The Crystal Mall

Wow I wish Seattle had a place like this. Good cheap quality authentic no hassle food. Great place to grab a shared breakfast and try a bunch of things from a bunch of places. We got:
Fung May - century egg congee and you tiao rice roll

Mango charming - mango mochi slush

??? - Salted egg yolk bun

Bai yu lan mian jia - Shen jian bao

Very honestly everything was 10/10. I legit felt like I got the taste I would've gotten off a street cart in China. I thought we'd have so many leftovers but in reality there were none. Fantastic experience, but note they're cash only

Everyone is welcome at this mall, but I would say it's catered to Chinese and older people. Google says they close at 7 pm but most shops are closed by 5 at the latest. I wouldn't risk coming here after 3 pm.

There is a produce shop, several frozen dumpling shops, several dry herb shops, a Cantonese BBQ shop, a tofu shop, spas, boba shops, salon, etc.

The top floor is a food court with a wide selection of Chinese food, dessert and drinks.

The tofu shop is so good and cheap. It explains why there is always a line there.

There is an underground parking - but expect it to be packed going in and out on the weekends.

We found this Asian mall on our walk about.
With many little shops, restaurants, and takeout eating establishments.
High traffic area, since we were walking we never paid attention, if there was parking.
This mall is very well attended in other words busy!
We enjoyed this mall.

Only worth coming here for the food court and the wet market, even despite the...unusual aromas to be found in either: both are top notch! The rest of the mall is grimy, run-down, sparsely populated, even more sparsely operated, with many of the shops either empty, unmanned, or offering services or products that seem shady at best. Parking in the subterranean garage sucks: narrow, cramped, and filled with aggressive and/or sloppy parkers and drivers who make getting in, out, or finding a space more of a headache than it's worth.

While Crystal Mall has a lot of variety when it comes to shopping and dining, what it doesn't have a variety of is something really important - parking!

My wife and I went there on a Thursday and we literally drove around in circles to find a spot. So much that we got trapped because the rate of cars coming into the parking lot shaped like a circle was higher than the rate of cars leaving! This felt like a movie because cars were honking out of frustration because no one was moving.

Crystal mall was an OK experience. There is great authentic Asian food on the top floor and there is a very busy market. The products there are good. Yet, when I went, there was a particularly VERY loud beeping sound, just on and on again. But I'll give it the benefit of the doubt because I don't think it does that usually. Maybe a fire alarm? Overall recommend if you want good Asian food.

Sometimes the tastiest of meals are simply found in food courts. Luckily for my friends and I, the hotel we were staying at was connected to Crystal Mall so it was easy access to get there! They have a variety of Asian foods that it was so hard to choose what to eat but after coming here a couple of times, I feel like these three places are the MUST EAT! The first is the 1973 J+G Fried Chicken. I first tried this when I was in Taiwan and it was one of the best fried chickens I've ever had. It was super flavorful, juicy, and so crispy! I definitely recommend getting the Chicken Knee; sounds weird but you won't regret it. Unfortunately I didn't catch the other two stall names -sob- all I know is that they are on the same side as the 1973 J+G Fried Chicken stall at the very end. Hopefully the picture attached helps you to identify which place it is!

The Hainan Chicken Rice is the 2nd to the last stall and this was my favorite meal to eat. They give such a huge portion that it was enough to feed all 4 of us (with the other food we ordered) I have no idea what they marinate their chicken in but it was so addicting. I could eat a whole plate of this myself. The rice could be a bit better but it still complemented the chicken well. The very last stall I believe is really popular and well known for their dumplings. We got their Pan Fried Pork Dumplings and it was so good, especially the soup inside! Expect a wait though because these are made to order and a lot of people love to get them. I love this food court and I could eat here all day everyday if I lived in Vancouver

Great place for amazing Asian food, a good indoor market and lots of variety of kitchen equipment, Asian dry goods etc. in shops. Not a very pretty mall, but my favourite food court for very savoury, fresh and affordable beef noodle soup

I am Chinese, born and raised in Hong Kong. After graduated from high school and working for a few years I decided to emigrate from this city because I couldn't stand the rudeness and poor attitude of the citizens in general. Canada was a breath of fresh air. People here are polite, friendly and highly civil.
I'm in my senior years now so I decided to move to Metrotown for the convenience. When I started shopping in the Crystal Mall it's déjà vu! Seems like all the people with bad attitude and rudeness have all moved here! It's really sad that these people moved to this wonderful country but never bother to assimilate into this society. I only hope that the Canadians realize that these people don't represent the good side of culture of another great country - China.

This is a very Chinese mall and most shops have their prices or promotions and information in the Chinese language. Good luck if you cannot read it.

I have not really walked throughout the entire mall as it seemed to be in a circular shape and could be confusing. Take a picture of where you parked your car or where you exited/entered.

I mainly come here for the food court - plenty of Chinese food and bubble tea shops. Menu written in the Chinese language has more promo sets or specials. Alas I could not really read it to know.

The "wet market" on the ground level has fresh meat and vegetables at decent prices. It is interesting and yet terrifying to venture in there. It is very similar to those in Asia except it is in an enclosed mall.

The prices for preserved fruits and snacks are quite unbelievable. Super pricey.

There are many travel agents here and also an area for cell phone shops. I replaced my phone screen protector in one of the shops and it was a job well done at a reasonable price too.

There are a few shops selling home appliances and stuff. So it is a good place to come here and compare prices for your rice cookers and range hoods.

Almost everyone speaks Cantonese or Mandarin here, including the shops' staff.