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Regency Palace Seafood Restaurant and Lounge
Category: Restaurants Chinese Dim Sum Dim Sum [Edit]
328 Centre St SECalgary, AB T2G 4X6
(403) 777-2288
- Hours:
Mon-Fri 11:30 am - 2 pm
Mon-Sun 5 pm - 9 pm
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Garage, Street, Private Lot
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Price Range:
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$$
- Takes Reservations:
- Yes
- Delivery:
- No
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Wi-Fi:
- No
- Good For:
- Lunch, Dinner, Brunch
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
- Noise Level:
- Average
- Has TV:
- No
- Caters:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
13 reviews for Regency Palace Seafood Restaurant and Lounge
13 reviews in English
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Review from dinah g.
Calgary, AB
Updated - 2/15/2010
Took my 12 member family to eat here last weekend, and there were 6 very large wanting to eat men in the group. I couldnt believe that they could actually say they were full. We must have ordered over 30 dinsum dishes here.
Service was slow, so most of the time we got up and went and got things ourselves, its okay my one cousin is a pro at this.
In the end it cost me around 130 bucks which made me very happy, what infuriated me was the 16 dollar parking bill outside in the back of the Dragon Mall. We could have had another 4 plates for that amount.
Regency Dimsum amazing, parking in the parkade out back SUCKS!!!1 Previous Review: Show all »
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10/16/2009 First to Review
If you have a huge group of people, want to treat them properly yet don't want to put a dent in your… Read more »
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Review from Mark S.
De Winton, AB
4/29/2012 1 Check-in Here
It's always fun trying to order at the Regency Palace. In spite of this we really enjoy coming once in a while. Usually my ordering involves a lot of smiling, waving and pointing with a little bit of nodding. After all when in Rome...
The salt-and-pepper squid are very flavorful with just the right amount of spice. One order is not enough. Same goes for the shrimp and cilantro dumplings. They were the favorite of the whole dinner.
Steamed shrimp and pork dumplings are very good. This time we didn't save room for the delicious sesame rolls but next time we will.
Great place. Great experience. Great food. -
Review from Terrence L.
Calgary, AB
4/29/2012
One of the largest restaurants in Chinatown, the Regency Palace is a great place to go for dim sum, lunch or dinner anytime.... providing that you do NOT go to the buffet and order a la carte. If you do go to the buffet, the food will be 2 1/2 to 3 star at best, and compares with most chinese buffets at any other place though with a pretty decent dessert buffet as well.
Being the largest, I never have problems finding a table for dim sum, and throughly enjoy the food. Broken into 3 parts, 1 fixed station for the most popular steamed items, 1 fixed station for the most popular fried items, and the traditional mobile carts comprising the 3rd part, dim sum is efficient, fast and fresh.
In groups of 6 or more, their set menu dinners are fantastic. At a value of 20-30 a person, a group can have a feast of 7-10 dishes, all freshly made to delight friends and all.
One special note, it's probably the best chinese place in Calgary that can accomodate private groups from as few as 10 to as many as hundreds. Plenty of small private rooms and even a dance floor with a stage for a live band. -
Review from C T.
Calgary, AB
2/5/2012
I've haven't been to the Regency for such a long time 'cos parking was always a problem. We parked at the back as the restaurant suggested but for dinner on a weekend. The trick is to wait till 5 p.m. so that you get the evening rate of $4/- and then the restaurant will validate your 1/2 of the parking receipt (the other half is in your car) and you get back $4!
This past Saturday evening we decided to try Regency and celebrate almost the end of Chinese New Year celebrations with a nice hotpot dinner. Regency has hotpot deals for adults $21.95 per person. Check out their website.
Their all-you-can-eat hotpot comes with a choice of 2 soups in a divided metal pot on a propane burner if your table has 4 or more persons. If there is less than 4 persons, you only get a choice of 1 soup. The soup could be a clear broth soup or a spicy one. We opted for clear broth soups - Chinese Wine & Herb and Chicken and Ham broths.
Next, you get your raw food items from the designated buffet sections. One section is all raw food itmes like beef, lamb, pork, chicken, fish, fishballs, beefballs, prawn balls, oysters, mussels, squid, congealed pork blood, pork liver, pork kidney and prawns dressed and undressed. On a separate table by the wall, you have your noodles or all kinds, mushrooms - enoki, shitake, tofu, fish cake, vegetables - tong oh, spinach, romaine lettuce, watercress, beancurds, black fungus and more fishballs. Also, there's a selection of sauces for you to choose from. Don't forget the preserved bean curd sauce (fu yee) for your lamb - in fact, it goes great with everthing! [There is also uncooked eggs for you; some Chinese like to put raw egg into their bowl and put whatever sauce and beat up the egg. Once the item is cooked in the soup, they will dunk it in the egg sauce and let it cool the food off and then eat it. I don't do that. Or you can be inventive with the egg in the soup...]
Now, comes the meal itself. You sit at your table with the soup on high boil and you toss your raw food items into the soup and wait for it to cook. You then fish out your food with your trusty little steel net! Or if you don't want your food item to run away when you're waiting, just put your food item into the net and leave it in the hot soup to cook. It'll be there waiting for you. Dunk your hot food item into the sauce and let it cool for a bit and just munch away!
BTW, the price of the hotpot deal also grants you access to the cooked food buffet on the other 2 aisles. The dessert is the best - all the wonderful Chinese hot and cold dessert soups.
We waited till 8 p.m. to leave the restaurant as there was a contest for the hotpot goers. Free dinner if your receipt is pulled up. Nope, we didn't win...maybe next time. :o) -
Review from Lisa P.
1/15/2012
Did someone say buffet?! The mere mention and my ears perk up. I had to try it. Well actually, I went with some people from work who had been there a number of times and had good things to say about it.
It was lunchtime and the place would get busy. Since we were there early, we got to the buffet with not much of a line up. There was a good selection of items from spring rolls, ginger beef, dumplings, salt & pepper squid, fried rice, chow mien, noodles, pretty much everything you want. It was all hot, fresh, and in good supply. The service was good. Our plates were cleared quickly and our drinks refreshed too.
The value for your money is decent and they have a nice selection of food. There is something for everyone. I'd love to come back here and try the dim sum. -
Review from Vishnu V.
8/17/2011
Today I happened to go to this place for lunch with 15 ppl. I was really confused for coming to this place as this was my first chinese restaurant that I visited in calgary. I like Chinese food but as I am only a chicken and sea food lover, after finding so many other items here(like Eel as I checked on menu) I was in the impression that I had to find out some other place to fill my stomach. However, all my illusions were overcome by the amazing varieties in food.
We chose to go for buffet and there were a lot of varieties and choices. Starting from appetizers,main course till desserts, there were wide variety of options.
Pros - They have a big place that can handle a big crowd.
Appetizers : soup, chicken finger, fish finger, chicken spring roll, onion rings, etc.. lot many that I tasted. Also there were many options for beef and pork and heard from frnds that they were delicious too.
Main course : there were 3 different types of noodles. All 3 tasted good with plum sauce and shrimp curry. There were 3 varieties of sauce. There were many other varieties too in chicken,beef and pork but I didn't try them as I was saving some space for the desserts.
Desserts: There were many flavors in icecream that we could select from, and fresh cut fruits - watermelon , musk melon,etc. Also they had jellys bt i didnt try that.
Cons : The cake piece didnt really taste good. Didnt seem like a fresh one.
Be cautious of vegetarian items, if you are a veggie( nt even egg) then you have to worry abt few items. Like veg-fried rice - it has egg in it but still called as veg-fried rice :P .
Funny : After we finished with our buffet, we were given some small packets one each. It was written as a fortune cookie. We had to break that and check out a small slip in it on which a fortune will be written. Ain't that sound funny. First time I am seeing this in a restaurant.
Overall - a good place to try !!! -
Review from Phee O.
Abbotsford, BC
1/22/2012 1 Check-in Here
Yummy dim sum, but make sure you grab the spring rolls if you see them because you'll never see them twice! Great to have the express station, takes some of the waiting game out of the dim sum experience.
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Review from Merry K.
My family loves dim sum & Regency Palace is our favorite place to go. You can argue that it may not be the best place for dim sum in Calgary but there are definitely some perks:
1. It is HUGE so you can walk in at noon on Saturday with 8 of your closest friends & you'll still likely get a table with no wait.
2. It has carts and a steam table full of their most popular dim sum items. If the chicken feet have passed for the fifth time & you want something else just go up to the steam table with your ticket and take your dishes back to your table.
Today there were 7 of us and we were stuffed and the bill came out to $15 per person including tax and tip. Woot! -
Review from Sarah M.
Calgary, AB
11/7/2011
I found Regency Palace through Yelp, after trying to go to Silver Dragon with a huge lineup. I felt like I was just too hungry to wait, so we walked over to Regency Palace. Initially, it seemed like a good move, because the pork and shrimp dumplings were on par with other dim sums, but after that, every dish was disappointing. My guy friend ordered beef and pork ribs, and some other BBQ beef with a really strange sweet sauce on it - all of them were a little yucky. I ordered the sticky rice, totally bland in comparison to Silver Dragon. Salt and pepper squid was ok, as were the pork buns, but after several dishes being less than tasty, we started to lose our enthusiasm to try anything else. I left regretting my lack of patience for better food. Next time I'll wait in line for Silver Dragon.
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Review from Katie C.
Calgary, AB
1/10/2010
A visit to the Regency Palace feels a little decadent right from the beginning. I mean, it was designed that way. You step onto the top floor of Dragon City Mall where it was located into the truly beautiful lobby area. It is lush, a bit like a garden, and you cross over a small bridge that spans a koi pond. With that grand entrance to set the stage, you step out into the massive dining room.
The dining room is all one room, but the square footage must be huge and it is split into smaller sections. If you are going for dim sum (which is what I mostly do), you are taken to the section that is the furthest back. The thing I like about the Regency Palace is that it does feel a little decadent and royal. It has a grand atmosphere.
In terms of lunch and/or dim sum, regency palace is where I bring picky people and large groups. At lunch time, there is also a lunch buffet that suits people who aren't as adventurous or who don't like dim sum, with more traditional chinese food (and western chinese food) fare.
The dim sum itself is quite good but not spectacular. The sheer size of the room means that by the time the cart gets to you, the food has often gotten a bit cold. If you can finagle a good spot by the kitchen doors, this isn't such a problem. I find that the staff is very accommodating and if they have room they do their best to fulfill that request. At the end, you have to take your scantron dim sum sheet to one of the payment stations that are a little bit difficult to find.
You know, I've never had a bad experience at the Regency Palace. It is always consistent in service and food quality, and while it doesn't fit the bill as my top dim sum restaurant, it is my old faithful. And I love to make an entrance, so that is definitely ok. -
Review from Koz T.
Calgary, AB
10/31/2010 5 Check-ins Here
We love the food and service here. If you're setting up an event, book a private room and have Jack set up the details for you. They always treat us like family here and the venue is large enough you won't have to wait in the lobby for a table. Try the Peking Duck!
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Review from Violet P.
10/27/2011
I was impressed by the decor when I arrived at the restaurant as it looked classy. We were greeted and seated quickly. They had a buffet that included western Chinese food including chicken balls, spring rolls, ginger beef, and sweet and sour pork. But also the non deep fried dishes including chicken and green bean, vegetables, and black bean mussels. There was also smoked salmon wrapped around cucumber that was quite refreshing. There is also another buffet line for the hot pot. First you can choose from about 7 different types of broths. The items for the hot pot include vegetables, tofu, fish, fish balls oysters, shrimp, lamb, and pork. There are also about 10 different sauces. It's great because there is so much variety and you can meet the tastebuds of everyone in your party. There's also a selection of desserts if you have room. I had the cantaloupe and it was very sweet and a great finish to the meal, as was the fortune cookie. For $17, I was impressed with the food quality, selection, and service. I will definltely be back.
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Review from John J.
Calgary, AB
8/9/2010
Great food great service! Buffet is best in town same with fondue but it's only during the winter season. Dim sum is good too no place like it where they come around with the food.
