Red Star Seafood Restaurant - Vancouver

shrimp ball with almond sliver

Had our big family gathering there a couple of weeks ago. My sis-in-law made a reservation prior for Sunday 12:30. Our group arrived there around 12:25 and I told the host that we had reservation under this name for this number of people. She had trouble finding our reservation. I had to repeat the name and the number of people and the reserved time at least one more time before she finally found our reservation. Then we were told to wait.

After five minutes of no information whatsoever, my sis-in-law showed up. We were trying to be patient and let them figure out their reservation or whatever they needed to do. About fifteen minutes later and our third group finally arrived, we were then shown to our table. So much of a reservation. Other smaller group of four with no reservations already got their tables by then.



They don't have carts to bring around their dimsum so we ordered from a piece of paper menu by noting the amount we wanted to order. There was a nicer printed menu that I thought was special but then it was the same menu but nicely printed and bound on a booklet.

We ordered typical dimsum like bbq bun, shrimp roll on rice wrap and soup dumpling (xiao long bao). Then we had some not too typical like durian mochi, fried shrimp ball with almond and braised tripe. For you all that wanted something a bit more adventurous could go for deep fried pig intestine, marinated duck wing or pig knuckle in vinegar.

marinated duck wing

braised tripe

I guess the food was okay, nothing to die for. We were so used to just do take out for dimsum while we were living in San Jose. This place is good for family gathering or a nice family dining out. Just don't expect exceptional customer service.

Red Star Seafood Restaurant
8298 Granville Street
Vancouver, BC
V6P 4Z4
604 261-8389