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Congee Wong Restaurant
- Price Range:
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$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Private Lot
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Good For:
- Late Night, Lunch, Dinner
- Noise Level:
- Loud
- Has TV:
- No
17 reviews for Congee Wong Restaurant
17 reviews in English
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Review from Jonathan L.
Richmond Hill, ON
1/2/2012
I like this congee wong BECAUSE of the speedy waitress who appears as if she drinks 5 cans of redbull before every shift. Listen, the fact of the matter is that everyone knows Chinese restaurants have TERRIBLE customer service. That is not why you go to a Chinese restaurant, you go there because the food is good, it is cheap, and it is fast. The speedy lady ensures that the food comes out fast. I have no issues with her running around the restaurant. I can deal with her running around and getting tables filled and cleaned rather than some slow ass waitress taking her sweet time checking her phone instead of getting orders out.
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Review from G K.
Markham, ON
3/26/2012 1 Check-in Here
I think they changes cooks because food isn't as tasty as it was before few years back.
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Review from Baby P.
Toronto, ON
8/22/2011 2 photos
Our group of ten came here for dinner, we ordered seven dishes and four bowls of white rice. With tax and tip, we each paid only $10.25, which is unbeatable.
Out of the dishes we ordered, I liked:
- Crab meat fish maw soup (with real crab meat!)
- Tofu hot pot with grouper (the sauce, tofu and grouper were delicious)
- Snow pea leaves with King mushroom
Other dishes we ordered:
- Salt and pepper squid (I've had better)
- Seafood congee (decent)
- Marinated beef cubes with carmelized walnut (tender beef with delicious walnut)
- Dough Fritter rice noodle roll
- Cantonese chow mein
I used to like Congee Wong a lot, but perhaps they had an off day, the dishes were just ok on this particular occasion. -
Review from WaYnE c.
Maple, ON
12/9/2010
I rarely visit any restaurant starting with the word "Congee" but those are the places where I recognize the cuisine most as I grew up on these. Saturday night we looked through the typical extensive Menu and decided on the following while getting the usual efficient treatment and speedy Food arrival.
Baby Bokchoy($7+) - Fried nicely still with some crunch. Not over salted and no sandy residue mades this an A-OK dish. Portion size was decent as well enough for 2 or more to share. 2.5 *Star*
Preserved Veg & Duck Meat on Vermicelli($11+) - Normal ingredients and typical flavours while plentiful as we got a larger serving. Actually enough Rice Vermicelli to feed a Cow. Felt lacking on the Duck Meat department while almost seemed replaced by Beansprouts.
Ground Pork on Hot Pot Rice(20min required) - Crunchy rice like Dolsot but the Vegetable was cooked til mushy. Probably won't order this Hot Pot variety next time. Better yet, go to Tracy Desserts for Hot Pot of the Pigeon variety.Listed in: 2.5 **Stars**, Southern Chinese Food
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Review from Daphne T.
Thornhill, ON
Updated - 11/25/2011
We returned in the summer and the same server that I complained about was still there, more subdued, not running or yelling anymore.
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3/1/2011
Is there such a thing as service that is too speedy? YES! I have little patience for slow service… Read more »
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Review from Crystal L.
2/20/2009
This location of Congee Wong is located in an asian strip mall called First Markham Place. There are several other chinese restaurants and shops on the strip. My first impression of Congee Wong was it was just alright. For some reason, maybe because I was really hyped after hearing the good reviews or after a long day of driving I had extremely high expectations. We had ordered the popular Fried Chili Turnip Patties, Spice & Pepper Salt Squid, Cantonese Chow Mein and Fish & Preserved Egg Congee.
I would have to say the Fried Chili Turnip Patties is the best dish. The prices are cheap and the portion sizes are huge so we had plenty to take back to the hotel. We had enough leftovers to eat two more meals!!
Oddly enough, the leftovers actually tasted better the next day. I'm not sure how to describe it except that the dishes seems to have more flavor like the ingredients soaked in more. I was able to enjoy late night chinese in the comfort of my hotel room so I'm giving it a 4 star! -
Review from Nelson Y.
Richmond Hill, ON
8/31/2011
Pretty decent Hong Kong style restaurant. It's always our staple quick late-night dinner place. It's fairly cheap, with good food, open late.
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Review from Peter T.
7/4/2011
Great congee (4 star), but get the traditional, not the Chiu Chow style congee (2 star). We ate here several times, the best is the mixed seafood superbowl congee. Wonton noodles were good, but go there for the congee. We also had the lobster, it wasn't at all worth it as they only give you half for $17, but you get the whole head and tail (2 star). Go figure what they do with the rest of the lobster. I bet the chef/owner takes it home for themselves.
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Review from Alex C.
6/15/2009
AMAZING! AMAZING! AMAZING!
I drove 8+ hours to go to Canada to eat THIS FOOD. It was SOOOO worth it. I mainly had the Yeung Chow Fried Rice and it was simply HEAVENLY. The rice isn't heavily MSG'd like most other chinese restaurants and the rice was cooked so flavourfully. WOW. The wontons are filled with a big shrimp nugget. Cheap pork filling crap? PSH. Not here. I also tried the Beef Chow Fun and it made me go OMG WOW. All I can say is, when I dream about chinese food, I dream about Congee Wong.
If you haven't experienced this stuff, you need to hitch up there, and video tape yourself eating it so that way, when you come back to whatever state you're in, you can remind yourself how great that food tasted while you snack on something lame. -
Review from Eileen S.
8/21/2010 2 photos
get an order of lor bak go (radish cakes?), Singaporean style. this dish is packed with flavor and crispy pieces of lor bak go, delicious.
friendly service, huge portions and fair prices make this place a popular spot. open late, until 2 am on weekends. -
Review from Tony Y.
10/28/2011
If one is looking for a quick meal that's healthy and decent, this place fits the bill perfectly. Despite its fast pace, everything was very orderly, you don't get the "rush effect" where everyone is just relaxing and enjoying the decent food and service. Extra kudos to the very slender robot like server who was attentive, courteous and fast on the feet/hands. Very rare to find such good people as servers, brings a lot of energy to a place. The Congee here is good, very solid. The fried dough/noodle "fun" dishes are all good to go. If the tea was better, it would complete the experience totally. Bottom line, for under $10/head and be out in 20 mins or so, this is the place. And yes, their bathroom is clean and the dining room is well maintained in a neutral tone, nothing tacky or weird w/ their design. I have been coming here over the ten years while visiting Toronto, and the fact it still stands strong says a lot about the management and staff that make it happen here. Congee Wong, rock on.
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Review from Zoran B.
Markham, ON
9/22/2010 1 Check-in Here
Great congee, as one would expect. My favorite is the pork and preserved-egg congee. Not impressed with other food choices though. If congee is what you're looking for, look no further, but for complete and wonderful dining experience, you may want to look around. Or, better yet, have a congee at Wong's to start, then move to Kenny's Delight for the main course, it's just next doors. :)
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Review from Karen S.
12/27/2009
We beat the lunch hour rush and were seated right away, which was fortunate as the almost empty restaurant was packed by the time we were done. The 3 dishes we ordered came at super speed. The warming congee and the Singaporean-style turnip cake mentioned by other reviewers definitely hit the spot on a wet winter day! The last fried rice dish was massive and felt like greasy rice with not quite enough actual 'stuff'. I wasn't too concerned though as I was only to happy to eat my way through the first two dishes.
Listed in: Chinese, Chinese, Chinese!
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Review from Tina N.
Toronto, ON
Updated - 3/23/2010 2 photos
I believe this location has gone downhill since the last time I've been here. This restaurant used to be jam-packed with customers day and night but when I went to Congee Wong on a Saturday Night for dinner, to my surprise only 5 tables were taken up by customers! What happened?! From experience, I think it's partly due to competition with other Congee Restaurants (I personally think Congee Queen is best) and their food quality. Yeah the food here is good for the price and it's the cheapest you can find for the huge dishes you receive but the quality had really plummeted. I had gotten a bad stomach ache the last time I ate here and it definitely was not a good feeling. I'm positive it came from the oily, MSG'ed fried turnip patties I ordered.... but on the other hand, the congee was still goood and tasted great together with their fresh chinese doughnut.
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12/10/2009
Every single time I've gone to this restaurant it's ALWAYS packed! Very busy in the evening, so I… Read more »
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Review from Dennis S.
11/10/2009
Congee Wong has become a staple for me, every time I visit the Great White North. Wontons, fried noodles, congee, calamari, everything I've tried has been great. Can't wait to visit again next year!
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Review from Francisca W.
8/22/2009
when this place first opened, they had the best congee and the best singaporean-style "lor bak go" (pan-fried diced up turnip cake). it was pre-911 back then, and i always insisted to get a take-out order to take home w/me, on the plane. it was THAT good.
my memories still linger, so every time i visit toronto i ask to go there again. but, years later, i was told that their "lor bak go" isn't as good as before, and the place gets very busy (i.e. less service). and it is true. one time, my take-home order looked nothing like "singaporean style": it had a slightly orange color in the sauce, and no crunchy pickled veggie found. the cake itself was a bit slurpy. it was just very out of range and disappointing.
even so, their other food items (ex. congee, noodles & rice) are of good quality. i remember them having these large-bowl orders of congee that cost what feels like $20+ per bowl, for at least 3-4 people to share. probably cost less than a small bowl, but, who doesn't want their own bowl of congee w/their own favorite ingredients in it?
bc i mainly go there for their "lor bak go", naturally i started to go much less since this signature dish of theirs (at least to me) doesn't taste the same anymore. regardless of that, last time i visited toronto w/friends (in nov 08), i still tried to introduce them to the good food there, but who knows they're not open until 9/9:30am or later? for a congee (breakfast) place???? business must be good for them. and it probably is, seeing all the people lined up at the door at peak hours. don't know if they take reservations, but if you have a larger party (say, 6+), you may want to try making a rsvn, or be prepared to wait for quite some time.
price-wise, it really depends on what you eat. you can probably fare under $10 (or around, after taxes) with a mere order of congee/noodle/rich dish, maybe plus a shared side dish with a partner. but chinese food is all about ordering a few things to share, so by average, around $15/pax is just about right. -
Review from Richard R.
Markham, ON
9/15/2010
I think Congee Wong is awesome for it's price and taste. On the flip side at this specific location the service is pretty weak. If you want cheap food like the perfection that only McDonalds can bring but with a Chinese twist then this is the right place.
