Sugar Marmalade

Came here a couple times. I love the variety of food and desserts they have here. I have tried the chocolate ice cream parfait, Strawberry Apple Italian soda, Strawberry lime Italian Soda, the supreme crêpe, and the popcorn chicken. Some of the food was amazing. I always get the strawberry Apple Italian soda and popcorn chicken. The parfait and lime soda was not the greatest so you should be careful of what you order. The parfait was okay but I did not like the grass jelly inside the parfait (extremely chewy and classes with the ice cream). The Apple strawberry soda is better than the lime. The service is extremely slow but the overall atmosphere of the place is pretty nice. Very clean, comfy chairs and the mood was nice. Would go again but I will have to be careful ordering.

I love chinese desserts, so I decided to check out Sugar Marmalade with friends when we were nearby.
We ordered:
mango pancake
golden treasure mixed
Black sesame parfait
Frost bite slush (taro)
Deepfried fishballs
The mango pancake and taro slush were quite good, but the rest of the food were underwhelming. Not bad but nothing to rave about either. Our server was a bit clueless — we told her we wanted to split the bill as soon as we sat down, and she was still confused about what to do after we finished eating and wanted to pay. This place is alright if you just want to hangout with friends or if you are in the area and wanted dessert, but I wouldn’t travel far for it.

Tried their green tea shaved ice cream and it was really underwhelming :(but the condensed milk toast was good! Great atmosphere and such a cute date place.
Would recommend and looking forward to going back to try more of their menu!

This place is pretty small and ALWAYS busy. With no area for people waiting for a table. BUT worth the wait.
Grilled calamari — just squid and salt. very simple but tasty $ 6.50
Japanese chicken — was soooooooo good. Lightly battered popcorn chicken topped with teriyaki and garlic sauce. shredded dried seaweed on top $ 8
Mango shaved ice –AMAZING …its simply shaved mango ice cream with evaporated milk and mango chunks for $ 6.50
Mango golden drink– can’t remember everything in it. but not memorable. wouldn’t recommend $ 5.50
Watermelon/​mango drink — mango and watermelon fresh juice mixed. I wouldn’t order this again lol but it was a bad judgement call on myself. I didn’t like the mix of these juices but the juice was definitely fresh $ 5
We both left here full. For dinner and dessert under 50 $ with tip included! I will definitely be coming back.

Went on Sunday at noon for a snack
Ordered:
— House Special Black Grass Jelly Mixed
— Taiwanese Style Popcorn Chicken
— Golden Royal Drink
— Japanese Teriyaki Fries
They didn’t have tapioca for my House Special Black Grass Jelly Mixed so instead I substituted it for popping yogurt bubble I would have liked it with tapioca. How could they not have tapioca when they sell bubble tea?
The one in downtown Toronto provided water once we came in but the one in Mississauga we had to ask for water.
These four items cost approximately $ 30.
Overall I thought it was fine.

So first of there are a lot of pros and cons to this place.
Pros:
variety of choices from desserts to hot meals.
The food is delicious/​dessert is tasty
Cons:
It can get packed up and you may have a wait time
I think it is debit and cash only.
Prep time is long
If you have a group of friends and are looking for a place to chill and wait for dessert then sure try this place for a variety of Asian treats.
side note: i enjoyed the cartilage chicken popcorn. the crunch of the bones adds to the texture but this may not be favored by everyone’s palate.

I downloaded Unilocal just to write this review.
1) Awful service. We waited for 15 mins before anyone acknowledged us. You wont have a waitress «assigned» to your table because a different person talked to us every time (after we frantically waived them down)
2) We ordered the Mixed Assorted Sweet Dumplings and the Durian Roll Supreme. Both were just awful! I threw up when I got home because the taste and smell of the durian was so disgusting. It didn’t sit well with any of us.
3) We also ordered Taro milk green tea which was cold
What a waste of my money!

I would definitely give them no stars! After reading the reviews, I was under the impression that they have a lot of must try’s. Came there with my friends for lunch. Ordered taiwanese popcorn chicken, mango pancake supreme, teriyaki fries, and minced pork on rice.
The minced pork and teriyaki fries were way toooooooo salty. Ugh, you gotta have such a really spoonful amount of rice (or a zip of their bland BLACK MILK TEA) to overpower the saltiness of their meals.
The mango pancake supreme.
The crêpe was okay. But the mango was
Bitter!!! NOT SWEET. I dont know if this is an isolated situation. But if its not, wished that they couldve mentioned that in their menu.
Lastly… the TAIWANESE POPCORN CHICKEN. One of my friends is allergic to M-​S-​G. After taking a bite of that popcorn chicken, he started getting hives. Good thing he always brings his medication with him. Yes, the chicken was flavourful. And now you all know why.

After all that’s said and done, I think (?) I am a fan of this place. The pros and cons to this place have left me rather confused.
The review of this place have been really mixed: some raving reviews saying there is no better restaurant for your food, some saying that it is alright, and some cursing it and it’s descendants for eons to come. I wish this review could provide to you definitive advice for the establishment, but — just as many of the reviews before me — I am left torn. I agree with a majority of the reviews seen here; I’ll try to lay it out in a easy to determine format.
Pros:
+ The food here was really good. We ordered: Kimchi Fries and Taiwanese style deep fried chicken for appetizer, brisket on rice and Taiwanese pork on rice for main, and the green tea + red bean shaved ice for dessert. The only downside to this was that my girlfriend’s brisket came with a very small amount of meat. Other than that, every order came copious amounts. The Kimchi fries were amazing (wavy fries provided extra crisp, and spicy mayo made a delicious mix), the Taiwanese chicken had more than enough to be an entrée. For both of us. Our entrees were pretty good, save for the quantity issue. And the dessert was a fantastic new experience! If you’ve never had this, it’s hard to explain. I’d liken it to… a ice and tissue paper hybrid with a green tea flavour, and a sweet red bean topping. I know that doesn’t sound appealing, but you need to give it a try before you can judge!
+ The food is cheap. We ordered 5 plates, and it came to about 40 bucks. If we had ordered this at any other place (I’m looking at you green grotto), the total would probably have come closer to 70. For the portion sizes, the amount of food we got was phenomenal.
Cons:
— Small + popular does not make for a good mix. We were lucky enough to arrive as some tables were leaving, so we only had to wait for 5 minutes or so, but the crowd that arrived after us were waiting an upwards of 20 minutes for a table. The restaurant opened in a small plaza, with bad parking, and with limited room. They’ve done what they can to open as many tables as possible, but the place is very tight. If the people sitting besides us weren’t speaking Mandarin (or was it canto… I couldn’t tell), we would’ve been able to partake in the conversations by whispering.
— Service. It was busy, so I understand that the servers were spread thin, and also given that the place is relatively new, maybe they’re still working out their kinks. That said, we had to ask for our drinks, pressed the service button a couple of times and they never got to us. Did not get any spoons for our desserts, had to push our dishes onto the dirty table beside us, and had to go up to the main desk to get my receipt. Don’t get me wrong, the servers were nice, but we probably only saw them a total of 2 times when we had called out for them maybe 5 times.
So that ultimately leaves me on the edge. There are two big pros, and two (relatively) big cons. This place really did have some amazing food, and we’ll definitely be back to try some of the other desserts/​drinks/​appetizers. I would’ve given this a 5/​5, but the service really dampened the experience (though I realize it wasn’t their fault).
After all that’s said and done, I think this place is a ‘must-​try’. Wait for the lineups, the food is worth it. And who knows, maybe the restaurant will live up to it’s name and you’ll leave with a sweet experience.

I’ve been to this place upwards of 20 times. It’s a favourite among my group of friends. Usually a great place to just hang out, especially late at night.
The service is a hit or miss here. Sometimes you’ll have your food out in 5 minutes, other times it can take nearly half an hour. It’s what I’ve come to expect though and I don’t come here if I’m in a rush. The desserts and drinks usually come out quickly, but the appetizers and entrees take more time.
Because of this, I’d recommend that you order your entrees and appetizers well ahead of your drinks/​desserts (if you care about sequencing your meal). Whenever I order them together, my desserts always come first and I’d rather have it the other way around.
The menu at Sugar is pretty extensive. There are nearly 20 pages dedicated to just different types of drinks and desserts. The desserts are mostly composed of fresh fruits, jellies, and other Taiwanese ingredients (ie. don’t come in expecting chocolate ice cream with caramel drizzle on a waffle). Most menu items can be ordered hot or cold, which is a nice option.
My personal favourites on the menu are as follows:
–Golden Royal Mango Drink (S1): this has pretty much a perfect rating across the board from whoever I recommend it to — just an amazing drink featuring mango juice, chunks, jellies, and more
–Okonomiyaki fries: savoury offering with French Fries topped with seaweed, smoked bonito flakes, and a delicious sauce (made to taste like okonomiyaki, a traditional Japanese cabbage pancake dish)
–Popcorn chicken: needs no explanation, served with sweet chili sauce
–Pearl delight: a concoction of jellies and fruits served in a milky base
These are the items that I’d recommend to any first-​timer — but there are many other options that I’ve liked as well. To be more specific, I’d trust most of the entrees/​appetizers, and all of the desserts containing fruit/​jellies. I’d personally stay away from the teas (Chatime is right next door!) and stick to their specialties — which are Taiwanese snacks and desserts.
Lastly, the prices are great! I believe the most expensive entrée last I checked was $ 8.49 — and that’s for a full meal. Well worth it.

Location
Nice, modern décor and setup. Like the ambiance, music, mood lighting. Seats around 40 – 50 people.
Service
Free wifi. Friendly and attentive servers. However, they only take debit and cash.
Food
We ordered:
+++ durian mochi (soft, chewy and oh so good!)
++ Taiwanese popcorn chicken (addictive, but a little salty)
+ mango sago with grapefruit (slightly watered down, although I like that it wasn’t too sweet)
Overall, it’s a good hangout spot. We came in the afternoon so it wasn’t too busy, but it’s a different story at night.

Came here on a Friday night with my friend excited to try shaved ice for the first time. She arrived a bit before me and said there was a bit of a line but was seated by the time I arrived. I was surprised at how packed it was. There was a consistent line of people waiting to be seated. The servers we’re extremely nice but the service was very slow and they don’t check up on you. We assumed it was probably because how busy it was but they told us it’s always that busy, even on school nights. So be prepared for slow service.
We ordered deep fried lobster balls, taiwanese style popcorn chicken cartilages, teriyaki french fries, stewed beef brisket on rice, roasted cheese and garlic toast, condense milk toast, and mango taiwanese shaved ice.
Lobster balls: I would pass on these as they are definitely not lobster. They tasted more like imitation crab.
Popcorn chicken cartilages: they were good! Delicious batter and crunchy meaty interior. I think I would prefer the popcorn chicken but my friend really wanted to try the cartilages.
Teriyaki fries: were the biggest surprise of the night. They were topped with mayo, teriyaki sauce, sliced seaweed and katsuobushi (aka dried bonito flakes) which is dried skipjack tuna that moves as the heat rises from you meal. Making it appear like the bonito flakes are alive. They have a smokey flavour. I thought it tasted like smokey mackeral fish. Definitely something you must try. You can see the video on my ig @britanysbites
Stewed beef brisket on rice: not the best beef brisket I’ve had bur it was decent. Unfortunately the portion of meat was small and there was a lot of cartilages and not enough meat.
The toast: not worth it. I’ve had better condense milk toast and the roasted cheese and garlic toast was simply garlic butter and cream cheese. Just not worth the room in your tummy.
Shaved ice: was a cool treat. I found that most of the flavour came from the mango syrup, mango chunks and jelly on top of the ice. Some of the mango was unripe and I didn’t like the flavour jelly they chose but I would try it again. Perhaps the strawberry.
Overall there we’re some hits and misses but menu is so extensive that I will be back to try more. Next time I will stop by in the day to see if it’s less busy and the service improves.

Do not come here!
Yes they have some cool desserts but the service and everything else about this place is terrible.
The place is small so when it’s busy, you’re literally sitting shoulder to shoulder with the other diners.
They have a bell on each table like most restaurants but I’m guessing the employees aren’t trained to keep track of which table presses it, because the only way to get a waitress to your table is to call them. We rang the bell around 4 times but no one came.
We got the popcorn chicken, garlic and cheese toast, kimchi fries, peach smoothie, and golden royal drink.
I dipped my popcorn chicken in the sauce they provided and right as I was about to eat it, I noticed that there was a bug inside the sauce. I rang the bell for the waitress and (of course) no one came. We called for the waitress to let her know and she took away the sauce. She came back a while later with a plastic container for the sauce and just threw it on the table. She didn’t say anything about the popcorn chicken that had already been dipped in the sauce or anything. When we asked for more napkins, she literally just gave us one.
As for the drinks, they often have chunks of fruit or jelly in them and they’re larger than the straw itself.

Arrived a little after 6pm on a Friday, table for two. It wasn’t busy so we were seated right away. The edge of every other table contained a fixed button that you would press to call for service. Not once did we use that device as the servers were proactive and just an ear shot and wave away. Very zen and simple furniture.
All hail the Japanese teriyaki French fries! Crispy, savoury and most of all addicting. The perfect balance of Japan and crinkle cut fries. It’s an appetizer so don’t expect this to fill you up.
For dessert I ordered the Strawberry banana pancake w/​Sundae Supreme. After the first bite I was forcing myself to finish this. The inside was filled with settled airy whip cream with just a couple banana and strawberry slices. Best part of this was the ice cream on top which I combined with my partners sago.
As we left every coworker from the floor to behind the counter would say «Thank you buh bye!» I found this really cute. And to me this was complementary fortune cookie at the end of the meal
TL;DR
*Proactive customer service
*Get the Japanese teriyaki French fries!
*Unsatisfying Strawberry banana pancake w/​Sundae Supreme
*Zen environment
Thank you buh bye!

Oh man. Probably gonna give this place a 1.5÷5.
We came in right when they opened at noon and it was just us for a while but it quickly got crowded (which I thought was a good indication of the quality of their food). Each table has a buzzer you can press to call the waitress but to be honest I’m not sure what it’s purpose is cause the waitress never comes anyway. After placing our orders, the waitress informed my friend that they currently do not have tapioca and since her plate included tapioca, she would need to choose an alternative so she opted for grass jelly.
I ordered taro with coconut milk and it came after about 10ish minutes but my friend’s order still hadn’t come. After a few minutes, my friend’s order came but without the grass jelly. We pressed the buzzer but the waitress only came cause we got her attention but we told her about the grass jelly and she took the order back. Lots of time passed and passed and still no order so we figured they were re-​doing the order… even though they just needed to add in grass jelly. The waitress didn’t tell us anything so after 20 minutes my friend wanted to cancel her order because we needed to leave soon and the waitress said she’ll go check on her order. I had a view of the bar so I saw the waitress lingering there for a while waiting for the order to be completed and I just couldn’t wrap my head around why it was taking so long.
Anyway, the order finally came and it was ok but my friend paid. When the waitress came to collect the card machine and receipt, she was thrown off that a tip wasn’t added so she asked us to tip her because «every table has to tip». Lol. I dunno it just wasn’t a good experience and it’s gonna take some convincing for me to go back.

Ordered the honey dew shaved ice and one other sago like dessert. They were both tasty and were of a good portion size. The shaved ice is so filling I have no idea how anyone can finish it! The honey dew shaved ice had a really strong and good flavor to it. I think their desserts are generally good and the food here maybe not so much (but I cant say as I didnt order any food).
The service was spot on. Just tap the service call button and they quickly come serve you. They were fast and efficient and I think they deserve credit for that.
This dessert place is rather small with just a few booths. The rest are for couples to share. I had to wait in line when I arrived which is why I deducted one star. I would come again and try their other desserts. 4 stars ****

Great dessert place in Mississauga, and very close to Chatime for all you BBT lovers!
Let me start off by tell you, i LOVE mango. Anything with mango is delicious… well almost anything.
I tried their mango pancake. It was phenomenal! Mango chuncks, with whip cream, vanila ice cream and a plain pancake. The pancake was different than i’ve had before in that it felt sort of rubbery and had that «too good to be true» look to it. But it doesn’t matter! It tasted delicious.
I went around 2pm on a Saturday and it was very busy already. They have a big open floor in the middle where in my opinion they should consider putting an extra table or two to fit more customers. I did also find that it was odd seeing only one waitress literally running around collecting and serving peoples orders while the other young man was sitting in a booth for some time with his friends. Hope that’s not how it always is… The waitress was so busy running around that she missed checking up on our table and we were left waiting almost 10 minutes to ask for the bill. We grew impatient and walked up to the cashier to pay the bill. the waitress then told us we can sit down and that she will bring it over. At least she apologized for the delay — i dont blame her much anyway considering she was running around a lot.
All in all, aside from the wacky service, the food is great. If you’re feeling for some authentic desserts, check this place out. :)

I’m a sucker for dessert and bubble tea.
Actually, I’m a sucker for food in general.
What you see is exactly what you get. Drinks are on point, food is fresh and flavourful, service has always been quick and attentive.
We ordered the Durian slush? Smoothie? Idk. The drink only had a life span of 5 minutes, once we realized how freaking good it was.
I prefer their Taiwanese popcorn chicken over Bubble Republic and Stay Cafeteria.
The mango sago with grass jelly was good — and plenty of mango chunks. They have a ton of Taiwanese snacks, entrees and desserts available. Ample seating, compared to their Chinatown location but still a pretty tiny joint. Don’t expect to be seated immediately if you’re in a group. Even on at 4pm on a week day, it was packed.
We’ll see how the standards hold up over time. Excited to see another popular joint coming into ‘sauga. Definitely worth a try.
Notable mentions:
— free parking (since it’s not the Chinatown location.) and you have pretty much the entire plaza
— clean, and quick
— free wifi!
— delivery service available
— service buzzer at each table
— late hours; Sunday to Thursday 1am, Friday and Saturday 2am
— not tangible for large groups
— cash & debit only

I am definitely a fan of this place. Their mango desserts are yummy and I would say their cold desserts are the good items to order. I tried their hot almond with durian sweet dumpling and it is not the greatest. The almond ‘sweet soup’ is watered down and lacks the flavour. The sweet dumpling skin is not the same as the ones you have at other dessert joints and just not my liking. I enjoyed the durian filling though lol.
All the other times, I have had their mango desserts and they are satisfying. My friends ordered other fruit dessert like strawberry sago, mango glutinous rice, green tea shaved ice, mixed fruit dessert and they enjoyed it as well. I had their fried squid balls and beef noodle soup and it was yummy as well.
In terms of the interior, it is new and modern and they have free WiFi (yay!). Signage and location is great– convenient and easy access. Service wise they are decent, I never had a bad experience. Since the place is new and pretty busy, the items maybe take a little longer but it isn’t too bad. Give them a chance I’d say!

Seriously now, how do all these freakin’ people find out about openings for these Asian places? This place probably opened up less than a week ago and it was FULL with people hanging out outside with menus in their hands!
Is there some sort of secret newsletter that I’m not getting? Then again, I’m not very Asian, so perhaps it’s something that’s printed in a language that I do not read. Yes, that is probably it &/​OR an advert on Chinese radio.
Seating is oddly planned with booths on one side and tables along the other side. NOTHING in the middle. I guess it does keep it an open space for the efficient staff to zoom from one table to another. Service is quite quick and sweet, water being filled even before you reach the halfway point!
1 dessert arrived within a minute after ordering. And after glancing at the menu, I suspect most of the dessert are assembled with the help of canned condiments (condensed milk) and canned fruit (chopping up mango, those super red fakey cherries), store bought cookies (Oreos), and available food is stuff that you’d find at T&T.
Is this bad? Not necessarily, if you’re looking for some atmosphere and getting together with a group of friends. Besides, the prices are relatively affordable.
Try this fun game of comparing your dessert with the photo on the menu! The stuff I’ve ordered has never looked like the menu… ever.