Bamboo Grove Restaurant — Restaurant in Richmond

Definitely overpriced, possibly dishonest.

ordered a fried chive with few little clam and it took 45 dollars, it’s insane. This dish would not cost more than 20 in other similar Cantonese restaurants. This place is either being dishonest or it is simply overpriced for other reasons.. I highly suspect they just scam you if they tell that you are not familiar with the local market price. The way the show you the receipt is also suspicious. They did it in a hand writing paper with chinese which you can hardly tell even if you can read Chinese, many of their dishes have no price in the menu or they sometimes recommend food which is not on menu at all, and they can simply invent an insane price for it in which case you can not really argue about.

They also don’t show you the fish before cooking it when you order a live fish or other seafood, which is usually a typical way for Cantonese style restaurants to show honesty to customers (aka to prove they give you fresh live seafood instead of dead)

will not come back. The food is fine to be fair but its delicious-ness level definitely doesn’t match its price.. highly suspect they are being dishonest, plus very crowded and shady...

The worst food I have ever had of any ethnicity anywhere ever.

And that's the nicest thing I can say.

They charge quite a bit and it takes a lot of effort to remove the flavor of what I imagine dead hooker tastes like from your mouth.

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They use old expired ingredients where you can taste and tell from the gross hard rubbery texture that it's old and refry it to give it life. Disgusting. The fry oil is used for everything and not changed often either- the chicken balls tasted like fish and the chicken inside had already been cooked and was being repurposed in the batter with the fishy oil.

That's just the one item.

I can emphasize how bad this place is.

If you doubt me, just walk in. You will walk out without ordering I promise. It smells of downtown east side SRO. Actually it smells like that but even stronger. I will never be back. This place needs to be looked at by the...

I can't be the only person who has not heard of this place but apparently I'm talking to my colleagues at dinner, this is an institution in Richmond with respect to Chinese dining. It's been here for three generations and continues to do excellent business. It's known for its traditional fair, fresh food and personable service. The selection is generally northern Chinese fare however it ranges throughout all of the Chinese palate. It's a bit hard to find as it's located on the main thorough fare but the entrance is actually backing out onto a lane. Selection of food was extensive on the menu and they have an extensive wine list interestingly and hard liquor availability. The owner was present tonight and spent a lot of time with us and represents the approachability and personality of the place which is fun and engaging and authentic. Definitely will come again and bring...