I wish there was a place like this in the SF Bay Area. The food in Toronto is just so much better than in the Bay. The wait in line can be close to intolerable, so be prepared for it. Every dish we ordered has a certain special "oomph" above the regular way these entrees are usually served. I usually avoid fried rice, but I found the eel fried rice to be my favorite dish - the individual ingredients blended well together, and the eel meat just made each bite better. We also ordered some chow mein as "filler", but our table devoured that dish completely. The milk pudding cubes were a wonderful dessert followup. Our table of 9 cleaned up 8 dishes... no leftovers. We visited this place twice on our vacation. read more

Definitely the best place we went to get congee in Toronto. My family visited relatives here and we went to two other Congee places until I resorted into looking on Yelp for the best reviewed congee restaurant. Too bad it doesn't seem that many canadians yelp, but this place seemed perfect for 5 ratings with 5 stars each. And yet...i join the ranks and add my 5 star rating as well. It is a very clean restaurant, nice and was crowded on a Saturday morning. We all tried different types of congee which come in a large bowl...too much for me to finish and we always get fried dough fritters everywhere we get congee, even at home. I got the Lai wan congee which is basically an everything type of bowl and it was great. Warm for a cold day and honestly perfect. Come here and basically you get all types of great varieties of food, but definitely congee is the best choice that warms you up. Definitely will come back here when we visit our relatives again : ) read more

How have I not reviewed this place yet after being here so many times. Heres what youll expect....A huge line up....(Well worth it), Cheap prices, and good food. The place itself is nothing to write home about. It has zero decor so dont expect a retro chic beauty here. Fried chili turnip patties are the best best best in the city and everyone of every situation in life needs to taste this bundles of spicy delicious joy. I like the lemon chicken alot too. Huge portions. Service is crap like most asian places but I know when I go to asian places I'm not expecting service and neither should you. read more

Ok, I've been trying to call this place to order takeout food as I've done a ton of times before as they deliver. So last couple of times the phone line was either busy or it kept on ringing until it hangs up. Anyhow..I thought they were busy on the phone so decided to drop by to pick up food the other day. Anyhow...I find out the place is closed for renovations. What horrible customer service...at least they could have had a voicemail indicating that they are renovating until further notice...anyhow...not so pleased... read more

FOUND A PIECE OF ROCK IN THE MIDDLE OF EATING MY RICE. I felt something hard and took it out my mouth and this came out. Super disgusting and dirty. The food was also so bland. Dont get the vegetable fried rice it literally taste like white rice with salt. And added barely any vegetables, it was like the ones from the frozen variety pack for 1$ read more

Congee Wong - Chinese Near Me - North York, Ontario

Of all the congee wong's this is the best location, which would explain why it is constantly packed. Surprisingly, they do take reservations for a large group of people, which is great for cheap family events. They need to open at least one up in every city in the world. My loves here: - xo sauce turnip - any fried rice - garlic stir fried any vegetable - plain white congee but really, anything here is yum. read more

I've been going to this place for the past 15 years. This isn't your everyday Chinese restaurant. Congee is a rice porridge and in essence a specific cooking style. I find it a lot tastier than other traditional Chinese dishes. There's a wide variety of other dishes in Congee Wong palatable to many. Prices are very reasonable and service is fast. During lunch or dinner time, you may have to wait a while for your table but it's worth it. Hope you get to try this place at least once and enjoy it. read more

When you consider: 1) This place is authentic - how do I know? The waiters and waitress don't smile and can, at times ignore you, just like in Hong Kong. ;-) 2) The prices for how much you actually get 3) The taste for how much you pay These three things, when considered as a whole, forces me to give it a 5 star rating. Independently, the price isn't the best - there's cheaper Chinese joints out there. Certainly, the quantity is great, but there are other joints that give you just as much for what you pay. And in terms of taste, no HK Cantonese will tell you this is the best, most delicious Cantonese food they've ever eaten in Toronto - it's simply not true....but combine all three aspects and there aren't many restaurants that can compete with Congee Wong...well, yes, Congee Queen, and Congee Time would be exceptions as they follow the same formula. If you have a family outing and you want to save some $$$ but not at the cost of everyone's enjoyment, come here. Downtown folks who believe they have the best options downtown don't know what they are missing. read more

I came in with my wife. The restaurant was maybe 25% full? They asked us to wait. 5mins later i asked to be seated as they clearly had plenty of empty tables ready. But the male waiter looked at me and walked away. Im not sure why, and nobody came back. The other wait staff were standing around doing nothing. This is unacceptable in my books and they should be getting 0stars. Don't make customers wait if your tables are ready and empty and your staff are doing nothing. read more

Yes you all of Congee Wong's admired. It is awesome and inexpensive. They have a nice bustling atmosphere, and a nice clean look inside. Be prepared to wait, we have not found a time when they are busy or very busy. They serve a great Pad Thai.....but that is not Chinese. I am also a fan of a few of their soups containing Tripe. This ingredient imparts tons of flavour along with some needed grease to a soup. As an aside for Dim Sum (in other restaurants) it comes for breakfast. I have also sampled the pepper squid, and found it to be very excellent. In fact, for a change, order dishes which have the identifier 'pepper' in the name. This cuisine utilizes pepper in a way that is different, than westernized cuisine or cooking. The congee is also excellent, and the service fast and pleasant, in view of the crowding. This is not a place for a romantic dinner, but it will satisfy. read more

What are they adding to my food?! Sorry, I often get out of this place quite thirsty... and it's not because i'm not drinking water... The super long lineups doesn't help either. On the plus side, they have large portions, but I think they've been cutting back on ingredients over the years (e.g. Yeung Chow Fried rice with less than 3 full shrimps, or Pineapple Fried rice with a few pieces of pineapple)... you get the point. This is not my first choice out of the restaurants in the area... read more

I haven't been to Congee Wong for a long time in this Finch & Leslie location. My impression of Congee Wong's food is always 'The BEST' of all the congee restaurant. Yet, after last night, I have to re-think about Congee Wong. We ordered typical dish like the Super surpreme bowl congee, deep fried salt and spicy pork chop, deep fried spicy and salty squid, eel fried rice, stir fried vegetable, Garoupa & fried bean curd in hot pot. First, the seafood in the congee was extremely small and scarce. What happend? It used to be huge chunk of seafood and now we have to fish for it. Deep fried pork chop was over fried, extremely salty and seriously I had this dish better in Congee queen than here. Deep fried squid, omg, they just pour a whole bucket of flour dough with the squid. I was so upset because this suppose to be THE BEST. Now the best I had is the Congee queen on Lawrence location. Eel fried rice is pretty much the same in Congee queen Garoupa & Fried bean curd in hot pot, now that was disappointing to have fish bones in the garoupa dish. it's $13 dish and now I have to spent lots of work to spit out all those bones. The fish was also over fried. So disappointed, I am not going back there again. read more

I am not from Toronto nor do I live here. But everytime I come to visit my girlfriend, she always takes me here. It has yet to disappoint me so I figured it deserved at least one review from me. I wish we had a restaurant like this in NYC. The food here is simply amazing and at such great value!! Their portions are huge and always very tasty. I wish I could recommend something, but I feel like everything on the menu leaves me satisfied every time. Their congee, fried rice, stir-fry noodles are great. Their dishes are great, everything is great. Wish I could be more helpful with my review...but everything here is simply great. read more

This is my favourite place for authentic Chinese food that's family style (sharing food). The food is delicious but the service isn't the greatest. The portions are huge. I always ends up with leftovers. For the price, it's totally worth it. Some of the staff don't speak English well, so they would mess up the order when we ask for modifications. read more

-probably the busiest Congee Wong of all franchise -Spice & Pepper Pork Chop ($8.75) had even amount of the spice comprised of salt, sweet peppers and chili. The subtle spiciness was exquisite. -Beef & Veggie Rice Noodle ($8.25) leaned towards the dry end of the spectrum. But there was enough sauce to moisturize the noodles and give it flavour. Not overdone~ -Yeung Chow Fried Rice ($8.50) is an example of fried rice success. Not much oil was used. Each piece of rice was coated with egg. -Beef Mushroom Hot Plate (11.95) was sizzling hot when served. The fumes and aroma evaporating into the air made our mouths water. Scallions and Onions were used for flavour enrichment. -Vegetables with Mixed Mushroom ($9.25) was very fresh. It was a good balance to all the protein and carbohydrates ordered. Verdict: Fast meal, big portions, good price and tastes awesome. If my parents drive 30 minutes from home to eat at Congee Wong @ North York, this really is how good the food is. It is a restaurant that we specially make a trip for. read more

It's no Congee Queen, but Congee Wong has always had a place in my heart (and stomach) for 1. being the first fast-food congee place I ever ate at in the t-dot 2. being close to my home (walking distance, what!) 3. being cheap. very important during school years 4. being filling. also very important during school years 5. being tasty. MSG-laden tastiness. 6. being entertaining. I love how the servers communicate. It's no surprise that this place is always busy for reasons 3 -5 above, no matter what time of day. Obvious winners include the congee, it's crazy-full of MSG but doesn't contain ginger (shredded ginger in congee is my sworn enemy). The stir-fried turnip cakes are some of the tastiest around (again, thanks to the MSG), but it always arrives looking like mush, and you're pretty lucky if you can actually get a few cubes out in tact. Beware the shrimp in this dish is sometimes suspect. The fried noodles and rice dishes are large and plentiful. They've got quick service and are fast to refill a teapot. The place is loud, so be prepared to use your outside voice. The servers have some secret language that involves loud whispering, it's intriguing and makes me want to whisper loudly as well, just to fit in (or throw them off, whichever). Overall, it's a place to get full for cheap. It's always a staple when I'm in town for a visit; I secretly love that I hydrate really well after a meal here... read more

Disappointed with the quality of the food. Ordered the black bean lobster on noodles, and soft shell crab fried rice. Probably two of the most expensive dishes here. The rice came out dry, bland and was not steaming like other fried rice I see. The lobster dish was mostly noodles and they were cooked to mush. I'll try to not come here again. read more

Much like an average Chinese restaurant. The servers come once in a while and not the friendliest compared to other non chinese restaurants. It took several tries to get one of the servers to come take our order and get the bill afterwards. Surprisingly the food came out decently quick and one of the server even came up and apologized for one of the dish because the bok choy were not the fresh.. so we cancelled it even though it was already made. As for the noise level.. it is quite packed and loud from people conversing. Overall, it was just okay portions are decently big so I would only recommend it for cheap big group gatherings. read more

Typical greasy chinese food. This location is incredibly fast at serving the food though, faster than the other Congee Wong locations. It's also very affordable to eat here. I always get the XO Beef Rice Noodles, and it is well seasoned, but again, greasy. It can't be helped I suppose! The dish is enough for two meals. I usually buy it for lunch and eat the leftovers for dinner. The receptionist doesn't really have a customer service oriented attitude, but I didn't expect so. She was quick and efficient in taking orders from both in person and on the phone. The place gets incredibly busy at night because they are open late. I recommend this location if you're looking for a chinese food fix. I will definitely return. read more

Came late night with a few of my friends after midterms, congee Wong really gave us the experience of home cooking. The deep fried turning patties and the orange pork is definitely recommended. All the dishes come in large portions and is seasoned perfectly. read more

Pretty standard noodle, congee, fried rice fare. Outdoor chinese plaza. Nothing really memorable or outstanding about the experience.

Came here to switch it up from our go-to restaurant, Asian Legend. This place had super fast service which is great when you are hungry and for such a busy place. I've been here for Lunch and Dinner. Dinner was great, we ordered a mussel congee and the pad Thai. Both were tasty and the portions were very well sized for the price, the two plates filled us up. Came back for lunch a few days later because the service was so fast and good, it was a lot less busy during lunch hours. We ate beef with black bean sauce on rice (lunch special) and beef with mushroom on a sizzling plate. The lunch special came with a small congee soup and some greens. The congee soup wasn't to tasty and the black bean sauce didn't taste like anything.... especially not black bean sauce. The beef with mushrooms however was very tasty. Overall it's good and fast service, food is not as good (in our opinion) as the Asian Legend we go to in the same plaza...BUT our bill is a lot cheaper because the portion sizes are a lot bigger here so we order less. I will keep coming here if I need to satisfy a fast craving for Chinese food and I don't want to make a big of a dent in my wallet then I would otherwise. read more

Regularly come here when going out with the gf and her sisters. Pretty much lived up to its reputation. I found that this location is laid out exactly the same as the one in First Markham Place. The food is good, Particular favorites include the mixed bean and fungi grain fungi for myself, while my gf prefers the fried turnip cake. Most of the dishes are very well made versions of the standard chinese fare found in Markham. read more

This place is hands down my favourite when it comes to eating Chinese food: it's fast, it's cheap and it's good. There are so many options, that it doesn't matter what you're feeling for and who you're with, there will be something on the menu that will satisfy most tastebuds. My personal favourite: their Yeung Chow fried rice. I've tried this fried rice many a place, and there is nowhere better than here. Seriously. As mentioned by nearly everyone else, the line gets long during lunch, especially on weekends, so either time your meal well or get ready to wait (but it'll be worth it, so just sit tight!) read more

Portions are huge! and prices are good for what you get. They have congee, chow mein, fried rice, soup and rice noodle rolls. They also have some selection of drinks and desserts. They have round tables and booths. Service is quick. This place would be great for big family gatherings. I have been to their Promenade Mall location and although things may have changed since my last visit, this North York location is definitely better in terms of cleanliness and service than the other location. I would try their chow mein and fried rice dishes if I come here again. read more

Two words "Cantonese Chow Mein"... ok 3. Fried noodles with wonderful veggies, seafood, and sauce. Chewy to perfection. Served separately for takeout so that when you combine it - its just right. 5 stars! We also ordered several other dishes from them. The only dish that was not well received was the Singaporean rice noodles. The other dishes were mediocre but I think its also that we did not know WHAT to order. I would definitely go here again. I would definitely get recommendations on what to order. The food service is fast and efficient. read more

After a trip or feel tired, this is the type of restaurant that I will pick for congee, rice and noodle. This Congee Wong location is one of its original. The quality is one of the best amongst all Congee Wong. The congee is not just rice broiled in water. The texture is like silky cotton mixed together. This needs special treatment before boiling the congee. The Beef Brisket Lo Mein is tender. The sweet Cruller is one of my favorite. The Minced Pork with Eggplant and Salted fish Braised Vermicelli is not salty and very tasty. The quantity is huge. The price is cheap. The service is fast. This surely should be marked as a family restaurant. read more

Food is consistent and decent portion size. This restaurant (like many popular Chinese restaurants) had huge line ups during lunch and dinner rush. Food arrives super fast and satisfied my hunger. I like the garlic seafood fried rice, turnip cakes, and superbowl congee read more

In search of some Chinese comfort food, thankfully at the corner of Don Mills and Finch, Congee Wong was to the rescue. Sadly there used to be two locations in Markham that closed down, why? I am uncertain. Just a heads-up aside from the venue, the plaza where this place is located can be chaotic in search for parking due to other restaurants and a grocery store that's always busy. Obviously coming to COngee Wong we both decided to order their popular Chef's Big Bowl Congee which had a variety of seafood. 4.5/5 there was no shortage of seafood in this dish and in terms of portions, there's a lot to go around! Sticking with the game plan, you can't come to Congee Wong and NOT have their chili turnip cake, fried on the outside, but nice and warm in the inside served with some tossed spices and shrimp. 5/5 again, their portion was sufficient. We also added some steamed Chinese broccoli to keep things balanced and healthy. Overall Congee Wong wasn't a disappointment. Their food, portions, price and location is bang on! I just wish they had their Markham locations, but this will do. read more

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Great food, good service and a clean open style restaurant. Love the place.

My favorite place for chilli turnip cake. They are famous for congee but the noodle, fried rice and other side dish are really worth to try. Be aware that all food come in big portion so watch out for your order quantity or get take away food home. read more

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My first time in toronto, so i asked around where i could get some good congee. At least 4 of my friends recommended i visit congee wong if i ever make it up to north york. Fortunately, my relatives live up that way, so we were able to stop there for breakfast before my flight back to the states. Anyway, i'm a sucker for HK style breakfast, and this place hit the spot. The ambiance was clean, the lighting was bright, and the menu was large. Me and my aunt went nuts and ordered pork congee, ja leung, pork chow mein, gai lan, and salt/pepper pork chop. Little did i realize the portions were generous and the prices were inexpensive! The food was fresh but more importantly the congee was made perfectly. Like any HK style restaurant, the food came quickly and it got busy fast. I thoroughly enjoyed my last meal in toronto, and we brought tons of leftovers home. Next time i'm in toronto, i'm going there again! read more

Such good food and everything comes super fast! 4 people can have breakfast for $20. I really wish I could go every morning if I had the time. My only complaint is the long wait to get tables, but expected of such a popular place. read more

One of the best chinese restaurants ever. It opens late, they give big portions for the money you pay, and the food is delicious. The staff is quick and the food comes out quick. The interior is brightly lit and clean...it's just so awesome. I get congee take-out from here when I'm sick too. read more

This used to be my favourite location for the chains of congee restaurants, but it seems the food quality has gone from great to just very good. Their other location at hwy 7 and 404 gets tops marks now. Still, this has the same great menu (very extensive) with large portions for good prices. read more

This is my go-to Chinese restaurant in Toronto. Super casual vibe, family-oriented, and most importantly, cheap! My absolute favourite is the turnip patties; I order them every time I visit. Honourable mentions include the spicy squid, seafood super bowl congee, and Fukien-style fried rice. Portions are enormous and service is efficient. Just like you would in a diner, don't expect service to be intimate like you're dining at the Keg. However, if you're not Chinese-speaking, they do take their time to communicate with you. No worries on that front. My only negative comment would be the grease. Like a greasy spoon, Congee Wong may not be the healthiest of choices. You can definitely find healthier options, but I'd never give up a chance for turnip patties... Go big or go home. Enjoy, I highly recommend this longtime neighbourhood gem! read more

When I set down read the menu, suddenly wanted to order some food and to go. Then I told the waitress, she asked to leave the table to order the food at the cashier counter. This is totally fine for but she was laughing at me the same time. Very unprofessional, very rude! Worst waitress ever! read more

Have been coming here for a long time. Food is alway great! The lobster chow main is the best. The service is so far. We've been here so often they already know what to bring. We always have lots of leftovers, enough for the next few days! read more

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Typical chinese food at an average price. We got 4 items for takeout, signature congee, pan-fried beef rice roll, beef tendon, and oyster mushroom with "dou miu" (green sprouts). Beef tendon was done right, rest are average. Quick service but no discount when paying in cash. read more

I've been here numerous times because it is close to where I live. The food taste just okay. My bf, however, seem to love the food here (particularly the Tofu and Garoupa which he gets every single time =.=) I think this is just due to personal taste. I usually like more flavorful food, but cantonese cuisine is just milder compared to cuisines in other regions of China. However, I do appreciate that their food is not too oily or salty! -other pros: LARGE portions, large variety of congee and noodles, friendly staff -con: can become very crowded :( side dishes I've tried and liked: tofu and garoupa, house special chicken, mushroom and beef, tofu and mixed veggie congees I've tried and liked: mixed vegetable and sweetcorn, sweetcorn and beancurd. congees I've tried and disliked: sliced fish congee tastes bland.... read more