Nce Bbq - Thornhill

There are not many good Chinese restaurants in this area (Yonge and Finch/Steeles). I believe there are only a few congee places and maybe one or two others.

We visited this restaurant for their Northern-style Chinese cuisine, specifically to try the Peking duck. The service was excellent.

highly recommend trying the Peking duck at this restaurant if you are a fan. The duck is excellent and there are plenty of seats available. However, the other dishes on the menu are just average.

Very polite and excellent service. We ordered a special roast pekingese duck, vinegar black fungus and steamed dumplings, those taste so delicious. I am absolutely will return to this restaurant.

This new restaurant doesn't quite measure up. People who live in this area and Markham are used to great Chinese cuisine. In this case the food was average, the service substandard and the menu misleading.It's not the server's fault if the steamed soup filled dumplings with ground pork (item 207), a northern Chinese classic, does not contain any soup. It's not the server's fault if the stir-fried Chinese broccoli with garlic (item 163) is not gai lan but basic broccoli, it's not the server's fault if the BBQ bullfrog (item 188) is under cooked, but to not provide basic eating implements when serving food is simply unwelcoming. We had to poach our chopsticks, napkins, and bowls from other tables, which presumably is what other patrons did to ours. The NCE featured peking roast duck (item 102) is something that can better be prepared at home with duck purchased from a BBQ meat store. $31 gets you a plate of duck, and side plates of cucumber, green onions, sauce, and wraps that stuck together as one and had to be hand peeled. It was a lucky draw who ate one or three fused together at any time. It was plenty for four people but as the signature dish, presentation was underwhelming to say the least. Definitely not to be tried again would be the fried fork fillet slices with sweet and sour sauce (item 136), this is more of a Canadian-Chinese dish that was oily and cloyingly sweet, with no vinegar or bell peppers to add balance.The kitchen staff appeared from our view to be orderly and clean. The ambience is modern and tries to be upscale but the service is disorganized. The management needs to determine if the menu should be corrected to reflect what the kitchen actually prepares, or vice versa. The menu should be proofread by someone proficient in both Chinese and English. We did make an effort to explain the discrepancies and the under cooked food to the server. Again not his fault. I hope he was brave enough to report the issues to the kitchen team.This place may be worth visiting again in six months time. Maybe by then the front of house may have sorted out table service, and the kitchen may have figured out the formula for great food. In the meantime, while it's very convenient to get to, there are other places in the area who can provide better value, service, and food.