Yan's Garden Chinese Restaurant

It has a fun old vibe like dimsum restaurants in Chinatown in Asia back in 1990s, where staff push dim sum carts around and you can pick any plate you want. Their deep fried taro cakes were beautiful and yummy. We enjoyed the Chinese donut and Chinese donut rice rolls. Congee, tofu pudding, shrimp tempura are okayish, not too bad but not good either. While the BBQ pork rice roll was a bit disappointing compared to other rice rolls I've had in Richmond and East Vancouver. I like the staff. Will be back to try dinner, the menu looks attractive.

We had lunch as a group of 12 and ordered the 6 dish special.nnDishes came out fast and the taste was good, not the greatest, but still delicious and filling.nnPrice was also reasonable at about CAD 20 per person.nnThe Peking Duck was delicious, but the wraps were slightly sticky and tended to tear when separated. The other dishes were pretty similar in taste despite having different ingredients.nnI’d highly recommend the claypot tofu dishes as those had a lot of flavour.nnOverall, I’d recommend this place as the flavour of the food has been consistent and the prices are still reasonable in 2024. It’s better to call in to make a reservation as the restaurant does get extremely busy.

Food portion is standard and quality is not as good. Service is alright. They also have push carts for food. One thing I didn’t like was that they were trying to “bribe” us for 5 stars reviews with desserts. Understandable but it destroys the purpose of a review system.

Good selection of dimsum items. I came alone for a quick lunch in between meetings on a workday. No lines, plenty of parking spots in the plaza parking lot. Service was prompt and efficient.nnI ordered the shrimp dumplings which were great. I also had the chasiu pastry. These were absolutely delicious.nnHowever I made the mistake of ordering clay pot rice. It’s not so good. I couldn’t finish it. So be aware if you want to try this. The toppings aren’t tasty, the rice under cooked!nnOh, the Jasmin tea was good.nnI’ll come back when I’m in the area still. But I’ll stick to dim sums. :D

Me and my family loved it. Just the downside is the shrimp, they dont remove the black thing inside