The food was so expensive than Market Village. Service is rude and so much people. Food is smaller than before and looks so ugly. Ask the server and he said suppose is like this no change but I am not the first time here. I am your 20 years old customer. So so so disappointed! read more

Sam's Congee Delight - Chinese Near Me - Markham, Ontario

It's a tradition in my family to eat breakfast here every time we visit Toronto, and we've been doing so for over a decade. This is always the highlight of the trip, since all the food here is so fast and fresh! It's crazy how well they run this place-- you write down your order by item number and your dishes are ready in minutes. The congee is good, but man the fried dough sticks are where it's at! We also love the rice noodles and chow mein. Last time we were there, they had a sign up that they were moving locations. I'll miss them in Market Village, but hope they are expanding and will have even more tasty food in the future! read more

my sis warned me about this place isnt as good as the old location.. was thinking maybe itll get better after a few months came here around 10:30am on Monday. not busy at all - seated right away. new location def is much more spacious. service/food def have lots to improve our rice roll literally came right away after we placed our order and it was cold. we advised the waitress that the rice roll wasn't even warm and her response was all rice rolls are made upon ordering (ya ok, then why are they cold?) congee came with preserved egg instead of pudding, again we let the waitress know this is not what we ordered.. she quickly grabbed our order sheet and trying to claim it was my fault. she told me i ordered the minced beef with pudding!! damn right i did and this is with preserved egg. i dont expect much from a chinese place but come on, i am just trying to get what i ordered.. we got.. 1. minced beef w/ pudding congee - congee wasnt hot enough to cook the minced beef. it was still pink when it arrived. they were generous with the toppings though. the blood pudding was good! 2. bean sprouts fried noodles - burnt 3. cruller with bean paste - alright 4. plain rice roll - not as silky smooth as it used to be overall their quality went down, congee size is smaller as well. read more

My all time super fave for a hang over cure or if I feel like I need to eat something 'clean'. Congee, it's the remedy to all ailments, at least according to the Chinese. This place become quite popular over the years so if it gets too busy, I would suggest getting take out and eating at the food court. Service and food comes pretty quick. I go to selections are minced beef Congee, fried dough fritter, beef noodle wrap and soy sauce noodle. read more

Very authentic Congee and rice rolls. Chinese fried donuts are best. Quick service but can get crowded with wait time 10-15 mins. Must take out breakfast on my way to work read more

I don't always eat congee, but when I do, I go to Sam's Congee! This is one of the best traditional Hong Kong style congee around! Fast and delicious is their motto! The menu is quite simple. About 7-8 different kinds of congee, snacks, and rice rolls, it's never hard to make a decision. I always end up getting the same things: Minced Beef Congee, Rice Rolls with Dough Sticks, and Stir Fry Noodles. These 3 are the staples! I may get some other things from time to time depending on how many people I go with, but those 3 are almost always ordered. The Minced Beef Congee is definitely the best around, with the beef cooking in the congee when served! Most other places will give it to you cooked, then throw the congee on top. Service here is decent, as they are probably the quickest staff around. You can literally sit down, order, get your food, pay, and leave in 15 minutes! The staff know exactly what is on their menus, and recite out what you write down. However, with speed lacks quality. They don't spend enough time at your table to be all that friendly or check up on you. It's the Hong Kong 'Dai Pai Dong' style food, so service isn't exactly their emphasis. This is always a go-to choice for me as the food is good and you can be in and out in a flash! If you're into authentic congee, check this place out! read more

Sam's Congee was packed as usual. And unless you have enough people for a full table, you will be asked to share your table with others. We were 4+baby, and we had to share a round table with a single diner. I prefer not to share tables usually, it's just kind of awkward especially since i'm eating with friends to catch up with them. But it seems you pretty much don't have a choice at Sam's. The prices are low here, but that's because the dishes are small as well. So be ready to order lots of dishes. Our first round we ordered a beef and persevered egg congee, beef and fish congee, chow mien, beef and enoki rice roll, dough fritter and beef brisket on plain rice noodle (not in picture). The food definitely arrives fast. I guess it's not difficult to bring out the congee when they have a giant vat of congee cooking and they just ladle in whatever ingredients you want into a bowl and pour some boiling hot congee into that bowl. We were quite hungry from waiting for the table, so we dug in before I remembered to take a picture. Congee topping wise, there was a good amount of beef and preserved egg. But the congee itself, just didn't hit the spot for me. There were extra 'flavours' added in. I was looking forward to rice noodle. They make those in house. Again, quite a bit of filling, but the rice noodle was too soft. It couldn't hold up against the filling. Same thing occurred with the brisket rice noodle. It was super hard to pick up with chopsticks. It was almost like mush. At this point, I was losing hope. So I didn't have much in terms of expectations for the chow mien or the dough fritter. The dough fritter I don't know for sure if they make it in house, but for some reason I'm thinking they do. It was so disappointing. It should be crispy on the outside, but soft on the inside. It was soft inside and out. At least it was warm? The chow mien, nothing to write about, its just soy sauce noodles. We did place another order for rice noodles (because we were still hungry), but same as the first round, soft and mushy. read more

My family and I tried this place for breakfast while visiting Toronto. They moved to this place with more seating spaces. We ordered diff congees and cheung foons, fried doughs, 鹹煎餅。 congees are good and I like the 鹹煎餅。 fried noodles with soy sauce (豉油王炒麵）was soso. read more

I'm no longer enchanted. I used to love this place. I didn't go often, but this place was THE place for good, cheap eats. It's still really good, but there are other restaurants closer to me that I find equally as good. Just so you know, there's a minimum requirement of how much each person needs to spend ($3.50). I hadn't remembered this rule in the past, but that's probably because I had ordered enough for them not to mention it. Not the case this time, but I wasn't put off by them telling me I needed to order more. As always, the rice rolls were brought fresh to the table. That's one of the best parts about this restaurant - you can see its employees making your food as you wait. I know it's probably not that exciting to most people, but I think it's interesting nonetheless. It gives this place charm. I think at a certain point I realized that rice rolls were just rice rolls, and I could get them at a variety of restaurants for relatively the same price/quality. This place is still good and has a special place in my heart, but it's no longer the place I eye as I walk around Market Village. Solid 3.5 stars. read more

I always come here whenever I come to Toronto. I love the congee, fried dough, and rice rolls (cherng fun) here. They make their cherng fun from scratch and by hand. You can see them making the cherng fun through the window at the front of the restaurant. The cherng funs have a nice soft silky texture. I also love the sauces they use for the cherng funs. The fried doughs are fresh too. It has a good bite to it. Not too soggy soft and not to crunchy. The congees have great texture where it has a thickness to it unlike most places where it gets watered down. read more

Sam's Congee Delight - Chinese Near Me - Markham, Ontario

Food is ok. They have some bs rule that you have to order ten dollars worth of stuff. Nothing posted anywhere. What a load of bs.

They used to be located in Market Village for as long as I can remember before the building got torn down. Not sure why I haven't tried Sam's congee until now, but I definitely don't regret it! Their sesame fried ball is amazing but gets sold out very quickly - I feel like you need to be there early enough during the day to get dibbs on it. They cut it up for you, and it has the right about of chewiness and crunch. Im not normally a fan of any internal meats, but I love their pork liver congee - it doesn't have a bad after taste like some places do and it's cooked just right. Call ahead for take out, I don't think they prioritize take out orders if you walk in during peak hours...it took us 10-15 mins to get an order of congee and dough cruller prepared. read more

It was 10am early in the morning, people already line up in front the restaurant before open, I like the liver cheong fun was so smooth and delicious, congee was good as this is a congee place , but other than that everything was alright only for me read more

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What can I say? You can't go wrong here. HK style brunch resturaunt. All the food is made in house. Congee is affordable, tasty, and has many choices. Za Leung is fresh, Cheung fun is fresh and has many choices in filling. Everything here is very very affordable, tastes good, and is fresh. You can even eat under $10 for two dishes if u tried, and you would be satisfied- that's difficult to do nowadays. I don't know if the prices will stay the same when they move to their new location. Hope the quality will be the same or improve in the future. read more

The service that I was given today, on a Monday, was extremely poor. I arrived here at around 11:50am and let the waitress at the front know that we are a group of three. As usual, the waitress asked if sharing a table would be fine, and we said no. We were perfectly fine with waiting until a table freed up that we could have to ourselves. At the time we were the only ones waiting to be seated. We waited for about 2 minutes, a pair of guests were seated before us, and then the waitress at the front said we could have a seat at the table near the back of the restaurant which was a 5 seater table. We settled our things down and got into our chairs, and were looking through the menu, when a different waitress wizzed by and started asking us to move a seat down so that she could seat two people at our table. I informed her that we asked to not share a table, and said that the other waitress knew this. That waitress who seated us was present when I said this, and she did not say anything to that other waitress to acknowledge this, or to accept the blame/responsibility...She just walked off to the front of the restaurant. WTF. Next, the waitress who had just told us to move our seats over, rudely told us that we must share a table at this time (which was noon). The attitude and tone of her voice was so appalling. No apology whatsoever from either of the ladies. It was not like there was a queue of people waiting to be seated. Is it not first come first serve? Jesus. Or how about you try shooing away some of your customers who are still eating at their tables so you can seat some more people. Absolutely terrible customer service... They just lost our business right there. As we left, the waitress at the front asked a pair of guests that just entered if sharing a table would be okay. Why are they bothering to ask such a question when they are forcing their customers to share tables? Servers at Sam's Congee Delight think they can treat their customers like shit, well so be it. Never coming back here again despite the food being good. read more

Price vs quality----not worth it It used to be really good at the old location, but now the congee tastes so watery. read more

This place is famous in the area before but I think for the same kind of food, you will have more selection nowadays.. The rice noodle is too thick and the portion is not big. read more

I've been coming here since I was a little girl and it remains the go-to place for HK-style rice porridge, rice noodle rolls, and fried goodies. Over the years there have been a few competitors that could almost give them a run for their money but for some reason, only Sam's has survived. Sadly, this place is very far from where I live and parking at Market Village/Pacific Mall on weekends (only time I'm free to come here) is a nightmare, so I rarely get to have my minced beef rice porridge fix. :( Iconic HK dishes to try include: *minced beef rice porridge (SO good!) *sliced fish rice porridge *or, my favourite, a combo of the two *kidney rice porridge *kidney & beef meatball rice porridge ("boat/junk rice porridge") *fried fritter sticks *fried crueller ("ox tongue pastry") *fried sesame balls (they are huge, thin, and have no filling - my favourite!) *turnip pudding *dried shrimp & green onion rice noodle rolls *shrimp/bbq pork/beef/kidney/fritter stick rice noodle rolls read more

Best rice noodle roll and chinese fried donut (you tiao) in town!! They make everything fresh on the spot - you can even watch them through the window at the front. My favourite is the rice noodle with fried donut inside (zha liang). Their congees are also super hearty and delicious. read more

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We order three bowls of different congee and they are just okay but for the price/value rating, it is way down south. I deliberately order 5 other appetizers to try to see if they are any good. Well, the curry fish balls suck big time with the sauce just sitting on the bottom and the fish balls really taste fishy. The pig's blood in soup is a joke because the blood curds are so small they look like they have been shattered. The street side style fish Siu Mai is definitely machine made and stiff like heck with no taste. The rice roll is supposed to be their forte because they are all freshly made in house but I have to say they are horrid. I order one with a youtiao inside and the youtiao is soggy and greasy. Another plate is just the rice roll itself with nothing on or inside and it is also quite saddening. Waited almost a year to try this new location of theirs and I am walking out extremely disappointed. The only good thing about this place is the service of their waiting staff. I shall not return any time soon but in a year or two if they are still in business I would give it another try. read more

Toronto is a popular destination for Chinese New Yorkers looking for better Cantonese food, and my family has visited every other year or so for some time. Sam's Congee Delight has been a regular pit stop for breakfast at least once per visit. Located inside the Market Village mall, its a brightly lit, clean, no-frills establishment with two major specialties: congee and steamed rice noodle rolls. Their congee is excellent, with good consistency and flavorful. My favorite is the pig's blood congee; the pig's blood (not legal and not available in the United States) bobbing in the congee as large cubes, tasty and very smooth. Other congee (preserved egg, assorted seafood/meat) are also very good (since the base ingredient is very well prepared to begin with). They also prepare the steamed rice rolls to order, so they're usually very fresh, smooth and just the right texture. These can be had with a long list of fillings. They're great without fillings, plain rolls doused with a mixture of hoisin sauce, peanut sauce, hot sauce, and sesame seeds (bottles at every table). I like them with beef also. Had them this past week with beef and enoki mushrooms, a combination that works although the rice rolls were not as good as I've had them in the past. Another popular combo is with the fried crueller, especially if that was just freshly fried. Their front window is fully glass so you can watch them make the steamed rice rolls (a pretty cool process) or frying cruellers. For a quick, cheap, Chinese breakfast of congee and rice rolls, this place is a very good spot. Can get quite crowded on wkends so expect a line during the morning; wkdays you'll walk right in. read more

Had some high expectation with a family friend's recommendation - but was unfortunately let down. Environment: interesting decor, not too much to comment about. Cleanliness: brought out a dirty bowl, as expected :$ Food: dough fritter was stale, and the sesame dessert had a poor mix. Will not be returning. read more

The former location was better. Parking at the new joint is horrible. At least the space inside is much better. Foodwise, the congee is still good. The plain rice noodle and the dough sticks have shrunk big time. I feel they made it to simply fit the paper bag they put the dough sticks into. It's so tiny and so unsatisfying. Sort of forces us to order 2 in order to get the quantity we'd get elsewhere. The bottles with the sauces exploded each time we tried to squeeze the sauces out. I feel the sweet soup is a bit pricey for what you get. Yes...it tastes good, but I couldn't justify the price. Would I return? Only if I happen to be in the area, otherwise I will not make a trip there. read more

Came to check out this place cuz of the 4 star rating. Anyways, flavor of the congee is ok could've been better if it was not watered down. Rice roll taste ok it was small compare to dim sum size. Fried noodles had no flavor. Rice roll with donut and beef was salty and soggy. Cow tongue donut was just ok. Overall the food was borderline ok and alittle pricey. I will probably not come back. read more

Portions are getting smaller and smaller. Especially, the sweet cruller. But their fried dough in rice rolls is always the best read more

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Update: Still not opened yet. Just drove past it and they're still renovating. Their spot used to be the Hangover Bar

We got here at 10am exactly when they open and there was a wait already. So make you go early! The congee was delicious. The dough stick was the best I've ever had. Crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. The rice flour noodles with all the sauce is a must! No complaints, fast service, great food, fair prices! read more

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Congee is good like those found in NYC. Steam noodles were freshly made but too soft and mushy for my taste.

This place was my favourite but not anymore. I tried last night, it was very disappointing! The congee was warm (not hot) and the minced beef did not looked right. The color of the minced beef was pale(like pork) and there was no green onion and only one piece of peanut was found. (I ordered the 艇仔粥！ The plain rice noodle was so small in portion and not hot! It seemed it was pre-made and someone had stolen part of it. The most important part was the sesame seed was burnt ( it tasted bitter!) We also ordered the 豬皮蘿蔔，it was tasteless.... Very,very disappointing! read more

Although this is the original Sam's Congee. I feel it isn't as good as they used to be. Their rice noodles are still fantastic but I feel after eating a bowl of Congee I am rather thirsty. I do recommend booking a table ahead of time as the line can get quite crazy. They are children friendly, high chairs are available upon request. All the deep fried fritters etc are freshly made and I can confidently say they have one the best deep fried items at a Congee restaurant. Take out is very convinenent. But a suggestion would be to stop using the foam containers. read more

Best place for a quick congee lunch. At lunch hours, you may need to wait a bit, but there never was a long wait for the many times I was there. Congee is always hot and the toppings fresh. My favorite is the Pork Liver Congee and the sticky rice. Seating-wise, I think it is spacious for a congee place. Price is ok - when compared to their old place at Market Village, I think the price went up and the portion is now a bit smaller, but all in all, still a good place to go for a traditional congee breakfast/brunch/lunch. read more

Quite literally grew up with this restaurant and quality has been very consistent! I believe there was a slight dip in quality way back when, but it's back on top. Personal faves are the fried doughsticks, rice rolls, and fried noodles (not a big congee fan). This place has always given fast service, consistent good quality, and is wallet friendly. Two people can easily stuff themselves here for 20-25 bucks (and this will make you FULL). Since this is a part of my childhood, I can't imagine ever losing this restaurant! Best HK style breakfast joint in the area, possibly the country =). NOTE: Be careful on weekends, they may get kind of packed. In addition, you may be asked to share a table which will shrink your wait time, but with the sacrifice of privacy. read more

The BEST congee in town!!! It's cheap, has quick service, serves a good portion and delicious! What more can you ask for? Every time I come here, I order congee with minced pork and Chinese century eggs. Their pork is very tender and the congee is just right. Everything is made fresh. There's a window right at the entrance where you can watch them make their rice noodle rolls. I believe a few new items were added to their menu. For my recent visit, I ordered the Rice Noodle Rolls with Enoki Mushroom and Beef. It was delicious. I don't know what else more I can say about this place besides repeating myself of how great this place is. I walk out with a full belly and a smile every time. I recommend! read more

I've been coming here for congee ever since I was a little girl. There's actually a window where you can watch the chefs make steamed rice noodle rolls and deep fried dough sticks and stuff. Very cool. Their minced beef congee is the best! There's a lot of minced beef, shredded lettuce and their peanuts take the cake. Prices are super reasonable too. My dad and I each had a congee tonight (his minced beef and mine minced beef and preserved egg) and a deep fried dough stick wrapped in rice noodle roll and the total came to $15 after tip! One thing I'd suggest for next time though, is for the deep fried dough stick wrapped in rice noodle roll, I'd get the soy sauce on the side. Ah. They also close at 8pm. read more

So I finally went back here after not coming here for a long time. I didn't like the previous owners they had bad service and cheap when you asks for extra chopped onions for garish. When I did ask they say they have to charge me for a spoon full of extra green onions for garnish. Weird. Anyway so I'm back and now it's new ownership. Not bad... Ladies all speak English now or at least better English and they are not cheap to give extra chopped green onions. I like their steamed turnip and the spicy tofu. read more

Sam's Congee Delight - Chinese Near Me - Markham, Ontario

Update review on new location: The food quality is well known here so I'm not going to repeat what everyone else said. My review is about the service and how the boss lady handled staff errors. We went for lunch and the place was packed. Due to the sheer volume of people and the new location staff still inexperienced, the staff forgot to input the orders for our table and the table next to us. After 30 minutes of waiting we asked one of the servers, and upon discovering our orders were not in the system, the boss lady came over and apologized to both our tables and offered both bills to be on the house. Neither table expected this gesture, nor asked for it, and we felt very gracious as the restaurant didn't have to do that and most places would probably just apologize and forget about it. This level of service deserves recognition. ----------- Cheap, fast comfort food. It can get busy durinf core lunch time but service is fast. Came here more than 3 times and will def come back. Their congee portion is small so better one order per person. Must get their chinese donut with their congee. read more

Small, cozy and fast paced restaurant. You order, inhale your food and go. Its as genuine and as authentic as you can get to Hong Kong Dai Pai Don without having to hop on a train. MUST GO. read more

It's in a different location now, much bigger and they've used their space really well. We ordered takeaway and it was AMAZING. The rice noodle price has been raised to $5 but they're still so worth it. Got shrimp and dough stick rice noodles, a sweet doughstick and assorted congee. Love this place, so glad it's moved to bigger things read more

Specializes in Cantonese Congee and other carb-filled delights! Turnip cake and chinese fritters wrapped in rice noodle are a must try. They do it right here. Unbeatable prices. read more

Sam's Congee Delight - Pork and Century Egg Congee with Turnip Cake - Chinese Near Me - Markham, Ontario

Good congee, variety of flavors. The liver and kidneys were perfectly cooked, that's when u know that the chef knows how to cook well! They are famous for their fried cruellers, but I actually think it's a bit on the salty side. Their other fried breads are delicious. Their sesame ball is a giant chewy puff. Their frying station is right in front for u to see how they make em. It's a crowded place, but it's what a good local gem would be like. So be prepared for quick in and out type of dining. read more