Review Ann's Congee - Thornhill

Please don't come expecting a premium dining Cuisine experience, that's not it. This place is one of the best Chinese takeout that is true to their taste with a very generous portion (orderes three items that lasted 3 meals for the two of us). Dining at the restaurant is possible, but be mindful that it isn't very spacious restaurant. Anne explains it "like McDonald's" however she can be attentive if she is not busy. We didn't expect her to be attentive given how busy she was but she came out and apologized explaining how busy the night was and how they are operating in small number. There are various range of food to choose from but their fried rice is true to its principle and the beef noodle is really good.

I've been searching for a congee restaurant west of Markham and east of Mississauga. This area is barren of good Chinese food options for the most part. Ann's peaked my interest after reading their positive reviews. Upon arrival, Ann's kitchen aromas were worth drooling over. Our hopes were raised. Our takeout feast for two was ready at the counter. Ann's Special Fried Rice was tasty though a bit dry, and came in a generous portion with shrimp, scallop and other seafood bits. HK Style Spicy Clam was infused with wok flavours and would've been delicious if not for the broken shells in every bite! The Chicken Congee was a safe bet, smooth with large chunks of tender meat. With congee, I almost always order Deep Fried Calamari, and theirs was quite comparable to the other more well-known restaurants. However, their Deep Fried Chicken did not impress the KFC fan in our household. The meat was too dry, the dark crispy skin was over-fried, and tasted just bland overall. Sadly I didn't get to meet the friendly Ann, and food was mostly mediocre on this visit. I came for takeout because the restaurant was said to have limited dine-in tables. Yet only 1 out of their 4 tables were occupied on the Sunday evening visit. Good flavours, wishing for better execution.

Ordered here for take out, great packaging, good portions and value. Just as good as other authentic popular Chinese restaurants. Congee was flavorful, had ratio of ingridients. Deep fried salt and pepper squid was done well but could have used a bit more spice but this is subjective to taste. Other than that was thoroughly pleased with overall quality.

I love Ann’s Congee! The OK chicken is my absolute favourite. The food portions are massive. Everything is delicious. I would recommend this place to anyone, make sure when you call to order you have the numbers from the menu, makes it a lot easier.

Don’t expect customer service. They’re not interested. Expect excellent food. Shrimp and noodles. Shrimp wontons. Lobstah and ginger. Eggplant with pork sauce. Shrimp and broccoli. All delicious. All wonderful. Not too expensive. Good, honest food. Been coming for years and no reason to change.

Food didn't meet the expectations from seeing all those 5 star reviews. Stir-fried Lobster was way too watery and salt & pepper squid was more batter than squid. I wanted to support small local restaurants buy honestly you will get better food from other congee chains such as Congee Wong, Congee Queen, Mr. Congee.

Great little spot. Food came out quick and hot. Ann was wonderful and gave us good recommendations for what to order. Portions were good for the price. Would definitely recommend the turnip! The only thing is some menu items say vegetarian but they might not be. Make sure to confirm if there is meat in a dish before ordering

I always come back to Ann's congee when I'm craving Chinese food. There is so much variety of food you can choose from and the food is always spot on! They also do catering platters as well for a very decent price, I ordered through them on multiple ocassions. They never fail me.