海洋城 Seaport City Restaurant

My wife and I visited Vancouver after one year, we went to have lunch today with my mom at this restaurant the first time. We found this Dimsum even tastes better than Tokyo’s finest dim sum, where we stayed. All dim sums were great, I particularly like their shrimp dumplings, sticky rice and spring roll. In the past, we usually go to Richmond for Dimsum whenever we visit Vancouver. Now this place will be our to-go dim sum restaurant in Vancouver.

The prawn dumplings were so good I forgot to take a photo! Super fresh with perfect texture—honestly the best I’ve had in Vancouver. The rice roll with egg and beef was a close second—huge and delicious. Prawn spring rolls were tasty too, just a bit salty. No wonder this place is so popular. That said, the one star deducted was due to the woman at the concierge desk who had such a sour attitude, it really dampened the experience. No idea what was going on, but it wasn’t professional—especially for a high-end spot. Still, we’ll definitely be back for the amazing food.

Having seen Seaport City Seafood Restaurant as a Michelin Bib Gourmand, we were excited to try the dim sum. Upon entering right at opening, there were plenty of people queueing for a table. We looked over the menu and checked all the items that we wanted to try. We ordered the Steamed Prawn Dumplings, Sticky Rice Wrap with Fried Scallop, Steamed Chicken Feet in House Special Sauce, Crispy Prawn Rice Rolls, Rice Rolls with Prawns, Taro Cake, Spring Rolls, Pan Fried Pancakes, Pan Fried Pork Buns, Mouthful Noodles, Braised Tofu with Wild Assorted Mushrooms, and Fried Rice with Fish Roe and Scallops. Right away, every dish elevated the normal dim sum with high-end, luxury ingredients. Unfortunately, the flavor profile didn't match the superior constituents. It feels like luxury was the main concern and not actual good food. Yes, the prices are elevated, but I can accept that with the better quality ingredients. However, the dim sum was ok which does not encourage a repeat visit.

Free 2-hour parking - same parkade as WholeFoods on P2. Direct elevator to the restaurant. High ceiling and create a very open ambiance. Attentive service - changes our plates throughout dinner with tea refill. The overall food quality is good - the vinegar ribs has the right tangyiness and crispy. The truffle chicken is interesting while I’m not entirely sure if the flavour profile matches. The steam fresh cod is a bit of disappointment - I would expect a restaurant like this would do well on a basic seafood dish - many scales still on the fish and it is overcooked. And the garlic stir fried veggie needs to follow up given the slow service. They offer free green bean dessert but we don’t like it so we order other dessert on menu. The almond dessert soup with egg white has good flavor however it is not hot enough - kind of lurk warm. I would definitely hope they can have a better timing and sequence on how they are going to serve the dishes - from light dishes to dishes with more intense flavour. But they just serve whatever without putting much thought on the progressive dining experience. Maybe we will give it another try on a less busy day, hoping they can offer a better dining experience.

We enjoy the dimsum here, it’s a higher end spot and there’s are nice touches like a warmer to keep tea hot. Overall the service is good, as is the food. We like all of the dishes we’ve tried… the pickled cucumbers are my favorite but everything is good. The one irk this that It seems like when it gets busy there are quite a few people who jump the queue and get faster service because they speak the same language as the staff.

We had a great experience at Sea Port City Restaurant! The service was excellent — staff were attentive, changed our plates frequently, and kept our tea refilled without us needing to ask. The dim sum selection was solid with a good variety of choices. We enjoyed all the dishes we ordered, especially the har gao (shrimp dumplings) and the steamed taro custard layered cake — both were absolute highlights. The only dish we didn’t love was the seaweed taro cake. It was quite bland, and the texture was a bit soggy. Overall, a very satisfying dim sum outing and we’ll definitely be back!

A fancy way to celebrate Chinese Dim Sum from Hong Kong. However, I think the dining experience was a bit fancy for a Chinese Dim Sum restaurant but the chef forgot its authentic Chinese flavors and taste. Each dish/entree was more expensive than usual but the portion made up for its price. However, I was very disappointed in its flavors. It’s very bland in its texture and taste. I do not recommend this establishment if you love true authentic Dim Sum.

Fav dim sum near the downtown area. The dim sum always arrives steaming hot and perfectly cooked—never overdone. The flavors are consistently good and satisfying. As for the service, it's better than what you'd typically expect from most Chinese restaurants—friendly and reasonably attentive. One thing I didn't appreciate was them adding take out containers x10 and take out bags onto the recipes without asking us. What if I didn't need it? What if we were going to finish?