Great food, we ordered the sesame beef, Bombay fish, special fried rice, cucumber salad and egg rolls. Everything was fresh and delicious, friendly service, take-out. Zero complaints. read more

I've been a regular here since before my family even had smartphones, probably back as far as 2007. The staff are and have always been amazing to us, so much so that sometimes, when I just want my usual, I'll show up, and they'll bring it out. The staff are friendly, helpful, and attentive. The food is of great quality and amazing portion size. I'm always stuffed whenever I eat here, and they are sensitive to my food allergy to peanuts! I always come here for comfort foods, since the wide variety let's me pick if I want more veggies or more meat in the meal I'm ordering. I try to go whenever I come back from out of town, but sometimes that can be months apart. The food still tasted great today and I still will be a regular here for years to come, even if I move away! What more can I say besides the fact that they have amazingly priced lunch specials between 11am and 3pm? You need to come here if you're a fan of Chinese / Indian "Hakka" cuisine. Worth becoming a regular for, especially if you live in the area! read more

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This place is SO good. My household and I have made this one of our go-to places for takeout night. We've never been disappointed. We've slowly bounced our way around the menu, and every single thing we've ordered has been delicious. Staff are lovely, good prices, great food. Absolutely recommend! read more

So happy that I decided to come here on Family Day for lunch! Came across this gem on Yelp, and thought "Why not try it out?" This is definitely one of my favourite Chinese restaurants now! The food here was amazing! I seen some negative reviews, but majority of the reviews for this restaurant were really good (4/5 stars). Recommendations: - Spicy shrimp fried rice - Chilli chicken (with gravy) - Szechuan chilli shrimps (dry) The service was good, however it can improve. The staff were really kind though. Definitely recommend this place! P.S. they do have lunch specials, but not on weekends and holidays. read more

Chinese/Southeast Asian food in southern Scarborough. Don't be fooled by its name. It is not related to the chain Phoenix Restaurants in Markham or western Scarborough. I'll give it 4 stars because the cost is affordable but I had better Southeast Asian food elsewhere read more

Phoenix - Delicious Chinese food in southern Scarborough. - Chinese Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

You will not be disappointed if you try this place out. I have to admit I am a bit of a regular here, but that is mostly because it is cheap and delicious. While I am there it seems that everyone else who walks in the place is also a regular. This place is so good it keeps people coming back. While there are lots of things to gloat about, one of the highlights is definitely the service. The waiter is always the same. He is awesome with a great memory and will remember what you ordered to events in your life (if you care to share them with him). While this is an ethnic place, with authentic food you can find something for everyone. I come from a large family and even my little picky-eatting brother likes the food here. Some of my personal recommendations are: 1 - Crispy beef for the meat lovers 2 - Okra and potato for the veggie lovers 3 - Manchurian sauce and any of the dishes that come with it. 4 - Onion pancakes - they are great to share as an appetizer. Other great things about this place: 1 - Cleanliness 2 - The dishes are made from fresh ingredients. Even the filling in the spring rolls was cut up the same day you eat it. 3 - Parking is available 4 - It is on Kingston Rd, so it is easy to get to. 5 - The guava candy that you get at the end is yummy. 6 - You can get take-out. Hope you enjoy this place as much as I do. read more

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This place is still as great as the first time I described it. The new servers are just as friendly as the old ones and the food is consistently great. They have recently improved their front entrance to help for the coming winter months you now have a landing area and you have to go through two doors instead of the way it was set up before. They have also painted the walls recently. read more

If you haven't tried the Phoenix you don't know what your missing. Ordered again last night and was not disappointed! Food always comes hot, fresh and delicious! Outstanding chefs, fantastic food. Check it out! read more

Let me start off by saying that the reviews and the score of this restaurant is HIGHLY overrated. Came here with four friends thinking that it would be a really good place but once the plates landed on our table I had a little chuckle and thought I was in for a treat. We ordered the mango salad, garden salad, egg roll, Manchurian beef, stir fry beef ho-fan, salt and pepper beef, chilli chicken, salt and pepper deep fried squid, veggie fried rice and a vegetarian delight tofu dish. So the food came in a timely manner and the service was good. The mango salad was really good as well as the chilli chicken but any of the beef dishes didn't taste well. The beef was really really chewy felt awful cause all I wanted was to stop chewing. The tofu dish wasn't good just got it to go and chucked it lol. The squid was decent but overall not the best Hakka Chinese food at all. Wouldn't go back again as I have a roster full of much better "Shitty Chinese" food places. read more

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Gluten-free review: The staff hereseem to be very knowledgeable about gluten-free requirements. They were able to advise me what foods on their extensive menu were gluten-free or could be made gluten-free, such as their fries rice. A number of items can't be modified because they are pre-breaded. I ended up getting the peanut curry from the Thai section of the menu. It was very delicious and the portion size was great. I packed up half of it for a meal later and the amount of chicken i got was more than I expected. I highly recommend going here. TL;DR knowledgeable staff, lots of gluten-free options read more

I'd lived in downtown Toronto for the past 20+ years and i recently moved to Scarborough. Feeling a bit unsure about food in this area, I was completely surprised to find Phoenix the first day we moved in! The food was very flavourful and not greasy at all, unlike most Chinese takeout places. There was no sign of overusing corn starch in sauces and marinated meat and that is rare. And nothing was over battered. I know I will keep going back for food. I am Chinese from Hong Kong and I can honestly say that this is as close to home cooking as you can get. Perhaps those who did not enjoy the food wanted the typical greasy Chinese takeout food. Phoenix definitely gets 5 stars from me!! read more

I will start by qualifying this review and saying that this is a popular local Pan-Asian take out food spot with dishes in the $10 price range. Those looking for authentic, high end Asian cuisine - look elsewhere. Those looking for value and decent food, read on. Strangely, considering how many times I've eaten here, I never reviewed it before. This last trip was with the family, so 6 of us took a table inside as opposed to doing the takeout thing. The menu has options ranging from forms of Chinese to Thai and Hakka, so it has many bases covered. The food is pretty good for the price, which is why there are so many return customers. If you eat in, the service is efficient, though not the most friendly, as the guy serving is taking the phone orders and also lending a hand in the kitchen. I have lots of regular dishes, but i like to mix it up with something new every time. I've been here so many times I've almost tasted the entire menu. If I had to pick my favourite it would probably be the Prawn with Lobster Sauce - they use unusually large prawns for a dish at $15. Like everyone else in the neighbourhood, I'll be back! read more

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Fellow Yelpers took me here for the first time. This place is incredible, not only in terms of quality and service, but also price! The food is delicious! We ordered off the vegetarian menu and were not disappointed. The service is warm and friendly. The staff took the time out to talk to us and tell him about his experiences. Overall, a fantastic place and one that is on my "Must Visit" list if I'm in Scarborough! read more

This place is awesome. They are fast and they serve fresh dishes that are thai, hakka, and chinese. I always order their Manchurian Chicken or their Chili Chicken. Its the best. They also have a lunch special depending on what you order on the menu each lunch item's total is either 6.50 or 5.95 that comes with rice, main dish, soup, egg roll, and pop. They also take the time to talk to their patrons and I think its to get to know what they are into so they can recommend something else on their next visit. On my most recent visit it wasnt during lunch time special but I had their ginger chicken ask for dry...as a recommendation by one of the staff. It was very delicious it was crispy, not saucy, coated in i guess a ginger based powder then deep fried or just fried but honestly you just have to try it. If your looking for something more saucy maybe ask for it not dry...I also ordered beef fried rice and that combo was good (I usually get Chicken fried rice but it probably would have felt like overkill chicken on chicken) hehe Anyway if you want really good food, cooked fresh, and inexpensive I recommed this place, highly. Clean restaurant, clean washroom, the appearance of the staff is also clean. Parking is available infront and usually always has empty spots. The staff here are also welcoming and polite. read more

This place is amazing. We ordered the Hakka chow mein, crispy beef and green curry. Everything and I mean everything was delicious! If you are ever in the Kingston rd and eglinton area, make sure you go here. The staff is so friendly and attentive. I will be back. read more

I was on the way home from the airport and was so hungry and craving noodles, soup and veggies. Searched "Asian" on here and found this place had good reviews. They were so right. The service was friendly, the place was clean and warm (the staff member shut the door to the outside as I chose a seat right beside the door). The wonton soup came first and it came quick, it was perfectly heated and tasted very good. Then The cucumber salad came and it was equally perfect. I was able to eat half and bring half home with me. Then, the perfect amount of time later, my pad Thai came and it was delicious. I ate half and brought that home too. All for $25 including tip. I wish I lived closer and this would be my go to place. Unfortunately in bowmanville we have nothing like this. I will totally recommend this place and hop to go back. Maybe the next time I'm visiting my parents in Scarborough. read more

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Our first visit. Ordered take out. A pleasant surprise as to quality, texture, subtlety of flavours. Palate pleasing. Even the fried rice wasn't the least bit greasy. Highly recommend the bacon wrapped shrimp with mango salad. The sweet/tart of the mango offset the richness of the shellfish and bacon beautifully. Also tried a green curry seafood dish, and the pad thai. We all enjoyed our dinner tonight! read more

Very nice restaurant, simple and quite, affordable price, tasty food, friendly staff.Overall it's a good restaurant. Food is served right away. Good customer service! Highly recommended! read more

Phoenix - Okra, potato under vegetarian section, tasty! - Chinese Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

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Absolutely delicious! It's nice to visit a restaurant that is clean and airy. You're not sitting too close to people next to you. The food was amazing! It was our first experience with Hakka. If you're worried about the food being too spicy, don't be. The food is flavour forward with some heat. The service was prompt and courteous and the food didn't take too long to be served. I'd definitely go back without a second thought. Highly recommended! read more

Phoenix is without a doubt my favourite restaurant in Scarborough. The employees are very friendly and knowledgeable, the pricing is very good, the food is absolutely delicious, and the portion sizes are more than fair. Waistline permitting I would eat here several times a week! read more

This is my new fav place for Indian-Chinese food. They're friendly, they'll custom make your order, they are really good with customer service. The food is delicious (they under-season the food a little; but then again, you can always season it to your preference right!). And yeah, the food is plenty and the bills are tiny. Which is why my group left a pretty nice tip. We were 4 of us and our bill was just over $50. Stuffed to the top! read more

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by far the worst thai and chinese food ive ever eaten tastes like they marinated the whole meal in dumpster water disgusting, never again. read more

We rented a house nearby with my family so we decided to try this restaurant for take out since we had three kids under three. Had the sweet and sour chicken balls that were good but with thick breading. The shrimp fried rice was outstanding. Also we have the almond chicken and honey garlic chicken. Would have again especially since they have Thai options too. read more

Who is giving this place a good review? The food is crap! It was obviously canned vegetables and the chicken was the lowest quality they could find. I couldn't eat this garbage. Avoid! read more

Based on previous reviews of this place, I was expecting to be wowed. Realistically, this is an Asian restaurant in a strip mall. There are, however, several good things to be said about it: The service is very friendly and fast, perhaps even too fast, as they removed the dipping sauce before my partner had finished his spring roll. Yes, this place is definitely nice and clean. Now to the food. The crispy beef is crispy, but that actually made it kind of hard to chew. It was almost like jerky, in fact. You can taste the garlic and a hint of spice, but generally it was pretty bland. Shanghai noodles were bland as well, and almost gluey. The worst thing by far, though, was the coconut soup, which was watery and except for a hint of coconut, was virtually tasteless. The spring rolls were fresh, hot and crispy, but suffered from the same tastelessness. I'd like to give this place the benefit of the doubt and suggest that the regular chef had already gone home for the evening. I have no idea if that's true, but it's the only explanation for why our food experience was so different from previous reviewers. It's not likely we will head back here. read more

Cheap, mediocre Chinese food in a clean restaurant run by nice, attentive people. Our high Yelp-review-based hopes for the place faltered a bit when we saw the tables set with knives and forks....and our hopes sank a bit more when our request for chopsticks was answered with the cheap wooden takeout variety...but we gave it a go to see what the Hakka style was all about. We tried a variety of starters and shared a Hakka main. All in all, everything was perfectly mediocre, and generally either bland or too sweet. Mango salad: Not bad, but I found the sugared peanut topping to be gritty and unnecessarily sweet. Onion pancakes: Okay...nothing special.Much thinner and flatter (and less oniony) than what I've seen in other places. Manchurian style chicken: Deep fried and covered in a thick sauce. (Menu fail: We didn't expect - and really didn't want - deep fried.) Masala fried rice: Heavy on the frozen veggies, light on flavour. If you're used to Chinatown fare and looking for that great little place in an obscure strip mall, keep on looking! read more

This was a convenient location to get mediocre Hakka food. Got food from here about 5 times. I always ordered the same food, and one time the food was different. Weird sauce, weird taste etc. Called and asked about it, and the guy was so rude and and spoke over me the whole time. Didn't offer any help or anything. And hung up the phone on me. Haven't been back since and don't plan on it. read more

I was inspired by other reviews to try Phoenix and I was not disappointed! The place is clean with a nice atmosphere, despite its strip mall location. They have a whole vegetarian section in the menu, so ordering for me was east. I recommend the onion pancake as an appetizer. I've had this in many Chinese restaurants and this was the best by far. Many places buy them frozen and then deep fry them before serving. As you can imagine, they tend to be greasy. These had a much nicer texture. They were and seemed to be homemade and pan fried-not greasy at all! For my entree, I had the Vegetarian Delight and ,as the name suggests, it was delightful! Great portion size and perfectly cooked. I will definitely return here next time I'm in the area. read more

I live in Waterloo, but whenever I come home, this is the first restaurant I visit. Lunch specials are fantastically priced, good portions, great service, will continue eating here on a regular basis. read more

The food tasted very bland and had no flavour. It's almost like there was no sauce or spices. Dishes tasted like no seasoning was added. Food is ready in the less than 10 minutes. I'm guessing they just warm frozen food and then serve it. Even McDonald's takes longer to prepare. I cant recommend this restaurant. read more

I wasn't sure what to expect, but we were exhausted after a crazy long week. We ordered the mango salad, Manchurian Beef, Almond Chicken and Egg Rolls. The salad and mains were delicious! The egg rolls were fine, as well. The delivery came when expected and the food was piping hot. We are interested to try some more items on the menu! read more

This place has a very nice green curry with chicken and veggies

Very good flavour, generous portions and good service. The only reason I just gave a 3 was both the chicken in the hot and sour soup and the chicken in the pad Thai was tough and chewy. I got the leftover soup to go and heated it for about 15 minutes the next day on low heat thinking it might make the chicken more tender but it was still tough. That grossed me out a bit. read more

Definitely a good Hakka spot in the neighbourhood. They give great portions and delicious food. We have tried a variety of their meats, rice and noodles and it's always been a joy! I would definitely recommend this joint to friends. read more

Really good food! I never heard about this place until I saw the yelp reviews. I would say this Hakka food is on par with lucky and federick or maybe even above. The food was excellent, no complaints whatsoever even for take out. The man I ordered the food from gave me recommendations for chilli chicken and manchurian chicken. Since the recommendations were a common Hakka specialty I decided to go for something different. I ordered the beef ho fun, and masala seafood fried rice, extra spicy for all! Server was really friendly and stated that I would like the food better than lucky or federick. I came back home and took a plate of both dishes and was satisfied with the food quality. It had a fresh and homemade taste in them, I'm pretty sure there wasn't other additives but fresh ingredients. Highly recommended and may be one of the best Hakka Asian fusion cuisine out there! read more

Great food, amazing service accepts all credit cards and debit cards. Food was great and fresh the shrimps were large and the black pepper beef was lit bill for two was $35 which is reasonable read more

Great food and service. Have had thin rice noodles with chicken and shrimp, thai spring rolls, mango salad, chicken wings and chicken with veggies. Everyone has happy with the dishes ordered. The fried items were crispy even though they were delivered. Delivery takes about 40 minutes it's better to pickup, your food is ready in about 10 minutes from the time you order. Our family's favorite read more

The chicken pakora was very mediocre, wasn't crispy on the outside, moist on the inside. The Thai green curry was very good though. The service was excellent too read more

Tried this restaurant based on yelp reviews, and was very disappointed.... Spec fried rice bland and too muck fake crab...Szechuan beef... Not sure if it was beef and very watery and wrong kind of hot.... Chicken wings were old... I could go on..... The people seemed nice, from phone manner and delivery guy was very nice .... Shame about the food... read more

I ordered one of their signature dishes, can't remember the name but it's chicken with whole mushrooms and snow peas. They use canned mushrooms! Like seriously, you're a restaurant and you can't even use fresh mushrooms? What a disappointment that was! Their Cantonese chow mein had a funny smell and the noodles appeared to be regular egg soup noodles instead of Asian type noodles. That dish really lacked flavour and seasoning. The chicken fried rice wasn't too bad but the deep fried jumbo shrimp had a very thick mushy batter, it wasn't crisp the way I expected. I've order from them before, about a year ago and was disappointed at that time too. My family loves Chinese food and this just didn't live up to our expectations. The prices aren't exactly cheap either. read more