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    Crystal Palace Restaurant

    2.8 (33 reviews)
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    Good for kids

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    Selena C.

    Food is definitely authentic. If you're craving dimsum in waterloo and not wanting to pay the ridiculous price at Cameron, then this is your next best bet. The waitresses do speak english so there shouldn't be a language barrier. The dimsum came out hot and at a decent rate. Theres not too much selection vs the ones in Toronto or Markham, but what can you expect from a smaller city? Dimsum is by order and not rolled out on carts (the place is probably too small for it anyways). We also ordered the beef ho fun which was surprisingly better than I expected (much better than the stuff you get from UW Plaza). The prices are very reasonable as well. I would recommend and would come back again. For four of us, it came up to be $60, after we ordered some dimsum and a plate of beef ho fun, not too shabby.

    Shanghai Xiaolong buns. Not as good as the ones from my hometown Jiangyin (we specialize in Xiaolong buns). These are rather dry.

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    1 year ago

    One of the best places for Chinese Food in Waterloo. The Orange Beef is particularly good!

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    9 years ago

    The food was okay, but the wait time is over 40 minutes on a normal day. If you're in a rush, I would suggest picking a different place.

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    13 years ago

    Good Chinese food, generous portions. They serve dim sum steamed to order all the time. They also offer a lunch buffet. I will be back!

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    Review Highlights - Crystal Palace Restaurant

    95 lunch buffet, you can't go wrong.

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    The China Bowl

    The China Bowl

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    So I haven't been back here since I was in U Waterloo…read more This place had selection but now with take out its limited to a menu. Ordered the braised fish with tofu and chicken leg with cumin. I don't think I would order the chicken again it's like 75%dry chili and 25% chicken. And it under fills the container (I only bought it because the lady showed me the container -but frankly I'm still hungry with a heartburn from the oil+chili. I feel like I paid 15$ for dried chilies). The braised fish with tofu and chilies. Um there were burnt chillies on top. It's not fungus. Like it was charred black. Greasy overall (probably the way it's supposed to be made??) The taste is okay but I just found it cheap on the chicken protein, sells more chilli than protein. Pricewise it was 30$ after tax it could be cheaper. This is one of the more authentic places but no vegetable dish options. But it's time to help small businesses. This place takes cash and debit. So lend them a hand. I've had takeout that left me hungry and very uncomfortable. Help! (I just want to also note I experienced some food poisoning symptoms 48hours after eating take out here)

    Overpriced bad chinese food with terrible service…read more I came here with a group of friends and we were discussing what to order. We were asked three times if we were ready to order. The third time the server said "talk talk talk don't order". We haven't even had a chance to go through the entire menu. The menu is extremely disorganized. I've never seen a menu organized with the type of meat and vegetables at the end. We ordered a soup, a beef pancake, some eggplant, and a beef. The soup was okay, not the best ingredients. The pancake was very weird. The beef had some carrot mixed into it. The eggplants were extremely oily and overcooked. The beef was dry and inconsistently marinated. The total was around $54 for those 4 dishes. Extremely overpriced for their quality of food.

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