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1. City 1 Cafe
Vancouver, BC V5Z 2E2
(604) 569-1199
Categories:
Malaysian,
Singaporean
Neighbourhood: South Cambie
Another great find thanks to the infamous Marc D.
The interior is super plain and the piano music is almost annoying, but the food is decent.
Get the Hainanese chicken and oiled rice. Likely the best I've had. Not sure what the oil in the oiled rice…More »
2. Shun Feng Seafood Restaurant
Richmond, BC V6X 3V7
(604) 304-6088
Came here for some sort of Shanghainese Association banquet. Being one of the 3 non-Chinese people there, I had quite a good time. How? A 93 year old Chinese guys sang KTV and danced his ass off. Mad props to his moves including "the twist" as he…More »
3. Po King Seafood Restaurant
Home of dim sum on steroids and the infamous Dim Sum Nazi manager.
Not sure why they completely cover their windows, makes it hard to find. When we stepped inside and I laid eyes on Miss Nazi and heard her dictator-like voice, I knew I was in for…More »
4. The Shanghai Kitchen
Vancouver, BC V6M 3W8
(604) 261-0838
Categories:
Ethnic Food,
Chinese
Neighbourhoods: Kerrisdale, Arbutus Ridge
Solid Shanghai grub in the heart of Kerrisdale.
This place is a few months old and I'm sure will become a neighbourhood destination soon.
Its clean, modern design with a glass window showcasing chefs making fresh XLB's and dumplings along with well…More »
5. Dynasty Seafood Restaurant
Rock solid dim sum with a view of downtown Vancouver.
Problem: Saturday morning dim sum craving. Solution: Yelp app. What a great find in my hood.
Free parking underground given you don't have a goldfish memory to remember your stall #. Parking at #88,…More »
6. Garden Villa Seafood Restaurant
Vancouver, BC V6A 1T6
(604) 688-3877
Hmm. Not sure how/why I came here. Shouldn't listened to my gut when I walked in. Dinner time with only one table filled with white tourists.
The place is kind of dingy with semi-sticky table covers. We ordered some veggie congee and a few dim sum…More »
7. Fourseas Chinese Restaurant
Hate to do it, but gonna have to downgrade. Violated freshness rule. They use that 'frozen medley' seafood i.e. rubbery junk.
Dim sum is still alright.
1 Previous Review: Show all »
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8/21/2010 First to Review
Solid Chinese munchies. Checking out the eats of my new 'hood, I spotted this place across from the… Read more »
8. Liu's Taiwanese Restaurant
Richmond, BC V6X 4A7
(604) 214-0366
Category:
Taiwanese
Neighbourhood: Golden Village
Forget KFC. Go LTR.
What a change since the last time I came here over a year ago. Looks like they completely gutted this place and did a full reno. From hole-in-the-wall to snazzy modern feel.
For the first time at a Chinese place I was pretty much…More »
9. Café Gloucester
Vancouver, BC V5Z 2W5
(604) 873-3338
Category:
Chinese
Neighbourhoods: South Cambie, Riley Park
British name with big banging portions.
Went for the lunch special of fried panko crusted fish and pork chop in garlic sauce (sauce choice is up to you) with spaghetti instead of rice. Because I can. Combo starts off with a choice of Russian borscht…More »
10. Sun Sui Wah Seafood Restaurant
Vancouver, BC V5V 3N9
(604) 872-8822
The infamous Sun Sui Wah. Do you live up to your reputation?
Went for dim sum lunch with our banker. Bonus points to the ample free underground parking.
Service was decent. Ordered the typical dishes. Quality was OK. Definitely not the obviously…More »
11. Northern Meixi Fast Food
Listen to your gut. It's smarter than your eyes and head.
I had been here once before and tried their hand made beef noodle soup. After waiting a good 20 min, I was super disappointed as the noodles were both inconsistent in texture and made Mr.…More »
12. Want Want Hot & Spicy House
Burnaby, BC V5H 2A9
(604) 438-2377
Categories:
Fast Food,
Food Stands,
Chinese
Neighbourhood: Metrotown
Brings back memories of a lamb high I experienced in Shanghai at a place called "Gone Wild". Contrary to the name, the servers weren't crazy college girls. They had the best BBQ lamb skewers ever. I ate a ton.
Want Want's lamb sandwich is masterfully…More »
13. Legendary Noodle House - CLOSED
Northern Chinese hand-made noodle shop run by a cute friendly family.
Just a side note, this place is next to what is most likely a rub and tug place disguised as a salon.
Anyhow, we started with stir fried pea shoots with garlic (fast and tasty).…More »
14. The One Restaurant
Chinese restaurant with automatic sliding doors and a grand piano at the entrance? I could have sworn I walked into a Chinese hotel.
Service started off with robot precision within a second of walking in. Server immediately walked us to a table before…More »
15. Long's Noodle House
Shanghainese winner.
My 1st attempt to come here failed as there was a line at the door. Not to repeat, this time we arrived right at 5:30pm.
The lady (probable owner) was super friendly and welcoming. It was like walking into her house.
We ordered the…More »
16. Daimo Noodle Express
I went to a comedy show recently and the guy reminded me one thing about Chinese restaurants. When you walk in, you rarely get a "Hi, how are you?" to start, generally you'll just get a stern "HOW MANY?". Daimo was no exception, but hey, maybe one…More »
17. Shanghai River
Richmond, BC V6X 4J4
(604) 233-8885
Category:
Chinese
Neighbourhood: Golden Village
I'll preface this review by saying my expectation will always remain high for Shanghai cuisine after having lived there for several months.
Shanghai River compared to a lot of Chinese restaurants is pretty decent. Though I haven't been (nor seen) a…More »
18. HKYK Seafood Hot Pot Restaurant
Richmond, BC V6X 2C2
(604) 273-3202
Still haunted by the enormous Frankenstein oysters!
The things I do for love. I've never been a fan of hot pot, but to make the gf happy I caved which led me to this place.
I knew this wouldn't go well when I saw the electric burners. When you do hot…More »
19. Beefy Beef Noodle House
Hungover on 1/1/11 we meandered around Main St trying to find a place. As most places were closed, we spotted this place. With so much beef in its name and full interior, it was a no brainer.
Started with the salty peppery chicken nugget things.…More »
20. Peaceful Restaurant
Good enough to get the Shanghai food seal of approval from the gf.
Passed the good Chinese service test by greeting us properly not with just a couple of fingers. Tip: Learn 'Ni hao' and 'Xie xie'. It works wonders.
Started with the tan tan noodles (I…More »
21. Corner 23
Vancouver, BC V5Z 2X8
(604) 879-8815
Cheap. Cash only. Ordered shredded pork with egglant which came with rice, corn, cucumbers, and noodles. Shared Taiwanese chicken nuggets that came with an apple-like sweet sauce. Well seasoned with a bit of spicy kick.
Service was fast and friendly…More »
22. Congee Noodle House
Didn't get off to the best of starts. Now I'm used to Chinese service, but not even saying 'How Many?; and instead just holding up 5 fingers when there's obviously just 3 of us was a bit dumb. That and dumping our menus like a brick on our table…More »
23. Wild Rice
After being blown away by a Yelp Elite event held here a couple months back and being enticed by a Groupon shortly after, I finally went back for a full meal deal.
First off, the design layout of this place is stellar. With two separate loft-like…More »
24. Uncle Mings Kitchen
Vancouver, BC V5X 3L2
(604) 327-7658
Neighbourhood: Sunset
Around my work, there 'aint a heck of a lot of options, especially Chinese-wise. I will sometimes come here just as a break from my regular Japanese and Vietnamese regular spots.
Don't expect much, except for their $4.50 lunch specials. Food is blah…More »
25. Western Lake Chinese Seafood Restaurant
Vancouver, BC V5P 3T7
(604) 321-6862
Category:
Dim Sum
Neighbourhood: Kensington-Cedar Cottage
A rare attribute of Chinese restaurants is being greeted properly instead of "HOW MANY?!" being the first and only words spoken as you walk in. The FOH lady was smiling, polite, and very welcoming (bonus points).
We ordered chicken and taro in coconut…More »
26. Fortune Garden Restaurant
Vancouver, BC V6H 1H6
(604) 736-6868
Category:
Chinese
Neighbourhoods: Fairview Slopes, South Granville
Came here for dim sum but ended up doing half dim sum half lunch specials. Here's what we ordered up:
-Radish Cake (Not bad)
-Black cod (not much flavour)
-Honey prawns with walnuts (weird mayo based sauce, walnuts didn't go well with it)
-Shao mai (big…More »
27. Szechuan Chongqing Seafood Restaurant
Vancouver, BC V6J 1X6
(604) 734-1668
Categories:
Chinese,
Seafood,
Ethnic Food
Neighbourhood: Fairview Slopes
Yet another place that I used to love, but now hate. Came for dim sum today. The managers were friendly and seated us quickly, provided tea, etc but the female servers and the quality of the dim sum ruined this place for me.
I'm used to their style of…More »
28. Lin Chinese Cuisine And Tea House
Vancouver, BC V6J 1W6
(604) 733-9696
Category:
Chinese
Neighbourhoods: Fairview Slopes, South Granville
After trying their famous XLB today, I award Lin's an upgrade to 4 stars. Having lived in Shanghai, believe me in saying Lin's is pretty damn good compared to the motherland. And at only $4.99 for 6, you'll soon get addicted to this place. Xie Xie…More »
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2/26/2010
Call me bias, but after having lived/traveled in China, Vancouver Chinese food just can't compare.… Read more »
29. Legendary Noodle - CLOSED
Is it Legendary? Not quite, but they do produce fast, cheap, handmade noodle soup.
For $8, we each ordered large #12 I think. The beef brisket noodle soup with spinach and selected the thick noodle style.
The broth was flavourful, beef was tender, and…More »
30. Happy King Enterprise - CLOSED
Vancouver, BC V5M 4P2
(604) 215-3338
Category:
Chinese
Neighbourhood: Hastings-Sunrise
Friend called and said 'Alaskan King Crab'. That's all I needed to hear, I was in.
We picked our 11lb monster after playing with even bigger ones in their live tank. It was served steamed with a ton of garlic and butter. The joints and other bits were…More »
31. No 9 Restaurant
We had the munchies at 2am and didn't feel like McD's, so my buddy took me here. We waited a bit for a table, but like most factory-like Chinese restaurants, table turnover was efficient.
I ended up getting the beef brisket soup was was bombarded…More »
32. Dragon Palace Chinese Restaurant
Same ownership as Kirin Sushi next door, this was a regular spot for me when I lived in New West.
Easily one of the best Chinese places in the lower mainland. I've tried many different dishes and all are authentic and fresh. They also have awesome dim…More »
33. The Curry King Enterprises
Been here twice, usually had their beef brisket curry on rice (you have the option of getting it on spaghetti also, though I find that just odd!). It is little pricey for chinese food, but fills your stomach nicey. They also have bubble tea.
34. Mui Garden Restaurant
I don't know about you but I've never been a huge fan of Cantonese cuisine, except for the magical delights of dim sum. I think it's the common corn-starchy bland sauce that coats most dishes.
I went with what I knew and ordered the curried beef…More »
35. Kirin Seafood Restaurant
Vancouver, BC V6E 3Z3
(604) 682-8833
One of the best Chinese places in Vancouver. Usually we go with a Chinese friend as they are always better at ordering. I'm always indecisive with Chinese menus as they are always super long!
Their seafood is probably their specialty but most…More »
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