Spring Garden Chinese - New Westminster, British Columbia

Spring Garden is an old school Chinese restaurant in New West. It's been a few years since I last visited and things don't look like they've changed much. The interior is nothing to write home about... The walls could use a new paint job and the seat covers are showing ... signs of much wear. But if that doesn't bother you, you can find some good eats here. Dropped by for dim sum. Free parking in the back. Don't be discouraged walking in through the back door. Some of the items we liked included the deep fried sesame balls with black sesame filling. These came our hot and fresh and the black sesame was perfectly oozing when we bit into them. The beef brisket rice roll hot pot was also really good with tender beef brisket and a yummy sauce. A few misses were the pork bean curd wraps (the filling just seemed very different than I'm used to). Other items were pretty much down the middle like the spareribs, siu mai, prawn spring rolls and the chili wontons (which aren't very spicy). Read more

A Chinese family bistro offering dim sum and small fried dishes as such Chow Main and fried rice noodles. Comfy atmosphere like being at home. Conveniently located on 8th Street in New Westminster. Price is reasonable.

The prices for dimsum are on the high end side of things (6.50 a plate). I would not have an issue with this if the place was modern and renoed. But it still looks like 1980 inside so i will have to knock off 1 star. I ... have had ever so slightly better food at golden swan but this quality here is good. Read more

One of the rare dim sum locations in NW. Rice flour roll with diced fish is good and hard to come by in Vancouver. The rest of the dim sums are quite delicious!

This restaurant does not spend much effort on the presentation or appearance of their dishes - you definitely won't get any "foodporn" quality snaps here. The place itself is also a little dingy and hole-in-the-wall looking. BUT, and I think way more importantly, they did put a lot of effort into ... the taste and texture of their food! The bbq pork, although lacking the signature bright red coloring, was yummy and tender. The siumai were juicy and umami. My favorite was the spare ribs - they were crazy tender and had great flavors. Not the best dimsum in the area, but it's cheap and decent. When you're looking for a dimsum fix, it does the job. Read more