Heart of Asia - Victoria, British Columbia

My first foray into authentic Chinese food, won't be my last. Delicious food, great service, lovely atmosphere!

I dont normally give less than satisfied reviews. However i must say i was dissapointed in the service here. We ordered chicken and duck, and mostly it was bone and pepper heavy. The taste was good, no issues there, but if im dropping 20 buxz per dish, id like it ... to be less boney, more meat, and not so many cut up pieces of peppers. The waitress didnt check up on us, granted half the restraunt was full. I still tipped out of courtesy but it could have been more. Taste good. Service bad. Food context also not so appealing. Better luck next time Heart of Asia. Read more

I took my neighbors out one night for dinner at this Chinese Restaurant, that was my second or third time here. I really enjoyed the spicy fish on their menu , just price is a bit higher then I thought , $25? I am not too sure about their chair ... here , looks like all the chairs in the house need to be replaced , I will post a picture to show you why . The night when I came in with my friends was ok, but once when I was there by myself, I had to wait for over 30 minutes to get my food on the table . I remembered that was one Friday night around 18:30 , I was on my way to Friday bible study somewhere in Cedar hill . Maybe because they were too busy with all the orders came in and I saw a group of ten people were there before I got in . Read more

The experience was kind of "meh". First the service was not in tune with our perusing of the interesting and extensive menu. What I mean is that we had barely sat down when our server came by with water (we weren't offered tea) and asked if we were ... ready to order. We weren't. When we had decided we called her over. We were looking for vegetarian food and had to explain "no meat, no shrimp, no fish, no oyster sauce". From their vegetable section I ordered Spicy Vegetables and Rice Noodles and my friend ordered Fried Broccoli and a side of rice. This was Tuesday after a long weekend. When the dishes arrived my spicy rice noodles and vegetables consisted of the weekend's left over, soggy noodles and the vegetables were a few shredded carrots, some pieces of green onion and a few bean sprouts. The "spicy" part was sadly lacking as there was really none of that satisfying spicy heat that I've been looking for since I've moved to Victoria 12 years ago. My friend's broccoli was just that, a plate full of stir-fried broccoli. Fortunately, it was very nice cooked with a nice balance of crispiness and melt in your mouth feel. It was also nicely seasoned with garlic and ginger. The service was pretty indifferent and we had to sit and wait for our bill while the whole time listening to loud Chinese pop music which, like most pop music was not soothing dinner music. Having said all that I still feel the place had promise and might go back on a weekend night when the "A" team might be on the job and the food a bit fresher. Read more

Nice to try something different. Not bad and would recommend trying this restaurant, but I wasn't impressed.