Bayview Kitchen

Best sweet and sour pork in the city! A must try. It’s a quick, cheap, but very authentic Chinese meal. The staff are always super friendly. I go here at least once or twice a month. Quality is always consistent as well. The place is very small and a little grungy, so you may need to wait during busy dinner rush hours.

Food is still very good here. The service is still pretty good. The things that they should look at is the hot sauce that they gave us. It’s watery and little. The small bottle of salt and pepper runs out very quickly. Otherwise not bad at all.

their food is alright. prices are relatively cheap and they are pretty generous with their portions. i don’t know they just taste like your standard chinese food so don’t rly know how to say. i like the soup they give you LOL (im positive it has msg but whatever tastes okay to me)
i went here one rainy school day with my mom like back in October 2015. we were seated next to this lady and her niece. see, i hate sitting next to someone so close. just rly makes me uncomfortable and half the time i find myself eavesdropping into their conversation LOL (the lady burped which made me wanna hurl. doesn’t help she was so close and i can smell it nsjsososj)
umm. so yeah it’s usually rly packed and there isn’t a whole lot of space to kind of walk and stand around. Opting for takeout would be ideal if you don’t wanna deal with such things

I saw the reviews thinking this place was good. I’m guessing it’s because people can’t really tell the difference in the quality of the ingredients. The prices aren’t that cheap either. The taste is okay but didn’t enjoy the seating there.
Would only recommend if you are in a rush for a quick and cheap meal.

This place has opened for at least more than 10 years and their food has become better each year. My family and I would go for dinner here 2 – 3 times a week back then. Their dinner dishes are delicious, especially their dinner set which serve with their soup of the day and dessert are literally so good. Although it is a small place but it is tidy and clean, services are great!

I have been coming to Bayview Kitchen since high school and the food has always been great. This small HK style café can get very busy on weekends at lunch as it is tiny, you can often find yourself sharing a large table with strangers.
My favourite dish is the minced meat on rice with a raw egg on top.
Over the years, the price of all items on the menu have increased dramatically and I find myself coming here less and less. Similar food and portions can be found elsewhere where you can be seated more comfortably.
Overall, with all the competition out there, this place no longer stands out to me; the furniture is coming apart (the tabletops are peeling) and it is quite dirty.

If you want poorly made Chinese food with bad service then Bayview Kitchen is your place. Took me 5 minutes to find a parking spot on a busy plaza. The waiter looked like she just returned from the funerals. The rice was not cooked properly, and the meat was dry and rubbery — no amount of sauce could help it. The positives? I liked the décor and the service was quick.

I think this place must have gained all their hype prior to Richmond Hill getting any good chinese food. Most of their food ranges from mediocre to just below average. You know their fried rice is sad even just from looking at it. It’s also overpriced compared to similar restaurants nearby. The service is never anything special and if it gets busy you’ll get forgotten if you’re a small group.
This place used to be an okay spot for semi-​authentic chinese food cravings, but now that there’s better options it’s not worth going to anymore.

Been here so many times, with parents and friends. Food is awesome, staff is friendly, prices are good.

Tried this restaurant with my parents. We ordered half a deep fried chicken, seafood fried rice and stir fried rice noodles with beef. The deep fried chicken was pretty good — kind of like peling duck, but chicken, it was served with pringles which was kind of odd. The fried rice was bland and a bit wet compared to normal white rice. The stir fried noodles were really good, drenched in sauce with beef and a few stems of chinese broccoli.
You also get free chicken and corn broth as well as sweet porridge-​y dessert.
It’s a very small restaurant — as in theres 6 to 8 tables. They encourage takeout and you get 10% off your bill if you do.

I was there yesterday and ordered some fried rice and chicken chow mein, and it was delicious. The prices are pretty good and the portions are quite substantial. My only issue was that the servers seem so grumpy all of the time. I don’t think a single person that worked there smiled at me once. I’ll go here again for the food though.

Legitimately one of my favourite Chinese restaurants to go to. It’s super cheap for lunch and they give you a drink as well as soup.
Cheap good Chinese food. Can’t get any better than that

I ordered a lunch special fried rice ($ 7). It was rather salty, oily, and delicious, assuming you like sodium. My dining partner ordered a baked rice with pork chops ($ 6). The rice was a bit dry, so thank god for the tomato sauce that was artificially reddish in color. The portion was not big, just enough for a single person servicing, but it came with a Hong Kong style milk tea or coffee.
The services was efficient but not the most smiley. But I don’t expect that at a low cost venue. Parking is difficult.

I come here for lunch occasionally.
Food is fairly cheap and okay. Tastes like your average homemade Chinese food, nothing special. I really like the fact that their lunch comes with milk tea, it’s a nice touch! The soup it comes with however, I’m not a fan. Personally would not order the soup specifically because it is heavily salted and has MSG in it.
However, food itself is decent and comes at a good price. The place isn’t spacious and I would recommend takeout if you can rather than dine-​in. It is quite packed during lunch hours! Portions are large and filling, it’s a good place for lunch.

I bet no Brazil fans wanted to cook or even eat after the heartbreaking game! What a good excuse to get take-​out. Passed by here and pulled in. It is a small restaurant and it was kind of quiet. Ordered sweet and sour pork and a half soy sauce chicken. The food were ready in 10 min! They used aluminium containers and the food were still hot when I reached home. The sweet and sour pork was a bit soggy after it had been covered in the container for 20 min. Taste good tho! Guess it would be better if dine in. Chicken didn’t have enough flavor. Will go eat in sometimes and try sweet and sour pork again. No mood in eating today actually: (
* 10% on pick up order *
^^ complimentary dessert even for take out **

Been going to this restaurant for years now, for both lunch and dinner, and even a couple times for breakfast. Overall, the food is good, price is cheap, large portions and has great variety.
Breakfast menu is usually some toast sandwich with coffee/​tea and fairly cheap.
Lunch menu is rice with some dish or fried rice/​noodle (and a couple other things). It comes with a choice of 2 different soups (I always get the corn and egg drop one) and a choice of drink (hot/​cold milk tea, lemon tea, soy drink).
Dinner is usually individual orders of various dishes with rice on the side (extra) and there are some pre-​set combos with varying degrees of discount. Dinner comes with a soup (usually pork bone, large bowl to share if eating with multiple people), and some sweet dessert at the end.
Like many others have said, they only have 5 – 6 tables so coming at peak meal times would result in long waits, but they also have take-​outs available. Also they only accept cash.
The staff are very nice and there have never been any significant delays in getting the food served. I have been going there for years and will continue to do so as I have never been disappointed thus far. There is a TV in the restaurant, and it is usually tuned to the Chinese news channel.
On the side, their menu contains mostly Chinese food items but there are a few western style items. My suggestion would be, since it is a Chinese restaurant, order the Chinese style items, lest you be disappointed.

Good food. Cheap.
Small little place
Only takes cash.
It feels like the last good hole in the wall Chinese restaurant left. The people here are really friendly. Its always packed because it only has 6 tables. I’d eat here over MacDonald’s any day. Oh ya, they also give you a free soup for dinner.

The restaurant is very small but when we went we were seated right away and the service was really quick. The waitresses were always around when we needed something. The food is really good, you get a big portion when you order. The fried squid was especially good! Definitely will visit again.

Went to Bayview Kitchen for a quick dinner. I’ve always been curious about this place because it’s always packed when I pass by it on my way to eat at Restoran Malaysia. They must be doing something right.
I ordered a club sandwich, a double decker sandwich with lettuce, tomato, ham, egg, and chicken salad. Although you can’t really go wrong with a club sandwich, this one pales compared to other ones that I’ve eaten at other hk-​style cafes. The flavours were rather bland.
My boyfriend ordered a satay beef fried noodle. We couldn’t taste any satay at all. The whole dish just looked like it was slapped together without much care. I know I shouldn’t complain for such cheap prices, but I’ve had much better food with the same price point at other Chinese cafes.
So my questino is, why is this place so popular? Maybe it’s due to the lack of choices around this area, but I wouldn’t go back for dinner.

Bayview Kitchen is a good choice if you want something cheap, quick and fast.
Afternoon tea from 2pm to 5 pm. great for late lunches! My $ 4.25 Beef Brisket/​Wonton Noodles with tea was perfect!
Quick, fast and friendly services!
Closed on Tuesdays!