Sam Woo Restaurant

Moving away from the Richmond Hill/​Markham border area, I had concerns… Those being that there would not be a decent place of which one could acquire a duck of the Chinese BBQ persuasion…
So I turned to Unilocal!and found that there was this place called Sam Woo. Now, if you’ve seen my review of Emerald Chinese Restaurant, the prospect was very enticing and so I went, in search of this golden (brown) waterfowl.
When you walk in, there’s two ways to go, left for the takeout counter and right for dining. Went with takeout, since it was late and because I have no friends or special someone (story of my life).
One thing that scared me was the waitstaff as they were wearing black bowties and white dress shirts. I felt like I was in a Hong Kong cop movie and guns were about to go ablaze! Wait, that’s actually kinda cool.
The duck was great, and a whole duck ran me a little over $ 20 bucks. But, it was definitely worth it.

Went on Sat. for lunch dim sum. Everything was great except the bbq pork which is usually delish. This time we got mostly bones and gristle, no clean meat. We ordered ½ bbq duck to go for dinner. Same thing, we got bones and gristle, hardly any meat and no breast for $ 12.20. Never had this problem before. Will not order the bird meat anymore.

Authentic Chinese food (not the Americanized version). The roast pork is amazing with its crispy skin and hoisin sauce. The BBQ pork is tender and delicious, but can occasionally be a little dry if too lean. Also incredible is the soy chicken and BBQ duck. From the kitchen consider ordering pork spring rolls. Crispy and flavorful.
The place is usually extremely busy and the overly cramped takeout area is a hectic mess, but they’ll get you through there without much trouble.

Went here for dim sum happy hour on Sunday, was pretty packed, had to wait around 15mins to get a table.
Ordered a variety of dishes, my favourite dish was the chicken feet, however the skin for the har gow was stale. All the other dishes were quite good.
Overall the dim sum was good and I would come back again.

Made with Love from Scratch. Everything here is exceptional! Hot and fresh to order, and cheaply priced for a dim sum restaurant! I’ve tried many dim sum places across Ontario and this tiny mom and pop joint is still my favourite! Just try their radish cake, fried taro, or egg tarts, you’ll be able to see and taste the difference for sure.

Best Cantonese bbq restaurant in this area. Both bbq dishes and dim sum are worth a try. Bbq pork and chicken wings are recommended. Service is fair, so is the dinning environment.

Very good dim-​sum at a typical Chinese restaurant (on the brink to grossness). It’s cash only by the way.

I go here every weekend for dimsum and it’s always packed!
It’s a bit on the pricer side but I personally think it’s worth it.
The service isn’t that great but isn’t that how it is for all Chinese dimsum places tho?

Went there for dim sum. The dim sum was pretty good and sizes were pretty decent. It is one of the better places for dim sum in Mississauga. However the service was horrible with the wait staff taking their time to do everything. That reflected in their tip in which our server lashed out at us and said we did not give enough tip. I asked her if she knew what a tip was. I have an issue with people who think they are entitled to certain amounts of gratuity regardless of how well they provide service. It resulted in a small argument which interrupted other people’s dining experience. Won’t come back here from that experience.

Went here with my fiancé after hearing good things about their BBQ. At first glance, this seemed like a good choice because the place did seem pretty popular at dinner time, but the food was pretty meh.
We decided to order peking duck, the lettuce wrap (rainbow chop), and beef in HP sauce (I think that’s the english name)?
The peking duck was probably the worst I’ve had. The pancakes were sticky, thick and cold. The duck was OK. The rainbow chop was terrible though. The duck legs weren’t included and the meat/​veggies was super watery. That was the first time I had peking duck I didn’t like.
The beef in HP sauce was ok. Beef was super tender but the sauce was only OK.
Overall service was not bad. (Which is a good thing for Chinese restaurants)
I wouldn’t recommend this place. There’s plenty of Chinese restaurants in Mississauga that are much better and have similar if not better prices.

Good food and great attitude of waiters! We go there atleast once every 2 weeks! Best to go between 2.30pm-3.45pm for happy hour Dim Sums

This use to be one of my favourite Chinese restaurants in the west end. They need to clean up this place a bit and refresh their menu. Only thing that keeps going up are their ridiculous prices. Food is mediocre. Service is average.
Even Chiu Chow Man has recently completed a reno. I would love to see Asian Legend or Congee Queen open up in the west end. We so deserve better Chinese restaurants here.

Went back. Ordered Fukien Fried rice and BBQ pork and Duck. Deliciousness. Cool waiters. Did not go into washrooms this time. Lol. My buddy who went with me also found the food quite good. This would be my second trip and the BBQ pork is consistent with the last time I was here. Good!

Great place for dimsum but also for dinners.
If you are going for dimsum, there are discounts if you go after 2:30p.
But this is also when it is most crowded.
Good prices. Also try to sweet beancurd dessert. So good.

Tip: Happy Hour — either $ 2.60/$ 2.80/plate — is weekdays before 11am. So get there early! CASH ONLY for Happy Hour.
Dim Sum-​wise, food is passable for the city. No carts, just ordering off a chart menu.
My ‘beef’ about this place is that there are some questionable billing practices here. Non-​Chinese friends have said that they’ve been charged for «condiments», re: hot sauce, mustard. I’ve never heard of this.
Also, today when I went with a somewhat large group — ~7ppl — they didn’t even charge us the special «Happy Hour» prices. They charged the regular prices, so the bill worked out to be $ 107+, and when we pointed out the mistake, it went down to like $ 86. Sorry, but that is a HUGE difference!
Service isn’t the best. They provide what is asked, but in an indifferent/​rushy way.

This place is good for dim sum if you were too hungover to wake up early. You can catch Happy Hour Dim Sum prices from 2:30 — 4:30 and save a little money. The food is consistent and comes out quickly after you order from the paper menu. There is usually a line up but it moves quickly because Dim Sum is about getting full and then going back home to sleep it off.
The service is nothing special as with most Asian Restaurants. Just make sure you ask for everything you need right at the beginning of your meal so you do not have to rely on the servers coming back except to bring you food.
The dim sum is always fresh, hot, and ready to eat. Perfect hangover cure.

Unfortunately I have to strike this restaurant off my recommended list… even though the BBQ meats are great.
You would think a customer with 209 check-​ins in 3 years would get good service but not even us are immune to the poor customer service here!
And considering that we have been patronizing the restaurant for almost 20 years means that we have eaten here easily over 1000 times!
After all these years, the one time that we had a situation with them regarding the order, all of a sudden, the service went downhill from there. We put in our order of 3 dishes, including a Cantonese Chow Mein. We received 2 of the dishes but not the Chow Mein. As we were waiting, we noticed that many of the other tables who also ordered the same dish received their’s before we did. In the meantime while waiting for the last dish, we had already finished both the other 2 dishes and we were full by then, so we decided to cancel the Chow Mein. Lo and behold, just when we cancelled it, the owner came up to us and said, «We’ve already got your dish ready!» We explained to them that we had already waited 45mins for that dish and clearly they forgot about us, so by now, since we had already been waiting for so long, we no longer wanted that last dish as we were ready to leave. It would have been different if it had arrived together with the other 2 dishes.
After this incident, their service went all the way downhill. We were no longer friendly to us!
We even reminded them that we were regular customers and the owner replied «So what? We have many regular customers!!!»
Not any more from us.
I am boycotting this place for now.
On the plus side, we have discovered some nice new restaurants to spend our money at that offer great food with great service!

It’s not often I venture out to a new restaurant, but too often I pass by this restaurant and wondered why it was so busy. So my girlfriend and I gave it a go for a late dinner. Our expectations weren’t very high and just hope for a decent food that we can both enjoy.
Our first impression of the restaurant was that it was outdated. Shaggy carpet, dirty fish tanks, sketchy kitchen visible right at the entrance. This restaurant definitely needs an interior and furniture update. This didn’t faze us very much, since we’ve been to many sketchy places but came out with food crave for.
The menu offered a fair amount of meal choices; however the prices are pricier than a regular Chinese restaurant. For an extra 3 dollar on a meal, my expectations were brought higher for the kitchen to provide me with more quantity or better quality food. An average meal will cost about 12 — 15 CND dollars, It’s definitely more than the usual regular.
Our first choice was the fried squid, and it was mediocre at best. Although, it looked very good, the food was tasteless and lacked seasoning. Second was the beef short rib with black pepper sauce. It was a little better than the calamari, but again not worth the 12.75 we paid for. On the plus side, the meal was saucy and good amount of meat was served. Third is the Beef fried noodle, it was tasty with good size, although it is not good enough that I would crave the same meal. Lastly and probably the best meal is the minced beef fried rice, seasoned well and it was a good amount.
One reason this place has a 2 star is the friendliness of staff is topnotch. However, the place needs some cleaning touch. I saw a spider come out the bottom of my plate, I killed it, I’m just glad it didn’t come out the meal. I will never be back here again, in terms of food Tremendous is a lot better for with cheaper on price.

«They have the best bbq duck and bbq pork.
Good cheap Chinese food in the heart of Mississauga,
The best freakin’ place ever. As close to dining in Hong Kong as it gets. Cheap, fast, nothing fancy or high-​brow. Food is always great.

Great food, great price and they’re open late. This place is always super busy especially in the morning, they specialize in dim sum. I ordered chicken fried rice, the hot and sour soup, Singapore noodles and cashew chicken.
The hot and sour soup is the best I’ve ever had! It had shrimp, egg,
Tofu and pork it was super delicious and the small bowl is pretty generous and enough to serve two.
The Singapore noodles are awesome! I had them with chicken they were well flavoured and different from other noodle dishes I’ve had.
Lastly I had cashew chicken, I’ve always been a fan of cashew nut chicken the chicken and cashews were good and the celery was perfectly cooked.
I took home leftovers and they still tasted great the next day! I will be returning!