@movernie
New restaurant, so expect lots of people to dine here in the first few weeks as everyone likes to try a new spot.
This is not a big space but it does the job to serve the local communities. Nice decor and very typical fine dining interior design.
We had tried its dim sum and dinner combo. I have to say, the overall quality is good but nothing stands out but does its job.
Dim Sum:
We had dim sum at this restaurant numerous times and each time the service and the food are consistent. Nice tablecloth and comfy seats and nice decor to complement with the wonderful dining experience. The Dim Sum quality was decent and on point. I did enjoyed the shred pork century egg congee.
The Shui Mai (steam pork dumpling) were gigantic (just look how big each of them looks).
The “Chiu Chu Dumpling” had a nice texture, peanuts in it (so if you are allergic to nuts, please don’t order this dim sum item). This resto offers 4 of these dumplings per steam basket which other places usually offers only 3 of them, so that’s a nice touch.
Lily leafs steam Chinese sticky rice were gigantic as well and came with 2 giant ones.
I do have to emphasize that the service here overall are superb. Everyone from the manager level to regular servers and even the staff who dropped off the dim sum dishes were polite and friendly.
Dinner Experience:
Moreover, the dinner combo is also pricier than its competitors. For example, at $118 CDN + tax, the combo doesn’t comes with any fresh seafood, for 4 people, at $118, it doesn’t offer even a dish or Vancouver crabs or East Coast lobsters. And 2 out of the 4 dishes, they forced you to pick the grilled black cod fish and a plate of BBQ duck. Imagine you want to visit this place twice a week? Would you go there and eat the same 2 out of 4 dishes?
I really think they should give its customers more flexibility in choosing all 4 dishes and not forced us to order the same 2 dishes out of the 4 dishes.
Moreover, if you are less than 4 people, say 2 people, there aren’t any combo for 2 and aren’t enough typical al la carte dishes to grab dinner. They mainly offered specialty expensive individual dishes that most wouldn’t want to order. For example, I wouldn’t want to order 2-eats of grub fish, it’s not tasty and not a fan.
Also, their VIP card is so restrictive, most places may give you 5-10% off, not here, they don’t give you on special discount dishes. You can use your VIP card on dinner combos. So…exactly when can you use your VIP card? Mainly during regular dim sum pricing time. Super restrictive with the VIP card that you may as well don’t bother getting one.
However, this restaurant will have loyal customers coz around this place, there aren’t many Chinese traditional restaurant around. So, many who live nearby and don’t drive or have a car will opt to walk over here to dine.
Fortune Villa 聚福樓 – Markham, Ontario, Canada
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Address: 539 Bur Oak Ave, Markham, ON L6C 3E5
Phone: (905) 883-1923
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