Federick

We went here everyday during our lunch break for the last 2 years. The chili chicken and chicken pakora are AMAZING. 2 specific waitresses are ALWAYS grumpy and yelling… i don’t speak their language so i don’t know what they’re saying and it’s not nice when they have your food in their hand and screaming over it… that’s the last thing I’d want, their saliva in my chili chicken, not like it never happened before. Take out does not taste the same as it does when eating there. It’s missing something which i can’t get my head around… yet.

Large quantities, well maintained environment and friendly staff here.
I think the taste could be better. Maybe it was the food we tried.

What a huge disappointment. We came to Federicks on the advice of a good friend. What we experienced fell severely short of her recommendation. Service was fair. The chicken pakora and chili chicken were both way too greasy. The worst part is the nausea and severe intestinal distress that I have been experiencing since last night originated there. I won’t be going back.

Busy place, service was ok, kinda lack luster. It seems like they specialize more in take out as there was a huge line up at take out area and quality care And detail of food was lacking. The chicken pakoras were hot and served quickly, but literally soaking in oil. They could have given it an extra minute to drip or when pulling them out of fryer easily placing on some paper towel would help minimize the greasiness. The chili chicken was spot on with the spice but once again greasy and just slopped on plate. I’d go back if there wasn’t any other Hakka options but there’s are a couple to continue trying out and my patronage will be loyal where they care more about the customer and the food they serve.

Beware of rude waitresses on Saturday nights.
I went here for an special occasion dinner with my family on a Saturday night. The restaurant itself is very tight and its not hard to feel squished. The female servers here were completely stressed out and letting out their stress on the customers. I was in a large group so naturally we had a lot of questions and requests.
The waitresses got annoyed when we called them. They kept saying wait or holding up a hand at us and scurrying away.
The waitress mixed up our order and came to yell at us to argue over an extra fried rice.
I may not recommend this spot based on their service but their food isn’t half bad. If you do happen to come here try the chicken and fish pakoras. Stay away from gravy meat dishes because they all taste the same.
The waitresses only seemed to be nice to well dressed people who aren’t asian/​south asian. The male waiters are quite calm and nice however.

I think the glamour has worn of Federick, which is reportedly one of the first hakka restaurants in Scarborough. I went in for take out with high expectations, but left wanting.
The food wasn’t the best hakka I’ve had, not by far. I usually judge my hakka based on the chili chicken, as it’s often the most requested and well known dish on the menu. Federick’s chili chicken was pretty disappointing. It was not spicy (not many chilis), and lacked a lot of sauce. Granted the amount of chicken was fairly generous.
Like many people said, the chili green beans are fabulous (not the name on the menu). They were spicy and still had a crunch. The biggest fail were the manchurian vegetables. The sauce was bland and the vegetables undercooked. Thoroughly disappointing… and this was recommended to me by the restaurant!
They give you an enormous amount of white rice, likely one container per dish that you order. Way more than you need. Rice for days, basically (which is not entirely a bad thing if rice is your jam).
I think I’d go to the Markham location, because they seem to have higher marks for service and food. Overall, not a great experience or a place I’d return to.

Great food. We had the Shrimp chilli, Mango Chicken and Mixed Manchurian Fried rice.
Huge portions. I brought home enough food for another meal.
All dishes under ten bucks.
Will visit again.

I heard so many great things about this place so my expectations were quite high. In a plaza, there’s a lot of parking on site. The restaurant is quite clean and they have a number of booths available; there’s also a ‘take out’ area. I went on a Saturday afternoon at twelve o’clock. It wasn’t too busy on the ‘dine in’ side; however, the ‘take out’ side was quite busy. We ordered a number of dishes, including: beef and broccoli, lemon chicken, and fried rice. The food was so bland;there was no taste and I was thoroughly disappointed. I tried it once and I think I’m okay not returning a second time as I can get my Hakka fix at another location.
Good for: Hakka Cuisine

I have been to this restaurant a few times, and every time I eat at the restaurant the food is great, but not so much when I take out. I feel the food doesn’t taste quite the same. I am a fan of their shrimp pakoras, chilli chicken and shanghai noodles. The shrimp pakoras tasted amazing when we at it there but not so much when we did take out. I am not a fan of their chicken balls because they are too tough and small, in fact probably one of my least favourite chicken balls I have tried. I would highly recommend this place, when you are looking for some tasty Chinese hakka style food!

My boyfriend’s (and his boyfriend’s :p) favorite restaurant in the entirety of the history of their childhood (seems like). Also being rated as the top restaurant in Scarborough by blogto, I can see the much raved appeal. Food is good, pricing is reasonable and tables are almost always packed at dinner. Must haves include their chilli chicken and the pakoras dipped in sweet and sour sauce (sub with plum sauce on lazy days). I’m sure I’ll be coming back for years to come…

My boyfriend and I decided to visit on a rainy weekday evening at 7pm to hopefully beat the rush. This place is always full and luckily when we got there it was fairly empty thanks to the rain but a few tables were already spoken for with reservations.
We ordered the Chicken Pakora, Chili Green Beans and Beef Rice Noodles. Service was prompt and polite although I noticed they had trouble remembering which orders belonged to which table. That resulted in some of our dishes unfortunately going to tables that most definitely arrived after we ordered. The overall wait for our food to arrive wasn’t the worst but I knocked a star off for that considering it wasn’t very busy.
Chicken pakoras were crispy on the outside and well seasoned. The meat was wonderfully moist inside. It packs some heat, but it was great even for someone like me who doesn’t do spicy foods often. The rice they serve you helps cool the mouth.
Green beans were amazing and my favourite. Crispy on the outside and full of flavor. Every table ordered them.
Didn’t know what to expect with Beef Rice Noodles since my bf thought they would be like the Cantonese style kind. Most certainly were not. Made with vermicelli which unfortunately was not something I like. I did taste some of it and the flavouring was nice. Boyfriend really enjoyed it though.
We would definitely come back here in the future and try more menu items

My gf and I go here often as the food here was once the best Chinese haka in Scarborough or even Toronto!
We went here a few times in the past few months and we have noticed a significant change. The food portions are much smaller. We ordered our usual of Chilli chicken and chicken pakora with shrimp. They both come with steam rice so we were surprised to be told by the waitress that «their medium bowl» (which looked fairly small and of course didn’t go around two small females) was 2 orders of the steam rice. We got the Chilli chicken and it looked as if it were a lunch order with no sauce! This was at 6pm btw. The shrimp pakora tasted like the shrimp was a week old. Spoiled and tasted like it came from the garbage can. We ate 1 shrimp and left the rest.
I’m giving it 3 stars only because Federics has been good to us in the past.

The first and original Hakka place in Scarborough.
The good:
The prices are cheap. The servings are plentiful.
The décor was recently renovated and is nice.
The fact it’s the first Hakka place is good… I guess.
The bad:
The food sucks. There are better options around now.
The ugly:
The parking sucks asphalt.

I’m here a lot because it’s only a 2 minute drive away from my house!
I can’t really give a good review for a dine in experience, because I always call in to pick up at Fredericks.
I call in with an order, they give you a time to pick up, and it’s never failed! If they say 10 minutes, it actually is 10 minutes! The take out entrance has it’s own separate door (thank god) making the process quick and painless.
The food is fantastic here, the fried rices are to die for. And the pakoras are super spicy (i cant take spicyness at all) but super delicious, packed with tons of flavour!
If you’re looking for a fail proof hakka place, I highly suggest Fredericks.
I once ordered sweet and sour chicken to go, yeah, don’t get it. It’s terrible. Other than that, I recommend this place!

For some reason my after placing my order the food came after a minute… Weird but it was good and cheap. Though my stomach hurt the day after maybe cuz of all the spices

Came by for lunch and was seated super quickly with no wait. Lunch specials are 5.75 for smaller (but still decent) portion size and a drink.
Got the chili chicken lunch special and shrimp pakoras. Chili chicken was served with white rice, which offset the spiciness nicely. Really tasty and filling and not too salty. Shrimp pakoras were made from shrimp paste and I couldn’t really tell if there was any actual shrimp inside. There were also chilies deep fried in them, which made them extra spicy. I prefer the shrimp pakora from Lin Garden as it’s essentially a whole shrimp that’s battered and deep fried and has a better flavour.
They include a 10% gratuity for dine-​in. Service wasn’t as bad as others have commented. Our water was always full, which is my usually standard, so I was pleased. Would go back!

The chili chicken! Always good to get and addictive. Been here a couple of times. They renovated so it looks a lot better than before. Still busy as ever.
It’s a good place to order take-​out or dine-​in for a fast, quick, meal to satisfy your hakka food needs/​cravings. Service was good of all the times I’ve been here. If you’re expecting stellar service all the time, I wouldn’t count on it. Maybe go for the take-​out instead; still pretty good portions to go.
It’s my go-​to Hakka restaurant for a quick bite. Parking can be a nightmare though. There’s more space in the back, but it’s a tight squeeze in the front.

Dannnnnng, that was good. Based on reviews and recommendations from friends, I came in with cautious optimism, and left with my expectations well surpassed.
The location was not far from Scarborough Town Centre, in the base of a low rise office building. Nothing fancy from the outside, but inside was quite nice and much classier than I expected. Very nice décor, and clean. Staff was friendly with no service issues, and the food came lightning quick (probably because they have a takeout arm of the restaurant so they’re used to having the food come out quick).
On to the food. The chili chicken was phenomenal, though as much as I like spice, I found I was picking out the chillis about half-​way through because there was just too much heat. Very nice otherwise though. The green beans were also quite good — perhaps a smidgen undercooked, and very garlicky, but the platter was empty by the end, so that speaks more than words. The final dish was the fish pakora, and it was melt-​in-​your-​mouth good. If you come here, get it.
Price was very affordable — 3 dishes and a coke for $ 32 incl. tax/​tip — you can’t beat that. I’ll be back 100%.

Federick’s a restaurant you go to when you’ve told your life story to your partner and they accept you as you are. It’s the kind of place where presentation is not the top priority — taste and spice are. Hands down, they have the best chili chicken, shrimp pakoras, and a red sweet sauce Hakka noodle that goes by the suave name «Foong Mee Mein» (literally translated as «Red Sauce Noodles»).
Once you’ve discovered that person who «gets you», go get Federick’s, together, and live happily ever after.

Went there on a recommendation for their chop suey. Called up ahead for pickup. Ordered the American chop suey and the General Tao Chicken.
The good: The chop suey was delicious. The flavours were fantastic. Chicken /​shrimp were nicely cooked, soft. Fresh rice. Ironically not as much heat as I would’ve liked but I’m accustomed to that! The general Tao chicken though bloody hot.
The bad: The amount of chicken /​shrimp in the chop suey was barley any. The egg was horrendous. Looked and tasted horrible. The vegetables (esp broccoli and carrots) were super large. An way too many onions. Almost cried in between. The general Tao chicken though was over cooked tremendously. Nice flavour but didn’t look all that appetizing.
Gonna give this place the benefit of the doubt for now and try something else next time to make sure, considering the reviews.