Many local food lovers believe that Vancouver has the best Chinese food in all of North America, better than San Francisco and New York. You can decide for yourself by comparing some of these excellent restaurants to your favorites back home. Let us know what you decide.

With some of the Chinese restaurants listed, you might have to drive, or take a taxi, to get to them. Others are in or near downtown. Remember, however, that you can often tell the intended clientele by the address. Out of the way restaurants rely on local, repeat customers and are, often, more reliable and authentic.

Golden Great Wall Szechuan Restaurant
705 West Broadway
604-872-0328
Fantastic dumplings, especially the Shanghai dumplings, Peking duck , honey garlic spareribs and Szechuan beef.

So Che (Shanghai) Restaurant
1170, 8391 Alexandra Road
Richmond, BC
604-303-1192
Josephine Lo, a reader from Richmond, says, "very authentic, traditional Shanghai cuisine"    

Sun Sui Wah
3888 Main St.
Vancouver
604-872-8822
Step inside and you'll think you've gone to Hong Kong. The food is beautiful to see and to eat, and the king crab is exquisite. This huge restaurant is run like a perfectly tuned machine. The wait staff is cordial, efficient and knowledgeable.    

Shanghai Xin Hua Lou
4136 Main Street
Vancouver
604-879-5818
This place has the best dumplings in town along with good Northern style dim sum.    

Pink Pearl
1132 E. Hastings Street at Clark
Vancouver
604-253-4316
The Pink Pearl, a Vancouver institution, is an enormous restaurant in the middle of nowhere, but it is has the best dim sum in town and is well worth the trip.    

Imperial Chinese Seafood Restaurant
355 Burrard St.
Vancouver
604-688-8191    

Kirin Seafood Restaurant
2nd Floor, Three West Centre
7900 Westminster Highway (@No.3 Road)
Richmond,BC
604-303-8833
Expensive, wonderful food with all the famous Chinese delicacies.    

Wing Wah
260 East Broadway
Vancouver
604-879-9168
This place has the best green beans in town along with excellent Szechuan noodles, fried bread and good tofu dishes.    

Szechuan Chongqing
2808 Commercial Dr.
Vancouver
604-254-7434    

Victoria Chinese Restaurant
1088 Melville St.
Vancouver
604-669-8383