Although the wait for a table for dim sum was around 20 mins, it was worth it! Food was freshly made and came out shortly after we ordered. I've ordered out a few times before and the food has always been great, this was a first for dim sum and I will definitely be back again read more

Where else can you eat dim sum AND peaking duck at 2 pm. Went in today for a late lunch with the girlfriend. Servers were attentive, which is rare for an Asian restaurant. Food came out in good time. The dim sum was HUGE and peaking duck crispy. The only thing was the rice that came with the duck combo was kinda bland for me. (July 12, 2014) read more

Ginger Beef Bistro House - Dim sum AND peaking duck! - Chinese Near Me - Calgary, Alberta

Great authentic Chinese food. The dim sum is currently the best in Calgary where the basics such as ha gow & shiu mai (shrimp dumpling and pork dumpling), are consistently good. The crust on the egg tarts are amazing! So perfectly flaky and tasty! Theirs might be the best I've ever had (and I started eating egg tarts as a little kid in Vancouver). The dinner here is also of great quality, with the standout dish being Peking Duck and the Shanghai dumplings. I also love the eggplant, egg tofu, scallop hot pot. As for the service, for a Chinese restaurant (which generally have lower service standards than equivalent Western restaurant), they are pretty good. The people who bring the good out could smile a bit more, but most of the servers who take the orders and whatnot are friendly and efficient. Also, the restaurant is clean and it's neat to see the kitchen at work. read more

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As so many other reviews have stated, they will overcharge you if you're not Asian. Our meal was $10 more than the price says on their online menu. My son thought our toddler pooped herself when they put the beef and broccoli on the table; can confirm it tasted as it smelled. There were two staff serving and both had a horrendous attitude. The floor here looked like it hadn't been cleaned in a week. read more

Truly a taste sensation, The ginger beef was outstanding. The coding was crispy the sauce just the right amount of spicy ginger we had a number of dishes each one of them equally tasty I highly recommend stopping here before or after a movie at the adjacent theater. read more

Had a reservation at 8pm, still waiting for a table at 8:15, why take a reservation??? They seem to care to respect their customer's time?? Not good experience! read more

Ginger Beef Bistro House - Chinese Near Me - Calgary, Alberta

This is our new family go to stop for dim-sum. They have really good soup dumplings (Xiao long bao). The food and service here is always great. You can also make reservations when you have a group of 8 or more. read more

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I had the chance to visit the esteemed Ginger Beef Bistro in Calgary and of course ordered their famous ginger beef dish. I found the dish on the sweeter side of things, but decent overall. In addition, I was able to sample their lemon chicken. Unfortunately, the dish was disappointing as the sauce was too sweet and the batter chicken had little flavor. Place was packed with patrons and a bit noisy overall. Service was reasonable and prompt. I also thought the restaurant was well maintained and appointed. Enjoy Calgary! read more

Up in the NW there are not many awesome restaurants... this is one that we want to keep going back to. The dried salt & pepper seafood dish at $14.75 is amazing. We've talked about going there, and just getting two plates of that and some rice and veggies! It really is great - always perfectly cooked (squid is tender) and nicely seasoned, and it's a good price for a plate of seafood. We want to try the peking duck for sure, and also they BBQ their own meat. You can preorder a duck or anything else and pick it up with it's ready. The restaurant is always packed, and I think it's a good sign (and don't take this the wrong way) that it's always full of Chinese people. They have some traditional menu items available, so it's nice that it's not all westernised Chinese food - they have much more breaded and sticky chicken balls, sweet and sour pork and ginger beef! I recommend! read more

Horrible. Not good. The ginger beef was unrecognizable as beef coated & deep fried, no taste of ginger & some kind of sweet dark sauce. Expected sliced fresh beef with fresh ginger. We ordered the dinner for two, wrong! The chic fried rice was tasteless. The sweet sour pork was hard thick and crusty and fatty. I gave it one star for the won ton soup. Sorry we're from California we had higher expectations. read more

YUM! I am new to the dim sum world, but I enjoyed every bite. Keep in mind-how you order your food is by filling out a sheet of paper, and then you have to find a waiter. They don't come to your table and ask, fine with me because the food was delicious. read more

Dim sum on New Year's Day! What a way to celebrate New Year's! We got there at about 10:10 a.m. and was whisked to a table for 4 right away. The line was starting to build. We checked off what we wanted to order on our dim sum list and the waitress came over promptly to fill our order. We also ordered 2 dishes that start coming out of the kitchen at 10:30 a.m. but they all came out together with the rest of the dim sum dishes!! Highlights: fresh, hot & piping dim sum served from kitchen to your table, chili sauce brought to your table without having to ask for it, ordered durian rice cake & pan fried turnip cake with XO sauce - both were supposed to come out at 10:30 a.m. but came out with the other dishes as I had mentioned above. Both were delicious!! We also ordered Har Kau (steamed shrimp dumplings), Sticky Rice, Taro Cake, Char Leung (Chinese doughnut wrapped with rice crepe comes with sweet sauce/peanut sauce), steamed BBQ pork bun, steamed whole wheat bun with coconut cream filling, braised chicken feet (could be cooked a little longer), pork & century egg congee. All were delicious! Will have to come back for more fresh dim sum! Thanks, Ginger Beef! In and out in 45 mins! Serious. read more

Really great food. The dumplings are to die for. I've ordered both take out and dine in and had a great experience with both.

I used to come here quite often and even made friends with the owner. As other reviewers have stated, the food is always really good, but the service is garbage. The last time we were here, the waitress whose name I forget gave us the bill and basically said. This bill does not include tip. The audacity to blatantly ask for a tip made me laugh. I don't expect much in terms of service from Asian restaurants, but this was bad. Plus, their prices have skyrocketed tremendously since we started coming here. $97 for 4 dishes? That is ludicrous. There are cheaper and better places in Calgary. The owners must really think we are made out of money. Must be why the restaurant was empty the last time we were there. I understand the economy and the rising cost of food, but common... Won't be back here. read more

This is by far the best Chinese food in the city!! They have the best peaking duck, ginger beef and dumplings. You know when you arrive that it must be good when you see how busy they always are and you will not be disappointed. If your adventurous make sure to ask for the Chinese menu, there are some great dishes hidden on it!! read more

Excellent dim sum. We enjoyed siu mai, steamed BBQ pork buns, shrimp rice crepes, beef ho fun noodles, and egg tarts. All the food was very flavorful and well-cooked. The egg tart crusts were flaky and delicious. We had way too much food for the two of us, but were glad we tried everything we did. We would definitely return! read more

I always come here for dinner with my grandmother and we really enjoy it. We come enough that that staff usually remember us (good staff or we come to much). We usually grab the combination for 2 dinner, and let me tell you the portions are huge! I end up taking lots home eating for a few days so price to portion is great! Staff are friendly and polite so all in all this is a good place to eat Chinese... food read more

Just ordered delivery from here tonight and was thoroughly unimpressed. We had the beef and broccoli, chicken Chow Mein, almond chicken, and vegetable fried rice. Everything was lacking flavour, was slimy, and just plain disgusting. After spending $60 for 2 of us to eat dinner, which is something we never do and was a special treat, we were so disappointed in this experience! We called the restaurant to complain and were given no refund. We never leave reviews, but felt compelled to do so after this! DON'T go here!!!! read more

Good XLB. Larger in size than most. All the dishes are very good. Their online ordering system is very quick and efficient.

Probably the most authentic dim sum places you can find in Calgary. Please please please order the siu mais! They are amazing! All the dim sum is amazing! Portions can be smaller for the price. You know it's an authentic place when they place is filled with Asian families like me on weekends. read more

Only giving them a 4 stars because I love their desserts! Their Stuffed Sweet Dumpling with Black Sesame and Egg White Red Bean Puff are DELICIOUS! Yum!! They make it fresh and when they serve it, they are still hot! These two are a must try. I recommend them. I have tried both take-out and dine-in during dinner. To me, they are just ok. During dinner time, the restaurant does get really busy and packed. So I think it's best to plan ahead and make reservation. I am a bit disappointed because everyone I talked to, they praise about the Shanghai Style Juicy Pork Dumplings. I think they are just ok. Nothing too special in my opinion. Their Fried Noodles are just ok as well, actually one of the fried noodle dishes we ordered came out luke warm which makes me wonder how long was the dish just sitting out there before it got served. Overall, food and service are average. The two desserts I mentioned deserve TWO THUMBS UP. When I go back next time, I will try their Peking Duck which is also another dish people praise about. read more

Family in town and we decided to order Chinese food delivery for the first time in Calgary. Not good. Cold, tasteless, chow mein was just wet ramen noodles, all meat dishes were sauceless...truly the worst I've had. $70 for 4 dishes and it was a unanimous decision. Mistake. read more

I don't know how people can post that this place is good. The ginger beef was awful and so was everything else we ordered I would not recommend or go here ever again they have better food at deerfoot mall at chinese buffet atleast you can sift through the crap. read more

Portion serving for the take out food is quite small for the prize. Ordered salt and pepper seafood and fried shrimp to go and paid about $35 for it, when I went to pick it up, was very disappointed at how small the servings are! Too bad coz the taste was okay. read more

Totally worth the drive across the city! We brought a visitor from Ontario for the Alberta creation, and it was wonderful. All the dishes were, including the Candied Apples for dessert. Leave room for them: enough for the whole family. read more

Ordered food for pickup 1 hr 20 mins before arriving - still not really when I arrived still had to wait extra 15 minutes. Would not recommend if you value time. read more

Food is excellent, but service is not. There are one or two "Managers" walking around the floor and you can never find a smile on their faces. They will just stare at each table as if we are prisoners, very annoying. One of the young male waiter is very rude. We have a table of 10, and we ordered what we wanted before the last two person are here. So we ask him not to send in the orders yet. And he was like "when are they coming in?" and show tremendous annoyance. We ordered within 5 minutes after we sat down, I don't think its too much to ask the restaurant to hold on to the order for 5 or 10 mins? My friends arrived 5 mins later. Anyway, if you can stand to bad service, then this place is for you. read more

Awesome Peking duck. Great Saki.Great staff and very busy. looking forward to next time.

Great, since they renovated. Dim Sum is pretty good, Dinner service is acceptable, But nothing special. read more

Brochure doesn't mention anything about a minimum order price for delivery yet they insisted on a minimum order of $35 plus $4 delivery fee. False advertising if you ask me. Not impressed by this type of service and won't choose to do business there read more

I had dinner this evening at the Ginger Beef Bistro. I had a very strong allergic reaction to the HIGH LEVELS of MSG in all the food I ordered. After I came back from the bathroom the waiter admitted to me and my lady friend that there is alot of MSG in their food and then explained to me that he thought that many restaurants use MSG in their foods. I was so shocked! I then asked him if any of the food in the meals from the Ginger Beef were organic or local. He said that most of their food comes from Sysco and they import some in but all are conventional foods that are NOT free of chemicals. We simply must be more selective when it comes to the food we eat in Calgary. I wish more restaurants would make an effort to provide less chemicals in their food. read more

Came here for supper with some friends, and we ordered the 3-course Peking duck and some other side dishes (steamed pork buns, as well as steamed plain buns served with sweetened condensed milk). The Peking duck dinner included the usual soup to start, then rice paper rolls to wrap thinly sliced duck pieces with cucumber, green onion, and hoisin sauce, finishing with handmade noodles (you can watch them being hand-rolled) served with duck meat. Ambience is more elegant than most Chinese restaurants, and they even have a fair selection of wines! read more

Ok this is my 1st public review , But I felt I had to do it so for those of you who love dim sum I encourage you NOT to order from this restaurant. (It was a take out of course. I order through skip the dishes) As an example if you like sticky rice wrapped in lotus leaf, which is one of my favorites, you will receive sticky rice wrapped around a piece of hotdog and then wrapped in lotus rice, terrible. I ordered extra soy and hot sauce with the order of 12 dumplings, and two lotus wraps. I received 2 little soy packets and two very small containers of chill oil () which spilled in the little baggy they were tide in. When I called the restaurant, they said there was nothing they could or would do. They said, they did send extra, I guess I would have gotten 1 packet of soy sauce for 12 dumplings instead of two. Long story short.. terrible food .., terrible customer service.. ten rotten ; 10 Down.. so disappointed read more

Note: Rice is not included!! Food was honestly four stars, but the staff was a bit rude. This might because I ordered Take-Out and didn't add a tip. I am American and we usually do not tip on Take-Out that you pickup yourself. The interior seemed very clean and modern. In the back they had large windows, so that you could watch them prepare your food. I would recommend getting delivery instead of Take-Out. read more

Not the best chinese food and too expensive. Ordered delivery and none of the dishes had sauce, they were just plain deep fried meats...

I ordered take out and the food was perfectly timed. It was the night before a day off and it was freezing outside so I wanted something good for two days so I could sit in comfort the next day as well with some good food. I ordered dinner for two and it fed me well both days. The chicken fried rice was great and huge portion. I tried the ginger chicken to try something new and wasn't too impressed. But the wonton soup and the beef with broccoli were delicious. Kept me fed well one evening two days for 30 bucks plus tip. read more

Nice renovations. Interesting concept with the floor to floor glass wall on to the kitchen. I think their redeeming quality is the 'atmosphere' and decor. Service and food are just alright. Been here twice. Once for Dimsum and then for dinner. Went very early for dimsum on a weekday. When we called in the night before, they told us they opened at 8am, yet when we arrived at 9:30am, the signage on the door indicated they opened at 10am. So basically the person on the phone was not well informed at all... Dimsum was okay. A little overpriced. Extremely disappointed with their Shanghai Dumplings, they gave me the impression of drowned wontons. Liked the deep fried shrimp balls. Dinner was also just mediocre. Peking Duck was a little dry. Portions were smaller. However, I don't know if it was because it was a month after I came for dim sum but the Shanghai Dumplings were much tastier! They also had a pan fried chicken dish that was good. I will come by again someday and hopefully see if the food improves any. read more

The food was terrible. We thought we would try this place as we had a bad experience last time at our regular place, the Imperial Dynasty, but holy cow! This food was barely eatable. Stay away from their chinese take out menu. Everything was under seasoned, had no taste. Garlic ribs, after asking for extra garlic, had none, and the ribs were bones. Won ton soup tasted like metal, as in "sitting in pot for a few days". Vegetables were over done and soaked in some milky sauce. Ginger chicken was not cooked properly and texture was squishy like gum. Terrible food, clearly either pre made and sitting there (they said 20 min and it was "done" in 10, because it probably was just sitting under heat lamps). Stay away! read more

It's our favourite place for dim sum. Great selection, tasty and always made fresh. The dim sum are comparable to the ones in Hong Kong. This means really good! We also love the BBQ pork there, crispy skin and tender meat...something to die for! Your experience there is not complete without trying the xiao long bao. So glad this place is only 5 minutes away from our house. read more

This place is quite far from my home but well worth the drive. Absolutely the best Peking duck I have ever had. I have eaten here many times and is consistently great. Has really delicious ginger beef and western Chinese dishes but also some really great traditional Chinese dishes and a very nice dim sum. read more