Cynthia's Chinese Restaurant - Oakville

Good quality big portions and friendly service. The dining area is very nice . Recommend

January 1, 2025 on Google

Left to right: Chinese broccoli - IMO great addition to Chinese food to add in some greens. Cooked perfectly. Green curry chicken - better than I was preparing myself for but to be honest if it wasn’t for my family recommending that I wouldn’t get it again. Thai basil beef - constant in our order from Cynthia’s. The beef is tender and cut into good sized pieces. Maybe a bit too much onion for my personal taste. I would maybe add in more peppers if it were up to me to balance the dish out and make it perfect. BBQ pork fried rice - no notes, 10/10, exceptional. This is exactly how I like my fried rice. It had a bit of char on the bbq and rice itself and tastes so classic. Sweet and sour pork - as a family that are typically creatures of habit, it takes a loooot to convince my family to try new things or let me order something I want. I have ordered a few different things from the chicken section but find myself getting very frustrated that I can’t tell much from the description (lightly fried, stir fried, deep, dry, saucy, etc). I know in my head what I want and can point to it if I saw a picture, but that doesn’t translate well on a phone order. May I make a recommendation to Cynthia’s to include pictures of all dishes somewhere on the site (there is a tab but it is not all encompassing). The pork sauce came on the side which is not my personal preference and was just an OK dish. Call me basic but sometimes I just want something similar to what you get at the mall that is usually labelled something like “general tao”. The second picture is taken from another reviewers comment and is an unidentified dish. This is what I was going for and wish I ordered. Cynthia’s - if you can respond with the name of that dish, that would be helpful! Anyways I crave Cynthia’s whenever I am back in town, just make sure you check pictures and try to identify what you might like if trying something new.

December 29, 2024 on Google

Nice to have the restaurant still there after 10 years. Its nice decorated in Chinese traditional way restaurant, waiters and waitress dress in traditional Chinese clothing, smile and nice. Both Peking duck and Orange ducks taste nice it was before, dishes on menu is less than before, but still taste good with acceptable price, but would be expensive if you order lobster. Fried rice and noodles, esp those with seafood are delicious，fortune cookies serviced.

November 11, 2024 on Google

It's a cheap Asian scam. They have a "policy" that each person MUST order at least 25$ (or something close to that). It was the two of us and we usually order one food and share. The food we ordered was about 21$ and we didn't know about this "policy" so the server pointed it out to us. I told him that I'll happily make sure that once we get the bill, I'll make sure to tip them enough to get to minimum 25$ but he didn't accept and said no, it's our "policy" that each person must order at least the minimum amount. Then we looked at other items in the menu and quickly realized how their scam works. Each other food item that we wanted to add would get the price higher than their minimum and so this is their way of making money to force people to order food. The workers were at the age of retirement. We thanked them and left the restaurant. The only positive thing we observed in our few minutes there was the decoration that seemed nice.

October 15, 2024 on Google

The BEST. Cantonese noodles and black pepper beef I’ve ever had. I’m from out of country, and still thinking about this delicious dinner

August 13, 2024 on Google

Good Chinese food which appeals to the Indian palate. They also check on preferred spice levels. We have visited and ordered multiple times and the dishes are quite consistently good.

May 28, 2024 on Google

My family and I have been here multiple times, twice being for my birthday, and the food and service are always beyond excellent. Jacky is a wonderful host, as are the others in this full serve fine dining restaurant. The spicy crispy tofu, sweet and sour pork, chicken fried rice, and Shanghai noodles are my favourite dishes as they are cooked to perfection and authentic in flavour. Definitely recommend coming here for a celebration or just a nice dinner, it will not disappoint if you love good Chinese food.

April 5, 2024 on Google

This was truly an experience. I loved everything. I would could back for every meal if I could. The service was amazing. We came for mother's day. Without a reservation and we were able to get a table in less then 30 minutes. Then we were seated, everyone is wearing traditional Chinese clothing, it's gorgeous. We had a server named Stella. She was so helpful and kind. Very attentive and was also willing and able to help us with any questions we had. The drinks were delicious and the food was truly mind blowing! I cannot begin to express the flavor that all the food had. My compliments to the chef. This restaurant is completely underated and deserves 100000 stars. We ate family style and got a turntable. It was very nice. We also got dessert, it was nice and I highly recommend the deep fried crème brûlée. The presentation is wonderful. Thank you Stella for the amazing service! I got wonton soup (number 19) 10/10 Sizzling Peking pork (number 62) 10/10 Sizzling black peper beef (number 55) 8/10 it was so tender just not my favorite Spicy Squid (number 86) 10/10 Beef flat noodles (number 115) 7/10 House special fried rice (number 102) 9/10

May 14, 2023 on Google