Vancouver · Cuisine
Chinese
Richmond Cantonese seafood and dim sum, Dynasty Seafood’s Broadway banquet awards leader, and Chang’An’s False Creek Shaanxi room.
Metro Vancouver’s deepest Chinese cooking sits in Richmond’s Golden Village more than in downtown Chinatown. Expect made-to-order dim sum, live West Coast seafood, banquet rooms, and a widening map of regional Chinese beyond classic Cantonese. Michelin’s Vancouver list covers some City of Vancouver Chinese rooms but still skips Richmond; Chinese Restaurant Awards and Vancouver Magazine remain the stronger scoreboards for the region. The stops below pair two Richmond banquet institutions with Dynasty Seafood on West Broadway and Chang’An on Granville, the Shaanxi fine-dining counterweight to Cantonese yum cha.
Focus areas: Richmond / Golden Village, Fairview / Broadway, False Creek / Granville Bridge
Restaurants
Jade Seafood Restaurant
$$$Richmond / Golden Village
Richmond Cantonese institution (est. 2004) known for elevated classics, double-boiled soups, and strong Chinese Restaurant Awards recognition.
Chef Tony Seafood Restaurant
$$$Richmond / Golden Village
Upscale Richmond Cantonese seafood and inventive dim sum from Tony He, opened 2014 at Empire Centre.
Dynasty Seafood Restaurant
$$$Fairview / Broadway
West Broadway Cantonese banquet and dim sum institution: Alfred Yeung’s room, chefs Cao Can Hui and Garley Leung, Vancouver Magazine 2026 Restaurant of the Year.
Chang’An
$$$$False Creek / Granville Bridge
False Creek Shaanxi fine dining under the Granville Bridge: chef Leo Wang’s Peking duck ceremony, biang biang noodles, and Northern Chinese lamb; Elite 30 No. 2 in 2025.