
No. 1
Silver Dragon Restaurant
With 56 years in business to its name, it’s safe to say 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
U & Me Restaurant
Chinatown’s U & Me Restaurant is well known for its high-quality dim sum. Visit with family or friends to enjoy dishes like steamed barbecue pork buns, pan fried turnip cakes and rice rolls filled with Chinese doughnut, shrimp or honey barbecue pork. And if it’s late-night dining you’re looking for, you’re in luck — U & Me is open for dinner until 4 a.m. every day of the week.
201, 233 Centre St. S.W., 403-264-5988, uandme-restaurant.com
Great Taste Chinese Restaurant
Expect great service and delicious food when you visit one of Great Taste’s two locations in Chinatown and Huntington Hills. The steamed pork soup dumplings are particularly popular here, though other dishes like the stir-fried beef and black pepper and fried green beans with minced pork are must-tries as well.
123 2 Ave. S.E., 403-265-9880 and 594 64 Ave. N.E., 403-275-6577, greattastecalgary.com, @greattaste_chinatown
Bill’s Peking House
The team behind Bill’s Peking House bring three decades of passion and experience to the dining experience at this Lake Bonavista restaurant. Guests are spoiled for choice with nearly 150 dishes on the main menu, as well as tempting dim sum options like steamed shrimp dumplings and pan-fried pork buns.
380 Canyon Meadows Dr. S.E. 403-278-3338, billspeking.ca, @billspekinghouse