Frank's Honeybun Cafe

Is a decent place in Victoria, the rice noodle is good and fired dumpling is better, the server is…read morefriendly, not asking for gourmet Chinese food, but been stuck on a cruise ship for a week, this place is fine, if come back will definitely stop by

Iffy service, pretty solid food…read more My family and I weren't feeling any of the nearby restaurants at our hotel. Then we decided to visit the small Chinatown in the Victoria area. To make our 3-hour visit there worth it, we wanted to have dinner here, and I don't regret finding this place; it was awesome eating here! The inside is mildly bright with many tables for seating but it also feels oddly quiet inside given the number of people inside (it was halfway to a full house). You'll also see some wall decorations and figures at the front. Service here was pretty slow; it took 15 minutes for my mom and sis's dishes to come out, and nearly 25 minutes for the first portion of my dish. Sometimes my server was pretty busy to take some of my requests like getting a spoon or the check. As for my food, I got the traditional Crossing the Bridge rice noodles, with the standout items being the Yunnan pork and raw pork for me. My ingredients for this dish came out in 25 min, with the soup and coming out 10 minutes later and the noodles following a couple minutes after that. With the way everything but the noodles were being brought out, I was worried the soup would start getting cold by the time I threw everything else into the soup. Looking past all of that, the whole thing was actually delicious! Soup wasn't sour and instead felt very homely, and the amount of ingredients was perfect. The soup wasn't in any sort of stone pot to keep it really hot, but everything ended up being fully cooked before i started eating. Others things to mention: - We got two orders of wonton soup. These don't include noodles, and the wontons looked pretty bland even though they're actually full of taste. - My mom's zhajiang noodles came in soup, which is definitely a first since I usually see it without. - Portions in general are quite small though they aren't as expensive when looking between CAD and USD. I'll mentally add this place to my list of places to revisit whenever I'm back in Victoria!

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The Cozy Place Restaurant

4.5(133 reviews)

0.4 km

=== 1. VERDICT/VALUE Pretty solid choice based on one…read moretakeout visit: decent food and good service! === 2. FOOD Stir-Fried Dried Green Beans ($19.95) The winner is this category would be Tropical Island Restaurant on Shelbourne; however, The Cozy Place offering would be close behind it. Decent with some crunch still; you can get it spicy or not. Ma Po Tofu ($19.95) You can order it meatless or minced pork; it's somewhat authentic. It does have some heat to it (for those sensitive to spice); however, it's pretty solid! === 3. SERVICE Service was good and professional on call-in, payment, wait, questions around the menu, and when the order was ready. English was fluently spoken by the lady working the front and the man cooking the dishes behind her. === 4. ENVIRONMENT It's a long, narrow restaurant - your group of 6, maybe 8 could fit at one table in the front. For everyone else, you're accommodated in tables of 2's or 4's along the wall. If bringing a wheelchair or baby stroller, I would stick to the table in the front. Parking is all metered on the street - note that the city has their parking enforcement office basically across the way working until 8pm, so put payment into the meters upfront even if you're coming by to do a quick pickup!

At the suggestion of the umbrella shop owner in the alley we tried Cozy Place . Food was good…read moreespecially the boiled fish in a spicy soup and the veggie eggplant. We had the Gung Po chicken which was a bit over done. Service was friendly and service was quick

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Stir-Fried Green Beans ($19.95): tasty!

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Panda Island Chinese Cuisine

4.3(11 reviews)

3.2 km

We wondered if this was new because it has so few reviews. Thank goodness we went! Run by a very…read morekind Chinese family, it smells delicious the moment you walk in and the food was fabulous. Fresh, crisp vegetables in all of the dishes we got. We ordered two items and brought home enough food for another meal. (So sorry I didn't snap photos of the overflowing plates of food--next time! For now see photos on the menu pictures I snapped.) We wanted loads of veggies and got them with the Chicken Chop Sue and the Cantonese Chrissy Noodles. Where we live it is impossible to get pan fried chow mein noodles, so these were such a treat with bbq pork, shrimp, squid and chicken plus veggies. Both dishes came with a brown sauce, though both unique in flavor. I so thrilled we found this place and I am already making plans to take family and friends back. My only issue was I did not care for the squid on the noodle dish; the shrimp were fabulous though.

Cantonese chow mein, paid for extra vegetables to get some broccoli in there. Noodles were more…read morelike spaghetti. Dish was dry. Shrimp tiny. No taste to anything. OTOH, the spring roll was hot and crispy. Still searching for a decent Chinese in Victoria.

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Golden City Restaurant

3.5(122 reviews)

0.4 km

I may (not) be Asian....but I eat a lot of Asian food. I also go to every ChinaTown in any major…read morecity I can. Golden City is a real good place to dine: - Hot & Sour soup: This place has about the absolute best hot & sour we've ever had anywhere. - bbq pork: a traditionally prepared dish that was very good. - Fried dumplings: Not the greatest dumpling I've ever had...but good enough. They had a real good dipping sauce to accompany. - duck: This duck dish was real good. We certainly we like this place. Oh...and it's open later than most any restaurants around in the area!

It was our first time in Victoria and we were looking for good Chinese food, luckily we found…read moreGolden City! When we arrived around 7pm the restaurant was not busy at all! I think it would probably be busier at lunch since they do have a dim sum menu. We ordered off the dim sum menu because I was hungry for it and they still offered it. From the regular menu I just got stir fry pea vines. The pea vines were crunchy and garlicky. They were to my liking. On the dim sum menu we got tripe, Xiao long Bao, omasum, har gow, chicken feet, and ham sui gok. My favorites on the dim sum menu were the tripe, Xiao long Bao, and chicken feet. The omasum was a bit too chewy and needed to be cooked long because I also had a hard time eating it. Everything else filled me up quickly and they were a great late night eat! Overall, Golden City is a standard place for Chinese food. The employees were nice but it's easier to talk to them if you have another mandarin speaker with you. My partner speaks mandarin so he helped me order.

Restaurant seating

Salt & Chili Pork Chops - Phenomenal!

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Beijing Bistro

3.8(35 reviews)

0.4 km

This was super delicious food and the service was great! It was also very enjoyable not too loud or…read moretoo quiet! Would recommend!

The food, service and atmosphere are amazing , the Soup Was…read moremy favorite , try it you will love this family Owned place

Eggplant with ground pork

White mould growing on the cucumber served with the Peking duck

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Beijing Roast Duck

Momi Noodle

4.0(37 reviews)

we wanted noodle after our cruise trip and decided to come here after lots of walking…read more *the braised pork noodle was good flavor. *wonton rice noodle was bland. *popcorn chicken was good. wifi here so that was nice to be able to map out the area. (and also so we can call people to meet). the bathroom needed some cleaning though.

I was familiar with Cantonese and Szechuan styles of Chinese food, but I'd never heard of Guangxi…read more I'm definitely a convert and need to seek it out! They are known for rice noodles. Unlike Vietnamese bun which is thin like vermicelli, these were quite a bit thicker, almost like a round fettuccine. As appetizers, we had the duck egg rolls. We managed to eat them before taking a picture.... they were finally ground duck in egg roll wrappers. We also had the sliced pork belly with garlic sauce. I remembered to take a picture before it was completely gone! It was one of the most amazing things I've had. It's cooked and thinly sliced pork served cold, with crisp and refreshing julienne carrots and cucumber. It's served with a thin dressing that includes fresh garlic. The whole thing is cool, sharp, refreshing, and satisfying. Finally, I had the noodles. I borrowed somebody else's picture, because I forgot to take it before I dumped the toppings in. It comes with two or three different kinds of pickles, toasted soybeans, and green onions. The idea is to stir those into the noodles and eat them first, like a cool noodle salad. Then... you dump the broth on top and enjoy them like a Ramen or a noodle soup. It was absolutely amazing. As a Texan, I'm no stranger to spicy food, but somehow the spicy broth caught me at the back of my throat rather than just the tongue. You should definitely give this place a try! It felt authentic.. most of the customers in there appeared to be Asian, which is usually a good sign.

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Guilin rice noodles

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Pork knuckle noodle

Wah Lai Yuen

3.6(77 reviews)

Excellent find with fast and delicious lunch. The wonton soup, veggie rice and crispy pork, huge…read moreportions and kind and sweet staff on a busy day. We took leftovers to homeless person on street.

Was told of this restaurant by Bob, a local who works at place where I got poutine from. He gave…read moreme specific directions and said to look for the Peking ducks hanging from the window, that's exactly how found this place. Hope got the right thing yet he highly recommended something, of the something I got the pork thing from the bakery,, which was amazing! The bread was a bit sweet, the pork and sauce on inside was amazing. It was a little fatty for me yet what I ate was fantastic! This place is almost literally a hole in the wall. Barely enough room for some small dining tables on either side, it's very cramped if eat in. I chose to go.

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Toishan Kitchen

4.5(2 reviews)

3.7 km

=== 1. VERDICT/VALUE It's out of the way, but it's worth it…read more- authentic Chinese food is hard to find in Victoria, and this might be one of the few (or only?) place to recommend to friends and family - visiting from out of town or otherwise. === 2. FOOD We've tried a variety of things and overall it's been solid: - Chicken Corn Soup ($12.95): solid choice - Mushroom, Peas, Egg Drop Soup: ($11.95): even better! - Dumplings (10, $12.95): nice and meaty. - BBQ Pork Chow Fun: good pork, wish there was more pork; noodles OK. - Beef & Broccoli ($18.95): feels pricey but it's solid. - Assorted Meat Chow Fun ($17.95): best value if you're doing noodles! - Prawns & Snow Peas ($19.95): good option as an entree! - House Special Chop Suey ($15.95): I guess it's supposed to be veg with some meat? === 3. SERVICE We've never dined in; only gotten takeout - but the service has always been good. Like other Chinese restaurants in Victoria, the time indicated for our order to ready seems to be a lot longer than say Vancouver, Toronto, or even Honolulu. But everyone answering the phone and serving at the counter speaks English well and it seems like they can speak Mandarin also. === 4. ENVIRONMENT It's spartan in a good way - big, open, and clean without the gaudy overly-Chinese decor that often accompanies the Chinese restaurant stereotype. A large fish tank at the front (likely for Feng Sui purposes) offers some distraction for younger kids. Those with wheelchairs and baby strollers should have not challenges here. The complex they are in seems to have plenty of parking - we've never seen the lot full, so that helps if you're driving!

The beef brisket in hot pot is my favorite. The 14 piece chicken wings is a excellent. Noticed a…read morelot Chinese eating here for lunch and dinner, this is the place to go. Prices are resemble compared to other chinese restaurants.

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Fish Filet in Spicy Pickled Vegetable Broth ($23.95): alright - the broth wasn't as flavourful as expected.

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Ox King Noodles

4.2(42 reviews)

0.9 km

Ox King Noodles on 1029 View Street, Victoria, First time…read morehere , we have to show Food: (4/5) look like the restaurant only offered one type of noodle which is the Shanghai type for all of our three different noodle orders. Little bit disappointed that end up with limited information to make a review. Based on the ingredients without any noodles (4/5) with noodles (3/5) Service:(3/5) The restaurant need more staffs to help customers!

If you eat where the locals do, you'll be rewarded. Excellent home style restaurant with great…read moreservice and lovely tasty dishes. The soup noodles were better than the dry noodles my hubby ordered, but still tasty. The shrimp dumplings were devine and the sour and spicy broth was addictive.

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Sour and Spicy Beef Noodle Soup & Shrimp Dumplings

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Don Mee Seafood Restaurant

2.8(281 reviews)

Actually my review would be 4.5 Stars. Had lunch on a Saturday afternoon craving dim sum, but also…read moretried the Duck and beef chow mein. The dim sum disappointed however as it tasted almost like leftovers that were just heated up. But the duck with seafood and vegetables was really delicious and more than made up for the other. The chow mein was good and we actually had so much we took home for later Service was good and we were happy to have a good Chinese meal during our visit. Also the atmosphere was very appropriate and the restaurant was clean.

Tons of MSG going to made you sick !…read more And long stairs to going up to the dining room