Overall 3.5 stars.
We came here for a Chinese New Year eve dinner. The menu was preset, so it wasn't a fair representation of their regular dishes. We ordered 8 dishes, and all tasted quite decent. From soup to dessert, everything tasted quite good. I particularly enjoyed the Spicy Boiled Fish with Pickled Vegetable soup. The Stir-Fried Diced Beef with Mushrooms and Garlic was memorable. The Peking duck was more like a sliced BBQ roast duck, however. Platting of all dishes was professional and pretty.
Services was a high point. While the services of some restaurants are delivery-focused; the services level here showed a level of customer-focused. For example, we couldn't eat fast enough to make room on the table for new dishes, so they asked us if we'd like to hold the delivery temporarily. Tea pots were refilled quickly. Empty dishes were cleared out very quickly. They gave us clean plates for the Peking duck. A gentleman who was either the manager or the owner came around to chat us up at the end of the meal.
The only reason I didn't give them a higher rating was that they forgot our duck (LOL). We had to remind them that it was on the menu. The duck we ordered was a duck-2-way, meaning there was a second dish that comprised of the duck without the skin. They forgot that portion as well, so we reminded them of it, and then asked them to pack it up as it came as the last dish. Chinese new year eve was a super busy evening; so I could understand the omission.
Now that the legendary Maple Yip Restaurant has closed, this new restaurant has good potential to be a go-to Cantonese family restaurant in Scarborough, in my opinion. read more