Asian Garden Hakka Restaurant

if you are looking for Indian version of Chinese this is the place! awesome food. Loved the fried rice and manchurian. the owner and staff are very friendly! would love to visit again

Picked up food for lunch the other day. I ordered a small vegetarian hot and sour soup; the soup was flavourful, delicious, and a great portion size. I then ordered their one of their spicy mixed vegetable dishes. The dish was good but the veggies were a tad mushy and over cooked. I will be back to try, but to dine in next time.
I am glad they have a great variety of vegetarian options, especially the hot and sour soup.

Got takeout, still the best hakka restaurant in Toronto.
Got the fried rice, chili chicken and chili beef, and they were all good as usual.
Tried the chicken wontons for the first time. There not bad but probably could use so, e more filling, tasted kind of doughy.

Excellent food, but horrendous service. Took about 25 mins for the hot and sour soup to come out, considering there was only 1 other party next to us, I was a little upset. However, the soup didn’t disappoint, absolutely delicious! We ordered the chili chicken, vegetable Manchurian w/​gravy and general Tao chicken, they were delicious! However, horrible service ruined dining here. Noodles and rice came so early that by the time each dish (which came one by one very slow) came out, everything was cold. Would advise to do takeout here! It seems like a no brainier and everyone was doing it.

This place is great! I’ve never had Hakka food before and this restaurant was my first experience eating Hakka food.
Food tasted delicious and the service was exceptional! It is a family-​run business so they’re always so friendly and attentive. I definitely felt comfortable eating there.
I would recommend 1) Chili chicken 2) Machurian Fish 3) Fish/​Chicken pakoras; You also get a fortune cookie at the end which I thought was cute. Overall, I wish more people knew about this great place to dine in!

Had a great take out experience last week. Food was fresh and spicy. I will be ordering again to try out more menu items.
Having read reviews, I ordered the Manchurian fish, chilli chicken and Singapore rice noodles.

You’ve never tried really great Chili chicken til you try Asian garden’s. I’m a big fan of their Chili chicken dry and their Manchurian chicken with gravy. The Manchurian fish is worth mentioning as well, with the crunchy fish batter and the delicious sauce. Rice is most of the time included in one order of dish. I usually prefer to call in my order for pickup as it gets busy especially on Friday. Big servings, which means leftovers for the next day, I’d take it anytime. Service is fast, the couple who owns the place are very welcoming and nice. Place is clean and tidy. I can eat here everyday, except Mondays when they’re closed.

Ordered Chilli Chicken, Chicken pakoras and house special friend rice. Fried rice was OK. Chilli Chicken and Chicken Pakoras were awesome. It was hot and fresh, not too spicy just perfect. It is authentic Indian hakka. Would recommend the place.
Service is okay, a little on the slow side. Place is clean and very simple .
Kitchen closes half hour before actual closing time, but still available for take out.
10% off on take out orders over $ 15 if you pay cash.

Oh man, was this restaurant incredible!
Went in for lunch/​dinner with my good friend since we were looking for a new place other than the usual spots we visit out of convenience and/​or value for our money. While I am the person that will spend good money in search of excellent food, my friend just wants a lot of food for a good price. Upon checking other Unilocalers’ reviews, it certainly sounded and looked (by the photos) that this just might be the place that would meet both of our needs!
Now, this place serves Hakka Chinese style food. If you are not familiar with this, I’m sorry that up to this point you have been so sheltered. Please familiarize yourself as soon as possible and thank me later.
The place itself. Very clean, standard Chinese food restaurant and décor so very comfortable and non-​intimidating.
The staff were incredibly nice and pleasant to us, making sure that we knew the servings we ordered were not small!!! But, nonetheless, we pressed on and ordered a large Egg Drop Soup, both variations of the Chili Chicken, which also included a serving of steamed rice per order, a Chicken Fried Rice (you can easily determine the quality of a Chinese restaurant by the way they prepare fried rice) and the Hakka Special Noodles.
The soup was great! Was not oily or over salted like you may have had elsewhere. The Chili Chicken was not a tongue killer but just perfect for anyone to enjoy who is looking for a good spicy dish. The Fried Rice, though? You know you score a damn good Fried Rice when there are large pieces of chicken in there and not tiny, diced up pieces of overcooked white meat of which no flavour could be ever returned to.
While my bud finished all of his feast (unsurprisingly. Sorry, you know who you are!) I could not, and I was given a container to take this awesome food home to enjoy later on! I will also add that the staff were very good with checking on us and making sure that we had our water topped up and we were grateful and appreciative for this.
Loved everything that I ate, no complaints from me whatsoever. My bud wanted to come back the next day, but they are not opened on Monday, haha!
Definitely coming back again and again… And again, whether it be take-​out or dine-​in.
So good that I over-​tipped!

The food is ok but the service is very slow… Even for take out they’re slow. I wouldn’t come back here to sit down for food. It takes them almost 40 minutes to bring out the food if your sitting down in the restaurant. They are severely under staffed and this is definitely a family ran restaurant… I don’t think they hire any other people besides there own family members. The chili chicken is one of there special things here from what i’ve tried.
For take out I would suggest you call way before hand because they always use the excuse it’s gonna take a long time because they just don’t have enough staff… After so many years they have been open I would of thought they would got the hang of this but I guess not… Good for places nearby if you live in the area. But not really worth the place and having to wait a long time for food. Waiting is norm at this place. So better bring your book, laptop or whatever you gotta do to kill time because it’s gonna them awhile…

My craving for Hakka food surfaced halfway between work and home. My usual favourites were back near my office… what to do now? Upon firing up my trusty Unilocal app and searching for the nearest Hakka Chinese take-​out nearby I came across Asian Garden. The reviews were positive and the restaurant was only about 10 – 15 minutes off my normal route home. Let’s go!
Asian Garden is located in a small strip-​mall type plaza on the South side of 16^th just east of Bayview in Richmond Hill. I have driven past several times previously and had no idea this place was here. Upon arriving, the restaurant was empty (to be fair, it was only about 4:30pm) however the lady at the counter quickly offered me a take-​out menu to peruse. The menu included the standard Hakka fair (Manchurian dishes, Chili dishes, pakoras, and hot and sour soup) in addition to regular Chinese favourites. As with every Hakka restaurant I’ve seen, Asian Garden is 100% Halal therefore no pork dishes or alcohol are available. Most of the reviews suggested the Chili Chicken (a staple test for any Hakka place I visit). I personally prefer the dry version (which has a stickier, thick sauce that clings to the meat). Unaware that they provide a small steamed rice, I ordered a vegetable fried rice as well. When I arrived home I was amazed at the quantity of fried rice they gave me for $ 7. It was easily enough for 3 – 4 people. The rice was lightly seasoned and not too dark/​salty. Just the way I prefer it. The chili chicken portion was adequate for 2 people if accompanied by the rice. At around $ 10 I don’t feel like it was undersized in the slightest (chicken isn’t cheap). Taste-​wise I enjoyed it however it had more soya sauce flavour than I prefer. Spice level was medium. They include a small container of chili vinegar and red chili sauce if you wish to add more heat to the dish. As usual, I ordered my dishes with no MSG and found the flavour of both the chili chicken and vegetable fried rice to still be very good.
I’m happy to have finally found a decent Hakka Chinese restaurant relatively close to home and hope to frequent Asian Garden again soon!

Great atmosphere, great service, great food and amazing prices! No need to drive to Mississauga and brampton anymore for halal! Have gone a few times, always a great experience.

I have been to Asian garden for few times and every time was my best time. Food was always good. I have tried chicken corn soup (my kids love this), hot and sour soup, Prawn pakoora, chicken manchurian, lemon chicken (my favourite) and many more… still while writing these dishes my mouth get watered :)
The service is always very good with a clean environment. Usually there are few people who come and dine in and most of the people do take aways so you can easily get

Love Hakka cuisine in general. This restaurant is small with very casual, family owned business with grandma working along with son and daughter in law and one girl as the waitress, the staff is not friendly whatsoever. I have been here several time but they are more busy with their pickup catering then actual seat down and eat.
Good size portions and all they curry or dry dish tastes the same for less price. All the gravies are same tasting. Despite that my friend I went here on regular basis
However I stopped going here when once we ordered fish and chicken pakora and you won’t believe the it came out totally uncooked. As in it was fully cooked from outside but totally pink and wet from inside. So I asked the waitress if she can request chef to cook it properly so I split open one chicken pakora in front of her. She had the guts to tell it. It’s Cooked and it looks like that. I looked at her and said I am not an expert in cooking but I am an expert when it comes to eating maybe I am and this is not cooked what so ever so please take it. She looks at me confuse and takes it away. 5 mins later she comes out with the same pakora that the chef has deep fried and now it’s all burned and it’s not raw from the inside. I called her again and made her take it away and so she did and she rolled her eyes at me too. The only customer service I got was they didn’t charge me for the food I didn’t eat.
For some reason my phone always loses its network range when inside. Maybe it’s my phone.

I’ve eaten here twice now, great meals both times. Both visits I ordered the chilli chicken. The first time I had the dry style and gravy style the second time, both delicious but I prefered the dry style better.
The lunch specials are fairly priced under $ 10 and you get a spring roll with your food and the option of a can of pop or a hot and sour soup. I’m not a fan of hot and sour soup so I can’t say anything about that.
I will be going back again, it’s close to work and there are a few different lunch specials that I need to try out still.

I’ve never had Hakka food before but it was absolutely delicious! I give the food a ⁴⁄₅. But what I didn’t like was the service as the waitress seemed a bit rude. When we first sat down she had heard us saying we wanted the Chicken Pakora & asked us if we wanted to order it now as it took 20 mins to prepare. However, we were still waiting for two others to arrive & didn’t want to order anything yet. Then she kept coming back (2x?) to ask about the order. It was the attitude that was questionable. i remember the bill being dropped on the table, no smiles, looked pissed…
From memory, we had…
Asian Garden Special Hakka Chow Mien — the photo in the menu looked better but still tasty.
Chili Chicken — tasty and a little spicy. i liked this more than the chicken pakora
Chicken Pakora — great w/​a little sauce
Shrimp Friend Rice — great for those who don’t enjoy spicy foods. yum yum
Beef Fried Rice — this was prob. my fav. there was a bit of spice in there and it really gave it a little kick
some other veggie dish
It only cost about $ 10 per person (for 6 ppl). What a great price !
They take reservations but you might not need it on any day except Saturday. Lots of parking.

Not a bad place! It was small, which I really like. Food was spicy, so it was perfect for me! I ordered the chili chicken w/​gravy. It wasn’t the best because the dish had so much garlic, it overpowered the taste of the chili. I won’t deduct points off that bc I love garlic in my food. Took off a star because the food wasn’t as good as Wanlee Xie (middlefield and steeles). It’s obviously on the other side of town, but if you get a chance, I recommend Wanlee over this place.
Overall 3.5 stars.

Came here with work people and i was impressed with the service and food.
Lunch Special:
Manchurian chicken (dry or gravy) with rice and a soup or pop $ 6.95 + taxes.
The food was very flavourful unlike other Hakka places i have been to where it was bland. Will be back for sure.

My first Indian Hakka food experience and it was good! Asian Garden is one of those hidden in plain sight restaurants that will make you go, why didn’t I try this one before!
Chinese food with Indian flair can be a fantastic food trip indeed. It’s the spices they use that make the difference and a nice a good kick in their food items — a conspicuous combination of turmeric, cayenne, etc. Imagine your typical Chinese staples: Chow-​Mein to be more yellow with a ticklish sizzle in the palette; or Beef with Broccoli (and oyster sauce) that‘s more saucy with a hint of unusual spice, etc. When in doubt, just ask if the item is spicy or not. We had to verify whether our Chicken Hakka Chow Mein was! Shrimp Pakora, whole shrimp balls with something-​something inside — really spicy perhaps extremely hot for some, but I love it!
They offer a lot of Manchurian and Szechuan dishes (spice hubs!), as well as, some Cantonese, Singaporean, and Thai style food items. They also have a nice array of Vegetarian dishes!
It’s a quiet place to dine in and my family likes places like this away from home. Some people might take it as this place is not doing too well BUT you’ll be surprised how the take-​outs are very busy. No wonder because its 10% off on pick-​ups of orders more than $ 15 before taxes… but cash only, excludes Lunch Specials (oh well). Lunch Specials starts at $ 5.95 with 8 items to choose from, and $ 6.95 with 10 items on the list. Offered Tues-​Fri. How fantastic is that for lazy-​to-​cook moms like me — those moments do come once in awhile. :D
Yeah, you should definitely check this place out! You’re gonna love it.

I love to support new local businesses, and while Tangerine is still my usual go-​to place for Indian Chinese food, I always try to deviate some of my $$$s to Asian Garden. The fact that it’s closer to my house than any Tangerine locations is a nice icing on the cake!
The restaurant is located in a rather awkward and sunken-​looking strip plaza along 16^th Avenue, right by Bayview. To be honest, it’d be REALLY hard to accidentally stumble across this place unless one is intentionally looking for it. Not to mention that the signage is relatively small and nondescript. But even though the exterior looks very dated, the inside of the restaurant is clean, simple, and bright. Three nice things to have when you go into a random place for the first time!
The menu covers your usual array of Indian Chinese food specialties, from Manchurian beef that is tender and flavourful to chili chicken that is definitely one of the better ones around. I find that the dishes seem to have been cooked with care, a little indescribable touch that I always appreciate when frequenting smaller, mom-​and-​pop places. The owner apparently opened the place up as something of a post-​retirement project (or something like that, him and my dad were way too busy talking in Hakka in speeds that’d make your eyes water), and I wholeheartedly support this kind of earnest endeavour. I’ve also ordered quite a bit of takeout from here and can attest that the food quality is still good.
The service is always friendly, the food is lovely, the price is about on par with most similar restaurants, but what surprised me the most was the ambience. It’s WAY less chaotic than most of its counterparts, even during its busier times. Come by, you won’t be disappointed (unless you like a constant whirlwind of activity… in that case go to Lin Garden on Pharmacy instead! :P)