Hai Tang Cafe

Reviews

• Irene H.

  star star star star star_border 7 June 2026

  If you're looking for a restaurant with affordable prices and good quality Chinese food, this is the place to go! With a variety of dishes to choose from, you won't make a huge dent on your wallet.
  
  The food came fairly quickly after we order, and the portion sizes never disappoint. Overall, this restaurant doesn't charge too much and you get a big portion as well. If you order a certain amount (I believe over 25?), you will get a free sweet and sour pork dish, and a free fish if it's over 35 (I believe). You don't need to order too much as 4 ppl just need 3 or 2 dishes to share. We ordered at least 7 dishes, 4 drinks and the bill was around $70 (fairly cheap as the portion in other restaurants would probably be $100+).
  
  The food also reminds me of Hong Kong a lot and none of their dishes ever disappointed me. If you're missing Hong Kong, come give this restaurant a visit!
  
  TIP: Weekdays during dinner they're usually busy as well, so try to come before 6pm to get a seat. This restaurant only takes cash or debit!

• Karen M.

  star star star star star_border 2 June 2026

  We went to this little HK-style cafe to have lunch and we arrived just in time before the weekday lunch rush hour!  Hai Tang Cafe is not unlike all the other HK-style cafes.  It serves all-day breakfast, lunch, and dinner combos and is located on 16th Ave. near Woodbine Ave.  
  
  We ordered several things to share:  Beef Satay Noodle in Soup with Toast with Butter and Two Eggs, and Curry Chicken on Rice.  We actually changed the all-day combo from the Preserved Veggie and Shredded Pork with Vermicelli in Soup to the Beef Satay one.  The server, although very busy and running around trying to get everyone seated and ordering, was very kind and able to cater to us very efficiently.
  
  Their food is very decent and reasonably priced.

• Tommy C.

  star star star star star_border 19 May 2026

  This is a great place for breakfast with really affordable pricing.  There were many options to choose from for breakfast.  I ordered the beef noodle soup, and it was cheap and tasty.  It was one of those places where you have HK style breakfast with reliable quality.

• Angel C.

  star star star star_border star_border 18 May 2026

  I've been coming to Hai Tang for years...
  
  They're just down the street from me & their food preparation time is extremely fast, sometimes quicker than your typical Mcdonalds.
  
  Their food quality isn't "spectacular" but it's always good for a quick (and cheap) HK style casual meal. I haven't been there for a while during dinner time but decided to visit last night for a quick bite... I could tell right off the bat that the kitchen staff has changed because the food just didn't taste the same. Wet scrambled eggs was dry, and pork chop tasted a little bitter. To top it off, their use of MSG is far too high, we were dying of thirst not long after the meal.
  
  Definitely won't be coming back for dinner anymore, maybe a quick lunch for their cheap combo specials, but that's about it.
  
  Really disappointed...

• Amy F.

  star star star star star_border 10 May 2026

  This is our usual lunch and afternoon tea place given its reasonable pricing.  I think we have been here more than 10 times, enough to provide a fair rating of this place.
  
  Parking lot is small but it's usually not hard to get a spot.
  
  Lunch sets range from $7-$9.  Afternoon sets range from $3.29-$6.50.  We came here on Monday at 1:30pm and surprisingly we were able to get a table very quickly.  It is usually super packed on the weekend.  We got the booth as we have a baby and the car seat could fit into the booth nicely.  My husband was able to sit next to the baby with enough room to eat.
  
  We ordered 3 lunch set:
  1) Baked Pork Chop on Rice with Cream Sauce $7.99
  2) Baked Meat Sauce with Tomato Sauce and Cheese on Spaghetti $7.99
  3) Baked Ox Tongue on Macaroni with Black Pepper Sauce $8.29
  We ordered hot milk tea for all 3 sets.  Please note it is $0.50 extra for Horlick and Ovaltine.
  
  One star was deducted because one of the forks was very dirty with dried up food residuals on it.
  
  The drinks arrived within 5 minutes after we placed our orders.  Food arrived quite fast as well; we waited around 10 min for all 3 plates.
  
  We usually order these plates for takeout but dining in is so much better!  Since they're baked items, it's so much hotter and more fresh when they're baked and served in a ceramic plate as opposed to being packed in aluminium trays.
  
  The cream sauce was the best sauce as it has a coconut flavour to it.  The pork chop was very tender as always.  There were enough pork chop to cover all the rice.  The rice was fried before it was baked so extra points went there.
  
  The spaghetti is my usual lunch order since I have tried numerous places and I consider this to be one of the best baked spaghetti.
  
  The ox tongue was very tender as well.  There were around 6 pieces of ox tongues, quite a good portion for its price.
  
  The milk tea has a very strong tea flavour and it's not watered down.
  
  Service wise, don't expect the servers to be very nice.  This is a busy place and they don't have time to pamper you.  They will give you attitude occasionally if they're too stressed.  But they do try their best to attend to your needs, just without a smile.
  
  NOTE: No change table inside the washroom
  
  Overall:
  Price: 5 stars
  Food: 4 stars
  Service: 3 stars
  Cleanliness: 3 stars
  Parking: 3 stars