Royal Palace Seafood

My friends and I visited from California and had dim sum elsewhere that was not up to par, but this place was sooooooo goood! I wish we found this place sooner. The dim sums were flavorful and huge! So sooooo good and affordable. Can't wait to revisit.

This is a lower end Chinese restaurant located in Vancouver on East Hasting. Their parking lot is small and the parking spots are tight. I drive a small car so its not bad for me but I can't imagine the bigger cars.

We were a table of 14 people. They managed to accommodate everyone at one table. I was surprised that we booked the table 30 mins before showing up on a Monday and they managed to have seats for us and the table ready when we showed up. The place is at the cheaper end. If you dine over a certain $$ you get a coupon for free half chicken with an expiry date around the corner.

The price is cheap. We got free tea and 10%. The food portion size is huge. However, the presentation is kind of gross for some dishes such as the rice rolls that looks like a mess on a plate. The quality of the ingredients are not fresh for some items and the taste is not there for some items as well.

The restaurant itself looks ok. It was very noisy when we went. The washroom was kind of dirty. The restaurant itself isn't very appetizing if you notice the smaller fine details of the cleanliness of the place.

They attract customers who don't want to drive to Richmond for Chinese food or looking for cheaper Chinese food options. Some dishes are a hit and miss.

I personally won't be back unless someone insist on dining here.

Reviewing for our dinner here back in December 2023 (I took notes, just getting around to finally posting this).

Pretty good Chinese food. The entire restaurant had Asian diners, we were one of two tables with caucasian diners.

THE SERVICE
A little difficult if you don't speak Cantonese. Even my Mandarin didn't help; I asked our server for Oolong tea and she didn't understand me, eventually waving me off and bringing me some unknown tea. Eventually I think our server handed us off to a manager who speaks English because we saw a lot less of that server. They were a little judge-y of my caucasian partner, saying things like "of course you'll need a fork" directly to him without him asking for one, and kind of being brusque when he asked for soy sauce (and it was for our kids).

RESERVATIONS
We got a 5:30pm reservation for 5 people on Christmas Eve with just about 1 hour's notice.

THE COST
$153 CAD total for 4 dinner entrees & 3 bowls of rice.

THE FOOD
* Beef Slices with Gai Lan ($29.80) - 3.5 stars
Very tender beef slices; the gai lan was quite crunchy, slightly undercooked.

* Scallop, Egg Tofu, & Eggplant ($33.80) - 4.5 stars
Everyone's favorite dish! Great flavor and everything in here had a perfect texture.

* Supreme Soy Sauce Chow Mein ($26.80) - 3 stars
This normally comes with veggies, but we asked for plain noodles with soy sauce for our toddlers. We asked if the veggies could be on the side, but that wasn't possible for some reason. We still got the full charge for the dish.

* Spicy Ma Po Tofu with Minced Pork ($28.80) - 3.5 stars
Legit numbing spice. Could have used a little more pork, but overall tasty.

Just what I was looking for. This hit the spot for my dim sum craving. The food was fresh since the turnover was high. I ordered way too much because my eyes were bigger than my stomach but that meant awesome leftovers for later!

The jin dui - sesame with sweet bean paste was the best I've ever had. Super soft chewy and crispy and not too sweet. The lo mai gai - sticky rice with preserved egg and Chinese sausage and mushrooms was also super delicious and huge. Lo bak go - turnip cake was on point. I don't normally get chin guin - crispy egg roll but I did and they were excellent.

The ambience and decor is what one expects from a dim sum house , but that's not why you go to a dim sum house. It's all about the food.

I will be coming back when I'm in town again!

I have driven by this place every day but never tried until we celebrated a friend's birthday. We ordered 13 delicious dishes. I enjoyed eating the crispy chicken, piping hot eggplant with scallops, seafood fried rice and that big beef bone. The servers were friendly and food came out quick.

Looks like an old restaurant but the food here was really good!! However the service was not great, but isn't it like that though? These hole in wall type places have great food but low service. I would recommend this place to eat.

Din Sum was yummy!
The congee pork with preserved eggs was good too.
Sautéed clams were so delicious !

For years relied on an upscale dim sum place with a location in Richmond and one on Main St., but had an unpleasant experience post pandemic.
Have tried a couple of other places with mixed results and ended up here on Sunday.
It did not disappoint - authentic, reasonably priced and delicious with some of the best service ever for a dim sum place.
Sizeable menu, some items only after 11 am, large portions.
Most the "usual" suspects on offer with a couple of fun twists per below.
The individual portions of siu mai, hat gow etc were larger than most places and in addition, there was often one or two more pieces than one would normally have in an order.
Xo sauce chunky but on point and reasonable cost, no charge for tea. Free parking out back if driving.
One day I will figure out how to order Worcestershire in my bad mandarin and not get ketchup...
Will be returning for sure

Came here for a friend's birthday party and we were seated in the very back secret private room with 20 friends.
The friend wanted a typical Chinese banquet style for his birthday dinner, and on top of that, he wanted something decent for pricing, so this was not a bad choice as I love it.

We had their Duck banquet 12 dishes. It was delicious and omg, I wasn't expecting so much food in 1 night. When we thought we were finished with all the food, it just kept coming. On top of that, the variety of their menu is just decent. It isn't that bad and neither are their styles of cooking too. We had 2 bottles of wine too, and surprisingly they didn't charge us for cork fee.

We had so much food to the point that we had to have some boxes to bring home the crab, some noodles and some meat. Even though we had like 2 large tables of us, it was just so much food we were like full after too. On top of that, their dessert was the different type too, not the red bean soup, it was the Pinapple topping sago dessert. Something a little addition to our experince it was a good time.

I need to come back for dim sum and try their dishes, as I have heard they have a fantastic menu.

Very yummy dim sum! The portion sizes were large and it was way better than anything we get in Seattle for the price!