- Restaurants |
- Nightlife |
- Shopping |
- Coffee & Tea |
- All
Ambassador Chinese Cuisine
Category: Restaurants Chinese Dim Sum Dim Sum [Edit]
38-280 W Beaver Creek RdRichmond Hill, ON L4B 3Z1
(905) 731-5570
- Hours:
Mon-Fri 11 am - 11 pm
Sat-Sun 10 am - 11 pm
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Private Lot
- Attire:
- Casual
- Price Range:
-
$$
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- Yes
- Delivery:
- No
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Wi-Fi:
- Free
- Good For:
- Lunch
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
- Noise Level:
- Average
- Has TV:
- No
- Caters:
- Yes
19 reviews for Ambassador Chinese Cuisine
19 reviews in English
-
Review from Lisasia C.
Toronto, ON
5/10/2012
I'm very pleased with what this restaurant provides in terms of service, food and comfort of seating. The Pecking duck is a must-try and they also have a good selection of dim sum. The food is fresh and tasty and the place is much cleaner and spacier than a lot of Chinese restaurants I've been to in the GTA. This is definitely one of my favorite restaurants
-
Review from Mandy H.
10/10/2011 1 Check-in Here
My family comes here for dim sum all the time, sadly not because of good food. This place is conveniently located, and they don't cram as many tables into the room, making it more spacious hence more comfortable to sit around.
In terms of the food, I highly recommend NOT to eat anything shrimp related. Other things that have pork or beef in it are average and will fill you up.
You may have better luck if you want any type of fried noodles, those are pretty good. :) -
Review from Precilla C.
Scarborough, ON
5/9/2011 7 photos
Ambassador Chinese Cuisine is too pricey for my liking, but I have to agree that the food here is pretty good. I've come here numerous times and these are some of my favourite dishes.
Deep fried taro with pork and seafood: Ambassador's verison incorporates curry into the filling. The curry is subtle, but it's an interesting touch that makes the dish unique.
Crispy shrimp rolls resembles a longer and leaner version of the traditional spring rolls. It's served with a sweet sauce that adds a pleasant tang to the savoury roll. It's a playful, crunchy snack that's quite delicious.
Steamed noodle roll with deep fried dough: the balance between the velvety rice noodle and crispy, deep fried dough is perfect, and neither component is overly greasy. A sprinkle of chives and dried shrimps complete the dish with finesse.
Pan-fried noodle roll with XO spicy sauce: I love XO spicy sauce slathered on almost anything and rice noodle rolls are no exception! The rolls are fragrantly pan-fried and the sprinkle of sesame seeds and chives are great additions.
Steamed sweetened egg custard rolls: The custard rolls are moist and wonderfully (but not overly) sweet.
Ambassador is a nice place to enjoy refined dim sum in an upscale, comfortable environment. Its steeper prices means the restaurant can't be my go-to dim sum place, but it's an occasional treat.Listed in: Gems in suburb
-
Review from Sunny V.
Toronto, ON
5/17/2011
Let start with the Bill :-) For 4 of us we spend over $90.00 plus tips over $100 total. Yes $100.00 bucks for 4.
The place is clean and the service was good. We got there around 11 am and our reservation was for 11:30. The place was pretty empty when we got there. Never a line up. By the time we left around 1. The place was quite pack.
The food was not bad for 100 bucks dim sum. LOL. Mind you, I went to another place in Scarborough two weekend ago. We had 7 people and the bill was only 65 bucks. Hahaha.
I would go back just because of the service and because its clean as I have mention. Dim Sum place usually a zoo on the weekend around GTA. Plus if you don't speak Cantonese good luck getting a seat even if you have # in most places. This place is the only DIM SUM place I have been where you don't have to be Cantonese to be serve :-) -
Review from Pinky And The B.
1/20/2011 2 photos
It was not the best Dimsum I have had but it is a cut above the rest especially if you are used to Dimsum in NYC,
We had Dimsum a few things I remember were Rice Noodle rolls with peanut sauce and The Peking Duck is a must try. Though there were more wraps than Duck. We had sweet dumplings. The wait staff wore traditional wait staff clothing that was clean.
Service was good and it was clean and the decor was nice. Highly recommend it for Dimsum. We did hear it is not as good for regualr Chinese meals but just for Dim Sum. -
Review from Geoffrey W.
Toronto, ON
3/31/2011 2 Check-ins Here
Simple but tasty Dim Sum, ordered from menus rather than displayed on carts. Above average quality and above average prices -- three of us ate a solid quantity of Dim Sum and the total was about $30 each, incl. tax and tip.
I'd be happy to go again, although I wish it were either closer or cheaper.
In many ways, menus are cheaper, but I can't help but wish there were carts anyway -- somehow it's part of the essential dim sum experience for me. -
Review from Frank L.
Toronto, ON
12/22/2010
I went there for a dinner celebrating the Christmas on our own as there will lots of parties thereafter. Although the restaurant has been established for quite a while, it is amazing to find that the carpet is still very clean.
The waitress asked us for our last name and politely called us so. When I foot the bill, I found that the bill was with my name on it. Quite a touchy gesture.
It is a $$$ restaurant. I browsed through the menu and found my dishes. At the same time, I found them in the combo. So I asked the waitress whether we could have it and she explained that we could, not just for the VIP members.
We ordered 2 different combos. The shrimp fruit salad was tasty. The shark fin soup and the other shark fin soup mixed with lobster were different in taste but both were exceptional. The lobster steamed with garlic and green onion was the best as it was just done and the meat was so soft and delicate. This could easily out beat any lobster restaurants. The entrees which we ordered a vege dish and a sea bass, were exceptional as well. The good thing was after the dinner I didn't feel thirsty at all. I have been to other good tasting restaurants that have lots of MSG and made you so thirsty for the whole night. This restaurant most likely used good seasoning.
The service was good. The waitress always changed our plates. One glitch was the Chinese tea can be improved to a better quality to match with its dishes.
Overall it is an exceptional restaurant -
Review from Tony Y.
10/24/2011
When I first visited Toronto in 2001, this was one of my favs at the time. At the time, all I had to compare to were the typical NY/Calif China Town establishments. Needless to say, Ambassador rocked compared to those U.S. Chinese gourmet. After ten years, I still say this is one of those stalwarts that represent the new Chinese suburb of Toronto. Place is clean, service attentive, good quality food, etc. Only take away, time and competition has caught up w/ them, leaving their pricing rather on the high side when compared to some of the newer places with equally quality offerings. I hope this place can continue to deliver ten yrs from now. It would be a shame if Markham loses such a landmark. Ambassador, please do better with your offering and pricing to keep the competition from eating your lunch.
-
Review from Dallas H.
4/12/2009
This place is very traditional, female staff in suit jackets and skirts, men in suits--it's like eating at the Hong Kong airport. The portions are huge--I had #810 I think it was, the eggplant in meat sauce. We also ordered a chow mein (not one of my favorites, but it was a nice rendition of that dish), a fried rice, and a half chicken covered in roasted garlic.
Nice food, great atmosphere, well-dressed staff, beautiful large windows--this spot gets 4 out of 5 from me. -
Review from Ariadne M.
6/5/2009
Came here with the fam for my sister's birthday. Had a wonderful experience - clean, great atmosphere, and excellent service. This resto gets four starts - one for every course we had (divided by two - hee hee).
Appetizer of jellyfish and suckling pig were devoured by our hungry brood. We had the famed Peking Duck - pancakes were the perfect thickness, speckled with toasted sesame seeds, and the meat was just great. Second course was well-seasoned - we had it wrapped in lettuce leaves, so fresh and so clean.
Can you believe we had room for shrimp, beef with gai lan, and crispy chicken? All of us stumbled out of the restaurant, drunk with happiness and full bellies. Poor dad had to make the 40-minute drive home, meat sweats and all.
Highly recommended. -
Review from Ana W.
7/6/2010
I came here for dinner and I was disappointed.
Service was good initially, but as the food arrived the servers disappeared. Perhaps because we got the corner table, they couldn't see us, but I had to get off my chair find someone to get the bill. Our tea was not refilled frequently enough either.
As for the food itself, it's similar to other places that I've been to. Our goal of the night was to have Peking Duck... it was good. I can't complain about the size of the duck. It was barely enough for everyone to have 2 servings. There is always a disproportionate amount of wraps to duck ratio... by the time we ordered more wrap, the remainder duck were already devoured since everyone was hungry.
Sweet and sour pork dish was disappointing. The pork was over fried.
5 Style Vegetable with Bamboo fungus was pretty good. Not too salty.
Overall I found the price quite expensive for the quality of food I got. I almost felt like they treated my friends and I as foreigners who never had traditional Chinese food before. I was quite disappointed.
P.S. I found this coupon for Peking Duck if you are still interested in trying it out... I only found this after the fact (http://www.dine.to/dai...) -
Review from Laura C.
Toronto, ON
6/28/2010
I like it here. The dim sum was pretty good, and orders came in quickly. The food is just classic dim sum, without any fancy extra touches which I like.
It's the pick and order kind from a menu (as opposed to carts--i don't even know where they do this anymore).
Food for 11 of us was around $15 each, and we had A LOT of food. -
Review from Patrick T.
Richmond Hill, ON
4/24/2011
This restaurant has been open for around two decades. Fifteen years ago, it was among the top three Chinese restaurants north of toronto. The main advantage here is the decor is high end tasteful.
Also the dim sum wait for a table is among the lowest around here. The servers are courteous and responsive.
The biggest drawback is that other than a few ok dishes like Peking duck, the food including dim sum are stuck between average and pedestrian.
And the food is not priced average. Not the most expensive, just a little high for the area. -
Review from Jonathan W.
Calgary, AB
10/3/2008
No better place in Toronto for consistent ,quality dim sum. Best I've had all over the GTA including Casa Imperial, Lai Wah Heen and Dynasty. Excellent peking duck for dinner as well. I'm there whenever I visit TO and I'm usually coming from downtown.
Listed in: Dim Sum in the GTA, Good for Groups
-
Review from Triphena W.
6/23/2010 3 photos
The dim sum in Richmond Hill/Markham, Ontario is far superior to dim sum in Chicago. Everything was made to order, fresh, and well-executed. The restaurant is large, spacious, and clean. The servers are friendly and speak English. Parking is a breeze. I can't think of any reason not to go here. Great dim sum!
-
Review from Quan L.
Toronto, ON
5/26/2010
best dim sum i've had in the gta! i've been going here for years.
the restaurant is very clean and the food is not as greasy as other dim sum places. the prices may be a tad higher than your average downtown dim sum place, but it's well worth it. waits aren't too long and the service is quick.
i've only tried the dim sum plates, so i have no idea what the dinner menu is like. stick with the dim sum and you won't be disappointed. -
Review from Z Y.
Toronto, ON
8/2/2011
After going to various dim sum places over several weekends, this seems like it's the best in Toronto. Everything was tasty, squid was fresh, I found the portions were actually quite big (like the size of a dumpling would be bigger than what you'd see at other places). I'm from Ottawa so for the same price that I'd pay back home, we got WAY more food at Ambassador and it tastes better too. Definitely visit if you're dim sum hunting.
-
Review from Gretchen Michelle H.
Toronto, ON
5/26/2010
Love it! Very elegant, with outstanding food, and a nice touch is when the waiters carry around a chef's special!
-
Review from Eva L.
Toronto, ON
4/30/2011
New to the area so got the rec from blog t.o., specifically looking for dim sum. Overall good quality, not drenched in oil. We had a mix of dim sum with the larger dishes to stuff our faces with. All the traditional dim sum items are good. Good large spaces to fit many patrons, clean and waiters are nice.
