Chef Tony

Great ambiance, dimsum was good except for the couple of dishes which most of us thought the truffle overwhelmed the delicate taste and texture of the shrimp. We had a great dining experience overall. We were able to find parking at 1000 in the morning but it looks like it can be challenging later in the day as most of the parking spots were marked 30 minutes.

Pricey dim sum but worth it for the experience! I loved their unique takes on traditional dim sum dishes, especially the ones with truffle. My personal favourite was their lava egg custard buns, which had ample amounts of delicious filling inside. The black sesame milk tarts were also good. Everything was made fresh and super tasty. Service was also pretty good for a Chinese restaurant/dim sum place.

They serve dimsum with a modern twist to some of the traditional items such as adding truffles to the pork/shrimp dumplings. The combination of flavour is good but I wouldn’t say extraordinary that I will come back for more. The star of the show was the milk tart (hands down the best milk tart I ever had!) It was served warm and was so delicate that it would crumble in your hand if not held gently. The pastry was buttery, airy, super flaky, and the filling so light yet creamy that it literally melted in my mouth! It was amazing. Service could be improved in my opinion. We felt rushed during the last half hour prior to closing for the afternoon. A server brought our bill early and even took away my friend’s eating plate (assuming he’s done) while we were clearly still finishing the food. At first we thought the server intended to switch new plate, but nope that wasn’t the case and we had to ask another server for another plate.

Just arrived from Toronto, overall was comparable to the dim sum there. Close to the airport. Steamed Cuttlefish Ink with Shrimp Truffle was nice, can definitely taste the truffle. Siu Mai itself nothing special, but the truffle adds a unique touch Chicken Feet in Soy Sauce was average. Milk Tart was excellent. Flaky fresh crust and light and hot milk filling.

Delicious dim sum! One of the most memorable restaurants in Vancouver / Richmond! Every dish was made fresh with quality ingredients, from the usual ha cau and bbq pork bao to their specialties like truffle siu mai, fried cruller with shrimps (amazing!), black cuttlefish dumplings and egg white tarts. Please come and try for yourselves. I'm sure the other regular dim sum places are delicious too which I would have to try next time I'm there. But Chef Tony's was special. And I have to agree with everyone who recommended it. I called for reservation and did not have to wait. Although it did not look as busy on a Thursday morning.

STEER CLEAR!! If you’d like to waste your money on non edible food and be treated badly go here. By far the worst experience I’ve had in Vancouver/BC. It almost seems as though the staff goes out of their way to ignore guests. If you’re not Chinese forget about getting more than one or two words spoken to you. One of the staff members pulled the menu right out of my hand as I was looking at it and also returned mid meal to close out the bill. Horrible service, but what is an even bigger issue is that all the food brought out was not good. Shumai was very generic, black truffle was horrible and don’t even get me started on the black tofu dish. All three were supposed to have a spin on them. DON’T BE FOOLED by the hype surrounding this place. It may be good when they know a food critic is coming but for a normal visit prepare for subpar food, and downright nasty service. Did I mention that after I closed out, mid meal mind you, the waitress looked at the tip and threw the receipt at me. I paid money to eat horrible food and be treated lousy. Never again! Wish I could give no stars.

Great place in Richmond for Dim Sum. Been here a few times over the years. They change the menu and style of some of the dim sum every now and then, but flavors are always good. The only downside is the location. The strip mall parking lot is hard to find space, as lots of the spots are 15 or 30 min maximum time.