Better Chef

Mala tong, I miss you very much:') I have been looking for the right mala spicy and numb taste for so long, and I've finally found you!! I would say, if it wasn't because it is in a popular location, with the Chinese wordings in front, I wouldn't have discovered this place has what I have been looking for, so I hope they change the English name into something that is searchable for those who is also looking for the mala soup!

You basically pick your own food choices, soup base, those in a stick are meant to be bbq, and the price is very good! Right when the bowls arrived, I already can smell that's the right taste! So touched ??

I think the store is well kept, especially given that they handle a lot of oil and spice, just think it would be nice to provide spoons but it's okay, as the soup is not meant to be drunk. I took home with the remaining soup (I brought my own containers), and will come back for more!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

None of the dishes you see on this page is there anymore. It WAS very good
This restaurant has been rebranded as a Malatang Place, which is sadly not as good as its neighbor.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 4

I went to eat today and found that the price has become cheaper and they also have spicy food, which tastes good.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

It's a pity that such a good location, the taste is really average, bland as water, and the price is high. It is easy to cause diarrhea，I don't recommend eating here，

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 1

the food tasted really really good. i honestly never write reviews for the restaurants but if you are a hotpot/mala fan this is the place you need to visit. best restaurant in kw. please order like the picture, it is the best one that i have ever eaten. i am from korea and had 4 mala this summer while i was in korea and this place is just better than all that i had in my life. i am very appreciated of this restaurants’ existence. please visit here, it wont disappoint you. i am planning to visit here every single day and trying to become a member. thank you and have a great meal.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Hand Shredded Cabbage, Seafood

PSA: This is no longer the good old Better Chef for authentic Szechuan Chinese dishes.

It inherited the name and turned into some garbage super greasy fried skewers and tasteless malatang bs.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Malatang ingredients seems to have a funny smell, did not really enjoy. Soup flavour also wasn’t very strong, felt watered down.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 2

Good Chinese food at a fair price. The 3 dishes plus 3 bowls of rice were enough for the 3 of us. We enjoyed all 3 dishes, but the pork belly wasn't quite as tender as I had hoped. Also, a previous time we went and ordered the shredded pork in sweet bean sauce, they completely forgot about the wraps it was supposed to come with. Would return to have a meal with friends when were craving Chinese food!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

They changed the name and serving spicy hotchpotch. The food, taste, service are all below average. My friend pinched her finger by a broken chair, they don’t even check their furniture quality. That is very dangerous. Will never come back again.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Why is my favorite restaurant closed?

It’s delicious. I ordered several dishes and they were all delicious.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Enjoyed the foods here and at par with Toronto Chinese restaurant
At least they open late as most K-W restaurants close early like 9pm
Just across from CMH student resident

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

I asked for no mushroom, but there’s still mushrooms

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 1

Food did not match photo at all lmfao

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

The food is decent but for the price, the portion is extremely cheap. We ate here for dinner and were shocked to receive our dishes which look like they’ve already been eaten from. We got food crumbs.

Compared to other reviews, which look like the plates were full of food, our experience was very inconsistent and shows bad practice.

Food: 1