After trying several times to enjoy afin sum at this place, we have decided this place has not just gone downhill, it has fallen to us calling the health board. The dirty tables, unclean utensils on somewhat clean tables, left over food on the floor and fowl smell by the front entrance. We walked out today and the staff did not even care. Completely turned off of any dim sum places in South Surrey area and looks like we will be heading back to Vancouver for any dim sum in our future. read more

I stumbled upon this restaurant and was surprised to see it offering dim sum at 1:30pm on a Friday. The prices were a bit higher than other places but I thought the generous portion sizes made up the differences. I ordered a large sliced fish and dried scallop congee (not pictured) and the big bowl contained at least 10 small portions! Taste wise, I wouldn't say it was amazing, but I've definitely had worse. Overall, I was satisfied and will return in the future to try other dishes. read more

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My family and I have always had Lee Yuen Seafood Restaurant on our regular restaurant roster. Great food, decent prices. This was the first time I ordered takeout since the start of the pandemic, and the first time I remember (on a whim) trying the Takeout Combo Dinner for 4. Since we ordered the takeout combos, we couldn't use the 10% off on PickUp, or the coupon (on the front of their menu) but it is consoling if you calculate (as I did), the total turned out to be just above $15 per person before taxes and tip. A good deal especially given the amount of food we received, and delicious food it was! Yummy sweet and sour pork, huge spring roles stuffed to the brim (I hate those spring roles that are half air when you bite into them), extra order of deep fried wontons and deep fried shrimp. My absolute favourites were the deep fried breaded chicken (crisply fried without swimming in oil) with the side of lemon sauce, the broccoli and beef (many kudos to Lee Yuen for allowing the substitute without any fuss) and the chosen Yang Chow Fried Rice that was not oily at all! The four of us ate to our heart's content and even then we still had a hearty amount left over. Can't wait to go back! Next time, we will order something outside of the combos. read more

Looks like it might be closed. Went there on Friday for lunch and there was a closed sign on the door. Driving by yesterday all the windows are papered. Sorry to see them go. Was decent for Dim Sum without having to travel far (White Rock/South Surrey). read more

Service slow, but friendly! I wish they would replace the carpets -dirty and kind of smelly Food was tasty Sam was very generous with a free birthday dessert for my friend!! read more

I have no idea why all the reviews here are 1/5 stars. In my opinion restaurant is pretty GREAT: good food and good service. I came here twice, first time for morning dim sum and second time for dinner. Dim sum is highly mediocre (hence the 4/5 star) with small portions and bland congee. I do recommend the fried calamari though. However, the dinner package (I think it was one rice/noodle and 4 dishes you can pick + a complimentary LOBSTER and dessert) was EXCELLENT! The teppenyaki meat was so tender and well-seasoned, highly recommend. The packaged meal came to something like $90 before tips, and the portion was enough for 5 of us PLUS extra left-overs. We had a good time having dinner there; the servers were really nice and attentive. Plus: I always like it when a chinese restaurant promptly refills your empty tea kettle read more

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I can't Thank Samuel, Jason and Anne for the greatest 101st Birthday Party for my Uncle. The food was amazing, tasty, hot and above all served with great speed, care and attention. We had 40 guests and everyone is still raving about Lee Yuen and definitely will be back to enjoy their service. Thank you again for going above and beyond for our group. Hopefully we'll see you next year for the 102nd. Birthday Party. read more

By no means the best dim sum I've had but a great way to scratch the itch at a fair price. Shu mai was good, the fried squid was great. The sticky rice was ok and I was not a fan of the ha gao. Was bummed they didn't have XLBs that day but I survived. All in all I'd probably return, friendly service, and felt adequate for dim sum in White Rock. read more

My wife and I ordered from this restaurant on Christmas day. We ordered chicken fried rice, Wonton Soup, Eggrolls, Ginger beef, and beef chow Mein. After a $15.00 dollar tip, the meal came to $105.00. This cost of the meal was high, but we expected a premium price since it was a holiday. Sadly, the meal would have been overpriced if they had charged us only $10.00. The ginger beef wasn't edible. Literally - we could not even chew the meat. We ended up just throwing it away. I don't know how any decent Chinese food chef could mess up Ginger Beef - but these guys managed to do so. I feel like the 17-year-old kids at my local McDonalds could have done a better job on this dish. The chow mein had an odd smell that at best could be described as "funky". I feel bad for telling my wife that I'm sure it tasted better than it smelled, and she should try it. Spoiler - it did not. The eggrolls were passable. It is good to know that even this restaurant couldn't mess up deep frying dough. The wontons supposedly had shrimp in them. We didn't see any, but to be fair to the restaurant, we didn't use a Microscope. The rice was fine but nothing to write home about. The only positive thing I can say is that at least nobody got food poisoning from the meal. One star - would be lower if Yelp let me. read more

My boyfriend and I ordered Combo A1 for take out. The beef from the beef and broccoli was way undercooked and tasted super chewy. I didn't notice how red it really was in the centre until I put the bright light on to see why it tasted different than normal beef you get in beef and broccoli. I know that you can get rare steak at steak restaurants, but a dish like this needs to be cooked. They don't ask you beforehand how you want it to be cooked. You know automatically it will be cooked and a little pink. Very disappointed and completely lost my appetite. Won't be ordering again. read more

Lee Yuen Seafood Restaurant - Beef and Broccoli - Chinese Near Me - Surrey BC, British Columbia

Great customer service....they were very attentive to our table. Our fried squid was delicious!! Pur honey garlic spareribs lacked the breading that I am used to and the wonton soup we ordered could have contained more veggies. Not as good as No. 9, but a solid contender. read more

Went to dinner to celebrate a family member's birthday and it was very disappointing. First they had NO HEAT on a cold winter evening so the entire restaurant was freezing, to the point that we all kept our coats on for the entire dinner. The they messes up our order by bringing the wrong dish that we did not order. Lastly they delayed in bringing our final outstanding dish, the fried rice until the very end when we were already all done, so it was not enjoyable. We really tried to give them an opportunity throughout the evening make it right but ended up more of an epic fail. Unlikely to return, and cannot recommend this place. read more

This restaurant is clearly not what it used to be. I wish I saw the poor health department reports before going, as I would have never gone then. I ordered the menu choice of shrimp wonton soup and they served me pork wontons in a porky broth with nasty pork meat. In the end it turned out they didn't even have shrimp wonton soup available as the waiter took the order for. Had to send it back. They had an interesting sounding chicken dish on a sizzling plate. The waiter told me it was white meat chicken breast meat which is what I needed. They served me gristly chicken that was mixed meat most seeming like fatty thigh meat. I couldn't accept the dish. The shrimp and garlic spring rolls I ordered still hadn't come, and they completely screwed up two other dishes already, so I immediately left. The room was very simple but had an adequate atmosphere if the food would have been better. The waiter was a nice man and was pleasant, but I'm not sure what they're doing there for everything to be so screwed up. They broke trust. They also were not very busy at dinner time which isn't a good sign either to keep fresh food inventory moving. read more

I do not see any staff member in the restaurant wearing a mask, I also have not seen the tables sanatized between customers. I would like to see this corrected and the restaurant follow practice's to protect staff and customers read more

We noticed this new Chinese restaurant recently. But were a little hesitant to patronize after reading the mixed reviews online and comments from acquaintances. We finally took the plunge to try lunch. The restaurant was about 1/3 full when we arrived for an early lunch. First greeting impression was positive. We were seated almost immediately. Servers were friendly. Tea was served shortly after. We ordered crispy fried noddle with seafood. Portion was a little smaller than other places. But it was tasty. We also ordered 3 dim sum: Chiu zhao dumpling, the skin was thin and the filling was tasty. I rated it better than other places. Beef tendon with special sauce, tasty and tender. Baked BBQ pork & ginger pastry, really puffed pastry and unique ginger flavoured filling. Maybe better than other places. Overall, I rated this an enjoyable dim sum lunch. I will return sometime again for dinner. Maybe Chinese New Year dinner. read more

Lee Yuen Seafood Restaurant - Crispy fried noddle with seafood and green - Chinese Near Me - Surrey BC, British Columbia

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Have a look at the Fraser Health restaurant inspection reports for both Lee Yuen locations. Worst ratings available.

Disappointing customer service after I brought back a takeout dish. Kung Pao chicken was flavourless, full of carrots! and other vegetables, with only a small amount of what looked and tasted like steamed chicken. Nothing like any others I have had. The lady I spoke to said this is they way they do it, end of story. Did not offer to refund or change it out. Friends recommended this place, however Ill probably give it a miss in the future. read more

Lee Yuen Seafood Restaurant - a plate of vegetables - Chinese Near Me - Surrey BC, British Columbia

My family and I used to eat here every week for the past 20 years. The owners sold the business and it's now under new management. I think the person who wrote the review below is a relative or friend because you don't need to make reservations as it's not longer busy. I know for a fact they lost a lot of loyal customers because it's become so terrible. This includes people in the Chinese and Korean community specifically, which is a LOT. - one or our dishes was spoiled. - one of our dishes had undercooked chicken. - the Peking duck smelled bad We spoke with the owner and she offered to give us $5 dollars off (this covers the cost of the rice bucket). I was extremely pissed and in the end she took off the dishes that we weren't able to eat so we basically paid for one dish and then had to go elsewhere to eat dinner. She also said they have a new chef and he undercooked the chicken by mistake. So there you have it, even the chef left. Extremely disappointed as this was our favorite place to eat. read more

food was awful, seafood was expired and it left a very foul taste in my mouth, I will never go there again, staff also very rude!

I ordered take out and chose 7 dishes. The bill came to $78 after a 10% discount for pickup. They did not honour a $5 coupon they offer. Upon ordering by phone, the staff was confused and appeared untrained. The management came across aloof, and unconcerned. When I arrived to pick up, I was told they were still cooking the salt pepper chicken wings, because they take longer then everything else. 20 minutes later I'm given my order. I live 5 minutes away from this place. The food was cold. The chicken wings were just plain, with no salt pepper. The spring rolls were under cooked(raw in the middle). The fried rice was extremely oily, and clumpy. The pineapple sweet and sour pork was not evenly mixed. Everything else was just as amateur and unprofessional. Utterly disappointing. Another sub par, mediocre South Surrey restaurant opening to rob you of your money in exchange for substandard product and pathetic entitlement. Get your act together! Train your staff and get your processes right before opening. Honour what you advertise, and don't act like your entitled to gratuities; even on pick up orders. The paying public are not your business experiment. Come here at your own risk and expense. Safeway has better Chinese Food. read more

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This is the second visit to Lee Yuen in the past month. First visit was for a dim sum lunch; food was ok definitely not memorable. We ordered 2 "hot pot" dishes during the second visit for dinner. One was soft tofu with egg white and shrimps; the food was barely warm and tasteless considering it is a hot pot dish. Second dish was a beef hotpot; seasoning was ok but again served luke warm. Customer service was non existing except for the one waitress who kept on bumping into the back of my chair. The best part of the dinner experience were the coconut flavoured cookies served "warm". read more

Food was great! Finally a great legit Chinese food restaurant. Had dim sum on Sunday and was good . Prices were good. read more

Lee Yuen Seafood Restaurant - Chinese Near Me - Surrey BC, British Columbia

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This place is disgusting. They serve SHARK FIN soup. Foolishly, like a hypocrite, I ordered 2 dishes even after I saw the SHARK FIN on the menu. Spicy Green Beans and Deep Fried Shrimp Wonton. After a half hour we asked about the order and finally the beans arrived. 20 minutes later with no wontons in sight we asked for the bill. They brought the wontons and we asked for them to be packed up. Tried one at home. Had the flavour of very old fish and were so hard that the shrimp was solid. Will never go back. Anyone who also opposes the cruel practice of shark finning is advised to avoid this place read more

Overall a decent Chinese food place in town. I think their dim sum is better than lunch/dinner. It's in general a bit too oily for me, but it's pretty delicious. Plus, they are all reasonably priced. One thing I would comment is that they have round tables only (I think), so it's better to bring your whole family here and order many dishes so everyone can have a bite of each :) read more

Don't smoke around backdoor (kitchen entrance. : 6 feet is regal regulation at the public building) Too much smoking of crews mixed with disgusting oil smell may make us crazy. We have a right to breath fresh air! read more

Food was pretty good, but the atmosphere and service (more like the lack of) killed the experience. Good for take out, but don't expect a great dining experience. read more

Decided to go to Lee Yuen Seafood Restaurant since it was new to me and the neighbourhood and thought "why not go there for my birthday dinner?" So my mother took my daughter and I for my birthday. I was really excited to have the sweet and sour pork but the whole experience ended up being very disappointing. We arrived starving and ordered 7 different entrees. All my daughter wanted was spring rolls and I was looking forward to my sweet and sour pork. That's all I wanted to really have for my birthday. Sadly, all were served late, (like 60 minutes late) upon completion of our meals; as well as a small bowl of steamed rice. I couldn't understand why they couldn't give my mother's small cup of rice at a reasonable time and when she inquired about it, they told her it was coming. The worst part was they served our food on FREEZING COLD PLATES. We asked why our hot food was served on cold plates and the male head waiter replied, "we don't have a plate warmer and when it's cold out (there's snow outside and -3) what can you do?" Um, are they storing their plates in the back alley? Never in my life have I ever been to a restaurant where they serve hot meals on FROZEN PLATES. Ridiculous! The meal was over $75 and when the bill came it was given without any fortune cookies or candies. My daughter had to ask if they had fortune cookies, which they had, but if she didn't ask, they wouldn't have presented any. Disappointing Birthday dinner to say the least. Felt like a waste of time and money. Needless to say I'm not going back and will be telling my South Surrey/White Rock community of friends not to dine there. read more

I am surprised by some of the reviews on here. I have eaten here a few times for dinner and we have been satisfied each time. The food is flavourful, fresh and a good portion size for the price. The staff is friendly and attentive. They even gave us complimentary cookies and candies at the end of our meal. I plan on going back and I would recommend this place. read more

Great food and good pleasant service. Big thumbs up . I've eaten here five times now, the first was dim sum lunch and it was very good. Then we ate in for dinner and it was excellent, vegetables and seafood was cooked just right with a flavourful sauces. Then we had my birthday dinner there last week, for 10 people of us, all Canadian Caucasian with totally different tastes in types of Chinese food and half don't eat seafood, but everyone left very very satisfied and happy , saying it was probably the best all around Chinese food they have ever had. I've since ordered home delivery of 8 different dishes and again, excellent, by far best take out chinese food I've had, as good as eating in. And even the delivery guy was nice and friendly. This is actually the first time I've ever left one of these reviews. read more

Food is bad and waitresses are very disorganized. It took 40 minutes to get my food. Be aware that this request doesn't have enough high chairs if you are bringing your little ones read more

Made our house sick. Very friendly service but poor food quality. Tried it last night for take out. We thought it was pricey but paid for our food then brought it home. We did not enjoy it. My partner ate only a few bites then fed some to the dog. I ate a plate but didn't enjoy it. Lots of batter on the meat dishes, greasy and goopy sauces. All night I had a stomach ache after eating the food. This morning my dog threw up and my partner and I have been in and out of the bathroom. We won't be back or recommending. read more

Had lunch there today. First off they didn't have BBQ pork wonton noodle soup on their menu. Their perogative. They had Won Ton and bbq pork on their take out menu I picked up on the way in. They had Shrimp Won Ton soup on the regular menu. I showed them the take out menu and asked if they could add noodles. The waitress said yes, but we will have to charge you extra. I said no problem. They came back in about 5 minutes and put a chit on our table. It read what my wife ordered and said Shrimp Won Ton Soup for me and Extra and Extra. I took this this to mean they were just adding pork and noodles to their regualr menu soup. That's exactly what it was. They charged $2.00 extra for the pork and $2.00 extra for the noodles. No problem until the soup arrived. The pork amounted to 2 thinly sliced pieces of pork about 1" square. I was still happy, got what I asked for. with all the ingredients.Then came the knocker. The broth was like someone ran a chicken leg through a dish of hot water. The won tons were generous in portion but were tastless. This was the blandest soup I have ever eaten. My wife's order of two dim sung dishes were equally tasteless. There were no condiments on the table like garlic chille sauce, soya sauce, or salt or pepper to help things out. Won't be back. Wonder how long they will last. read more

Staff was completely clueless and extremely out of touch with customer service. Three dishes took 35 minutes to arrive at our table and was cold. Two other tables arrived 5-10 minutes after us and received their food 5-10 minutes before ours. Bus boy dropped and broke a plate and glass chips were just left on the ground for later to pick up, a serious hazard for all.Never seen a more incompetent staff ever at a food establishment. Also took 15 minutes to get water after asking again. Will never go back and would never recommend this place. read more

Ok food, waited for 30mins to be seated, and another hour and half for food, completely ruined my families' and my Xmas eve, will nvr come back, cuz the food DOES NOT worth the wait AT ALL!!! read more

I have a 0 rating for this place food was the worst tasting Chinese I have ever had chicken balls were not cooked and floating in oil rice was not cooked crunchy never again the only reason I gave 1 star i couldn't post without selecting read more

Just no. Ordered through doordash. The location called us 2 times because they were discovering they dont have some of the items we wanted. On second call my husband asked to just cancel the order, the lady said ok. 10 mins later order still not cancelled, which makes it impossible for us to get something else. Hubby calls bacm for the lady to tell him she doesnt know how to cancel order so he tells her to call doordash for assistance. Another 10 mins, still not cancelled. When called the lady stated that she called door dash n they cancelled it. On the app the order still shows active n driver was there to pick up. Hubby send text to driver to confirm the order was cancelled to which the driver advised that the lady HANDED HIM THE ORDER, ADVISING SHE JUST SENDING SUBSTITUTIOND!!! You are liars n scam artists. Would never buy from you again. To bluntly lie to a customer that is willing to support your business during pandemic, just wow. Do you people have any morals? read more

We are new to the area and were looking for a Chineses restaurant to become a place we might frequent. Walked into the Lee Yuen just to check it out. Filthy windows, old Christmas decorations still on some of the windows, untidy in the entrance area. Right then we thought this place wasn't for us. But to be fair, thinking it might still be a gem in the rough, we checked the reviews on Yelp. Now we know this is not the restaurant for us. Note to owners, clean the place up!! read more

Although for the most part the food was good (the lemon in the lemon chicken tasted artificial and man made, not from real lemons), the servers made a typical error for Chinese restaurants - the appetizers did not come as appetizers but along with the entree dishes, and the entrees did not arrive together so clients could dine together, but spaced out, leaving one person to eat alone while the rest waited. read more

I was apprehensive about going after reading the poor reviews but was very happy with the food. We were long time patrons of the Surrey restaurant and wanted to give the new one a try. Our order was fresh and tasty. Will definitely be coming back! read more

At 5:30 tonight I ordered a single dish- the seafood hot pot for pick-up. I provided my name and phone number. I was told it would take about 15 minutes. I got there at 5:50 and noticed four other people waiting for their take-out. It became apparent that organization was not the new Owners long suit. The manager was on the phone for at least ten minutes straight taking orders and not tending to the five clients already to pick up their orders. In the first half hour I was there three got the opportunity to ask for their orders...none were ready. At one point there was at least ten of us there to pick up our orders. One of the guys told me he had been waiting 1-1/2 hours. The manager kept answering the phone and didn't look at any of us or even apologize. It became comical. Staff eventually started bringing out orders from the kitchen and placing them on a table near the counter. When the manager bothered to get off the phone she would check an order and try and find the rightful owner, often to no avail. Other orders would come out from the kitchen and be placed at the front of the pile on the table and the manager would check the most recent arrival to see if she could align it with an owner. Sometimes success sometimes not. There were three orders at the back that did not get checked for half an hour. One was an order for a lobster dish that the guy buying hoped wasn't cold. Some people got there order, only to find something missing. After an hour of waiting they finally got to me. They could not find the order, nor apparently any record of my placing it. They looked at me as though I had made it up. I asked them if they really thought I would walk in on a snowy night and stand there for an hour without having phoned it in. The manager finally agreed to "rush" my order, and that it would be ready in fifteen minutes. It was more like twenty. While there some sit down diners abandoned their tables for lack of service. Some folks waiting to pick up their orders gave up and walked out, with their order I guess ending up in the dumpster bin. I finally got mine an hour and forty minutes after placing the order. Some who had been there before me were still waiting. As for my order there was enough seafood but the broth was uninspiring, and the tofu awful. The food at my most generous was a two, and since the service was atrocious the whole experience is generously rated a one. The restaurant is under new management and is far cry from the friendly, efficient manager who used to great you at the door. The incompetence and indifference of the staff was staggering to behold. The food, based on one dish only mind you, was not even close to what you used to be able to get. I had been going there for twenty-five years, now no more. This is the first time I have felt compelled to write a review. read more