This was super delicious food and the service was great! It was also very enjoyable not too loud or too quiet! Would recommend!

The service was very good, we got the lunch specials and we thought the food was good. Particularly for the price. Nice background Cantonese music made for an enjoyable lunch experience. read more

Went in first time in Canada this food was super good! The owner is very very nice such a sweet loving lady highly reccomend going everything was super fresh and you could tell! read more

The food, service and atmosphere are amazing , the Soup Was my favorite , try it you will love this family Owned place read more

Authentic chinese food and overall experience was positive. We called 2 hours ahead for the Peking Duck, but it tasted over crispy and flash fried from the freezer. Do not recommend. The dumplings were flavorful and the Yang Chow fried rice was extraordinary. The meatball soup is a great warm up to a cold evening. read more

Delicious authentic Chinese food! The best, chow mein and fried rice I've ever had. Service was great. Can't wait to return to Victoria, and eat there again! read more

One of the worst food I've ever eaten. Everything we ordered was terrible and questionable. This isn't Chinese food, it's just disgusting. My son wanted sweet and sour pork and it came out looking like flaming hot Cheetos color- hot pink/purple. We were scared to eat it along with most of what we ordered. Ended up just getting the check and leaving. Avoid at all cost because it is very expensive too. What a waste. read more

Ordered the steamed rock cod. Perfectly steamed and tender in the center. Very reasonably priced. Service is excellent.

Great boss, great food! As long as the taste is very close to authentic Beijing food, it is actually very good. Although it is a little salty, it is balanced with the main food. read more

Found this spot on a whim and it's a hidden gem!!! Got the half order Peking duck with the tortilla wrap and ohhhhhh boy was it good. On top of that we had the black bean noddles, wonton soup and greenbeans with ground pork. Everything was amazing!!!! Service was fast and the owner was very polite (there was 2 other parties of 3 and 7). Highly recommend getting your Asian fix here or just simply try the Peking duck. You won't regret it. read more

Not the best Chinese food... Beijing duck was ok, however five times more expensive than the same quality in China. Rest of the meal I had was nah. If feel snacky for Beijing duck, still recommend, but I don't like the rest of the dishes. read more

We heard that this place was great and so we got a half order of the Beijing roast duck thinking that they must do a tremendous job of it. I can say that this was the worst rendition of the iconic dish that I've ever experienced. The duck was dry and flavorless, definately microwaved, and served with the saddest array of mouldy unwashed vegetables and pancakes that were clearly not prepared fresh (brittle and dry). So grossed out, I will never return. Go get a better Beijing duck anywhere in Chinatown, J&J's, or Cozy Place. Avoid this filth. read more

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great service and the food was delicious. the head shef has a languag barrier so we wrote down the item numbers and they hopped right to it. very kind staff, definitely worth a try read more

The worst wonton soup with noodle I've ever had. I should have known it was going to be bad when they went for the deep freeze after taking my order. The noodles and wonton were gummy. The 'vegetables' (two 1/8 cuts of bok choy) were rotten. I hate to see local businesses empty, but this one is empty for a reason. read more

Delicious food . Little more expensive than other Chinese places and smaller servings, but worth the price difference for this quality of food. They have lunch specials too. read more

It does not get any better than this....Thanksgiving holiday in beautiful Victoria BC and we did not eat any turkey dinner. Instead we found this fun Chinese Bistro restaurant on Fort St. and enjoyed some of the freshest Chinese dishes I have ever tasted. Amazing blend of flavors....This is the first time I have never had to use Soy sauce or hot peppers to spice up my Chinese dishes. Our Chinese dishes were packed with their own unique flavors and all the dishes are prepared with perfection. Wish I could take this restaurant back to Bellingham, Wa. If you are visiting Victoria BC Canada this is a must stop in your culinary travels. read more

Finally some good Chinese food in Victoria. they opened about 4 months ago having moved here from Argentina. Chef was trained in China. Cool story about the owners on eat magazine (though they got the opening date wrong). [http://eatmagazine.ca/first-look-beijing-bistro] Only been here once but will be back for the peking duck read more

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Not authentic Chinese food. This place is an absolute scam. This is the Chinese version of Kitchen Nightmares. If you don't believe me, try it yourself and re-live the nightmare. - Majority of the food prepped here is served from the cheapest prepackaged junk you find in a grocery store. - It's one of the few rare Chinese restaurants out there that uses a microwave for the majority of their dishes. - All of the "fresh" food prepared for us was old frostbitten meat. We complained to the owner and chef, and wanted to walk out, but he said he wanted us to try the dishes he already started cooking. We did, and it was an absolute disaster. Here are the highlights: - The white rice was stored in the fridge and re-heated in the microwave. - Months old frostbitten pork bao's reheated in a microwave - "Fresh" rock fish (which we were lied to) means according to the owner fresh as it in they got it frozen this morning (also a lie). Fish was at least a month or two old and disgusting. - Ordered a beijing (peking) duck, also was old flavorless leather-y frostbitten disgusting meat. - It took them an hour an half of our time to prepare the 6-7 dishes that we ordered, quarter way through we just wanted to leave but the owner insisted on keeping us here. Don't waste your time, this isn't Chinese food. This is some lazy guy trying to take advantage of people and make money. He has ZERO interest in food. read more

We ordered stewed beef noodle soup and shrimp wonton noodle soup. They make their own noodles! This is a great place to grab an authentic bite of China. My mom and I are so glad we found this place. read more

Beijing Bistro - Stewed beef noodle soup - Chinese Near Me - Victoria, British Columbia

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If you like authentic Chinese food, this is a great place to go! Definitely try their Beef Noodle Soup and Wonton soup, as well their spicy tofu dish. Highly recommended (especially if you like 'authentic' Chinese food). read more

Amazing experience here - some top-notch authentic Northern Chinese food. Incredible attention to detail to bring out the unique flavours of every traditional dish. 10/10 for us, visiting from Vancouver which has a large selection of Chinese food. Since we were aware of some of the reviews here about the microwave, we paid attention to the kitchen, and saw that our food was prepared in real time by the chef. They are also very allergy-aware and friendly. We ordered the fried beans, ma-po tofu, and twice-cooked pork and couldn't be more satisfied. Highly recommended! read more

Salt lovers unite. We optimistically ordered shrimp wontons, sautéed green beans, kung pao chicken, chicken fried rice, mapo tofu, noodles with bean sauce and a bowl of plain white rice which was extremely small for 5 people. The plain rice was the prime dish, it was plain rice as one would expect. This was a great surprise after trying all the other dishes. The shrimp wontons were perhaps the worse wontons I've ever eaten. It was one *small* shrimp, unseasoned, "wrapped" in a small wonton wrapper, then deep fried until extremely dried. These barely qualified as wontons. Starting with the okay, the green beans the were okay. They were a little dry and the pork had a strange texture, but it was passable. The chicken fried rice was very adequate. It was quite salty but not absurdly so, unlike all the other dishes, which will be covered in the following sentences. The Kung pao chicken follows up on the next least bad. The vegetables and such were almost candied in texture. Sticky with sugar. The noodles were just awful. There were plain noodles and a bean sauce to mix with. We expected a light, savory base flavor to balance out the rest of the meal. But instead it was somehow both sweet and salty in the worst way possible. It had no flavor other than being salty and sweet. It really had no redeeming qualities, except that, try as they might, they could not possibly mess up raw, chopped cucumbers. Which we ended up desperately eating to get any source of water into our bodies because they didn't give us water until we asked for it. At which point, it was luke warm tap water, in amazingly small glasses, when taken into consideration the salt quantity of the meal. In spite of all the superlatives we used to describe the other dishes, it all pales in comparison to the mapo tofu. Normally, this is one of my favorite dishes which only served to increase my bitter disappointment upon taking my first salty bite. The dish was so salty it did not immediately register as salt. The amount of salt is unlike anything I've ever tasted before, other than pure salt. I thought that they had seriously overdone the Szechuan pepper, because it made my tongue go numb. You couldn't even taste any flavor in it. The salt masked it all. Maybe this is Beijing style, but if that's the case then Beijing is a bad style. read more

I used to be addicted to its peaking duck, but the last time I went there the duck was not that tasty and other foods were too oily.

Came in on a Wednesday afternoon and the overall experience was decent. Service: We got seated soon after we came into the door. However, it did take the waitress more than your average time to hand us the menus considering the store was almost empty. Food: (Beef Noodles) The first thing that came to me when I got the food was the quantity. The bowl of noodles was stacked to the top with an abundance of beef and vegetables. The downside of this dish was its use of salt. Halfway through the bowl, my mouth felt numb with salt. Would recommend trying at least once, as the place is cheap and authentic. read more

We came here today for the first time as tourists. The food was exceptional! Very authentic Beijing cuisine. We ordered stewed beef noodles with some cold dishes. Very delicious! Would recommend to everyone who likes Chinese food! read more

Beijing Bistro - Chinese Near Me - Victoria, British Columbia

My husband and I decided to have lunch based on other favorable reviews. I had the Kung Pao chicken which I requested to be prepared mild. The portion was generous and looked appealing, but didn't have much flavor. There were ample pieces of chicken included in the dish. My husband had the shredded pork in garlic sauce. The pork was small twirled pieces of meat that tasted processed and appeared expelled from a grinder. The flavor was bland and unappealing. The spring roll was tasty and the hot tea was excellent. read more

Friends from Northern China took us to Beijing Bistro. Wow! The food was exceptional! Started with a corn soup, followed by rice and Kung Pao. The deep fried peanuts in the dish added to the spiced vegetables and chicken. Tremendous! Best I have had. Sweet and sour shredded potatoes are a new favourite that can be added like rice to any dish. Definitely will order these again. Then the roasted duck served with paper-thin wraps (a little spring onion, a small slice of cucumber, some special soy sauce and then thinly sliced duck with crispy skin...wrap, eat and savour!) Can't wait to go back and introduce some foodie friends to this wonderful restaurant. read more

Amazing, amazing food. I had the Boiled Beef in Chili and the La Zi Ji. They were the best I've had of both of them, and wish I lived close so I could come back and order more!I saw lots of other food on tables that looked amazing as well, and I can safely say that this is one of the top 3 Chinese Restaurants I have eaten at. I picked them since I could see that their menu had some authentic Chinese food (unlike most Americanized Chinese restaurants), and they didn't disappoint. I would have given 5 stars, but I was pretty disappointed with the"Chinese-only" menu. La Zi Ji wasn't on the menu I was given, but due to my obsession with this dish I could pick it out on the whiteboard with a list of dishes written in Chinese characters. I don't speak or read Chinese, but I picked this one out, and ordered it. It's pretty disheartening though since I know there's a whole menu with a lot of items that I can't order since they are written in a language I can't understand. I'm not sure why they would withhold some of their menu choices from certain language groups. read more

Yum! I haven't had real Chinese food in a long time. I grew up in San Francisco area and it's hard to find any thing that compares. First the chief actually freshly chopped everything, you could hear him in the back chopping for a long time. Loved the pork with spicy garlic sauce. Soup was excellent too. Had lots of leftovers too, large portions. Can't wait to try the food that was written in Chinese on the specials board next time. Excellent wait staff too. read more

Amazing food. Great Chinese in the Victoria area. Service is quick. Definitely worth a return trip.

Very good restaurant. Usually a good clue when my wife was the only non-Chinese there. Their specialty seems to be Beijing duck, done the usual way, split into 2 dishes: skin & meat. We did not order it (too much for two) but every other table did. read more

Pretty good. My family just ate it last night. My son ordered the corn soup and we all loved it.

If I could give zero stars I would. I should have walked away when I saw the place completely empty and all other places full. I asked for fried rice, got fried noodle, all other dishes where tasteless. And when I asked for sweet and sour sauce for the rice, they looked at me and pointed at the shot sauce. After further discussion they finally agreed to give a togo cup. When I got home and looked it was a drop in a cup. So cheap and again no taste and way overpriced. Service was also extremely rude and unprofessional. read more

We had long ago given up on finding good Chinese food restaurants in Victoria. And then, our Chinese neighbours heard about the high quality of this place, the chef was apparently trained in one of the top restaurants in Beijing. His skills are evident--all the dishes we had were excellent, and we all particularly enjoyed the Peking Duck. The squid dish was also wonderful. The chef's wife speaks fluent English and was able to help us choose from a most interesting menu. We will definitely return! read more

Ordered the beef noodle soup lunch special. Food was mediocre, wasn't anything special. The amount of noodles given was very little, however the meat portions were generous. For $7.99 it was an okay meal. read more

Pretty good chinese food. Very authentic and great customer service. Prices are very affordable, portions are very large and food and vegetables are very fresh. Restaurant is extremely clean!!! Food was on the salty side, though I was the only one that felt that way in my party. Although not busy, several tables were full with tons of food ordered at each table which all looked delicious. Will return to try other items on the menu. One of the better asian restaurant in the area. Definitely give it a try!! read more

Excellent food and friendly staff. We had the best vegetable spring rolls. The were fresh and cooked to perfection. We shared the almond chicken, and shrimp noodles. The presentation of the almond chicken was only outdone by its taste. Everyone in the place spoke Chinese, except us, which is always a good sign. read more