Best Friend Chinese Restaurant in Mississauga has very friendly service and the food was pretty good overall. That said, I found it a bit pricey for what I'd consider a standard Chinese restaurant, and the portions felt small given the price. The Peking duck was good quality with mostly meat and not many bones, which may explain the portion size. The chicken stuffed with rice was boneless and tasty, but two pieces for $20 felt expensive. The lobster e-fu noodles, however, were very good. read more

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Is it time to come make a new Best Friend? Best Friend Chinese Restaurant is a tasty spot in the Mississauga Chinatown. We were excited for this second visit as we were impressed with the strong flavors. The wide ranging menu takes inspiration from all over China starting from the restaurant roots in Cantonese cuisine. We started our meal with tender Stir Fried Angus Beef with Garlic that was both aromatic and tender, along with pleasantly glazed potato. We followed that with Wonton & Beef Noodle Soup that was a bit clumpy but otherwise ordinary. Next arrived the Fried Rice with Eel & Shrimp in decent portion and good sized chunks of grilled eel. We were most looking forward to the 2.5 lb Lobster, in HK Typhoon Shelter flavor here that was uniquely seasoned with chilli pepper and minced pork. It was an explosion of good flavor although twin lobsters were smaller than one larger lobster we tried before. We finished the meal with abalone sizzling pot with tofu and vegetables. Menu prices here are fairly reasonable and they did honour HST discount when we visited during the HST holiday though there are no other cash discounts. The atmosphere and service aren't super high-end but at this price point, I'm searching for tasty food is all! read more

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Wow! That was excellent food, especially the duck! I don't know why there are bad reviews either. This is definitely a five star restaurant. Service was fast. The folks that I was with commented the QR scan to order is a relatively new thing. Anyway, you order the food on the app and then settle the bill at the cashier. read more

Best Friend Restaurant - Duck - Chinese Near Me - Mississauga, Ontario

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This is a low key restaurant in a dated strip mall in the Mississauga neighborhood of Toronto.  They're not flashy but as our party of 5 ate our dinner, the place went from empty to half full.  So the locals certainly know about it.   We enjoyed our first Toronto dinner here on this foodie road trip.  With the evening traffic patterns in Toronto, it was actually more time efficient to eat in Mississauga and wait for traffic to clear to our ultimate destination Markham which it nicely did.   We ordered: - white pepper chicken with pork tripe - roast duck with black pepper - mixed mushrooms with tofu - lily sprouts with spinach - a bowl of congee Every dish was tip-top delicious but I did find the chicken dish to be overly peppery with white pepper but the pork tripe in this dish requires it apparently.   The food came out pretty quickly but service otherwise was a bit impersonal.  I also didn't like that they briefly had a strong incense smell going in the dining room.    The seats were also a bit uncomfortably low and the tables small for the volume of food.  The pre-tip bill was $127.68 CAD or $93.88 USD, a great value.  The competition in the Toronto Chinese restaurant business is quite keen and we found almost all the places we visited were great values, so this was typical in that regard. It was also nice to visit this older Mississauga section of Toronto for one of their Chinese eateries and to later compare and contrast it to the newer Chinese enclaves of Toronto. read more

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I don't know how this Restaurant only has 3 stars. I can promise you, one of the best Chinese restaurants you ever ate at. Everything is fresh, price is reasonable, great service! read more

I lived in China for several years and always go here for Chinese food. It is very close to the authentic food I used to eat there and I always take visitors here. Prices are reasonable and portions are large. read more

Their food is good. But not the best service. I still want to go back since their food I really like.

We ordered a whole duck but they only had a half duck, fine, we took it along with a crispy egg noodle seafood and a braised tofu. All were mediocre. The seafood was bland and apart from the 1 shrimp and a tiny scallop, the sea food was a mushy blah. The duck was dry and bland (bland duck in a chinese restaurant!!!) The service and ambience of the main room was good, but we were placed in the side room where the tables are much higher than the chairs so eating comfortably was a challenge. All in all, a blah experience. read more

We were here on Friday for lunch. Service was okay, there are some new staff whom I guess are still adjusting to the restaurant. They had lunch specials which come with a drink, however they did not have any soya milk even though it was listed on the lunch menu. I ordered the stir fried vermicelli noodles, there was barely anything in there besides noodles. It tasted really bland. My boyfriend ordered the Cantonese chow mein which looked and tasted great. read more

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My family is acquainted with the owner and chef of the restaurant and he's a very nice person with lots of creativity. You can have the standard westernized and traditional food you expect in any Chinese restaurant and it's the default menu. For fancy and creative new dishes the chef makes, you have to request it or ask for a different menu (sometimes in advance). The food here is great, servers can be a bit loud or direct but that's part of what makes a Chinese restaurant. The chef takes a lot of time to create his famous dishes (request the menu!) and has great plating skills. read more

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There's a lot of parking depending on when you come but if you're coming during a really busy time like Friday night or Saturday at lunch, you won't find a parking spot and may have to walk a little bit to park. Came here for Christmas Day lunch with my girlfriends extended family. Enjoyed it but more so the atmosphere and people than the food. Service wasn't bad, it wasn't stellar but they got the job done. Food was okay, it wasn't great but edible. It was comparable to mall Chinese food at best, which isn't what I was expecting. The place is a typical Chinese restaurant, but I think it's also got an ATM (which is actually typical asian now that I think about it). They do not take AMEX but they do take credit card. There was lobster, sweet and sour pork, fried rice, lettuce wraps with chicken and mayo, Peking duck wraps, snow peas, Cantonese chow mein. Definitely not worth the $500ish dollars plus tip but we needed a place to go and eat and we've been here before. 2.5/5 read more

Amidst the streets of Mississauga lies the Mississauga Chinese Centre, and there is where you'd find the Best Friend Restaurant. Whatever you call it, I honestly don't have the words to describe this restaurant. The servers here, especially this one lady, was like watching someone's reaction to a movie from start to finish - exciting and hyped up (trying to upsell literally every dish on the menu) to dank and dreadful (literally not giving a damn). She had mustered enough energy to sell 5 dishes that afternoon. Green Onion & Ginger Lobster: Wasn't bad, but wasn't really that good either. The lobster was tough and rubbery and overall, it was really dry. The flavour was alright, but that alone wasn't enough to save it. Also... fried taro strips on top? Not pretty common, but I'm fine with that. "Korean Vegetables": This was one of the dishes the waitress was heavily upselling. For $15, you get a plate full of what looks like something a Buddhist temple would serve after prayers. Something along the lines of Buddha's Delight. I can see why she was upselling it though... looks like it only cost 50 cents to make. Disappointing. Green Beans with Minced Pork: Probably one of the only dishes I didn't mind. It's hard to mess this one up. The beans were cooked to the right doneness (tender, with a nice snap to it) and the minced pork gave it the right amount of saltiness. I could do without the random fried vermicelli bits though. General Tsao's Chicken: My gosh... this was horrid. They messed up the coating on this real bad. All I could taste was flour. Not batter (cause fried batter covered in sauce is fine), but flour. It was gritty, damp, and disgusting. And holy **** (pardon my language), this last dish looked like they were bored out of their mind and watched all 15 seasons of Top Chef. It was chicken stuffed with this rice mixture with a side salad doused in sesame sauce. It came on a slate inside a cloche with smoke trapped inside. I came for CHINESE FOOD man, not some weird experiment. If I wanted that, I'd go somewhere else. Anywho, this dish looked like chicken, but tasted like fish. Like seriously? It was that bad. This place honestly deserves a 1-star, but I'm giving it 2 for the entertainment value. A well known man once said, "Your worst enemy could be your best friend, and your best friend could be your worst enemy." I really think it's the latter only. read more

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Best Friend Chinese is one of those forgettable Chinese food joint..... One of those that I went and ate and totally forgot I have been there? And doubt I would be going back again? We ordered a few things to share... What did we order?? Braised Beef Noodle Soup Wonton Noodle Soup and More Soup Everything were a little off.... but big portion and reasonably priced. Huge Menu.. a little overwhelming... Why we ended up with all soup?! read more

The food is excellent here. If you are looking for authentic Cantonese style with fusion technique. My absolute favourite is the slow cook beef ribs Then it's the chicken stuffed with glutinous rice, this is the most traditional authentic dish that even in china it's very hard to find. I saw a review here saying it taste like fish but looks like chicken, honestly he/she has absolutely no knowledge of traditional Cantonese cuisine. The steam lobster with garlic and glass noodles is done nicely as the garlic sauce has been seasoned very well. The shrimp with egg is pretty good. The pork with green beans in pepper sauce is excellent From time to the the chef Vincent will promote some of the seasonal food such as Scallop sashimi from Hokkaido French edible crab The price is very reasonable. read more

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This is my go to place for a few of my guilty pleasures: General Tsao Chicken Singapore noodles (vermicelli) Chicken Cashew Mixed Veggies with Garlic The General Tsao Chicken pieces are chunky and have a good balance of sauce and chicken - it's also not too breaded. The Singapore noodles just always hit the spot - the right amount of salt and flavour with mini shrimps. The Chicken Cashew has a nice mix of veggies, chicken and i think the cashews are toasted (yum). The mixed veggies are always crunchy and taste fresh. read more

This was the worst Chinese restaurant my family and I have been to. After spending over $70 on three meals, we left hungry and went for pho after. We ordered the double green onion and ginger lobster, fried rice noodle with beef, clams in black bean sauce, and seafood chow mein. The portions were small and expensive for the amount received. It didn't seem as if there was actually two lobsters for our lobster dish. They ran out of rice noodles so we never got that. 70% of the clams were empty. The chow mein was average and it barely fed the five of us. Service was pretty bad as well. We asked one of the servers for a coke and she points to another person. But that same woman brought our dishes to the table. Worse experience ever. Don't waste your money here. read more

Good decor Lunch special I had - L10 spicy tofu with pork was very mediocre. And the waitress brought the dish with her thumb in the dish. Gross!!!. My wife had L8- beef dish with radish. That was better. She ordered chicken soup with papaya. She say was barely ok. Would not come back here. Come-on, Thumb in customer's food???!!! How about using a tray to carry food, instead of carrying dish with your hand and using thumb to get a better grip. When the waitress brought the food, her thumb was in the sauce, and her thumb had sauce on it. I looked at her, and she looked at me. What a moment. Owner should take notice and make sure the food is carried on a tray not with fingers, and having fingers in food dishes. That is very unhygienic and disgusting. F grade! read more

Best Friend Restaurant - Chinese Near Me - Mississauga, Ontario

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What a delicious meal! We chose the pick 3 option: deep fried tiger shrimp served over a bed of chicken in black bean sauce, deep fried chicken and beef with onions and mushrooms in a sizzling skillet. The dinner came with soup (tonight's soup was carrot, papaya, tomato in a beef broth) and dessert (Chinese dessert) - you have to order the rice separately ($1.75 each). When we sat down at 4:30, there was only 1 waiter serving 5 tables. Service was quick, the food came out piping hot and we still had leftovers to take home. A lot of the other patrons ordered lobster - we'll have to try that next time. The only reason I didn't give a 5-star rating was that the decor and seating area is dated and a bit on the dirty side (don't expect white linens). But if you want to fill your tummy with good food and not end up with a bill of over $80 for dinner for 2, come try this place! read more

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I went to this restaurant a few nights ago and was not disappointed. In the heart of Mississauga's Chinatown, many businesses and restaurants have come and gone - yet this restaurant still remains, possibly as one of the last remaining gems in this little plaza. I went to this restaurant many many years ago when it was still a bit of a dingy place, and decided to try it again. They have definitely improved - the decor is now much more modern and chic, and has a lot of daily/lunch "specials". It's mostly an authentic Chinese restaurant but I find they have a lot of fusion type dishes to make things more interesting, something that would appeal to younger customers like me. We had one of their 2 lobsters for $20 special, and it was definitely decent. I actually ordered just a regular vegetarian tofu dish on the menu - and to my surprise, it was my favourite dish! I really like this because when a regular menu item taste good, it's a generally good indication that the restaurant has good food and not just the specials. None of the items on the menu seemed to be unreasonably price, which is a plus. My mom personally knows the head chef and he's super sweet and you could tell genuinely cares that his cooking satisfies his customer. It is family run and owned, and I always support these type of businesses because you can see they truly care about their food and service. If you're looking for some good authentic, but not totally boring, Chinese food - I think this place would not disappoint. Definitely worth a try if you're in Mississauga and planning to visit Chinatown. read more

I used to come here as a kid when the Mississauga Chinatown was good and was jamming. Now, it's a sad shadow of it's former self with all the urban sprawl happening around Mississauga and more people willing to travel to the east end for food these days. However, I haven't been in the restaurant recently, but my mom told me that it's a lot more up-to-date than it used to be, but this review is purely on their delivery. Timing of delivery: 30 minutes to an hour. 45 minutes at the most. Impressive for a Chinese place. Some of my recent orders have included deep fried tofu with salt & pepper, hot and sour soup, fried oysters with salt and pepper (yes I know, I like my salty and spicy foods), eel fried rice, shanghai dumplings. Honestly, all the spicy foods and deep fried foods are excellent, especially the deep fried oyster. Definitely recommend that. Eel fried rice - not bad, but not excellent. Shanghai dumpling - they are okay, but hard to judge considering they were in a foam container so it's not really fair to judge those unless you eat in. For delivery, definitely recommend and they are on Just Eat. For dine-in, TBD. read more

Best Friend Restaurant - Spicy tofu - Chinese Near Me - Mississauga, Ontario

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Our order: Dinner combo (4 dishes for 4) Pros + AMBIANCE:Cute decor. Random big pig face painting on the wall. Bizarre 80s/90s shows on TV. + HOURS: Open on family day/public holiday. As you'd come to expect from any chinese or asian establishment. Cons - W/R: Tiny. Cramped. The only saving grace from this restaurant was the soup that came as a starter. The fish was lackluster, the lamb nothing special, the tea bitter & the chicken rather mediocre. I prefer blue lagoon down the strip. read more

I really love this restaurant, such a great atmosphere, the people were friendly and food was pretty good! Here's what we had: Eggplant with Minced Pork (5/5) - this was AMAZING! My favourite dish of the meal. Super tasty and the eggplant was tender without being gooey. Steamed Fish (2/5) - not good! Seems frozen, wasn't well flavoured, not enough ginger or soy sauce for my liking Scrambled Eggs with Broccoli (3.5/5) - pretty good, nothing spectacular though Green Beans with Minced Pork (4/5) - loved by everyone! Super tasty and the beans were especially crisp Steamed Chicken (1/5) - not great, this was disappointing to be honest but everything else was great enough for anyone to overlook this Don't forget to order some lemon tea omnomnom PRO TIP: a couple stores down is the BEST bahn mi store in sauga. THE BEST. If you leave the area without some bahn mi you'll regret it! (The tofu shop is also great) read more

Best Friend Restaurant - Lemon teaaaaa - Chinese Near Me - Mississauga, Ontario

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This was recommended by the teller at HSBC across the road. We ordered shrimp dim sum, chicken feet, steam oysters in black bean sauce and steamed oysters in garlic lemon sauce, hot and sour soup and seafood stir fry. This was entirely way too much food for 2 people and could have been pointed out but good thing we ended up cancelling the stir fry. Lori our server was very helpful and accommodating. We had dietary requirements and we was good with that. The food was fantastic, the steamed oysters were too dry and we informed Lori. This is great value for money. I suggest everyone should try this place. read more

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Second time this week as too tired too cook. Sweet & sour chicken and steam rice, beef & onion on rice noodles & steamed BBQ pork buns. Hong Kong milk tea to complement was warm but ok as it was a late lunch at 3pm and staff were also having their lunch. Thumbs up guys! read more

I discovered this place accidentally while searching for a place to find sushi and was very pleasantly surprised. Nestled away in a beautiful plaza off of Dundas it was the only place open after 9pm so we headed inside to find a small yet spacious restaurant with some pretty interesting artwork adorning the walls. We were promptly greeted and sat at a rather large booth offering a lot of space with black tea that was unlike many I've had before at Chinese restaurants. I found the menu refreshing because they were easy to read, seemed fairly new, in good condition and had pictures.... Glorious pictures that made ordering a little easier and the experience all the more appetizing. We ended up ordering wonton soup for 2-4 people and it was a generous portion I will say and extremely delicious.... The wontons were filled with shrimp and this pepper like spice that really made it stand out from other wonton soups I've tried. We stuck with an old standby that never fails, Cantonese Chow Mein with crispy noodles and it was fantastic as well as the spicy chicken sizzling plate which had just the perfect amount of heat to compliment the tender chicken. To top it off it wasn't even expensive, quite affordable in fact coming in under $40 after tax so I most certainly will be venturing back to likely try their hot and sour soup next time read more

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Nice ambient, many selection of foods. However I think we made mistake ordering dim sum as they weren't good at all and I can tell they were processed frozen, came out soggy. we also ordered Cantonese chowmein, and house congee, the presentation of dish was nice. Over all, food flavour was bland, not too much flavour. Shrimp tasted little funky.. lol However, I don't mind coming back and try out other dishes before I make a better judgement. read more

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We have been coming here since before the renovations. We have ok food, before the renovations the food was good for the price. Now, everything is over rated and very expensive and the food is still just ok. They have always been a 3 stars for me but today I was extremely disappointed and hence 1 star. We ordered lobsters done Hong Kong style, they made it with black bean sauce, we sent it back for them to redo, they sent the same plate back with more garlic on top trying to pass it off as a new plate. When I inquired further the waitress said no we sold the old one to another table this is new. I said it's not because the black bean sauce is till there and no mince pork for hk style. She then said hey ran out of mince pork and that their hk style has black bean. Please do not insult my intelligence. Just plainly ruined my family dinner. Definitely will not be returning. read more

We used to come here frequently, but (as many other reviewers have noted), service has slid downhill in recent months, to the point where after terrible service, the server would not let us leave until we left the amount they felt appropriate for tip. It's sad because the food is consistently good here, but we are now often ignored as they are understaffed and not focusing on customer service. read more

Late reveiw I ordered from here a while ago a few times and every time the food was very good but it's definitely one of those places you need to know what your ordering unless your like me and just being adventurous haha. Don't be afraid to try new things you might even find that you enjoy it! I will order from here again In the future when I am In that area again! read more

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Ordered the set dinner for 2. The soup and steamed chicken were good. The deep fried fish was also very good... ...but full disclosure: the first time they brought the deep fried fish dish, there was something off. However, they returned it to the kitchen and re-prepared it from scratch without delay/complaint. Kudos for customer service. read more

I really disliked this place. My family and I hadn't been in the area in awhile and came for the dim sum place that is next door. However, it was closed so we came here instead. When we sat down, the lady that took our order seemed annoyed for absolutely no reason. After repeating our dimsum orders twice, we also ordered a chicken dish from the main menu. The food came out in weird intervals and look a very long time. The first to come out were the shrimp triangle dumplings, the BBQ pork buns and the black bean spare ribs. The shrimp dumplings tasted like they were frozen and reheated. It basically was like mush and broke apart when I bit into it. The spare ribs had only a sprinkle of mashed up black bean on top and the flavor definitely was not incorporated into the dish at all. By the time the next round of dishes came, we were long done with the first round. Next came the scallion pancakes and the chinese fried dough. I had the pancakes and they were actually pretty good. My brother and mom didn't have any complaints about the fried dough either. However, my mom wanted some soy milk to go with is, so she asked our waiter. It never came..... Then after we had finished those, the shu mai came and after that the big bowl of congee. I was pretty excited for the congee excepted the duck eggs were hard and rubbery. I had to really try to chew them. The pork was also SOOOOOO salty. It was like cured or salted ham. It was definitely not enjoyable. After all of the above dishes were finished, we were still waiting for the chicken dish we had ordered separately. At this point, we've been waiting longer than we spent eating and really just wanted to get out of there. So I called a waitress over and said that if they hadn't made the dish yet, we don't want it. She goes to check and THEY NEVER PUT IN THE ORDER. TWO forgotten orders, slow service and mediocre at best food earns this place two stars in my book. read more

Service is super slow and food isn't great. We ordered few dishes from their dim sum menu and it was very disappointing. It tastes like the ones you buy in a supermarket. Stirred fried mixed vegetables with garlic was the only dish we liked. read more

Dirty environment! The utensils had quite a lot of stain and crumbs! Food was small portion and taste very so so. Won't go again!

Judging from the lengthy menu, I am guessing the owners are either Shanghainese or Taiwanese, as many of the offerings did not seem to be either northern or southern Chinese dishes - perhaps someone familiar with regional Chinese cuisine can identify it for Yelp. In any case there was lots of stuff involving congee. We stuck to some fairly standard stuff, sizzling black bean chicken and Szechuan style beef, though I did order an appetizer of jellyfish (presented as a cold salad with carrots and pickled daikon) that was wonderful. (If you haven't had jellyfish, it's nothing at all gross - think pasta made out of protein). All dishes were very good and in a more authentic manner, did not use much sugar. Decor is fun but the restroom area needed to be a lot cleaner. An amusing sign on the men's urinal read "Please fresh after your use" - someone had relettered it to say "Please flush after you use." The service was abrupt but friendly - kind of like diner style waitresses with Chinese accents. We will be back as I'd like to try some of the more authentic dishes. read more

Haven't been here for ages, I was really disappointed with the service that was provided to us when I stopped by recently. The menu here is a little more expensive than what you would normally get considering their portion sizes. We wanted to order a fresh tilapia fish but the server suggested us to order a more expensive fish dish that was made from frozen fillets. We insisted on ordering the fresh one instead and the waitress came back later to inform us that they ran out of fresh tilapia and asked us to order the previously suggested dish. We denied the second time and looked over the menu again to find something else. After taking some time to decide and unable to find a substitute dish, the waitress came back and told us that we could order the tilapia. We didn't see any of the chefs come out and grab one of the live fishes from the tank which really made us question whether the tilapia we got in the end was fresh at all as well as their business practices! read more

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The Best Friend Chinese restaurant although a bit difficult to find was certainly worth the effort. The food is excellent and the service great. Our recommendation would be to order with the intention of sharing plates. The amounts you get are quite large. This is a restaurant that we would definitely recommend and we will be back..... read more

Best Friend Restaurant - Chinese Near Me - Mississauga, Ontario

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Ordered a few dishes here to share, which is always nice. And it is easily found in the Mississauga China Centre. Had a nice meal here with a friend, but nothing stood out. Actually, there was this one thing. They have a portrait of Journey to the West and even stranger is a whole portrait of Zhu Bajie. Why him of all people? I cannot begin to fathom. And I would come back here. read more

I love thier fish and tofu served in their hot pot. Service there is great. My husband does noy like any of their fried rice. I dont mind it. My parents and husband say thier swet and sour pork is tender and flavorful. They serve complimentary soup and dessert here. read more

One of the worst place I have been to. We ordered three entrees for $33 (cash only) dinner menu and friend rice. Deal comes with soup and dessert. First they bought the fried rice and after 10 minutes they came out with the entrees, which is not professional. The king chicken we ordered was cold, we sent it back but it came back immediately but still cold. Didn't make a fuss about it. By this time it was 8.30pm, all the employees started to bring their food and they stated to eat. It was ok but we felt like we were being rushed out. Bill came out immediately and while on the way back home we figured out they missed our dessert. A $51 plus tips (paid in cash) was not worth it at all. read more

We love to go to Best Friend for Dim Sum. There is never any waiting and every dish we've had is very tasty