Papa Spicy

The food here is excellent. Extremely flavorful and not too spicy. Everything is well balanced. The lamb was incredible as were the crystal noodles. Many have complained about the service. This is not a North American style table service restaurant, you guys have set your expectations too high! You mark down on the menu what you want, hand it in at the cash and your meal is delivered to your table. When it is time to pay, go to the cash. If you do this, you will have a fantastic experience and not be disappointed.

I paid cash and got a 10% discount. I ordered in English and they accommodated my allergies although they accidentally left the allergen in my food and replaced the dish. I came here on a Saturday around dinner time and it filled up quickly. The servers kept waking up and down to see if patrons needed anything and also replaced my spouse’s napkin when he had used it up! I normally do not enjoy servers checkin in on me but they were so pleasant : The service here is so friendly. I walked in and gesture for two people and they pointed me to a table set with cutlery and plates then brought over some water. I filled out my menu using their erasable marker. Since the staff was busy eight other people at the cash I brought my menu over and told them my allergies peanuts and the server said they would make it without peanuts. When the food came one of the dishes had peanuts the cold dish ox tongue and beef slices in chilli. So I told the server and they apologized and were so nice about it. They offered to make a new dish and it came out so quickly. I ordered the following dishes: - the ox tongue and beef slices in chili oil under appetizers cold dish called fu qi for pian that comes with peanuts and tripe - Pork belly with green pepper - lamb stir fry - two bowls of rice small bowls I would recommend all three, especially the ox tongue and beef slices in chili. The taste is amazing. The lamb stir fry dish was so tender and the best version of this dish I’ve had in Ottawa. The pork belly and peppers was a bit spicy since the peppers are jalapeños or something similar but the taste is very good. I will return and try their hot pot or dry pot next time. After my meal I walked into Shu Yi to get bubble tea there is a doorway that connects the two businesses. Dietary restrictions: Dairy free, egg free, peanut free

Dishes here are pretty decent and original instead of being modified to please local patrons. In fact most of the dishes are spicy, rich of flavours and very tasty. The prices are reasonable as well. I’ve tried a lot of their dishes and most of them didn’t let me down. The most recommended would be their appetizers and fish dishes. By very contrast, their service can use some work. We’ve been here for three times, and their service were always bad, especially the service we received from one of their waitresses who looks at guests funny. Once after waiting for 20 mins, she didn’t intend to come take our order but chatting at the cashier with someone, and we had to go to her and drop our menu; another time without asking for our permissions, she kept our changes as her tips; in our last visit, we received two same dishes from her by mistake. It’s quit confusing for us how she was hired for this job. The other waiters were not very helpful neither. It would be lucky if we got checked once during our entire stay there. If we need more water or napkins, we normally had to go the cashier and asked for it. In general, this place feels more like a buffet where patrons help themselves. It’s quite a bummer given it’s a place with good food. It definitely shrinks our wishes to go frequently. Too bad it was supposed to be a 5 stars place to dine. Probably only go when you are in a great mood and couldn’t care less for the terrible service.

We waited for less than 10 minutes to get our hot pot. You can order various styles and fully customize with add ons. Food was great! Service was fast and attentive and we are picky. Definitely recommended!

I had watermelon crush tea and mango yogurt. I didn’t liked watermelon very much but mango was very good. Also be aware that outside the shop there are plenty of homeless people.Food: 3/5

Quality is consistent with other locations. Food came at weird times. For example, I was expecting the pork intestines to come before the main soup, but they served it so late I thought they forgot about it. If you want to order traditional Chinese it’s usually comes with a ton of chillies, so be prepared to take on the spice.

Food came quickly. Excellent service. The food was very delicious. We ordered a pork mushroom dish, a chicken and a beef dish. The beef one was incredibly good.

Be sure to make a reservation! It gets really busy here! Overall, the service is nonexistent but the food was good! We shared the spicy fish and added enoki mushrooms, fish tofu and udon and ordered two bowls of rice. So spicy but tasty!

When they first opened I went with some friends and the dining experience was not good. We had to wait quite a while for our food and there were several items they missed and forgot to give us. Then when we tried to order more because there weren’t enough food, they told us there were more customers coming so we couldn’t order any more stuff. We pretty much left with half full stomachs. The taste was alright like a 6 out of 10 but the service was just horrible.

Almost all food has a lot of spices. I ordered the mildest and was still very hot. But if you enjoy that this is your go to place

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