Miu Garden

Must try: Taro Cake (the triangle)
We haven’t been here in a while and I’m not sure if the quality has gone downhill, if my dim sum standards have gone up, or it’s an off day, but we were left overall unsatisfied with the food.
General themes:
1. The shrimp is not succulent or fresh. And really, what’s dim sum without good shrimp? It’s in 80% of the dishes.
2. Dishes were way too salty. (1) Turnip Cake is good for its mild taste with the occasional zing from the meat or dried shrimp bits, don’t ruin that with sodium overload. Same goes for (2) Crab Balls…
3. Dishes that used to be good no longer is. The (3) Steamed Rice with Sparerib barely had spareribs and the nonexistent spareribs barely had any meat on them. The (4) Durian Pastry was crumbled and sad looking. Worst was the (5) Custard and Egg Yolk Bun… the bun was hard and grey instead of fluffy and white, it’s dense like it didn’t rise properly and the inside was separating (egg yolk and sugary syrup). Ughhh disappointment.
4. Some dishes are just what the random… These might just be our mistake in ordering, so take with grain of salt. (6) Deep Fried Salad Shrimp Roll does not work, period.
Good thing there are plenty of dim sum places to go around. Will maybe drop by if in the area, will not make effort to come again.
WYWH

Food was terrible. Don’t know how they are still in business. They even messed up lobster, the lobster meat was not fresh as it was mushy. We ordered 8 dishes and they were so carelessly prepared that I found small chopped bones in dishes that did not contain meat. I will not be returning and regret that they took my money!

Came here around 1pm on a Monday. Pretty busy but luckily didn’t have to wait for a table. It’s $ 2.70 for all dim sum and $ 0.60 for tea per person.
They advertised their crab claw dim sum outside their restaurant so we decided to give it a try. Not bad. It’s really a big ball of shrimp around a small crab claw. It comes with a small dish of vinegar, which helped to bring it the flavor… I found it kind of bland to eat it on its own.
Curry octopus was tender but not spicy and didn’t have much curry flavour but I find that’s how it is usually made at most dim sum places.
My bf ate all the shrimp dumplings and rice noodle with BBQ pork so his verdict on them was «it was alright» lol
Steamed rice was a little dry and the beef is the same consistency as the beef balls you would typically have at dim sum restaurants. It’s almost like a firm beef paste? Doesn’t taste much like beef to be honest.
Deep fried dough in rice noodle was ok. Good that the deep fried dough stick wasn’t stale, so the bread was still soft.
Overall, not bad. Standard dim sum restaurant. Would return if I’m craving dim sum and at market village.

This review is for a dim sum lunch on weekend.
Miu’s Garden is the only indoor restaurant at Market Village Mall that serves dim sum. What it has going for it are the convenient location and the low prices. The dim sum were subpar during my visit. The fried dim sum items tasted good; the steamed ones were average; the braised ones were pretty bad, mainly because they were still hard to the bite. Some of the meat was past its prime and tasted slight spoiled.
Kindly note that if you visit during the time where there are push carts, what you order on the dim sum ordering sheet takes a long time to arrive. If you are hungry, you get the food faster from the push carts. However, har gor, siu mai, steamed beef balls, and shrimp rice rolls are often not in any push cart. You have better change getting them through the ordering sheet.

I usually don’t write a negative review. But this time if I can give zero stars I will. Food is cold, and any frozen dim sum I could buy from supermarket is way much better than their dim sum. I left after 10 minutes.

I’ve been here for dim sum 3 times in the last 6 months.
Food and service is pretty good. They have both the service carts and the menu.
It’s next to Pacific Mall so you know parking is not that great.
Other than that I’ve have no issues.

Came into this place expecting the usual Chinese restaurant mantra: great price for decent food but was pleasantly surprised.
Pros:
Lots of set meals to choose from
Food is above average for prices
Cons:
Fish dishes come out slow
Like I said, we were looking for a place for dinner that would offer decent food for a good price. Miu Garden gets the good price part down normally. However, the food was much better than to be expected. I really enjoyed it more than I thought I would.
Miu garden offers a ton of set meals that patrons here mostly order from what I could tell. They have set meals for different sizes of parties. Set meals come out to about $ 8-​$ 10 per dish depending on what the dishes are. There’s also the option of choosing your own dishes along with the usual half chicken and steamed fish. You pick up to 4 accompanying sides to your liking. Dinner for 4 here will run just over $ 10 a person.
All meals here come with free soup and dessert. You will have to order rice which comes at $ 1.50 a bowl. We ordered the pick your dishes meal so along with the half chicken and steamed fish, we got the salt and pepper pork chop and a mushroom and bok choi veggie dish. The chicken comes out first and was fairly decent. The pork chops and veggies come out next almost simultaneously. I loved the pork chop here. It was spicy, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. It was the perfect combination and easily one of the best salt and pepper pork chops in the city. I grew up on that dish and it’s one of my favs so it’s great when it’s done right!
The steamed fish comes out last. It didn’t come until more than midway into our meal. The problem here is that steamed fish takes a set amount of time to make. You can’t really cut corners to save time. If every table is ordering it, you will definitely fall behind if you don’t have a crazy amount of steamers for the fish. The fish though itself, was done superbly well! I was very impressed. The fish was steamed just right, not overdone at all. I couldn’t believe I was having this in a set dinner honestly.
Staff and service here are also pretty good. Everyone was nice and friendly. It can get rather busy here but they get to everyone within a good amount of time.
Miu garden was a very pleasant surprise. I came in with normal expectations and they were exceeded on almost every count. I’ve only come for dim sum in the past, but now I know I’ll be coming for dinner a lot more in the future.

My friend and I were hesitant to go here because we were afraid none of the people who work here spoke fluent english. Although, as we entered, a polite, nice lady who was fluent in English welcomed us, seated us, and gave us an English checklist menu. The ambience was very loud as usual for Dim Sum restaurants in the morning. The checklist menu offered plenty of food options which my friend and I liked such as Siu Mai, Steamed Rice Noodle, Chicken Feet, and more. They also provided us with complimentary tea. All of our food came within a decent amount of time. The quality of the food was okay, it definitely didn’t taste as if it was premium quality, it was just okay. Miu Garden provides special and affordable prices every morning which was good.
Overall, Miu Garden is not the best Dim Sum restaurant I have been to, but it was basically decent and a good place to eat in the morning if you are secluded within Market Village or Pacific Mall area.

— came here for dim sum
— average joint, but totally serviceable.
— nice thing is that they only had 2 «sizes» of dim sum. regular and special… was surprised they didn’t do the small, med, large, special thing like most places.
— found it odd that they also sold dried mushrooms and other goods along the side of the restaurant.

Food ok. Nothing spectacular but not bad. didn’t expect the plates to be clean but it was pretty dirty. and the washrooms were dirty too. It was all clogged I couldn’t even use it.

Dim sum quality was very good. I came from New York City where dim sum is pretty good and this place was comparable and better in some ways. Price was very good. Ordered around 15 plates and the price was 36 Canadian dollars. Shrimps were a good size in the rice rolls, and taste was good. No complaints here. They still use carts for certain items, but most of the items had to be ordered with the sheet. Some items took longer than others.

The food was decent. Went on a friday morning so it was all old folks. We ordered 10 things and got the pretty quickly. The staff was not really friendly, but then again they are super busy so i guess they are not meant to be. They have all the usual items ypu would see at a dim sum place. The bill came to be about 30 after tax. We couldnt eat all ten. Took back two boxes in doggie bags. Anywayz, i think its a good price for good food.

My first thought of when coming to Market Village was… uh oh… Parking…lol. Thankfully my family decided to come here on a weeknight. Smart Move! Near the MKV foodcourt, MIU Garden is right across. Just outside the entrance, they’ve got posted menu suggestions, especially for those that come in groups, which is great, rather than sitting down on to only realize this is your place to indulge in. Our family took a meal for 6 and added three more items.
On our table we had their:
–chinese broccoli with seafood
–beef with thousand island sauce
–snow pea tip with garlic sauce
–steamed fish
–Cantonese fried noodle with assorted meat and seafood
–House soup
–Roasted chicken with chips
…and something else. i forgot lol.
overall the food is pretty good, portions were a lot, please was reasonably clean, well priced and the service was efficient. There really isnt anything special about this plac, other than that they’ve got selection, food is GOOD, and its affordable.

Had not been to Miu’s for a long time — we were doing some shopping in the area, and decided to go in. It was ok, not fantastic, but ok. Décor-​wise, it reminded me a lot of some of the upstairs restaurants on the side streets of Tsim-​sha-​Tsui in Kowloon. The foong-​jow really disappointed me. I have had better. The beef balls were well-​seasoned. The fish ball dumpling soup was the star of the show. The wrappers on the vegetarian yum cha were too thick. But: ambience-​wise, it was a good experience. The hostess was pleasant and the ladies with the trolleys, very helpful. I agree with Alina M. on here — for a simple dim-​sum fix, it is good.

Went here for good old Sunday dim sum. I did not enjoy the food and I was disgusted by the service. Employees here are rude
The food was slightly bland and some dishes were not fresh.

Came for dim sum at noon on a Sunday and surprisingly I didn’t have to wait in line!
This is the first dim sum place that I have seen where they provide both push carts and give you a piece of paper to write down what you want, interesting. We ended up ordering most things from push carts until we wanted to finish up with things that we didn’t see and ordered off the paper menu.
Service was good, people took our plates in a timely manner and our pots of tea/​hot water were filled up quickly. Do note that they do push their dim sum on you, but be firm when you say no and you are good to go.
The pricing is all sizes for one price. The rate changes depending on what time you arrive, I think it was 7 – 9, 9 – 11, 11 – 1 were all increasing in prices but I forget offhand by how much.
I wouldn’t go out of the way to come here, but it is a good option if you are in the area.

Old school Dim Sum cart charms aside we were expecting higher quality food than can be found in your typical Dundas & Spadina area Dim Sum restaurants but it was not even on par with those and some dishes were downright awful tasting. The restaurant itself is worn out and dirty. There are many better DS restaurants in Markham IMO.
We won’t be visiting ever again.

Thrilled to see this place still keep up the traditional vibe with carts of dim-​sum being pushed around! They definitely have such an enormous variety of dim-​sum, one of the greatest actually! If you come here before 11am, the dimsum is usually cheaper, although the regular prices are still very economical.
The dim-​sum is on the salty side and is arguable not top-​notch, but for a simple dim-​sum fix, it is good. As expected the dim-​sum as such traditional restaurants are only in the mornings/​afternoon.
The atmosphere is relatively loud and bustling, so it isn’t a place for long, quiet, deep conversations!

Came here for lunch with some coworkers for some cheap dim sum. It’s $ 2.40 a dish for all sizes during prime time lunch hour and drops to $ 1.98 at 1:30. I think I saw before 11 am there were additional discounts as well.
There were push carts but they also gave us the option to order off a tick sheet. The service here was really really slow — although typical for a Chinese restaurant. I should clarify that the food came quickly, but if you needed your tea pot refilled or needed a take out box and the bill, we waited forever and had to ask 3 different servers before it was finally done.
Food itself was average but everything came out hot.
What I thought was weird about this restaurant was the servers were pushing around a cart selling dried goods. I don’t know what they were but it’s the stuff my grandma buys to make Chinese soup.

Ah… old school dim sum. push carts. ladies yelling the food names in Chinese and if you have a non Asian friend, they show you what it is with some weird explanation… so har gow is «shrimp wrapped balls» as opposed to «shrimp dumplings» lol.
Before 11 (or 11:30) and after 1:30 is one price for everything. LOVE IT! They have your typical rice noodles, rice, har gow and siu mai, but being Chinese and all, I have to get the best value, so I wait the shrimp stuffed crab claws.
I have to admit, I’ve kind of fallen a bit out of love with these, but when my dad was still alive, he would always order them for a special occasion, so I feel like I have to order these to honour his memory. But don’t get me wrong, for the price, they are very good.
However, get here early or else it gets packed, but I think this is one of the better value dim sum places in Markham. Oh yeah, parking is a nightmare on weekends.