Pine Tree Garden Restaurant

You’ve heard this many times: you get what you pay for. Pine tree doesn’t have the best tasting food but it is one of the cheapest. The food is good, not stellar. The specials are easy on the wallet and you get ample food. The more impressive part is that they have a better balance between rice and the main dish than other cheap Chinese restaurants, ie. Dishes with 80% rice with a few pieces of meat. I love bitter melon and they cook it pretty well.
Service wise varies better which server you get. Sometimes, they are quick and relatively friendly. Other times, you get an annoyed waitress who doesn’t know the menu that well. But for the price you pay, don’t expect top notch service.
It’s a good neighbourhood restaurant for convenient and cheap eats.

Err… how are the ratings so high at this place?
My experience here was pretty bad — both the food and service were terrible.
Admittedly, I was both starving and a little hungover when I came here for lunch so I ordered the baked cheese and meat sauce spaghetti. The cheese was clearly processed, the sauce was overly salty, and the meat was too fatty. Everything tasted artificial and I think eating it made me want to puke even more.
The wait staff of this restaurant was predominately 2 young males and one of them was rather rude. When we sat down, the table was hella dirty with stains and food remnants of the previous customers so we asked if he could wipe it down. After begrudgingly doing it, it seemed that he was giving us attitude for the rest of our time there. He was super slow with his actions (when we could clearly see him doing nothing loitering near the cashier), served all our dishes at the edge of the table, and failed to take away finished dishes (or only took ONE when specifically asked. even though we had already collected and pushed a few to the side of the table).
Although the other dishes that were ordered looked slightly «more okay» and perhaps only my dish sucked, the despicable service that I experienced really deters me from wanting to come back.

Small family style Chinese restaurant.
It is very affordable for famiy dinners for a casual night out, especially when you don’t feel like cooking. We’ve been here many many times, such that it’s become one of the staple restaurants we go to. At least once a month, probably more, that we end up here.
For the purpose of this review, I will recall the meal with a party of 15 (yes, they had to put 6 tables together to fit us) that we ate tonight.
Service is average, but for price you pay, I’d overlook it and just focus on the food :)
Price varies but you’re looking at $ 7 – 10 per dish. We ordered around 10 or 11 dishes to share between everyone. But here are my thoughts on some of them:
1. Mushrooms with Beef (and onions)
— Saucy, the beef is bit chewy, but the mushrooms make up for it
2. Sweet and Sour Pork — quite dry actually, they are usually better
3. Corn sauce over deep fried filets of fish — crispy and fresh filets, covered in sweet corn sauce, always a winner
4. Chicken (whole) — this is one of their staples, and sometimes they even run out! Order this one for sure! It’s very very good.
5. Lemon Chicken — sauce was a bit too diluted, but the chicken itself was flavourful as it was deep fried a bit, kind of like a cutlet
6. Vermicelli + Cucumbers — one of their veggie dishes, a bit bland but good to go with your steamed rice
7. Fish + Potatoes — saucy dish, good with rice, fish is soft and easy to eat. Potato is a weird mix but it works.
8. Shrimps + Scrambled eggs — another signature chinese dish, eggs were done perfectly. I’d say this is another favourite
Décor is average, nothing special, you walk in, tell them how big your party is, they sit you down. They have posters with chinese menus all over the walls, they also have english menus if you ask.
Overall, it’s worth every buck you pay. Check it out when you’re in the area!

Small neighborhood restaurant good for casual family breakfast, brunch, afternoon tea, and dinner :)
My family and I came here for Chinese new year’s eve and it was a good thing we made reservations because it was rather busy! It usually isn’t though so unless it’s a big holiday, don’t worry about not getting a table.
We got the dish combos with 4 choices. It comes with soup and 4 bowls of rice in addition to your 4 main dishes. We ordered the famous steamed chicken, lemon chicken, baby pak choy, and honestly, I’m not quite sure what the name of the last one is LOL. It’s spare ribs with an dark orange-​coloured sauce… It was only alright so you’re not missing out on much.
I say you must try the lemon chicken!!! It’s my favourite item here :) It’s just fried chicken strips in lemon sauce but very appetizing. They usually give a lot of lemon sauce so if you’d like to keep your chicken more crispy, ask for sauce on the side.
Baby pak choy was delicious too but that’s because they probably added quite a bit of salt/​MSG and it was fried in oil. You can probably ask them to just cook it without salt or oil for a healthier alternative.
Steamed chicken was a good size and was ok. It’s just steamed chicken so no particular compliments or complaints.
The food here is quite good in taste, portion size, and won’t empty out your wallet either ;)

I really love eating here. Cash only. Super affordable family style good eats in Markham. amazing deals: I would say, very worth it & authentic ! Free soup to share, depending what time you eat, could be a free bowl per person or free big BOWL & free rice included for how many dishes you order which is super affordable, decent service but it can get busy. Suggest you order 3 – 4 plus dishes and just eatttt gooood, meatarian pescatarian vegetarian friendly !!

The only thing that sets them apart from other Chinese restaurants for dinner is their chicken.
They also have deals for 3 – 6 dishes of food.
Buuuut, that’s about it.

Great price when u do the dinner combo. Also steamed fish tilapia is done very well.

This place is a joke! I came here before by myself and they didn’t give me a table and want me to wait. They had a table for four open. That’s the smallest table they have inside. So I left.
Today I actually came back because my son want to eat congee. We order 2 congee and luncheon meat, egg, cheese sandwich. One minute after I saw the special with the congee so I ask to change to one of the congee to a special which comes with a fried chicken noodle. The waitress didn’t look like she want to change it but they did of course.
When the 2 congee came there was also 2 fried chicken noodle came. So obvious they change 2 congee to special instead of 1 but I didn’t say anything. Then when the sandwich came there was no luncheon meat in the sandwich. I told them it was missing. The sandwich came again and still no luncheon meat. Are you SERIOUS? Finally it came again and got it right.
The congee has no taste at all and the fried chicken noodle was a joke. Don’t even want to explain it. I think this restaurant worker should wake up!!! This is definitely my last time stepping in to this place!!!

This is my all-​time favourite Hong Kong fast food restaurant in Markham (HK fast food is stir fry dishes served with coffee or milk tea or soup, and they are cooked and served fast!)
Here are my fav orders at Pine Tree:
— Cantonese style chow mien (served with squid, shrimps, beef, lots of thick sauce)
— chicken wings + fries
— satay beef and vermicelli
— satay beef and fried ho fun (flat rice noodles)
— stir fry four season beans and fried rice (our unhealthy indulgence for salty, savory, flavourful green beans)
— curry chicken and rice
These are really the only HK fast food dishes I know… There’s a fried rice dish with spoonfuls of beans and meat, with a cracked egg in the middle. This is one of my fav HK dishes too but I’ve had better elsewhere! Their wonton soup noodle (or any soup noodle) is quite bland.
The prices are so cheap. Usually my family of 3 – 4 would pay $ 20 – 30 for a bellyful meal –but of course it’s because we share dishes. Soup (sometimes included with meal) is very flavourful.
Staff here are quick and they’re very nice.
CASH ONLY

This place is super cheap. The combo comes with rice even when dining in! I don’t recall other places allow this. And the combo is cheap, too. $ 14 for a dinner for 2. If you deduct $ 3 for the 2 bowls of rice, the 2 dishes only cost $ 11. In terms of food quality, you have to be willing to accept lower quality ingredients due to the prices. Certain dishes taste better than others. For example, the free range chicken (half chicken) and stir fried vegetable with chicken slices are quite good, honestly. Portion is okay.
Service is simple but sufficient. Place is clean enough. Honestly, I don’t expect much at this price point, as long as the waiters are not rude.
I will be happy to return for a simple, inexpensive dinner. Sometimes, home style, comfort Chinese food is all I feel like having.

very close by to where I live. Food is acceptable and price is considerably cheap. This place is mainly about quantity of food and price. If you are looking for quality food, this is not the right place.
The lunch specials are quite well priced with large portions. If you’re not a big eater, you can perhaps even share one lunch with two people. The prices in this restaurant could even be slightly lower than a food court foods.
They use to include taxes with dinner specials, many choices of dishes available, one item change recently, no more included tax. Cash deals only… they don’t accept any credit card and/​or debit I believe.
They do get crowded during dinner hours but a good thing is that they do deliver. I ordered for delivery and it came in an acceptable time frame. Tip the guy generously!
Good place for fast and well priced foods!

Good Place if you want something cheap and fast and taste ok.
Nothing fancy. You know you can eat here for a good price.
They have specials the whole day. the lunch order are big, you can share it with another person.
For dinner, you can pick any combinations of entrees dishes and they all come with soup and rice. There are choices of over 50 different entrees to choose from.
The selections are quite good with choices of some home cook style dishes! And for a 2 choice entress dinner set, 2 can eat for $ 12. however portion might be a little small.
It can be busy during dinner hours.
CASH only!