Beijing Restaurant

Great food but poor service. Because of the quality food we will try again in hopes that service will improve. Beef & broccoli and the seafood combination casserole were excellent. The shrimp/​egg/​leek steamed dumplings were simply wonderful. Nice décor and a great location with unimpeded ocean views.

This is the worst Restaurant ever. Had a reservation for 6 but got a call back at saying that they had to cancel my reservation as they had a big party booked and they did not have any space left for us? How does that work — just coz i had a group of 4 and they had a group of 20 — mine had to be cancelled. Anyways, I was advised that i could either come at 4 or after 8:30. This was for dinner so the hours didnt make much sense, After much haggling, we agreed upon 5. I didnt realise then but do now that this may have been something to do with the fact that I was using a Groupon which i disclosed when i had made the original reservation.
I had no idea what i was getting into until I got there… her actual greeting when we got there — «WHAT DO YOU WANT? I politely replied that i had a 5 o’clock reservation. Seeming frustrated but resigned to the fact that we did, she led us to the very back of the restaurant. I politely requested that it would be nice if we could get a seat on the outside but was told that it was for paying customers only. There were no paying customers at that time as it was completely empty. Fair enough… i guess paying for Groupon was as good as getting free food??? Anyways, we had to wait 30 minutes till she showed up again to take our orders (or give orders as it became) Also note that this Restaurant was completely empty despite lineups at all the other restaurants on the strip.
I was stopped short when i started ordering the food. Her actual words — You eat what I give you! We were utterly confused… what does she even mean… This was inquired in the most polite fashion and we were informed that she would start off with pork steamed dumpling. I told her that due to dietary restriction, we don’t eat pork. We were told that we were out of luck and as the chef was busy preparing food for the 6 o’clock party, there was no one else to cook for us. What? Why did you even take our reservation then? That was it… we all got up and left. She did give us an earful on the way out. …words that she used wont be repeated here but i am confident you can get it too. Just buy a groupon and let the fun begin.

We keep coming back here. Having lived in Beijing myself for a number of years I can says with some confidence that the food here is authentic. I’ve come in early for lunch and seen the staff all making dumplings at the big table by the kitchen, just as you would expect to see in China. And never any MSG (I’m sensitive to MSG and never had a problem here). The fried dumplings are an absolute must try. If you like spicy food try the spicy beef. They have Beijing duck too! And I see they have dimsum, but I haven’t tried that yet.

We ordered our food for four people to go. We have never witnessed such a disorganized front of house restaurant and it was barely 5:00 when we arrived to pick up our food. There was only 4’customers so they weren’t busy.
The food was cold for, the most part and completely bland. There was no soy sauce or napkins our the bags. It could not have been a worse food experience. Avoid this restaurant at all cost.

Food is actually pretty good. Had chicken fried rice, salt and pepper prawns, duck with pancakes, curry chicken — all excellent. Wonton soup was mediocre.
They really need to work on the service though. Our waitress couldn’t speak English that well, which made it difficult to order drinks and food. They could easily double their sales if they had someone who could speak English and had proper server training. We didn’t order any alcohol because we could barely order water.
Regardless, I would give food 4 out of 5 stars and service 1, hence my 3 star rating overall.
I would come back because of the food.

Good food, good taste, marine drive pricing.
Dumplings looked hand made with in house filling.
Wonton soup was good.
Sizzling chicken had quality cuts of chicken, asparagus, whole pea pods and with red onion. Tasted nice.
Not exactly your typical Richmond fare.
I’d go back!

Had a very nice lunch special. My wife had tofo and I had sweet and sour pork. The food was hot, fresh and nicely presented and tasted very good. Tables had crisp white table cloths. The staff was very helpful and friendly and the waitress chatted with us for a few minutes. The view of the water and the street on a nice sunny day was great. The price was very reasonable.

The food at Beijing is all handmade with No, that’s NO Msg. The noodles are beautifully soft and amazingly tasty, and both the salt and pepper Shrimp and the Salt and Pepper spareribs are amazing! The flavours are incredibly well balanced and incredibly tasty. This is the best Chinese restaurant in White Rock and I can’t wait to go back again and again. The wait staff are incredibly friendly and service truly is with a smile. You can tell that they enjoy what they are doing. Check them out and enjoy!

A great place to get excellent Chinese food with less MSG! Our waitress was the best as well!