Restaurant Fu Jia — Restaurant in Montreal

Re Edit: Yikes the amount of fake or friend-induced reviews is so apparent targeting to my comment. Sudden influx of positive reviews were suspicious since the change of management, and NONE of them for a month even mentioned the new owner or the old recipe. Since I called them out on their new being inferior last week, all the new reviews since mine is praise-bombing the new owner and hating the old recipe. Shameless.

2025 edit: Looks like the restaurant was sold to a new owner in March 2025 approximately.

The menu stayed the same but the execution and recipes were completely different. It's no longer the same restaurant and taste we were all accustomed to.

The new owner seems to be energetic and enthusiastic about the acquisition. I believe she has a positive outlook for the restaurant however perhaps a bit too positive to the point it seemed forced and made it hard for customers to be honest.

Every time a dish was served, she would come asking how the food is, and immediately boast about how good it is, how much better it is than the previous recipes. This approach leaves no room for honesty.

Me and my family have been going there regularly at least once a month for the last few years and we are honestly disappointed that despite acquiring the restaurant and most likely all their recipes, they have decided to completely change everything about it. There is no trace of Fu Jia left except for the decor and the menu.

Not to be harsh, but it is borderline arrogant and ignorant to believe that everything needed a change and even promote it as better and improved. This restaurant stayed afloat for more than 10 years for a reason, and it's quite a risky move to disturb all the regulars so suddenly. They should have first tried to replicate what is currently working and slowly alternate with genuine feedback.

Here's the honest feedback on your new menu that we were unable to tell you:

Guobaorou: their best seller dish. With all honesty, the old recipe was better in every aspect. The current sauce is thin/watery. The previous sauce had a stickier consistency that made the bold flavor be better coated. The batter was light yet crispy. The new batter that seems to be heavy on starch or flour to give that crispy rice texture is a downgrade. Its hard and unpleasant, and with the watery sauce you serve it does not coat your porc. Not the execution for this dish.

Chili Chicken: the amount of dry chili provided is generous but its ultimately uneatable. There is less chicken than before and the complete removal of fresh chili limits the dish to be chicken only. Flavor was decent however.

Yuxiang Fish: this was your best dish. It was delicious!

Eggplant, Potatoes and Green Peppers: this was another extremely popular dish, and was our family's favorite. The sauce is inferior to the previous recipe, it is not as flavorful, they also used to provide red and green pepper adding to the colorfulness of the dish. The potato was the most impacted, it used to taste amazing, with a nice thin crunch and a fluffy inside that had a strong potato flavor, now the flavor of the potato is not as forward, perhaps the cooking method? Eggplant also suffered a bit.

Cucumber with Potato Noodle: the potato noodle was mushy and simply disintegrated when we tried to grab it. It used to be solid and QQ.

Potatoes and Green Peppers: the strong vinegary flavor was gone, and the potato texture is just not right.

Spicy Clams: another great seller that suffered a downgrade, the sauce and ingredients that used to coat the clam is no longer present.

This review may feel harsh to you, but I believe this honesty is necessary for you to stir your investment in the right direction. I had other friends and families who also tried your new recipes and did not like it at all, and I dont think this is the first impression you'd want to give to the regulars because they wont come back.

You may want to reconsider a few decisions and approaches.

All the best to you, we may come back in 6 months to see if there is any improvement. We believe in...

I love this little place. The owner couple is friendly and pleasant, and the food is delicious. I love their eggplant and their spicy fish. They also have a potato dish with hot peppers that is simply amazing. Even their plain rice tastes better than plain rice elsewhere! Everything is reasonably priced and when you go for takeout they are very prompt. The decor is very simple but sweet (the menus on the wall are handwritten). Its cuisine is different than the other Chinese restaurants in the area, and it is always full of Chinese diners, a good sign. If you're looking for great Chinese food with a homecooked feel, this is the...

I walked in with my 5 year old boy to get some lunch. The owners were sitting at a table and just stared at me. After an uncomfortable minute of this I asked if they worked here or if they are customers. I received a No as an answer and she continued to just stare at me. Another patron piped up and told me that she worked there. No attempt was made to get up, ask us to sit, anything, just a blank look. Finally I grabbed my son's hand and told him we would go somewhere where our business was welcomed. Went across the street to another Chinese restaurant and had a...