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Miu Garden
Category: Restaurants Chinese Dim Sum Dim Sum [Edit]
Market Village4390 Steeles Ave E
Markham, ON L3R 9V7
(905) 477-3822
- Price Range:
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$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- No
- Parking:
- Private Lot
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- Yes
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Good For:
- Lunch
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
- Noise Level:
- Loud
- Ambience:
- Casual
- Has TV:
- No
20 reviews for Miu Garden
20 reviews in English
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Review from Rick L.
Concord, ON
3/17/2012
Been here many times for dinner. Can't comment much on the dinner, it taste OK, but nothing special. We ordered the 8 course meal cause its cheap. Of course it doesn't come with everything you want though because they gave you a discount.
Went there for dim sum, pretty fast service. For the the price, you can't complain, its 2.10 for all the items during the weekdays rather than 4 dollars you would pay for a large at another restaurant which is way too expensive. Service was there when i needed it. Push carts came with some food, but you mainly order from the order sheet.
Food was OK, but I'll admit that it doesn't taste as good as the more expensive restaurants. But you can't complain, when your playing almost double for more quality.
Good place for people with a budget. Not so much if your trying to impress your date or your parents. -
Review from Jennifer M.
Toronto, ON
5/8/2012
Well, the SO used to visit this location in market village years ago with his family. It was something else at the time. We decided to check out Miu Garden for Saturday afternoon dimsum.
First off, it was packed. Like PACKED. But we managed to score a less than desirable spot in a back corner. We had to franticly flag down the (adorable) cart ladies, to grab some eats. They didn't speak English so we just took what we thought looked good. Food overall was ok, but nothing special. Really greasy.
Other than the cart ladies, the service was sketchy. We fealt REALLY uncomfortable the entire time, there was a strange vibe. I was the only non-asian in the place, sure.. but we were getting what felt like too many strange looks. Not worth it for the mediocre food.
Not a fan, won' t return. -
Review from Flouny S.
Toronto, ON
2/20/2012
I heard about this place being great for dinner as they have all kinds of specials at night.
Well we came here for dim sum and boy was it a let down. First of all, I was expecting to get somewhat decent service since it's a sit down, push cart dim sum restaurant. Was I ever wrong, it would take a few different people asking for water and an extra plate and bowl. Worst of all, the servers there don't even care, they spent much of their time talking.
Now the food wasn't anything to write home about it. The dim sum wasn't the best and not up to all the hype we heard from other people that had been there.
Your better off going somewhere else other than this He** hole -
Review from Catherine W.
5/6/2012
Have enjoyed dinner here many times in this restaurant at Market Village mall. Dishes were classic Cantonese, and we had on this occasion the jellyfish/charcuterie platter, deep fried fish tail, lobster, fish maw with vegetables, sharkfin soup, mushroom and broccoli, scallops/chicken/chinese celery, red bean soup, sesame cakes. We did buy the fish maw from the side business, be careful because you have to cook it soon - we didn't realize some of the bags had water in it, so the fish maw went bad before we could finish it.
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Review from Yvonne T.
1/30/2012 8 photos
Came here during the week of Chinese New Years for dinner with my family. It is located inside of Market Village.
The restaurant prior to Miu Garden was actually nice and higher end. Miu Garden would've been the eunuch compared to the last establishment that was housed here.
Perhaps the most embarassing and tacky ritual practised at Miu Garden is the soliciting of luxury dried goods (shiitake mushrooms, conpoy etcetera). No, they did not just let solicitors sneak their way in - this is I guess what you would call a "side business" of the restaurant. The last thing I want to happen, is for my meal to be interrupted with bags of shiitake mushrooms invading my dining space. I do not consider myself to be a savvy business women at all, but to me, anything that interferes with my core business (in this case, a restaurant) is bad for business.
We ordered a set menu for our table of 9. For $168 we got served the following dishes:
Chinese "Charcuterie" Platter: Consisting of jellyfish, duck, and char siu pork. I am usually a stickler for dining etiquette but I actually spat out the so-called "char siu pork." Whatever it was, it was not char siu.
Fish Maw Soup: Nothing too stellar, wasn't particularly flavourful.
Basa Fillet with "Trees": This was a dish of fish that was served with gigantic stems of Chinese broccoli (hence the nickname trees). It was extremely greasy and oily and whatever benefit of eating vegetables was probably destroyed.
Chinese "Fried" Chicken: These usually are served with a colourful accompaniment of "shrimp chips." While the chicken itself was pretty decent, the shrimp chips were stale. Yuck!
Yeung Chow Fried Rice: The blandest I've ever had.
Yi Mein: One of the better dishes of the night. Not too oily and not bland like I've had at other restaurants. There wasn't much shiitake though that is usually thinly sliced and mixed into the dish.
Ginger & Scallion Lobster: Mostly shell, very little meat. Rip off!
Honey Spare Ribs: Pretty good. Rivals some Korean restaurants' Kalbi. My aunt found it a little too sweet though.
Shrimp, Celery & Snap Beans Stir Fry: Again, swimming in oil. Not very flavourful either.
Bok Choy & Shiitake Mushrooms in an Enoki Mushroom & Conpoy Sauce: This was the most flavourful dish of the evening, but again quite oily.
Desserts for me were the most enjoyable part of the evening. Aside from the standard Red Bean Soup, we were also served Honey Pound Cake & Almond Cookies.
I also noted that one of the dishes was dirty.
I will NOT be coming back to Miu Garden any time soon. Yuck!Listed in: aX-ed
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Review from Henry L.
North York, ON
2/20/2012
I've came here for dinner numerous times with family and relatives. Like many places it can be difficult to get a table on the weekends.
Their menu is very basic, nothing unique or out of the ordinary in comparison to other 'jau lau' (Chinese dinner-type) restaurants. They have really affordable set meals with a good selection of dishes to choose from. The food can be hit or miss; a good example is the crispy chicken which seems to be always different every time I visit... but generally the dishes are good.
As someone previously mentioned in the reviews they seem to be running some sort of side business selling luxury dried goods (sea cucumber, mushrooms etc.) They'll come interrupt your table asking if you would like to buy their dried items at a 'discount' price. The items are legit but their persuasive tone can be quite annoying when you decline to buy.
Overall this restaurant is a good place for a Chinese dinner, but don't expect to be wowed by the food. Generally you get what you pay for at this joint. -
Review from saul m.
11/26/2011 1 photo
Weekday dim sum.
As it is in the Market Place shopping center there is abundant lot parking.
They have average restaurant decor, nothing memorable.
They bring the dim sum in carts or you can order something from the menu.
The dim sum cart ladies are friendly & quick.
Prices are very reasonable.
We ordered 6 dim sum plates none were bad, just not memorable.
Miu Garden seems just fine for average dim sum.
If you want gourmet dim sum I would look elsewhere. -
Review from Mel C.
10/24/2011
The first few times I cam here, I did not like this place. However, I kept on going back because my parents like this place and it's close to where I live.
The four stars I rewarded this restaurant is mainly for their dim sum. I'm not a fan of their dinner menu because I find it a bit boring and it doesn't taste awesome.
Depending on what time you come here for dim sum, the quality of the dim sum varies. I think the food sucks early in the morning because there's not much variety. However, come during the lunch rush and I think the food is great. There are so many things to try and they sell stuff that other dim sum restaurants don't sell like egg pudding (which I actually don't even love but I just order it because not many dim sum restaurants sell it).
I don't have any issues with the service here. The place is quite big and it's clean. It can get annoying when one of the employees walk around trying to sell Chinese delicacy to us to make at home. Other than that, I really enjoy this place! -
Review from Baby P.
Toronto, ON
10/2/2011
A few of my friends have been raving about Miu Garden for dim sum, but I only just had the chance to experience it this past Saturday. My only regret - not having discovered it sooner!
We got there around 1:30 p.m. which means each dim sum plate is only $2.30 (it's even cheaper on weekdays). The restaurant was bustling with activity by the push-cart ladies. Starving, and with much anticipation, we ordered our usual dim sum fare, and all the dishes indeed were delicious.
Particularly exceptional dishes were:
the tripe (possibly the best tripe I've had in a dim sum place)
chicken feet
tofu dessert
congee
curry cuttle fish
We thoroughly enjoyed our experience here and were astonished (in a good way) by the bill.
thumbs up by our group of 5. -
Review from Edward M.
8/22/2011
Excellent dim sum! It totally is the best I have had in my entire visit to Canada! They have more types of dim sum than anyone and the price is hard to beat! I ate here twice during our stay, once with my brothers another time with some friends.
9-11am - $2 a dish
11am-1:30pm - $2.20 a dish
1:30-3pm - $2 a dish
All the regulars dim sum food you'd get like beef balls, crepes, shrimp dumpling are great. But it shines in the variety of stuff you normally don't get and think about the pricing! The dishes are half the size of a dinner portion but priced at 1/4 of the price, so you end up paying half what you would pay for dinner or sometimes even less.
Great unique dishes for dim sum
*Salt & Pepper Shrimp
Chinese Broccoli w/ oyster sauce
Pork w/ Eggplant
*Fish Filet Rice Crepe
*Crab Claw Balls - crab claw wrapped with shrimp meat then fried this cost us $5 each at a high end restaurant the night before and it only costs 1.10 here each! They also tasted way better here.
There is a bunch of other dishes available as well and contrary to belief, they do not offer less food after 1:30, they offer the same dishes the entire time.
* = Personal Favorite!
p.s. this in Market Village next to Pacific Mall
The only thing that is sad is the service is a bit slow for water and such but it was acceptable just not friendly smiley ppl. The ppl that work the dim sum carts are really nice and very entertaining people to talk to :D -
Review from Elaine K.
3/29/2011 1 photo
This has become my family's new favourite place for dim sum, which is kind of a big deal.
My favourite thing about this place is that they still have the push carts! What is fast becoming a dying tradition still lives strong here. Please note, the push carts are put away around 2-2:30pm, after which you need to order from a dim sum menu. At this time, it takes longer to get your food, though it's piping hot when it arrives.
The food itself is very good, nothing really stuck out but I thoroughly enjoyed it. $55 for 7 people including a beer for my out-of-place husband.
While we were leaving, my parents noted that they were setting up for a birthday party and a baby shower, so this place might be good for banquets.
Of course, parking is a nightmare and there was a huge lineup when we got there at 2pm, but we were seated quickly. -
Review from Rachel L.
Scarborough, ON
1/5/2012
This is my family's go to place for dim sum and it's probably going to stay that way unless a good new place opens up.
The atmosphere is very traditional, namely it's bustling with noise and activity. The food is always pretty decent if not generally uncreative (although there are a few interesting dishes scattered about). The price is of course very affordable. There hasn't even been one time when we didn't need to wait a while to be seated so it's usually really busy!
Another thing to add is that I have never been satisfied about their har gow... The shrimps never seem to be that fresh and there is a weird aftertaste. It's just strange because I only feel this way about the shrimps in the har gow?? -
Review from Jennifer K.
Markham, ON
10/7/2010 12 photos
My quest for traditional dim sum places with push carts continues...
Miu Garden is one of the traditonal dim sum restaurants that has dim sum served from push carts. I have to tell you the ladies here are so aggressive when trying to make you order from them. They willing to tell your friend how handsome he looks and flirts/compliments him in order to make a sale... Or they will try dumping them on your table.. and the secret is telling them No No No!
They offer dim sum specials the whole day, and if you pay before 11 AM no charge for tea. Their dim sum is One price $2.10 for all sizes and even cheaper for afternoon tea. Their dim sums portions are all pretty big like mega size Hai Gow.. but they do compensate the quality over the quantity. Especially someone was complaining that they put the mushroom stems in their Siu Mai which is a No No.
Miu Garden does have the feel of a traditional restaurants when everyone talks at the top of their voices thus result in a noisy and lively eating environment. The services are not that bad. We don't even need to wait for our bills, the waiter has a chart and tell us exactly how much our meals cost in 10 sec when I called him over!
All our fellow yelpers were happy when the bills come up to be $6.50 per person tax and tips in! -
Review from Giuliana B.
SCARBOROUGH, ON
10/9/2010
********* 3.5 STARS********
I lost my Dim Sum virginity to Miu Garden, and I don't regret it :)
We came here on a weekday at 10:00 am and it was already really busy and loud!
This place serves traditional dim sum in push carts driven by persistent and charming ladies :) The atmosphere is loud, fun, and hectic. And I was told that it gets even louder and busier on weekends, which is pretty hard to imagine.
Everything I ate was tasty, including the chicken feet which were a first for me. Gelatinous, saucy, and totally yummy! The dumplings were ok, but the skin on the shrimp dumpling stuck to the plate and came apart when you picked it up. The pork buns were good and sticky, and the curry squid was lightly curried and garlicky. All in all, I enjoyed everything I ate but nothing was AMAZING.
Everything is super cheap ($2.00/dish) and so after all we ate, we ended up paying like $20.00 something dollars for all four of us, which was amazing! I don't think I've ever eaten this many dishes for such little money. Tea was FREE, and service was fast. If you are new to dim sum like me, Watch Out For The Carts! They will take you out if you don't get out of the way.
Definitely worth coming here for tasty and cheap dim sum in an authentic and fun atmosphere! -
Review from jil s.
North York, ON
12/29/2010
Miu Garden is an attractive restaurant with average dim sum food.
This restaurant is popular since it's inside Market Village and their prices are not that high (average price).
Try to go as early as possible to get better, fresher tasting food.
See- around 2 pm - 4 pm, they lower the prices for the dim sum.
But you are probably getting the leftover food that nobody bought yet.
(You know how they place the food on carts and walk around the room selling the food. Not all the food gets sold, right?
So around 2 or 3 pm, they lower the prices for the dim sum and you are probably getting the food that hasn't been sold yet.
Then they probably heat up the food again.
See- if you eat earlier, you get the fresher, better tasting food.
If you have a car, drive to Richmond Hill for some fancier and more expensive priced dim sum. Sure the prices are higher but how often do you eat dim sum?? If you're inviting someone to dim sum, why not bring them to a better restaurant with better tasting food.
Try Empire Court inside the Hilton Suite Hotel on Hwy 7 (near Warden) in Markham.
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or Yang's Fine Chinese
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Dragon Boat:
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This restaurant used to be the old location of the now closed City Inn Chinese restaurant.
If you miss City Inn Chinese restaurant, try:
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Review from David B.
Toronto, ON
Updated - 2/18/2012 1 Check-in Here
I've found a few favourites at this place so far... the combo with the steamed fish, chicken, and 2 dishes of your choice is best complemented with snow pea leaves w/ garlic and the cashews, shrimps and vegetables dish. Delicious!
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9/4/2011
This place is CHEAP. $30 for chicken, steamed fish and 2 dishes of your choice along with dessert… Read more »
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Review from WaYnE c.
Maple, ON
5/25/2010
It's everything you can imagine for a Chinese restaurant. The elegant dramatic decor, the busy staff doing MARATHONS and most of the restaurant blocked off for a 50th anniversary banquet celebration but no dance floor available which can be a good thing for the 2 left footers.
Food is A-OK priced and tasty, however the complimentary SOUP is pretty much salted water. Portions did disappoint a little but then who asked us to come to a traditional Chinese restaurant in Market Village?
We got something that resembled a Sweet&Sour Shrimp Balls which was something I enjoyed with an interesting TEXTURE that is similar to the Fake-Lobster Balls sold at Chinese grocery markets except it is make with whole shrimps rolled into a ball shape.
The Crispy Fried Chicken has a nice thin crisp skin and flavoured as good as I've had anywhere else. The whole plate was scattered full of Shrimp CHIPS more than usual which my believe is to do two purposes, to hide the lack of Chicken and to add to the plating appeal.
We had a vegetable dish that had Bok Choy, Shitake Mushroom and Sea Cucumber and OMG those Sea Cucumber was the size, color and shape of a Rats Penis. It was FUNNY as one of the managers came by to sell some FRESH Sea Cucumbers to patrons for $20.00 which were actually worth the value while I stare at ours looking like Rat droppings.
With all this said, I would still consider coming back. Especially when I paid my portion of $10.00 tax/tip INCLUDED for the whole dinner with a group of 9 regular consumers.Listed in: Southern Chinese Food
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Review from Valery C.
6/14/2010
Came for dim sum on an early Saturday and just got in before the lines started. A not very large dim sum place in Market Village. They were having a special while we were in town, with all dim sum only costing 2.50 on wkends (and lower still on wkdays). Dim sum came off rolling food carts, and there seemed to be a reasonably decent variety available.
We had the pig's blood (excellent), spinach in broth (very good), seafood dumpling in soup (very good), steamed beef rice rolls (very good), beef tripe and offal with turnip (so-so).
Overall, seems a solid spot for dim sum, with a really great price tag.Listed in: Destination/Cuisine:…
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Review from Wendy C.
4/19/2010
Being inside the Market Village and near the food court, this place is always super busy on weekends, especially for dim sum.
This place gets high marks for having fresh good, wide selection of dim sum dishes from the very traditional like har gau, siu mai, chicken feet, rice rolls, pork feet stewed with ginger in sugary rice vinegar (I know it sounds "strange", but an acquired taste) to some new inventions. Amazingly low prices - they charge the same price per dish regardless of the size; the price is slightly cheaper on weekdays vs. weekends, and a further discount applied if you go off peak hours i.e. before 11am or after 1:30pm.
Service is ok - fast and efficient, but don't expect them to be chatty with you because everyone is literally running and busy.
Not a good place to go if you are looking for ambiance. But hey, that is not the strength of most Chinese restaurants. -
Review from Stephen C.
Scarborough, ON
6/20/2010
The food was okay, but totally covered in sauces which have way too much cornstarch. Food is very hard to eat with the thick sauces. Its very very loud because of the low ceilings. The decor and furniture are still the same from decades ago.
Not sure why there was a line up for this place.
