Chi lian - Richmond, British Columbia

Very popular place. Long wait. Unique type of chicken broth hot pot. Average experience. They're moving to new location. Hopefully will be more spacious and comfortable.

It’s queuing system is unfair. We were 1st in a queue and were waiting for a table for more than 15 minutes. When a table was ready and it was our time to sit down . A group of 4 just came in and the waitress gave that table ... to that 4 people (without waiting for a second). The waiter asked us to wait for next table (maybe another 15 minutes but not sure). We told the waitress that was unfair. At that point, another waiter came over and told us that this is their policy and they did not see any problem with that! Come on, we had been waiting for more than 15 minutes already. Had the waitress told us there are separate “queues” base on the size of the group at the beginning that would be fine! But they did not said anything but just took down our name. If customers could not be able to eat and served by this waitress/waiter, it doesn’t matter how good it’s food is. What a “disappointment”! Read more

Meat was not fresh. Tasted funny and sour. We told the waiter about it politely and quietly. The waiter brings it into the kitchen and comes back telling us this is how it tastes and there’s nothing he can do about it. Bad experience, bad management, and terrible services.

Good portion, way too salty We ordered their signature Crayfish, stir fried pork ribs, braised chicken feet, and cabbage in broth. We were offered 10% off because they only had frozen crayfish left for the day (at 7:30pm on a Saturday). They also ran out of another dish (deep fried pork). The ... Crayfish tasted ok, but everything else were way too salty. I drank 40% of my daily water consumption in the restaursnt.. I felt like my kidney was going to fail after the meal. Portion of the food was fairly big (which made my taste buds even more numb). Three of us spent $34 per person (after discount, tax, and 10% tips) I will not revisit this restaurant. Read more

Fresh crawfish with different kinds of flavour. All the sauce are homemade. The owner of the restaurant is a interesting man too, they have a homemade secret sauce which is really good with rice and other food. Don’t have English menu yet, but will be available shortly. Parking is available ... on the side. Read more