I happened to finally try out this place on my way home from work to avoid the traffic on Highway 7. It was a Friday night around 6 pm and there were only 2 tables occupied. The cafe itself is quite spacious with many seats, and it is self serve where you pay upfront and they bring you the order. We waited at the front desk area, and the staff basically ignored us for over 10 minutes before taking our order. The lady at the front looked really annoyed and greeted us with no smile or expression. I don't expect excellent service at a HK cafe, but thought at least they could be polite or courteous. We ordered the baked tomato pork chop with rice, which did not include a drink unlike other HK cafes in Markham. The rice was very dry and the pork chop was too hard that we could not finish. The satay beef with noodle was also nothing special. We also asked for additional utensils to share when they brought over the order, but the waitress rudely said we have to get it ourselves. This is probably because this is a self serve and they do not get any tips for doing that. They should just tell customers to pick up the food themselves and leave the utensils visible at the front so that people can easily get it . The award winning milk tea was good, but too sweet for my taste. I probably won't come out of my way to return again. read more

I've been to Marathon Cafe many times at their Scarborough location. I see that they have expanded their menu to include additional food items, cool beans. This morning, I decided to grab a few milk teas for my office. I know that prices have gone up, and that's okay, inflation is here, we get it. It was still warm when I brought the drinks to our office and here we are, all sipping the milk tea. After about half an hour, I felt a surge of energy. I'm not a coffee drinker because I can't take too much caffeine. All of us kind of stared at each other, these drinks are no joke, it's PACKED with caffeine. I'm giving this 4 stars because these drinks are not watered down, it was so strong, all of us were high strung for hours LOL. Though you might call us weak sauce, I'd say this is milk tea on caffeine steroids. Anyhow, if you are weary, just order a size small for a try. read more

Amazing customer service !! Consistency and great customer service are very important to me and this cafe definitely offer both. read more

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All these hype about Marathon Cafe's winning Milk Tea maybe hard to understand. This newest Marathon Cafe in Richmond Hill though is one of the nicest Hong Kong Style Cafe to chill... It operates more like a self serve coffee shop where you order and pay for your food, pick up your drinks and the food will deliver to your table. This location is a lot more spacious than Scarborough. +0.5 Free Wifi! and Chinese TV program for you to enjoy. Food is so so and with a limited menu. I wish my tea is served in a real "HK Milk Tea Style" cup... Milk tea quality can be a hit or miss... since the winner is not really at the counter and make that winning tea for you when you visit! Cash Only! read more

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I have mixed feelings about this place. There were times when the service was non-existent to the point that our orders were missed, and other times the service was fine. The best value imo here if you have a party of two who are not too hungry or a party of one who's hungry is to get the toasted bun with the hk milk tea combo and a order of their herbal chicken noodles. The herbal noodles is not for everyone though, only if you like chinese medicinal flavour, and they do put in the Chinese wine (fa diu) and you can certainly taste it. I loved the type of mushroom they put in here as well. read more

Marathon Cafe - Fave combo here: herbal chicken noodles and hk style milk tea - Bakeries Near Me - Richmond Hill, Ontario

With food, relatively cheaper than other places but nothing too out of the ordinary. I would probably go to other places at New Kennedy, but being one of the few HK cafes within the region, it is not a bad place to quickly grab a bite. Slightly oily for my liking and less about quality, but their steak sizzling plate is a decent portion. Overall food portions are decent as well. In terms of their HK milk tea, I actually prefer it mixed with their coffee to get the yin yuan over their renown milk tea, which I find to be nothing special. Not necessarily that smooth and silky as HK milk tea is known for, but perhaps a bit smoother than other HK cafes around the area. read more

One of the best milk teas in the city! It has a super strong black tea flavor but also silky smooth. I get mine without sugar so it packs an even stronger punch. When I'm feeling under the weather, this is a great place to grab their hot honey lemon ginger tea (not actual tea, just the above ingredients steeped and boiled in water). Their egg sandwiches are good too. Simple yet delicious! read more

Marathon Cafe - Bakeries Near Me - Richmond Hill, Ontario

Their milk tea is award winning! Their original location is in Scarborough on midland. Love their milk teas - im addicted (: havent tried their food however as it doesnt look that appetizing read more

Marathon Cafe - Bakeries Near Me - Richmond Hill, Ontario

Ordered luncheon meat + 2 fried eggs w toast n milk tea $5 + macaroni in soup w ham +$3. My macaroni seems a little under cook. Other than that food was good. Quick service. Free Wi-Fi. read more

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For a place that is known for their milk tea, I decided to give the food a try too, with the assumption that it would at least taste decent. Turns out I was wrong about the food. Super disappointing, we ordered baked chicken with tomato sauce on rice. The rice wasn't cooked so it was hard. Who would've thought that such a simple ingredient could turn out so horrible. The dish was also tasteless, even though I added a bunch of sat to it, it still tasted terrible. We also ordered teriyaki sauce with diced up beef. The rice was from the same batch so it was also uncooked. For this dish the teriyaki sauce was too salty. Finally, we had satay beef instant noodles, and that was bad too... definitely could have made it better at home. Now onto the service, I complained about the uncooked rice and tasteless baked rice to one of the servers, she asked me if I wanted to switch to spaghetti. Of course I didn't want to because the dish was tasteless to begin with. I chose a different something else, and when they brought it to the table, she literally put it down and walked away. Not even a sorry or anything that 2/3 of our dishes had raw rice in it. Definitely would never ever come back again, worst cafe ever. read more

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The food is really good here and the milk tea is probably the best around there. However, i am giving 3 stars because i feel they can improve on the cleanliness of the restaurant. Recently i found and aunt floating in my milk tea drink :( read more

I randomly stumbled upon this on yelp, and was craving a Hong Kong milk tea, so I made the trip to get some and it was so worth it! The food is just ok. We got the spaghetti bolognese, poutine with the bolognese sauce on it, and the beef brisket rice noodle. Would come back just for the milk tea, or to try the other stuff on menu. 5 stars for milk tea (kind of pricey) 3 for food read more

I ordered the Baked Triple Cheese on Meat Sauce over Rice. I had high expectations because I have heard so many good things. First impression is the portion is decent for the price. Overall I was impressed with the taste as the meat sauce and cheese was perfectly broiled. There certainly was enough for the rice, which is important because the one downside was it was not fried rice (炒底) but plain rice. Perhaps there us an option but it wasn't shown in menu. I also ordered a litre of which cold milk tea compliment the meal. The tea was rich and very flavourful. The meal reminded me of Hong Kong again. read more

They are famous for their milk tea, you will see as they advertise throughout their store. I like their satay beef with instant noodles combo, it also comes with egg sandwich and milk tea. It's pricy compare to other HK cafes but their flavour should be one of the best in Markham. Would definitely recommend. read more

Marathon Cafe - Cold milk tea and satay beef instant noodles soup - Bakeries Near Me - Richmond Hill, Ontario

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I am a regular here in Marathon. Their top seller is obviously the milk tea, which sets the heart racing with caffeine. The perfect start to the day. If it was just milk tea it would be 5 star. The food here is always a little off. So this is really a place for me to get a small breakfast or snack. If they ever improved it would be a go to place. However, it's been like this for a while so not likely. Price point is pretty decent too. It is kids friendlish. I wish I could give it a higher rating but people should come and tyy it out regardless. I can see it being a go to place for some people. read more

Ok....now I know this place is supposed to have THE best hong king milk tea... .....and... THE STORIES ARE TRUE!!! OMG...best HK milk tea I have had in the city. And I have had HK milk tea in Toronto, Mississauga, Scarborough & one place in Richmond Hill. It was $3 for a small milk tea which is pricy but it is so worth it!! read more

The club sandwich review continues! My husband has a unwavering and constant craving for club sandwiches and HK milk tea. We stopped at Marathon because they still have the strongest HK milk tea in the GTA and we were desperate for caffeine. I ordered an instant noodle with pieces of corn beef in a scrambled fried egg, nothing spectacular to rave about. The club sandwich today was subpar. They ran out of their usual club sandwich meat by 1pm so we ordered the pork club sandwich. For some unknown reason, the sandwich seems more meager than their usual club. It only contained a slice of ham and a small piece of fried pork. Definitely not worthy of $8.50 (including a small tea). 3.5 stars / 5 - mainly because of their HK milk tea. read more

Marathon Cafe - Pork club sandwich $8.50 for the combo including a small HK milk tea. Picture is missing one quarter of a sandwich - Bakeries Near Me - Richmond Hill, Ontario

Came to try the HK style milk tea and milk tea/coffee as recommended by a friend. They also won an award for the milk/tea coffee. In my opinion, they are both just average and nothing special. Purchased medium cups for both and about a third of the cup is filled with evvaporated milk. But the drink itself did not taste very creamy. Also, the tea taste was not very strong. $7.50 for both cups. Plenty of other places in TO for a good HK style milk tea in my opinion. read more

Marathon Cafe - Bakeries Near Me - Richmond Hill, Ontario

The Milk Tea is very smooth and creamy! No wonder it is awarded! Need to come and get a second cup. This restaurant also offers a good variety of HKStyle breakfasts. It also has a tv playing TV programs un Hong Kong and offers free wifi but the wifi never works. I ordered a typical Hong Kong style breakfast, 1 sausage, 2 slices of ham, a few bacons, 2 eggs, fries, and two slices of bread. There are a little bit of everything on the plate. The quality of the breakfast is not super good and it's a bit pricey to its quality but the tea is amazing. I will come back for the tea but don't recommend the food there. read more

I was looking for hk style Cafe breakfast this morning and this was one of the top reviewed cafes in the area. After reading all the reviews I wasn't impressed at all. I don't know why everyone is giving this place five stars. I did see a lot of people praising the milk tea but in my opinion it wasn't award winning good. The food is really small portioned and not impressive at all. My husband and I ordered the sausage omelette, luncheon meat and egg instant noodles, ham and egg sandwich and pork chop thousand Island bun (yes, we eat a lot lol) . The bread, fries and hashbrown taste like supermarket bought I also find the restaurant dirty. I sat at one table and had to move immediately cause I could smell the toilet from the table. They are very under staffed where there was 3 tables that were not cleaned and I had to tell the waiter to pick up the previous customers dirty dishes so I could use the table. Don't think I'll be coming back here even though the selection of dishes are a lot of my hk style fav dishes. read more

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Yeah finally opened in Richmond Hill! opened 2 days ago, located across from Moxies, Jack Astors and etc.. The milk tea is so gooood! A *must try *...tea base is very bold... As to the breakfast... just not there.. I can't have my luncheon meat deep fried... oh please.. why is my luncheon meat deep fried... sighs... It's suppose to be pan fried.. it's half self served like the one in Scarborough, you go and buy your food at the counter and pay. Your food will be bought to you shortly.. The food needs to be improved. I'm giving it a 4-star is ONLY becuz of the milk tea... maybe I'm being biased.. But just come and buy the milk tea.. you won't regret it! read more

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After reading all the reviews regarding this place, we had to stop by and try this award winning milk tea for ourselves. We didn't have any of their menu items, just strictly went there for their milk tea. The milk tea was very strong and rich. For those who are not familiar with the taste, one cup could make you very full as the evaporated milk is very creamy. The milk tea was so strong that I had to add much more sugar than normal to take away the bitterness. Would I return, no, not likely, as there are other just as good restaurants that also serve award winning milk tea. read more

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i must be high. but i did not enjoy it here at all. ordered pork chop bun with milk tea, approx $5. my wonderbread nontoasted sandwich had porkchop not even covering half my sandwich and acted more like a garnish (basically eatting straight up wonderbread-no exagerration!). truly disappointing. i know, i must have ordered the wrong thing, but this just ruined my first impression. they shouldn't even be serving anything like this AT ALL on the menu. milk tea, which is what it's known for, is a strong cup of milk tea, if that's how you roll, you'll love it here. (surprisingly, comes in different sizes) also this is not a standard diner, the way it works is you order and seat yourself in which they bring over the food once it's ready (or/and call out you're number). parking: 5/5 ample location: 3/5 meh uptown near chako/destiny plaza food: 1/5 atmosphere: 2 standard ghetto diner, nothing special read more

Marathon Cafe - Pork chop bun $4.95 with tea.Not recommended! Untoasted wonder bread with a lil pork chop garnish. Milk tea overrated - Bakeries Near Me - Richmond Hill, Ontario

Came for a cheap dinner with my brother and sister in-law. It wasn't hard to find, but all the higher end restaurants across the street overshadow this small cafe (Keg, Alice fazooli's, etc). I ordered the Tuesday special, which was the 豬排飯 (pork chop rice). On the menu, it looked very appetizing with a lot of colours (veggies). We were ready to place our orders, so we waited at the table.. Not knowing we had to go up to order. We got a little agitated and I walked up to the counter. I realized a medium sized sign that read "Order Here". So that kind of diffused my anger after I realized we had made the mistake. They didn't take long to make our food. I'd say about 6-8 minutes and they had our food ready. Unfortunately, it wasn't what I was expecting. After seeing the menu photo and the actual dish that was in front of me, I quickly regret choosing this place to eat. I had a choice between The Keg and this, but I decided this.. And I was SO WRONG. My pork chop rice wasn't very appetizing after all.. And all the veggies in the menu photo.. LIES! I didn't have a single green on my plate. Not even frozen veggies for goodness sake. Utterly disappointed.. Fortunately, their saving grace arrived in the form of a HK milk tea. It was gold.. I'd buy 5 more and fill my stomach with that than the pork chop. 1 star for price and 1 for milk tea PS: if you are deciding between two restaurants and one of them is this, I'd recommend you choose the other.. Lol read more

The iced milk tea here is sooo good. I travel a bit of ways to indulge in this. Haven't tried any of the food here, they have an extensive hk diner style menu. read more

Everything was pretty good here. The milk tea is a must-try, however, I think the location at midland and finch serves better (tea flavor is stronger imo). I ordered pineapple bun and beef noodle soup. The serving size was huge and it was under $10. The pineapple bun could've been served warmer so that the butter could melt into the bread. Food comes out quick so you won't have to starve waiting for food :) read more

Came here and studied with a friend. There's not really any service, you have to go up to the counter to order and then they'll call you when your food is ready. In our case, we both got the milk tea and it was ready right away. I think the Scarborough location's milk tea is better than this one. Even though it's the same store and probably the same recipe, I still think it tasted better...The store was pretty busy when we were there, a lot of couples and families coming in for a quick lunch and take-out. Overall, you can expect a decent cup of milk tea here. I didn't get to try the food, but will definitely check it out next time. read more

Marathon Cafe - Inside of the restaurant, right before the lunch rush - Bakeries Near Me - Richmond Hill, Ontario

I was served raw chicken and have so many questions, but most importantly... how could you possibly not see that this chicken is completely raw when plating for your customers? Not acceptable whatsoever. read more

Marathon Cafe - Raw hainan chicken... - Bakeries Near Me - Richmond Hill, Ontario

Just common HK milk tea, not good not bad!! I don't like the take out cup for milk tea! I just think I'm in Tim Horton ! Food only 1 star, my mother did better than here! Service = No Service = Tim Horton = Mc Donald = Burger King = ....... When we ate, there were some guys to fix the waste pipe! So disgusting smell! read more

Came here to try the food once more. Thought that last time was a one off but no. I have now tried 6 dishes from here and the food is absolute crap. Today I ordered the special. Black pepper sauce pork chop on rice. It wasn't cheap at $7.50. The pork chops were thin, fatty and tasteless. The black pepper sauce was the thickest, dollop of sauce ever. It didn't taste too bad but the consistency was dreadful. In the middle of the rice was a hard ball of rice crust.(faan jeew). My kids got preserved veg & pork vermicelli. It was really greasy but was a decent sized bowl and tasted ok. I will not be returning here ever again. The food is dreadful. Somebody else mentioned that they had the special today, and they have stomach ache. I have an iron stomach, thank God. You can get much tastier food from food courts. Even the food at Kitchen M is ten times better than here. read more

Marathon Cafe - preserved veg & pork vermicelli and black pepper sauce pork chop with rice. - Bakeries Near Me - Richmond Hill, Ontario

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Any craving for HK style milk tea, this is the place to be. After shopping at the liquidation sale, it was time for this. The servers were really friendly with a casual ambience. I was surprise that they sell lottery tickets here as well. The pineapple bun with butter was good. Along with the silky and velvety HK style milk tea, it was just perfect to finish my afternoon off. Love this place! read more

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We really like coming here for a quick casual meal! The value for one is really great, all meals are under $15 and pretty much everything comes with a drink. The milk tea is really good, better than most places and the food isn't bad! The restaurant has a fast-food feel to it, you order at the front cashier and they bring your food to you. The people working there are generally friendly, we've never had any issues with service. For around $30 you can really have a large meal for 2. For this price we got the satay beef and noodle soup combo which came with a cold milk tea, an egg sandwich and the noodle soup for $8.99. The egg sandwich was surprisingly delicious and the beef soup wasn't bad, not very salty which was good. We also had the mixed meat sizzling platter which came with a good portion of steak, pork chop, chicken and a hot dog, on a pile of fries, some corn and a tomato, covered in their black pepper gravy. This meal also came with a drink and spaghetti, which unlike a lot of HK cafes actually has tomato sauce on it and can be eaten on its own. It's really a ridiculous amount of food and most of it was actually quite delicious! The food is pretty good considering the price. You really can't expect to get a keg quality steak at McDonalds prices, but for the prices, the flavour and freshness are pretty good! We also had the coke float which was standard but still a nice treat. The restaurant isn't very pretty, but it's passable and clean enough if you're used to Chinese restaurants. Posters of their menu cover most of the walls, there are also TVs playing Chinese shows. We will definitely be back, the breakfast seems interesting and we really enjoyed our meals there which we would get again! read more

It's quick and fast. Same Cha Chaan Tangs like the ones around the city except it has a more "fast food" feeling to them. Lots of booth seats (and roomy too). Food is what it is. HK milk tea may say their award wining, but it tastes at par with others like "Leslie Cafe" (Finch/Leslie), Phoenix (Bayview/407, Steeles/Woobine) etc. read more

MY FAVOURITE HONG KONG CAFE! I love this place so much! Every time I walk in the door I'm greeted by the friendly manager's face! The way to order at this place is to walk up to the counter order your food and pay, and then they will bring your food to your table. I always get the baked pork chop here it is 10/10! Their milk tea is so good, there is a reason they won #1 in a milk tea competition! AND THE BEST PART IS THEIR PRICES ARE SO CHEAP! I highly recommend this place! read more

Marathon Cafe - 8.99 for this huge portion! - Bakeries Near Me - Richmond Hill, Ontario

I ordered a cold HK milk tea and condensed milk and butter bun for $4.25. The bun was actually a burger bun which was kind of unusual. The salty buttery taste and sweet condensed milk was nice. The cold HK milk tea was okay. It had a slight bitter aftertaste and grittiness as expected. The cafe is small with a lot of seating. Menus and specials posters are all over the walls. The lighting is not ideal for pictures. The place is quite busy for a small cafe in a business area on a Saturday afternoon. It's not service intensive but it's okay. You order at the back counter and then take your seat. The servers bring your order to your table and eventually take away plates. There is free wifi! Pw: hkmilktea Not many other benefits here compared to other cafes. read more

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I come here only for their milk tea and toasted bun with condensed milk and butter, Love their milk tea; both hot and cold. Cold milk tea with ice cream is yummmm Tried honey drink with ginger; not bad. ** Free French Toast or Toasted bun with condensed milk and butter on birthday with ID - dine in only ** Just noticed this birthday freebie when waiting for take out today : ) read more

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I noticed this place while driving to dim sum. Marathon sounded familiar and then I realized this was the place for the famous, award winning HK milk tea. While we waited for our table at the super busy dim sum place, I was tempted so I stopped by for some take out tea. OMGEE I am glad I did...this cup of milk tea is bomb!! Soooo smooth, so good. I'm already thinking if my next cup while finishing my first cup...!! Side note: this place seems to be good for HK style food. From what I can see on the menu, you get all the good stuff- all day breakfast, baked rice/pasta, sizzling plates, sandwiches, instant noodles etc. When I visited, the place was quite busy as well. Can't wait till I come back for the ohh so smooth tea and food! read more

I got Pineapple bun with pork chop comb (fries + milk tea). Love everything here! The bun was soooo soft, and the pork is fresh and tasty！They serve the best milk tea in this area! And the fries are crispy, even better than McDonald's ( I love their fries very much! ) read more

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The menu is definitely overpriced! A combo of satay noodles, egg sandwich and mike tea costs $10 compares $7 in a sit down HK style restaurant! This place is a food court style but the price is like a sit down restaurant! I don't feel anything special in their milk tea ! I would not go back at all ! read more

After Dim Sum at Dragon , I discovered this little gem and stopped in for a cup of iced HK style milk tea and coffee/tea mixed. Both excellent. Milk tea was silky smooth. Wonderful. Don't mind a cup every morning. The stars are milk tea and Hk style toasted bun. Everything else is a-ok! read more

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