Yangtze Dining Lounge
High quality cuisine in the heart of Chinatown Ottawa, traditional Cantonese & Szechuan Cuisine at it’s best !
” Portions were good, service was fast. Food was delicious, tasted fresh and arrived as expected (the server was knowledgeable and accurate in describing items) ”
Since opening in 1982, thier goal has been to provide the highest quality cuisine. For over 40 years they have offered the best Dim Sum with an extensive selection of Cantonese & Szechuan food.
” Fairly priced and enough for you to fill yourself without breaking the bank. There’s also not a compromise on quality or taste of the food at Yangtze. My guests were from Chinese origins and they approve. ”
” Very fun and tasty Cantonese restaurant located in the heart of Chinatown. Servers walk through the aisles with food trays, and ask if you would like some of the dishes they are serving. If you would like some, they give you the portions, and mark on your table’s sheet of paper how many servings you got. After your meal, you pay for the food your table received. Yangtze is a very fun and efficient way of dining, as you can eat as much or as little of anything as you’d like, and there’s something particularly fun about the suspense & anticipation of waiting for your favourite dish to come at some point during your meal. The food is very tasty and really quite classic dim sum. ”
Great Cantonese food in Ottawa, Real Dim Sum ??? Whaaat???
” Probably one of the few legit Cantonese style food restaurants in Ottawa and the food is as surprisingly as authentic as it gets. On our visit to Ottawa, my expectations of finding a really good Chinese / Cantonese restaurant was pretty low. After all, no one really raves about the Chinese food in the city and the Chinatown here is a tiny fraction of many of the popular Chinatowns across the continent. With that said, Yangtze was actually pretty decent and kind of surprised me a bit.
We dropped in on a Wednesday evening and the restaurant was pretty crowded. Mind you, it’s a spacious restaurant so there was also plenty of seating, but I can imagine that weekends might be even busier. All of the employees speak Cantonese and still mask up as of May 2022.
The menu here is full of dinner deals for groups of 2, 3, 4 and 6 people, but you can also freely order entrees a la carte. We decided to get the Dinner for 2, Cantonese style, which came with a Straw Mushroom Egg Soup, 2 Pork Spring Rolls, Chicken Filet w/ Mixed Vegetables, Cantonese Sweet and Sour Beef and a Shrimp Yangtze Fried Rice. Quite a lot of food for actually 2 people!
Oh, and did I mention at Yangtze they serve a portion of their dim sum menu during the evening as well! Soooo we decided to grab a few dishes to try – Shrimp Har Gow, Pork Shui Mui and an Steamed Golden Lava Bun.
Overall, all of the food at Yangtze, like I said, was actually pretty decent to pretty good. All of it was authentic, just like how we expect it when cooked at home. The Chicken Filet w/ Mixed Vegetables was very saucy and the chicken was quite tasty. The Cantonese Sweet and Sour Beef was also delicious. If you’re familiar with the Cantonese Sweet and Sour Pork Chops served in Cantonese restaurants, this was pretty much the same recipe. As for the dim sum, on the spot as well!
The service was great throughout the evening and waiters/waitresses were very friendly. Parking purely exist on the street, but on the weekday we were around, there was plenty of it. I was really surprised at how good the food was considering the lack of a Cantonese food scene here, however, this might be more of the exception. BUT, if you’re looking for legit, authentic Cantonese food in Ottawa, Yangzte serves it! ”
Have a look at the weekend Dim Sum menu Here !
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