Blue Ocean Cafe

The menu is your typical Hong Kong style café. Milk Tea is delicious and portion sizes are good. We order the Japanese Eel with Spaghetti and Ribs with rice. Service was lacking because the place was pretty busy. They only had 2 servers for about 50 seats. Our tea was never refilled or table cleared when we were clearly done our lunch. I would have ordered another milk tea if they had asked. Prices were slightly higher than other Hong Kong Style Cafes. Lunch for two was $ 27 including taxes and tips.

Came here a few time, and it’s been my go to place lately because it has pretty good prices, a lot of specials, and the food is decent and always up to par. I’ve had many dishes from Portuguese chicken rice to various noodle dishes.
This place is always busy around lunch and dinner, and is fairly popular. Parking is also pretty hard to find in this plaza. This restaurant is kind of small too and you’ll be sitting pretty close to other customers, but this is common in this type of restaurant.
I think the rating doesn’t reflect how great /​fine this restaurant is, it’s not bad at all. It’s what you would expect from an HK style café. I’d definitely come back here again, because I haven’t been here in a while!

Came in on a late Saturday afternoon and surprisingly did not have to wait. The restaurant is small but like most HK Cafes, tables turn fairly quickly.
Prices are on the higher end but most things come with a soup which was quite decent. As for the main dishes, nothing to write home about.
Fried Instant Noodle with Pork Chop ($ 8.99) was very meh. Wasn’t as tasty as I had hoped and left more to be desired. I’ve done better with instant noodles.
Baked Rice, Double Cheese with Pork Chop ($ 9.99) looked delicious but I was not a big fan of the nacho cheese. Would much rather have more mozzarella or parmesan. The pork chop and cream sauce was pretty good. I still stand by Keung’s baked rice though.
Didn’t particularly enjoy anything I had but rather just ate for the sake of eating and to get some food in my tummy. We finished a good chunk of our food and left it at that. I probably wouldn’t go back.
There are much better options around such as New City that’s in the same plaza.

Typical Hong Kong style café with prompt service and pretty decent food. In the afternoon, they have an afternoon tea menu as well as a lunch menu.
I got the fish ball rice noodle soup (from the afternoon tea menu) and my boyfriend ordered the baked fish fillet cutlet with cream sauce & cheese on rice (from the lunch menu). The noodle soup was good but nothing special; I actually liked the baked rice a lot more, would recommend!

Your average Chinese 茶餐廳, on the slightly expensive side, but a lot of the dishes come with soup.
I tried the Hainanese Chicken, which was mediocre. I think the Lobster Bisque soup is really good, thick and creamy for a Chinese place though. This dish I would recommend! Another dish that I think is really tasty is their stir fried instant noodles dish. It has a lot of flavour, though a little pricey as well.
I guess this place is kind of in the middle of the average overpriced place for teenagers to come and 茶餐廳.

Pretty good. I got the ramen with pork bone and it was delicious! $ 10.50. I was expecting a bit more noodles for the price but in regards to taste, it was really good :)
Very busy place — but turnover is quick. Typical Asian café where service isnt the 5 stars you hope for but they make up for it in food.
Parking is pretty crazy because of the plaza itself. Busy times is lunch hours!
Not a bad place to eat if you’re craving some Chinese food.

This place is hit and miss but you wouldn’t know it if you were standing in line. You will find crowds during lunch and dinner time but the turnover is pretty high (all thanks some sort of mutation back in the day that has made us Chinese folks super efficient).
There’s been a lot of good and bad said about this place and I agree. At least for the food but as for the service, one would expect this kind of service given our culture and the style of establishment this place stands for.
I am not going to tell you what to eat but I do have a few tips. They don’t bake or sear meat very well here. Quite often if you order pan fried something or baked something… chances are the meat is way overcooked, dry and somewhat chewy. If you want meat then stick to stuff that’s braised such as curry or stir fried.
Secondly, don’t do pasta unless if it’s spaghetti bolognese (it’s alright). The pasta will often be overcook, underdone or too dry but never really right.
They have some very interesting and appealing fusion stuff with Malaysian, Thai, Japanese and of course Western influences. I would say stick with the true HK stuff and their Malaysian curries.

Looking at the ratings for this café, one would think that this place is really not worth checking out. I actually only gave this place a shot because my best friend said the food here is really good, and sometimes you can’t judge a place for yourself without actually trying it, despite the experiences that other patrons have had. So a few weekends ago when she suggested to eat there since we were in that plaza anyway, I figured I“ll give it a shot and see how it is.
I was quite surprised at how good the food tasted. Granted I only tried two of the dishes they serve here so it’s hard to say whether everything on the entire menu was good, but the fact that we had to line up and get a number ticket in order to get a seat tells you how busy the place is for Saturday lunch. We got a table about 15 mins later, and I like that for a chinese café they didn’t rush us to order food.
In the end we ordered spaghetti with bolognese sauce and cheese (chinese style) and fried rice noodles with beef (with swiss style soy sauce). Both dishes were great! They were tasty and delicious. I always liked spaghetti and bolognese (chinese style) so usually that’s one of the first things I try at chinese cafes to see if they are any good. This place did it pretty well :) The sauce wasn’t too runny, it was sticky enough that it would hang onto the noodles so I din’t thave to scoop sauce afterwards. Not too salty, and the taste reminds me very much of the spaghetti and bolognese that they serve in HK cafes. Next, my biggest surprise was actually fried irce noodles with beef. Not a lot of places do a good job of making this dish, despite how popular it is in chinese cafes and even food courts. the soy sauce they used was very good. My fiancé (who was also with us) loves this dish, and he said that this is probably one of the best renditions he has ever had. The noodles were fried perfectly, not too mushy because you can easily do that to rice noodles, just the right texture allowing you to chew on. The beef was seasoned nicely and overall the entire dish did not feel overly oily (another problem with this dish in a lot of chinese places when they use wayyy too much oil) and so it didn’t feel greasy when we were eating this dish. I would come back to this restaurant just to eat this dish again because I can honestly say that I haven’t had much better ones in the other chinese cafes I“ve eaten in.
Anyway would definitely like to come back again sometimes but perhaps not during SAturday lunch coz it’s so busy. But I would say if you like these two dishes it’s worth coming here and checking it out :)

Another HK café in the Markham area.
We’ve came here several times and unfortunately, bf & I both agree that the food just doesn’t taste too great.
I love their Lobster seafood bisque with puff pastry soup and escargot. That’s about it. We’ve had a few different dishes and none of them impressed. So we’re giving up on this place.
It’s too bad because their soup & escargots are really good.

Food is average here but just come here for the lobster seafood bisque in puff pastry (extra $ 3.99 with any set meal)! Amazing!

I like this store, because the food taste good. Especially the drink, its size is big, and taste good. During the lunch or dinner time, there are many people.

Milk tea is too bitter.
Like others have said I also get stomach aches from ordering the afternoon tea menu.
Really hope they get this checked out before someone gets really sick.
Probably won’t come back until they get their heads back in the game.

Ahaha funny story with this place! At first I thought this place was a spa of some sort! Boy was I wrong! This place is similar to those chain Chinese restaurants that have Hong Kong style tea and baked pork chop.
This place décor is quite calming and the staff was friendly. The tvs there slide show the food which is pretty nifty. I love previewing what food I eat, especially at new places haha.
I ordered the Malaysia beef brisket curry with rice. It was quite good, but I wish it was a bit spicier. The prices seem similar to other places so that’s good haha! There is free wifi, but it didn’t seem to work for me oh well. There is tons of parking in this plaza so don’t fret on spots!

3.5
Another weekend, another HK style café to try. Blue Ocean offers more than your average HK style café in terms of dishes and is a pretty good place to try out if you’re in the area.
Pros:
Menu is more extensive than most HK style cafes
Prices are good
Cons:
Service is a bit slow
Reading past reviews one would think to avoid this place. However, after going myself I didn’t see most or any of the problems the previous reviewers experienced. We came on a Saturday night. It was busy but the turnover was fast and we were seated within minutes. Blue Ocean is situated in a plaza with a ton of other HK style cafes. If the wait time is huge, you can always go to the other ones here so it’s no biggie if this place is too busy at any given time.
One look at the menu and I see items offered that I don’t normally see at other HK style cafes. They have 10 oz rib steak dinner here! I didn’t order it this time but I will be back to try. maybe. lol. There’s also Japanese inspired pastas a la Shiso tree. I ended up ordering the Hainese chicken on rice and my GF got the pan fried chicken steak on pasta with cream and tomato sauces. Both items were on a seperate special menu dinners which all come with soup and a drink.
The food came out rather quickly. My Hainese chicken rice was pretty standard. Nothing special, nothing amazing. One thing to note is that it was all boneless. I don’t know if I just got lucky or if this is a standard for thm, but it’s a good thing. My GF’s pasta was alright too. My little one loved the pasta and she’s rather picky now so that’s another plus. The tomato sauce wasn’t tomato-​y enough though. It tasted a bit watered down. All in all, the food is good for HK style café standards. You can’t come in to this place and expect 5 star cuisine. You shouldn’t be going to HK style cafes if you do.
The prices here are standard and at times pretty good depending on the dish in question. You get pretty good value to. The portions could be bigger, but it’s not downright abysmal. The service can get slow at times when it’s busy, but it’s nowhere near as bad as previous reviewers say it is. I saw a table beside us order a baked pasta with spaghetti. It came out with penne by mistake and tbe customers really wanted the spaghetti and they took it back for them no questions asked and made them a new one pretty quickly.
All in all, Blue Ocean was a pleasant experience for us. It wasn’t amazing but it was nowhere near as bad as previous reviews make it out to be. Either they’ve really cleaned up their act since those reviews are it was never that to begin with. Either way, it’s a decent place and I can totally see myself coming back when I want a cheap meal.

Hmm, not sure if its just this time that I wasn’t impressed, but this is a café I don’t regularly come to. Gotta say, it was an underwhelming experience.
First off, the wait on a Saturday was a bit long for a café like that, but at the same time, not surprising considering the location. Upon sitting down, they moved us to another table. A bit annoying, but okay since we moved to a more comfortable table.
We ordered the BBQ Pork and Curry Beef Tendons, but both were a bit off. The BBQ was all overcooked, making the meat a bit tough. I personally like my BBQ pork tender with some fat on it, so it was a bit hard to eat. The curry was too sweet, as the balance of flavours was off. With too much sweetness and not even saltiness/​spice, it made the curry unbearable. Thankfully, the Milk Tea was quite good, making it the best part of the meal.
Service wasn’t all that great either. I understand working quickly/​efficiently to have a faster turnover rate of customers, but you can also be a little nicer. One server was just kinda bitchy when she took our orders.
Not the best café I’ve been to, and don’t plan on going back anytime soon. Ended up here on a secondary option, so it’s not an ideal situation anyways.

I used to come to this restaurant often for lunch and dinner. In the past, the food was decent and the management of staff and service wasn’t particularly bad either. However, in recent months, I have experienced tremendous decline in their service and quality of food.
When we sat down at our table, we asked for three cups of water and subsequently ordered our dish. I believe we waited for 10 minutes before any server even approach us (clearly they have forgotten the drinks). Later, we observed and noticed that the table next to us already got their food, even when they arrived later than us. We asked for water again, and took another 6 minutes before the servers finally brought them to our table. When we asked for the bill, I was raising my hand for a good 5 minutes before any server notices me. Let’s be clear: This restaurant isn’t big at all and they had four servers in total. Clearly, the servers or management weren’t efficient at all.
Food quality: My mom had a cow tongue dish with rice. The meat was very hard and over-​cooked. The dish was supposed to be baked but it turned out to be under-​baked. I had unagi spaghetti pasta. As you may have guessed, the unagi had bone in it.
Not all is lost, the pasta spaghetti itself was good. Unfortunately, the quality of service made the whole dining experience down the drain. Potential customers should be mindful of it. The servers are way too busy for you.

It was really busy for the morning breakfast special before 11am. Had to wait about 10 – 15 minutes. Inside is pretty small and tables are crammed close together so its almost like you are eating with strangers.
Food was average. Prices were good though with most dishes costing about $ 5 – 7.
We were given an extra scrambled egg sandwich and we told the waitress that we already got all our sandwiches but they let us keep it and we were not charged extra for it. More food for me :)
I would much rather have food at New City which it right next door since I find the food there to be one step above in quality.

Not sure why the low-​ish review here, because I quite like their food and the place is certainly packed all the time. Wifi doesn’t work though, like many had pointed out.
We came in for lunch and had to line up to get a seat. Our food came rather quickly and the taste was pretty good too. Even though normally order cold milk tea, their hot milk tea is suprisingly really good.
I did end up getting upset stomach though, but my tariyaki chicken rice bowl did have raw egg in there…

My friend who lives in Markham recommended this place as an alternative for the Hainanese chicken rice since my bf loves the one at Phoenix. We came on a Sunday night, relatively late for dinner between 8pm and 8:30pm and the place was still packed surprisingly. We waited for about 20mins and were finally seated. My friend recommended the Malaysian curry, but I opted for the baked rice/​spaghetti. The bf got the Hainanese chicken rice and it definitely comparable to the one at Phoenix. I liked the one here slightly more as the chicken was a lil more tasty and ‘fresh.’ I tried my friend’s curry and it pretty good– not too spicy and had a sweetness to it. Next time I will be ordering that for sure. I had the baked chicken with ‘ying yang’ sauce and their tomato sauce was pretty good– not too sweet or sour. Their baked dish portion was pretty big, good thing I was hungry but this is definitely shareable.
All our meals came with a soup and drink and were approximately $ 10 which is a pretty common price for dinner at the HK cafes in the area. They have many dishes to choose from so if the above items aren’t your fancy– try something else… they even have ramen lol.
The last item to mention is their Milk Tea– man oh man… this was pretty good, smooth and freshly made. Now I have another Tea spot in Markham! Be prepared to wait and give this place a try.
Not sure about the previous reviews about bad food causing stomach issues but the 3 of us were fine :)

Your average Hong Kong styled breakfast/​brunch place. Pretty ordinary, run-​of-​the-​mill food, and nothing really separates it from the rest of the pack. Not too sure why it’s always so crowded though…
Came here for breakfast on a Saturday and was surprised to see such a long lineup already at 9am. Portion sizes were smaller than expected and the noodle soup we ordered was way too salty for our liking!
The service is lacking for such a small restaurant and you often have to ask multiple times in order to get anything out there.
Overall, would come back if I had too, but otherwise, I’d prefer the other restaurants in the plaza.