Don Mee
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Long-running, old-fashioned Chinese institution offering dim sum & other Cantonese & Sichuan plates.
attractions: Victoria’s Chinatown National Historic Site, Bay Centre Shopping Centre, Miniature World, Victoria Bug Zoo, Inn at Laurel Point, Market Square, Victoria Public Market at the Hudson, Munro's Books, Victoria Marriott Inner Harbour, Strathcona Hotel, restaurants: Red Fish Blue Fish, Irish Times Pub, Bard & Banker, Pagliacci's, II Terrazzo, John's Place Restaurant, Tacofino Victoria, Frankie's Modern Diner, Jam Cafe, The Sticky Wicket Bar & Restaurant
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Long-running, old-fashioned Chinese institution offering dim sum & other Cantonese & Sichuan plates.
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Was pretty good coming from a family that grew up eating dimsum almost every single weekend. **Edited** 4 to 5 stars Recently they added a cart that serves hot grilled rice crepes and that's something you don't find just ANYWHERE. This is a real childhood treat especially for my dad who grew up in Hongkong. 5/5 stars for food, Location and friendly staff. Even observing the cart ladies made us smile as they seemed to be having fun trying to convince others to try thier carts food haha. That's how it's supposed to be! Food is authentic and some is better or has a twist that we quite enjoyed. Each place is different, there's no "one" recipe and it's an art, each dumpling maker will make it to the best of thier abilities based on how they learnt from whichever teacher. This place does carts!! The thing with carts is that it allows for surprises, it's traditional, the food comes to you and if you look at the food and smell it, you're more likely to try it :) its fun as a first experience and as kids, it's like 50 jack in the boxes.
Jenica MaJenica Ma
00
Don Mee should be a historical landmark if it isn't already . It's been here for as long as I can remember, and it still looks the same. I remember the older ladies that wheel the carts around would chant what they had to offer so much so that it still rings in my ears, har gow, sui mai😋 Dim sum is always so tasty for me here, little overpriced but I don't come here often just whenever I'm in town. Decor is same, lay out, same, have they renovated at all? 🤣 The framed pictures of famous people who have visited this establishment on the wall are fading as much as time is. We had table for 20 and service was good in terms of dim sum cart service It's Thursday, so was not busy and we were able to be seated right away, on weekends this would be impossible without reservations I'm sure hard enough getting table for 2/4 Btw, No wheelchair access here be prepared to walk up flight of stairs Good luck with parking as well... it's terrible ! January 19, 2023
RoseyRosey
10
1 Star is given for the delicious food only…Otherwise there would be 0 Star😮💨 Mainly because of the extreme poor services: 1️⃣Request for Jasmine tea A lady gave you Pu’er Tea and assured you that it was Jasmine Tea. (clearly she knew that she was wrong but never felt sorry, she was just lazy to change tea for you) ❗️❗️➡️Be careful she always fools the locals who lack knowledge about Chinese food (And sorry that you met me experienced foodie who came from Hong Kong) 2️⃣Long waiting time to take order 👧A waitress helped us twice to find another waiter to take an order (which is appreciated for her help as she was not allowed to take order) 💁♂️After 20 MINUTES, a man finally came here to take order 🙃 3️⃣Poor attitudes We decided not to take more orders as there would be at least extra 20 minutes cooking time. And guess what the waiter responded? 💁♂️He immediately turned around & sneered “Great! You better not to order” (OMG😨😨😨😨😨😨What a shame of Chinese⁉️) 👍🏻But thinking of one friendly waitress who is called Rose and all hardworking chefs, I still gave 15% tips. (How silly I am🤦♀️)
Be MyFood MemoriesBe MyFood Memories
70
July 12, 2022 Growing up this was my favorite dimsum restaurant, but as time went on their consistency didn't continue. The owners were changed a couple of times. Today was the most recent time I came for a very long time. Their sticky rice is still perfect and tasty. Why the low stars?? Well the first thing is that the service is mediocre and lots of staff changed. Secondly, we ordered this spare ribs on rice noodles dish, it came with NO vegetables. We get this ALL the time. We told the staff and multiple times they keep telling us the boss I on the phone. Finally when he came, we told him what was wrong. He apologized and said he will ask the kitchen to make some vegetables for us. In the picture you will see, the plate had 5 pieces of veggies. What a joke. Doesn't even look good coming out. They are so cheap. If it was on the actual dish, there would be way more veggies than that. I can see why this place is no longer busy. Also, don't order their crispy noodles. There isn't enough sauce that softens the noodles for you, you're literally what you ask for...crispy noodles.
Nita Young-YeeNita Young-Yee
10
Great atmosphere and good service. But…. The dim sum was horrendous. The recipes were really off and the quality of food was quite poor. The chicken feet were not as puffy as they should be and it had an unfresh odor. The shrimp rolls wrapped in rice paper tasted old and the rice paper was dry. The pork ribs were lacking in flavor but texture was fine. The egg congee was bland and had few pieces of egg. The fried taro was mediocre. The xiao long bao skins were dry, had no hot soup inside, and was warm at best. The shrimp dim sum thingys were very tough and lacked flavor. The xiu mai tasted like beef meatballs and not Chinese dim sum. The best thing we had there was maybe the tea. The price was very high for this low quality of food. We paid 160 CAD after tax and tip for 4.5 people. Food used to be good here but it’s taken a drastic change.
Tub ManTub Man
10
Wasn't so sure about this one because it's big and gaudy. Turned out gaudy in a very good way! The food was fantastic. They let me order moo shoo chicken even though it wasn't on the menu. It was served with pancakes and plum sauce. Delish. He ordered "crunchy" chicken and ate most of it. He was disappointed that there wasn't any duck. But that is common. Gotta get those ducks lined up, and it ain't always easy. Junior ordered chicken and fried rice, which we shared among 3 people. Then there were chicken wings. (We were in a fowl mood.) Our water glasses were continually refilled, and the complimentary jasmine tea was hot and perfect. We were quickly served and took home leftovers. Rub the smiling Buddha for luck as you enter and leave. But if you eat here, you're luck's already looking up.
Kat KingKat King
00
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