China Pearl Restaurant
“I don't recall all the various dishes we had but the fried squid, spicy salted fried pork chops, and fried flounder were on point.”
“Maybe cause I grew up on it, but for good Cantonese food at a fair price, look no further.”
“The ones that are a "must have" whenever I eat here are: PEKING DUCK PORK, SHRIMP WITH WALNUT, SPINACH.”
China Pearl Restaurant
Take-out: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
PokéStop Nearby: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
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Came here on my mom's request. I was pretty surprised. The food was great. Had the fried flounder — made with perfection! I had watercress. Its my favorite veggie and I'm glad I wasn't disappointed! Dad had pork chop peking duck style…that was yummy! Also had the house special fried rice and the usual shrimp lo mein. All was great!
Good chinese food. The best in the neighborhood for family style. Fresh seafood. They are quick in cooking it too. Decent prices.
I am technically Chinese, but I don't "claim" to be Chinese. But I do know what's good food when I eat it. This is probably every Thai person in Queen's Canto standby. I can honestly say that I think the entire Thai community has either been here or at least heard of it. And, they also have a bottle of actual Sriracha hot sauce(like from Thailand Sriracha) on each table, they have been doing this for the last 20 or so years. I am not sure how "authentic" it is, but it is easily my fav Canto restaurant. This place is very special to me since I have been coming here ever since I was a kid. When they recently changed their name to China Pearl from High Pearl, I almost went Ape Shit thinking they changed ownership. Lucky for me and everyone in society, that it's still the same =) Since, I can't speak Chinese, I will give the English names or the phonetic Chinese. They also close super late.
The food:
Fried Flounder- I usually get the sauce on the side, if not, it get's too salty. It's a whole fried flounder, head to tail, with a soy sauce and strips of scallion. I love this dish. I either get the fried or the steamed version, the fried is better for your belly, but the steamed is better for you. yelp.com/user_local_phot…
Pork Chops, Peking Style- it's un-natural how tender the pork is. This, I get sauce on the side as well, since the sauce gets kinda too sweet. So good though!
Lobster Cantonese Style- SO GOOD! It's sauteed lobster in a pork and egg mixture. The lobster is so good and the pork and egg mixture is addicting, I think I could eat a bowlful of the egg and pork with rice by itself. It is a tad salty, though. yelp.com/user_local_phot…
Fried shrimp with walnut and mayo- This is a standby Chinese banquet dish. I do like it but it's pricey for what it is and it seems kinda too simple. Don't get me wrong, I do like it, but I could live without it. Please don't yell at me Chinese people haha yelp.com/user_local_phot…
"Tao Mew"- it's sauteed snow pea leaves. This dish is my go to veg dish, if I ever had one. It's so perfect in every way. yelp.com/user_local_phot…
Lamb Stew- This was my dad's fav dish, it's only served in the Winter months since Chinese people believe it warms you up. It comes in a casserole dish, it's stewed lamb meat, with tofu skin, lettuce and chunks of gingers. I am a big fan of this dish.
Pig's feet & jelly fish- It's another standby Chinese Banquet dish. The one here is good and has nice flavor. It is silky smooth with a nice texture and it's seasoned nicely. The pickled veg is a nice counter point. yelp.com/user_local_phot…
Clams with black bean sauce- I think this is the fav dish amongst Thai clientele. I feel every Thai person orders this dish. I think it's a good dish. The black bean sauce is excellent.
House Special Steak- This was a special occasion dish in my family. The t-bone steak is cooked Chinese style with spices and soy. It's served pre-sliced but with the bone included. The beef has a nice outer crunch yet is tender in the middle. It's a good dish, the beef is cooked nicely, if I am not mistaken the steak is deep fried.
Beef with San Kang- It's served on a sizzling hot plate. I used to get this dish all the time, the beef is super tender and the San Kang is kinda like sweet tofu skin.
Braised tofu with mushrooms and Chinese broccoli- The dish is awesome in the Winter since it's very warming. It is also healthy, so that's a perk.
My go to place for legit Cantonese food in my area. The staff has been mostly the same people for my entire life (omg getting old). I grew up eating from here many times and lots of family reunion memories were made here for me. Hopefully y'all can experience something like that here too. The food is never disappointing and always hits the spot to being back the nostalgia. The first thing I always do is order the clay pot rice with Chinese sausage because it takes a long time to make… It is always a necessity for that to be part of the meal. Since I'm not a seafood eater, I can't tell you much about that, but their other dishes are pretty tasty too!! Yummy!!
Been going to this restaurant for maybe 10 years. The food has always been consistent. My family ordered the walnut shrimp which is a classic and really difficult to mess up. I love that the sauce came on the side so I felt a little less guilty when eating it even though i know there's no way it's healthy. We also ordered two veggie dishes. Both were good again filling in the role of making me feel like i'm eating healthy but we all know when you go out to eat at a chinese restaurant the amount of oil used is ridiculous. When we were almost done with one of the veggie dishes all the oil and grease left behind was clearly visible and very unappetizing.
I'm not sure how much chinese restaurants usually cost but for one place of shrimp and two plates of veggies the bill was already at $60.
My family doesn't come here expecting to be blown away but we do know that the dishes are consistent and we won't leave disappointed or unsatisfied.
We went there around dinner time. The dinner menu was limited and pricey. I should have asked for their special menu.
lemon chicken- fried chicken pieces with lemon sauce on the side. The fried chicken was lightly breaded and very crispy. The lemon sauce was also very light and not dense.
seafood pan fried noodle (not on menu)- pretty Ok, not too oiley. Seafood was very fresh.
It's a family style restaurant. So it would be better if you come with more people, so you could try more dishes.
This place used to be our typical spot for family dinners/birthdays until they increased their prices.
Since we haven't dined here for years, I suggested coming here again. We ordered a few items that were no longer on the menu, a soup, a fish, that roast chicken that you see at all chinese weddings and an eggplant casserole dish. The best dish of the night was actually the eggplant hot pot. Everything else was a bit under seasoned and coming from me, that says a lot. The fish was very bland. The pepper soup wasn't peppery enough..
I guess we should've stuck to the typical shrimp and walnuts, and pork chops peking style dishes… I'll come back and try those dishes again next time.
Very good quality Cantonese seafood restaurant. The food was really good, the services needs some work though, but then it's pretty much the same every cantonese restaurant you go, the waiters/waitress are older Cantonese men and women and they don't really give you a good altitude if you don't speak their language. They are usually more friendlier to the regulars that goes there.
Good food, lousy services. so it's give and take… but I think I will be back for the food… sigh…