Hakka 77 — Restaurant in Richmond Hill

Such a disappointment. We were looking for a replacement for our favourite crispy beef from Chung King and came across Hakka 77. The reviews were good and it wasn't too far so we thought we'd give it a shot.

Overall, the meal was very disappointing. The Crispy Beef was not crispy and it was apparent it never was. It was mushy and fatty and had a terrible mouth feel. The flavour was also very non-descript. The kung pao chicken was similarly mushy, though the flavour was slightly better. The mixed vegetables were fine but too heavy on the sauce (we really wanted the green beans but they didn't have them). The Szechuan chicken Chow Mein was so orange I thought it was all shredded carrot and just tasted like spice, hardly any flavour, a few small pieces of chicken and the noodles were overcooked. The vegetable spring rolls (not pictured) were fine, not bad but not amazing. Passable at best. The highlight were the fried chicken wontons, those were delicious and I would order just those again.

For what we got, the price was very high - with the cash discount of 10% we still paid over $70.

There was also a container of rice in but we didn't order that and are unsure of if it was on the bill. They have a big dine-in restaurant area, but are doing only takeout and I suspect it's because they don't need to deal with onsite complaints about the food. They also don't have a working bathroom on site so be...

Tried this place at random on a Saturday night. It's a bit hard to spot from the road, but definitely worth the trip.

My boyfriend and I started the meal with the friend wontons and the fish pakora. The wontons are pretty standard, but had a good flavor. The sweet Thai chili sauce that they came with definitely elevated them above what you would normally get at a Chinese restaurant. The fish pakora were amazing! They were hot, crispy, and full of flavor. They are decently sized and would easily feed five people with two each, but we were more than happy to devour them.

For entrees, my boyfriend had the General Tao's beef whereas I went with the Thai green curry. The General Tao's beef was just as good as you would find at any other Chinese restaurant. It had a good heat, with lots of vegetables in addition to the tender beef. However, the green curry was even better. It was so full of flavor. The curry sauce was also really good with the pakora dipped in it. I could have just eaten the sauce and been happy with it. I will definitely be ordering it again.

Will definitely be coming here again. I would recommend checking them out if you're...

Extremely disappointed. We got:

Crispy Beef- This dish was never crispy. Extremely soggy, almost no flavour. Imagine 3 day old leftovers that you heated up in the microwave. Kung Pao chicken-also very soggy but not as bad as the beef. Had OK flavour but the texture was very chewy, very unappealing. Fried chicken wontons-the only bright spot. Crispy, but little flavour to the meat, and not hot. Schezuan chicken chow mein-the only flavour is "spice". No actual taste to the dish. Mixed veggies-hard to screw this up so won't give them any credit for this, but even the broccoli here was overcooked. Even the white rice that I didn't order that they provided was extremely wet and sticky, almost to the point of being sushi rice.

Wanna know why they haven't opened their dine in area after COVID? Because they would have a never ending line of complaining customers in the restaurant refusing to pay for...