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Garlic Onion
Categories: Restaurants Chinese Restaurants Thai Restaurants Malaysian Chinese, Thai, Malaysian [Edit]
10755 Leslie StRichmond Hill, ON L4S
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- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
4 reviews for Garlic Onion
4 reviews in English
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Review from Darren S.
Markham, ON
6/24/2011
My family loves frequenting this restaurant. After many visits, we've come to know the family that runs this place, and their treating us like long-term friends definitely adds to the overall cozy and family-friendly atmosphere of the place.
Food-wise, you definitely have to try their Crispy Ginger Chicken. It is without a doubt the most delicious version of this oft-repeated dish. We would come here just for this dish, and never been disappointed.
Service-wise, you could probably tell that I like this place, but not only because we know the people who run it, but also because even their other servers are always friendly and obliging. They diligently ask if they could refill your drinks, and most speak very passable English. This is a Godsend for people who love Chinese food but are fed up (like me) with EVERYONE expecting you to speak Cantonese. The service is much more "Western-like" with waitresses that actually seem to give a crap, and the overall experience is much the better for it.
Unfortunately, all of this comes at a price. Literally. While this place is not expensive, an average dish comes to around $15 or so, which is quite expensive for a family Chinese restaurant. However their portions are huge, so that offsets is somewhat.
In addition, it's also usually quite peaceful. Even with several families eating there, the ambience doesn't feel as loud and chaotic as your average Chinese restaurant. Dare I say....possible date place?
Well it's not romantic or anything, but at least you can actually have a conversation in this place. I would definitely recommend this place! -
Review from nisha c.
Richmond Hill, ON
5/13/2012
Went in for the chili chicken lunch special. Nothing special about it. It was very bland. I was very disappointed. I didn't bother finishing what I ordered
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Review from Jennifer K.
Markham, ON
1/22/2011 11 photos
2.5 star
Garlic Onion is trying too too hard... Trying to serve every Asian Cuisines: Cantonese, Taiwanese, Vietnamese, Thai, Malaysian under 1 roof...ended up nothing really stand out to be exceptional! and some can be downright embrassing!
Lunch Specials are quite good value from $6.99 that includes a drink. The selections are quite extensive!
Noodle with Peanut Sauce in Soup ($6.99)
- The broth is quite flavoured with good kick of spiciness
- noodle though are store brought ones... overcooked and soggy without any bite at all
Home Style Vermicelli with Chicken and Shrimp ($10.99) with 2 spring rolls
- a huge disappointment for value/taste/presentation
- the vermicelli is the really really thin one... and they just tasted undercooked and dried
- not much flavour, dare I say tasteless??
The services though is friendly and efficient. Tons of booth seatings and the chairs are heavily padded!
Garlic Onion really needs to trimmed down their offerings and work on making their dishes better tasting.
They accepts Visa and Mastercard.Listed in: Lunch Specials in Richmond…, Asian "Con"Fusion!
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Review from Michy S.
Richmond Hill, ON
11/9/2010
Tom Yum soup is really good. Then we tried the corn soup and it was so so. Chilly chicken was yum but tasted some pork in it. Not sure. When we did take out the soup containers were broken, they must have poured the hot soup. I think they are new so they are figuring things out. The mushroom rice, egg fried rice was really tasty. The prices are great. You spend half the amount you spend elsewhere and the ambience is comfortable. If you have not tried this place you are missing something..it is definately worth a visit. We tried the roti and it was ok though. Restauran malasia has better roti.
