U & Me Restaurant

I LOVE U&Me.
U & Me offers great authentic, delicious options from a huge menu at an affordable price.
They’re located directly downtown, near hotels, bars, and not far from the LRT. They’re also open very late (4am I believe) making it my #1 spot to end a night out.

The first Chinese restaurant I went to after moving here from Vancouver.
I went with my friend who doesn’t know anything about Cantonese food and who happens to like fried rice (well I do too but it’s his favorite).
We went there after working out so they had 2 hefty appetites to fulfill.
We ordered:
–the Chicken Fried Rice. My friend doesn’t eat pork so my usual selection was out. This dish was just ok. For the price, I was expected more: just filled-​up 5 of those small bowls. I’m used to larger servings back home in Vancouver I guess.
–dim sum: shrimp rice rolls. This was my least favorite dish. The texture was way off and the rolls tore easily. There is a happy medium and these rolls were nowhere close to that.
–dim sum: ha-​gao. This was ok.
–dim sum: beef meat-​balls. This was also just ok.
In general, the dim sum dishes at $ 6 – 7 is over-​priced for what you get. Places in Vancouver of similar quality is $ 4 – 5 per dish. I’m willing to pay $ 6 or more per dim sum dish at Kirin levels of quality only… so you can say I was disappointed.
–salt-​and-​pepper squid. My friend and I both agreed that this should have been better. It was mostly batter.
–the steak dish on a sizzling plate. I guess this was my favorite dish. Worth it? Hard to say at $ 19…but I guess if both me and my friend both enjoyed it, it was worth it. I think I’ll try the BBQ duck next time instead… as this beef dish is something I can quickly whip up at home.
Total price $ 67 before tip. This place was just ok. For the price, definitely not worth it if you’re coming from Vancouver. In Vancouver it would have been $ 50 before tip, max, for a place of similar quality.
I guess I’ll check another place out instead the next time I get a Chinese food craving… which is quite often.

To give this place one star tonight was generous. I know, it’s not supposed to be good Chinese food. It’s supposed to be shitty Chinese food that does well because it’s open super late. I get that. But hands down this was the worst ginger beef I have ever eaten. To call it ginger beef is a stretch, it’s more like stale, sinewy beef jerky in sauce. HOW OLD IS THIS GINGER BEEF? There’s no way it was fresh. Do they leave it out on the counter for days before pouring sauce on it and serving it? Am I eating the leftover ginger beef from Friday night? Golden inn is leaps and bounds ahead of this place in terms of quality and freshness, and they have similar hours. I feel as if I have been robbed. Robbed of what should have been a delicious meal, robbed of the extra minutes I have to spend picking the hard stringy bits of «beef» out of my teeth, robbed of my hard earned, legitimate money I was tricked into exchanging for this dismal meal!
There is no good reason to eat here, unless you hate yourself.

I’ve been here for three times, all of these are good. I feel like the foods are a little bit salty and a bit expensive than other similar restaurant. It includes all kind of dim-​sum except for something specific.

Everyone should read my review, because I’m the one to give the most honest reviews
Cmon U&Me is now 24/​7, that means the food they prepare and cook is most likely to be frozen, I came in one night with two buddies of mine.
One thing I noticed about Chinese staff, I believe most of them are immigrants that come from China and are not legal citizens to work in Canada, most of them are paid below the average minimum wage, and in restaurants such as these dim sum links, most staff don’t even receive tips. (Don’t ask how I know, but I’ll keep it confidential.)
These people serve you their food and sit around at the front watching you eat, they always got something to say especially if they think you don’t know Chinese, they gossip about everyone that is eating and have very rude manners, it’s annoying and it’s not good for the western business, maybe it’s good for the local
Chinese, but not for others.
Food is frozen for sure, ordered their Sui Mai, a Chinese delicacy. Took a bite in the middle, it was cold. I honestly, don’t get what people rave on about this place besides the fact they are ²⁴⁄₇. If I would rate this restaurant out of 5 it would be a 1, but the restaurant is opened ²⁴⁄₇ and I’ll be giving it a 2 for that. But U&Me isn’t gonna be my first option when I’m craving food at night, or dim sum in the day.

U & Me ranges from three to four stars, depending on when you go. The best time to go is around noon on weekdays and weekends. The worst time to go is late at night, such as 1AM. I think the more experienced cook works at peak times.
My experience is always better when I go with friends who know the owner. There is one dish that is just fantastic and not served at many other places. It’s a deep-​fried radish dim sum dish. There are layers and layers of soft, fatty goodness encased in this melt in your mouth pastry casing. The flavour is so unique too… its hard to describe.

5 diners, midnight start time with one objective: sample as many authentic Chinese dishes possible before maximum stomach capacity exceeded.
I confess I had someone who spoke Mandarin and another who has spent time in Asia among my party. They did the ordering.
However, it would not be difficult to order from the extensive menu. Dim sum and more traditional choices abound and we did not have one bad dish, though some linger on the memory palate more than others.
This is inexpensive and feels like eating at one of your Friend’s houses and their Mom keeps affectionately plying you with food. Rare service at this price point! A great sense of humour was also present in the staff when we went.
There was enough food to eat beyond satisfaction and for us all to have take-​home containers.

Really great dim sum at any hour! My husband I agreed this place was excellent, and we just went to China in May! The boneless fish congee was delicious, as well the soup dumplings. The only meh dish was the sticky rice wrapped in lotus leaves. If you want dim sum, definitely stop in.

Fantastic dim sum. Have the shrimp spring rolls!

When I took a trip to Canada for a week, my brother insisted on us eating at U & Me for late night dinners. I’m from New York and I can say this is true Chinese food!
The food is mouth watering, every bite I had was extremely good. We tried things from fried dumplings to dim sum to chow fun. Everything was so so good! Also, side note, the iced tea is to die for as well.
Typically with an authentic Chinese food place like this, the service is rushed and not the nicest but I was definitely impressed here. The servers were all friendly and very helpful. If I ever make a trip again, definitely stopping by!

The dimsum was good. Very authentic. The custard buns were amazing. However, it was more on the pricy side so one star gone for that. Compared to Toronto, this place was sooo expensive; on average $ 6 a plate of dim sum.

Took a drive from the Sheraton into downtown Calgary where there’s a Chinatown. My dad found this place before the trip, but didn’t end up liking it. I thought the food was decent. We got egg pancake with oysters, oyster congee, sweet and sour pork with fried milk, fried eggplant, and fish. We ordered two beers and four mango jelly slushes. Not a terrible option for Cantonese food.

Are you serious people !!! I noticed my review and others have been posted and taken off. I’ve heard comments of people getting sick and the service and food is terrible. I am one of the bad commenters. Going there late at nite and drunk and hungry does not mean you know what your talking about. I’ve eaten at a few dozen different Asian restaurants and most are only tolerable and this one is not.

This is my favorite Chinese restaurant in town. I just love the fact that they’re open all night. It’s quite unusual for Calgary and it reminds of my time in Malaysia.
Like most Chinese restaurants they have a huge menu so don’t expect every single item to be good. The best way to explore the menu is by sharing food. Portions are huge so sharing makes even more sense.
I’m a big fan of the shrimp fried rice and the crispy noodles.
This place is packed at dinner time and that’s the time I wouldn’t go there. I love it for a late night snack (or huge meal).

Great ²⁴⁄₇ dim sum restaurant in China town, good foods & decent prices. Portions are very decent. They are a all day full restaurant. Just a bit under staff in my opinion during busy hours.

only good thing about this place is they open late. Bad customer service (just servers) especially the guy
l. I been there 5 times cuz there no place to go at night time. food is below standard. and they brought out wrong order and was rude.

GREAT place for FAST Chinese food.
Open LATE — I have only been here for dinner or after last call.
GENEROUS portions.
They treat their regulars with consideration.
Bathrooms? Meh … that’s where the 5^th star almost went …

Went to Chinatown this morning to feast on Dim Sum at my favourite place only to find it closed for holidays *sad face*. Opened up my trusty Unilocal app and found U and Me close by with decent reviews. When we arrived the tables were about half filled so we were seated immediately and given the menu and order sheet along with our tea and our requested cold water.
Now I should mention that when I go for DS with this particular friend we order A LOT! We enjoy trying lots of different things and always bring enough for full family meals home (who doesn’t appreciate not having to cook???). Our regular place knows this and starts off by bringing us containers and bags so we can pack some things as we go. This place looked at our sheet and came back to confirm that we knew how much we ordered. It makes me laugh because when I go with my Asian in-​laws they also pack up lots to bring home but any new place I go checks that I know what I am doing.
Out of our large selection of items the standouts were:
— Pan friend shrimp in tofu wrappers
— Deep fried shrimp dumplings
— Doughnut rice rolls
— Pan fried sticky rice
Everything else was either ok or good with the exception of the deep fried pork and shrimp dumplings as we found them too fishy with the amount of dried shrimp.
I have read that this place is open late and has dim sum all the time which I like. A solid meal and I suspect at some point we will return.

You’d think since I work downtown I’d take advantage of the Asian food Chinatown has to offer, but I never do!
It’s actually pretty busy here during lunch (and I’m not sure if you can make reservations) so I’d recommend coming early. The 3 of us arrived shortly after 11:30 and still had to wait a bit for a table. Once we were settled, we each ticked off on the order sheet what we wanted — shrimp dumplings, chicken feet & ribs in black bean sauce, deep fried wontons and the like.
The food came out quickly and we slightly panicked since it looked like we ordered waaaaaaaaay too much food (isn’t that always the case with dim sum?) Everything was really tasty and of course the company made the experience even more enjoyable.
I don’t know if it’s the MSG or the greasiness but I’m always super parched after dining on dim sum. But I’m sure as long as you keep your water and/​or tea cups full, you’re golden.

Whenever I think of this restaurant, I think of this exchange on twitter a couple years back between two friends of mine:
K: «Craving Chinese. Where’s a good place for lunch, tweeps?»
W: «U & Me, Centre St.»
K: «YES! I would love to catch up! Haven’t seen u in forever! Let’s have lunch?»
W: «No, that’s the name of the Chinese place. I don’t want to have lunch with u.»
Because I’ve only ever been here whilst either three sheets to the wind, hAngry or in the throes of a prescription, I’m going to tell you that this is the BEST RESTAURANT IN THE UNIVERSE, AND ALL OTHERS ARE INFERIOR. Also, try this water. It is so liquidy.
So that tells me that my star rating should probably be a solid three when I am running on all four cylinders. But who goes here when they’re of sound body and mind? That’s not what it’s here for. Quick service, vegan options, open in the middle of the night, possibly a front. If it was on wheels, I would have them cater every party I throw.
Try the crispy tofu!