A little place that is old school. Dined here while on vacation. The dim sum is excellent. Very fresh and prepared as it's ordered. MUCH better than NYC dim sum. And so cheap compared to NYC! Very casual. Full Chinese menu in addition to the dim sun. Makes a great late lunch and many healthy choices. - read more

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Consistent with most dim sum restaurants, good food and portions are above average. Was super crowded during peak lunch hours, however, we got seated eventually after a 10 minute wait. Thumbs up particularly on the dim sum and Gai lan vegetable... always a hit with my family. The least dish that was just okay for me was the chicken curry and beef with black bean sauce. I've had better dishes elsewhere. Hai gow 5/5 Siu mai 5/5 Gai lan- crunchy vegetable 4/5 Beef with black bean sauce and rice 4/5 Chicken curry and rice 3/5 read more

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We walked Chinatown since we were visiting from Hawaii. This is probably in the more safer part of C-town where it isnt surrounded by people w their crack pipes. This place is pricier than typical Chinese restaurants imo, and like other reviews, was bland, but again in the safer part of the area. We did ask for chili and vinegar. They didn't have the dim sum carts which is why we came, so we ordered from the menu. The seafood fried rice was better when we added condiments. The plain look funn is what you'd expect. Mushroom dimsum stuck to the basket and ripped apart when I tried to remove it from the basket. The fried squid was good w the spicy dipping sauce they paired it with. The total was a little over $80. read more

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FOOD We ordered 11 dishes, which were mostly things we would find in Los Angeles. I felt the ingredients were fresh. The siu mai and ha gow were delicious. Our favorite was the durian gluten balls. It was filled with fresh durian flavored custards. The egg tarts were petite but packed with a lot of custard and flavor too. INTERIOR It felt familiar and nostalgic walking into the restaurant to seeing so many traditional Chinese characters and red/gold decorations. The bathrooms were all genders so that was convenient. SERVICE Staff was fluent in English, Cantonese and Mandarin. They were attentive, helpful, and inquisitive of where we were from. RECOMMEND? Yes! Tasty and cheaper than other dim sum places I researched. read more

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Man, I didn't know dim sum could be so bad. The shu mai was literally raw inside - I took a bite and then immediately spit it out when I realized I was chewing uncooked meat. Go elsewhere, unless you're interested in hosting a tapeworm or coming down with salmonella poisoning. read more

Jade Dynasty Restaurant - Raw meat in shu mai - Dim Sum Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

Nostalgia and old school. PSA at the end. It's literally the last dim sum restaurant in this part of Vancouver named Chinatown. After the closure of Floata earlier this month, this is the last one standing. Even though this area is "historic", it's historic in name, history, and remaining buildings only. Economic reality will catch up eventally and this area will become unrecognizable in the forseable future. Social commentary aside, I came here for a reason. I wanted to eat dim sum in Chinatown one last time. I've eaten at Floata, and a whole bunch of other restaurants of Chinatown past. I had to do this one. The food was exactly as I expected. Nothing fancy, but solid Cantonese dim sum from a generation ago. It's old school dim sum, prepared by a bunch of old school folks chattering away in Cantonese while they work the tables and back kitchen. Items ordered: Prawn spring rolls Dried scallop and egg white fried rice Deep fried garlic wings XLB Steamed black bean ribs. The service is what it is, for Chinese standards, that is. Not intrusive, not terribly friendly, but efficient. The ambiance has certainly changed. We were the only Chinese people in the restaurant the time I came in. If I were to make a wild guess, everyone in here were tourists, with the exception of one lady, who was a regular. The PSA: This restaurant will likely not be around long in all honesty. If you want to have dim sum in Chinatown, you'd better make an effort to come here. Keep your expectations in check. read more

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Very Popular with tourist and they open later than other restaurants on the street. Service. Very good, attentive We had dim sum Including shrimp dumplings (Haa gao) , steamed buns with bbq pork (char sui bao) Chinese broccoli (gailan) stir fried with garlic, fried rice ( corn, pea, carrot, with shrimp and pork). Place was clean and tidy Street parking was limited so find a parking lot nearby. Price was very reasonable. read more

Came here for dim sum on a Sunday around 10am. There was no line and plenty of empty tables. It did start getting busier as we were leaving around 11. You order off a paper menu and the food comes out as it's cooked. This was probably one of the best dim sum places I've been too. Thoroughly impressed! Everything we ordered was great. Shrimp Har Gow was my favorite. read more

Tried the radish cake with XO sauce, beancurd with enoki mushrooms, stuffed eggplant, siu mai, har gao and spare ribs with black beans. 4 stars as it's been a staple in Chinatown for 2 decades. Affordable and it hits the spot when you have a craving but don't expect high end dim sum. Every dish is flavoursome but it's no home run. Service isn't too bad and it gets loud due to high ceilings but overall good. Parking is a bit hard to find. Street parking only. read more

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Pretty empty during the week. Food is extremely good though. Well seasoned dishes and the pork was very moist and tender. read more

Jade Dynasty Restaurant - Fried pork salt and pepper, Chinese broccoli with garlic - Dim Sum Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

The food was very bland- hardly any flavour! Too much time between we got our other dishes. read more

I went to this place for a quick lunch on Saturday afternoon. This place is basically a friendly all day dim sum restaurant. I ordered a couple of dim sum dishes, and they tasted good. Overall, I have a good experience with an average expectation. read more

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Service is rushed and not so much interaction. Food not so flavourful. Your typical small Chinese restaurant. read more

Jade Dynasty Restaurant - Spare ribs,sweet sour soup and a few other. - Dim Sum Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

Parking: There is street parking available. Food: We ordered the Chinese broccoli and Fried Pork Chop with Salt Pepper for a late lunch snack. Although the pork chop was a little oily, it was just the right amount of heat and seasoning! The Chinese broccoli was delicious and very fresh! read more

Jade Dynasty Restaurant - Deep fried pork chop with salt and pepper - Dim Sum Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

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Great place for domain in Chinatown. Can make a reservation by phone as weekends are very busy and not a big place. They don't have carts anymore tho which is too bad. The menu is extensive. Fast & friendly service. Their tip Options start at 18% now tho and they charge for tea per person & the egg tarts are on the small side. read more

The food was pretty good! The service was also nice, but a little minimum. It really is your true authentic Chinese dim sum experience in my opinion! The overall place is pretty cute, located in Chinatown. I recommend the siu mai! read more

Yea this place was alright. Flavors were simple and consistent. They lacked the classic spicy and mustard sauce that most dim sum places have read more

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So delicious!!!!Best wonton soup and General Tso. Really good fried tofu. I highly recommend!

We ordered dim sum and it was about average. The skin was tough and overall it wasn't the best din sum you can find in Vancouver. Through the restaurant was quite authentic. You do have to be careful of the area around though, as it can be dangerous/dirty. The service was fine and they speak Cantonese. Overall I would recommend other restaurants like Happy Noodle House, but this is probably one of the better dim sum restaurants in this area. P.S: They do accept credit card Also there was a cool magician show that we happened to walk in on, so that was pretty cool. read more

Jade Dynasty Restaurant - Picture of the magician show and interior of the restaurant. - Dim Sum Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

Really good restaurant, serving both a small sample of dim sum and a larger variety of dishes, using really fresh ingredients for a reasonable price (good value). We were in Vancouver's Chinatown on a Friday afternoon, after coming from the States on a Pacific coast cruise. The restaurant didn't seem too busy looking in from the outside, and we were right...seated immediately in a nice table for two. The table setting was really nice, using a higher end disposable tablecloth. We were offered hot tea immediately, with each table already having the ceramic tea cups for self-serve. The menus are scattered, consisting of 4 pieces, many with the same items mentioned duplicatively. There is a paper menu, that has the dim sum items, but it also includes a bunch of other stuff that the other menus also include. Plus the dim sum items are not that numerous...I think it causes more confusion than anything for English-speakers, especially since Chinese is the preferred language. But the descriptions in English were clear and we ordered what we wanted. Since we didn't know the serving sizes of the items, we ordered 3 dim sum and 1 main entree. When it came, we thought we had over ordered for lunch, but we ended up eating everything...showing how much we liked each and every item. Har Gow ($8.98 CAD) - 4 medium pieces of shrimp, wrapped in the wheat wrapper, steamed. The shrimp used in this restaurant is really good, and it had been seasoned nicely to bring out that sweet and snappy shrimp flavor. We really liked this. Shanghai Pork Dumpling ($8.98) - we ordered 2 of these, each coming with 4 large dumplings. The flavor on it was OK, and they were large. It was difficult to eat them without breaking the skin and letting the soup spill out. I wish it could come with fresh grated ginger...it really does make a difference in the taste of XLB. House Special Sizzling Noodle (Pork, Seafood, Chicken) for $22.98. This dish really impressed us. The seafood in the dish were large shrimp, really good large pieces of squid, decent flavored white fish, AND 3 large sea scallops. The pork was the BBQ kind, which are usually dry and tasting funny...but this one was good, tender. I love baby bokchoy, and there was large pieces in the dish along with big pieces of shitake mushrooms. It was also a very large dish, served on a very hot plate. The sauce was a thick, glutenness white sauce, so wish there was a way to order this in a brown, garlic sauce. The ingredients made this dish a clear winner. There is free wi-fi available which was greatly appreciated. There are prominent signs stating that contactless payment methods are NOT accepted (assuming that this means no Apple/Google Pay...since I don't know of any credit cards that only has contactless and no CHIP). They leave you the receipt at the table, so you can take it up to pay in front. Tax is not included in the price so 8% additional plus a tip. Both of us thought it was a very reasonable price for the menu (especially since it was in CAD so got a 27% percent benefit coming from the US). And we felt good as we continued our sightseeing, as the food wasn't too greasy or heavy. read more

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Went here by myself for lunch - I like that it's one of the few dim sum places in Vancouver that offers all day dim sum! I got 4 items and it came to 38 before tax - definitely pricey for my liking! Good portions and delicious food. However, their chili oil was a bit salty so it threw off the flavour for me. My recommendation is to get take-out dim sum a few blocks west from here! read more

Jade Dynasty Restaurant - Sui mai, custard buns, bean curds with mushrooms, steamed rice rolls with shrimps - Dim Sum Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

Delicious dim sum. The sticky rice could use Chinese sausage but very happy with the meal. Lunch * Har gar (Good) * Sticky rice (Excellent) * Spare ribs (Ok) * Green beans (Excellent) read more

Had a great experience here! I was talking with a front desk employee about soccer and how we were traveling, and he was incredibly friendly, even giving us some excellent recommendations for local places to visit. On top of the fantastic service, the food was amazing. You definitely have to try the mushroom egg foo yong! read more

We always have great food and the service is friendly and excellent. We love this restaurant.

Everyone was so nice. It was so quaint and cosy compared to the bust streets outside. I got the buddha mixed veggies bao and the mapo tofu and it was some of the best chinese food I have ever had. read more

Dim sum was on our list to eat while visiting Vancouver and glad we did. Being from the Bay Area, we have pretty good dim sum, but the dim sum at Jade Dynasty was much better. They are all huge and filled with plenty of meat, shrimp and toppings. The rice noodle also tasted much fresher than the ones I have had. A lot of people started spilling in during lunch time on a weekday, so knew that we picked a good restaurant! read more

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Fantastic experience at this restaurant! The dim sum is the real deal. The har gow, siu mai and lo mai gai were excellent. The service was as expected: polite but not particularly friendly until it came time to pay. Parking was very difficult to find, until we found a pay lot a couple blocks away. The restaurant itself is quite noisy, but we could hear each other. We left stuffed and happy. I would definitely return! read more

On the outside with its coat of lavish green paint and "nostalgic" neon lights, I thought this was one of the many pseudo Chinese restaurant that caters more to the non-Asian or Asian millennials crowd. However, upon entry, I felt I am back in the 70s, but just cleaner. So yeah, that means it's missing the noisy chatter boxes and banging of the cups and bowls. But it still has the same feel with the middle age waitresses and the offer of tea when seated. BTW, they didn't charge me tea fee! We started with the standard ha gao which was standard. Then the XLB is also standard dim sum standard meaning there's n it really any soup inside. Both however, were good and fair value for the price. The hot and sour soup, again, is no comparison to those at Shanghainese restaurants but it's still tasty in its own way. The spiciness is toned down many notches for Cantonese. It is, however, on the salty side. Finally, the shredded chicken Chow mein. We specified that we wanted the noodle to be deep fried so that it's crispy and chef can just pour the sauce over it. And it came exactly like that. Again, standard sauce thickened with corn starch. The noodle is the more yellow type and not the typical egg noodle. So a point deducted there. Overall, I feel very positive about the experience. I did spend nearly 2 hours there after all. I very much appreciate Jade staying open especially when the noodle shop across the street has closed. Thank you, and I will return. read more

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Awesome DimSum in old Chinatown of Vancouver. Freshly made and tasty. While the new Chinese appear to have settled in Richmond, a visit to Jade Dynasty is the real deal! read more

I think this maybe the last dim sum place left in Chinatown...hopefully I am wrong. I love that they serve dim sum all day as advertised on their poster board out front. We ordered 5 dishes. The sticky rice, prawn dumplings and pork dumplings came out in about 10 minutes. We finished these and waiting another 20 minutes for the salt and pepper squid and green beans. We called over to our server who went to the kitchen and returned to advise us that they forgot these items. There were only 2 other tables of customers. There was nothing special or redeeming in the dishes we ordered and I found the sticky rice unusually salty with only egg inside. It was not a positive food experience and I have no plans to return. read more

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I love Chinese food so definitely have to eat dim sum while in Chinatown! Came here Friday morning around 10:30 with my sisters. Jade Dynasty is a pretty small restaurant. No dim sum carts. Dim sum menu was provided and just mark down which item to order. My sisters and I ordered 10 different items. It was a lot for us but we wanted to try everything lol. Radish cake w/spicy xo sauce: the radish pretty much melts in my mouth. It was so delicious. Had a bit of a kick from the xo sauce. Wonton in chili sauce: has kinda a weird aftertaste from the chili sauce. Pork chop with honey sauce: so good! Sweet and sticky. Crispy and tender. Chicken feet: it was alright. Maybe because I don't really care for satay sauce. Shanghai pork dumplings: it was ok. Not juicy enough. Rice flour rolls w/ Chinese donut: the skin was a bit hard and not soft enough. Skin was too thick. Deep fried shrimp & chive dumplings: perfectly fried. Great in flavors. Siu mai: it was good. Nothing to rave about. Deep fried egg tofu: perfectly fried tofu. Silky soft. Really good. Baked mini bbq pork buns: definitely their specialty item. Sweet and savory. Combination of pineapple buns and bbq pork buns. Just order it! Service was quick. Just needed to be a bit more attentive. They did forget one of the items but we had them canceled it since we were super stuffed. read more

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I was really looking forward to trying this place. It has high review on Google. But unfortunately, my experience was a letdown. The dim sum I ordered was extremely greasy, to the point where it was almost unbearable to eat. The flavors were also unbalanced, with sugar overpowering every dish. I was expecting a more nuanced and savory experience, but sadly, it was not to be read more

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Authentic in every way and great food. Welcoming staff, large menu with lots of choices.

When in Chinatown ~ dim sum! This establishment has been around for a while...and it shows. Though they claim to have a recent reno in 2019, it does not seem they ever decluttered during that process. Tables are real tight, so be aware if you are uncomfortable with close encounters with other diners. This is a hangout for neighborhood regulars, not so much for the wandering tourist. No frills, standard everyday menu. Dim sum all day is how they get walkerbys from open to close. read more

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food was hot and tasty, we decided to go first thing in the morning so we didn't run into a crowd. definitely an authentic home cooked taste. slightly different taste compared to dim sum in the states read more

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Ah, I screwed up ordering lol. I'm stupid. I meant to get the usual pan fried radish cakes, but I got the steamed one. The flavor is about the same, not bad. But of course, I prefer the texture of the pan fried one. Unfortunately, I could not judge the one here. I also accidentally got the vegetarian wild rice wrap instead of the regular pork one in the leaf. Naturally, the umami is not the same. However, I found that I also wasn't a fan of the texture of the black wild rice like this. Pork ribs - Pretty good. Normal. Tofu skin wrap - Hot, with a lot of juice. Quite good. Chicken feet - Good standard flavor. Chinese broccoli - Good texture. I will say that I'm more of a fan of the darker sauce. Also, I like it when places cut the broccoli perfectly to have a stem and a leaf side. This is more just random. Eggplant - Good. Normal. Congee - Good flavor, although I feel like they should've separated the pork a bit more. There are some large clumps. Also, the you tiao is not as crispy as it could be. Overall, not bad, but there's definitely better dim sum around here. read more

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Loud waitresses yelling at each other to coordinate the table setting and order taking. This is a loud place, not the elegant settings you'll expect in other Vancouver Chinese restaurants. Dim sum is so so, mostly traditional items, not the new or innovative dishes. The steamed radish cake is too mushy, the rice rolls cheung fun are too thick, siu mai is too soft and lack meat texture. On a Sunday lunch, you mostly see non Chinese diners here. That tells you something. read more

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If you want to eat dim sum in an old school dim sum restaurant, this is definitely the place to get that vibe. The taste and the quality of the food was great. When it comes to dim sum, it's easy to order more than you can finish, but at least you can take your leftovers to go! Service was fairly quick, somewhat normal of a dim sum restaurant. Since this is located in Chinatown, parking will either be street, or a nearby parking garage. read more

Jade Dynasty Restaurant - the interior of the restaurant - Dim Sum Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

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All the food was worth eating, especially the fish balls were delicious. It's good for a lot of people to go. read more

Jade Dynasty Restaurant - 鱼香茄子肉丝 - Dim Sum Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

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The garlic tofu was very yummy aswell as the green onion pancake! Many vegetarian options available