I enjoyed my meal. And for the price it was very worth it. The waitress was also very nice. One thing was that the congee was extremely hot to the point where I burned my mouth even after blowing on it. But still very good.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
david kichi
Went there when they first opened a few years ago and the food was subpar and the hkmilktea was so caffeinated I couldn't sleep a wink that evening. Yesterday, I went and also ordered the same drink but this time they decided to save on the tea so it tasted normal and I had no problem sleeping. However, I ordered some noodles and the beef didn't taste right and got a case of diarrhea. Was it fake beef (made up of old pork plus chemicals and additives) we see coming out of China on videos? I guess you'll have to find out by yourself.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 3
雷哈哈
Their beef is not beef, I have eaten it twice.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 1
Service: 5
Caspar Chen
Good for one person portion! Traditional HK baked rice and iced HK milk tea!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Tatiana A
I ordered a clay pot rice combo and it was amazing! I love fried rice and this is the perfect place to go for it. I usually don’t eat a lot but I finished the whole plate because it was sooo good!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Angela L.
This can easily be one of my favorite HK cafes. Expansive menu - offers literally everything you'd want to see in a HK Cafe menu: french toast, hot dog macaroni for the kids, baked pork chop rice, porridge, curry fishballs, wonton noodle soup, beef stew, the list goes on and best of all, the best HK milk tea that warms me up.It gets busy, but somehow, the amazing staff manages to keep the customers coming and going, food comes out quick and they don't rush you.
Crystal L.
My favorite spot to go for Hong Kong style food. The sweet lady running the restaurant is so kind & always treats me and my friends with respect when we eat here. Even when they are super busy, there is great service. I come here about 1-2 times a month, and they consistently have great noodle dishes.Their flat rice noodles are very good, I like them best in the egg and shrimp sauce & beef chow fun. They also have great classic hong kong milk tea here, a stable that i always enjoy.
Christina W.
I love when a restaurant feels like home. G&Y Bakery Restaurant has so many options on their menu that transports me back to my childhood, eating food that my grandparents and parents would cook often. From Cantonese staples like beef chow fun to harder to find entrees like clay pot rice, no doubt you will find something that hits those cravings. The feel of the restaurant is very homey. You can walk in and claim any available table. It really felt like home when the staff spoke to me in Toisan. I ordered the shrimp chow fun and the preserved meat clay pot. The shrimp gravy was perfectly blended with egg and shrimp. The consistency of the gravy was perfect and there was a good gravy to chow fun ratio. The chow fun was lightly fried with soy sauce so it had good flavor. The preserved meat clay pot was great. They serve it with soy sauce on the side and you can add as much as you need for the flavor of your liking. I wished the dish had a little more flavor though without the help of soy sauce. But overall, still a solid meal. And the pot was hot enough to produce the crispy layer of rice most people want out of that dish. Portions were really generous. I had plenty to take back as leftovers for the next day. I was a little disappointed that they charged me for each takeout box and bag ($0.25 each). That was a first experience for me. Restaurant is located in Chinatown so parking could be hard to find.
Jenny T.
Solid spot for Cantonese food. Every time I walked by this restaurant, there are so many people in this restaurant so I've been wanting to try it out. I was not disappointed! I got the seafood fried noodle, mongolian beef, and combination clay pot rice. The noodles were perfectly crispy and went so well with the sauce. The mongolian beef was great as well, although it was more onion than beef. The star was the clay pot rice though-- the rice was perfectly crispy. I think the service could be better, as we didn't get the bowls of rice we ordered until the meal was almost over, even though we checked in on it multiple times.
Austin Zhuang
For someone who has quite deep Cantonese roots, this food was honestly meh. In the 21st century terms…. the food was honestly mid. While I had enjoyed the food overall some dishes were just either too salty or not salted enough. I did like the sauciness of the dishes we chose, though.For being a Christmas night at 6pm, reserving a spot wasn’t really so bad. However, upon entering, no one really helped us, let alone helping my grandma. What really ticked me off was the fact that they never really checked up on us despite the fact that we were busy. The dishes came up late despite the fact other people got seated a little later and still got their food faster than we did. We didn’t get our tip back, and barely the servers nudged a word (although we were expecting that they wouldn’t give it back to us anyways)… and honestly i wished that a little bit of communication was given to us.It was really crowded for dinner time… which isn’t surprising. However, people left and right were looking at us in a weird way, as if we didn’t know what was going on, which I did not like.Maybe i would come again, just not at dinner time… because the service that was given to us really did not meet my expectations… at least this time. Who knows if it will later on down the road?
Great menu with plenty of choice. The waiters are very nice and helpful. Some of the best food ever at a great price. Would highly recommend.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jeff Ho
The food at G&Y is Ok. Not great. I had the wonton soup $9 and a combo clay pot $13. You can usually tell how good a Chinese restaurant is by the flavor of their wontons. Their wontons had shrimp in it. That part is good, but they are not plump and is missing flavors like garlic, ginger, sesame or soy. Basically, no umami flavor or depth. It came in a clean tasting broth which I prefer. Next, the combo clay pot arrived after 30 minutes of waiting. This too was just OK. They put in good ingredients like Chinese sausage, cured pork belly and bok choy but it was served in a cast iron bowl instead of an actual clay pot. It arrived too hot to eat but it wasn't cooked long enough for all of the rice on the bottom to create that crunchy rice on the bottom. In terms of flavor, I had to add a lot of soy sauce and chili oil for this to go down right. They should have used some sesame oil and/or garlic ginger for that savory HK/Guangzhou taste. Service was excellent.
Tut Tutú
Highly recommended place located in the heart of Chinatown to have lunch or dinner with authentic Chinese food, many dishes are from the Hong Kong region.Fast, correct and efficient service.Extensive menu, with a wide variety of dishes.There is a good quality price relation.If you like this type of cuisine, don't hesitate and come, you won't be disappointed.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Yip Yu
Good place for Chinese comfort food/breakfast. The Hong Kong milk tea was only mediocre though.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chicken Congee Chinese Donut You Tiao and Potstickers
Don X.
We tried this small cozy restaurant for the first time based on the high review scores. We are very happy with the food and service. Clay pot is highly recommended. Will come back to try more dishes.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chinese Bacon and Sausage in Clay Pot Rice
I enjoyed my meal. And for the price it was very worth it. The waitress was also very nice. One thing was that the congee was extremely hot to the point where I burned my mouth even after blowing on it. But still very good.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Went there when they first opened a few years ago and the food was subpar and the hkmilktea was so caffeinated I couldn't sleep a wink that evening. Yesterday, I went and also ordered the same drink but this time they decided to save on the tea so it tasted normal and I had no problem sleeping. However, I ordered some noodles and the beef didn't taste right and got a case of diarrhea. Was it fake beef (made up of old pork plus chemicals and additives) we see coming out of China on videos? I guess you'll have to find out by yourself.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 3
Their beef is not beef, I have eaten it twice.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 1
Service: 5
Good for one person portion! Traditional HK baked rice and iced HK milk tea!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
I ordered a clay pot rice combo and it was amazing! I love fried rice and this is the perfect place to go for it. I usually don’t eat a lot but I finished the whole plate because it was sooo good!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
This can easily be one of my favorite HK cafes. Expansive menu - offers literally everything you'd want to see in a HK Cafe menu: french toast, hot dog macaroni for the kids, baked pork chop rice, porridge, curry fishballs, wonton noodle soup, beef stew, the list goes on and best of all, the best HK milk tea that warms me up.It gets busy, but somehow, the amazing staff manages to keep the customers coming and going, food comes out quick and they don't rush you.
My favorite spot to go for Hong Kong style food. The sweet lady running the restaurant is so kind & always treats me and my friends with respect when we eat here. Even when they are super busy, there is great service. I come here about 1-2 times a month, and they consistently have great noodle dishes.Their flat rice noodles are very good, I like them best in the egg and shrimp sauce & beef chow fun. They also have great classic hong kong milk tea here, a stable that i always enjoy.
I love when a restaurant feels like home. G&Y Bakery Restaurant has so many options on their menu that transports me back to my childhood, eating food that my grandparents and parents would cook often. From Cantonese staples like beef chow fun to harder to find entrees like clay pot rice, no doubt you will find something that hits those cravings. The feel of the restaurant is very homey. You can walk in and claim any available table. It really felt like home when the staff spoke to me in Toisan. I ordered the shrimp chow fun and the preserved meat clay pot. The shrimp gravy was perfectly blended with egg and shrimp. The consistency of the gravy was perfect and there was a good gravy to chow fun ratio. The chow fun was lightly fried with soy sauce so it had good flavor. The preserved meat clay pot was great. They serve it with soy sauce on the side and you can add as much as you need for the flavor of your liking. I wished the dish had a little more flavor though without the help of soy sauce. But overall, still a solid meal. And the pot was hot enough to produce the crispy layer of rice most people want out of that dish. Portions were really generous. I had plenty to take back as leftovers for the next day. I was a little disappointed that they charged me for each takeout box and bag ($0.25 each). That was a first experience for me. Restaurant is located in Chinatown so parking could be hard to find.
Solid spot for Cantonese food. Every time I walked by this restaurant, there are so many people in this restaurant so I've been wanting to try it out. I was not disappointed! I got the seafood fried noodle, mongolian beef, and combination clay pot rice. The noodles were perfectly crispy and went so well with the sauce. The mongolian beef was great as well, although it was more onion than beef. The star was the clay pot rice though-- the rice was perfectly crispy. I think the service could be better, as we didn't get the bowls of rice we ordered until the meal was almost over, even though we checked in on it multiple times.
For someone who has quite deep Cantonese roots, this food was honestly meh. In the 21st century terms…. the food was honestly mid. While I had enjoyed the food overall some dishes were just either too salty or not salted enough. I did like the sauciness of the dishes we chose, though.For being a Christmas night at 6pm, reserving a spot wasn’t really so bad. However, upon entering, no one really helped us, let alone helping my grandma. What really ticked me off was the fact that they never really checked up on us despite the fact that we were busy. The dishes came up late despite the fact other people got seated a little later and still got their food faster than we did. We didn’t get our tip back, and barely the servers nudged a word (although we were expecting that they wouldn’t give it back to us anyways)… and honestly i wished that a little bit of communication was given to us.It was really crowded for dinner time… which isn’t surprising. However, people left and right were looking at us in a weird way, as if we didn’t know what was going on, which I did not like.Maybe i would come again, just not at dinner time… because the service that was given to us really did not meet my expectations… at least this time. Who knows if it will later on down the road?
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 2
Recommended dishes: Soup, Fish and Tofu Pot
Restaurantji Recommends
Great menu with plenty of choice. The waiters are very nice and helpful. Some of the best food ever at a great price. Would highly recommend.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The food at G&Y is Ok. Not great. I had the wonton soup $9 and a combo clay pot $13. You can usually tell how good a Chinese restaurant is by the flavor of their wontons. Their wontons had shrimp in it. That part is good, but they are not plump and is missing flavors like garlic, ginger, sesame or soy. Basically, no umami flavor or depth. It came in a clean tasting broth which I prefer. Next, the combo clay pot arrived after 30 minutes of waiting. This too was just OK. They put in good ingredients like Chinese sausage, cured pork belly and bok choy but it was served in a cast iron bowl instead of an actual clay pot. It arrived too hot to eat but it wasn't cooked long enough for all of the rice on the bottom to create that crunchy rice on the bottom. In terms of flavor, I had to add a lot of soy sauce and chili oil for this to go down right. They should have used some sesame oil and/or garlic ginger for that savory HK/Guangzhou taste. Service was excellent.
Highly recommended place located in the heart of Chinatown to have lunch or dinner with authentic Chinese food, many dishes are from the Hong Kong region.Fast, correct and efficient service.Extensive menu, with a wide variety of dishes.There is a good quality price relation.If you like this type of cuisine, don't hesitate and come, you won't be disappointed.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Good place for Chinese comfort food/breakfast. The Hong Kong milk tea was only mediocre though.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chicken Congee Chinese Donut You Tiao and Potstickers
We tried this small cozy restaurant for the first time based on the high review scores. We are very happy with the food and service. Clay pot is highly recommended. Will come back to try more dishes.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chinese Bacon and Sausage in Clay Pot Rice