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
With 59 years in business to its name, Silver Dragon knows how to craft a memorable dining experience. Shrimp toasts, oyster sauce fried chicken and Peking duck are just a few of the tasty dishes you’ll find on the huge menu of Szechuan and Cantonese fare. There are also set dinners for one to 10 people, and a wide selection of dim sum is available from open to close.
106 3 Ave. S.E., 403-264-5326, silverdragoncalgary.com, @silverdragonyyc
Runners-up
Great Taste Chinese Restaurant
Expect great service and delicious food when you visit Great Taste Chinese Restaurant. The steamed pork soup dumplings are particularly popular here, though dishes like the stir-fried beef and black pepper or fried green beans with mince pork are must-tries as well.
123 2 Ave. S.E., 403-265-9880; 594 64 Ave. N.E., 403-275-6577, greattastecalgary.com
U & Me Restaurant
Chinatown’s U & Me Restaurant is well known for its high-quality dim sum. Visit with family or friends to tuck into steamed barbecue pork buns, Shanghai-style dumplings and rice rolls with fillings ranging from shrimp to honey barbecue pork. And if it’s late-night dining you’re looking for, you’re in luck — U & Me is open late every day.
233 Centre St. S.W., 403-264–5988, uandmerestaurant.com