Peking Man Restaurant — Restaurant in Markham

I’m new to this and this will be my first bad review. I’m not too sure how to approach it but I wanted to give some objective and subjective opinions. First off, we went here on Christmas Day. Although quite busy, it was not super busy. Food here was made for the non-Asian palette but i knew this prior to the visit. There was mooshu, chicken balls, spring rolls, etc. However, I was here for their famous Peking Duck. We ordered the Peking Duck (+$9 for the lettuce wraps and charged for extra pancakes and hoisin sauce), mixed veggies, a soup, Cantonese chow mein and sweet/sour pork. I’ve included the picture of the $9.00 extra we paid for the 2nd course of Peking Duck. We all wondered where the rest of the duck went. Dishes aside from the Peking Duck were ok tasting but I felt quite a bit of MSG since I have a sensitivity to it. As for the Peking Duck, I would rate it a 6/10. Perhaps I had too much expectations going in and price was also not as expected since after opting for the lettuce wrap 2nd way of making the duck and the extra pancakes (each order 4 pcs) and hoisin sauce, it came out more expensive than other restaurants (~$60 in total).

Without taking service into consideration, I would give it 3 stars. But the service takes it down to 1 star. We waited almost an hour for our Peking Duck and had to complain several times about where our Duck was after noticing other tables arriving after us getting their Duck before us. We had to tell them to cancel the Peking Duck order before a Duck magically became available. Service was slow with much difficulty waving anyone down. We had to call for our bill at least 2 times before they came over with it.

Quite disappointed with this restaurant and would not go back. I initially went here with the reviews from here and other review sites. There are too many other good...

I used to come here when I was a child, at their old location near Bayview Village. I have so many memories of this place, and finally found the time to visit them at their (not so) new location in Pacific Mall. The location is quite hard to find if you've never been before. They are on the top floor of the mall, past a set of hair salons and the opposite way of the food court. That being said, they are in a very peaceful area of the mall and the dining experience is pleasant. There were a few other big tables when we visited on Saturday night, but it seems realistic for walk-ins unless it's a holiday or you have a large group.

We ordered a la carte because the set menu wasn't perfect for us. Of course, we ordered the Peking duck, which is their specialty. It was definitely delicious and up to bar - the duck is so juicy and the portion is quite good. The duck came with 12 wraps, perfect for the 6 of us, and we were able to fill the wraps to the brim with duck pieces. For $50, this is quite reasonable compared to other places in the GTA and considering the quality.

Of the other dishes we ordered, I also loved the fried rice - the portion was great and it was a great accompaniment to the other dishes. The sweet & sour pork and braised beef were fine, nothing too notable but decent portions. We spent around $30 each for the meal which is great value.

Overall I would definitely recommend Peking Man for Peking...

Ordered three dishes and rice yesterday. Person taking the call was friendly and informative. Price came to $63 something and I decided to give a $3 tip. Payment was cash, and was composed of three $20 bills and mostly higher denominations of change. Delivery driver muttered and sighed about the change, which half was his. Order came in cute-little transparent plastic containers. Food was hot on delivery, 2.5 km away. From competing restaurants, when I order $50, I could feed four people and have leftovers for another two or three small portions. I was able to feed two people and with leftovers for two people. Chicken fried rice was boiled rice. Soggy. Partially still white. The beef oyster had lots of meat, a few strings of what look like onion and 10 pieces of broccoli. Lemon chicken was a poor serving. Tasted ok. The bread was falling off and wet. Meat was dry. Chicken Chow Mein tasted okay. Lots of chicken, very little been sprouts and no hard Chow Mein noodles to the side as requested. Everything except for the rice tasted good, not great. No sparkling flavor at all. Low in salt. (Better than too much I guess) Due to the 13 extra dollars and smaller proportions, and that the delivery driver was not happy to work there, we will not be going back again. If the portions were bigger or similar price as I'm used to playing I would give a...