P & L Chinese Restaurant - Edmonton

Bathroom was out of soap, one pork dish was undercooked, another pork dish was overcooked and hard, some pieces of eggplant was very hard and unlike the rest of the dish. Majority of dishes were underseasoned and bland.

My wife and I stopped by for dinner one night and ordered from the menu, all the dishes that we ordered were better than expected, as a result I was happy to return a couple of weeks later for the lunch buffet that was advertised. The difference was night and day, I arrived for the buffet an hour before it was due to finish however by that time few choices remained and most of these looked like they had been in the buffet for days not hours, unfortunately the dishes tasted as sad as they looked. Annoyingly three staff members were standing together only a few meters from where I was seated and continued talking very loudly for the entire time that I had my lunch, it was so irritating that I had to put my headphone on and listen to music to drown out their talking. However the final straw for me was just as I was finishing my lunch one staff member set up in the dining room and started prepping vegetables, based on the lack of food options on the buffet I assume no one was cooking in the kitchen at the time and there would have been space to do the food prep in the kitchen rather than doing it in front of paying customers, but of course not, how could she continue her conversation with her work colleges if she was doing the food prep alone in the kitchen. In summary I will not be returning to P&L and I suggest that you avoid the lunch buffet.

I've been here twice now and will go again because it's so close and the price is so good at lunch. There is enough variety that you can't eat all that is in the buffet, but for the price it is totally worth it. Food tastes good too.

It was a few years ago when my family and I first discovered P&L inside Edmonton's downtown Comfort Inn. We took a chance and enjoyed many aspects of this Chinese restaurant. Since then, we have had good evening meals with the same consistency over a substantial period of time. This past Christmas, my husband and I arrived late in Edmonton, and since we were staying at the Comfort Inn, we were able to warm up over piping hot food from P&L's kitchen. To this day, P&L is an enigma to me. Dimly lit in a corner, it looks mystical at dusk, almost like a Taoist lantern with people huddling around dinner tables. After just one visit, my family and I appreciated this reliable eatery for dinner whether we were a small group of three or large group of twelve. The food has been consistently good throughout all the years we visited. However, P&L is still a bit of a mystery to me because although not large in physical size, its menu is diverse with many regional Chinese dishes not available at other Chinese restaurants, but not exorbitantly so. The hostess and servers are also polite, friendly, and helpful. Since we have never had lunch at P&L, we wonder if there's in fact, a lunch buffet for the downtown crowd. If yes, during daytime, its floor to ceiling windows all around must let in the bright sun or interesting city life from the outside. How quaint and that's why I think of it as Taoist a bit dreamy but actually real, a place that has to be experienced from the inside. The food we had this past Christmas was ordinary Chinese fare that came to just over $40, for three dishes with seafood, vegetables, and fried rice dessert included. The best benefits of visiting P&L are free indoor parking, a convenient downtown location, and surprising varieties of regional Chinese cuisine for folks who like to try new and different dishes each time. From the menu, the chefs definitely appear equipped to prepare a very wide range of Chinese food. In sum, my family and I would recommend this mystic alcove tucked inside a corner at a downtown Edmonton hotel just south of Jasper Avenue and 104 Street. Thank you.

We were staying in the Comfort Inn and suites that shares a building with this restaurant. Picked up a menu on Saturday. Sunday after the Grey Cup we placed an order on the way up to our room. They told us 15 minute. So went and got all out outdoor gear off and came back food hit and ready. Food was delicious.