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Lin Garden Restaurant
Category: Restaurants Chinese Chinese [Edit]
1806 Pharmacy AveScarborough, ON M1T 1H6
Neighbourhood: Scarborough
(416) 491-8484
- Hours:
Tue-Thu, Sun 11 am - 10 pm
Fri-Sat 11 am - 11 pm
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Private Lot
- Attire:
- Casual
- Price Range:
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$
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- No
- Delivery:
- No
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Good For:
- Lunch, Dinner
- Alcohol:
- Beer & Wine Only
- Noise Level:
- Loud
- Has TV:
- No
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- No
31 reviews for Lin Garden Restaurant
Review Highlights
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"go for the green beans and chili-chicken." In 17 reviews -
"House Shrimp: Freshly fried, hot and juicy." In 8 reviews -
"...yummy but my favorite is probably the manchurian fried rice." In 5 reviews
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31 reviews in English
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Review from Aviva C.
Toronto, ON
1/3/2012
This is truly one of my all time favourite Hakka Restaurants. I am afraid to order something different because I love what we get each time. The prices are so good and the portions are massive.
I love the owner she is so personable and when you go often enough she remembers you.
Must haves are Chili Chicken, house noodles, crispy beef, green beans however I dream of the house shrimp. They come dry with a slight breading and they are so garlic that when I put one in my mouth I have gone to heaven......I must go there again soon. -
Review from Roma M.
5/24/2012
Lin Garden is the type of restaurant you see frequently on road trips through the armpit of United States, you know, the ones you think will be hilariously bland and gross and the food unfortunately meets your expectations.
The restaurant is surprisingly busy as it caters to the area with its provision of Halal food. Should you make the mistake of venturing into this restaurant, be aware that the kitchen is strangely sweet on red food colouring and grease. Maybe it's good for hangovers, but I digress. Lin Garden poses as Hakka-inspired but it strongly lacks the Indo-Chinese flavouring of spices and heat. Their Manchurian dishes are sadly deep fried protein in red food colouring with corn starch.
In any case, I strongly advise walking down the same strip for some Japanese at Le Cafe Michi http://www.yelp.com/bi... or Shawarma http://www.yelp.com/bi... http://www.yelp.com/bi.... -
Review from Rajendra S.
Ajax, ON
12/4/2011
I go here about once a week.
Love the chilli chicken, house shrimp, and green beans. -
Review from Tony F.
7/12/2011 2 photos
Authentically inauthentic. I usually am not a big fan of fake Chinese food. In fact when a friend of mine worked as a cook at a well known fast food chain, I refused to eat of the food even though it was free. But for whatever reason having been inspired by an old episode of Anthony Bourdain's No Reservation where he travelled through Manhattan Chinatown to discover real Chinese food, he talked about the fake stuff he grew up on. As he pointed out, there's nothing wrong with the food, it's just not Chinese. As a kid he would look over at the Chinese people and realize the food he was eating was not the same, and in fact there were two differing menus. One in a book, and the other on flashy paper stuck to the wall.
On this day I felt like having one of those authentically inauthentic meals, and Lin Garden was that place. It looks like it was pulled from the late 70s and early 80s and managed to maintain the exact same menu too. I knew this was going to be an experience as I was the only Asian person aside from the staff during a busy hectic lunch service.
The place was packed, and the line for take out went out the door.
I couldn't get myself to order the "deep fried battered meat" doused and drenched with some sweet sticky red sauce. Broccoli isn't even a native Chinese vegetable!! How this became the western symbol for Chinese food, I'll never figure out. Funnily enough, China now has a few of these Western-Chinese food that serves fake Chinese food complete with fortune cookies. Saw one in Beijing and it was fairly empty during a dinner service.
Instead I ordered something close-ish to what my mom would have made at home, a black-bean beef with veg on a bed of rice. It was.. okay. I just sat back and imagined what life would have been like during the 70s non asian, and thinking wow.. so this is Chinese food. Dyn-o-mite... Out-of-sight!
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Review from David T.
Scarborough, ON
10/30/2011
I went to this place for the first time last night with my SO for take out.
She is half Hakka and she told me that the Hakka food served in Toronto (Chinese-Indo fusion) is not what authentic Hakka food is, Hakka food is real fresh food, i.e. taking a chicken from your garden in China and killing it and cooking it right away, meaning having fresh food.
Here is my review based off the food and their pricing. Can't say much about service since we had take out. I'm definitely not an expert on Toronto Hakka food since the only place I frequent is Chuong Moi at Eglinton/Kennedy.
We ordered the Chili Chicken , Manchurian Beef Fried Rice and the Hot and Sour Soup which took about 10 minutes and was really cheap for $21 tax included. The place is definitely a hole in the wall but it was pretty busy for dining in and people waiting for take out.
Chili Chicken: Just average, needed a little bit more heat and a bit too much fat, Chuong Moi does better chili chicken but more expensive at the same time, I think $9.95.
Hot and Sour Soup: Just average, had better at a lot of restaurants and definitely had worse, most restaurants whether Chinese or Hakka can't seem to get this soup right. Lin's needed more heat.
Manchurian Beef Fried Rice: This was really really disappointing, I can't believe that everybody orders this dish, it has no flavour whatsoever.
It is what it is, it's a place for cheap greasy Chinese-Indo fusion food in Scarborough. Prices are cheap and portions are generous. As a previous poster mentioned it does not cater to Chinese people, which makes sense since 70% of the people dining there were of Indian descent. -
Review from Imran N.
4/26/2011
Ok when it comes to hakka, there are essentially two choices:
Federick's or Lin.
There is the tangerine too but it doesn't compare.
And when it comes to hakka, ppl usually compare by chicken pakora's.
Federick's has the better pakora's, but Lin Garden is my top choice.
Portions are huge, food is dirt cheap.
Less oily than Federick's, but it shouldn't really matter when you're doing the dirty and eating Hakka.
Why i like Lin better is because:
a) it was my first indochinese experience
b) i like their deep fried shrimp better than any other place
c) their hakka chow mein is better
d) the lady who owns the store is my entertainment. She speaks chinese, swahili, hindi, urdu, some german. and she's a joker.
Now the reality check - this is not gourmet. This is plain and simple you getting dirty.
The service is shit.
Some dishes are flourescent in colour.
It's often packed.
But accept it for what it is, and then you can see the good. Don't eat there, get takeout.
When you're depressed, don't eat a tub of icecream like some ppl do - load up on oily meats and noodles. The portions are so big that you will be sitting in front of the tele, wallowing in your self pity in a 5 hour eat, break, eat ordeal.
and then you'll remember your encounter with the funny multilingual chinese women and you will go to bed with a smile. the end. -
Review from Jennifer K.
Markham, ON
12/29/2010 3 photos
I have to remember one thing whenever I go eat at a Hakka Indian restaurant is that they are not really catered to Chinese that used to eat Chinese Chinese food. I can see the horror on the face if I take some of my Western friends to a Hong Kong Style Cafe which does a Chinese twist to Western food.. that's how I feel when I eat at all the Hakka places in Toronto.
Price wise it is great! Especially with the Lunch Specials at $5.75 that includes a pop. I will be so stuffed eating one of their lunch dishes, weighted down with all these oils and spices.
Chicken Pakora does redeemed my faith in venturing to another Hakka place in the near future as those deep fried chicken balls are so damn tasty and spicy!! Using real whole fresh chili give this dish the needed heat!! The use of dark meat though not healthy but oh so moist and tender... 3.5 stars
Crispy Beef is nasty!! It suppose to be hot.. as stated in the menu. It is just covered in brownish sauce and those shredded of meat has no resemblance to any beef I ever have before... advice: don't ever order that! ... -1 star
Chili Chicken can be more spicier and hotter.. hotter in the sense of pipping hot... a 2 star dish.. not bad but not good enough for me to recommend for anyone.
The side order of rice is just warm to touch... and hard and grainy...
The deco and services here remind me of one of those small town restaurants. The young waitress in her jeans, wind breaker and dirty white sneakers does look really confused... service is not there.. but you cannot really expect service here.. cheap, quantity is what you expect...
If you into Indian spices and deep fried dishes, this is the place to go.
The search of what is Hakka continues....Listed in: Hakka Restaurants I been to!
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Review from WaYnE c.
Maple, ON
12/29/2010
Lin Garden is fitting of this Scarborough neighbourhood and this plaza. It is a bit off the main street of Sheppard, therefore a normal passerby will not typically find their way to Lin Garden. People will know of it by word-of-mouth or find out about it while visiting Le Cafe Michi next door.
I had some preconceptions of Indian Hakka because of my less-than-stellar experience at Federicks but sometimes reputations are based on some truth. A thing I didn't like was that we sat right at the Table next ot the "Dirty" Dishes Table that they use to accumulate instead of taking it inside back to the Kitchen. I wonder how many of the sauces and juices flew my way?
The decor is very Old-style Canadian Chinese but at least the space was lit up nicely so you don't feel the darkness has something to hide. I mean when a restaurant Deep Fries Meat in the form of a Croquette quite a bit your mind starts wondering......
CHICKEN PAKORA($8.50) - This is ONLY thing I have liked so far in an Indian Hakka place. Much much better than the unappetizing clump at Federicks. These Croquettes of perfectly juicy Dark Meat Chicken were nicely spiced and addictive. I would love this as a Street Food, snacking everywhere I go. 2.5'd
Chili Chicken ($8.00) - Less gluely than my prior Hakka experience and it wasn't quite Spicy, more of a Mild Soya. Again this is more Food Court item in my mind, so if thinking of that fact along with price-point then it's less of a complete disappointment.
Crispy Beef($8.50) - Food Court style Chinese food has a similar idea of Cantonese Sweet & Sour Pork. It was almost like eating thin strings of Beef Jerky with a Dark Sauce coating over it. Interesting to see and try.
Additiona Info: One of the server seemed quite lost holding the dish around to see which table it belonged to or who accepts it. She was a spectacle that every table had someone looking at her to see if it was one of their dishes. The Steam Rice side order we had seemed a bit blah passed its prime.Listed in: 2.5 **Stars**, This is why I'm Hot!, Hakka Cuisine - Indian…
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Review from Tong J.
I came to this place for the food and to learn more about Hakka cuisine. And here are what I've learned:
- Hakka cuisine in Toronto is basically a traditional Chinese cuisine doped up with Indian spices.
- There are different variations of Hakka cuisine. Hakka people moved around a lot and adapted to local cooking styles wherever they went.
- I think I'm in love! [with Hakka cuisine, that is]
The dish that blew me off my seat was the Chicken Pakora. Those big balls of "fire" were so good and strong flavored that I could see smoke coming out of my WingMan's mouth. They were super crispy on the outside and moist on the inside. I loved that they used dark meat, heavy spices and fresh green chili. It was the bomb!
Their famous Chili Chicken was okay. It wasn't as hot and spicy I imagined it would be. The biggest disappointment was the Crispy Beef. It wasn't crispy at all and was lacked any distinctive flavor.
For the price and A-OK food, it is great for families and the budget conscious. Would I return? Yes. Solely for the Chicken Pakora!Listed in: Asia On My Mind
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Review from Karen S.
11/29/2010
Hakka cuisine is what my parents would call "cho" food where everything is a bit heavy-handed (oil, spices, ingredients) and incredibly filling. There's nothing subtle about Hakka food - Lin Garden merely satisfies this criteria.
One of my lunchmates told me that his South Asian colleagues swear by the chili chicken. Really not that bad! The chicken pakora was heavy laden by cumin, the fried rice was a neon orange, and the plain-ish noodle and tofu dishes were nice plain compliments to my already flaming, spiced-hot lips.
We left completely stuffed, with stomachs glowing a florescent orange, I'm sure.Listed in: Chinese, Chinese, Chinese!
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Review from Shaz S.
Toronto, ON
LOVE this place! my fave hakka place! always enjoy eating here, whether its dine-in or takeout. its family run - service is hospitable, restaurant is not the nicest, but its worth it for the food they serve.
food is cheap, large portions served family style. shrimp pakoras and manchurian rice is AMAZING! plus their chili chicken and chicken corn soup are pretty kick ass too.
always satisfied with this place...4 stars instead of 3 just cos so far its the best hakka place i've been too.
must try: manchurian rice, chicken corn soup, shrimp pakoras, chili chicken (around $10 per person - portions are large, perfect for 4 ppl - for two ppl would recommend either shrimp pakoras or chili chicken - unless u love walking away with lots of leftovers) -
Review from Lynn C.
12/30/2010
To be fair, this is probably the first and only hakka indian chinese food restaurant i ever frequent. One of the reasons why I always come here is because the food here is so damn good. The service here is absolutely horrid (slow, rude, careless) and sometimes the food can be too salty, but because of how flavourful the food is, i am drawn to it every time i come back to Toronto.
Our staples here include Manchurian Fried Rice, Chili Chicken, and House fried shrimp. Sometimes we'll throw in the beans for some vegetables. My friend always ends with a pistachio kulfi (indian ice cream) when it's available. Price is average, but the portion is gigantic. $10 a person will get you extra full and leftovers to take home for the next day. Definitely worth it as long as you're not expecting any service at all..haha -
Review from sarah l.
4/11/2010 1 Check-in Here
I will never eat here again. Read on if you must.
The good:
- cheap (but shitty) beer
- green beans were good - but not as good as Chung King Garden or even Moxie's (yes, Moxie's bar and grill, frequently found in the parking lot of a mall, that Moxie's) has a better szechuan green bean dish
- House shrimp was proclaimed delightful by all parties - I did not indulge
The inoffensive but not good:
- The spring roll was actually an egg roll and it was not too gross to eat half of
- Hot and sour soup was acceptable - but not even in the top 50 hot and sour soups I have ever had... there was a lot of tofu but it could have been hotter in spice and temperature... one of my favorite parts of the meal and I really didn't like it very much, so you can imagine what I thought of the rest of this failure dinner (I actually tasted failure... and it tasted like gravy)
The bad (where to even start...):
- Everything was breaded and deep fried but nothing was crispy
- Every sauce has the underlying flavour of cheap packet gravy... it was WEIRD
- The following dishes were so gross I didn't eat more than one piece: ginger chicken (the most gravy flavoured of them all), chili chicken (not a single chili in it, and doused in fluorescent orange sauce that only tasted like gravy in the after taste), crispy beef (not crispy, sauce has no distinct flavour and pieces looked like turds - note - I am used to this being a dry dish, to have it covered in a sauce of a molasses viscosity that hinted at the flavour of gravy was... disgusting)
All in all, I would give this 2 stars, mostly because the beer was so cheap, but as we were getting ready to leave (Christine was finishing her drink and Shari was using the restroom) the owner asked us to vacate our seats because other people were waiting. Sure, I'll just take my half a beer out into the parking lot. WTF? -1. Seriously, we would have been gone within the next 2 minutes, shut your face and go deep fry some more failure.
Interesting to note: nothing else in this plaza is open. It is completely vacant, save this terrible restaurant. -
Review from Hoy Y.
9/6/2010
I would have to say my favorite dishes of course is the famous Chili Chicken and their spicy green beans.
The chili chicken is their signature dish. -
Review from Christine C.
Etobicoke, ON
4/11/2010 10 photos
The green beans were good. The Heineken was really cheap. Yup, that about covers it.
The UYE that met up at Lin Garden left in utter disappointment. Quick rundown of what we ordered. Hot & Sour Soup; Spring Rolls (that were really egg rolls); Vegetable Pakoras; Spicy Shrimp; Ginger Chicken; Chili Chicken; Green Beans in Garlic; Crispy Beef; Hakka Chow Mein; Manchurian Fried Rice. (see pics attached)
I had a baseline to compare this Hakka as Devan R. had been our Hakka host over at the Szechuan Gourmet where he annointed us with ginger chicken and crispy beef. Lin Garden didn't even come close to that measuring stick. LG was a complete and utter meh, all the way. The only thing LG has going for it is cheap, cheap, cheap. That massive pile of food we ordered, plus 7 Heinekens came out to $127 (tax in).
I'm not going to say much else because it isn't worth the effort. Oh, I did mention the green beans were good right?
My Hakka hunt continues. Frederick's up next.Listed in: Hakka Hakka Hakka!
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Review from Shari M.
Toronto, ON
4/25/2010 1 photo
The Lin Garden UYE reviews by my fellow Yelpers Danielle, Sarah, Chris and Christine have hit the nail on the head here.
The overwhelming bland MSG gravy packaged (with bright food colouring) was too much. We sampled each dish and left most fully intact.
The best overall summary of this place is the pic of Sarah L attached...her face really captures the true Yelp review of Lin Garden.
Go to Szechuan Gourmet instead (http://www.yelp.ca/biz...). -
Review from Dave O.
Toronto, ON
10/14/2009
Hakka food is a spicy fusion of Chinese and Indian cuisine. It's characterized by heavy sauces, lots of fried meat and full of green and red chillies. It's a seriously calorie-laden, but irresistibly good style of cooking.
Nestled in an unassuming strip-mall (again?), this is very likely the best Hakka food in Toronto. The portions are inhuman, so order less dishes than people. I never leave Lin Garden paying more than $10 for a truly gigantic portion of food.
There are lots of tables, fast turnover, quick but gruff service, and they can seat 12 people without much fuss. It's not going to win any design awards, but the food makes up for the lack of ambiance.
Dishes to try include Chili Chicken, Chicken/Shrimp Pakora, Crispy Beef, Garlic String Beans, Manchurian Fried Rice, Chicken Corn Soup and Hakka Chow Mein. -
Review from Mark A.
Toronto, ON
9/6/2010
Not the best but definitely the most inexpensive Chinese - Indian food in town. They also offer discount if you offer Cash :) - I have tried some of their food, not all of them are tasting good. My regular take out menu is; Manchurian Chicken or Shrimp noodle, House Shrimp, Chilli Beef, Chicken corn soup and banana desert. There is an added benefit to this menu, "it improves your bowel movement" :)
WARNING! The staff is very rude, horrible service and always problem with placing an order. Do not take guest to dine in since I made that mistake and I was very ashamed to my guests. But great to take out (make sure that you check your order before leaving) the owner speaks English, Chinese (Probably Cantonese and Mandarin), Punjabi, Urdu and German :) Funny eh?
I do speak to hear all the time German and she performs very well. -
Review from Devan R.
11/5/2009
Upon my most recent visit to Lin Garden I was most disappointed. This legendary venue used to be one of my most prized and go to Hakka spots, but on my last visit the food seemed off.
My hot and sour soup could have been much hotter, both with heat and temperature. I was not pleased with it like I have been in the past. The chili chicken was extremely dark and so salty, what does this mean? Either they ha ave changed the recipe, or the chef accidentally dropped in the soya sauce dispenser while making that batch.
For fun my mate and I ordered sweet and sour chicken balls, we both agreed it had been years since either of us had had them and it was very well priced. They were spot on. The sweet and sour sauce was thick, syrupy and very tasty. The chicken balls had the perfect crunchy/cripsy texture, while the meat inside is as good as it gets for chicken balls. Truth be told if it weren't for the chicken balls this review may have been 2 stars. The fact that chicken balls practically bailed out Lin Garden is very sad.
Please take it back to where you used to be Lin, until then I'll be fulfilling my hakka urges at Frederick's | http://is.gd/4NTgv |and Szechuan Gourmet. -
Review from Reg A.
Ottawa, ON
5/19/2009 2 photos
By far the best Hakka food I've had in the GTA. Cheap, fast, delicious, GO!!
I HIGHLY RECOMMEND...
- House Shrimp
- Chicken Pakora -
Review from Chris P.
4/11/2010 1 Check-in Here
Our server Michelle was really friendly, helpful, and prompt. The food came fast and furious and she was on the ball. Overall I thought the food was pretty good. A few of the dishes were hit and miss so here's the breakdown by dish:
Wonton Soup: I wasn't really impressed that it was shrimp wantons and that there wasn't any sort of warning on the menu that they weren't the usual mystery meat.
House Shrimp: Freshly fried, hot and juicy. Overall really well done.
Shrimp Pakoras: Also really well done, but not as good as the house shrimp.
Chili Chicken: This one was kind of odd. It was almost like a soy sauce gravy on top of this dish. Very odd, definitely not my favorite.
Ginger Chicken: Meh.
Hakka Chowmein: Awesome! A must try.
Manchurian Rice: An interesting bright shade of red. Not much too it. Just an average rice dish.
____ Beef: I can't remember which beef dish we got but I enjoyed it thoroughly. It was lightly fried and tossed in a tangy sauce.
Green Beans: Also really good, a must try.
As far as the portion size for your dollar you are getting a 5 star deal. There were 6 of us and it ended up being $15 each plus drinks. There was lots of food to take home also. I'm sure there are better places to get Hakka in the city, but as a first experience this one was pretty good. -
Review from Kashif S.
11/28/2009
Excellent hakka food, have had Indian Chinese food at quite a few places between GTA, Virginia and NewYork, but this has to be the best place I've tried. Chilli Chiken is legendary, if you are there you will find this served at every single table. Their chicken pakora, American Chop Suoy, and hot and sour soup are amazing.
Even though i live in mississauga, but i visit them often as their food is worth the drive. -
Review from Ann L.
Markham, ON
3/20/2010
I had so many second thoughts before I came inside this place. It is nestled in a small strip mall, you would easily miss the place if you are not looking for it.
I have been there about 4 times, twice for lunch, twice for dinner. It is a favourite for business people during lunch, because it was packed in there. It didn't take very long to get seats. The servers and waitresses were very efficient.
There's also lunch specials that you can order as well.
The food always came piping hot. I am vegetarian and there are a lot of great selection. If you don't eat egg, you could always ask them to remove it from the fried rice.
Most importantly, the food was delicious. -
Review from Danielle E.
Toronto, ON
4/13/2010 1 Check-in Here
This grease soaked mess is where the concept of dirty feed comes from. My friend Vanessa introduced me to the term a few years ago. And I quote "dirty feed's the colon cleans-Ar of a few shit fuck days." Her words not mine, but poignant while I struggled to down dinner.
A few of us suffered together, ordering some good; shrimp pakora (crunchy curry filled shrimp ball), house shrimp (house seasoned and lightly fried) an inventive hakka version of chow mein with shrimp and chicken, and their garlic pan-fried green beans. Some bad; anything with their Manchurian gravy-like concoction (garlic chicken, Manchurian fried rice, spring rolls etc.) and the stomach ache that followed me for several days.
Beyond the lasting negative impression of the food, I was left feeling a little under serviced, when as we waited for one of our party to go to the washroom, we were unceremoniously kicked out of our table. While we were not eating, there were several people who still had drinks and obviously we were waiting for our friend. Honestly what has happened to the state of customer service in Toronto.
Bottom line...if you really need a colon cleansing I'm sure you can find one where they treat you with a little more care. -
Review from Erwin M.
4/5/2010
I have heard nothing but good things about Lin Garden and upon my first visit I could immediately tell why. I was not aware of Hakka food until I tried this place and I can basically sum up the food here with 3 bullets.
-tasty
-huge servings
-oily
While the food is good, I can't get past amount of oil in every dish. Each plate was literally glistening and while it was a delight at first, eventually the oil gets to you and you cant even finish your meal. Maybe its just me. -
Review from Jenn G.
Scarborough, ON
3/22/2010
I got to say, I tasted my share of Hakka food, and obviously nothing can compare to homecooked Hakka food coming from my bestfriends house, but this tops all the Hakka restaurants I've tried, EVEN FREDERICS!
Thanks to the reviews here, I tried the shrimp fried rice and the house shrimp. While my company ordered the chili chicken. Everything tasted YUMMY!
Though the only downside was the noticable taste of MSG in the shrimp fried rice.
Overall, this is my new Hakka place! Service wasn't as bad as frederiks and it's very affordable. Try this place out. You won't be dissapointed =) -
Review from Donna F.
1/21/2010
First time trying Hakka food and....LOVED IT!!
The chili chicken was good, the house shrimp was yummy but my favorite is probably the manchurian fried rice...
Gosh...writing this review is actually making me sad that we don't have any hakka places here in cali... =( -
Review from Mohammed D.
North York, ON
5/10/2009
Best Indian-Chinese food in town. If you are looking for good food and your mouth waters for chili-chicken, pakora chicken, and manchurian shrimp ... look no further. This place gets super busy for a reason.
Don;'t go looking for pampered catering and service .... go for the green beans and chili-chicken. Prices are very impressive for the quantities. $12 all but guaranatees you will not go hungry for the rest of the day. -
Review from Charmaine L.
Richmond Hill, ON
12/11/2010
I will never come back here again. Being a Chinese, I think this is a worst chinese restautant that I have been. Everything is deep fried here, food are too oily and MSG must have been used. I guess the reason why it is so full all the time is because that is probably the only chinese halal place in town.
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Review from simone t.
Scarborough, ON
2/4/2011
My first experience was when my dad decided to order food from them for a family reunion.Well my family were visiting from China.Myself yes I am half Chinese and like many South Americans a mix of many other cultures from my mom's side.Going forward I Wish my dad had warned out it was So spicy !!!! My tongue did not stop burning for hours from the red rice.I think they called it Manchurian .And the type of meat balls they had were the same .Our family from China declared their is no way this is Chinese! They knew of Hakka Chinese history but not cuisine.It's not to my taste .Clientele is majority Indian . I guess because they are use to and love spicy cuisine.Mind you I have known many westerners that can eat and lovingly lap up spicy and Hot ,who were friends .But not me !
My dad though is frugal and I think price counts more then anything. else for him so for my nephew's graduation we were forced to go to their restaurant. It's in an old strip mall .The interior is like the outside much to be desired.The table has the plastic covering for table cloths .Which well for me for fast food no bother ....but what I did not like is first the service is not their ! I asked for a booster chair for my toddler to be told they don't have booster and the woman pointed to the wall and told me to go get it myself ! Lol but when I saw how unclean the old high chairs were ,their was no way I was letting my son sit in any !
Well from my dad did advise them to not make it as hot and spicy for us which they did oblige no problem .So if you don't like it hot and spicy ...just let them know . But still stay away from the Manchurian rice if you don't want to feel like a dragon is in your mouth :) -
Review from A W.
Toronto, ON
10/27/2009
Food is great, portions are huge and price is right.
Chili chicken is delicious.
