most favourite go-to place for HK style meals. The service is always quick and it is almost always packed, especially during lunch time. Their Hoinan chicken with rice is one of the best I've ever eaten. It's a MUST order if you're new or old to this place. Dishes are reasonably priced and usually comes with a drink (Additional $1.15 for cold drinks) Overall, service and food was been consistent for awhile and it keeps making me go back whenever I'm stuck on where to eat for lunch. read more

I can't really say their food is excellent but it's a decent Chinese "diner" style restaurant. Although the service is known to be horrible and they charge you an extra dime here and there if you can't finish your food and require a take out box, I do have to give this restaurant some credit for having some special items on their menu that you can't find at other Chinese diners. Apart from their usual deep fried chicken wings and fries, satay beef instant noodle, or hong kong style French toast for their afternoon tea menu, they've incorporated some creative ideas such as ice cream crepe, milkshakes, and "Mexican" fries. Their Hainanese Chicken Rice and assorted curry dishes are quite famous and I do have to say it is quite tasty. I'd go check the place out. Other than the service, the food is pretty decent. To warn you though, prices are relatively high for a Chinese diner. Expect to spend around $10 per person for lunch and around $20 for dinner. read more

Your neighbourhood hong kong style cafe... Menu is so extensive, you can eat something different everyday for a year! Lunch specials just under 8$ includes a drink of your choice. They have everything you can think of from curry, their famous "hainan" style chicken, fried rice, fried noodles, soupy noodles, saucy food over white rice, congee, baked rice, speghetti.. list goes on and on... Prices are relatively low, as expected from hong kong style cafe. Portions for rice and noodle items are HUGE. You can probably get away with ordering only 2 things split between 3 people.. read more

We go here about twice a month and enjoy the casual atmosphere with good food. Portion sizes are good and they have a lot of combos that comes with drinks. One of my favour is the Malaysian curry - you can order it as a entree for a little more $ and the portion is a lot bigger than if you were to order it with the rice. The naan bread is FANTASTIC, we order extra ones just to eat, butterly though but good! read more

Phoenix Restaurant - Baked fish in cream sauce with corn and rice - Chinese Near Me - Markham, Ontario

I ordered fish but it gave me beef brisket by mistake, and the beef brisket is very salty and dry. Overall, all foods are very salty and I felt uncomfortable on the tongue after eating their foods. read more

Phoenix is a solid Hk cafe and restaurant. I find that their menu is a bit different and has a bit more interesting options than most Hk cafe. This place started off as an independent establishment and grew into a I believe a second restaurant and possibly third. They have a very good selection of Hk diner food including some fusion items including touching on korean and Japanese flavours. I normally order the hainanese chicken with rice or the Malaysian fried rice (very spicy) but overall I do like eating here. I like this location better than the one on steeles and woodbine. read more

Probably the best and most consistent 'HK Diner' restaurant. You definitely have to order the HK Milk tea. Service is prompt and typically friendly. Busy each and everytime I visit. read more

If you like not getting an acknowledgment or a smile then this is your place. The restaurant where waiters/waitresses strive for your dissatisfaction. Food has gone downhill. Their hainese chicken isn't the same as before. I don't know what they did to it but it's not the same. My parents from Vancouver can't stop complaining about it. I use to like it a lot. In fact that's the 1 of 2 things I get there. read more

This is my go to HK cafe for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Fast service is always appreciated when you're hungry and is in a rush. The fish soup noodle is my absolute favourite because the flavours are rich without feeling too heavy. I always order a pineapple bun with butter as well. read more

Phoenix Restaurant - Beef ball fish soup noodles and deep friend squid - Chinese Near Me - Markham, Ontario

Pros: - Consistently good food (even across the other 3 stores) - Service is quick. - One of my go-to HK cafés. Con: - Pricier than other HK cafés. - Long line ups. - High school kids gets rowdy during weekday lunches. Summary: Their milk tea is chilled instead of iced to prevent it from diluting. My favourite dishes are the fish broth noodles, curry, and the baked chicken steak rice with tomato sauce and fried egg. Their fried rices are really good also. Overall, this place is great, makes me feel like I'm in HK (that home-y feel), and I've been going here for years; I Would recommend all Phoenix Restaurants. read more

I used to come here a lot but haven't come back until lately. The food is good, hk cafe style with yummy food. Wait for food can take a while esp if busy but it is worth it. The fried pork chop is fried to perfection, moist and nice panko crust on it. The chicken rice dish is amazing as well as a variety of items of dessert they serve. Good Chinese food for Markham read more

Who doesn't know Phoenix in the 905 area? I would say they are the A grade of HK Style Cafe's while they also cater to the afternoon tea crowd this place is rammed from morning to the late afternoon with people. Wait times here could at times exceed 15 minutes. Despite it being generally more expensive as they dont have set meals (including drinks) like their afternoon specials crowds still flock to this original location. Out of all the locations in the 905 the Raymerville location is definitely the most solid in terms of service and quality of food. On the menu you can't go wrong with anything, they are best known for their Hainan Chicken but I personally believe that their Baked items are a step above the rest especially their Ketchup Baked Chicken Steak Rice and their Teriyaki Chicken Steak Rice are definitely highly recommended by me. If you have a chance to try this place definitely give it a try as not everyone's taste is the same but no matter what there is always one dish that Phoenix has that you will have you coming back again and again. If you are looking for good eats Phoenix is the place just be prepared to wait for a parking spot as Phoenix customers fill up the lot to the point other shops need reserved spaces of their own. (yes its THAT popular) read more

Had Malaysian curry beef from this place. Curry was thick and tasted really good. Wasn't watery at all. :Likes: Similar to other Phoenix's, this is HK style cafe with over 100 items/combos. Food comes out fast. Decent quality and tastes great Dislikes: The ambiance of this place is terrible. At the cash, there were cupboards hanging with the doors ripped off and only 1/2 painted. Store seemed dirtier than other Phoenix\s too. No smiles from wait staff either. Verdict: Great "food" place, but definitely definitely definitely not a formal place and don't take dates here unless you are trying break up with them and show you are cheap but still want to enjoy good food at the same time. read more

Wow I come here way too often than I should. They used to have 20% off your next dine in within 2 weeks. I guess people were abusing it and they stopped having that promotion. I absolutely love coming here, I'm that person that will order the same thing for the next 3 years. YUP. That's exactly it. Not lying. I've been getting the instant noodle with fried egg and sausages for the past 2 years. Occasionally I will venture out and get a plate of fried rice, but I would say 9 out of 10 times, I will get my beloved instant noodles.. and yeshhhhhhhhhhhhh I know it's bad for me. But they are really good! My husband always ordered the fried egg/tomato rice with fried pork chop, which is also really good. Service is fast, and the staff friendless? Well, it's a typical chinese resturant, don't expect too much. read more

Once upon a time this place symbolized the epitome of HK Style Cafe. At their very best there were lineups out the door and while the lineups remain, they are certainly a lot shorter than they used to be. With a plethora of options in the greater Markham area, this place has diminished in appeal over the past few years. Compound the aforementioned with their seemingly unwarranted(and constant) rise is prices and cutbacks in quality, the heydays of Phoenix have passed. Their food is still pretty decent and you can tell they are struggling to keep up their quality while trying to increase their margins. Cutbacks such as reducing quantity and size of dishes and minimizing "sides" by using frozen peas and carrots not only leaves a sour taste in your mouth but also a half empty stomach on your way out. The last few times I had a meal here (not by choice) they were handing out discount coupons after your meal. I guess they are trying to ease the transition for folks now expected to pay a premium price for not so premium stuff. read more

Trying to determine a rating for Phoenix Restaurant truly tore me apart. On my first visit with family, I ordered their Hainanese Chicken Rice for dinner (as did the seniors with me). The food itself was good. The rice was flavourful without being overly salty, and their serving of chicken was generous compared to most other joints. Despite this, the waitress' attitude was outright disgusting. Their large serving of chicken meant my grandmother and great aunt could not finish their plates, and needed to pack the leftovers to go. First, our request for a takeout box was met with visible displeasure. When we politely asked for a bit of the chicken dipping sauce to go (it is a basic component of Hainanese chicken, after all), our waitress turned around and asked her boss whether we've "already asked for other things" - as if we were there to mooch off... Was one styrofoam box too much to ask for?!? Hainanese chicken rice that is well made can be difficult to come by, and Phoenix Restaurant offers just that. The service was an absolute deal breaker, however. It will take a long while for me to give Phoenix Restaurant its second chance. read more

Because I'm a sucker for Hong Kong style easy food, this place is wonderful. I visit Toronto ever so often and I purposely make it my mission to eat Hong Kong style food. The quantity and quality of food is great and the drinks here are good too (authentic taste)! The food options are honestly quite creative and I appreciated that. This place does get crowded pretty easily, but the wait time isn't absurd. Definitely worth it! read more

Tried this restaurant for breakfast and lunch. Cheap and good food. Ordered the baked pork chop with rice, good but not amazingly good. read more

Phoenix Restaurant - Baked pork chop with rice - Chinese Near Me - Markham, Ontario

If I'm ever in the area and can't decide on a place to eat for breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea, a snack or dinner, this place always comes to mind. Food is good and decently priced. Wait staff mannerism can vary day to day and shift to shift. Generally depends on how busy it is that particular day. Today I decided to start the day on a good note with oatmeal, a tuna sandwich and a mill tea for $5.00. You can't really go wrong with that. Then I'll be satisfied to hit the gym. Starting to look like a productive day. read more

Phoenix Restaurant - Modern and updated interior design. - Chinese Near Me - Markham, Ontario

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Very busy place. I like their honey garlic chicken with rice. You might find the servers pretty impatient at times. Just a heads up. read more

Phoenix Restaurant - Honey garlic chicken with rice - Chinese Near Me - Markham, Ontario

I've been here many times and it is always pretty good. I usually get the Hainan chicken rice for around $9. It is a huge portion with a bowl of soup included. My dad got the beef brisket curry. The curry is an orange ish colour, it is more sweet, and a little bit spicy. So delicious with the rice. We also got dessert. They were out of crepes which was upsetting but we still got the sesame ice cream waffle. It came with 4 toaster size waffles with a giant scoop of sesame ice cream topped with whipped cream and chocolate syrup. The waffle was crispy and fresh. It went really well with the ice cream! Service was pretty attentive and friendly. We got a 15% off coupon for the next time we dine; valid at any of the 3 locations. Overall, this place is worth a try as it has an extensive menu of good quality dishes. read more

They really need to take debit or credit card. Could have been a 4 star if they start to take debit or credit card. It's really a hassle sometimes that you're nearby and you do not have cash and have to drive couple KMs to get cash. I mean they serve great food, tons of great selections. They also have great deals on breakfast combos which you get a free milk tea. Speaking of milk tea, their milk tea is silky smooth, one of the best! Their selections include sandwiches, pasta, cheese baked dishes, tradition Cantonese food and many many more. Their selections are so large that it will have something for everyone. There tend to be lineups on weekends, expect up to 15 minutes of wait during their rush hours and since it's in a plaza, parking is no issue. read more

Great quality food but pricing is relatively more expensive compared to the other chinese "western" style cafes. Lots of unique selections and always new things on their menu. read more

Phoenix Restaurant - Chinese Near Me - Markham, Ontario