Author: Amy44

Why is it when it comes to Chinese restaurants, they have an atrocious reputation for horrid bathroom conditions? Oh yeah... because it's true. So let me get this off my chest right now. The bathroom at Prince Restaurant is gorgeous... like Hyatt Regency 5 star...hotel gorgeous. Touchless everything, marble tile, lots of space, bright lights, flowers and other aesthetic pleasers. I would come back to this restaurant just for the bathroom. But let's get real... how about the rest of it? Read on... A small parking lot but at least it's free, a flat and double door entrance suitable for physically challenged and the elderly, lots of space between tables (a direct result of pandemic stipulations), pleasant staff who will converse in Cantonese, Mandarin, or English, menus in both Vancouver's official languages (English and Chinese, lol), lots of artificial and natural light, tvs on three sides of the room, and your choice of many types of tea. The food is good to excellent. For example: Har Gow: large dumplings in a non traditional oval shape. My wife liked them; I thought it had a touch less flavor than I would like. Steamed BBQ Pork Buns (no baked option): excellent but a little small. Prawn Spring Roll: really good with lots of prawn Siu Mai: interesting use of carrots which are not traditional but excellent. Siu Long Bao: in a word, heavenly. Lots of pork juice and steamed to perfection. Egg tarts: typically very good, but why bring it out first when it is the dessert dish? Tendon and Tripe with Rice Noodles: perfect amount of stickiness and taste with lots of meat. Prawn and Chinese Donut wrapped in rice noodle: typically, a white wrap is used; this iteration uses black rice, visually different but the taste is the same. Price point is higher than other local establishments when size and amount is taken into account... about $20 per person for dim sum. And the service was mostly good; I did not like being told we had to leave after we had paid the bill; their reason was they were concerned we might catch COVID-19; I think they wanted the table for the next seating. All in all, we came a lot out of the way to try this restaurant. And the few negative points notwithstanding, I was pleasantly satisfied. We would come again. 4 stars.