Kam’s Bakery & Restaurant

Avoid at all costs. My wife got food poisoning from Kam’s yesterday. The Chinese breakfast XO sauce pan fried noodles tasted slightly off. My wife isn’t the type to complain so she ate it.
She paid for it later as she became ill.
My ice tea was more like ice water with tea colouring and lemons.
Just awful and it’s a shame that this place has become this way.

Simple math…5 stars for food, 1 star for service, 3 star overall. Once again this place fills me up with delectable food, and amazes me with their horrible service… yet like many others, I keep coming back (my 22^nd year coming here) cause the food is really good.
So if you don’t mind getting crummy service, and are looking only for good, filling food for a really good price (Breakfast B combo is best), then come to Kam’s.

Poor service, but I kept going back anyway for the tasty coconut buns.
Most of the time the girl behind the counter just ignored me under I got her attention, which was fine. The last couple of times I went in the staff behind the counter looked at me and disappeared to the back without saying anything. I guess that was my cue to leave? But I stayed anyway, painfully awaiting their return.
I can handle a lot of things, but this time was the last visit for me. I don’t ask for much, all it takes is a smile or a hello to keep me coming back.

Amazing food! Amazing baked goods! A little far from where I live but definitely worth the drive. The staff and the owner are very friendly as well. My new favorite place to get Chinese food and baked goods!

Worst service ever. Please don’t come here. On 3 separate occasions this family run business found ways to drive me up the wall with their poor customer care.
1) They made me wait 30 minutes before serving me attending to others who can speak cantonese.
2) They provided me the wrong cake where the cake message said «Happy Birthday Dad» instead of my cousin’s name.
3) They failed to reimburse the $ 50 deposit (for a cake that costed over $ 250) to return the box/​wood block. Workers insisted that the manager be there to provide the deposit and forced me to come on a separate day. A huge waste of time.
I have found an alternative bakery that sells far better mango cakes and provides excellent service. Regent Bakery.

Family owned business and it shows.
The cakes are delicious and the staff is happy and knowledgeable.
Lots of seating, clean décor
Parking in the back, just walk the through into the restaurant and bakery.
Bubble tea is good, not the best.
I’ve ordered many a Birthday Cake and always been pleased.

Found out about this place from their
promotion. Ordered the mango cake which was simply fresh and delicious. Lady behind the counter was very nice and asked me if I wanted writing on the cake for no extra charge. I’ll be back here again!

I’ve never been to the restaurant but only came in for the bakery as I had a coupon for a mango cake for $ 17 from SocialShopper. I was very disappointed in the service. I called ahead to order the cake and when I came to pick it up, the lady behind the counter had serious attitude. I told her I ordered a cake and would like to pick it up. She looked at me and walked away. I stood there for 10 minutes and asked another lady and she just pointed me back to the other lady who went to the back of the bakery. She then comes out and rudely asks me for my coupon to which I present to her. She literally snatches from my hand and walks away again. Some more waiting and she comes back and starts packing the cake. I ask her if it’s ok to get some writing on the cake for my mom’s birthday and she says no because this deal doesn’t come with anything other than the cake.
Ok, that’s fair. I said I would pay for the writing.
She looks up at me and again says, «no. No extra service».
Wow. I am never coming back here again.
If you don’t like people using your coupon, you shouldn’t advertise it!!!

Five Stars for the Mango Cake because they use the best quality mangoes and it is so surprisingly good.

Terrible. Terrible, terrible food. We’re talking about the $ 340 feast special new years Eve take out. 25 people did not touch it! We as the hosts felt so bad! We were more upset with terrible food of bad quality and no touch of «restaurant» class or even Chinese take out at all! Than the money wasted. We are not picky eaters but we made a bad decision to give kams a try. The «French style roasted turkey» was shockingly cooked in the aluminum tin tray it came in… The skin was barely golden and the bottom of the turkey was so bland and dry. Forget about all the other dishes (10 in total), not even worth mentioning. I recommend kents kitchen through and through. Excellent and for half the price! My father hates wasting food but even he threw away all the dishes since no one took any leftovers! Shame

I got a deal for their 8″ cake for $ 14.99 at
. I am so surprised of their quality for the money I paid.
The price of their bakery is very good. Quality excellent. BTW, I only tried their cakes. $ 1.9 for a slice of Tiramisu you can’t go wrong with the price and quality.
Also tried their restaurant. The food is good and portion is fine. I think most Chinese restaurant has too big portion but their size is perfect for me. Their Hong Kong style milk tea smells good as well.

This is no different than any other Asian bakery that I have been to in my life, there is nothing that really sets them apart, however, being in an area that has a few ethnic bakeries, it serves it’s geographical purpose. Staff are hit and miss in terms of friendliness but the prices are very decent. I like getting a whole bag of fortune cookies for a $ 1.50 plus tax. I’ve only done the bakery, not the restaurant, therefore, I can only give 3 stars at this time.

I’d say the bakery is a solid 4 while the restaurant is a 3 so due to the sheer convenience of the location and my somewhat frequent visits to the bakery, I’ll bump it to a 4-​star rating.
I enjoy the egg tarts here immensely as well as the pineapple buns. In fact, there’s a brown paper bag containing two buns that smell like heaven on my counter as I type. I would certainly trust this bakery if I were to order an entire cake for a special occasion. Also, the older woman who often works at the bakery counter is charming as anyone you’ll ever meet. By the way, I usually buy egg tarts straight out of the warm display rather than the ones packaged in plastic – the custard sinks in those and the appearance of the tarts is not appealing. I used to get up early and buy a few egg tarts for my coworkers before jumping on the bus in the morning. If you knew me better, you’d realize the significance of this!
Today, I had the all-​day breakfast which is my first try of the restaurant. There are old-​style booths lining both sides of the room and several tables in the middle. They appear to stretch their staff quite far and it was fortunate that one of the servers was kind enough to disrupt her lunch break to take our order without us asking. Otherwise, there was only one soul serving the room that was fairly full at lunch hour. I ordered Breakfast A which comes with eggs, meat (bacon, ham or sausage) and your choice of toast or a plain bun. It includes tea or coffee. My scrambled eggs were alright despite being a tiny bit greasy but I enjoyed the rest of the cheap breakfast. No complaints at $ 5.25. There are also some set meals as well as a la carte items.
I’d prefer other nearby places for cheap breakfast in the future and Congee House for noodle house items but nothing can get between me and that bakery!

I was looking for parking at one restaurant and when their lot was full I ended up at this restaurant. This HK style restaurant is tucked away from the hip and young new establishments springing up along Main Street. Their food is delicious and at a reasonable price. I had the HK style chow mein and although it was a small portion even for the largest dish, it was quite fulfilling. An equal amount of vegetables and chicken and the sauce used was not flavour overwhelming or water runny. I should have packed one away for the trip home.

Bakery review only!
Tucked around the corner from the 99b stop on Main, Kam’s is a proud contradiction with its big size & hole-​in-​the-​wall character.
Selection:
— good (inventory was low since I went at the end of the day)
— buns sold in ½ dozen bags for $ 4.95 (mixed or single sweet & savoury varieties).
Service:
— that little owner lady is too cute!
— I’m usually immune to pushy Chinese ladies.
— Wait. How’d I end up with ½ dozen egg tarts for $ 5?!
Buns:
— these big boy buns retained their soft crumb for a good 3 days in the bag.
— coconut: not evenly spread inside which drives me crazy. Taste is good.
— pineapple: solid overall.
Egg tarts:
— pastry lacked flakiness
— custard was sunken-​in & too firm
A convenient stop for quality buns at a decent price.
But whatever you do, don’t have a moment of weakness & get the egg tarts!

Its ridiculously cheap for a breakfast meal.
Noodles, eggs, 2 sausages/​ham, toast and a drink.
This is all for under $ 10, and the noodles aren’t a kids portion either.
The buns always smell soo delicious. I always have to stop and buy some.
Love the chicken and rice noodles. So simple, yet delicious on any day.

Kam’s Bakery and Restaurant is a good place altogether. I must admit the bakery is a lot more interesting to stop for, but the restaurant still pulls it off as a good place to go for a good lunch.
The restaurant is a typical Vancouver Chinese restaurant and they serve the same quality food as the other Chinese places around Broadway. They have basically the same kind of meals and they also have breakfast. Prices are cheap and the food is good. I like to go back when i’m around there and tired of all the other places. The service lacks a little warmness but is not off the charts like some other places around there :)
On the other hand the bakery is a blast. I am not a huge fan of pastries, coconut buns and other goodies but I must admit that I am inclined not to put a fight to eat those passed to me either. I actually started to buy a couple of things they make, raisin bread, coconut buns, mango cakes, chocolate cakes… All very simple pastries, yet delicious. Total price? Not much. But I «totally» enjoy everything they make. The service is actually «awesome», the girl will tell you how to get your cake the freshest possible., is it mango season, is it not? When to ask for cake baked to order? A 4 stars and a thumbs up, it’s well worth it.
Best: Mango cake (in season). Fruit cake (fresh fruits, REAL whip cream) and coconut buns.

Kam’s Bakery makes excellent creamy fruit cakes which are perfect for birthdays. I really like the quality and the prices are reasonable too. This is the place to get the cakes if you’re in Vancouver. The bakery can be very busy during the afternoon, so the lineups for pickup in the bakery can be very long.

I think they make the best fresh Mango cake in town. As for the restaurant it’s OK.

Kam’s is further proof of my personal theory that the best HK cafes are ones with bakeries attached. Been meaning to try Kam’s since I drive by it all the time, but haven’t until now due to (a) pay street parking in the area and (b) the parking lot is the back is frequently full during lunchtime. It’s just around the corner from the much-​loved/​Yelped Congee Noodle House.
Skipped my usual baked pork chop on rice and went for one of the rotating specials — the Tuesday feature is a grilled chicken cutlet in onion sauce and a ham spaghetti in tomato sauce with Chinese soup and drink for $ 7 or $ 8. The other daily specials look pretty good as well.
Portions are pretty big but you get less bang-​for-​buck than with Kam Do’s dare-​you-​to-​finish portions (my favourite HK café — also with an attached bakery) but still a better value compared to other HK cafes in the area (i.e. iCafe, Gloucester, Copa). Especially since their multi-​item breakfast combos (which I believe is all-​day) is only $ 5 or so. Getting a full Western breakfast, macaroni soup and a bakery bun for pocket change is pretty sweet.
Nothing blew me away but everything was perfectly fine. There is no extra charge for iced drinks (which I love) — but the only complaint is that the milk tea is pretty weak (especially iced since the ice waters down the hot milk tea/​coffee). But I can live with that.
There’s quite a bit of booth seating and service is pretty good and speedy. I particularly like the hilariously out-​of-​place miniature sauropod skeleton models in the semi-​modern interior. Maybe it’s just because I’ve never grown out of my grade school obsession with dinosaurs.
This review is pretty lukewarm and I’m probably overrating it — but there’s a certain x-​factor with this place. It’s instantly familiar like I’ve been coming here for years despite it being my first time. Eh — maybe cuz it’s a throwback to the über-​cheap 80’s bakeries/​diners in Chinatown that have been evaporating. Or maybe it’s cuz I wanted to play with the out-​of-​place yet apt dinosaur fossils.