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    Beijing Legend Restaurant

    2.6 (43 reviews)
    ModerateChinese
    Closed 10:30 am - 12:00 AM (Next day)

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    Peking Duck (dry...)
    Angel C.

    Authentic Chinese restaurant with very reasonable prices! I've ordered from here a ton of times via UberEats (especially for their Peking duck @ $29). Finally found some time this evening & decided to dine in with a colleague tonight. Service is good, food is authentic, tastes great, and seating is comfortable. Highly recommend if you're looking for a some good Chinese food in Ottawa!

    Shrimp dumplings, shrimp shumai, rice roll, chicken feet, sesame ball dessert.
    Kathy L.

    This is one of the best Dim Sum places in Ottawa (emphasizing OTTAWA). I come here with my family once every 2-3 weeks. Food is always fresh. And good customer services. Reasonably priced ($25 per person). All dim sum dishes are good. One dish I like the most (ordered from the menu) is the (sizzling dish) Stuffed Eggplant with Black Bean Sauce.

    Beef satay sauce on a hot plate
    Paul M.

    More 3.5 stars. On this Thursday night, the restaurant wasn't full. We ordered spicy cabbage, satay beef on a hot plate and sea food in a birds nest. We found the cabbage a bit soggy, the beef slices were very thin, and surprisingly, there was no fried noodle bird nest which the sea food would have been. The seafood was in a birds' nest shaped porcelain bowl. The service was a bit slow given not having a lot of patrons but the waiters or waitress were very welcoming. Good for groups. Parking at a nearby strip mall.

    Various dim sum dishes
    Anita C.

    This is one of my favourite dim sum spots in Ottawa. I find that the cook and the flavour of their food to be one of the best here. The prices per dish is on average around $5-6. I've gone in to dine a few times over the year but since COVID-19, they've only been offering take-out. I wish their online takeout platforms had their dim sum menu but going in person to order isn't too bad either. It ends up being about a 20-30 min wait. I highly recommend their ginger squid since it's a dish that isn't always offered at other dim sum places. But also everything else is pretty good too! This will continue to be my go-to dim sum place that is local and close to home.

    Half Peking duck
    Amanda B.

    I really wanted to try the Peking duck that they're known for, but I also couldn't order just that (because I am greedy and gluttonous, obviously), so I also got dim sum. My husband wasn't too interested in the duck this time around, so he got the "Plate Three" combination plate, which came with chicken fried rice, chicken balls, kung pao chicken, and an egg roll. He found the chicken balls were a little doughy and over-fried since they were split, but still good and he just wished there was more sweet and sour sauce. It was a very generous portion of rice, but the kung pao chicken was mostly onions. He didn't feel it was worth the $17 price tag, higher than typical combination plates elsewhere. Since it was just me and the babe eating everything else, I only got a half Peking duck, which came with 12 pancakes, green onions, cucumbers, and one small container of hoisin sauce. The duck itself was very tasty, not too fatty, some slices a bit thinner but overall okay thickness. I just wish there was more! There were two layers of duck slices and I expected much more for half a duck. Maybe I'm just used to roast duck with the bones so it makes it seem like more? I used maybe three pancakes in total for myself, stretching it out even. The shredded? green onions and thinly sliced cucumbers were great and aplenty, and there were more pancakes and more hoisin than I needed. The pancakes were thinner than I expected, but also stayed fresher longer than I expected instead of drying up super fast like others do. The Peking duck was great to finally try, but in my humble opinion, the $30 price tag is quite steep for the amount you get. At least baby got to try it, too! Kid eats well, I'll say that much, haha. I was disappointed in how minimal the selection of dim sum was on UberEats, especially after reading Anita C.'s review and wanting to try more. I always get the same stuff whenever I order dim sum, though, so I tried some other dishes. I ordered the deep fried pork and vegetable dumplings, turnip cake, and deep-fried taro. There are two "Taro Deep Fried" on the menu (B8 and B9), so I had to Google the characters to make sure I got the one with the texture I was craving, which was B9 (芋头饺). Both the deep-fried taro and pork and vegetable dumplings were great and full of flavour. The pork and vegetable dumplings were super greasy, but I didn't mind. The turnip cake was good, though I swear they gave us the the other B8 "Taro Deep Fried" (芋头糕) instead lol, which is actually taro cake. It had chunks of taro in it and Chinese sausage, which I've never had in turnip cake, hence the suspicion, and they do look very similar. Either way, it was saltier than I expected, but still good, and thicker and a "meatier" texture than other "cakes", which I liked. Our little guy liked the cake, but I only gave him a bit due to the salt. I also ordered the stir-fried bok choy and Chinese mushrooms out of necessity, since I should probably eat some vegetables lol. It was actually gai lan (Chinese broccoli) instead of bok choy, and I think shiitake mushrooms. They were also good, cooked well, but this dish was much saltier, so I actually rinsed it for the babe and didn't eat too much of the sauce myself. I would highly recommend eating this with rice instead of just with dim sum or other dishes. All in all, the dishes were definitely saltier than some other places, but more flavourful others as well. I'd like to try this restaurant again, but maybe stick to my go-tos and more wallet-friendly dishes.

    Shanghai noodles

    Ordered delivery from this place. I got the classic general tso chicken, a personal favourite of crispy beef and something new to try with Shanghai noodles. The crispy beef doesn't have the right texture and the sauce is more sweet and tangy; doesn't have much spice to it. It still tastes good. The general Tso is the biggest disappointment. It's battered but isn't fried which leads to me believe it was cooked from frozen, along with the too-sweet sauce with no kick. It's closer to orange chicken than the classic general tso. I don't know what to make of the Shanghai noodles. The flavour is kind of bland. It's my first time having it, but based on my experience with the other two, I don't think this is what it's supposed to be like. I've had better luck with other restaurants. This place is cheaper with good sized portions but I won't be ordering from here again in future.

    Spring rolls
    Joy S.

    WARNING: The health inspector needs to be called! There is mold on the ceiling in the woman's washroom. There was a fan in our private "vip" room that looked to be 5 years old and never cleaned ever! There was a ton of dust and dirt all over it. Not what you want to be looking at while eating dinner. Was within a 3 foot radius of our food. I thought we were in "VIP" !? The private room was over crowded with chairs and junk like a storage room... The restaurant is very dirty and unkept. They probably never cleaned the floors since being opened! The food wasn't great and I was even hesitant to eat it!! Thankfully didn't get sick.

    Mimi J.

    It seems like they are much better than before now, as the cook/owners have changed quite a few times over the years. I came with family and friends, and we were 10 people in total; if you book a private room for dining, note that karaoke is included and is free! We chose the set menu B for $200, which had lobster (set menu A has peking duck). The dishes came fairy quickly, and most were really good in quality, although there were a couple of misses. Some highlights: - Fried shrimp/seafood balls: these have a crab claw inside, so you can hold onto it, dip it into the thick sweet/sour sauce, and enjoy it. There was an abundance of seafood flavour, and it was fried perfectly! - Lobster: the star of the show; I chose the ginger/scallion variety, and it comes with 2 lobsters. I really wish they put noodles on the bottom to soak up the delicious sauce (as Ng's Kitchen does). The taste was good, but Ng's kitchen's version is tastier. - Sichuan spicy 8 treasures: this is a huge casserole dish, and it came with lamb (which could have been more tender), bean curds, chilies, and nappa. It was nicely spiced and was fragrant, but the lamb lacked flavour and was quite tough to chew. - Fish: it was a huge fish that was fried and coated in thick, dark red sauce. Unfortunately, the sauce was WAY too sweet, which everyone agreed on. If it was saltier, or made a different way, this would have been a lot better. - Oysters(?) and vermicelli: this was one of my favourites! There was so much flavour, and there was plenty of the seafood, so it was perfect to eat as a base with the other dishes. - Fried rice with peas/sausage: this was made surprisingly well! You could taste the char from the wok on the rice, which made it really enjoyable and homey. - Dessert was fried banana pieces, fried milk, and coconut/taro soup. The taro soup is always my favourite way to end a Chinese meal, and the fried milk was delicious! The bananas should have been warm, but they were cold pieces. Service was pretty attentive considering we ate in a private dining room; the servers come to switch your plates once during the meal, and re-fill the tea often. Overall, most dishes were done very well, and I would be back. Just be careful as some dishes are not as interesting or flavorful!

    Lunch special with beef in black bean sauce, spring roll, hot and sour soup.

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    the service is so slow and the food is kinda cold that dont deserve that money that someone is spending

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    Coming here for years! Eggplant dim sum, sticky rice and ginger squid are excellent.

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    Very good chinese food. Overall very authentic. Nice decore. Best Chinese restaurant in town

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