Efficient and authentic. In an effort to maximize efficiency, they only allow you to reserve a table if your entire party is present. This was a bit bothersome at first because the restaurant was extremely busy and we just wanted to get our name on the waitlist. However, during the wait, we realized that the restaurant was a revolving door, and that customer sitdown times were not too long. When the 3rd member of our party finally arrived, we only had to wait a couple minutes before being seated. We just came here for some snacks while waiting for our reservation at Inspire down the street. We ordered the popcorn chicken, skewer chicken and Taiwanese sausage. All 3 items were out within 5 minutes. The Taiwanese chicken came out first - this dish was just okay. It was just one sausage, thinly sliced and presented on a bed of lettuce. Tasted good but not a must-order. Next came the popcorn chicken - a dish I believe to be one of their staple items. By far, this was the best popcorn chicken I've ever tasted. Batter was fantastic and the chicken was nice and moist. The skewer chicken came last. It was fried with some seaweed, mayo, and wasabi sauce. This was also very good. Each item was $5. For some quick, authentic Taiwanese snacks, Pa Pa Chang's definitely gets the job done. read more

My Wife and I were interested in trying something different from our usually chinese/japanese eating spots. So we Googled cheap eats in our area and Pa Pa Chang's on 16th Ave was on the list so we decided to give it a shot. Place was a little small for seating arrangement however. On our arrival the place was near packed, we were lucky to get a seat upon our arrival. My wife decided on a Bento box with braised pork and I opted for a rice bowl with Minced pork and Taiwanese sausage. Def worth return visit for the Taiwanese Sausage (at least for me, wife was so-so on the sausage) For Filipino readers, the sauce in the rice dish I ordered might remind you of an Asado flavored sauce. To say the least we were skeptical on the portions. The price was right for our budget. However upon finishing the meal, we realized we were really full and we were more than satisfied with the meal. So don't let the visual perception of the portioning fool you. Oddly enough 2 nights previous we went to a Korean BBQ resto for dinner and we were actually more full with eating less food after dining at Pa Pa Chang's. Which is interesting to note. we learned there is a branch at Pacific Mall, so we shall take a visit to that spot on our next outing for Taiwan/Japan munchies. We are looking forward to trying their popcorn chicken! We like drinking water with our meals usually, and it was really appreciated that at least the Highway 16 location of Pa Pa Chang's offers filtered water and not from tap. So kudos to Pa Pa Chang's on their offering of good tasting water. Worth the trip, 45--50 min with weekend traffic. we are crossing our fingers that the Pacific Mall Pa Pa Chang's is just as enjoyable. read more

Oh Papa!!! Finally a decent restaurant serving decent Taiwanese food. If only they weren't so far, I would totally be there all the time! This little joint on the corner of 16th and Markham Road is staffed with an experienced chef who has worked at Destiny for years. As you may have already heard, Destiny is owned by Taiwanese people and they've trained this chef well...to the point where they definitely serve extremely better food than destiny. How? To be honest I have no idea... At any rate, I have had to fortune of trying many things in this restaurant: - beef noodle soup: awesome. - taiwanese bbq pork (deep fried pork belly): amazing - boiled veggie A in bbq pork sauce: as taiwanese as you can get! - braised intestine: mmmmmmmmmm, MMmMmmmM, MMMMMMMMMMM!! - popcorn chicken: great - minced pork rice: good - fish and chicken on a skewer with wasabi: meh Okay, I think I'm done here. Looking for taiwanese street food? stop by. it's about as good as you can get in Toronto. read more

Attentive service, though it almost felt that the staff was rushing us to order right after we sat down. Portions were smaller than expected for the price but food was delicious. Would try other items if on the area but probably not trek out on purpose for Taiwanese popcorn chicken that's the same quality as any Tenren. read more

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Taiwanese food is rare to find in Markham and Richmond Hill area (other than bubble tea places). Which is surprising since there's so many of them here. Attracted by the raving reviews, I decided to try what ''authentic taiwanese food is like'' One of the item of the menu that can be agreed by all fellow Yelpers is the infamous Taiwanese popcorn chicken. I've had popcorn chicken in bubble tea places but it seems like a mediocre food to me until I discovered Papa Changs! Generous portions of perfectly seasoned, freshly battered thick chicken pieces with some rice. You'd think they would use white meat that usually comes out dry but they fried it jsut enough for the meat to perfectly break up... for a hefty steal for under 10$ !!! read more

Awesome Taiwanese dishes and some pretty decent Japanese dishes too. Here are the reviews of the things I had: a) Milk Black Tea w/ Tapioca - This bubble tea is a little on the sweet side and they have the small tapioca as opposed to the traditional tapioca. Luckily, I requested that the drink be less sweet (siu teem) and they were able to do that. The tea itself is okay but I tend to like my bubble tea with a stronger taste of the tannins and I felt it was more milky than tea. b) Popcorn chicken - DELICIOUS! A must-have at this place. It was just the right amount of crispiness. It is definitely one of my favourite dishes there. c) Taiwanese sausage - Another great dish! I really wish they had garlic slices to accompany it because garlic and that sausage is a great complement of each other to off-set the saltiness of the sausage. However, it was still very good without the garlic :) d) Takoyaki - This was a very typical takoyaki dish. It wasn't particularly special nor was it particularly bad. I think that when I go there next time, I may stick to their Taiwanese dishes only. e) Fried Tofu - Also a pretty ordinary dish. Overall, the place is extremely busy and it's not a place for you to go and sit down and chat & catch up. There are lots of people waiting and they need to be able to flip those tables fast so that they can give everyone a chance to enjoy their yummy food ^-^. I highly recommend coming here if you want to get great Taiwanese snacks for way cheaper prices than Ten Ren's or other places like that! read more

The food was okay okay average, i liked it but my boyfriend didn't fancy that much. Portions are small, food was very salty, the space was very small and uncomfortable, cramped. And the price is slightly higher than we expected. I didn't mind becuz i am kinda used to Taiwanese food, but wudnt eat it everyday or every week. But the service was great, very friendly people. read more

Not a bad place for the price. The food wasn't super memorable. Yes, it's traditional to a certain degree, but definitely not up to the standards of what you get in Taiwan. First order up, sausage & pork with fermented cabbage rice. Sausage was good, but not the best. The minced pork wasn't marinated really well and just not done the way they do it in Taiwan. I could taste the freezer taste of the meat. But for $4.50, you can't expect too much, I guess. Second order, special house beef noodle. Too sweet for my taste. Beef was not tender, and it was also a bit dry. But again, for $5.99, you get what you paid for. Third order, shrimp wonton in soup. The shrimps was not fresh. They didn't bother taking the "long-black-intestine-looking-thing" out of the shrimp, and that is my pet peeve!!! But hey, for $3.50, you can't complain much. I can see why people would like this place. It's cheap, fast, and you get sizable portions. But definitely not "good" or "fresh" quality food. I guess I'm picky. Where cheap Asia street eats taste already pretty amazing. I came thinking there was a hidden traditional Taiwanese jewel gem hidden outside of Toronto, but sadly, disappointed. I don't think I will ever make that 35 min drive out here again for the food ever and settle for Tai Ping Hsiang instead, at MetroSquare. read more

Perhaps I didn't order the dishes their known for, but based on what I ordered I was not impressed. The menu looked interesting enough. The two mains that were ordered included the curry chicken on rice and their highly recommended beef noodle soup. Side dishes included chicken skewers and fried pot stickers. The curry chicken on rice tasted as if it was packaged curry. Certainly nothing home made about it. It was mushy and got boring real quick. The highly regarded beef noodle soup I found to not have any unique flavours to it. I'm not so sure what all the hype has been about tbh. As for the two sides we ordered I wasn't too fond of the chicken skewers which were mostly mushy and comprised of mystery meat and the pot stickers were average at best. For a restaurant to be so highly reviewed and yet barely make my expectations I'm not sure what to think. Perhaps I was there on an off day? By no means am I a professional food critique, but seriously, you had to be there that meal! Would I try this place again? Ironically I would. I find it hard to believe that this place comes with such high regard, yet barely makes mediocre expectation. BTW, they DO take resos. (sorta) Call ahead! read more

I'm going to keep this one short and to the point. This USED to be my go-to fix for Taiwanese food. Recently when I visited, their quality has unfortunately gone down and portions are a lot smaller, yet prices have gone up. When you do the math, it just doesn't add up. Not quite sure if we'd choose to come back here again. read more

It's my first time sat down and left the store without ordering food. The woman is ridicule and the service was very bad. I have a table of 3 but the third person is on the way, that woman gave us a table of 3 and we're in rush so I was going to order first and the waitress said 'you can't order until everyone here and it is a policy don't u know that '. It's ridiculous ..when the third person came we left. I wouldn't go this place anymore! read more

Excellent taiwanese food Its not become my go to taiwanese resturant as i enjoy something called a guan dong ju, or team buck lat. note those are from cantonese pronuciation and probably called something different in mandarin. Though for taiwanese noodles, i would suggest somewhere else as their rice is much better than their noodles. read more

Quick service on a Thursday night - but the restaurant fills up quickly since its such a tiny place! Came here around 6pm and about 15 minutes later there was already a lineup! Super cheap and quick taiwanese food. I got the satay beef noodle bowl and for how large and filling the bowl is, it was worth the $6! Nothing is too too special about it; it just tastes good. I DO NOT recommend the japanese tako pan cake (okonamayaki thing) - that was just not good at all. I don't even know why i bothered getting that at a taiwanese restaurant. However, I do recommend trying the meat floss pancake. Now that was 10000x better and super good! read more

It was jam packed when we went around 7:30pm, restaurant was tiny with limited tables.20 mins wait but the food was good. ordered the minced beef, Taiwanese sausage with rice and a side order of popcorn chicken which was nice and crispy. Overall service was good, food was delicious and cheap!.. just expect to wait during dinner time. read more

Cheapest and fulfilling Taiwanese food. Their minced pork and braised pork rice taste very authentic. Actually all of their food are very close to what I had in Taiwan. read more

Great place, clean, cheap and delicious. Had 4 item, and all are amazing. .................................

Very good Taiwanese restaurant. The place is very small and one of the server is very rude (your group must all present in order to seat you, no exception). Overall service is okay except the old gentleman. I like their dish is small and tasty. You could try more items in this size. The price is reasonable and I definitely will come back again!! read more

Delicious Taiwanese food, every time I am in the area I would go and eat there. The price is good, the food is delicious, and the portion can satisfy me after a long day of fishing at lake Simcoe. read more

Eh. I don't get why this place has so many stars. We got in on Saturday around 12:30pm and had an easy 3-5 min wait. We ordered the popcorn chicken, deep fried squid falls & the pork belly rice. The popcorn chicken is was too breaded and not flavorful enough. The squid balls were good. The rice was just okay / just okay not amazing. Pork wasn't tender enough, flavor was okay/nice but didn't wow me. Overall it was okay, but just okay and that's surprising considering it has so many stars! Maybe it's considered good for Toronto standards, but I could get better at home. Oh, great prices though. read more

One of the best smaller Asian restaurant in Markham. Discovered it during their grand opening and it was fantastic. The service was what really made me say "wow". Employees were very courteous, kind and very well mannered. Coming to a small restaurant, good food wasn't something I had in mind, but PaPa Chang really changed my mind. The food was superb and in very generous portions. I'd say I eat a lot, but it was big enough even for me. read more

PaPa Chang's - Awesome rice! - Taiwanese Near Me - Markham, Ontario

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My favourite place for Taiwanese food. My go tos are the popcorn chicken, beef noodle soup, minced meat with sauasge with rice, and their vegetable dish. Some great sharing options are the pancake rolls, intestines, and skewers. Everything is really good and pretty cheap for the portions. Be prepared for a wait during peak hours, but worth the wait! read more

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I heard good things about the food and cheap price but it wasn't as good as I'd expected. (well, rice and chicken were okay but noodles were definitely disappointing) Beef Noodles - as soon as I had my first bite, I looked at my friend and immedietly I knew we were thinking the same thing - Overcooked! I strongly dislike soggy noodles so this was the first disappointment. I felt the soup was a bit oily but the beef was ok. (Especially just after trying Mei Nung beef noodle recently, i think that place is better) Pork Rice - pork is cubed (hand-cut?) rather than minced. Quite flavorful and tasty, home-y feel, and cheap for only $3.50! but I wish it would include an egg! Fried dumplings - quite soupy inside. friend liked the sauce Fried chicken skewer - I like the wasabi mayo and seaweed combination. Chicken inside was tender, but I don't like the batter. read more

Finally, Me and my friend came to this place for lunch today. We heard about it from one of our friends a while ago. Fortunately, we didn't have to wait and got our seats very fast. All servers were so friendly and offered good service in the restaurant. We ordered one of our favorite Taiwanese dishes - Signature Beef Noodle Soup as well as the Taiwanese sausage & minced pork rice and skewer fish. They all came out fast and hot. They were so tasty and delicious. This apparently will become one of our must-go restaurants when we want to eat Taiwanese food. Will recommend this place... read more

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Terrible experience here. I got the pork curry bowl, and ended up with terrible food poisoning all night. Even beyond that really dramatically negative aspect of the meal, I was completely underwhelmed by the other food that we had. The popcorn chicken was alright but nothing special, the beef noodle soup was average at best, and whatever else we got was so unremarkable that I've forgotten it entirely. In short, I wouldn't have understood the hype at all even if I never ate the apparently raw pork in my curry bowl. Definitely not worth the trip. read more

Ordered the pop corn chicken and chicken fillet bento box. It was bland and lots of msg. The oil used was 'dirty' because we could feel it in our throats after eating the food. It's my 5th visit and will be my last. Is it under new management? The decor and menu has certainly changed for the worse. read more

The food was so delicious and cheap! My favourite was the popcorn chicken. We went around dinner time (6:30pm) on a weekday and luckily did not have to wait since a table just freed up. I would suggest getting takeout instead since there is not a lot of seating. The staff speak English, Cantonese and Mandarin. The atmosphere feels like a Hong Kong style small restaurant/cafe. Definitely my new go-to for Chinese comfort food. read more

Ive been here twice for dinner in the past couple months and really enjoyed the food. Each time I ordered the main popular rice bowl. I forget the actual name but it comes with rice, minced meat, some pickled cabbage and a Taiwanese sausage. I always order the marinated tea egg because I love the way they taste. I've been to Taiwan and these eggs taste just like the marinated eggs in Taiwan. I also ordered a side order of the snack size popcorn chicken and the first time I went I ordered the fried intestine. Everything is delicious. The portion sizes are small but filling. Its great for sharing and each time my dinner partners enjoyed their food. The prices are very inexpensive so you can gorge yourself for under $20 here. Everything is basically $10 and under. The staff move quickly and likely expect you to order quickly as well. They are "friendly" in so much that they aren't rude. But like any Asian restaurant dont expect them to roll out the red carpet for you. They want to serve you what you order and then they want you to leave so the next group can come in and get fed. The restaurant is VERY small. The tables are very close together so you'll end up hearing your neighbours conversation and they'll hear yours so this isnt the place you want to go if its supposed to be an intimate private event. And because the restaurant is so small its best to come either right before dinner time or right after dinner time otherwise if you come during the dinner rush you'll be waiting outside for a bit. Thats right, the restaurant is so small there is nowhere to wait. They have a system set up where you give them your phone number and they'll call you when they have a table ready for you but it could be a while. Theres a nice little sitting area outside of the restaurant that you could wait if the weather is nice. Like most Asian restaurants though its all about turn over so people move in and out pretty quickly. I give Papa Chang's 5 stars because its just good old fashioned Taiwanese food. It tastes great and its inexpensive. Just what you'd expect from a place like this. read more

Been here many times , good Taiwanese food. I love their bento- comes with 3 sides . ( usually are tofu, cabbage, and fish cake ). I usually get their satay beef bento. Their popcorn chicken is good. I also tried their curry rice- portion is big ( sometimes I can't finish all the rice) . Now due to the covid 19 - they only do take out. Cash only . read more

Great place for Taiwanese food, I live really close to it and randomly encountered it a year or two ago when it opened. The restaurant is pretty small, although they renovated it a bit, the amount of seating appears to be the same. Definitely more suited for takeout, but sometimes it can take awhile because they are a very small operation. read more

AMAZING but so god damn busy .. But well worth the wait : YOU'LL line up and say it's worth the wait too :) real talk ! I was papa Changs first customer .. VIP status now :) forever engraved in stone :) I'm so happy for them & after seeing a progressive roller coaster of ups and downs : I told em they would be successful as long as they don't sell our culture out by serving chicken balls and crappy fake Chinese food ! Real talk ! They stuck to their roots ! and now they have no competition that serves their type of cuisine, the rest is history !! Now looking forward to pa pa Changs expanding in the near future ?? Newly renovated , fully up to code : male and female washrooms ! no more walking thru the kitchen ! LOL New menu is in effect ! highly recommend the pop corn chicken , don't be thinking KFC .. you noobs ! Just order it ! You'll be happy ! Ask for extra wasabi sauce on top :) pricing is great : decent portion size The best thing & main reason why they are so good : even if you happened to wait in line for a little longer then expected , sit down & the place is rammed busy with tons of ppl , your food may take a few extra minutes BUT ... I can absolutely say without a doubt .. They will make your dish with some pa pa Chang love ! It will be well made ! well prepared & it'll taste great : stamp of approval without a doubt ! read more

This is my favourite restaurant in Markham! The food is amazing and really cheap. I usually get the taiwanese bbq pork and beef pan cake. Food usually costs around $5 per dish. The restaurant is extremely small, so if you plan to dine in, you may have to wait a long time during busy hours. You may also have to share tables with others. On the plus side, the food comes quickly and I'm usually done within 30 mins. read more

Extremely small place. Heard good things about the place and decided to give it a try. Prices were good but food was meh. The small size of the venue made it kind of uncomfortable. They won't give you a table unless everyone of your party is there. i also witnessed that while there was a nice empty 4 seater table, they stuffed a 3 ppl group on to a 2 person table, probably because they were expecting more customers and didn't want to spare the table for the comfort of the smaller group. Given the hype i heard from friends and such, it was a bit disappointing. read more

Extremely disappointed! Disgusted at the service! My sister is visiting Toronto and was excited to have this food and we entered the restaurant and told them 5 people and they seated us. Then when they didn't see the fifth person they asked us where they are. We told them he's driving behind us. We were already seated at this point. He then told us to get up and wait cause the fifth person wasn't here. Another set of 3 people came behind us. They told us to get up and gave the people with 3 to sit down. There were multiple tables finishing up. THIS IS THE WORSE CUSTOMER SERVICE I'VE EVER HAD! The fact that we were seat and they told us to get up. We usually sit and order right away. I can't believe we were seated and they actually told us to GET UP! This happened right now. We left and went to Kim Dinh! Reply: I understand seating full parties is a common restaurant practice, however a better customer service practice would've been to ask if we were going to order right away while waiting basically 5 minutes for 1 person to arrive, which we would have done and usually do. Thank you for the response I do appreciate it. read more

This place should never be a restaurant! Once I open there door there was only 4 table that has 6 seats each table inside. The first table is so close to the main door. I can't imagine in the winter how cold the customer seating there. Then I was ask for my phone number because there was a waiting list. But where do I wait? Outside in my car? I left immediately because there was 3 phone number in front of mine. Within 10 min they called me but I left and the 3 number in front of me probably feel the same way. Sorry to say but I would never go back to this atmosphere. It wouldn't matter how good the food is. read more

I ordered the noodles in soup. It is slightly Taiwanese but there is definitely room to improve for a closer representation of Taiwanese flavor. (Yah seriously, even tho the interior decor displays many memorabilia to tap into old Taiwan reminiscence, don't be fooled). Perhaps my expectation was set at a wrong angle. Next time if I ever go again, I will put on a different pair of goggles and possibly from a Northern Chinese food perspective. read more

I heard decent reviews about Papa Chang's so we went there for the first time with my fiancé, but left almost immediately because of the horrible customer service. I would never give them another shot ever again. read more

Small little place. Newly renovated so it actually looks different from the previous pictures posted in the album! Definitely not as.. Cramped as before. Be sure to come in smaller groups. Groups of five or more will have a harder time getting a table. This place is busy!! Food is authentic! The popcorn chicken could have been a bit Kore crispy but still, no complaints. Their takoyaki had a decent amount of octopus inside. Looks like it was deep fried, but still pretty good. Their bento boxes are pretty worth it! It comes with a generous portion of meat and three side dishes. The three cup chicken is also very delicious. The meat was almost fall off the bone and even the insides were infused with flavour. Very delicious. Would definitely recommend this dish (bento) Prices are very good too!! Pretty cheap in my opinion for a full meal! I will be back very soon! :) read more

PaPa Chang's - Popcorn chicken bento - Taiwanese Near Me - Markham, Ontario

A few pointers: Staff are friendly and quick if you want take out Lines can be very long No dishes as of yet have displeased me Definitely one of the better Taiwanese restaurants in the GTA read more

Quick and efficient!. Popped by for a quick lunch take out. Ordered the classic Popcorn chicken bento and the Braised pork bento. Both were delish..but we hoped for more of the braised pork! Our go to place for taiwanese food when the craving hits! read more

PaPa Chang's - Braised pork bento - Taiwanese Near Me - Markham, Ontario

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Great place for Asian eats! The venue is quite small, but the service is quick and friendly, and the food is consistently good for snacking on! I always order their fried food, since it's so crispy and light. Definitely get the tempura shrimp. The popcorn chicken and takoyaki are quite good as well. Whenever I get a craving for some fast and fried Asian fusion food, Papa Chang's is always at the top of my list! read more

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