New Choice Restaurant

Authentic Cantonese food! Many new dishes added after the renovations.
Favorite dish is their one of a kind Butter & Cheese Lobster and Grill pork’s neck.

i went to this on christmas eve and it was packed. good thing was our group made reservations ahead of time for 8 people. Given our group size, we wanted to really order seafood in this restaurant, so we ordered a 6 pound lobster with 2 flavours and a steamed garlic oyster for our seafood portion. We also ordered hot plate beef, as well as A-​choy, and a seafood fried rice.
The Lobster with the salt and pepper mix was very good, it is definitely a signature dish of theres, much better then the steamed one we had with garlic and green onion. The Steamed oyster with garlic was by far the best dish out of all their dishes, as it was cooked perfectly and the seafood was very fresh.
Overall the price for this restaurant is pretty decent, the service of course left much to be desired, as the wait staff, only some were responsible and quick, others were impolite and ignored us. The lady wait staffed for some reason tended to ignore us and brush us off when we order food or ask for service. where as the male wait staffed actually did their job
i would recommend definitely people to try this restaurant and it is also has late night hours till 4 am so available at any time.

Went to this place on a friday night. It was relatively busy, which is always a good sign. This is an old school cantonese style restaurant. went to this restaurant with a friend.
We ordered 3 dishes, the Beef with mushroom, hot pot garoupa with tofu, and braised pork belly with lotus root.
Honestly of the three dishes the hot pot and the beef with mushroom were the best, and the last one was not bad. however it did not stand out as much as the other two. This restaurant is pretty authentic when it comes to the food, and the portions are average, it is decent enough.
It is of course this type of restaurant you usually bring with family and friends, in an area where there is a abundant of chinese restaurant, this one still stands out as pretty good and old school.
i would definitely recommend it to people who have a craving for good cantonese cuisine.
The Lobster which i had last time is also a dish i would recommend highly as they are very good with seafood.

Pretty mediocre Chinese food spot. It tastes better late-​night on the way home from an alcohol-​fueled night of debauchery. It’s open later than most of the other Chinese places in the area, but if you’re eating during regular business hours you’ll be better off visiting some of the other nearby options. The food is pretty salty, oily and all around average.

Heartburn…
My heart burns for the first choice, the newest choice. The only choice.

Cheap and yummy! It’s the go to place after hours! Service could improve but hey! I love the food so much I keep going back!

New Choice has decent food and late hours and that is about where it ends.
The cleanliness of the restaurant is questionable at best. It is not kept well most of the time which can be gross when you’re trying to eat. Their cups are usually dirty.
I would say 90% of their employees do not speak English which is extremely annoying because they give you a clueless stare when you order and as opposed to making sure they have your order down correctly, they make guesses and bring you the wrong order.
On the other hand, the one’s that do speak English, are rude, uninviting and try to rush you with your order.
Also, they do not accept reservations and are cash only. I personally do not know many restaurants that do not accept debit or visa/​mastercard other than New Choice.
Overall, I would not recommend this place. It is too bad because their food is not half bad.

I share the same sentiments as one of the reviewers who mentioned food is decent and priced cheap — and that the chicken rice with ginger/​green onion dish is okay. It came with free drink.
Service was so-​so.
We ordered a wonton noodle as well and it took a while to arrive. It came way after my chicken rice. Wonton definitely not on par with a specialized wonton restaurant but we wanted a noodle soup at that moment.

Food is cheap and decent. Most items come with milk tea. Their chicken rice dish is pretty good however.
Service isn’t great. Servers are grumpy and rude.
Clean interior. Washrooms could use an update however.
If you’re looking for something cheap, this is the place. Open late but cash only so hit up the atm.

1 star for being edible and another star for being open late into the night when all others have closed.
Would only come back if in the area and desperate for food when all else have closed (which is probably why 99% of the people are there for). Food was barely above food court (Manchu Wok) quality. My theory is this place survives on the late night crowd or people seeking low prices. Food looks and tastes like chinese food court of 10 years ago. Too much soy sauce on the rice, some plate portions were small and black burnt grill bits were peppering my tofu dish.
Visited around 11:30pm and place was full and constant turnover. Only around a 5 minute wait however would be longer if you came earlier probably.
Waiters were grumpy and never smiled and were snappy and actually was arguing with another table about their food taking to long. However in their defense this is one of the worst shifts as tired and hungry late night diners is not the best customers to serve!
Go here expecting something edible in the middle of the night. Don’t go here expecting the pinnacle of chinese cuisine. … and if you are a loyal regular coming here during daytime hours when everything is still open, do yourself a favor and expand your palate by trying any other chinese restaurant for a change of scenery.

This is my first time to New Choice. I had wanted to try it for awhile, but I could not cramp in it last 2 times. New Choice has a BIG following. First tip of the day: come around 6:00pm or after 8:00pm to get a table easy for weekend. You should expect to wait if you arrive after 6:30pm.
They gave us 2 menus: one is for the more expensive dishes, and the other one is the house menu book. OMG! Most of the dishes in the house menu are $ 10 and under, including many meat dishes. We ordered solely from the house menu, so I could not comment on the expensive menu. I did notice that one of the expensive items was giant lobster.
We ordered a Braised Duck with Taro in Sweet & Sour Plum sauce ($ 10), a Cherry Clam Stir Fry ($ 14), and a Stir Fried Vegetable with Garlics ($ 9). The Braised Duck was too sour for my liking, and it had too much taro. The cherry clam and the vegetable dishes tasted fine. What impressed me the most was that none of the dishes were grossly oily. The oiliness level was similar to the typical stir fries in Hong Kong.
The interior is contemporary and clean. The waiters and waitresses are too busy to be attentive. If you get their attention, the services are efficient.
New Choice operates a formula of ultra low prices, nice interior seating, variety of dishes and average cooking. The magic formula successfully earns it a large following, including many non-​Chinese, based on the observation of my 3, admittedly twice were unsuccessful, visits. Despite that it doesn’t cook the most elegant dishes, I don’t think its customers mind at all.
3 stars for food; 3.5 stars for overall value and experience.

A moment of weakness: as it was close to midnight and almost everything else in the plaza were closed and after eating Double Inferno earlier, I don’t think I should be having more spicy food! And I made the wrong decision to come to New Choice Restaurant again.
I guess I should have learn from my own experience and read my own review using my Unilocal App before walking through the doors… but New Choice is open till 4 am. it cannot be worse than my lunch special…
I was WRONG!
The only thing that I enjoyed was the Plain Congee ($ 1.50) in its purity with no added seasoning or ingredients… I was just so glad we ordered that and we even order another bowl!
I have to declare I have the worst Taiwanese Three-​Cup Chicken ($ 9.95) in my life, where’s the 3 cup — each of soy sauce, rice wine, and sesame oil and where’s the ginger and basil? Why are the chicken so heavily battered deep fried and gluey? After one bite, I just couldn’t eat that and I thought I ordered the wrong dish! You sure that’s chicken?! I confirmed with the kitchen again and he said it is the 3-​Cup Chicken!
Taiwanese Style Stir Fried ($ 5.95) was as bad. The tofu was deep fried to crispy dryness. At least I enjoyed the peanuts as it went well with my congee.
After the renovation, the interior does feel cleaner.
Note to self, I am not coming back here again!!!

New choice is my go to place for Chinese food and ever since they renovated I have been going more and more. We came here on the grand reopening night and it was packed!
The interior is modern, clean and less cramped than before. The menus have been updated with photos AND English (for those who can’t read Chinese like me).
In terms of food, my favorite dishes include:
–baked lobster with creamy cheese
–baked ribs in thousand island sauce
–deep fried chicken wings with chilli salt
–shredded salt braised chicken
–braised duck with taro in plum sauce
The list can go on with so many items on their menu. In addition, their HK style milk tea is one of my favorites. I highly recommend this place for dinner and its open late (4am) if you’re craving a midnight snack.
Remember CASH ONLY!

I visit New Choice Restaurant whenever I am looking for cheap chinese food. Its the closest one near by with a good price. The service and food there are inconsistant. Majority of the time the experience will be good, but you could have some off days. Best bet is ordering take out instead of dine in, but even then sometimes the order might be incorrect. They have a very wide variety of food, but some of their specialty menus are only in Chinese. With me being CBC (Chinese Born Canadian) I don’t know how to read all of that. Upside to New Choice is that they are open late to around 3am or 4am and their beers are the same price as their closing times ($ 3 domestic or $ 4 import) WOW! SO GUUD! Great place to be if you want cheap food and drinks, and they have also renovated recently. Try it out and find out if New Choice will be your New Choice!

Ive gone in 2 times and I’m not sure if i’d go back. On both ocassions I ordered the exact same thing. The last time they tried to charge me more money. I pointed it out to the lady. she rolled her eyes and have me back the difference. I got the chicken corn soup and general Tao chicken. It was really good. The chicken is really moist but not spicy enough. The corn soup is right on point. I went in the last time and got the Chili chicken. It wasn’t spicy at all. It tasted like black bean chicken with sauce/​gravy. Wouldn’t order that again. The restaurant itself is kinds run down looking. Everything is old and out dated. There is always people in there when I go and they areopen til 4−5am which I think is great, considering in this area (hey 7 & bayview) not much is open, unless you want mc Donalds at valleymede. Id consider going back.

I am from California but when I visit family in Toronto, I make sure to eat at new choice. Hands down the best Chinese food in town in the tri state area. Best late night munchies spot after coming out from the club as well. The chocolate beef can only be explained with two words, MOUTH WATERING. The stir fried snows peas are to die for. Be sure to get your food ordered by the chinese waiter with the flat top haricut and the bow tie. He’s legit.
Will definitely dine there again. The only reason i gave it a 4 out of 5 star is because the place can use a renovation. Not a place to take a date to if your trying to be classy. :-)

New Choice = Awesome
I’m not sure if I even want to disclose this gem!
Its open super late *until 3 or 4 am*
and the food is SO GOOD AND CHEAP!
fine, the interior is not modern or anything special and the food is so so so so so so good
i haven’t met ANYONE who didn’t like this place
the prices are also so low
we go with 6 people and it ends up no more than $ 15 per person (including tax and tip)
we get chicken in black bean sauce (the chicken is so moist and just amazing, tender and wonderful!)
–fresh baked fish — they fish it RIGHT OUT FOR YOU! its great
–steamed rice
–Cantonese Chow Mein or Seafood Chow Mein
–spicy salt squid — mmmm so TASTY!
–the ginger garlie lobster is really my favourite
–The manager (the older guy) speaks great English so that is never a problem
–oh! and get the Crab corn soup [they may not have it on the menu, but they make it. REAL crab meat)
you can come here any time. day or night!