Best Chinese BBQ! And all their food is very good! Their salted eggs are "home made" read more

Typical HK style restaurant. They have a late night dinner after 9:30pm. Very good price and many choices. The staffs are nice too. read more

Sam Woo BBQ - Barbeque Near Me - Scarborough, Ontario

I lived on Bamburgh circle for 5 years back in the 90s, and at the time, Sam Woo BBQ was some of the best and most authentic Chinese food I'd had outside of Dundas and Spadina. I would eat there often - and more often visit the bbq counter to take home a soy poached chicken, wings, duck liver, crispy skin duck... all delicious. But recently I went back there - just this past Saturday, in fact - and it was nowhere near as good as I remember it. I bought a soy chicken and it was an overpriced scrawny older bird that tasted of refrigeration/freezer burn (not sure, just unpleasant) and covered in difficult-to-remove tissue for some reason. Not worth the $23, when I can get bigger and better ones for $14 in Mississauga. The food served in the restaurant proper wasn't bad, it was pretty decent as such things go, but still not as good as it used to be. I had perfectly serviceable fried fish with crab sauce and sautéed greens, but nothing special. Also they got rid of the tendon and bitter melon hot pot, which was my favorite thing on the menu. I know a lot of restaurants are suffering these days, but this loss of care seems to go beyond that. read more

I usually read comments....but this time...I need to share my feeling... Sam Woo BBQ ....very poor service one of the worst restaurant I have visited in my life When I was young, over 20 years ago, I usually went there At that time, there were not so many BBQ restaurants in Toronto, and Sam Woo....their food was good 20 years later, I seldom come here... as nowadays, so many choices around in GTA Today, I come again for my old memories However, memories become nightmares Food Quality -- Bad 20 years ago....they have good reputations... If you ask someone for BBQ....his / her first response was Sam Woo But nowadays, too many competitors...they do not have any improvement.. and cannot maintain the good quality... any one of the BBQ restaurants....even BBQ stalls in Chinese supermarkets or in food courts...the food is better than Sam Woo's (they are still living in their old good days) Service -- Bad Ask tea? No tea....ask rice...no rice...Dessert...I don't wait for it attitude of the waiter.... like your boss If you are workaholic .... please come here...enjoy your meal with your bosses Sam Woo BBQ -- bye bye....I never come again read more

Great service. I asked the cashier for a pound of lean bbq pork and she told the food server to get that for me. Then she asked me if over one pound was fine with me. He asked if I wanted it cut and showed me how lean it was after slicing it. The char siu was indeed flavorful and lean. I have not been to Sam Woo for many years and will do so again. read more

Sam Woo BBQ - Lean Bbq pork. I asked for lean and the lady told the gentleman to get me a lean piece. - Barbeque Near Me - Scarborough, Ontario

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Sam Woo BBQ is a quick meal choice for me whenever I need a Chinese BBQ fix and I'm in the area. The place is relatively clean and the food is decent enough. The BBQ can be hit or miss depending on what time of day you go (though I'm sure that applies to most restaurants as well). The service here is decently friendly enough. The menu is mainly Cantonese dishes so you'll find items like Congee, fried noodle, bbq dishes, and others. I've had the Chinese bbq and it's mediocre. I find little BBQ shops to be much better, but this place does offer more dishes. The wonton noodles here are decent. Congee is very oily and though flavorful, wasn't nearly as good as other places. They have some decent chicken wings here as well. They also have a late night menu after 9pm that offers you discounted dinner dishes that look pretty good. They have afternoon lunch specials, even on weekends that are good for those who are always eating a late lunch. read more

To get the best stuff you need to go at a certain time and also order in Chinese. If you don't, they will give you the old meat from the day before or they will give you a very poor cut of meat, and maybe hide a massive chunk of fat inside your order. They do some of the old stereotypical unethical scams like that to their customers. My mom orders in Chinese they give her the best cuts of meat. I go there and ordered in English, one time they gave me day old roast pork. Another time they gave me a really crappy cut and hid a chunk of fat in my roast pork. They make Chinese businesses look bad. read more

The best char siu I've had. Other BBQ items are very tasty as well. Service is better compared to the standard service from other Chinese restaurants. Our waiter was very polite to us. It's an old school restaurant. I really hope they will survive. read more

This is one of my family's go-to restaurants for the past 15-20 years. It's a cozy establishment serving assorted BBQ meats and very authentic Chinese food (the kind your grandmother would cook). The service is fast, the people are friendly, and the prices are reasonable. read more

I've lived around the area for as long as I remembered. Regarding this place, people have always known it for it's roast duck. Also, we used to buy its BBQ pork belly even though it was a premium. However, it's been years since I've eaten here. So, last week, I decided to go and get some takeout. I ordered the roast duck and roast pork. The butchered asked if I wanted a bowl or a plate. I got the plate thinking that I'd get more meat especially for 11.37. They gave me the same amount of meat as a bowl for my plate but with more rice. I felt like I didn't get any value. Most places charge 7 to 9 dollars. I wouldn't recommended this place to anyone because it just isn't worth it. If you want good value, go to First Markham place food court or the food court at Midland and McNicoll. read more

Ordered a set dinner, food took 2 hours and there was hair in the food. Told the waiter about the hair and he just shrugged it off like it's acceptable practice. Avoid this place unless you like to gamble with your stomach. read more

Some of the best Chinese BBQ I've ever had anywhere. The roast pork is done right. Where some places use hot oil to crisp the skin, this one is actually roasted to perfection creating thin crispy skin that can be snapped off and eaten like chips. The meat is juicy and not too fatty. The BBQ pork is also done very well, with a beautiful sticky, sweet, and caramelized glaze over tender meat. The wings are probably my favorite with the same glaze as the pork. They leave on the little wing tips which are great for chewing skin off of for some bonus flavors if you're into that. For take out, just get in line immediately in front of you as you enter the place. Everything here is sold by weight at a reasonable price. My only issue with this place is the consistency. The flavors seem to change from day to day, but I haven't figured out any patterns. For example, sometimes the wings have a thinner sauce (see pics) whereas sometimes the wings have a thicker, stronger tasting sauce which is my preference. The thin sauce one is good too, but the thick sauce is f'ing fantastic with a garlicy flavor that's more complex and stronger. Pro tips: 1) ask them not to cut up the roast or BBQ pork. That way it doesn't dry out as much on the ride home and they're also forced to give you a fresher piece rather than something that's been sitting around. 2) Get the ginger and green onion sauce which is an oil-based salty sauce that goes perfect with the roast pork for added flavor. Although the plaza has a huge parking lot, the place is perpetually busy, so grab parking wherever and walk, no run, if need be. It's located directly across from the Mc Donald's which is at the northern end of the plaza. read more

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When the co-workers come up to my desk say it's Woo time! I automatically know we're off to the take-out counter at Sam Woo's BBQ. This place is a bit of a funny one - because I used to come here so often when I was a child and then we stopped coming because it was deemed too far by the parents as higher quality places opened up closer to home. But this place is practically an institution because it has been around for so long. Also, to be perfectly honest with you, not much has changed for this place, including the staff. I would have to say though you would need to pick and choose your food, because some of the food is pretty good, while the other stuff is ok, but I wouldn't say so delicious that you have to go and get it. They have a late night special which is pretty for the decent for the price you get, you get a congee, with a chef choice of BBQ meats (translation: whatever they couldn't sell for the day) with a fried rice or noodle dish, with a plate of veggies with oyster sauce and another dish of your choice from a list. (I would go the pepper salt fried squid) But lately, I've been hitting this place up for lunch and i usually head straight to the takeout counter, which is cash-only. Typically I order Roast Duck noodle Soup, I usually go for the ho fun, but others I know swear by their lai fun. Their BBQ Combo (fan hup) is usually a good deal as well, depending on what you want - but you can get a choice of two or three types of BBQ. Lunch take out specials can be up to $5 plus taxes as well and is also an excellent deal. Typical rule of thumb - arrive early for lunch, I find 11:30 is the sweet spot on weekdays as the parking lot isn't as crazy as a Mad Hatter's Tea party and the BBQ is freshly out and ready for the days selling and there aren't as many line-ups, but as it inches closer to Noon, things to pick up. read more

Ordered the 3 BBQ meat platter (roast pig, BBQ pork and roast duck), yeung chow fried rice and veggies w/ oyster sauce. The roast duck was tender and flavorful w/ a paper thin crispy skin, the roast pig was tender, moist w/ a light, crispy, crackling skin and the BBQ pork was tender, moist and tasty. All 3 were excellent. The fried rice was good, not at all oily and the veg did its job of helping maintain the mask of health amongst all the meats. Bonus braised beef soup was provided at no cost. Will be back often. read more

Sam Woo BBQ - Roast pig, BBQ pork and roast duck - Barbeque Near Me - Scarborough, Ontario

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Great place for great Cantonese food, their bbq meats are wonderful as well as their noodle dishes. Excellent services and great prices, we went there five times in the past week while staying in Scarboro. Fully recommended to any Cantonese foodies. Best items are: bbq pork belly, bbq duck, shrimp and eggs on rice noodle, steamed live tilapia, green onion pan cakes and sea bass with egg noodles. read more

Sam Woo BBQ is one of my top choices when it comes to BBQ meats. They have been so consistent over the years in serving succulent and savoury BBQ meat, which leaves customers the constant urge to re-visit this restaurant. It is split into half dine-in restaurant and take-out section. They offer the usual BBQ Duck, Chicken, and Pork. Roasted Pork, Soya Chicken, Pork Sausages, Chicken drum sticks, tofu and other hot food items. The staple item are the BBQ Pork and Roasted pork. The BBQ pork is best when it prepared half lean, half fatty, while maintaining the tender and juiciness with each bite. The outside layer is BBQ'd to perfection, capturing a subtle charred nuance. The skin the of the Roasted pork is so crispy, separated with a thin layer of fat, leaving you with a large chunk of tender meat to feast on. It is heaven when combined with the oyster sauce. Highly recommended when you're on the go and want to grab something to bring home for lunch.dinner. read more

We were here on 2 separate occasions, the second time there was a pretty long wait. There is a special menu by the kitchen, buts it's only in Chinese. The food arrived extremely fast and was rather tasty! We had chesnut chicken, basa fillet with veggies and bok choy. The protium size was also decent, the 3 of us couldn't finish. The price wasn't too bad either. Beside the wait time, this is a decent place for a quick dinner! Recommended. read more

The best BBQ pork in the GTA hands down. Been ordering here for many years and the barbecued meats are the best you can find in Toronto. Perfect texture and some sort of magic in the flavor. Consistently delicious. read more

I've been coming to location from way back. Tonight I came here for a late night dinner of BBQ Pork and rice. I had a huge craving for it! Since I had somewhere to be I did take out. Fast service with a smile! The BBQ pork is pretty good. It was nice and lean with a bit of fat. However, it was a tad salty for my taste. Rice was well cooked. Sauce was the usual BBQ pork sauce you'd find anywhere. Overall, good and cheap food if you want something fast! read more

This restaurant has been there for decades. Consistent quality Cantonese food, especially bbq items (roast pork, roast duck, etc). Tends to be quite busy, but turn around is pretty fast. If you are on the waiting list, go next door and wander around the Chinese grocery store. read more

I always come here for late night dinner, and always order the same items: steam fish, lobster, chilli salt pork chop, and a veggie dish. Sam woo been around for a long time, used to have two stores within the same plaza, but only one remains now. All their food is good. But over the years, portion sizes have gone down a bit, I guess inflation is hurting us all. So one star gone cause I'm paying more for less , but 4 star cause it's still one of my favourite Chinese restaurants. read more

It is definitely one of my go-to authentic Chinese restaurant (maybe only one? LoL) .... My family members ALWAYS order takeout Chinese BBQ (BBQ pork, BBQ duck, squid and jellyfish...) for the past 10+ years. We have never eaten in the restaurant until my niece had a bday dinner here for dinner this year feb 2017. My husband, kids and I had a fav restaurant closed down and didn't have a 'decent' Chinese restaurant that was reasonable to go-to. Now we do!!! (Just FYI, I am Chinese and hubby is an HK). Restaurant decor: as one mentioned, we come here for the food. Waiters/waitress: pretty attentive considering the fact it's a Chinese restaurant. Friendly. Washroom: could be cleaner... Food: almost anything we ordered was decently made. Must try: squab? I call it pigeon...damn amazing. It's like a deep fried mini Peking duck LoL. Comes with side dipping of salt/pepper and Worcester sauce. Very popular. They do run out. Jellyfish (make sure you ask for a vinegar dipping sauce...it's for pig feet. Spicy and sour...YuM). Any BBQ meat/seafood from the BBQ area is awesome. Especially the cuttlefish with soya sauce! (BBQ pork don't get lean meat as too dry. Needs a bit of fat. BBQ pig, same. Best part is the ribs/bones; flavorful. BBQ duck is good. BBQ chicken wings - so damn flavorful. Delious.) I love sour/vinegary dishes. I'd recommend the porkchops with Chinese black vinegar. I ordered this 3 times and pretty consistent. Moist and flavorful. Too many dishes to recommend. Tried many dishes here and I find it pretty good. Been here like 10+ times last 6 months. Would come here more often if I had the chance to. Price is decent. Food is good and consistent. IMO. read more

as good as it gets. this site is a nicer version of sam woo BBQ vs the coffee shop version of sam woo. the Dim Sum was quite nice. their service is on the slow side. I guess its a bit different than in the US, where most of the food (Dim Sum) were pre-heated and its on the cart wheeling around to get your attention. where here, they'll steam it once you order the food. The nice part of the food from this restaurant, they don't use too much salt. where in canada, most of the food are just plain salty. (canadian consume more salt than average american) chicken feet, hm.. its not to my liking. the egg custard is as good as golden gate bakery in SF shrimp with rice noodle (wrap) was excellent. (They don't burry it with soy sauce) the congee also very nice ( I ordered the seafood congee) the spicy dumpling was quite nice (too much soy sauce but not enough heat to make it spicy) and last the steam bbq bun is much more to be desire (too sweet on the filling), but the bun it self is not bad. read more

Sam Woo BBQ - Egg tart - Barbeque Near Me - Scarborough, Ontario

A staple for Chinese people in the GTA, especially those in the Scarborough & Markham areas. They've been around forever and make some of the best Chinese bbq meats. I particularly love duck and and crispy-skinned pork. But their south Cantonese dishes ("siu chow") and other dishes are also wonderful. My faves: *sweet and sour pork *ginger and green onion oyster hotpot *shrimp fried egg *garlic stir fried veggies *ginger stir fried veggies *preserved meats with chinese veggies *shrimp paste & squid with chinese veggies (the tube-stalked kind) *pepper and fermented tofu with chinese veggies *fish and tofu hotpot *steamed fish read more

Favourite dish to get is the steamed tilapia. The fish becomes soft and tender and tastes impeccable. The areas around the neck and check are softest and tastes the best so save it for last. The BBQ pork and roasted pork is one of the finest in the GTA. It is of high quality as they treat their food with care and have a special way of preparing it. During Chinese holidays, the line up for the BBQ pork is really long and never dies down. read more

My family has been going to Sam woo since forever. They serve delicious authentic Chinese food. Every dish is unique on it's own. You get a free soup appetizer which is house made and a free dessert broth with papaya almonds and some type of fungus. When you first walk in, there is a large display of barbeque. Roast succulent duck, crispy roast pig, barbecued pork and juicy chicken. Make sure to order a plate of 3 meats. My favorites there are the sweet and sour pork and the crispy fried fish fillets. The atmosphere is loud friendly and bustling. The prices are reasonable, what better place to eat?! read more

Service was abysmal at the start but it got better over the course of the meal. The peking duck along with the hoison sauce, crepes, and the veggies were good although a bit small. The rest of the dishes were good as well. read more

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I just spent $60 at this place & I've never been so disappointed with a meal before in my life. It's not like I didn't read the reviews. I did, & they were mainly positive. It's not like I don't like Asian food. I do, & I've enjoyed Canadian Chinese food many times in the past. How is it possible that every dish I bought tastes extremely nasty & there's not 1 dish out of the 6 I purchased that I want to taste twice even though I'm extremely hungry right now. It's annoying that a place like this has 4+ stars. I don't care about service. I'm taking it go usually anyways. I care only about great food and I'm willing to spend more to get it. This is the 3rd time in the past 4 months that I decided to try an authentically Asian place in around the Markham area that left me more than a little disappointed. The Dumpling House and Congee Queen were the last 2 places where I could not stomach eating the food I bought. So on this visit to Sam Woo BBQ I thought I'd play it safe and try dishes that I'm familiar with from all the times I was left satisfied after eating at Chinese Canadian restaurants. The Food: Won Ton Soup- Dumplings stuffed with shrimp. That's it. 2 whole shrimp inside a Dumpling. Looked gross, smelled gross, took a sip of the super salty broth & into the trash it went. Chicken fried rice- They gave me a ton of this stuff. Chicken pieces are long, thin like shoelaces and curled up. I don't trust the chicken and the rice is yellow and very bland. Spring rolls- way too greasy. I took a bite and it's like I downed a shot of canola. I squeezed it and oil came dripping out. Cantonese's chow mean- the uncleaned shrimp grossed me out. The scallops were mushy. The chicken looked radioactive. The flavour was unpleasant. Sweet & sour chicken- fried, tough, chewy, chicken pieces. Really didn't enjoy the taste. I'd much rather of had chicken balls from a Chinese food restaurant. BBQ pork- ok so this wasn't half bad. I did end up taking a second bite of it. read more

I have always liked Sam Woo except for this time. When I order Ho Fun Soup from a Chinese restaurant I expect Sha Ho Fun not Pho though barbecue pork is still as good. If I were to have Pho I'll go to a Vietnamese! read more

Sam Woo BBQ - Barbeque Near Me - Scarborough, Ontario

This place is so close to home and quick and delicious. They have comfort food and it appears it is quite busy even on weekdays. What makes this place so great is that if you eat dinner there, they provide you with free soup and free dessert soup after. Upon noticing how many people ordered fish, we decide to order it too. Apparently the fish is cheap only $12 for a full fish. Their snow pea veggie is real good too! Their bbq duck isn't bad but had better. Overall great food for the price. read more

Food is ok but servers are rude af. Yelled at us when they're stressed and short staffed.

Best late night spot, They got specials after 9:30pm. bbq duck is amazing! read more

This is a typical Cantonese restaurant, good dishes. The price is reasonable, and the soup after meals is delicious. The location is good, close to foody mart. read more

I order takeouts from time to time especially roasted pork and duck, but lately found their service to be abysmal. The pieces were mostly just fat and when I asked for pieces with less fat, I was given attitude like they're too good for me. I ended just getting my roasted pork and duck at the Silverstar foodcourt. read more

Rude waitresses and owner. Sneaky butcher and cashier. If you refuse their hard selling, they will sneak the way more pieces into your order so they can charge you way more! They also switch out meats even you have paid for the premium and give you the fat and crappy ones. To all, don't forget to check your order and receipt before you leave the take out session. Otherwise you will get 'surprises'. What a shame a well know restaurant to treat its loyal customers in this way! read more

Best BBQ pork and duck in the city ... the BBQ wings are great too. Basically everything is amazing and if you want to spend your afternoon in a blissful meat coma this is where you need to go. Very reasonable lunch specials (meat + rice). Note: If you've got enough people ... we've ordered in the BBQ goose to the office before as well and it was great. Nice change. You need to order this ahead of time. As a previous poster noted ... you will be the proud owner of a goose beak if you order this feast. If you think you've tasted great BBQ pork, at a restaurant, TNT, etc - you haven't. Go get some of the food these masters at work produce. PS: If the man with the giant cleaver chopping meat on a tree stump asks "You want sauce?" your answer is yes. You want sauce. read more

We haven't gone back to this restaurant for a long time. We are having our dinner late that night and so think of Sam Woo for their late dinner menu. We are a bit earlier and the late dinner menu does not start. But we notice that the late dinner menu used to be below $20 mark now is $25 to $30. With this price range, it is no more economical and you can have it anywhere. We order from the normal dinner menu. They come quick. Quality is average. Service is ok. It used to be better. Though I still like the BBQ take out. read more

I often come here to eat with family and relatives when I was young. It's fast - wait time is never too long, and the bbq meat is pretty good. The prices are very good for the amount they give you. And I would say that the quality of their food has remained the same over the years. Of course maybe price hasn't, but still decent compared to some other restaurants. read more

Sam Woo is the perfect destination for Chinese styled BBQ Meats! There is really no other place to go if you're looking for succulent BBQ'ed chicken, duck or pig meat. Definitely one of the few restaurants that give you large chucks of meat and not just the fat and skin. Regardless, Sam Woo has wonderfully barbequed the meats to perfection while still maintaining the delicious fat, flavour and crunchy skin where others contrast to a dry, chewy and just fattied meat. The BBQ duck and roasted pork are my favourite dishes as the meats inside are soft and tender while the skin outside maintains it's crispiness. As for the service at Sam Woo, I think it's adequate but because the waiters/waitresses have some difficulty understanding English it might be a bit hard to order. I recommend you buying the BBQ items by pointing towards the meat you want behind the glass counter and getting it to go. read more

This is the ONLY Chinese restaurant my family and I go to because of how amazing it is. We have been coming for 20 years and the place has not changed. Everything is amazing, from the duck to the fried rice (BEST EVER!!!). The food is really what makes this place. The service is alright. Unfortunately, the place is loud, although the customers don't seem to care. Lots of kids, yelling, running around sometimes, but what can you do. The portions are a great size, and we always take the leftovers to go. The prices are great as well. read more