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This is the best Chinese food I've ever had, bar none. I've lived on the west coast of California and eaten in many SF China Town places, but this is …
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Forum Chinese Seafood Restaurant
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Everytime I've been here for like the past 10 years it's been good. It has changed owners but the food has always been consistent. the waitresses are …
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20 years of eating in Victoria. This is now after new management by far the finest Chines food around it's high end food at a normal price. Portions l…
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Forum Chinese Seafood Restaurant
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9 Reviews on “Forum Chinese Seafood Restaurant”
20 years of eating in Victoria. This is now after new management by far the finest Chines food around it’s high end food at a normal price. Portions large and over the top in taste. 10/10.
Terrible since the change of ownership. I had a friend from San Francisco visiting, which no doubt has some of the best Chinese restaurants in North America. I figured I’d take him to one of my stand by favourites.I hadn’t been there in a while and was surprised to see that ownership had changed. But uninhibited by that fact, I figured how could it go wrong.Well wrong I was. My friend and I ordered up some soup dishes and I ordered in Cantonese which to my surprise the waitress didn’t understand a word I was saying (because I can only assume she spoke Mandarin).Anyhow the services was substandard, the soup was watery and bland, and the dumplings were anemic with little filling. Noodles tasted off with a slight flavour of bleach.I apologized to my companion and we go out of there as fast as possible.I WILL NOT RECOMMEND out of town visitors there again.
Great food and great service. This new restaurant should be full of happy customers so I hope this review encourages more people to try it. Very friendly owners. The four dishes we ordered were all excellent. I recommend the Ginger fried beef, the green beans and the delicious prawns with black bean sauce dish. We will return often, many more dishes to try.
How is this place not busier?! I’ve been here for a quick lunch or dinner while working and the food is always fantastic! The service and ambience are also great as well. I just don’t understand how this place is so quiet and other places in the heart of Chinatown are busier but have subpar food and service. If you’ve never been to Forum but enjoy good food do not pass this place by. Phenomenal.
Sweet and sour pork; pork was fat and oil tasted funny. May have been old. Wok boc choy and shrimp was good but plain. Overall, pork inedible and restnothing special.
Terrible food. Not really sure where these other reviews came from but 5 of us went there for lunch on Saturday because this restaurant had good reviews.We each had one of the lunch specials and the portions were huge BUT the chow mein/chop suey was bland and greasy. The almond chicken was heavily battered, also tasteless and very greasy and the ginger fried pork was okay. All in all, everyone agreed it was pretty awful Chinese food and we won’t be back. The fact that the restaurant was empty when we arrived at noon, should have been a hint to walk away.
Solid Chinese/Szechaun. Our intended destination, the Japanese noodle shop on the next block, had closed, so we ended up at Forum as our back-up, based on the reviews. We were the only customers when we walked in at 8:15 on a Friday evening, so I was a bit nervous, then the 1960’s era standard menu (egg fu young and chow mein) made me even more nervous, though there was a list of specials. We decided to hang in there, and I’m glad we did. Several more tables filled up after our arrival, including two large tables of Chinese men. Always makes me feel more comfortable, I figure they know the local restaurants and what they’re doing.We had 1/2 a barbequed duck which was excellent-bronzed crunchy skin not to be missed: chow fun with beef and vegetable-very good; shredded pork with Szechuan pickle-very good; Szechaun eggplant, tangy and not too sweet; and spicy prawns with shell, fire peppers but perfectly fried and wonderfully crunchy with spice.What seemed to be a very plain restaurant turned out some consistently good Chinese food-don’t be fooled by first appearances, but do care in what you order.