Simmer Huang

If you want to pay $ 20−30pp for little chicken and veggie that weren’t even fresh (it’s precut and yellowish), you’re better off spending your money on some cheap AYCE BBQ or chinese hotpot, at least you won’t feel empty afterwards (both your wallet and your tummy). For the portion and the quality of the food, it was way overpriced.
You get to choose your «main course» which is a pot of your choice of meat/​fish plus a bunch of pre cut veggies including carrots, celery and sweet potato, etc. The pot itself varies from ~$ 40 to $ 60. It says one pot can serve 2 – 3 people but indeed more like for two. Rice isn’t included.
If you feel it’s not enough after the main course, you can pay more for the soup base and additional side dishes. I saw the other table ordered a bunch of enoki (exactly the size of one pack that you can find at supermarket) and it’s like $ 6 – 7.
I agree with all the 1-​star reviews (the one at yonge street; the two locations are the same). You are basically paying a premium to look at someone put the food into a pot in front of you. Not only did we have to wait for the server to come to your table and put the food into the pot, but we also had to wait for the food to cook. So you’re looking at around 30 – 45 mins to have the food ready.
For the «secret sauce»: at first we were hoping for some really impressive, as the server was like stirring and stirring and the sauce got thicker and thicker… looked fancy… but it didn’t taste anything special. Moreover, I saw that a chef/​kitchen staff sitting at one of the tables and stirring some white milky liquid and poured into the sauce. I think there’s much corn starch in the sauce… no wonder it’s so thick.
My suggestion is — avoid Simmer Huang.