Tasty Cantonese style seafood restaurant on Kingsway by Earles. Parking is available in the lot in front but quite limited. There is street parking in the area as well. The interior is pretty typical of this type of restaurant. The dining room is long and thin, with a large private room in the back on one side. Not sure if the layout is good for hosting large events (100+ people), but for anything smaller it should be fine. Staff are professional. Spot prawns - nice and fresh. Good value. Comes with spicy soy and jalapeno dipping sauce. Deep fried pork chop in barbecue sauce - nice and moist. Tasty. Crab and fish maw soup - nice large amount of filling. Great taste. Overall the value is quite good for such a banquet style restaurant. Best to come in groups though, as these dishes are meant to be shared. Would gladly come back as part of a group. Recommended. read more

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A restaurant with a long history dated back decades ago. This Chinese restaurant features respectable Cantonese dimsum with different choices. Their menu and prices are reasonable and the environment is a Cantonese style. The food is definitely worth a try. read more

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So many choices of dim sum with some dishes I've never had before. Service was quick and the dishes came out fast and the tables cleared quickly. It's a popular restaurant and it was busy for a Tuesday lunch. The restaurant is clean and bright. read more

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My family came here to celebrate my birthday and Father's Day recently. It is the first time most of us have been here. My sister has been here for dim sum regularly but never for dinner. Since their dim sum are good we thought we will try the dinner. To all of us delight, all the dishes were very well prepared without being oily or full of msg. Portions were good size and we packed quite a bit home. The geoduck and squid with celery was very tasty but both seafood were perfectly cooked. The free range chicken was good and the scallop with veggies had lots of scallops. Service on a busy Father's Day was very good and attentive. My whole family all agreed Top Cantonese will become one of our regular Chinese restaurant for dinner and dim sum. read more

This is the place to go if you have a craving for seafood. In fact, if you know real Chinese style food, you this is the place to go. Everything was delicious and flavored correctly. Nothing was oily. Staff as usual were incredibly friendly. Despite having a wedding, everything was timely. I have been to this place many times over the years with my family and it never disappoints. read more

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One of my go to places for dimsum. Food is always cooked fresh to order. The owners are always very friendly and courteous (can't say that for their manager Mr cranky-puss) I gave a few favourites, their portions are generous. Restaurant is clean. Nothing super fancy. I prefer clean over fancy any day!! read more

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I was not impressed with the food at this restaurant and it wasn't my first choice to eat here. But there were some dishes that were passable and OK, like the Egg Tarts, Chicken Feet, Stir-Fried Rice Noodle Rolls, Siu Mai, and Shrimp Rice Noodle Rolls. The salt & pepper tofu had neither salt or pepper. It was very bland. You might as well have just ate the tofu without it being fried. The congee was very thick as if they added too much stuff in it, to the point where everything was congealing. It was more everything else than congee in each bite. The Herbal Chicken Feet Soup was disappointing and not as herbal tasting as you'd think (probably needed more ingredients or time to cook). It felt like you were drinking plain water. I suppose if you only eat the classic dim sum items, this restaurant would be 5-stars. We would have a problem if they messed up the classics. However, if you decide to venture off the classic items, you may end up being sorely disappointed. (P.S. I'm not trying to be mean or harsh, but my dad is a Cantonese chef who has worked in many restaurants in Seattle. My family would eat dim sum every weekend as well and we'd have family dinners at restaurants multiple times per month. So I grew with a specific palette for dim sum and stir fry dishes. I know what it tastes like and have higher expectations for flavors. I do not eat at Panda Express. I would eat at Top Cantonese Cuisine Restaurant before I did that). read more

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We have passed this restaurant many times, we needed to find a substitute restaurant for dinner. Decided to try Top Cantonese restaurant. As it was late, we were the only few people in the restaurant. Good selection of menu with typical Cantonese cuisine. A little pricey however the quality & the freshness of the food is there. You get what you paid for. We ordered several dishes for dinner & all the dishes were executed very well. I will definitely come back again, service was good. I forgot to mention they even served complimentary peanuts! read more

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I haven't been to this restaurant for 30+ years. My grandfather used to live 5 blocks away and walked here for dim sum every morning. He loved to order a good pot of tea, bought newspaper and spend a good part of the day reading the newspaper and having a couple dim sum dishes. He did that every day until he passed away in the early '90s at the age of 95. Last Sunday my cousins and I went to the cemetery to pay our respects to my grandparents. Then we had dim sum at Top Cantonese to reminisce the old days. We called from the cemetery to reserve a table, the person who answered the phone was friendly and polite, there was no problem with a last minute reservation. The parking lot was very busy and we couldn't find a parking spot, we ended up parking on the side streets. The restaurant was not as busy as another nearby dim sum restaurant, we were sat at the back room with two other larger parties. The restaurant does not have a per person "tea" charge and there was a 10% off offer (the competition nearby had 20% off, that might be the reason this place is not as busy). We ordered wild rice with dried scallops sticky rice wraps, braised beef tendon & tripe, steamed Shanghai juice pork dumpling, spring rolls with shrimp and garlic, steamed rice roll with Chinese donut, stir fried beef with flat rice noodles, minced pork with preserved egg congee, and cheat's sweet egg twists (dessert). I only took a couple photos because there were seniors in our group who were very hungry and it was too rude to be taking out my phone and taking photos during this rare extended family gathering. In general, the food tasted decent and was hot, the portions were generous (especially the egg twists). The only disappointment was the Shanghai pork dumping, the wrapping of each piece was leaking before we touched them and the juice already escaped. Despite being seated in a room, our server was very attentive and check on our needs constantly. She was pleasant and promptly gave us new sweet sauce when we accidentally contaminated the original one with peanut sauce (one member of our party has nut allergies). read more

Top Cantonese Cuisine Restaurant - Spring rolls with shrimp & garlic, stir fried beef with flat rice noodles, braised beef tendon & tripe, sweet egg twist, sticky rice wraps - Dim Sum Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

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restaurant looks really run down on the outside. Its been here for ages. The inside is dated looking but overall much better than the outside would have you believe. There is a parking lot in front and street parking. Service is ok but SLOW. It wasnt even busy when we went but there seemed to be only one guy taking orders for the entire restaurant. Food came out quick though. Food itself was very mediocre, if not slightly subpar. We tried 3 dishes, comfort foods for us. house special chow mein - kind of a staple at any canto place, HK style crispy chow mein. It was fine. But the choy sum they put on it was very tough. Sauce and noodles were fine. solid 3.5/5 dish Choy sum with scallops - scallops were good, choy sum again very tough. ruined the entire dish really. 2/5. hot/sour soup - no its not a hard dish to make, nor is it something i would typically consider a benchmark for a canto place. But I like this soup, and their version is terrible. too much starch that it wasnt just thick, it was chunky. And the flavour balance was just off. way too much vinegar, not much of any other flavour. not even hot, just sour. 1/5. Their pricing is not cheap. You'd pay similar at much nicer places with better service, and better food. If they lowered their prices, overall deserves 3/5. But at what they charge, no thanks. Overall, avoid. read more

I come here for dim sum with my family on Sundays, but the key is to come here no later than 10:30 AM because after that it gets busy and you have to wait for a table. Their dim sum doesn't have as much MSG as other Chinese restaurants. The servers are always polite to us. And most important, the quality and prices are reasonable. read more

Came here for a family style dinner Friday night and had a great meal! I came with a large group of 36 people, so we were seated in a private room off to the side with 3 tables of 12. It was a bit of a tight squeeze, but we made it work. The restaurant itself wasn't that big, and decor was casual. My table of 12 ordered 10 dishes, which was just the right amount (* marks my favorites): 5 pounds of spotted prawn ($26.80/lb) - it was my first time trying spotted prawn. I think they steamed (or boiled?) the ones here and it was pretty good! 2 salted egg yolk crab ($38.80/crab) - pretty standard for crab imo * Pork neck and onion claypot ($29.80) - the pork was super tender Chicken ($49.80 for a whole chicken) - again, pretty standard for chicken at a Cantonese place Peking duck served two ways ($72.80) - one dish was the standard duck thin slices served with thin wrappers, and the other was minced duck meat served in a saute with lettuce wraps. Both were pretty good, but the timing of the two dishes was weird. The first dish was the first dish out, and the second dish was the second to last dish served * Sauteed beef with vermicelli in claypot ($25.80) - I've never had this dish before but I was a huge fan! The vermicelli below soaked up some of the flavors of the beef sauce above, while the beef was very tender Sauteed string beans ($24.98) - pretty standard. Always gotta get your veggies in! E-fu noodles with shrimp ($26.80) - pretty standard * Fried rice with abalone sauce on top ($28.80) - also my first time trying this dish, but I loved the abalone sauce on top. It went so well with the fried rice, which also had a good wok hei flavor We paid about ~$55 pp which I thought was a bit pricy, but we did get a lot of expensive seafood dishes. Top Cantonese Restaurant is in a plaza with its own lot, but there's plenty of street parking in front as well as around the block in front of the park. read more

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What a busy place...dimsum haven in lower mainland,service is very slow,plus I believed you should visit the place with someone that understand and speak cantonese,so you can order the best dishes. Interior design is Chinese inspired,huge place if I am not mistaken they can house almost a hundred clientele. Friendly service despite its like a turtle.. really very slow,maybe because its almost full capacity when I came. i ordered siomai,baby cattle fish in curry sauce and shrimp dumpling they were awesome,with hot sauce and soysauce it was very very good,and also i tried the house special chowmien,in fairness one of the best I had in lower mainland. Noisy? Yes,we all aware that our Chinese folks talks like they are always in a fight hahahaha but actually not a problem,but it was noisy... There's a large TV and they have a private room too,value of dishes were just okay a bit pricey but good ones. Since it was a busy day asking for extra soysauce will take you forever. Overall I had pleasant experience,enjoyed my foods but morethan half went home my to go. Accept cash,credit and debit. Excellent for large group and family,I didnt see any kids though but the place is kids friendly. Parking is free shared by other businesses in this block. Surely" I will return" I wish to try some seafoods from their menu. read more

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Dim sum food tastes great and the portion is fantastic. The portion seems more than some other dim sum places. Great selection of dim sum that compared to some other restaurants. Parking is free. The lot isn't the biggest, but street parking is available. Ordering style: by paper. I would give this place 5 stars if the washrooms were a bit more improved. read more

Top Cantonese has become one of our family go to dim sum places. Their flavours are good, and the dishes are well made. I particularly like their sesame balls with bitter melon. It's an interesting combination of savoury, bitter and sweet. They are the best when they are fresh out of the oven. read more

Top Cantonese Cuisine Restaurant - Siu mai - Dim Sum Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

This is my coworker's favorite place for dim sum. I must say the food is pretty good here. We got there around 12 pm and the place was about 90% filled. Busy place. We were given a table originally set for two. They added a round board over the table to make it bigger so that it could seat 3 to 4 persons. We shared the shrimp and scallop dumplings, siew mai, chives and shrimp pan fried cakes, stir fry vegetables and this shrimp and egg flat rice noodles dish. They were all good. The skin of the dumplings was not overly thick, and the portion size was decent. Not tiny but not huge either. The vegetables (think it was baby bok choy) was fresh and sweet. There was a slight charred (wok hei) flavor to the flat rice noodles (hor fun). The sauce was mostly on top so the bottom was a bit dry. I want to go back again just to try other dishes. read more

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Wanting to get dad outta the house, we took him for dimsum. Due to Covid guidelines, the restaurant has lined the parking lot with a bunch of tented off tables and other smaller tables lining the walls of their exterior. They've also got them lining up around the side of the business leading to the alley. Creative? Sure. However, it was kinda cold so it sucked being out the back in the the alley. The dimsum items are consistently good here. From their shrimp dumplings to rice rolls, everything is tasty and steamed fresh. The only thing I'd consider is that being outside, your food gets cold much faster, so the dumpling skins get a little firmer, etc. Y'all gotta try to eat a little quicker! read more

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I've been eating in this restaurant for 20 years already, the food is delicious as always, also value for money. Now with the new restriction, they have set up tent on the parking lot for guests to dine in, we must come to support the business! They also have opened a little shop beside the restaurant for take outs and some quality food ingredients, not easy to survive in the pandemic , thumb up for the team! read more

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This is my family's go to place for dim sum. It's quite large, so good for groups, service is pretty good, and the food is yummy. The prices have gone up since the last time we went. But the food is pretty consistent. They have a good selection of items and lots to choose from their specialty menu that's offered after 10am. Food arrived really fast after we ordered. Some of the highlights of dim sum were the egg tart and the sponge cake. They were really fresh and still piping hot. The egg tart was so flaky and the custard was so smooth. The sponge cake was moist and light. They also have spicy sauce that they make themselves that is available to use and purchase. I'd say if you're in the neighbourhood, give this place a try. read more

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My husband and I came here for our niece's 100th day. We had 3 tables sectioned off in the back area. The food was typical Cantonese set meals, and it tastes similar to other restaurants. The portion is also similar to other restaurants. The servers appeared to be more attentive - likely because we are in the private room. Our plates were changed quite frequently overt he course of the whole meal. The dishes were served timely. Not all at once and not too slow - just right. I can't really comment on the pricing as we were guests to this event. Overall, average experience compared to similar restaurants. read more

Top Cantonese Cuisine Restaurant - Dim Sum Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

I haven't return to this restaurant over a decade. We came here for a ground of old friends reunion dinner. The food is usually very good compared to other restaurants of similar price and food. The usual items are cold platter with the general items - jelly fish, boneless chicken feet, smoked salmon, etc. was good. -steamed dry scallop stuffs in hairy melon was tasty. - jumbo prawns with green beans was great. - steamed fish filet with chinese mushroom was ok. - stir fried Lobster and crab was a bit oily and fishy. - sea cucumber with mushroom was so soaky. - deep fried pigeon was so dry and chewy. The food was OK but not impressive. One complaint is that most of the dishes were so salty. The servers had no smile or anythings on the face, rush to serve the dishes and NOT clean the table as they seen it. read more

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My first time eating here. It was my best friends birthday so we got like a 10 dish course it was insane. Good portions and the food was pretty good. Our waiter was hilarious lol. Shark fin soup was pretty good and everything else was on point. It's been a while since I have had traditional Cantonese food like this. Anywho i would definitely come back:) read more

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Top Cantonese Cuisine Restaurant is located in a cramped little mini mall on the corner of Kingsway and Earles in Vancouver. When we arrived for dinner on a weekend, we were surprised that it wasn't overly busy (usually not a good sign for a Chinese restaurant). Almost upon arrival, our waiter was encouraging us to get their special Winter Melon Soup. If you're Chinese, you've probably had winter melon soup before prepared at home. If not, just imagine a giant watermelon with white flesh on the inside that is fairly bland and tasteless. Usually, the flesh is diced into manageable chunks and the resulting soup is light and mild. The winter melon soup here is prepared and presented in the way you might see at a Chinese banquet or special dinner. In this case, the soup is simmered with duck, scallop, shrimp, and crab inside the hollowed out melon itself and presented at the table in an elaborate golden-hued metal container. Presentation was on point and the tender winter melon flesh absorbed the flavours of the broth. The waiter will serve this soup for you and will carefully mix up the filling along with scrapings of the inner winter melon flesh before doling it out into your bowl. We ordered a bit much for 4 people - that winter melon soup dish is rather large and could count as a vegetable dish by itself. Next up was the Peking Duck. The meaty slices of duck and skin were presented on a layer of crisp shrimp chips. Did you ever notice that there's always more duck slices than there are wrappers? The 2-course Peking Duck included Duck Lettuce Wrap where the meaty diced cubes of duck meat were accompanied by lap cheong (a type of fatty Chinese sausage). And, of course, no Chinese dinner would be complete without some type of seafood.. in this case, Lobster with Yee Mein Noodles. The lobster was well prepared and stir-fried in a green onion and ginger sauce and there was plenty of yee mein noodles under the 2lb lobster to soak up that sauce. In hindsight, we probably didn't need to order 2 veggie dishes given the size of the winter melon (our waiter actually tried to talk us out of ordering 2 veggie dishes). The pea tips and choy sum were simply pan-fried with garlic. We came back at the end of June for dim sum and the restaurant was decidedly busier. The Deep Fried Taro Dumplings ($5.25) were the first to arrive at the table and had the characteristic fluffy/crispy exterior with a pork filling. The Steamed Spareribs ($5.95) and the Minced Beef Rice Rolls ($5.95) arrived shortly thereafter. Actually, we were pleasantly surprised that most of our dishes came out rather quickly. I felt like the Eggplant with Fish/Shrimp Paste ($6.25) was overly fried as the exterior was a bit too crispy and hard. On the other hand, the Prawn and Scallop Dumplings ($5.95) was pretty well executed with a soft and slippery wrapper encasing plump shrimp and topped off with scallop and roe. Another miss for me was the Steamed Tripe in Ginger and Green Onion Sauce ($6.25) as I thought it was just a bit too chewy - even for tripe. The final dish to arrive at our table was the best of the bunch... the Egg Tarts ($4.50) were freshly made and served hot with the jiggly egg custard encased by a flaky pastry shell. Overall, the food was pretty good here but some of the dim sum items could have been better. Service was also a bit of a miss when it got busier in the restaurant as it was difficult to catch the attention of the waiters. read more

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Second time here and this time for a birthday. Service is great and tentative. Was given a private room which I thought we would be forgotten but was the opposite. Food was good. The king crab was delicious and being a 3 course meal which was the main dish attraction for the night. Ample parking available and with street parking too. Would go back with the family for future dinners read more

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Like with the phrase, "You're not hot enough for your personality to be this awful" this restaurant's food is not nearly good enough to make up for the absolute garbage level of service. I live in the San Francisco Bay Area where I've seen my share of super expensive fancy Chinese restaurants to holes in the wall where the service is nonexistent but the food is either really great or really cheap and good enough. I've visited nearly every kind of Chinese restaurant you could think of a stereotype for. So trust me when I say I know good Chinese food from bad Chinese food, but also have realistic expectations about what to expect regarding service in Chinese restaurants. I've also been to this area plenty of times because we have family here, so I'm pretty familiar with the average level of restaurants around here. The food is very very okay. Really, I've had much better Cantonese food much cheaper back home in the Bay Area but also here in BC. The E-Fu fried noodles were way too dry and weren't even boiled enough, not to mention the lack of any actual crab meat or other things in there. The black bean ribs used awful, awful quality meat and were unimpressively seasoned. The gelatinous wrapping around the shrimp-dumpling-thing was dry and not steamed nearly enough (are you seeing a trend here?) The char siu buns were still only okay, but definitely not good enough to be worth like $4 for 3 of them. The black cod seafood hot pot was way overpriced at $22, with three fillets of fish and just a bunch of mushrooms and bok choy, and it wasn't even that great either. What a joke. But really, what is the final nail in the coffin among many previous nails is that this place's service is garbage. Absolute garbage. Of the couple hundreds of Chinese restaurants I've been to, this ranks among the lowest, because how often do you actually feel like you need to take the manager outside for fisticuffs? I'm not expecting 3 Michelin star level service here, but there is a bare, bare minimum, even for a Chinese restaurant. Throughout the entire eating experience, service was slow, inattentive, and dismissive, and sometimes even downright condescending from not only the general waitstaff but the manager as well (older guy in a patterned dress shirt, versus the white shirts of the other staff.) Fine, I get that as a primarily Mandarin-speaking family we're not your primary clientele of older Canto-speaking families, but get over yourself. We're paying you the same amount of money to order the same dishes. Our requests for simple things like to have our dim sum dishes cut with scissors, or for more tea or water were brushed off with super dismissive hand-waves or barely-there acknowledgements, and overall we just felt really unwelcome, like they were rushing us out. We even had a small run-in with the manager where we asked for more ice water in Mandarin, but he said "Ice or ice water? Speak more clearly!" in a really annoyed voice. Are you kidding me? You're telling us, a Beijing-hailing Mandarin-speaking family to speak Mandarin more clearly, in your super thick Cantonese-laden Mandarin accent? I didn't know whether to laugh because of how hilarious the situation was, or to drag the manager out front to teach him some manners. Pok gai. Get out of here bro, you have some nerve speaking to my family like that. A couple minutes later, he passive-aggressively had one of the waiters bring out a pitcher of ice water and leave it at our table. Thanks I guess. That way we don't have to beg you for more water, so it works for me... And finally, the bill. While the bill was sitting at our table and we were trying to calculate tax+tip amounts etc. because we were paying in cash, we had multiple people stop by and open up the check folder to see if we'd paid yet, and at one point even had the manager standing there impatiently while we got the money. Yes, they were literally rushing us out at this point. After all this, I mentioned to my family that I personally would have given 0 tip, but because my family are better people than I am, we tipped 15%. Unless you're the stereotypical Canto-speaking family with older grandparents and younger kids or something, don't come here. Apparently you and your money are not welcome. This place is not worth any self-respecting Chinese person's time, and frankly I'm embarassed that these clowns are still operating in this area. I'd rather eat back home with that sweaty Shanghainese waiter who yells profanity at his coworkers, because at least he respects my family. read more

I came here for a wedding reception banquet. The food was good, came out efficiently, and in good sizes/portions. The dish that stood out for me was the abalone. It was gigantic (the size of my fist), soft, tender, and the broth was rich in flavour with well-cooked veggies. The lasting memory I had about this restaurant was the service. The servers were nice and receptive; however, in their rush of serving food they didn't have the greatest awareness of fingers vs. food. I found my cup was grasped from the mouth area to be moved, I could not eat at times because the server was tight against me splitting the dishes, my sister's chopsticks were touched from the top... I understand they want to be fast but I would appreciate that your fingers (who knows where they have been) were not touching my eating utensils. But whatever doesn't kill me makes me stronger. Maybe I'll try out their dim sum sometime since I see such good reviews for it. But parking makes me rethink that plan? read more

Top Cantonese Cuisine Restaurant - Table Setting - Dim Sum Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

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Solid 3.5 stars; not sure if it's an easy repeat anytime soon, but for someone who wants a real authentic dinner without driving all the way to Richmond, or forking out big bucks, this isn't a bad alternative. Located in a tiny strip plaza with an asian supermarket, and about 15 parking stalls off Slocan St. Above average decor, table linen, good service actually, just wished the servers dressed a bit better. Ordered the prawns with mayo and walnuts, which could've been candied a bit more, good taste. the sweet and sour pork, sauce was good and the pork tender but could've been better batter...good portion of onions and green/orange peppers pigeon: good too vegetables: snow pea?, pretty good. Accept credit cards. It's a compact size restaurant. For the east-side, it doesn't stand out in a good or bad way lol. read more

Quite pricey for a Chinese Restaurant in East Van. We ordered dim sum for 4 people and the bill was over $80. We did have the typical dim sum dishes, but added a few other items such as Garlic Black Bean Clams. Although the food was pretty tasty, it's still overpriced for me when it comes to dim sum. This also explains why not even half the restaurant was full on a Saturday morning. However, I do give props to the service, they were very attentive and polite. read more

I'm not sure why this place has bad reviews BUT this place has the MOST TASTIEST dim sum ever! This place is very spacious and is great for groups. I came here with a group of 14 for yum cha and we were seated right away. We ordered a lot of dim sum and it arrived very quickly. The dim sum, here, was warm, fresh, very flavorful, authentic, and was the BEST dim sum that I have ever eaten in my entire life!! Each bite you'd take, would have you wanting to eat more. If you're ever in the area, I highly recommend this place for dim sum. You'd leave feeling very pleased after eating dim sum from here. read more

The Top Cantonese Cuisine Restaurant is located on Kingsway Vancouver, which is right across the street from Purdy Chocolate Faculty. The location is convienence for people to find and easier for them parking. I've been the restaurant once with friends on my boyfriend's birthday. We arrived the restaurant around 6pm. It was very busy at that time. Luckily, we made a reservation before we came. We skipped the huge line and got a table fast. Service The servers here were all Chinese. They were friendly and helpful. They took an order fast and served water quick. Environment The restaurant is big. There are many Chinese Style decorations on the wall. Food We've ordered lots of dishes. All the dish were in Cantonese Style from the Southern part of China. They came fast. They were well cooked and tasted fresh. Price The price of the food was a little bit expensive. read more

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slow service decent dim sum free parking available in plaza private room available average chinese food price if i had to choose 1 dish: deep fried tofu would i go back? maybe read more

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Tried this place for the 2nd time last Friday and it all went well again. We were a party of 6 and ordered a geoduck sashimi platter(came with soup), a crab of some sort I'm not too sure but dipped in duck yolk sauce - so delicious! I've been meaning to come here for dimsum but it's a bit of a distance from where I live. Well, someday! read more

Top Cantonese Cuisine Restaurant - Dim Sum Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

Horrible service. They don't cater to non Cantonese speakers.. Or even try to. When I went there with my family, I had arrived first so they told me to order for everyone so that our food can arrive quicker. The waiter acts differently as soon as I spoke English and he barely understands so I speak slower for him and repeat my order. The whole time he acts rude and impatient, like I'm the one not making sense. It was dinnertime on a week day so there wasn't a lot of people nor staff. I tried to get the rude waiter's attention a couple times to get drinks for my younger cousins since some of the food was spicy and they don't like hot tea. He said okay and went off to talk to another table that seemed like regulars. Our water never came. They weren't even attentive enough for me to ask again. Usually I'd tip 15-20% at restaurants but my experience was horrible this time and the first time I've been here. Only reason why we ate here is because the location is close by. My family absolutely hated the service so we all agreed to tip 5% out of spite, if you were there you would've thought we were being too generous; which we were. When my aunt handed them the bill and cash, the waiter counted it and had the nerve to say "Hey wait, $** more." LOL who does that? TLTR: food is mediocre, average at best. Name of the restaurant is a lie and overstatement. Service is a joke. Only good thing was easy access to parking. There are better places to choose to spend your money. read more

2.5 stars Disclaimer: Came here for King Crab season...the few weeks of the year when the term "market price" translates to "change price daily". So I'm not sure if this review will be fair to Top Canto but here goes anyways. There were four of us that came in for king crab dinner. 19.99 lb. Two days earlier it was at 16.99 lb. 3 courses: 1. Steamed with garlic. Delicious. 2. Deep fried. Tasty. 3. Baked and Cooked in curry with rice. Way too salty and took waaay too long. They had several baking in the oven at the same time. They even forgot about it and brought us our bill and the dessert soup, so we had to correct them. Because there were only four of us, we asked for the smallest crab they had. This turned out to be 10 lbs. They also charged an extra $10 for the frying, and an extra $10 for the rice. Needless to say...it was NOT a cheap meal. And normally, I wouldn't balk at this special delicacy....but while the quality of the dishes (sans the rice dish) were good, we only got about 5 lbs worth of crab. Not cool. Service wise - thumbs up. Good service, friendly, no complaints. I would definitely go back for a regular meal, but as I write this, I am reminded that this meal cost more than the bike I was saving up for. :( read more

We had a crab king feast at this restaurant and it was very delicious. The crab was fresh and well made. We came for dinner on a Thursday and it was quite empty. This restaurant definitely caters more to the Cantonese speaking customers. read more

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PROS + Good for family gathering + Manager was helpful + Open til late (2:30am) CONS - All other servers were unfriendly and rude. - Over-priced - King Crab didn't seem like 10lbs... - Not really a "Top Cantonese Restaurant" RATING Food 2.5/5.0 Ambience 2.5/5.0 Service 2.5/5.0 Price $$$ My parents, J and I came here for the Alaskan King Crab dinner. We usually go to the ones in Richmond, but since we were in Metrotown area we headed over to Top Cantonese Restaurant which is located pretty close from South Burnaby. I was excited about our dinner because the restaurant claims itself they are the top Cantonese restaurant, but at the same time I was a bit suspicious about it. For the first course, we got Alaskan King Crab Legs which are basically steamed crab legs topped with lots of finely chopped garlic and green onions. It was a tad disappointing because the legs were kind of skinny and didn't have enough meat on the inside. For the second course, we got Spicy Deep Fried Alaskan King Crab Knuckles. The knuckles were lightly battered and fried with chilies, jalapenos, garlic and peppers. This one tasted better than the first course, but it didn't have enough meat. By this point, we decided to order one more dish. Baked Alaskan King Crab Fried Rice with Portuguese Curry Sauce was the last course as similar to all other King Crab course meal in Chinese restaurant. The fried rice was cooked with some crab meat and scallops, and then baked inside the crab shell head. It's not really a Portuguese dish as the name indicates, but rather a Chinese version of the baked Portuguese rice. The rice was topped with some cream sauce which was made out of tomalley and curry sauce. Surprisingly this was the best dish of the dinner. The fatty, meaty scallops tasted better than the crab meat as well. Upon request, the manager gave us the Chicken with Choy Sum dish (not on the menu). It was alright but noting special. Overall, everything tasted just average. We were all disappointed especially when we consider the price - $400+ in total. I wouldn't bother returning. ... read more

Really good selection of food here. Pricier dim sum but well worth it. the tri-mushroom rice roll was nice - light with the wrap and decent variety of mushrooms inside. The chicken claws were also good - well sauced and spicy! The pea-shoot shrimp dumplings were delicious. The shrimp spring rolls were decent as well - they were garlicky and piping hot. The spare ribs were more like short ribs, but with spare rib sauce, so it was a bit strange. Overall the food was good quality and the service was great. Came out to $22 for two people - a decent price for really good dim sum. I would definitely come back! read more

This place may have changed names over the years but everyone knows "the chinese place across from Purdies". Went for dim sum today. I think a more appropriate name is Top Dollar dim sum restaurant. We ordered our dim sum and everything that came was actually quite ok. Nothing bad and nothing special. What was special was the bill. $4.50 for a standard plate of siu mai, $4.50 for a ha gow (no scallop on top) but the best was the 13.80 for fried squid. It was prices you'd expect at Fisherman's Terrace, but the same food you would get from Prince Seafood. Anyway, there are just so many other places I would revisit before returning. This is NOT my Top choice. read more

Not situated in the fanciest part of town, this chinese restaurant has been around forever and serving pretty decent food. We live close by so my family and my grandparents usually come here for dinner and it was always good, but not memorable. Came here for a birthday last weekend and had a wonderful dinner. The soup was full of fresh crab meat and shark fin as they did not skimp out at all. Each of our abalones were the perfect texture and flavor. Lobster steamed in garlic was also very good. The service was great although the room was a bit cold. The servers were funny, and patient and let us stay longer than usual. They remembered the birthday girl's name and never neglected to serve her first or to refill her drink. I think I should come here more often! read more

The food was pretty good. We had king crab that was cooked three ways: open faced leg meat with lots of garlic sauce (high light of the meal), deep fried spicy body meat (crunchy and spicy), and curry fried rice in the crab head (least of my favorite but I am not a fan of chinese curry in general. All were delicious - fresh and flavorful. We had side dishes like pea tips (bit salty), clams with black bean sauce (recommended), tong choi (ok), deep fried tofu in some type of sweet soy sauce (pretty good). Overall solid 3 1/2 star. But the service was very good - very attentive with three servers eyeing our table for anything. All plates with crab and clam shells were removed immediately and they were very accomodating - may be bc it was $500 meal. read more

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