. Food 4/5 **** Service 5/5 *****, fast @& courteous Ambiance 3.5/5 *** Great find! We visited Canmore from the San Francisco Bay Area. At first we were skeptical about this restaurant. But we were pleasantly surprised by these awesome dishes: * Mu Shu Beef (5/5 stars) - The flour pancakes were delicate yet strong enough to hold the meat and vegetable mixture. It was the best mu shu dish I've ever tried! * Sweet Sour Pork (5/5 stars) - This classic dish was made well. The pork was tender, had a crispy coating and just the right amount of sweet sour sauce. The sauce had the right consistency, not too thick. You won't be disappointed. * Combination Chow Mein Hong Kong Style (5/5 stars) - Excellent dish. The noodles held their delicate crispy texture! * Salt & Pepper Fish (5/5 stars) - Delicious! * Szechuan Beef (3/5) - The green & red bell peppers looked nice, but there was too much vegetables compared to the beef. I recommend you try this restaurant. Happy San Francisco Tourist read more

Fast service, and good food quality! Came in for a lunch with my mum and partner. The food was great, and fresh! Good pricing and enough portion per serving definitely coming back again soon. read more

Famous Chinese Restaurant - Chinese Near Me - Canmore, Alberta

There is nothing famous about this restaurant. It's your typical American Chinese food. The decor was minimal and feels like I was in a Diner instead of a Chinese restaurant. We've ordered a family style to share among 5 of us. Chicken & Corn Soup 3/5, Beef with Broccoli 4/5, General Tso's chicken 3/5, Szechuan Eggplant, 4/5 and Salt & Pepper Pork 2/5. The soup barely had any chicken. Little to no seasoning for the pork. General Tso's chicken was more like sweet and sour chicken. The food was just mediocre overall. How was service? What service? I think it's a family owned restaurant with two servers. He basically took our orders, deliver the food and that was it. Didn't follow up with us. Didn't ask if we needed more tea. We had to ask for the check. Nope, will not be back. read more

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I decided to order in to have Chinese Food for a pre Christmas treat from Famous Chinese Restaurant. I was pleasantly surprised to receive my order in a timely manner delivered by a very pleasant gentleman. I ordered a large Hot and Sour soup that truly hit the spot, along with Ma Po Bean Curd which was cooked exactly to the spice level I wanted. In addition, I ordered Canonese Chow Mein and Szechuan Style Fried rice; both were very good. I found the prices to be reasonable so my opinion of the Famous Chinese Restaurant has improved significantly. I have no problem recommending them and they satisfied my Christmas craving for Chinese food. read more

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Overall experience: 3 Customer service: 4 Location: 5 Affordability: 4 Quality: 3 We placed a takeout order on May 29th, 2023 for chicken fried rice and spring rolls. We decided to give this Chinese restaurant a chance, because they had some recent good Google reviews. We were able to place our take out order very easily, because their staff were bilingual and spoke excellent English. When I arrived at the restaurant to pickup my order, it was very nice that there was some customer parking in the back. Once I stepped into the restaurant, I was quickly greeted and given my takeout food. Our overall opinion of our Chinese food was just average. We were disappointed that there wasn't much chicken in our chicken fried rice. Our spring rolls were dry and appeared to be overcooked. I will admit that this restaurant has descent prices but their portions aren't as plentiful as most other Chinese restaurants. Not a place I would patronize again. @glampedlife read more

Famous Chinese Restaurant - fried rice and vegetables - Chinese Near Me - Canmore, Alberta

Great small-town westernized Chinese food. We ordered the chicken & sweet corn soup, Buddha's delight, and pineapple shrimp. Everything was cooked and seasoned well. Overall, a good way to get your vegetables when visiting a region that's sorely lacking in them. read more

Definitely NOT authentic Chinese cuisine. It's just a Canada-style Chinese flavor restaurant. NOT a CHOICE

The dining area is kept very clean, plenty of room between the tables, our server was very friendly but we did have to keep asking for water refills as she missed the empty glasses when walking by. Service was fast, prices were good. We ordered the dinner specials for 3. Came with everything pictured but the seafood Delight(was Excellent), missing in the pictures were veggie egg rolls and wonton soup Our disappointment was getting Ginger Beef and Lemon Chicken- the main entries. The beef came fried, had no ginger flavor or ginger but did have onions and some super sweet sauce. The Lemon Chicken was fried filet and cut into slices, basically breaded chicken nuggets with sweet sauce to dip into. We were not expecting fried food, our bad for not asking enough questions. Would we return - Yes, but we would stay away from their family dinners and order Ala-cart. read more

Service was friendly and fast. Food was delicious and fresh. Best Chicken Cashew and Wonton Soup I've had.

Food was ok. We had very low expectations and were then pleasantly surprised. The mapo tofu was cut into way too large of pieces, the hot sour soup lacked flavor depth, and the vegetables were overcooked. Rest of the food was decent. Downside is the restaurant apparently doesn't give out any white rice with the entrees? Unheard of. Further to that, the restaurant didn't ask either. $2.50/small rice in case anyone is wondering. The poor delivery guy had to run back and forth twice. He was super nice and so quick, which was highly appreciated. read more

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Literally the best Chinese food in the world and I have been to many countries. Sauces, quality meats, preparation, presentation -- top shelf! thank u read more

Famous Chinese Restaurant - chicken sesame, chicken fried rice, chicken egg fu young - Chinese Near Me - Canmore, Alberta

Two person deluxe meal was tasty, plentiful and fairly priced. Food came quickly and the people were nice.

BUT WHY IS THE WAITRESS ALWAYS RUNNING?!!!! When we came in it was a mad house. Like what is going on. She was running with food, plates, water - all contributing to the frazzled environment. Finally someone seated us. Ok I'd give this place a 2.5 because the food is actually good. But the service is just weird, AND there was a HAIR in our wonton soup!! Gross! We ordered the Sweet & Sour Shrimp (good), Yang Chow Fried Rice (eh wouldn't order again), Wor Wonton Soup (the large is barely enough to feed 4), and Spicy Szechaun Beef (good, like the spice). They charge extra for steamed rice. It's overpriced but that's because of the touristy area. Interior is like an old lodge, a bit stuffy but overall ok. read more

Famous Chinese Restaurant - Sweet & sour shrimp - Chinese Near Me - Canmore, Alberta

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Broccoli n snow pees with garlic sauce and making it spicy was very tasteful. So much so, went there twice on our trip. Worth trying. Curry fried rice was so so. read more

We ordered chicken in curry sauce. Easily the worst chicken dish I had in my life. It was boiled chicken with boiled broccoli with no flavor. read more

The Szechuan (spicy) items are Amazingly good! We came here several times and got the fish in hot/spicy oil fish each time. I'm from the SF Bay Area and this place might be better than the ones back home. Negatives are there's basically no restaurant parking and they charge for tea and white rice. The owner lives on the premises and does most of the cooking. read more

Famous Chinese Restaurant - Chinese Near Me - Canmore, Alberta

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I was skeptical of having Chinese food here to be completely honest. There's great canadian-American food in Canmore, but Asian food? Yes, they do! Expensive, but that goes with the territory of being near a touristy gathering place like Banff. The yangchow fried rice tasted like yangchow rice at home. The salt and pepper fish fillet tasted like fried fish fillet back home. The sweet and sour... Well, you get the idea. This place was a perfect solution to ease our home sickness for comfort food. We also got the honey garlic chicken wings and it was crispy, sticky and sweet. Delicious! The service isn't as friendly as other restaurants in the area, but I'm used to asian restaurants being kinda indifferent. Makes me feel like I'm home in California in the USA. Ha! read more

Decent restaurant in Canmore. It has good lunch special. If you happen to visit Canmore Canada, please check them out. In the same time, you should plan to visit Canmore mountain or farmer market on every Thursday from May to October. We're here for Sled Dog tour and farmer market and visited this restaurant. Somehow Canadian Chinese restaurants has good wonton soup as pre-meal item. We order the Sichuan pan fried noodle and the spicy beef. The noodle is the best on our selection. The chicken is average. Since the lunch special is a deal, we order to go for our take cabin food. Eve though there is only one person in front of the restaurant, but he was able to provide good services. Food is good and the price is right. They are located in downtown and make it convenient to walk to. read more

Famous Chinese Restaurant - wonton soup - Chinese Near Me - Canmore, Alberta

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Was craving Chinese food while in Canmore and this filled that craving! Got the BBQ pork and veggies dish with chicken fried rice. Super flavourful. Great portions for reasonable price. Took about 15mins to get it from the moment I ordered. read more

Famous Chinese Restaurant - BBQ pork & veggie stir fry and chicken fried rice - Chinese Near Me - Canmore, Alberta

I remember visiting this restaurant in the summer! For what I remember the food was so delicious and the place felt comfortable. The lemon chicken, tofu, and all the other dishes were delicious. Service was good too. When we travel to Banff/Canmore again we will definitely visit again! read more

This is actually one of my favourite Chinese restaurants, and not just in Canmore/Calgary. The food is always delicious, I've tried a bunch of different dishes and you really can't go wrong with anything. Service is fast and friendly. Prices are reasonable and portions are big. The interior is a bit dated and could definitely do with some updating. Unfortunately they removed my favourite deep-fried crispy rice dish from the menu, but there's still lots to choose from. Great dishes include: Sesame Chicken, Singapore Rice Noodle, Ginger Beef & Shrimp in Black Bean Sauce, Cantonese Chow Mein and Wonton Soup. read more

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Definitely was not satisfied. Had to reorder after getting meat in a dish we explicitly stated to exclude meat. They do not seem to make dishes spicy at all, and the only type of hot sauce they had were small sriracha packets. They barely put vegetables in our vegetable fried rice, and loaded it with oil. read more

The food was very good! Atmosphere was relaxing, only 2 servers and they were very busy. Many large tables cans in after we had been served and the waitress was not able to check back with us on how things were or if we needed anything else. Took a while after we were finished with our meal for someone to offer a box for leftovers and bring the bill. read more

We were exhausted after a full day outside and decided to do take out. Got home and was missing all the rice and one of our entrees. We were too tired to go fix it. Food was ok. The soup was the best part of the meal. I wouldn't recommend take out unless you check your bags. The take out was slow as well. They did seem busy. Free WiFi while you wait on the patio. Street parking only. read more

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Well the food was great!!! But a Chinese restaurant without chopsticks is hilarious. Well we asked 3 times and they never gave it to us. The service was kinda all over the place. She didn't remember my pop order which was basically....just a simple pop order. We asked for really spicy food and it wasn't at all. But overall the food was good and they had the Olympics on which was fun. Would of been 4/5 if we had chopsticks. Another thing that was nice, they left the machine at the table for us to pay. That's the way it should be!! Having a server stare at you as your paying is annoying. But I really like what they did here. Now you get 4/5 stars. Then we overheard another server saying " are they leaving soon?" so back down to 3/5 read more

We have been here a few years ago and decided that we needed another fix of great Chinese food. For a few years I have been trying to find "sizzling rice" and the place has it. It was not the same as what I had somewhere else but it was excellent. There was a tomato based sauce with shrimp, peas and fresh tomatoes in a very flavorful sauce. The sizzling rice is something everyone should experience -- like Chinese rice krispies!! :) We also ordered Ginger Beef as it is a staple and an item I use to judge the of the quality of food. It was by far the best Ginger Beef I have had in my life -- bar none! It was so crunchy and I was worried that it would be like eating strips off of a tire. It definitely did not disappoint -- the beef was so tender that it could be cut with a fork. Amazing!! Service was great as well. Our server didn't know about the sizzling rice and went to the back twice to make sure she had the correct answers. Very pleasant and more than willing to accommodate. We have actually talked about going back again tomorrow night to have more of the same!! read more

Famous Chinese Restaurant - Shrimp Sizzling Rice - Chinese Near Me - Canmore, Alberta

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Food was basic Chinese take out (3). Service was a 0! We arrived and 2 other tables were occupied. We ordered our food within 10 minutes. The remainder of the restaurant filled up over the next 30 minutes. We never got any food for 45 minutes. All the other tables that came after us were served and some were leaving by the time we got our soup! It was obvious they had forgotten to put our order in. Instead of acknowledging the mistake they just told us it was busy and avoided any further eye contact. Never got more water, had to go ask for the bill. Unacceptable! If you have time go ahead and try them out for basic run of the mill Chinese food and terrible service. read more

Food is incredible! Highly recommended. Full Flavour dishes. Low sodium. Give it try you won't be disappointed.

Food was delicious and delivery was on time!! Love it:) it's a must try for vacationers.

delicious sizziling beef and salt and pepper fish chips. big size dishs. you should definitely try it.

Though it was hard to find parking space, there were designated spaces in the back for the restaurant, which made it easy for us. We ordered the sizzling beef and asked that we could have it mild for the kids. The chicken with mixed vegetables and the chicken Shanghai chow mein helped to complete the meal along an order of the eggplant hot pot, which did not disappoint. It was a good choice for coming back from a lot of activity in Banff. Super relieved that there is a welcome and reasonable place for us to go for Chinese food in Canmore. read more

I like bed this place mostly because it was one of a few places open on Christmas Eve. The place was packed to the ceiling but we managed to get a table. Considering how busy it was the service was super quick. We got a variety of seafood and chicken dishes, but my favourite was sweet and sour fish and black pepper seafood platter. My friends insisted that the general Tao chicken was good as well. read more

By far, one of the worst food selections I've made. I read some of the reviews and some said 50/50. I wanted to give them a chance. Please save your money! I ordered wings and ribs and was surprised both items were batter with the same coating you would put on a frozen pre made corn dog from the frozen grocery isle. Absolutely bland and tastelessness. I have never once have had these items from any other establishment battered. read more

Food was okay if looking for quick Chinese fix. Ordered deep fried wontons for appy and had good chunk of meat each and weren't too greasy. Good marks for making their own plum and sweet and sour sauces. Ordered dinner for two for variety without having to order too many dishes. Wonton soup was decent and spring rolls were ok butter a little too greasy but I guess you can get that with spring rolls anywhere. The ginger beef was crispy and sweet but good. Beef and vegetables were passable light on the beef. The chicken fried rice was good. Service was quick but it wasn't too busy. I wouldn't come back as there wasn't anything strong enough or above average to bring me back. read more

This place was awful. I'm not just being dramatic - the food, service, and general ambience of this place is just bad. I was in Canmore for work-related reasons with a colleague that picked this place because the other places around were somewhat busy. I have no idea why someone would go to a crappy Chinese place when there were plenty of other options around besides sheer impatience. This place had no one in it and something seemed out of place upon entering. I didn't feel like arguing about where to go for lunch, so I obliged, though the place across the street looked a LOT more inviting. Anyway... We were served some hot tea in a pot without a strainer and a bunch of tea leaves floating about. After 5 minutes of steeping, the tea was still very weak. The waitress ignored us for a while, then meandered over to our table. I ordered the eggplant - they were out. I chose another vegetable dish - also out. I was getting annoyed and chose the shrimp and cashews. Suprise, they actually had it. My colleague ordered some lunch combo. A while later the food came out. My shrimp were barely cooked. My colleague's plate looked like a combination of dog food and overcooked vegetables. I wanted to say "HAHA I told you this place would be bad!" but held my tongue. My shrimp and cashews tasted like salt brine with some chili flakes thrown on top. Absolutely awful. I took a couple bites and put it to the side. My colleague finished a portion of his plate and said it wasn't very good. We left the food, paid the bill, and walked across the street to CommuniTEA and had a fantastic, fresh lunch. Take my advice and don't eat at Famous Chinese Restaurant. There's nothing famous about it. read more

Terrible experience. I do not understand the other reviews. From the moment you wak in you can sense there is not going to be a good experience to be had. The service was TERRIBLE. they acted like they did not know what they were doing, the waitress was taking our orders and as she was doing that , the phone rang and she just left to go answer the phone (twice!). We were stumped but too hungy to go out looking anywhere else since we had been to 2 restaurants before this and there was over 1 hour wait to seat us. The fact that this restaurant had no one inside should have been a red flag... After finally taking our orders, the waitress told my son that they ran out of the steaming rice , which he wanted, then he ordered something else and thy did not have it either. OK... The food came one by one and not all together, my husband's dish came after we had all pretty much finished our plates. Very disorganized. I don't know if they are understaffed but it sure felt like it. They could not manage a table of 6. The food was mediocre to say the least. Nothing to write home about and nothing to make you want to come back. The icing on the cake was that my son's girlfriend got really sick after eating her food. Never again. If you are in Canmore , save yourself the trouble and go somewhere else. So many other good choices in Canmore. read more

I went there for NYE dinner with a few friends. The food was somewhat tasteless. I'm not picky when it comes to Chinese food but this wasn't very good. The service was fast so we were in and out pretty quickly. Unfortunately, I will not be stopping by again. read more

Awesome chinese restaurant in town! We went there for dinner. The food was delicious.. But more importantly the service was overwhelming.. We were sort of last customers. So the owner of the restaurant - George - asked us about our trip itinerary. After dinner he sat down with us with maps of Banff and Jasper and helped us decide which places to visit in next couple of days in Rockies. It was amazing.. Very personal.. Because of his suggestions we visited Mt. Edith Cavell in Jasper and we were in awe when we visited there! George - you rock! You serve delicious food with helpful tips.. Awesome.. Will definitely visit again when in Canmore! read more

Again... something about these Asian Tours require us to stop and eat at pseudo wannabe Chinese places. I guess this was mildly acceptable. Ate here on our first trip. Mediocre Chinese food that will appease the old Asian ladies who refuse to eat pizza.... read more

As a Chinese person, I felt that it wasn't authentic and even close to what I usually have.