Their pastries are pretty good but nothing special. I had their wifey cookie and the pineapple bun…read more The wifey cookie/bun outer layer could be more flaky. The pineapple bun was not bad. I really like how big it was and it had a generous amount of the butter sweet flaky topping.

I was sooooo excited to try this place when I saw they had 3.2 stars on yelp! For those unfamiliar,…read morethere's an unspoken belief that if a Chinese restaurant has 3 stars on yelp, they have amazing food and substandard service. I am sad to report that this was somewhat the case. Yes, the service was substandard but the food was too :( The service was pretty typical for a Chinese restaurant. The servers are doing their jobs and don't care too much about pleasantries. My main gripe is that we all felt like the food was bland (apart from the fried string beans). We had also ordered chow mein with bokchoy and beef. They had typed in our order wrong and instead a beef brisket friedchow mein came out. We told them that the wrong order came out and they tried to convince us to keep it but it wasn't what we wanted! If you are familiar with Cantonese food, beef brisket has a VERY distinct taste. Eventually they agreed to take back the beef brisket chow mein and came out 2 minutes later with the chow mein we had originally ordered. I could taste the beef brisket sauce on it still. They had just removed the beef brisket from the noodles and replaced it with beef and bokchoy. In my opinion, they should've made us a new dish as this completely changed the taste of the dish. In terms of vibes, the restaurant looks like your typical Cantonese restaurant, the inside is a decent size. I think the clientele here leans more to the older side, not many young people seem to frequent here. Overall, I will not be coming back or ordering from here again :(

The Won TON IS GREAT! cash only which is fine with me. the Dim Sum option look great and now that…read morei have confidence based on the Won Ton and reviews,I'll be back soon! right across from Maxim's Bakery which is also EXCELLENT,

We have been coming to this place to buy noodles and frozen dumplings. This time, I don't know…read morewhat's up with the boss lady -- she refused to accept coins. Coins are still considered money and a form of payment. The Currency Act in Canada allows you to pay up to 5 dollars if the denomination is five cents. I only bought $2 worth of goods. These shops only accept cash yet they complain if you pay in coins. Rude, not to mention not abiding the law.

This place has been here since I was a kid. Glad to see it's still here and I'm visiting again…read moreafter 20+ years. All I remember was that I liked their hot and sour soup. Not really an authentic Szechuan restaurant. 30 years ago, most chinese cuisines were cooked by hong kongers or south chinese people. So, most of these dishes are going to be a southern take on it. Hot and sour soup - price is awesome. $11 enough for at least 6 bowls. Souo base is missing a bit of flavor but it is jam packed with ingredients. Drunken chicken - it was ok. Little on the salty side. Shanghainese pan fried pork buns - these were probably the worst I've had. Not made in house and not properly pan fried. No juice, super dry, no fried bottom crust. Bean curd wrapped pork dim sum - surprisingly this came out last. At least 20 min has passed. This is a steamed dish but it came out with dried edges like it was sitting on a dry heater. Taste was ok. Mapo tofu - asked for extra spicy and extra numbing. Numbing was there but nowhere near real szechuan numbing. Was not spicy at all. Sauce was more oily than saucey. The price point reflects the quality. Things are either mediocre or a complete miss. Would come again to try only the better stuff. Staff was friendly. Came to try to refill the tea way more times than normal. The iron goddess tea tastes much better than a lot of dim sum places elsewhere.

Grew up eating here so this place has been here for at least 25 years. I haven't been since the…read morepandemic. Now going back, food quality is about the same. Lunch specials are still around $15. Small stir fry type thing with rice and soup. I've always liked their green beans and also their ginger beef. I enjoy their hot and sour soup as well. The only thing is when we had the wonton soup this time, the wontons were lukewarm. Will take some pics next time

Came here again because I am craving stir fried crystal noodles called chencun noodle 陳村粉. I just…read morehad it at lee garden and it was amazing and was looking for more places that have it Stir fried chencun noodle with pork riblets - good wok hei. Has lots of different ingredients. A little bit on the saltier side. Definitely a solid dish. Phoenix claws - the naming says it's their house special sauce which tasted different than normal spicy black bean sauce. Was not a fan. Salt and pepper deep fried squid tentacles - still delicious and portions still the same - smaller side. They don't have any discounts for early morning dimsum. They don't charge for tea here though.

A first time dining experience for my lady and I, but daughter had dined there previously. We…read morearrived a few minutes before it opened at 10 am, and easily found a great spot to park in the free and ample parking lot located near the entrance end of the restaurant. We were first customers to enter, and be greeted, but joined by others before seated, and by a good many more, soon after - the restaurant was more than half full in a very short time. We chose a table by the long window - all window seatings were 4-seat tables, so perfect for us. The larger, mostly round tables, were located throughout the central area of the restaurant. Table service was friendly, quick, and very efficient. We had a dim sum menu at our table, and an additional lunch menu was brought with tea service once we were seated. Our food order was taken as soon as we indicated a desire to order. Food arrived from kitchen to table rather quickly, and the dishes nicely sequenced. Presentations looked good, and definitely tickled our senses. Preparations were all nice and hot (yeah .. the way they should be!), and provided some very interesting and distinctive flavours and tastes. Dishes ordered as shown in the photos. Overall dining experience -- quality service, with good food preparations -- a much-enjoyed dining experience.

We were in the area to visit another restaurant. unfortunately there was a long lineup so we…read moredecided to visit Yan'a Garden close by. Didnt have to wait and we got a table pretty quick. Service is typical Chinese restaurant style. We ordered a few items from the push carts. Shrimp dumplings, bbq pork rice roll, fried glutinous rice dumplings, steamed spare ribs and egg tarts. The dimsum were alright. The egg tarts lack egg flavor. We found the rice rolls too dense and heavy to our preference. The shrimp dumplings were flavorful and texture were on point Overall, i found the selection of steamed items were lacking (or maybe it was time we visited, which was at around 1pm) but there were a lot of deep fried items which werent our preference

Love love love this place! They can usually seat you very quickly or if there is a wait it at least…read moremoves quickly. Service is spot on as they have the carts and stop by frequently and all of the dishes are fresh. The cart ladies are nice and explain what they have well They have all of the classic dishes and not a single one of them disappoints. I am a sucker for crispy (outside normal sui mai) so I love their bbq puff pastry and spring rolls. Their prawn wrapped rice noodles are also very good. They bring a lot of sauces specific for each dish which is much appreciated. We've been going for years whenever we are in the area! It's currently my favorite dim sum spot!

The kitchen and front of house are very clean, and it smells like delicious Chinese food…read more Sat down with high hopes, found some of our favourite dishes (shoutout to the fried fish filet with cream corn sauce, and the best ginger beef we've had outside Victoria --yay, Crown Palace!) and we were NOT disappointed. Fresh ingredients, great flavors (try the cumin lamb sir fried noodles!), fast and full of flavour. I would love more ginger in the ginger beef, but this place is great!!

I have been to Legend House several times in the past and it was decent, but it has gone down hill…read morerecently. I would say sometime after mid 2024 the quality has dropped significantly. The hot and sour soup was excessively sour, the fried rice cakes was too sweet and the Dan Dan noodles was excessively salty. The buns (Xiao Long Bao and san ji Bao) were okay but the wrapping was on the thick side. Furthermore, the ingredients don't taste fresh and dishes such as the Dan Dan noodles are missing key ingredients like cucumbers and carrots. Service is good, and there are robots as well. Price is cheap, but the taste is just not good.

Been a long time customer of rainbow butterfly before they changed to yans house. They did some…read morerennovations to make it look more modern. The servers are the same familiar faces. Maybe chefs are the same too? Dimsum is not bad as usual. Prices are good. I like that the chicken feet is just the feet part without the legs. More meat and skin to eat. The pan fried bun is not good. Not crispy. Inside, he toppings are super dry. Their lunch fried vermicelli is good and plenty. The congee was very very small considering it was $11. The food doesnt seem upgraded although the decor is. Same average dimsum with low prices. Its a good place for locals to go because of this and also because there is plenty of parking.

The former establishment in this same location was Rainbow Butterfly Restaurant. It has served the…read morearea with economic Chinese food/ Dimsum over 2 decades... until couple months ago. The new owner Yan took over the business, renovated, changed the name and the menu and combos, continued serving the community with "reasonable" priced Chinese gourmet... Basically it's the same interior set up, but with new paint and wood flooring, plus all the utensils engraved with the restaurant's Chinese name "潮". The food is all right (I guess it's the same chef from Rainbow?) Service is good and free wifi is available to customers, as well as free parking out front... I would definitely come again whenever I feel like to drive a bit further to revisit Yan's. It took me about 45 minutes from Richmond to Poco depending on the traffic.

If you are craving for dim sum but hate the crowd, you must check out 852 Kitchen…read more The tastes were definitely authentic and portion sizes were generous. The black truffle siu mai and shrimp dumplings had plenty of filling and were seasoned wonderfully. The HK style beef balls were bouncy and velvety smooth on the palate and the accompanying water chestnuts and cilantro accenting the meatiness to another level. We also had a great time baking the pineapple buns. From proofing to baking, it was exhilarating to watch the dough rise and their instructions were super easy to follow. Definitely the perfect breakfast item.

This is an awesome dim sum outlet, it offers more dim sum varieties than most dim sum restaurants…read morein town. Prices are reasonable and the quality of the dim sum is of restaurant grade.Service is self served but the payment is efficient. Ambiance is clean and the stocks are plentiful. Love this place.