BUEN AMIGO 小岛食堂（中餐馆） — Restaurant in Charlottetown

We stayed in PEI for about 3–4 days and visited this restaurant twice.

On our first visit, we ordered the Bifengtang Shelter Lobster, Braised Beef Noodle Soup, and the Signature Eel Fried Rice. The lobster was absolutely delicious and highly recommended! The beef in the noodle soup was tender and flavorful, and the fried rice smells so good.

On our second visit, we tried the Spicy Lobster, Stir-Fried Beef Ho Fun, and Salt & Pepper Tofu Bites. Everything tasted great, but we would especially recommend the Bifengtang Lobster. The Ho Fun was not greasy at all and had a nice flavor. The tofu bites were made with soft tofu, lightly fried, and perfectly seasoned—crispy outside and silky inside.

This is our favorite Chinese restaurant on the island and also the one that gave us the happiest dining experience. If you’re looking for authentic Chinese food in PEI, this is definitely the...

From Vancouver and we have so much Chinese food there so our Chinese food standard is pretty high. Did not expect much from this Buen Amigo 小島食堂 but was pleasantly surprised.

Dishes came out together at a good speed. The food was also tasty, authentic and lots of "wok air" 鍋氣 which is a good thing, you can hear the gas sound really go like vooooo!! when they are cooking.

Can say, definitely a fair price for good food, but taxes are high if you haven't been to the Maritimes before.

About 15 parking spots up front of the restaurant, more than enough for the size of the restaurant , so if all parking spots are taken that means you are not getting a seat inside anyway.

Recommended, and will visit again the next time we are in Prince...

Food was average for a small town Chinese restaurant but the service was somewhat lacking. Despite a large menu, we had to be told separately, three times, that the specific dish we wanted wasn't available that day. Frustrating to have to let the waiter leave, decide on a new dish, then be told to choose again...it would've made more sense to just tell all customers in the beginning that 1/3 of the menu was unavailable. Also, one person in our group suffered from terrible stomach pain and vomiting after this the same day - no evidence that food here was the cause, and we did all have a bunch of seafood+heat exposure around the same time, but still, just a precautionary warning for those weak to...