Crown Princess Fine Dining

Giving 3 stars for a neutral review as i neither dislike or like it. For the experience of fine dining in dim sum… is it even worth paying the extra price? Marble flooring and walls to high chandeliers and super fancy tea pots. Waiters in tuxedos and waitresses in maid dresses. It is a bit to much to take in that dim sum is served in a place like this.
Where’s the cart ladies that yell out what they have in the carts? Ha gow! Fong jow! I think that’s how dim sum should always be served but that’s just my preference.
Overall the flavor is all there the food is fresh and hot when it’s served to your table. Would I came back again and fine dine? Maybe not, it is not the same without the steaming hot carts. You are just paying extra to sit in a fancy chair.

TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE! First, one of the spare ribs was bloody and uncooked. The sensation of biting into raw, bloody meat is not at all pleasant. However, the worst part of the meal was by the horrendous service when paying the bill. A woman who I presume is the owner (short, short hair, glasses) came with our bill of $ 63.70 and said ‘with tip you pay $ 70, 10% tip okay’.
Wtf??? Why is she telling me how much tip I will pay, assuming right away I was not planning to tip? This was super insulting. Is it because I’m younger and I’m Asian that she presumes I am cheap? I can’t imagine this interaction happening with, say, an older white couple. I have been here many times before and always, always tipped fairly. I guess she lost out an additional 5% tip because I always tip 15% or more.
I will not be returning to this stupid restaurant where the owner insults her customers with unfounded, pre-​conceived, and frankly racist notions.

A great place downtown to satisfy lunch time dim sum cravings. Make sure you make resos!
All the dumpling choices are great, especially the shrimp and scallop ones. They have a few twists on the old favourites as well, like the «goose liver and caviar Sui Mai».
The décor makes me cringe but at least it’s something different?

Richmond Hill-​quality dim sum at Richmond Hill prices, but located in downtown Toronto. What more can you ask for? All the staples are great, and I’d also recommend giving some of the chef’s recommendations a try. Be prepared to wait in line if you don’t make a reservation.

As soon as you walk in, you’re surrounded by these columns that look like they’re cut from marble, chandeliers glittering from above your head, and the waitstaff in french maid outfits running about. There’s a definite «wow» factor as soon as you’re seated, but you’re also met with pure confusion; as the style of the tea sets are English, the staff are donned in vintage French garments, the food is Asian, and the service is… well, frustrating, but we’ll get to that later. I feel as if they’re trying to combine elements that just don’t work for them — as the maid outfits aren’t for serving food in traditional time period, the tea isn’t supposed to be full of teabags, and the plates aren’t supposed to be thrown down on the table (at least, to my knowledge in common waiter/​waitress etiquette).
I guess because we were all unsuspecting college kids ordering (basically) everything off the menu, they assumed we didn’t know what we were doing. This isn’t my first dim sum, or «high-​class» venue, but they sure did like to think so. We were pushed and prodded to hurry up in ordering, as there were businessmen, posh upper-​class moms, and regulars who they apparently needed to conserve all their good vibes for. I understood, but when they charged us for three meals that we never ordered, and had never arrived (it was another table that ordered it for themselves), they continued to argue with us until the other gentlemen went and explained with a few choice words. Got that settled quickly — and without apology on the staff’s part.
As excited as I was to find a dim sum place with these hours, my experience here was pretty. alright. The food was brilliant, and the ambience noteworthy, but they do seem to stereotype quite easily. I’d bring a couple of important-​looking people if I ever wanted good service, to be completely honest.

I read through the reviews with a fine-​toothed comb before dining in Crown Princess, and it made the experience a lot better. I’m familiar with Chinese dim-​sum places because I’ve been to far too many to count, so the hectic atmosphere and frazzled waitresses don’t ruffle my feathers. My friend and I arrived around 11 am on Sunday, and there was no line-​up and a lot of empty tables. However, at around 12, the line-​up stretched all the way outside and the noise level in the restaurant gradually increased.
This restaurant has such an over-​the-​top opulence that makes you wonder if you’re in Versailles or merely a Chinese dimsum restaurant, and I love that about them. The marble pillars make you feel like a princess roaming around in her velvet-​carpeted castle, waiting to be served her pot of tea. We ordered a couple of dim-​sum dishes, and I find that around 5 – 6 dishes will fill up two people. They don’t list the price on the order sheet (!!!) but the dishes should be around $ 3 — $ 6 each, depending on how expensive the ingredients are.
The food is fantastic! All the dishes we ordered were super tasty. My absolute favourite is the salty egg yolk bun that is NOT salty at all but sweet, creamy and oily. I’ve tried this dish in a million restaurants, but the ones they make here are slightly crispy on the outside and full of ooey-​gooey deliciousness inside.
The reviews complain about the workers, but I think the waitresses are under a lot of pressure and time-​constraints, which is why they speak in such a clipped tone. As well, they have accented English, leading to a seemingly ruder attitude. Other than that, the waitresses were very courteous to our table, refilling our teapot without needing to prompt them and taking away the finished dishes in an efficient manner. This is a fantastic place to impress distant relatives, close friends and potential mother-​in-​laws!

The waiting list system is horrible, goes by number for a while and then by name. So confuing, and its very obivous that soneone was able to reserve seat, and when I called they specifically said no reservation. WTF?

The restaurant was quite empty when we arrived but got busier closer to lunch hour. My favourite dish was the pumpkin congee with lily ($ 5.30 for a large). The waitress were attentive and took our empty plates away often, they will even rearrange the dishes and push they closer which was a nice touch.
Overall, the food was good but the one big turn off was when we asked for the bill the girl behind the counter came out and rushed us to pay. She didn’t even show us the bill! Asked us how we would pay and since I was doggy bagging out left overs I didn’t have a chance to check if we will over billed. We ended up getting charged for a large dish we never ordered. I guess it partial our fault for not doubling checking but for a high end dim sum restaurant to run this sort or sketchy business practice it’s unacceptable.
This restaurant would have received ⁴⁄₅ stars for décor, food and attentiveness to customers but lost one star for over charging us and rushing us to pay.
Just always check your bill to make sure you are correctly charged!

Fav dim sum place in the city. We come here when my wife has the cravings. Prices are fair for the quality of food. Place is on the fancy side but no dress code required. Service is satisfactory. Typical unhappy waiters/​waitresses in any Chinese restaurant, though I have to point out there was one waitress who was always smiling. Get a number when you first arrive and be sure to listen carefully for your number. Hostess calls out twice and will skip you in a heartbeat. Enjoy the food

It was a true restaurant to enjoy Dim Sum! The place was decorated very well. Clean, bright, luxary and spacious. You can enjoy your food and talk to your friends happily.
The food were all delicious and fresh. The price was a little more expensive than some restaurants in Chinatown but it deserved. I cannot find any dishes that I dislike. Shrimp dumplings was amazing, up to three or four whole large shrimps inside. The chicken feet was my favourite. Flavourful, tender and almost melting in your mouth. The egg yolks buns were my second love. The custard was not too sweet and a little salty made it so delicious. Really die for it.
Tick your choices and write down the number of dishes. Then the waiters would send you various kinds of treasures.
But caution, every table must order their teas. It was like mandatory purchase.

Came here today for a lunch meeting and had an interesting mix of dimsum and dishes from the menu. Service was much better than I had expected and the food was pretty good as well. For dimsum we had the chicken feet and durian pastry. Not a big fan of durian but everyone else on the table enjoyed it. Chicken feet was meaty and tasty. We had several dishes from the menu. The lobster noodles was really good but the best dish was the roast duck. Skin is crispy and meat was tender.
Will come back again.

The food here was amazing I loved everything except service everyone was nice except one of them, The old Lady

I love this place, nice guy, fine food, not so many people around there. The manger I guess that he’s from Hong Kong always friendly. We always could get free desert, and 10%discount if we pay cash you know.
I love Beijing roast duck, even it’s not descent meaningful Beijing roast duck. I am a beijinger very proud of where come I from. It always get my homesick when I eat.

This is one of my favorite places to eat dimsum at. You know it’s fancy Chinese when they use real table cloth in instead of plastic! Actually, is quite nice inside. But the food is really good. I usually come here on the weekends, first thing when I wake up. They open at 9am, and to me that’s when dimsum is supposed to be consumed. At some point in the morning, they will get packed, and I’m not sure when, because I always try to beat the crowd.
The pumpkin congee is my favorite dish here. It’s XL though, so beware of that when ordering. I also really like their zen dumplings. Those are the two things I always get, and then I try a bunch of their other stuffs. All are excellent.

You know that annoying friend who is always bragging about the god-​forbidden delicacies he has eaten while abroad in Asia?
Crown Princess Fine Dining is your chance to get back at him while keeping your stomach happy.
Quality of food: All in all, very satisfactory. No MSG funny business or too much oil and sauce.
Make sure to try out all the delicacies.
Décor: Nouveau riche, baby.
The décor is probably the most salient feature of the restaurant. It is an interesting cultural experience if you don’t frequent Asia. It is actually very typical of modern Cantonese restaurants– think Victorian opulence intersecting new money Asia. Make sure to take a look at the bathroom décor. The 18^th century paintings of European aristocrats will probably leave you feeling extremely perplexed. Anyway, back to food.
Price: Lunch sets are affordable. Though the dimsum plates don’t seem expensive, they are small, and it really adds up. Lunch would be $ 20s, dinner around $ 50s.
Ambience: Lots of clinking of tea, and plates, relatively quiet. Could be mistaken a place for British high tea, but wait, it’s an Asian restaurant. Once again, you sit down and you are a bit confused.
Service: The servers can be a bit patronizing sometimes, especially when there are a lot of customers. Interesting observation, all the female servers are dressed like French maids. Where am I…
Favourite dish: Egg pudding with sparrows nest/​spit. It sounds disgusting, but this basically is the Asian equivalent of truffles. The egg pudding is also baked perfectly with soft crust and mouthwatering filling.
Insider tip: Though the $ 18 lunch sets are for one person, I find it more than enough for two people. It includes 3 courses and a dessert. Such great value.

10 Course Dinner Was Awful!
We’d been to Crown Princess for dim sum many times and always enjoyed the food. Based on this we decided to host our newborn’s 100 day party here.
The quality was unbelievably poor. Some unfortunate highlights:
— Fruit salad with shrimp cocktail= melons/​shrimp in mayonnaise.
— BBQ duck roll = minuscule amount of duck topped with a strawberry on top of an orange slice.
— Mixed vegetable = Broccoli (non-​chinese variety) and asparagus in thick curry sauce.
— Deep fried whole fish fillets= Deep fried fish bones… I don’t know what happened to the fish!
Even more unbelievably… we all left hungry! Who knew this was possible after a 10 course banquet dinner!
At $ 600/​table, we could’ve gotten a much better experience at the Pearl Harbourfront downtown, or at any number restaurants uptown… even the Mandarin buffet would have been better.
When I complained about the food, they reimbursed me about $ 30/​table… not nearly enough to make up for this miserable experience.

We went for Sunday dim sum and I have to say I was seriously impressed. The décor is a little over the top with marble. The sticky rice wrapped in lotus leaf and pan fried beef ribs are dim sum staples for me and were both excellent. The pan fried chive shrimp and fried sticky dumpling with chicken were also great. The service was fast and pleasant in French maid garb. The prices are quite reasonable. We will definitely be back. It’s busy on Sunday so come early.

They DO NOT open at 9am on Mon-​Fri. It is 10am!!! And prices here are rather pricey! And they do not have early bird special here.
S: $ 3.10
M: $ 4.30
L: $ 5.30
XL: $ 6.30
They also have two other restaurants which they do open at 9am with the early bird special!
The environment here pretty nice, elegant, and clean.
The food here are actually pretty good! I love the chern fun (steam rice noodle roll) the best. The steam rice noodle part was made fresh and smooth.

This review is based on my dinner experience.
I came here once only for business dinner. Food was good. However, I expect better service for a so-​called higher end (price wise) Chinese cuisine restaurant locating in downtown business district.
We had a big table for a group of 9 people. Since there was no private room, we requested a private corner instead. From the beginning to the end, neither the manager nor the serving staff wore a smile. They must have had a tough day? Service was slow and very inattentive the whole time even the restaurant was not busy at all. The server rarely came to check what we need, I and my colleague had to refill tea and alcohol by ourselves most of the time. They did make our dinner experience pretty private!

Delicious. Food sizes were great, ingredients were fresh. Tea was good, but got cold quick, so you only got 2 cups of hot tea and then you had a huge pot of cold tea. Love the mustard and the hot sauce they give you on the table.
They took my favourite fried sesame balls off the dessert menu :(
Service was good, but once they got busy (and we were done) it was VERY obvious they wanted us to get the hell out of there. Not a place to linger, but a great place for downtown dim sum.