Asian Connection — Restaurant in St. Albert

This place is brutal. I am someone who can put up with a lot at restaurants and gives them the benefit of the doubt. I do not like to complain, but this was appalling.

The food was not good at all. The Ginger Beef was about 95% mushroom and 2% beef with like 3% onion. It didn't even taste gingery and was not deep fried, which does not bother me but it is what is expected. EVERYTHING, including the rice, had chop suey in it...so it was a waste of money to pay for an additional chop suey meal. The lemon chicken was pasty and had a lot of doughy on it. The doughy was very much so undercooked and seemed like it was a day old. I tried an egg chunk in the fried rice, and it tasted so bad...who screws up egg? The fried rice itself was not even fried and did not taste good. The shanghai noodles were bad and also had chop suey in it. All around the food sucked. What should have tipped me off is that when I called to order it, they said it would be ready in 15 minutes...so does that mean it just sits in a warmer, because most places say 30 minutes. On top of it, the service was terrible.

On the menu they say if you pick up on orders over $30 there is a 10% discount; they fail to say it is only applied when payed with cash. But yet EVERY OTHER Chinese food place applies it to ALL payment methods. On top of it, the debit machine automatically gives them a 15% tip...for what?

We called to ask them about the discount and such and they HUNG UP ON US!

I will NEVER EVER EVER go there again.

TL; DR - Do NOT eat here. It is not worth your money, time, or...

Updare Feb 9, 2025

Have eaten here a few more times. They make some very good dishes like the ginger beef, the Venichelli bowl with mixed meat, wonton soup and beef and brocolli. Have now also tried the salt and pepper shrimp and dry garlic ribs, both very much over battered and a bit on the bland side flavour wise. The Peking pork chops were also bland. The selection of gluten-free dishes is quite limited. Portion size and price are very good and the service is very friendly. I go back for the dishes they do really well and just don't order the ones I like less.

Jan 4th 2025. First time eating here. Very impressed. Had the 15 dollar lunch Combo. Soup or an egg roll, steamed rice, and a main. Good amount of food, could not quite finish the steamed rice and ginger beef I ordered. Beef was crispy, soft inside, and nice flavour. You can get fried rice for 1 dollar more.

It was not fancy, but it was nice and clean, and the server was very friendly.

I think the reason food is still a very fair price here is they haven't fallen for the rip-off by the places like Skip and Doordash that take 40% of the total tab off the restaurant. These delivery services are 70% of the cause of the rapid escalation in most restaurant prices. I won't eat anywhere that uses Skip, Uber, or Doordash because, as a dine in client, I do not want to subsidize the outrageous...

We tried this place tonight based on many recommendations from the community. I AM SO GLAD WE DID!!! We stopped to grab take out on our way home. The staff is amazing! So friendly and courteous, prompt service. Helped me get the doors as my hands were full helped guide my 2 year old who was walking out to the sidewalk. I was impressed with their customer service skills super great people! Hubby had a wonderful conversation with the cook and owners(possibly) while he was ordering. Really enjoyed our brief visit in there. Next time we may eat in! We got our order in and was on our way home very quickly too! The food was soo delicious I ate way to much Haha!!! I was surprised at how delicous their beef and broccoli tasted. I don't usually like the sauce it comes in but this one had me going back for more! The food we got (except the rice). Was in reusable containers! bonus pts for that! Pricing is quite average with other Chinese take out restaurants we have ordered from. We will definitely be coming back here for more soon!! Thanks to all the staff who worked tonight! Food was delicious! Service was even better! From ...