Hong Kong Express — Restaurant in Ottawa

Went here for lunch today. I craved Cantonese food for a while so I gave this place a try. I ordered the Hainanese chicken rice and the stir fried beef rice noodle. Can't say It's 100% authentic Cantonese/Hongkong cuisine ( most "chinese" restaurants in Ottawa are not really authentic anyway....) but it's not bad overall. Not enough "Wok-hey" for the stir fried beef rice noodle. I also wonder if they put some MSG into the dishes too since my mouth felt dry after finishing the dish.. That being said, I'd still give them a 4/5 because the portion is really huge for the price you paid! Simply cannot complain too much..

Update: second time visiting here and I like it even more after trying all the "Cantonese /HK food" in the Ottawa china town... They have the best HK style Milk tea in Ottawa imo. Way better than Cafe Orient's flavourless milk tea. The beef brisket fried rice meal I ordered is also yummy and portion is huge as usual. And it's only for 12.25! B

I raised the rating from 4 to 5. Doesn't necessarily mean it's great but it may be the best HK style food in Ottawa I tried so far.

Update: they raised prices again and I find their food even more oily now ... Really not healthy! Lowered...

My mom and I came in to order 2 lunch time rice dishes and ordered a drink and tapioca dessert and the whole experience is terrible. Customer service was unwelcoming and very unhappy responses. The tapioca dessert said with coconut milk and when it came it tasted pure evaporated milk and no coconut milk in it as it is just yellow in color. I asked the waitress she said that's how I make it. Thankfully I didn't have any dairy allergy. Another server then came to ask if we needed to order half hour later. Me and my mom worried if our order was even rung in so I had asked and she said yes. Waited 45mins and 2 customers came in ordered beside us. We had no idea but they got their food so we asked how come they got their food. The server said because we ordered a slush and dessert(separate from the kitchen) it takes longer. How does that make any sense. So you are staying if the drink and dessert(usually come after meal) that we wouldn't get our food? Do not recommend here period. Terrible...

Great food cooked freshly for you on the spot . If you'd like things spicier you just have to ask. The combo plates are under nine dollars +tax and you get a meat and a vegetable and either fried noodle or fried rice or steamed rice . They're hot and sour soup was nice and spicy under $3 and we had their spring rolls which were nice and crispy and tasty. The place is very big and clean and comfortable there is free Wi-Fi as well as the washrooms are immaculate . For a place that's downtown that's quite impressive. It's located across the street from the metro perfect location to get some decent food . They also have some Chinese slushy type drinks which would be a nice summer treat . Everything is reasonably priced . The only negative comment would be for those who eat in the food is on a paper plate with plastic cutlery but that probably means they don't have to do as many dishes...