3.5
Pros:
Lots of items to choose from
Good value
Cons:
The daily specials are only in Chinese
Lai Doh is your no frills HK style cafe. What it doesn't do with ambiance and decor, it makes up for in food and value. This place is pretty popular. When we came in, it was packed and they were handing out numbers for tables. I don't know many HK style cafes that give out numbers for tables.
The menu here is very extensive. They have a lot items to choose from. They also have a ton of daily specials. The problem is, all the daily specials are only written in Chinese. They have English names for everything else, just not the specials. The specials and a handful or other more pricier entrees are the only ones that come with soup and a drink as well. So if you don't read Chinese, you're missing out. I've said it before and i'll say it again, if you're a business here in Canada, you need to have English menus.
I ordered the chicken steak with black pepper sauce and my GF got the baked perch with cream sauce on spaghetti. We got a bowl of fish ball noodles for our little one. My chicken steak is one of the pricier entrees that come with a soup and drink. When it came out, I was very surprised how big the chicken steak was. It's easily the biggest chicken steak I have ever had at a HK style cafe. The black pepper sauce has a little spicy kick to it which I loved. My GF's baked spaghetti came with a lot of cheese which she loved. They don't skimp on ingredients here. The noodles though were a little disappointing compared to the other dishes. The broth had very little taste and the fish balls could of been better. My little one usually loves this choice but she wasn't too thrilled with it either.
The prices here are pretty good. They seem to be a bit cheaper than other HK style cafes and the portions are still very good. Service here was pretty good even though they are very busy most of the time.
I really like this place. It's not going to win many style points but it makes Lai Doh for it where it counts.