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Xin Jiang Restaurant

3.8 (178 reviews)
ModerateChinese, Halal, Barbeque
Closed 11:30 am - 11:30 pm

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Hasan K.

English We were looking for a new food place for dinner where we can try a good authentic Chinese food . So, we decided to visit Xin Jiang Restaurant / Halal located in Markham, ON. If you're looking for a phenomenal food / dining experience, look no further than Xin Jiang Restaurant / Halal. Their menu is a culinary masterpiece, offering an incredible selection of dishes that cater to diverse tastes and preferences. The atmosphere is warm and inviting, and the staff ‍‍‍ is friendly and attentive, making every visit a true pleasure. Xin Jiang Restaurant / Halal is a lovely place. Away from the hustle and bustle of the city in spite of being in the city . The place has the huge indoor seating arrangements and the seating arrangement is super comfortable and spacious. The staff is really nice, friendly and kept following . The food menu is great and there are many choices to choose from and they also offer quite a lot of small bites options to choose from.Pricing is decent, good value for money and the place is more suitable for a group of people. French / Français Nous cherchions un nouvel endroit pour dîner où nous pourrions déguster une bonne cuisine chinoise authentique. Nous avons donc décidé de visiter le restaurant halal Xin Jiang situé à Markham, en Ontario. Si vous recherchez une expérience culinaire phénoménale, ne cherchez pas plus loin que le restaurant halal Xin Jiang. Son menu est un chef-d'œuvre culinaire, offrant une incroyable sélection de plats qui répondent à des goûts et des préférences variés. L'atmosphère est chaleureuse et accueillante, et le personnel est sympathique et attentionné, faisant de chaque visite un véritable plaisir. Le restaurant Xin Jiang / Halal est un endroit charmant . Loin de l'agitation de la ville malgré le fait d'être en ville . L'endroit dispose d'immenses places assises à l'intérieur et la disposition des sièges est super confortable et spacieuse. Le personnel est vraiment gentil, amical et a suivi . La nourriture le menu est super et il y a beaucoup de choix et ils proposent également de nombreuses options de petites bouchées parmi lesquelles choisir. Les prix sont corrects, bon rapport qualité-prix et l'endroit est plus adapté à un groupe de personnes.

Sarah I.

Clean, happy environment. Many customers enjoying their food. Loved eating here. The variety is huge with many unique dishes. The staff are extremely helpful with assisting you with making the right food selections. We had a party of 10 and ordered a lot of food. So this is a general review for the restaurant. I highly recommend.

Braised Bone-In Lamb Served Over Naan
Jeslyn X.

This is an authentic Xinjiang cuisine place that serves great halal food with generous portions. The Xinjiang Style BBQ Lamb Kebab was amazing. Very Xinjiang style, the meat flavor was brought out by the lamb oil and got further elevated by the smokiness from the griller, with the chili powder drizzled on top... A must-try. And not exaggerating, you'll see in this place almost every table has ordered this same dish. The BBQ Chicken Wings were yummy too. Braised Bone-In Lamb Served Over Naan - A different way of cooking lamb but very flavorful. Highly recommend letting the naan pieces fully soak into the gravy. The place was clean and spacious, and the service was great. The staff was friendly and efficient. Will definitely revisit. Food (quality, creativity, consistency) - 5/5 Drinks (quality, variety) - NA/5 Ambience (interior design, cleanliness) - 4.5/5 Service (courtesy, knowledge, timeliness) - 5/5 Value (quality vs. price) - 5/5

Tiffany W.

This spot has really great Xin Jiang cuisine and a large menu with many options and is Halal. We had our sights on the skewers and got a bunch to try. We got the lamb, beef, chicken gizzards, beef tendon and chicken cartilage to try. Also had the cabbage and potato skewers. All the meat was fresh and seasoned well, we got a medium spice but we'll definitely kick it up a notch next time since it wasn't spicy for us. don't sleep on the cabbage and potato skewers either. it looks simple which it is, but it brings a natural flavour and satisfying crunch. We also tried the Liang Pi which was pretty good, as well as the stir fried diced noodles with lamb. it tasted slightly sweet and the texture of diced noodles was chewy and made for a unique dish. it gets quite busy so you might have to wait. service is attentive and efficient. you can buy a membership card here (I think for $20?) and get member pricing on their menu which is really worth. we saved $23 already in this dinner with a group of 5 and the membership lasts 2 years. Highly recommend!

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Darby C.

We stumbled across this restaurant while window shopping the restaurants at Metro Square. This restaurant caught our eyes with large stews, bbq skewers, mini wok stir fried. We decided to take a chance and try it out. The restaurant is located on Steeles Ave E just west of Warden Ave. We ordered the following: 1. Stir fried bone-in chicken with hand pulled noodles $28.99 2. Stir fried lamb pluck $22.99 3. Pan fried beef and chives pancake $8.99 This restaurant tries to sell you on lower prices if you purchase a membership for $20 which gives you access to members' only pricing. We wanted to try the food first before we decide. Overall the food was really good. The chicken stir-fry had a delicious broth which compliments the noodles. The lamb stir fry was also really good. The server asked us our tolerance for heat/spiciness. We went for mild because we didn't want to burn out our stomach. We made the right choice. The beef chive pancake had vermicelli and egg stuffed in a flaky pan fried pancake. I would definitely order this again. Service was very good for chinese restaurant the orders were brought out fast and hot. If you want to try something different I would recommend coming here and try their specialty dishes. The restaurant is also serving Halal dishes only. Follow me on @whenhungerstrikes17

Sheena Y.

This is one of my new favorite places to eat. The food is the bomb! They have this salted egg pumpkin that is a must try. They have a great selection of food that everyone can enjoy and the staff is great! Definitely coming back to try the rest of the menu :)

BBQ Mackerel Skewer
Nikki M.

Located in the Metro Square plaza on Steeles and Warden, Xin Jiang is a halal Chinese restaurant known for their lamb skewers. Parking is average - it can get busy during peak hours, especially on weekends, as it does share the lot with several other restaurants. The restaurant itself can get very busy. I think it's one of the busiest restaurants in the entire plaza. Be ready to wait for upwards to 45 minutes on weekend dinner times. I strongly recommend calling in for a reservation. Beware that all the staff speak Mandarin and minimal English, so be sure to speak up and point to things if you're not fluent! The skewers were not too chewy and not dry at all. If you have their membership ($20 a year, which is easily recuperated within a handful of visits throughout the year), it's $2.79 per lamb skewer - very good value. Normally I get lamb skewers at night markets, which are much smaller and not as tasty, for $2 each (5 for $10 usually). We also ordered some spicy lamb with Chinese pancakes and it was super yummy. They also have this vegetable noodles and it was a little oily but great nonetheless. Their tea is also delicious and pairs well with the food! But, I would still say that some of their pricing is a bit on the expensive side. We ordered some mackerel skewers which were $8 for two small ones. Definitely still my go-to for lamb skewers!

Shrimp dumpling

Food was good. Dumplings were juicy and tasty. Overall, decent and typical. Service is typical chinese restaurant.

Inner decor
Shigei H.

It's our second time visiting this venue, this time in a group of 9. This is a super busy restaurant, reservation is only allowed for 6 or more guests. The restaurant was completely full but we got seated almost immediately on arrival and were served with warm tea and menu. Despite being so busy, servers were prompt, attentive and polite, and the wait time for food was reasonable. Xin Jiang food is exotic to us, there are many delicious skewers, lamb and beef dishes. We ordered a whole table of food and thoroughly enjoyed the meal. Due to mostly BBQ or roasted nature of food, it's a bit stuffy inside so it'll be good if ventilation could be improved. Overall, the ambience was good and we'll hope to try its other branches shortly.

Tanveer K.

One thing I appreciate about this place is the staff are very humble, we ordered hand pulled beef noodle spicy, spicy beef, chicken fried rice, stuffed beef pankcake, hot and sour soup shrimp, the service was excellent the staff were fast and efficient, a lot of people will like this because it's halal as well, when we were there the place was getting packed, the hand pulled noodle was really good, perfect texture on the noodle, and a spicy sweet sour taste, portion size was quite big too and a bit expensive, the fried rice was really good had a smoky taste, I loved the stuff beef pancake, I know these are really popular in Malaysian food as well, the soup was really tasty perfect balance of sour and spicy and sweet, the ambiance was really nice and clean, very humble owner, this is what I like the food can taste good but if there is good customer service that's what makes the experience unforgettable

Lamb skewers
Leslie W.

BOTTOM LINE: Lamb skewers FTW! Also, pro tip, that membership is defo worth it, with cross use with their two downtown locations! Being a total n00b to North Western Chinese cuisine, I was very pleasantly surprised about the similarities but also the very large differences between this and typical Southern Chinese cuisine in the GTA. The first thing you'll notice is that their meats are Halal and their teapots are more akin to ones you'll find in Middle Eastern cultures. Their menu is also split, where half are barbecue skewers/offerings, and the other half are dishes/hot pots. The second thing you'll notice is that lamb is their main meat used in their dishes. As other reviewers have mentioned++, those LAMB SKEWERS are soooo good, properly barbecued and rich in flavour. With the membership card, they're a whole dollar off, which is kinda nuts! I tried a few of their LUNCH SPECIALS, including the one with the rice and lamb served in a wooden bowl (highly recommended!), and one of their lamb noodle soups (also highly recommended!). As a litmus test, any place that offers a BEEF NOODLE SOUP, I feel obliged to order it. Here, I found it....just okay. It wasn't bad, but it just felt a bit plain with respect to the richness of the broth, the tenderness of the beef, and the garnishes. Finally, I tried their BARBECUE SQUID, and I'm not sure I can recommend it, unless you really, really love things over-spiced with cumin. They have two sister restaurants downtown, which I have yet to try, but since their membership card works there as well, you can be sure I'll be dropping by soon.

Chicken soup
B H.

Good food. They don't try to hide bad meat with over abundant amount of spice. You know that the meat is fresh. Definitely get the BBQ skewers! Comfortable enough seating. Spacious, clean and not to loud. Price is fair, if you buy the membership card. Without the card it is pricey. The membership card is $20 valid for 3 years, I believe. Would definitely return.

2019-12-28 Xin Jiang Restaurant-Halal. Markham, ON. Menu Cover.
G I N.

2019-12-28. Xin Jiang Restaurant-Halal. Markham, ON. Xinjiang was originally a province in northwest China after the civil war. It was established to strengthen the Russia China border and promote the local economy. It was China's largest province, but shortly afterwards, it was officially recognized as an autonomous region in northwest China. The region borders 8 countries from India in the southwest to Mongolia in the northeast. In between you have Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and Russia. Naturally with wars comes heavy migration of people so Xinjiang itself became a huge melting pot of middle-east-asians. With the majority being Muslims, it's no shock that all dishes are prepared with Halal meats. In the last few years, the latest food trend in the GTA seems to be Northern Chinese Cuisine, spicy flavours that warm your soul. Unlike northeastern Chinese cuisine, northwestern Chinese cuisine has lots of middle-east influence. Cumin, turmeric, sumac, cardamom, nutmeg, paprika, saffron, and a slew of other now join the arsenal in attacking your tastebuds. Lamb replaces beef in the protein arena, and bread sits abreast rice in the starch department. But enough with the preface, let's get back to Xin Jiang the Restaurant. Xin Jiang hosts VIP pricing similar to a few other restaurants in the GTA. While not popular, they seem to be able to command the inexpensive membership from their loyal customers. If you're not familiar with VIP pricing, the restaurant essentially gives a discount to those that hold a VIP card. The cost of becoming a member is typically nominal, and here it's $20/year. VIP pricing gives you approximately 20% off, so a couple of visits and you're in the black. The restaurant is located on the back side of Metro Square with free parking on the property. Inside, the decor is modern and bright. Both booths and tables are available and seating capacity is about 80. The menu is pretty extensive, typical of Chinese restaurants. But we knew what we wanted. Xinjiang (China) is known for their Kabobs, so we had to try those for sure. In addition to that we ordered stir fried beef with onions, some fresh buns, mini lamb skewers, and kungbao chicken. For veggies, stir fried A-choi with black beans. B1. BBQ Lamb Kabob. At $2.79 apiece I expected them to be bigger, but they were pretty close to what you see in the menu. Grilled cuts of Lamb seasoned with cumin. Pretty juicy but not as tender as the Turkish make them. 3,5 stars. H06. Stir fried Beef with Onion and Lotus Leaf Shaped Buns. Wow! I don't know what to say about this dish... it's fantastic! Kinda reminds me of the Taiwanese mini bun sandwiches, but with a Northern China taste. A simple, yet excellent dish! 5 stars. H37. Mini BBQ Lamb Skewers. Essentially a plate of lamb slices seasoned the same way as the Kabob. These were much more tender probably due to the cut and was that much more satisfying. 4 stars. H40. KungBao Chicken. In Xinjiang, one of their most famous dishes is known as "A Big Plate of Chicken" I had either overlooked it on the menu or they don't make it here, so we narrowed it down to the H42. Xinjiang No.1 Chicken or this. I wanted the H42, but lost out because that dish was made with bone-in chicken while this one did not. This did turn out to be my least favourite dish, but not because I didn't get my H42... well maybe... 2,5 stars. Overall, I'd say the meal was a good one. Prices are on the high end, but more on par if you purchase a VIP card. If you're into this type of cuisine, I'd definitely recommend the place. 4 stars. The next time I return I will most likely try their small plates (R27, R31), their hand pulled noodles (R12, R13, or R14), and their desserts. From their main menu I'd like to try the Xinjiang Style Fried Rice (R04), Roasted Lamb Ribs (H33), Deep Fried Veal (H47), and the Deep Fried Jumbo Shrimps with Salty Egg Yolk Sauce (H50). There were two Xinjiang dishes I was hoping to try but they didn't have, the first was Rou Naan (lamb stuffed Naan pan fried to a crisp). The other was Samsa (Baked Mini lamb stuffed buns). If You would like to experience more, come dine-with-me.yelp.com I'd love to have your company... Bon Appétit!

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