Canton Restaurant — Restaurant in St. John's

Plenty of Food, Little Flavour"

Canton Restaurant serves up massive portions, but quantity doesn't always mean quality. For $60 (Dinner for two), we were stuffed, but the food left much to be desired. The Mongolian Beef and chicken dishes were overloaded with onions—where was the meat? The Sweet & Sour Pork was the only redeeming dish, but even that didn’t blow me away. The fried rice? Huge portion, but loaded with frozen veggies—hardly fresh.

It felt like everything came straight from a mass-produced packet, lacking any signature flavour or originality. If you’re after a quick, filling meal and don’t mind that processed taste, sure, it’s fine. But if you’re someone who appreciates bold, fresh flavours, this place won’t impress.

Service was excellent—our server was friendly, polite, and efficient. Unfortunately, the atmosphere was lacking. The restaurant could use a serious clean-up, and the torn seat covers and dim lighting didn’t do much for the vibe.

Two stars for the food, five stars for service, and one star for the atmosphere. Go if you’re hungry and don’t mind the lack of authenticity. Otherwise,...

I have yet to try their food. I heard it was pretty good, but I went about five months ago and was dissappointed in their selection. There were (on the menu on the counter) Approximately 10 items. so I didn't order anything. Today I went in at about 4:45 to place a take out order and the woman behind the counter said I would be able to pick it up at around 8 pm. WHAT? I asked if she was kidding and she said no...people line up at about 4 pm to place orders, she said. I saw four tables with people sitting, and wondered exactly how long they would have to wait for food. I shook my head and left. I live 6 minutes from them and pass them frequently during the day. I've never seen anyone lined up, or waiting for their opening. If it takes over three hours for a take out order, perhaps you need to hire someone else to assist the obvious one...

Worst Chinese restaurant in St. John’s. Ordered combo meal and another chicken meal. Woman told us that it should be ready after 15 minutes. So we came back after 15 minutes and the same woman said it’s not ready yet. I then asked her when is it going to be ready. She said, “ I don’t know”. So it could take another 10 mins, 30 mins or another hour and she doesn’t know? What kind of customer service is that? Maybe don’t open a restaurant when you don’t know the wait times, otherwise you make your customers extremely hungry. I could’ve gone to other food...