Shi Miao Dao

Absolutely fantastic food here! One of my favourite places to go, and it's well-priced, delicious Chinese food with good, fast service! Also good for takeout being right next to the Wollaston T Stop.

The mala rice noodle brooth is delicious and flavourful! Wish there was more protein, I only got 2 fish filtets in my noodles. Delivery arrived quickly.

Staff was very friendly. Service was quick. Very attentive. I got fried pork and it was delicious. Came with a little dry rub substance that reminded me of thanksgiving stuffing. I didn’t use much of it, it didn’t need it it was so good. We got the pumpkin pancakes. Excellent! I got the spicy beef soup pot. The wife got the chicken soup. Everything was very good. The beef was slightly tough but not so bad it wasn’t good. The only reason it’s not a 5 is that the soups could use just a tad more noodle. Other than that it was a great lunch.

Part of been a chain restaurant is the taste is pretty consistent with their other locations. If you want the full experience of adding everything into the hot pot on your own be sure to tell the waitress. Otherwise they put everything into the pot in the kitchen. We had the pickled veggie with fish, golden soup with beef, and chicken broth for kids. The first two were very tasty, the chicken broth one was mediocre. They also have some unconventional appetizers for a Yunan Rice Noodle house, like Salty Crispy Chicken 盐酥鸡 which turned out to be pretty good. Very friendly and patient waitresses.

The Grapefruit Salty Cream over Grape Green Tea ($7.25) was good and refreshing, though I am not sure if they use fruit juice or fresh fruits. The cream on top also just looked like whipped cream when I opened the cap, but it tasted fine. I feel like I got coaxed into paying with cash because it was empty. I didn’t see any signs indoors or in the reviews about the supposed $10 minimum as there usually are. Thankfully, I had cash on me, but a heads up for anyone ordering inside.