Jade Seafood Restaurant - Richmond

After having gone through a set of rando English names, The Jade is probably the most accurate for what I've always known as 玉庭軒 (Yook Ting Heen).

Based on the food I sampled at dim sum service, this would be a solid 4 stars in California, but I hold Richmond/Vancouver dim sum to higher standards.

Very disappointed, went there for dim sums todayThere was no service at all.

It's been almost 10 years since I've had dim sum here. At that time, I was with my ex girlfriend's mother. She invited me to dine with her. My experience of the food at that time was very memorable. The quality of the dim sum was fantastic.<br/ <br/ To the present, my girlfriend and I decided to try this place. She's never eaten her and since my experience was so memorable, I promised she would have a good meal. Unfortunately as the food came out one by one, this current quality wasn't what I remembered. Our items were over steamed and our rice rolls were luke warm. On the positive side, we did make it before 11am and we received a 20% discount off our bill. I would say it helped justified our experience. 20% is significant.<br/ <br/ There's plenty of parking in their parkade. Our services were terrific, 5/5. However, 10 years ago I would have rated a 5/5 for the food, as for now, I would come back again to try their dinner menu. Perhaps I may have a better experience till then, and I'll bump my rating.<br/

I 'm not sure why 'Use Other Door ' so often sends me scurrying down sides of buildings, through parkades and around corners assuming there is complete other point of ingress. Perhaps these signs should be sold in pairs, the other reading 'It Means Use This Door, Stupid ' which could be posted 12 ' to the left of the first sign. That first challenge met, my partner and I found ourselves upstairs in the lovely Jade Seafood Restaurant dining room. Big round cloth covered family tables, a couple of impressive chandeliers and a case of appropriately Jade carvings met us in this fairly large restaurant probably half full at 9:15 on Saturday morning. There would be quite the line up by the time we left an hour later for 2 good reasons; 1) some of the best dim sum that we have had and, 2) a 20% discount between 9 am and 11 am. Many of us brag that our own cultural heritage leads us to be the cheapest people on earth and I am no exception but 20% is pretty significant! And as mentioned the food was great! Lamb dumplings arrived first. Flour wrapper type, pan fried on both sides and so delicate that I tore them with my rudimentary chop stick skills, a shame because they were so moist inside and I lost some of that to the table cloth. These were just excellent! Next came Crab dumplings which were in translucent rice wrapping and fairly stuffed with tasty crab! My partner and I both agreed that the Phoenix Claws and Rice Roll with Chinese Donut were both the best versions of these that we have had (and we always have both). The donut itself was crisp, maybe the key is just out of the fryer and came with the usual peanut, soy sauce and Hoisin type dipping sauces. Finally came the Deep Fried Sweet Bun with a condensed milk sauce (actually it arrived first but we ate it last). A little to rich for me but my partner took no prisoners and nothing was wasted.  Service was efficient and friendly and the restaurant was comfortable and accommodating. My new favorite dim sum place? I feel like I have said that a lot lately and I guess everyplace has something to offer but Jade Seafood Restaurant is certainly one of the best.