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Beijing Beijing Restaurant
Category: Restaurants Chinese Dim Sum Dim Sum [Edit]
3803 Calgary Trail NWEdmonton, AB T6J 5M8
(780) 430-7720
- Price Range:
-
$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- Yes
- Delivery:
- Yes
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Wi-Fi:
- No
- Good For:
- Dinner
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
- Noise Level:
- Loud
- Has TV:
- No
10 reviews for Beijing Beijing Restaurant
10 reviews in English
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Review from Linda N.
1/18/2012
I come here for Dim Sum regularly. Great food and, according to Chinese friends, very authentic for this region. The place is very busy Sunday mornings, but if you come a bit before 11 you'll probably beat the worst rush. Recommended!
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Review from Alan D.
9/10/2011
The Chinese name roughly translates to "All friends are welcome", and I'm not sure why the English name is "Beijing Bejing" because the food is Cantonese (i.e. from a couple of thousand km from beijing). I find most Edmonton Cantonese restaurants go too heavy on the oil, and for me that is the problem here. I don't usually get spring rolls but I made the mistake of ordering them here and they seemed to be soaked in a heavy oil, not light and crispy like in some restaurants. No other real complaints, and perhaps it is just really not my type of food.
Caters to quite a few large parties (reunions, weddings, etc.) so may seem empty sometimes if one of these isn't in. -
Review from Brittany K.
Edmonton, AB
3/1/2011 1 Check-in Here
Beijing Beijing was our last-minute dinner spot on Valentine's Day. Was it because it was a bit late, 8 PM-ish, that the place was near empty, or is it usually like that? I am still left wondering. And why is it called Beijing Beijing, not just Beijing? The food was certainly not twice as good. Ah, great questions of the universe.
Really, you get what you pay for at this place. It's inexpensive for two people to share dinner, but it wasn't the best Chinese food I've ever eaten. I like my hot and sour soup, but everything else was pretty forgettable. Not terrible, but not good, either. Just...meh.
The service was friendly enough, and with the place being almost empty (and it's rather large), it was actually kind of a fun dinner because we could be as loud and silly as we wanted to be.
We might be back. The weird lobster thing another couple ordered - the only other ones in the restaurant! - looked good.Listed in: South Side, Meh, What a funny name you have, I want some dim sum, St. Valentine's
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Review from Bee R.
Edmonton, AB
12/20/2011
I find it hard to review Beijing Beijing in a single review.
We've been to the location probably 30+ times (honestly) for dim sum, and overall I'd give it a 3 stars. We've had 4-5 star dim sum there half of the time, and 2 star dim sum there a quarter of the time. It depends on the time you arrive (which quite honestly is true of any dim sum offering in Edmonton) and how busy they are. The busier they are, the better the food but the longer you may have to wait to grab the attention of a server not in your "cart path" - but the quieter it is, the faster you get served, but the offerings have been sitting for a while. Total toss-up.
Delivery is unfortunately the same. We've had great - we've had bad. We keep ordering from them because we like the people who own it and we've had so many good experiences there that the odd misstep doesn't seem to phase us too much, but to be honest, if we found another Chinese delivery place in our 'hood who offered up CONSISTENT great quality delivery in the same time that Beijing Beijing does (ALWAYS quickly) - we may be willing to switch. We'd still go for dim sum though.
Great place. Most of the time. If they upped their consistency game, they'd be the most formidable place on the south side. -
Review from Edda O.
5/17/2011 13 photos
Went there for dinner w my extended family. There was ten of us and we ordered the $288 set menu that was way to much food but here is the breakdown:
cold platter - not bad; came with jellyfish, beef, chicken wing, surf clam and some abalone
Chicken & pork neck meat stirfry with snap peas - pretty tasty, gingery and tender meat.
Deep fried shrimp "cake" with sweet mayo - The shrimp was delicious. I could not find this in the English menu so have no idea what this is called but it was really good. I dont like the mayo but the shrimp itself was great.
Crabmeat & fish maw soup - good with generous amounts of fish maw.
2 whole crabs in a shrimpy salted fish broth and vermicelli - it was ok, I pretty my crabs lightly battered and deep fried.
Tilapia steamed with ginger & onion - fish was really fresh but the sauce was a little bland. It was also herb-y which is unusually for the typical steamed fish.
Steamed chicken & crispy chicken (1/2 chicken each) - not bad. the crispy chicken was definitely crispy.
Seafood fried rice - not bad but a little salty.
Gailan & noodles in a soup - The soup tasted just like the Knorr Wonton mix. I didn't enjoy it at all.
Pork Spareribs in japanese teriyaki sauce - this was delicious! The spareribs was amazingly tender with a nice sticky glaze. Very good.
I probably won't order the set menu because it was way too much food and actually quite price-y. The individual plates are pretty reasonably priced ( a little more than Chinatown prices) but still reasonable. That would be the way to go since some of the items on this menu is just fillers. -
Review from Lasha T.
11/5/2010
modern (mdrn)
adj.
Characteristic or expressive of recent times or the present; contemporary or up-to-date: a modern lifestyle; a modern way of thinking.
So I am not quite sure how other reviews claimed this restaurant to be modern, even after the renovations. Regardless the only reason I didn't give this restaurant a higher rating was the restaurant decor itself. It was super tacky and very open. It looked like a high school cafeteria.
Regardless the food was great! We ordered the dinner for eight because we were with a big group for a friend's birthday. It just kept coming and coming. We took home eight take home boxes! The menu was so huge. It was great that the restaurant had so many large tables for groups and that round turn table in the middle so everyone can share.
Next time I am going to order delivery to stay away from the cheap decor and extreamly slow service. -
Review from Fiona L.
6/16/2010
I love Peking Duck, and Beijing Beijing gives what I want. It's inexpensive to eat at this restaurant and the decor is extremely modern. I ate there once for dinner and once for lunch.
Lunch: Dimsum was delicious, and wasn't disappointing. I'm not used to rectangle tables for dimsum though...usually I prefer round tables but that's just my taste.
Dinner: I think I enjoy dinner more than lunch at this restaurant, I really enjoy the dishes and the quantity of it. Since Peking Duck is only little slices of the duck, we were able to use the rest of the duck for other dishes. I like that a lot because it doesn't seem as if we're wasting one whole duck to eat one part of it and throw it away.
I heard they changed to a new management from the old Chinese buffet that stood there, and I believe it was a good change.
I will definitely go there again when I visit Edmonton. -
Review from P F.
Richmond, BC
2/21/2011
Here in Edmonton, if you are looking for consistent and traditional Chinese food, i.e. dim sum for lunch and dishes that can compliment a couple bowls of steamed-rice, this is the place. What to order? Here is the trick. You need to order the "normal" dishes on the menu on an ordinary day (don't impress your friends in ordering abalone and lobster tail fruit salad without pre-ordering).
Can they handle luxury items? Of course they can and they are experts in handling abalone, shark fin, ling cod, special dishes and etc. You just need to give them enough notice so that they can do a good job. -
Review from Patricia M.
Edmonton, AB
6/16/2009
Horrible, just plain horrible. The food twas disgusting - it was dry, old, and probably expired. The service is embarrassingly bad, and the place is disgustingly dirty. Horrible.
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Review from Geraldine L.
Edmonton, AB
3/14/2010
Restaurant has been completely renovated. Lots of parking. Serves Dim Sum for lunch. Went for dinner on a Sunday evening and it was a full house. Good quality food and efficient service. Many were having Peking Duck. Prices a little higher.
