We arrived at 1:30p.m., thinking we had beat the lunch rush, and although we were right, it really…read moredidn't result in a faster meal at all. This is a very mom and pop shop, where the owners work in the restaurant and live upstairs. Since there are only two to three people working, the service is VERY slow - so you have been warned! We ordered a fu qi fei pian, mapo tofu, and a beef shank pancake/wrap. The fu qi fei pian was utterly delicious!!! It wasn't overly oily nor spicy, but the perfect balance of spicy, sour, and sweet. The peanuts were delightfully crunchy, and the tripe and beef shank were very well done as well. Definitely our favourite dish. The beef wrap came in a lovely flaky crust... but the entire execution was spoiled by the fact that the wrap came overloaded with excessive hoisin sauce. The beef taste was therefore completely masked, and all I could taste was the sickening sweetness and saltiness of the sauce. What a shame! Finally, the mapo tofu. At first taste, it was very good and tasty. However, you will notice immediately that it is quite salty! Okay to have with rice, but could definitely use some more tofu to balance out the extreme saltiness. The dishes are well done, but a bit too overpowering in flavour. The service is friendly, albeit slow. Still a good find in London!

Great flavour and good quality Right now it's only for take out but I'm still loving it. Delivery…read moreavailable on any app? I'm not sure

Just got there standard pork and cabbage dumplings. Total price about 12 Canadian dollars. Well…read moreworth it in my opinion. Authentic. Good flavor. Good amount of filling. Wrapper doesn't seem homemade but I'm okay with that. Guy at the register was nice. Small restaurant that is unpretentious. I would come back if in the area to try their other foods like the potato noodles which they are known for. It took about 10 minutes to boil these dumplings FYI.

The cold noodles/凉面 was excellent. We enjoyed the Chinese hamburger/肉夹馍 a lot as well. The spicy…read morepotato noodles are OK. my husband is not a fan of it. You have to pay cash unless you ordered more then $30.

Excellent food and great service. Good value. Quiet and clean. This is definitely a place we will…read morereturn to.

Food was delicious. The only downside was the public parking. You had too pay for parking.read more

My husband and I stopped by this place based on good reviews on Yelp…read more We ordered wontons soup, Szechuan shrimp and beef. We gave 4.5 stars on the Szechuan dishes because they were flavorful and generous portions and 3.5 stars on the wontons soups since the dough in wonton was thick and undercooked. The soup flavor was good.

Love this place for their weekday lunch special. With taxes, less than $12 and so delicious! Love…read moreeverything I've gotten there!

A really good Chinese restaurant on the West side of London Ontario, with a mix of dinner dishes,…read morenoodles, and rice and congee. The fish with 1000-year-old egg congee was top notch; the fish was gently cooked, and the amt. of preserved egg was appropriate. The congee base was strong and appropriately thick without it being stiff. The corn and taro congee had a bit less flavor. The pea pod leaf vegetable was nicely stir-fried and retained a lot of heat. My reservation is usually that the veggie becomes too oily, but this time it seemed okay. The stir-fried beef with button mushrooms was top notch; the beef was tender, and the button mushrooms provided textural contrast to the beef. The beef tendon was also really soft, in a really nice way. The shrimp with egg rice noodle is always a classic, egg gently used as a sauce and the noodle with an appropriate bite to it. The place closes down (i.e. the patrons have to leave by 9p) at 9p, which makes for a bit of a rushed dinner, so beware.

Food was good but service was poor…read more Their menu was expansive. They have a chef recommendation page. However multiple items listed were not available and the price shown was often lower than the actual price. This is misleading to customers. In terms of service the staff were rude and short. They obviously wanted me to order as fast as possible and leave. I ended up with the chow fen And I added extra beef for about 9 CAD. Pleasantly the portion was much larger than I thought and they definitely added extra beef. It is an oily and noodle and beefy dish with good flavor. Not exactly the healthiest but I was craving this and it satisfied the craving. I might come back next time if I knew what I wanted ahead of time so I can skip the rude staff.

This was our second visit to this location of Ben Thanh. Our first visit was 10 or so years ago and…read morewe remembered enjoying it, so we thought we'd go back. Unfortunately, this visit to this location didn't live up to our expectations. We both ordered vermicelli dishes which arrived promptly after we ordered. They looked pretty on par with the vermicelli at the other Ben Thanh locations. We both had shrimp on a sugarcane and honestly it just tasted strange. This is something I order at least 3 times a month and have done for many years, so I know how it's supposed to taste. First of all, it was about 80% sugarcane and 20% shrimp, but it was very dry and hard. The flavour was very earthy and not at all shrimp-like. The meatballs were fine and the spring rolls tasted good although they were very oily. The grilled pork was also tasty but very dry and overcooked. We were both extremely surprised that there were no bean sprouts, no mint and no chopped peanuts. The decor was in need of an upgrade. The stairs down to the washroom and the whole downstairs was very dirty. The floor in the ladies' room was sticky. The vermicelli dishes were more than $10 each, which is very expensive compared to the many other Vietnamese restaurants we frequent regularly. And the food honestly wasn't nearly as good. Based on this visit, we won't be returning to Ben Thanh's London location.

The food here is actually excellent. One bite of the fried wonton appetizer and you swear that the…read moreworld is at peace. They also offer free parking, which is great for Donwtown London. The only really downside is the fact that the servers take a pretty long time to get to you and they rarely check back to see if you need anything else. With that being said, I come here at least once a week. I can't help it, I fall weak at even the whisper of Pho or a Vermicelli bowl, and they do a pretty great job at making it too. What I personally didn't like though was the Pad Thai. I may be alone on this one though, because I've seen several people order it here and no one seems to have a problem with it. I like my Pad Thai less sweet. That's ok though, I really love the Vietnamese food here.

It was a challenge to find something both healthy and flavorful at Covent Garden Market. No, I'm…read morenot talking about London, England. I'm talking about London, Ontario, where Jamie W. and I stopped on a road trip from Toronto back to Detroit. There were several food court options, but most were in the more calorific range. I ended up at this strange hybrid between a fish & chips shop and a Korean fast food stop. Thus the name. I ordered the $8.95 Beef Bulgogi Bibimbap and asked them if they could replace the rice with a salad. To their credit, they complied after some discussion, but the result was lacking - stone cold and gooey with a teriyakis-style sauce (photo: http://bit.ly/3b8hVOS). Well, at least it came with complimentary miso soup. Oh wait, that was lukewarm. FOOD - 2 stars...cold bibimbap didn't work for me AMBIANCE - 2 stars...pretty crowded with not much seating in that market hall SERVICE - 3 stars...special orders don't upset them TOTAL - 2 stars....not karmically Korean RELATED - Traveling to Toronto? Here's a collection of places I've visited and reviewed: http://bit.ly/2LETSfV

the good: - no-frills food stall and fish market…read more- excellent fish and chips - fresh halibut! and non-greasy fries - flavorful pork korean bbq - tip: if you like daikon radish kimchi you can ask for "mukimchi along with your dish (according to google the official name is Kkakdugi which is cubed radish kimchi) the not so good: - still ruminating...

Within walking distance of the Hilton Double Tree, Budweiser Gardens, and other attractions. There…read moreare quite a few restaurants around that compete for attention, but we are happy that we stopped in. The atmosphere is cozy! We ordered the #2 and #4 lunch combos. The General Taos chicken was the best we've ever had, and the rice was delicious. Be wary of the noodle portions, it was huge! But very tasty. Don't order them unless you have a big appetite!

I came here after passing by the restaurant many times and wondering what the Chinese food was…read morelike. I ordered the Ma Po Tofu without the customary pork meat included in it, some plain rice, and veggie spring rolls. Ma Po Tofu without meat is probably my favourite Chinese dish, or in the top three, and this place prepared it really well. It was like I had ordered it in back in China. There isn't much I can say about the veggie spring rolls or the plain rice I ordered. They were standard items that anyplace could offer. The Ma Po Tofu had the really soft type of tofu that almost melts in your mouth. It was great - very different from the kind of tofu we get in the grocery store. Ma Po Tofu is a spicy dish - so have some cold liquids close.