Simmer Huang Restaurant

This is the worst restaurant I have ever been to. The menu items are extremely overpriced, and they serve tiny portions. Every pot is super expensive like damn. You can add other stuff (like beef, pork, shrimp, etc.) to the pot but the price of each additional order ranges from $ 15 to $ 25. Look at the size of the pot, how much meat can you add to it?
I truly got ripped off last night. The something extremely spicy chicken and vegetable (mirepoix) simmer pot that I ordered was $ 45.99. It was overcooked and was not even big enough for two people as the pot was shallow. Most importantly, it didn’t taste good.

This restaurant is worth to go to, i order seafood with their sauce and its amazing. Its a good place to go with friends and hang out. Its for everybody come and try it…

Not sure why this has received bad reviews. When we went, the service is above and beyond. Yes, the cooking style is not the most efficient but that give us a chance to talk to our friends. The food is tasty. This is on the pricey side of chinese food, but for the experience and the taste, it’s worth it!

Somewhat known chain shop from China so we decided to give it a try. (Did not go on Unilocal until I was seated so by the time I ordered my expectations were pretty low)
We got the Alaska cod fish pot without add-​ons and the non-​spicy sauce. I really liked the sauce despite it got a little boring after eating half of pot of the same flavour.
The sweet potato was yummy because at first when they dumped the veggies in I thought there were just carrots and celery.
See the steps in my photos.
The food is definitely average but I would say it is good for a friend date since there’s plenty of time to talk when the pot is cooking. And sharing the pot is pretty nice (Minus the simmer pot smell on your clothes and hair after you get out of the restaurant).
The total came up to around $ 65 which I thought was not worth it splitting between 2 people. Would not come here again unless I have to for social gatherings.
My tips: if you can eat spicy, the spicy sauce probably taste better, and 3 – 4 people with a few add-​ons would be decently price per person also there would be more variety of food to eat in the pot.

Not worth it. Like other reviews below, it’s very expensive for what it is. If you’re willing to drive a bit further, I’d recommend going to Richmond Hill or Markham instead. Just don’t come here.

Food: ⁷⁄₁₀ — Value: ¹⁄₁₀ — Service: ⁶⁄₁₀ — Ambiance/​Décor: ⁷⁄₁₀
I…don’t…understand.
Why was it $ 110 for three people to eat a few shrimp, a few chicken wings, a bit of lamb, and some vegetables? It wasn’t a three-​person meal either. It was a two-​person combo plus one an small dish of veggies and a plate of lamb.
You walk in and it smells great. The food itself was fine — not great, but not bad. But there’s so little that you end up ordering a bunch of side dishes and even after that, it’s still way too little food.
They stir the food for you and will tell you when it’s ready to eat. It probably takes about 20 – 30 minutes for the food to fully cook. It’s just kind of strange that you sit down to watch food slowly cook.
It’s just not very special and nowhere near worth the price. Skip it.

Visited the new location in Richmond Hill. Unfortunately, there were no location on Unilocal as it is a new location.
The food was actually fantastic. We ordered the bacon, chicken wings, spare ribs, and pork intestines in a spicy sauce. It was fantastic.
Problems that occurred were the following:
1) They just opened and so ran out of rice.
2) The wait time for the food was SOOOOOO long. If it was a long wait for the seating, we would have gone somewhere else, but it was a long time for the food. (approx 35 – 40 min during the lunch period).
3) The price for the food was expensive.
Pro:
Great Food
Perfect spice combination
fresh ingredients
Con
Overpriced
Long weight
not enough food (they ran out of rice)
I’m pretty sure that it was priced per dish, so it may have been better to go in large groups. Then the price wouldn’t hurt as much.

Price — very pricey since it was $ 45 for the chicken pot… veggies were ordered separately but it cost $ 7 for assorted vegetables and $ 4 for the bean curd. Ended up spending $ 70 for two people.
Taste — VERY mediocre, below average. The flavour is not outstanding at all and to be honest I’d rather go to Joon’s or The Fry for good chicken… though the portions here were decently large.
Conclusion — not worth the time and money. Didn’t really understand the menu on the ipad and we had to ask the waitress (who happily explained to us). I definitely would NOT recommend this place.

This place is terrible. That pot of chicken is $ 60+ and it’s all bones. Anyone could’ve put a pot on the stove and wait 20 minutes for the food to be ready. If there’s no participation involved in table cooking, what’s the point of putting a pot in front of us so we can stare at the food. My girlfriend normally doesn’t even eat a lot and this is the first time I’ve heard her say she’s hungry after the meal. We got an extra plate of lamb cause we are not full and it’s $ 1 for a thin slice of meat. Total bill ended up being near $ 100 and we felt like we barely ate anything.

If I could give –5 stars, I would. They charged $ 60 — $ 70 with no listed price on the menu for a plate of chicken wings with «secret» sauce that tasted so salty it made scents. They made soup out of the sauce after we finished the wings by pouring water. Great. Not only now it taste yucky, it also looks absolutely disgusting.
Ridiculous charge on side dishes for slices of lotus and tofu. They counted exactly 1 slice of lotus and ½ piece of tofu per person on the table.
Don’t get me started on their steamed white rice. It was cooked unevenly. Some parts were mushy and some parts were barely cooked. In the same bowl. How do you open a restaurant without knowing how to even cook white rice?
Is this a real restaurant or just a front for some dodgy business practice?

Very expensive for what it is. Side dishes are even more ridiculously priced. The standard sauce we tried was very salty and only good for the first few bites. If you are craving something similar I would suggest going to Joon’s for their table top cooking for a quarter of the price.
The only bright spot is the good service provided by the wait staff, hence the only star i can give is for them and not for anything else related to restaurant.