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    The Chicken Place

    3.7 (51 reviews)
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    Good for kids

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    Patricia G.

    The chicken place is great. I had been meaning to go forever and never got around to it. I'm so glad to finally wandered in one Saturday afternoon. Location: It's located in the sunny suburbs of Aurora. On the corner of Wellington and Industrial. There's not a lot around. It's worth the drive. Parking: Well...it's an industrial area in the suburbs so no parking stress. Go ahead and drive! Decor: On the outside its not much to look at. It's not exactly beckoning. It looks like it's a fast food place. It's not a fast food place though. Inside you notice. No tables. There is a bar around the room with bar stools that you can sit at and eat. This is obviously a big take out place. The room reminds me of Cora's with their farmy city look. Food: Omg. Delicious. Portuguese chicken that's cooked on a grill to order. They actually suggested that the next time we come in we should order ahead so it'll be done when we get there. Honestly, we didn't even wait that long. Not longer than any other restaurant. We got the chicken. You can two sides. I got the quarter chicken with chickpea salad and tasted vegetables. The chicken was terrific. Moist and juicy. It was grilled. I have no idea how they did it. The chickpea salad was super. I would definitely recommend it. The vegetables too. They were roasted/ grilled with a bit of char. What a difference the char makes. My dining companion got the half chicken with rice and cucumber tomato salad. He really likes it too. We were there in the middle of the afternoon and it was busy with people coming in and out for take out. It's a very popular place. Price: Very good value for the amount of food you get! Conclusion: Yeah, I gave it 5 stars. I'm going to be back!

    Kristian U.

    So long Nandos, Hello Chicken place!!! I had all but given up on Portuguese chicken here in the Burbs. Either it was too expensive OR the portions were meager and the chicken was boney. Who would have that my first visit to The Chicken Place after driving past it suspiciously for the past 3-4 years would completely turn my world upside down. It's not an extravagant looking place, just a simply decorated take-away joint with just enough bar stool style seating around the perimeter for those (like me) who know they cannot wait to get home before stuffing their faces. Coming in for a late lunch I knew what I was looking for and ordered it swiftly from the menu: 1/2 Chicken, Parisian Potatoes and a Caesar salad. I will note that the price factor here was at or slightly above what I was used to paying for Portuguese Chicken but as the staff member said "you get what you pay for here, nothing less." A bold statement in my books, many make the claim and few deliver. More on the food in moments... One thing I noticed in the restaurant was the repetition of the statement both on signage in store and by the staff "we are not a fast food, please be patient." I knew something good was cooking here once I read and heard this - who would make such a claim only to serve poor food? Not this place. Totally worth the wait! After approximately 15-20 minutes my chicken, potatoes and salad were ready. The 1/2 chicken was plump and juicy and packed with meat, one of the most moist I've had and not to mention it was covered in a sweet and spicy sauce on the outside - perfectly glazed. More than the generous chicken portion was the portion sizes of the potatoes and salad in my Caesar. The potatoes deserve high marks as well, perfectly cooked on the outside with a slight crisp and almost a mash potato center (that soft!!!). The last thing of high honor for me here was there PeriPeri sauce, clearly made in house and with 3 levels of heat (sweet, medium and Hot - I chose HOT...obviously) there is a delicious sauce for every ones taste. I'm so glad I finally made the trek in here to this conveniently located Aurora take-away shop located at the corner of Industrial Parkway and Wellington Ave. My new fav chicken joint in the burbs - I HIGHLY recommend you try this spot - AMAZEBALLS!! Protip: Due to their prep time to perfection staff encourages you to call ahead and place your order so its ready upon arrival. 21/30

    Katelyn T.

    This place is located in same plaza as Domino's pizza in Aurora. It's a self serve place. Order and grab a seat; staff will let you know when your food is ready. Chicken entree comes with 2 choices for sides. They offer a good variety of side dishes to choose from: rice, potato, chickpea and different salad variety. I would say chicken is above average, nothing to rave about and not bad either. Cod cake was delish for $1.25/piece. Shrimp patty was not very good. Portuguese tart was $2.10 which was not worth it IMO. Lunch specials are same price but come with free drinks. Overall, ok food, friendly staff.

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    The food is OK, the wait and service is really poor, I haven't been back bc of the poor service

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    Love it. Tastes fresh and delicious every single time. Pirri pirri sauce is perfection.

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    The food and sides are always delicious, highly recommended if you feel like Portuguese chicken.

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    There are some things in life that can never be explained. Alien abductions... ghosts... Why…read moreCantonese people like to say the phrase "Aiya"... My visit to Noodle Max would be one of these unexplained phenomenon. I was really hoping to try this hyped up beef noodle place in Richmond Hill, only to have my hope squashed by a long line up at 4:20pm in the afternoon. 4:20!!! WTH!!! On a snowy, slushy late afternoon, I blindly (and slowly) drove my way aimlessly to Aurora. I remember some Asian restaurant getting rave reviews up in Aurora and that being Noodle Max (maybe it wasn't so aimless). If you are someone who believes in destiny, I can tell you destiny will occasionally give you sxxxxy things. Noodle Max would be one of them. Noodle Max's main offerings are Lan Zhou style noodles and was it ever an unauthentic and underwhelming experience. I wouldn't go as far to say the soup was tasteless like water, but it's pretty bland. While the soup for Lan Zhou noodles are not generally crazy strong in flavour, it should still have the taste of spices. The beef slices were also pretty tame in flavour. They were ok. The main plus about their noodle was the portion; quite big. The noodle had better texture than most store bought noodles, but it did not have the proper floury taste and the limited flavours from the soup was not able to hang onto the noodles. Aurora used to be a black hole in terms of dining options, but not anymore. How Noodle Max continued to garner such a high Yelp and Google rating befuddles me.

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    Really Did not like our experience at this location. First, she charged us more for a wrong order…read more We waited extremely long for our food only to realize it's the wrong items she punched in to her system. There were only two other customers in the entire place so that was surprising they took so long. The positive is they have a ton of seating available and it's clean inside. While we were waiting for our food the only worker that was there left to get food from a neighbouring restaurant or T&T (I couldn't tell but assumed maybe they ran out of food for our order but I could be wrong) then we waited even longer. You can see I took a picture of another customer who came in and was waiting with no employees there. Then after 15 mins MORE of waiting for whoever in the kitchen to add the rice in to the chicken they gave us our food. We weren't able to eat it there so had to take it to go at this point since we were late for an appointment. I asked the employee to give me a price difference refund since she charged us for a more expensive dish versus what we actually ordered. Be careful when you go here. The other locations are great just avoid this one if you can.

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    Cynthia's Paradise

    Cynthia's Paradise

    3.3
    (181 reviews)
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    My friend, Mary, and I had the pleasure of dining at Cynthia's Paradise in Newmarket. Their…read moreAll-You-Can-Eat Asian fare offers a wide variety of dishes, including soups, salads, sushi, teriyaki, dim sum, and much more. As usual, we over-indulged, trying a little of everything but our favourites included some of their featured dishes: * Crispy Soft-Shell Crab *NEW* * Torched Salmon Sushi *NEW* * Torched Snapper Sushi *NEW* * Smoked Duck Sushi * Grilled Beef Rib * Beef Teriyaki * Korean Glass Noodle with Beef * Honey Garlic Crispy Bean Curd The dishes arrived quickly, drinks refilled promptly, and empty plates were cleared efficiently. The food and service were excellent! We had no room for dessert. Next time...

    Tips: -This all-you-can-eat (AYCE) restaurant offers a…read morecomplimentary crispy soft-shell crab with salted egg yolk sauce dish when you are there for dinner. - It has a cat robot that delivers your food to your table. - Drinks are extra from the AYCE lunch or dinner price person. My friend, Chris, was in Newmarket for an appointment. He was interested in trying Cynthia's Paradise's AYCE menu. He asked if I'd like to have dinner with him last Wednesday. I said yes. I find that our meal outings lately have been AYCE, stuff-yourself-silly ones. I like that we are both comfortable with each other's food comas! I left work at around 2:30 pm and made a leisurely drive up to Newmarket. 1.5 hours to get here wasn't bad. I eventually drove north along Yonge Street, made a right into the plaza, and parked next to Chris's vehicle. There was plenty of parking, but it did get busy by the time we left at around 7:45 pm. Chris made our reservation for 5 pm. It was perfect, as I tend to have an early dinner after work on Wednesdays. We originally got a booth near the front door. The woman staffer who seated us then said that we had the back booth reserved. We moved ourselves and our water that we got right off the bat to the booth. It was a large booth. It came in handy, as the table was large. We got an iPad with two menus to switch between: - Drinks - Food We got these drinks: - Coke - Diet Coke (me) Drinks are not included in the AYCE price per person. Luckily, there are free refills for pop, which we needed to down all the food that we ordered! I ordered a bunch of items first. The menu is extensive, as there are Thai, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese items. Chris followed suit. We had over thirty items. Oops! Here's the damage that we made: Soups - Wonton - Hot and sour Starters - Mango salad - Smoked duck salad - Sous vide truffle egg (1) - Deep-fried cuttlefish ball (2) - Crispy soft-shell crab (1) - Mango shrimp with cream (3) Tempura - Crab meat (2) - Sweet potato (2) Veggies - Honey garlic crispy bean curd - Okinawa mixed vegetables Sushi - Smoked duck and crabmeat (6) - Torched salmon sushi (spicy) (1) - Torched snapper sushi (spicy) (1) - Tempura crab meat roll (6) - Spicy crab meat hand roll (1) - Smoked duck sushi (1) - Crispy banana avocado roll (4) Dim sum (they take 8 - 9 minutes to prepare) - Steamed pork dumpling (2) - Pork dumplings (2) - Shrimp dumpings (2) - Beef dumpling (2) Thai - Yellow curry chicken - Thai spicy fried rice Korean - Korean spicy beef and bun wrap - Grilled beef rib (3) Teriyaki - Beef - Chicken Noodles - Korean glass noodles with beef (japchae) - Japanese-style chicken udon Overall, the food was yummy. Some dishes that you'd think would have sauce, like the yellow curry chicken, didn't have much. It was like there was a drought with all sauces. Sauces with noodles or sauce on top of sushi rolls were perfect. Favourite dishes: - Japchae (tasty with a ton of flavour and stretchy noodles) - Sous vide truffle egg (flavourful with a spice kick that made boring dishes come to life) - Spicy crab meat hand roll (real crab and a generous size) - Crispy soft-shell crab (so crispy and delicious, with real crab) - Crispy banana avocado roll (unique pairing that tasted like a dessert sushi roll and the flavours worked) Dishes that I wouldn't get again: - Anything torched (torching was barely noticeable and the sushi lacked flavour) - Deep-fried cuttlefish balls (a find-the-cuttlefish journey within doughy balls) - Yellow curry chicken (sauce barely coated the chicken and veggies) - Thai spicy fried rice (there was nothing Thai about this dish, as there was no basil or coconut milk, and it was super oily) Food for thought: - I liked the smoked duck options, which was different. The smoked duck tasted like I was having deli meat. If you don't like smoked meat, you may want to steer clear of it. - The wonton soup was the perfect portion with yummy pork wontons. - The dim sum is decent. The soup dumplings could have had more soup in them, but everything was solid. - Get the Korean spicy beef bao wraps with the mango salad. Chris made the suggestion to add the mango to the spicy beef filling. Stellar! - We didn't get soy for our sushi. We ended up using the tempura dipping sauce instead. - This place does noodles well (japchae and udon) - Shrimp dishes tend to contain large shrimp. The downside ordering a bunch of food from the iPad is that it all came to us at once. The cat robot was frequently asking us to pick up the food from it. I wish that the cat robot would face me, but it never did. Because we got all our food at once, we ended up putting everything on our large circular table and taking a photo of everything before we chowed down. This robot sang happy birthday to the booth behind us. It starts in English. It started the Japanese version, but the server stopped it... haha! We came close to finishing everything! I'd return for a food coma again. (258)

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