Okay, I'll say it. I like Northern Palace! Sure, it's not "traditional" Chinese fare - quite westernized, I know. BUT, it's flavorful, it's plentiful and (for the price) very reasonable. We were in a large group so ordered one of their family dinner options plus some egg foo yung and extra rice. Everything came fairly quickly and filled the big, round table we were seated at. The Lazy Susan in the middle was handy and used well. The egg foo yung I wanted was excellent! It had great flavor and a tangy sauce. The other dishes I tried, chow mein, egg roll, lemon chicken, sweet & sour pork, beef & broccoli were all equally tasty and stayed hot. The only fault I could find was the pork was a little tough. Everything else, though, was really good. The restaurant has been around a while, so it's a little dark and dank, but looks every bit like what you'd expect a Chinese restaurant to look like. The service is super friendly and efficient. We enjoyed our family gathering and will come back again. read more

Northern Palace Restaurant - Family dinner - all good. - Chinese Near Me - Prince George, British Columbia

The worst, most bland Chinese food I've ever had. We paid 15 dollars for bland, boring chow mein and some truly terrible fried pork. Looking at the menu and seeing how dismally north americanized it was for the price, I asked them if they could make.my food spicy..and they said no! They gave me a side of siracha instead. If you're going to charge sit-down prices, at least have something interesting or maybe even authentic on the menu! read more

I've been orbiting around the inevitable for several months. "Orbiting" is the appropriate word. Through this tireless exercise, I've sampled Malaysian, Thai, Vietnamese and Japanese, the latter two I've consumed twice already. And despite having taken in every other Asian alternative, I've failed to dip a toe in the waters of China. The reasons are obvious, as Chinese food has an unfortunate reputation of monotony. You could almost call it homogeneous, as nearly every Chinese restaurant you could walk into in North America offers the same same mélange of nontraditional westernized Chinese dishes. I am biased. Under full disclosure, I visited China several years ago, and it remains one of the most fulfilling experiences of my life. Two weeks long, and nearly every moment remains burned into my long-term memory. One aspect of the trip still clear in my mind was that I never ate a single morsel relatable to the Chinese cuisine we are accustomed to. Most of where I ate was dim sum, relatively easy to find in Vancouver but nonexistent in a northern town like Prince George (and no, I don't count the pre-frozen crap at Fortune Palace). Here, we have more Chinese restaurants than all other Asian-themed restaurants combined. In fact, you could throw in all the McDonalds and it still wouldn't surpass that number. You'd swear they were all members of a franchise offering the same variations of combination platters. It's my fervent hope that with the influx of Asians moving from the south, reflective in the aforementioned Vietnamese, Thai, and Malaysian restaurants, that we'll see proper dim sum or more traditional Chinese restaurants in town. Someone may mention that, like Thailand, an opinion of Chinese food is reflective of where you live, and I may not be aware of how many people in China eat exactly the same food as we do in the west. That may be correct, but I still feel it's no excuse given the amazing varieties of food I had over there. Has anyone heard of Dong Bei food? If not, you're missing out. I need to start eating Chinese now, else I'm stuck visiting one every week for the next three months at the end of the first stage of this blog. However, I won't make it easy on myself. To start, I've traveled clear across town, from limit to limit. This involves driving down into the plateau of the main city and then up the other side to find a well built, easily located place called Northern Palace. I know that's Chinese as it contains one of the four compulsory words all Chinese restaurants apparently must have ("Great", "Palace", "China", and "Asian"). The restaurant is well made but lacks any real markings of heritage. The chairs, tables and general décor make it look like any nonspecific eatery built in the foundation of a Sandman...only without the Sandman. If you think I'm exaggerating, I notice that there are no chopsticks on any of the tables. I order a lunch platter and add pot stickers for additional variety. The combination is your typical assortment of chicken chow mein, sweet & sour pork and the standard egg roll accompaniment. The chow mein is dry and tasteless. The egg roll is crunchy and uninspired. The pot stickers are good and...well, it's Chinese food. It tastes exactly as one would expect it to taste. If it achieves the standard flavor without any surprises, how could I complain? Well I do because how could one stand above the others if they taste all the same. With Northern Palace, they've the distinction of being one of the ONLY Chinese restaurants this side of town...assuming you forget that the Hart Wheel, a kilometer down the road, also offers Chinese. Northern Palace has one big compliment coming to them, and it's a big one, one that may encourage you to eat there if hungry, if you're driving by, if you live in the area, AND if you're desperate for immediate food. Northern Palace is cheap. It's real cheap. The combination platter I order comes to only $7.50, and with the pork pot stickers, still barely breaks $13. I won't lie, all these dishes taste like the frozen counterparts you could buy from the Save On across the street. This is in antitheses to Mai Thai where the food is a shocking collection of flavorful traditional dishes unfiltered from the homeland. Northern Palace is as Chinese as Boston Pizza is Italian, but if you know that and want something without any revelations, it may be worth the momentary distraction. Hey, at least they still offer the fortune cookie. Mine says, "You are incredibly clever. Others often come to you for advice." Not bad. Not much of a fortune, but it sure helps with confidence. Food: 2/5 Service: 4/5 Presentation: 3/5 Value: 4/5 Recommendation: 3/5 Northern Palace Restaurant Ltd 3788 Austin Rd W, Prince George, BC V2K 2H6 250-962-6838 read more

New favorite Chinese restaurant! I dislike that most Chinese restaurants give you cans of soda, making it non refillable. This place has fountain, so its bottomless! Table we sat at was very clean, and the rest of the place looked the same. Staff was super friendly, and always checking if we needed anything else. I found the portions to be of a good size, and presentation was on point not just piled on the plate. Also, the pricing was great! I will definitely be a returning customer!! read more

This place is terrible. I've been to hundreds of Chinese food restaurant and this is the only place that will charge you for hot sauce and tea. When we got the bill I thought it was a joke, but it wasn't. They'll probably charge you too for extra napkins and for using their washroom. Avoid at all cost, you've been warned! read more