Crystal Palace Restaurant - Burnaby, British Columbia

Super authentic Northern Chinese food! So tasty and speedy service. I'm surprised it's not busy all the time. I hope this place gets busier because they deserve it, but I'm glad not to line up too, haha! Totally recommended and will gladly come again.

This restaurant might not look like it’s going to be authentic, but you will be pleasantly impressed! Very good service (when we had lunch here there was only one waitress, but she was very friendly and served us our food fast and efficient) the food is very very authentic northern ... Chinese cuisine! Please give it a try, very dish in the menu will be good, non of that fusion North American Chinese stuff! Read more

Since my last reporting, the restaurant has changed chef and ownership. It is still Chinese but no longer Shanghai (my beloved dumplings *sob*!), it now specializes in kebabs. It also has fried milk which while interesting texturally needs chocolate sauce or something with more flavour than the condensed milk they ... provide. ......... Easy jaunt from Metrotown. A family style restaurant with no airs but good Shanghai style food for a reasonable price. The best fried dumplings (guotie) in the GVRD. Tiny parking lot shared with 3 other restaurants and a convenience store that all have set spots reserved for their customers so it can get annoying during peak lunch hours, but on weekends and evenings you can park in the local high school's parking lot half a block away. Read more

This place is under new ownership and the food and style has changed a bit. The meat skewers were decent and the spicy fish is not bad either. Their best dish is probably the deep fried chicken racks. The seasoning and sauce they use on it is amazing! Of it ... wasn't for the chicken racks, this place would be a 3/5. Read more

Below average. I used to come here when I'm too tired or lazy to cook. After a few times I didn't wanna come here anymore. The place doesn't seem too clean or inviting. The tables are just there. It looks really odd. They stopped taking visa I think and for someone ... who likes to take advantage of collecting points I would rather go to another restaurant that either takes visa or the food is much better. No.1 beef noodle house next door are cash only but I go there often cuz their food and service are much better Read more