A Kerrisdale clientele has kept this second-floor restaurant bustling for years,

and the brisk turnover is what keeps the food in the pushcarts fresh and the kitchen creative.

Vietnamese-style prawn mousse wrapped around a stick of sugar cane Popsicle-style,

bitter melon stuffed with dace purée, seafood rolls wrapped in Napa cabbage,

mushroom-stuffed rice rolls, and fried golf-ball-sized matcha-tinted

 glutinous rice dumplings filled with sesame paste are some examples

 of new takes on classics that are offered alongside very good har gau and siu mai.

 Be sure to go early on weekends to avoid long lineups.

This restaurant doesn't look that great, but food and price is worth it.

Who goes to chinese restaurants for ambiance anyway?

 It's always lots of people and always seems understaffed almost anywhere they serve good food at decent prices (am I wrong?).

If you really need a nice classy place, you will not get a decent price,

so this restaurant in my opinion is among my top 5 choices for chinese food (dimsum & dinner).
 
The restaurant is usually full with many Asian families and a few Euro-Canadians.

 All get good, effecient service.

The food is good. They serve with carts so that one can see the little steam baskets and their contents. I prefer this to ordering on a check sheet.

I have had the pork dumplings, shrimp dumplings and deep fried taro root.

I have also enjoyed them a lot!

  All items have been tasty and served at least warm, if not hot.

金海閣海鮮酒家

The service was prompt and friendly

The dimsum is fresh and fantastic and they still have the push carts

 for you to look at which item is good.

Value is reasonable.

I will continue to enjoy dim sum here.

Note - Visa is accepted. They do NOT accept Debit at this time.

Free parking~

金海閣海鮮酒家

Golden Ocean Seafood Restaurant

2008 W 41st Ave
Vancouver, BC V6M1Y8
Tel: (604) 263-8886

Neighbourhood: Kerrisdale
Cuisine: Chinese, Dim sum, Seafood
Price: $$$ ($30 - $45)

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