Each year, we ask Avenue readers to vote for their favourite restaurants in Calgary in our Best Restaurants readers’ choice ballot. These are some of their favourite places in the city.
Winner
Silver Dragon Restaurant
For more than five decades, Calgarians have been flocking to this family-owned-and-operated restaurant for delicious Cantonese and Szechuan cuisine. The restaurant’s daytime dim sum menu features an expansive offering of nearly 100 dishes, while the evening dim sum menu has a smaller (though equally delicious) selection. Beef dumplings, fried shrimp toast and steamed sweet cream buns are just a few of the dishes that await.
106 3 Ave. S.E., 403-264-5326, silverdragoncalgary.com, @silverdragonyyc
Runners-up
U & Me Restaurant
U & Me Restaurant is a great option to satisfy your dim sum cravings at almost any hour of the day. Open from 9 a.m. to 4 a.m., U & Me’s menu features everything from salt and pepper beef short rib to eggplant and salted fish hot pot. So whether you want a mouth-watering brunch experience or a late-night snack, U & Me is there for you.
233 Centre St. S.W., 403-264–5988, uandmerestaurant.com
Great Taste Chinese Restaurant
A filling and delicious dining experience awaits at Great Taste’s two locations in Chinatown and Huntington Hills. If there’s one dish you need to order while you’re there, it’s the popular steamed pork soup dumplings. Complete your dim sum experience with pan-fried onion pancakes, sesame cake stuffed with minced pork or beef, and some beef and cucumber rolls.
123 2 Ave. S.E., 403-265-9880; 594 64 Ave. N.E., 403-275-6577, greattastecalgary.com
Yuu Seafood Restaurant
Steamed shrimp dumplings, pan-fried turnip cake, rice crepe with beef and spinach — all this and more awaits at Yuu Seafood Restaurant. Part of the Taste of Asia Group, this restaurant at Pacific Place Mall offers a bright and inviting space to tuck into a dim sum feast.
999 36 St. N.E., 403-250-1848, tasteofasiagroup.ca
Central Grand Restaurant
Take a seat in Central Grand Restaurant’s spacious dining room for some high-quality dim sum with family and friends. Choose from more than 70 dishes ranging in size from small to extra large. Whether you opt for baked almond buns, steamed chicken feet, barbecue pork rice crepes or congee with beef, you can’t go wrong.
1623 Centre St. N.W., 403-277-2000, centralgrand.ca
T. Pot China Bistro
T. Pot China Bistro is part of the Taste of Asia Group, which also runs seven other restaurants around the city. The popular northeast dining spot is a great option to satisfy your dim sum cravings, serving up a wide variety of dishes ranging from steamed chiu chow dumplings to deep-fried sesame balls that can be enjoyed in the elevated and spacious dining room.
9650 Harvest Hills Blvd. N.E., 403-532-3982, tasteofasiagroup.ca