Tsui Wah Restaurant

I’ve always loved the food at Tsui Wah! My boyfriend and I came here in the morning, which wasn’t as busy as we’ve expected. My friend told me Tsui Wah has become a tourist trap but I don’t think so — I liked it: P! Service was excellent.
DRINKS:
Hong Kong style milk tea
SATAY BEEF w/​INSTANT NOODLE SOUP (⁴⁄₅)
(with scrambled eggs and buttered crispy bun)
The satay beef noodles and the scrambled eggs were really good! I opted for the crispy bun because I thought it was 豬仔包 but it turned out to be a wheat bun lol.
CRISPY FISH FILLET (⁴⁄₅)
(with scrambled eggs, beans and buttered crispy bun)
Mm! The fish fillet was delicious! Crispy on the outside and soft in the inside — what you would ask for in a fish fillet :)

What happened Tsui Wah? What happened to good old Hong Kong hospitality? Because you are listed and newly renovated your be become god’s gift to earth?
We order hai nan chicken rice, not available. I order an almond drink, not available. I ask if they can put coconut milk in the red bean drink (they have coconut milk because they have coconut Milk with glass jelly) but they cannot do it. I ask for a cup of tea, it comes cold. I ask for a hot cup of tea, it is not available.
The renovation is nice … But … What happened Tsui Wah!!! Something as basic as a up of warm tea — you can’t event provide? It’s not likely price at a normal cha charn teng!

Service was definitely not up to par. I had to repeatedly hail servers and they plopped steaming hot bowls to our left side, leaving us to actually… you know, place it in front of us. On top of that, the place wasn’t that clean.
As to be expected at many places in Central, the food was subpar and the price was high. Many Hong Kongers, but also lots of tourists who don’t want to go to cha chaan tang but want to try Hong Kong food.
Had the beef satay noodles and lemon ice tea. Both very good, but portion was very small for the price. My meal was about 30 USD in the late afternoon.

Ambiance/​décor-​2
Service-​2
Food-​4
Strikeouts-​1/​3
For a chain restaurant, this place was not kept up to standards. Despite renovations, this place was just as dirty as the family owned businesses where you would expect not a clean table.
Service was on barely on par, not too slow, and maybe a bit of miscommunications in ordering. Nothing special what so ever.
Ordered the traditional hainanese chicken, which I thought was delicious, but I was told that the chicken here is pretty mediocre. I guess Toronto just sucks at making a good hainanese chicken dish. Especially with the rice. I was overall satisfied, especially for the bang for buck.
This place is open late, good to visit as a late night option!

Good old reliable Tsui Wah is the place most people end their nights after a night out in LKF. Fishball noodle soup and pork soft cartilage noodle soups are old favourites.
So here I was at 3.30am Sunday morning with the usual crowd of drunkards and hungry folk thinking of what to order. Their menu selection is ordinarily extensive but by this time of night noodles only. The later you arrive, the less they have. So I went to their famous condense milk and butter crispy buns where there may be more butter than bun. Their dry egg noodles are quite good so got a spicy pork on dried noodles which also came with wonton soup. Great meal and can’t complain for a 4am feed.
If you come at lunch/​dinner (aka normal eating times), again it’s a very local hangout. Must try their chicken wings, hainan chicken is pretty good for a HK café and you can even get steak!

I describe this as a Hong Kong Denny’s to all my American friends. A simple, local diner, with simple, local eats. It’s fun.
Without rehashing others’ commentary, I will add that the milk tea can be ordered cold, and specifically «champagne-​style» — Instead of ice cubes in the beverage (which dilutes the tea as ice melts, of course), upon asking they’ll serve this in a bottle amidst a bowl of ice. Which I will now describe as poppin’ Hong Kong Cristal.

As my mother-​in-​law says: «If you want Hong Kong food that Hong Kong people eat, this is the place you go.» She is right. We did not see a single tourist here with the exception of us.
At this chain, you will find only local comfort food. It is all good. We ate here a few times during our stay here because it was so good.
Here are items we tried and would highly recommend:
— Beef brisket soup with noodles
— Homemade fish balls and fish tofu
— Toasted milk bread with sweet condensed milk
— Milk tea
— Soup noodles with a fried egg and spam
They also have locations in the airport. Makes for an awesome breakfast.

Life-​saving place for your post-​LKF activities.
Good (but not great) Cantonese food, cheap price, and open 24-​hours. Honestly, how could this get any better? It actually does get better since this Tsui Wah is very close to LKF, so you don’t have to worry about heading home without actual food in your stomach after a night out. Tsui Wah is basically a staple in HK because they’re everywhere and their food is cheap and fast.
Post-​LKF food recommendations:
— Shrimp and spinach dumplings in fish soup
— Fish ball and wonton soup with rice noodles
(These are still good on a regular basis! These dishes are just usually very effective for making sure you wake up with a happy stomach)
Regular daily food recommendations:
— Peanut Butter and Condensed Milk Toast!
— Chiu Chow Fried Rice
— Shrimp Wonton Fish Soup (also sometimes good for post-​LKF food)
ALL IN ALL: Tsui Wah will give you the comfort food you need after a night out at LKF. Good during the day if you need a quick bite, great at night when you need something that’s reliable, cheap and open 24-​hours.

Used to be a legit good place, 24÷7÷365, good local food and cheap price. Sounds like a good friend you’ve known in your teens, always be there and never complain. 4am on Saturday? No worries, Tsui Wah is here. It gives you the extra perks of being extra bright and light up, so you can have your final check to your new-​made friends, before you decide if they look the same as they were in the club.
Now it has all changed. Always packed with three floors of tourists. Mind you, it’s not just mainland Chinese tourists now. Korean are the new force in town. If you spot anyone taking pictures in front of Tsui Wah, good chance they are Korean visitors. Just don’t block the front door, bitte.
Food is alright, but now overpriced by a mile. Doesn’t help much to be a listed company now, huh?
Well, it doesn’t matter what people say, and we will still come here from time to time right? Maybe that’s the charm of Tsui Wah.

O Tsui Wah, the eternal rock of the drunk and the wasted. This place is to Lkf partiers what the taco truck or phở places are to Americans. Simple, reliable comfort food.
I give them a four star not entirely based on the quality of their food. I have been here more times than I can remember and indeed, most times I am usually too blacked out to remember anyways. But Tsui Wah is always available and it’s location makes it a perfect recovery spot for those friends that are too heavy to carry home. Even at their most devastated state, my friends will still manage to murmur a weak «satay beef noodle, with egg please», while face down on the table. And every time, be it satay beef noodles or fish ball noodles, Tsui Wah quickly delivers exactly what you expect — even the number of fish balls are exactly the same every time, Henry Ford would be proud.
Reliability and consistency, this is what catapulted Tsui Wah from a typical late night grub spot to a listed company — yes they are listed on the Hk stock exchange (
). This is not Michelin quality food, but it hits the spot and is always there for you, ²⁴⁄₇.
Just try to avoid the bathroom at night, unless you need to throw up. Chances are, you won’t be the first.

Delicious Cantonese food at a rather stickier price. If you live here long enough, you know you can get far more buttery condense milk toast at a local tea house. However, Tsui Wah does a pretty awesome job with consistency. I really enjoy the various noodle soup dishes they do on the table menu (under the glass) especially with degrees of spiciness – always a treat. You can’t go wrong with Hainanese chicken either. Consistent, decent, quick service. Reliable restaurant for Cantonese food at late late hours.

²⁄₅ Stars – please note, this is strictly based on milk tea, not food.
According to my friend, who studied abroad here, she took us to this place that serves «authentic» Hong Kong milk tea. Honestly, the milk tea was just blah – nothing special. To me, it tasted like condense milk with black tea.
It was actually pricey IMHO. For a small cup (²⁄₃ size of an American boba milk tea cup), I believe it was $ 3US.
Another pass! Will not be back!

Unfortunately not available in LA where I’m from. Otherwose one of the better places I’ve been to for noodles with wonton. I could eat that thing every day. I don’t miss a chance to visit every time I go to hong kong or china.

*The food here is not vegetarian-​friendly. For pescetarians, there is fishball noodle soup but even so, I would suggest going elsewhere for a more meaningful meal. Service is quick and the menus were in English. However, the food is decent. I ordered a bowl of shrimp wontons and there was nothing particularly special about it. Noodles and wontons were well-​cooked, but the flavor itself tasted like fast food. Like the chef had made a big pot of it, and served it out whenever the next order came. They do offer a small selection of desserts. I ordered the green tea ice-​cream. It was smaller than how it was implied in the menu. Again, the dessert was nothing special and to be honest, I have never felt the need to come back here again even when I am craving dessert. They put in more ice than actual almond milk and as much as I do like red bean, they put in way too much in mine. The dessert overall satisfied my craving for something sweet but was disappointing in terms of taste, presentation, and uniqueness.
I would NOT recommend coming here unless you have nowhere else to eat. Food and price are decent but do not expect much from the quality. After all, it is fast food service.

The only place where I’d get a milk tea or milk coffee because it’s just THAT good. I feel like they put crack in it or something, why does it taste so darn good???
This is your typical diner style set up with unlimited food to eat and try. Such an extensive menu they’ve got here… Insanity.
My favorite thing to get is their piggy bread /​bun. That’s what I call it anyways. It’s just really light and fluffy bread with condensed milk. Ahhh, oh so yummy. Before I moved back to Hong Kong, this was always a MUST HAVE before I leave Hong Kong. Can never get enough of it. But now that I’m in Hong Kong, I come here less. But it’s still always the place to go after a night out or clubbing, haha. You’ll find the most people here post clubbing! The only thing that’s basically still open ;P

Once again, my husband and I found ourselves wandering around HK with nothing to eat because of CNY. You can count on Tsui Wah to be open though!
We had milk tea, baked pork chop over rice, and Kagoshima Style Pork Cartilage w/​Tossed Instant Noodles. As an American, I always forget that people eat the right portion of things in other countries. At first, I was thinking how hungry I would still be after finishing this but I was pleasantly full.
I’ve had the crispy bun with condensed milk at the location in the airport which is totally yummy! Perfect with a cup of hot milk tea.
The food isn’t astounding but I would choose this over a Denny’s any day.

A very general review for those who don’t like to read too much detail:
I’ve eaten here many times. At first, it tastes ok. But each time I’ve returned, I begin to taste more and more «salt» (and maybe some MSG). The food is just «OK». I’d say this is more like «comfort food» after a hangover.

Tsui Wah Restaurant 翠華餐廳, a chain café located throughout Hong Kong serves up comfort food catered to the Chinese palate. During peak hours, expect to share tables. The flagship restaurant in Central has three stories. Sorry no elevators. Order like a local and try their milk tea served in their signature doll face painted mugs. Then order their infamous condense milk toast 奶油豬, soup noodles and fried rice dishes like Kagoshima Pork cartilage and spinach shrimp dumplings with fish soup and vermicelli, and fish ball rice noodles.
Kagoshima Pork cartilage and spinach shrimp dumplings with fish soup and vermicelli: The soup is rich and flavorful. But, wow the pork cartilage just melts and is deeply marinated with soy and herbs. The addition of the shrimp dumpling was great mix. Because God forbid I only eat one ingredient and get bored too easily.
Fish Ball and Fish Cake Rice Noodle: A bit of Chiu Chow with bouncy fish balls and a dense broth. Really one bowl is not enough.
Pork Burger Slider: To advertise this as a burger was a sin. It is no bigger than your regular slider and the side of fries had 6 pieces. When was the last time you were able to count your fry. The downer was it was dry and lacked seasoning.
Pineapple Bun with Chilled Butter: Such gimmick on the butter. The pineapple was rather cold and would not melt my butter. This was not comparable to Kam Wah Café 金華冰廳 and here.

One of my go to places to eat when I’m in Hong Kong. It’s cheap and the food is good. I’m sure there are plenty of other good restaurants in Hong Kong but for a quick /​fast meal, I recommend Tsui Wah. And they are all over in Hong Kong. If you can’t get to this location, go to the one nearest you.
Plenty of selections to choose from so if you go with a group of friends, you can just order your own meal to satisfy your craving.
I have had their Fishball with rice noodle soup; the fishballs were not fishy and had a good texture.
Also ordered this fatty beef with ramen — this is really good. Just hits the spot when you’re super hungry. It’s flavorful and the beef is super soft cuz of the fats. I would recommend this. However if you’re not a fan of fatty meat, forget it.
For those who don’t know how to read Chinese, don’t worry, the menu is also in English.
One may say that Tsui Wah is whatever, but for me from California, which I rarely get these type of food, I think it’s good and satisfying. I wish Tsui Wah exists in CA.
As one of the Unilocalers have said this is the «Denny’s» of Hong Kong — I couldn’t agree with him more. But I think this is 10x better than Denny’s — hands down.

If you have ever wanted to eat like a Hong Konger, but have been to afraid of those «cha chaan teng» restaurants to do so, then I would recommend you try Tsui Wah as a gentle introduction to HK style food.
What you have here, is easy access to a number of HK specialities; sandwiches made with the whitest most unhealthy bread, tea brewed triple strength with lashings of condensed milk, and the liberal use of cheese baked on top of a variety of fish and rice. OK, I joke a little, but this is basically HK food!
Tsui Wah does do a good range of local and «continental» dishes, at a very low price. I’m a fan of the grill plates, which for around HKD80, you get chicken, pork and beef steaks on a cast iron skillet, brought sizzling to your table (be careful pouring the gravy, it boils the second it hits the skillet, and you will splatter yourself and fellow diners with Bisto). I also like their excellent range of Malaysian curries, traditional «ho fun» flat noodles, and the afore mentioned seafood rice bakes.
Also very popular (but unfortunately not my taste) is the bowls of noodles and soup, with different toppings; fish balls, dumplings, satay beef — it goes on and there is plenty to chose from. Most dishes cost around HKD60−70, I don’t think there is anything above HKD80 on their menu.
For an introduction to the «cha chaan teng», I would come here first before hanging out where the cabbies eat. The menu has English, and extensive use of photographs. Most of the staff, whilst not particularly good at English, have passable language skills to get by. The environment is garish and neon, but this serves well to distract you from the state of the floors, walls and cutlery. In fairness, these aren’t bad, but Amber this is not! Go visit, and tell your mates at home you went «full local» — we won’t tell if you don’t…