Came for Sunday dim sum with friends and it was great. On the outside it doesn't look like much. The inside is very cute. Love the decor and interior. Service was great. The staff were friendly. A bit expensive but I guess that's similar to most dim sum places in Markham. It's worth coming back again next time to gorge again. read more

We came here for dim sum today. This space was previously the vegetarian restaurant. I had no idea it was even open because the signage is black and the entrance isn't really visible from the roadside. They have renovated and it is reminiscent of a Chinese courtyard, all full of wooden pagoda accents and wooden furniture. The dim Sum menu is in a small booklet form It is annoying flipping through the pages and not seeing everything on one sheet. There is not a huge variety of dim sum. The typing is a bit small and the lighting is dim. (Other patrons couldn't see the menu too) Our food came out in a timely manner. Only thing that took a while was the sui Mai. Had to flag servers down for sauces and water refills. The food was decent and well seasoned. There is early bird special pricing before 11am and tea charge is $2 per person. read more

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The first time came here was on a weekend after reservation, the reception area was super crowded and no one cares about us. We left right away and decided to come during this week day noon. I stood beside the reception desk where I can see lots waitress were walk around inside and one lady standing in front of the bar computer busy typing stuff. The tables were not full. After about 5 mins, finally a lady approached and asked me for how many ppl..,. We had waited about 30 mins for all the food to come and it was not that busy. The taste of the food is average and light. Love the mango dessert must try. 2 are for this dessert. They can be much better with improved service. read more

Providential 9 - Dim Sum Near Me - Markham, Ontario

I like this place, the interior looks like it will serve Northern Chinese food instead of dim sum. The menu you got is fancy, unlike the big piece of paper that you'll always get in other dim sum place. Prolly because they don't have that big of a variety of dim sum to serve hence putting them in a little book will be a better presentation. The dim sum in general were not bad, my favorite is their baked almond bun, those almond juice was flowing out and sweet, I would go back just for that! The mango mochi was so-so, there were too many cream inside and not enough mango, and the skin wasn't too thick tho. My least favourite is the hock pork with ginger in sweet rice vinegar, it's not cheap but the portion is so tiny, and their ginger looks like remaining ingredients from other dishes! Otherwise, their dim sum are interesting, there's a little bit of twist here and there on many traditional dim sum that you may see elsewhere, be it presentation, ingredients used or flavour. That is why I give a 5 stars, because I appreciate restaurants that are willing to put the effort into making changes and improvements. Last but not least, they take credit card after 11am, very different from many other places! Going back for sure! read more

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The congee, beef noodle with veges, and choi sum vegetable were tasteless. The sui ma and the beef steamed rice roll had some really rare taste. Services were good and foods came not late. Prices are higher than most other comparable Chinese restaurants. There is a 2.4% surcharge fee on the full amount of the bill for using a credit card for payment. Cash and debit card carry no surcharge. Not Worth it. read more

This place is impressive!! Nice interior design which is very different than the normal dim sum restaurant. The dim sum seem to be freshly made and it come with decent portion. They also have some selection that you normally do not see it in other places. It also be a great venue if you considered to have a traditional Chinese elements involved to your wedding. I would come back again for dim sum for sure. I really enjoy the overall experience. read more

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Came here on a snow storm Saturday and the venue was still packed. Loved the decoration of this venue, makes me feel like I'm back in ancient china town. Their dim sum menu is on the unique side, so you might not be able to find all your dim sum classics. We ate a little before coming, because we were anticipating the typical weekend dim sum wait time. All the dishes we ordered were yummy! They're priced slightly above typical dim sum places, but nothing too crazy for what you're getting. Highly recommended if you want to try something new. read more

We went here for lunch, and walking in the restaurant the tone is dark and you can see bonzai element which is quite interesting for a dim sum restaurant. It brings the warm atmosphere to the restaurant. It is newly opened so there are a lot of people.  The food for lunch they serve mainly dim sum with set menus and side menus. The food we had was average. The salted egg crab was delicious! I would come back and try other items as well as their dinner menu. read more

Providential 9 - Dim Sum Near Me - Markham, Ontario

I think this place is 3.5 stars. I went for dinner. Decor is good, service is friendly. Food is good. Price is average. I would like to go back to try their Dim Sum. read more

I have some mixed feelings about this place. I went for the dim sum it was overall pretty good. Tasty and flavourful. Although the portions were very small left me hungry. Some of the food were meh a little bit of a hit or miss. For the price you pay for the dim sum I expected better with a little bit of a bigger portion. The decor was nice inside. Overall pretty good but small portions. So order more when you go there read more

Like their self service waitlist system at the entrance. Busy Sunday. We waited for about 15 min even though we arrived at 2:30 pm. We thought the food was good. Will come back. read more

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It's really a comfort food when you are home sick! Has been a long time without Yum Cha, finally can try some dim sum in Toronto. It's quite delicious and it's better to go with friends and family so you can try more dishes. Price and service are fair. But you have to wait for a long time to be seated. So many people are waiting outside read more

Providential 9 - Dim Sum - Dim Sum Near Me - Markham, Ontario

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Management and service needs a lot of improvement. We waited for the 2 items for more than 1 hour and asked several staff to see when the food is coming. They would say they went to the kitchen but nothing comes out at all for another 30 minutes. The old woman who seemed to be the boss doesn't see to feel sorry at all. The management seemed very chaotic, waste of time dining here. Will not go back! read more

Loved the atmosphere and food! I was able to walk right in on a weekday morning. Great service! read more

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My first time here for dim sum and it is quite a lowkey spot. It is large and spacious but wait times can still be long. The food is decent but service is slow and could use a bit of improvement. Parking shouldn't be a problem as there are some spots closer to the front but more at the back. read more

I have yet to have bad dim sum in Markham and providential 9 is no exception. Providential 9 serves quality dim sum with a "bougie" flair. The caviar foie gras siu mai was a unique combination that I did not love but glad I got to try. The restaurant decor is a lot fancier than neighbouring restaurant. This is a good dim sum spot if you're looking to impress! read more

Was told to make a reservation because of covid restrictions. Got to the restaurant and sat down as a table of 4 and noticed there was 6 other people in room we were in. Then I heard a bunch of people in the private rooms around the restaurant. They proceeded to sit even more people down after us. I counted almost double the limit by the time our food came. One of the tables that left the private room had 6 people come out. Already not impressed with them breaking covid rules and not telling us beforehand that they are going to sit more than 10people in the restaurant. Then we get to ordering the food. We ordered one of their set items that includes a 1.5lb fish. We were told that they ran out of the small fish and we had to pay more for the bigger ones. My mom asks them to check again and they said that they were all similar size. She walks over to the fish tank with the server and picks out one and it turns out to be 1.3 lbs. We wanted to order rice and they told us they were sold out of rice but they can make us fried noodles or fried rice. Pretty baffling. They most likely wanted to squeeze as much money out of us as possible. In terms of the food, the 1.3 lb fish we ordered was still raw on the inside when the manager, not knowing how to serve fish, butchers it infront of us into a thousand pieces. She tried to cover it up by scooping the soy sauce onto the meat of the fish even though we told her to stop. Everything else that came was super greasy. The set meal also came with a Peking duck that was most likely refried, instead of it being roasted. The only thing they didn't mess up was the steamed vegis, which I guess is pretty hard to mess up. The set meal also took an hr and a half to cook up All in all: Scummy business practices and mediocre at best food. read more

I don't usually post reviews but I had to post my appalling experience at this shameful establishment. 1 hour sh*t service no food, eventually had 1 soup dish served and we had to serve ourselves. Absolutely the worst place I've been to, clearly understaffed, when asked where our food was they waved us off not even looking in our direction. Horrible experience go elsewhere read more

You could easily miss the place because there is no sign with the restaurant name anywhere except by their door. It's the building south of the Buick dealership on Woodbine. It used to be the vegetarian restaurant. Parking can be hassle as they only have very limited spaces with only one handicap spot. They are signs reminding you not to park in other stores' parking lot. Food is delicious and not overly flavourful but don't expect big ha gaos or big siu mais like other fancy dim sum places around. All SML dim sums are for $3.80 if order is placed before 11am. Not sure if it's the same case for weekends and holidays though. Interior is very nicely renovated with a darker colour theme. There isn't a lot of space between each tables so don't bring in a stroller. They provide Stokke highchairs for the babies. Washrooms are spacious and clean (with a family/handicap washroom). Service was good, we were greeted by many manager looking people. One of them gave us free tea charged! We asked for a VIP card but they say they only give it during dinner time. We would definitely go back. read more

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Worst service and food is the worst I hate the rice rolls worst taste ever 1/10 never trying again

This used to be one of my favourite places for dim sum but they have unfortunately changed the menu recently. All the dishes that I liked are now gone :(, including the crispy seafood rice roll, XO sauce rice roll and the mango mochi. To make matters worse, we visited for dinner recently and the service was very subpar. A number of dishes were sold out so we had to order multiple times as each time we ordered we were later told that a dish was sold out. Then when the food finally came, we received only one dish and had to remind the servers after an hour before the other dishes starting arriving. When we paid the bill, the server told us to wait for dessert but again, it didn't come after almost 10 minutes so we ended up leaving without it. Food tasted fine but was on the oily side - especially the beef with gai lan (see photo). Very disappointed. read more

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I have never complained about any service or restaurant. First time and this place has given the worst service. Over an hour wait and no food has been served to us. Waiters constantly would tell my family that we would get our food, but never showed up. Would not eat here ever again. read more

Busy. Above average Dimsum and prices reflect. They have a pretty big selection. Service is decent.

I was excited to hear a new Chinese restaurant opened up. This restaurant looks relatively small from the outside, but when you walk in its actually quite spacious. This place is pretty fancy. Aside from their decor like others mentioned, their dim sum menu is given to you as a little booklet and they have Stokke high chairs for toddlers (not those traditional wooden, wobbly high chairs lol). Early dim sum prices are $3.80 which is not bad at all given the atmosphere. They do have some unique dishes aside from the typical har gow, siu mai. Parking is available at the front, side and back of the building. However I found the back parking spaces to be pretty crammed. Given the dim sum places in Markham, this place is worth a try - something new and interestingly more unique. read more

Food is really good! Recommend their chicken (please don't forge to reserve that at least 1day before. Dim sum is really good especially the Ha Gao! read more

This place got some decent decor but as other reviewers mentioned the lighting is a bit lacking. Food is decent, nothing that special to be honest. Tastes about the same as any other dim sum place. Service was mad slow. Got hungry waiting for the next item to arrive. Needs improvement in this department. Also please fix the potholes in the parking lot. It can easily trigger drivers who are already in tilt. read more

Dim sum are not good, seafood dim sum not fresh, dumplings texture are softened, food presentation no attraction, quality and quantity not up to standard, failed overall read more

Ordered takeout dishes and dim sum here a few times. Their food is not too oily and is of decent quality and taste in general. Ordering is convenient either online or by phone. The duck dish is smaller in portion now than the one shown in the photo ( half duck) . The duck was lean and meaty. I like both this place and yu seafood. But for the duck dish this place is better. read more

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Visiting this newly opened restaurant in Markham for lunch dim sum on a regular day, no wait line and the restaurant is about 70% full. First impression the place is dark and I really annoyed by the dull and old-looking carpet. Like all other dim sum restaurants, the space between each table is limited and you can clearly overheard the other's conversations. Also, the service is quite slow considering the restaurant is not full. It takes a few try to get the waiter's attention and the food come slow. Interesting part is the dim sum menu looks like a small booklet, it looks cute but I rather to have a one-page menu to avoid all the flipping over. The dim sum selection is not board enough. There are a few items I usually ordered but couldn't find it here. I wish they can expand the menu. Food is actually pretty good but I'll say overall is a bit pricey and you can easily find similar restaurants. read more

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Ordered some takeaway dim sum for Father's day using their online order form. * Food was delicious * Order was ready at the specified pick up time * Reasonable prices * Generally good portion sizes The restaurant decor looks incredibly nice, and would definitely come back for dine-in when cov19 blows over. Highly recommend this restaurant! read more

Providential 9 - Dim Sum Near Me - Markham, Ontario

Ordered through uber eats. The food was srill hot even though it was one hr away. The dim sum didn't have msg and was all freshed. Really like the red rice rolls and siu mai. A little bit on the more expensive side,but it's worth it read more

Quality of dim sum were good. Service was appropriate. Took too long waiting time even reserved.

Best dining experience I've had during dim sum thus far! Amazing service, food and ambiance. I definitely would easily call this my favourite place to come in the GTA! read more

First time here but unfortunately the last time - one dish took one hour to come that's before the lunch rush hour

EXTREMELY DISORGANIZED. Came here at around 2pm today in support of Asian cuisine for the Asialicious event. Got inside with my family, STOOD LITERALLY IN FRONT of the lady giving out numbers. She heard me ask for a number but willingly ignored me. She seemed frazzled, confused, didnt seem to understand hiw to prioritize her tasks, standing behind the safetly of the counter. Definitely not the first impression you want to give to new custoners coming in. We ended up leaving in frustration. Decor is off putting. dimly-lit, ceiling is low, destroys any kind of mood going in. Prices are unreasonably high. read more

reserved tables and were told to wait even longer because the customers at the tables meant for us haven't even received their food yet. my family was there for 30 minutes and we ended up leaving, but we could tell service was slow. ... just the perspective of someone who was there waiting for their supposedly reserved seating and observing the scene. food looked really great and everything, but it would have been better if we had the chance to try it. read more

I just brought some take out from this place. The plum duck was terrible. The worse I even had. It was cold wasn't even stew as it should be. The pork belly tofu was tasteless. The ribs were so sweet, you don't get the real taste. I am so disappointed with this restaurant. However, their dim sum is ok. Just don't order any dishes from the menu. read more

Second time there in a week, went there on Saturday at 11, just mIssed their early bird special but got a table right away. Decided to order something that I haven't tried last time. The shrimp rice roll was a little overcook but the others were okay but not exceptional. The service was consistent and there is a 10% discount for cash deal like many dim sum restaurants. read more

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Service is not the best n food quality was not as it was before, on the over price side. Rumour has it that they lost the head chef & their lady executive manager still left a lot to be desired in her customer service and aggressive and over priced banquet pricing. Unless they can keep up with better food quality and improve their customer service, run by or have a better management team, their business may go south. Hate to lose a better quality restaurant in this area. read more

I won't visit again. I was truly disappointed for this restaurant. Those dim sum weren't Canton taste. Never recommend!!