Yan's Garden Chinese Restaurant

So, Yan’s Garden has been on my list of places to try for a number of years (I suppose it’s partly because I used to watch “Wok with Yan” back in the 80’s). I’ve been hesitant to stop by here in the past mainly because parking always looked difficult here as the parking lot is generally always full.

We headed to Yan’s Garden early Saturday morning for dim sum.  Our last dining experience there was such a long time ago, that this experience was like going there for the very first time.<br/ <br/ Service throughout our stay was great.  Our server greeted us upon entering, escorted into the main dining room, and showed us to a centrally located, large, round table.  A menu (for ordering items directly from the kitchen) was provided, our tea order taken and she was back right away with hots pots of tea and water.  Service to our table via the food carts was timely, and very nicely spaced, with ample time to look at selections of each cart, choose or not choose offerings, etc.  And service ‘to’ the table removing empty plates, acquiring drinking water, and such right on the mark.<br/ <br/ It was fun to see and experience food cart service once again — wow, the last time we were served dim sum dishes in this manner was sure several years ago.  Based on this dining experience, this restaurant and its servers, sure know how to do it right!!              <br/ <br/ Food accepted from the carts, and ordered from the menu:  carts:  deep fried meat dumplings, steamed beef balls, steamed beef tendon, steamed chicken knees, steamed shrimp dumplings, baked egg custard tarts — menu:  deep fried squid w/pepper.  First impressions:  good looking, very decent portion sizes.<br/ <br/ The preparations were solid.  We ordered a nice assortment of ‘familiar to us’ dishes (from dim sum experiences at a good many restaurants), and really enjoyed all of them — each arrived from kitchen to our table warm, flavourful, and tasty.  Any particular ‘standouts’ — not really, if I had to choose, I would just be listing most everything we ordered once again!!  But will give a little extra plug to the ‘beef balls’, ‘tendon’, and ‘chicken feet’ they were sure some tasty!     <br/ <br/ Our dim sum dining experience at Yan’s Garden was fun, and we sure enjoyed what we saw, how we were treated, and the well prepared food ordered and shared.

Came here for Dim Sum twice in the past month...good selection and good portions, the garlic pea tips are especially good, and so are the spareribs. Congee was well done as well. Seating can be a bit cramped but we are talking about a Chinese restaurant here! Will be coming back here instead of Grand Palace, which is a let down.

Pretty busy for dim sum on a Sunday. Dishes come on the push carts which is cool. Dim sum was good and one of the only places in the area I believe.

First time trying this place and I really enjoyed it. We were promptly greeted and sat down. The server quickly came over and started introducing himself and making food suggestions. I ordered 3 dishes, one consisting of Orange walnut pork, the second is steam cod and black bean sauce with tofu and third a vegetable dish. They were all really well made and the portion is quite sizable. Quality and quantity. Prices are slightly above normal but not unreasonable for the quality of food that was served. Big screen tv on the walls so you can enjoy your food while watching tv is an added bonus. Recommending this to anyone who likes southern style Cantonese/Chinese food