Wei's Kitchen 阿緯廚房 — Restaurant in Markham

Wei’s Kitchen – First Markham Place Review

If you’ve ever fantasized about paying for the privilege of being herded, ignored, and shaken down for tips, let me introduce you to Wei’s Kitchen.

Food: The food? It’s fine—by which I mean it exists. If you’re only looking to not starve, it does the job. Don’t expect fireworks. Actually, don’t even expect sparklers.

Ambience & Seating: Ever wanted to dine so close to strangers that you can practically taste their conversation? Perfect—tables here are arranged with all the spaciousness of a Tokyo rush-hour train. Privacy is not just scarce, it’s a myth.

Service (or whatever they call it): Service is a theoretical concept here—like unicorns or honest politicians. They rush you to order as though your indecision is ruining their day, then vanish into the ether. Need hot water? You’ll have to wave your arms around like you’re flagging down a rescue helicopter.

The Mystery Tipping Culture: Ah, the cherry on top. When it’s time to pay, the waitress helpfully informs you—while peering at you like you’re the cheapest creature alive—that your 12% tip is “not enough.” I had to check twice to see if I’d stumbled into some experimental street theater. After providing zero service (and ample attitude), they still expect you to tip as if you just had a Michelin-starred experience. Next time, maybe they’ll just ask for my PIN number and a kidney while they’re at it.

Overall: Wei’s Kitchen is the ideal spot if you love mediocre food, claustrophobic seating, and being aggressively guilt-tripped into tipping for absolutely nothing. Personally, I’ll pass on paying extra to feel like I’m negotiating with a pickpocket. One visit was enough comedy...

HORRIBLE. DO NOT COME HERE. First of all, we were going as a family, when we walked in there was a woman there who was cleaning a table, I don’t know why she started rolling her eyes, even though we didn’t say anything to her and were just waiting, but she seemed very annoyed. When ordering, another woman came to us and AGAIN started rolling her eyes, and didn’t seem happy or caring to help us. Second of all, we still gave them a 15% tip after finishing when paying the bill. I understand that waiters mainly rely on tips to live well in life, hence why I still gave them 15% tip. I don’t know why all the waitresses in this restaurant seem all unhappy, not caring, and unwilling to provide decent customer service. I suggest the owner to look over these major issues and fix these before things get messy. Third, the food is okay but the portions are TINY, very small portions with a normal taste you’d get anywhere else. Finally, when paying the bill, I noticed that the receipt’s store name DID NOT MATCH the store’s outfront sign name, which is absurd and outrageous. WILL...

A place for homestyle Cantonese dishes!

This place has been around for 11 years. But, it’s my first time trying Wei’s Kitchen. The owners are from the province of Guangdong (formerly of Canton) just south of Hong Kong which is where my parents originated from and so the dishes are inspired from this region.

Here for the lunch Specials which are around $7.99 - $8,99 and includes a clear homemade broth and a drink (HK style coffee or HK Milk Tea). So I grew up with this kind of comfort food .... my fave Steamed Minced Pork with Salted Fish on rice.

The Cantonese style Chow Mein is really well done. The noodles with the right crispness with shredded pork & bean sprouts.

The Stir Fried Beef with rice noodles were also tasty with a good ratio of noods and bean sprouts.

Glad I tried this place for good food and value. I will be definitely go back to try more!!

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