Traveler Reviews
| Overall |
- Good place to meet friends and enjoy conversation.
- One of the best Chinese restaurants in Vancouver.
- Decor not much to talk about but restaurant was clean.
- this place has a great variety, and well presented.
- better than most places in Hong Kong.
- We were told that it was one of the best Chinese restaurants in town.
- This is one of my favorite chinese restaurants in Vancouver.
- This is one of my favorite chinese restaurants in Vancouver.
- This is one of my favorite chinese restaurants in Vancouver.
- I know I liked everything I tried
- A little more expensive than your avereage chinese place but well worth the money.
- The restaurant has furnished its open, interior beautifully
| Food |
- Good chinese food, service not so good and price is ok.
- Very expensive when a meal just as nice could be found in a shopping centre.
- Fresh clean ingredients well prepared.
- food very flavorful , only downside is restaurant uses MSG.
- Very good dim sum without the journey to the new Chinatown.
- Georgeous art deco surrounfings and delicious reasonable dim sum make for a very pleasant afternoon.
- best room for chinese food but upscale feeling.
- Wonderful for dim sum.
- Recommend the lobster.
- Food is more authentic Cantonese cuisine .
- Best for dim sum during lunch, but very busy.
- Good Cantonese variety which is hard to find in our area, great taste.
- Love the Chinese food in Vancouver....Imperial is an old place, with good food!
- Great seafood.
- I like Chinese food
- The food is very average and the service unfriendly.
- Excellent dim sum -
- The Hong Kong-trained chef prepares creative Cantonese seafood specialties.
- The food is decent, but not very imaginative, (a view expressed by one of my Chinese friends).
- I love the dim sum.
- The most disappointing Chinese dinner we have experienced in years....the food would have been just as good.
- alas, the Imperial's food is a real drag.
- Service was excellent, but the food was not good at all.
- The best chinese food we have had in years!...Many unusual, authentic dishes (my wife is chinese).
- I love Dim Sum!
- We had soup, fish, sweet and sour pork, and a lot more....This was a great meal and a great way to start out the weekend.
- But the food was very nice.
- I did hear the dim sum is good though
- The variety and the quality is the wonderful.
| Service |
- Good chinese food, service not so good and price is ok.
- Attentive service.
- The service was highly attentive as the food was served quickly
- Fast service with the carts running around.
- We were rushed in and out by an unprofessional and unresponsive staff .
- Service was excellent, but the food was not good at all.
- Service was very good.
- The personal service was nice.
- Good view of the harbor, relatively expensive, good service, medium food quality
- they have a very friendly staff
- A large well-trained staff gives outstanding service.
| Ambience |
- Very convenient to the downtown hotel area
- best room for chinese food but upscale feeling.
- Garish decor is absent;
- Avoid a table in the corner
- Decor not much to talk about but restaurant was clean.
- The opulent decor features crystal chandeliers and a Chinese jade carving at the entrance.
- The decor looks tired and wastes the art-deco setting.
- The atmosphere is great and the different options are superb!
- Simply wonderful and great atmosphere too.
- The Imperial is located in the historic Marine Building on Burrad Street in the center of the business area of Vancouver....The restaurant has a wonderful panoramic view of Burrard Inlet from their elegant, chandeliered dining room....But, I have to admit, the lighting in the restaurant was bad -
- Good view of the harbor, relatively expensive, good service, medium food quality
| Value |
- Very expensive when a meal just as nice could be found in a shopping centre.
- OK for dim sum at a reasonable price, but nothing special.
- Mediocre Cantonese cuisine at lofty prices.
- Good view of the harbor, relatively expensive, good service, medium food quality
- A little more expensive than your avereage chinese place but well worth the money.
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