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8 Reviews on “Don Mee”
When compared to our previous yum cha experience, Don Mee definitely has the tastier food and a more varied selection of dim sums. The standout dish was the glutinous rice – the Chinese sausage was thick and juicy. My aunt and uncle loved the steamed sponge cake and I could understand why. It was light, fluffy, and with just a hint of sweetness, it punctuate through all the savoury dishes. The siu mai and har gao still have quite a bit more to go before they reach peak deliciousness; both just weren’t moist enough. The chicken feet was somewhat dull, and lacking the pungent savoury taste associated with this dish.But what made the deepest impression was the service, or should I say the lack of service. The servers did their best to ignore you, and when you do manage to get someone’s attention, they either pass your request to another or make you feel like you’re inconveniencing them. The service really bring down the whole experience.
A retro Chinese dim sum restaurant in Victoria Chinatown. The style of their dimsum is really old fashion, but acceptable quality. Of course, you cannot compare to what we can get from metro Vancouver.
Went here recently for Dim Sum lunch. No real complaints, most of it was pretty good. Dim Sum is always a bit of a crap shoot for me but over all it was what we expected, greasy, saucy, spice and quick. I went with my Filipino co-worker and he liked it a lot. Maybe I don’t do Dim Sum enough to be the best judge… I would go again but honestly for $20 I can think of better china town options that are more fitting my tastes.
I grew up on this stuff. Okay, it’s not the fancy Hong Kong-style Cantonese food but this is truly authentic Chinese food for the immigrants that came to Canada before the 1980s and 1990s, well before the recent waves of Hong Kong and China immigrants. We had really friendly service and were happy to come here for dinner.
We waited 30 minutes for a table for two. Reasonable I suppose for they had only about six tabled for two. But when we were finally seated it took ten minutes for them to bring us a lunch menu as we didn’t want dim sum. We waited another 20 minutes and no one came. I’ve never been ignored at a restaurant before. We finally just left empty handed. I guess there is a first time for everything.
Best authentic Chinese cuisine in Victoria, ok value. great service. good atmosphere, clean. nice look! not to mention consistent over the years!
This has been my favorite place to go for dim sum in Victoria. I haven’t tried the regular menu though. We have been going regularly for years.