Burnaby Palace Restaurant has been a neighbourhood favourite for Cantonese and seafood dining since 1998, known for its lively banquet room and consistent dim sum service on weekends. If you want a place where families celebrate birthdays and small businesses host lunches, this is the room you’ll remember: seating for about 220 guests across a main dining floor and a private room that fits roughly 40 people.

The menu centres on traditional Cantonese dishes and fresh BC seafood. Expect signature items like barbecue pork roasted in-house, steamed whole fish (seasonal lingcod or sablefish, 1–2 kg portions), and their lobster and scallop Cantonese-style stir fry. Dim sum is served daily, with staples such as har gow and siu mai, plus more unusual plates like steamed pork ribs with black bean sauce. They also run banquet sets from $28 per person for weekday lunches to $48 per person for weekend dinners, with vegetarian options and gluten-sensitive preparations available on request.

Service at Burnaby Palace feels practised rather than flashy, led by a front-of-house team with years of local experience and Chinese chefs who trained in Hong Kong and Vancouver kitchens. Dishes arrive on time, portions are generous, and servers will happily explain cooking methods or recommend family-style combinations for groups. The kitchen keeps an eye on freshness, sourcing shellfish from local suppliers and rotating menu items to reflect what’s best each season.

Locals keep coming back for reliable flavours, large-group accommodations, and reasonable pricing in the Lougheed area. It’s the kind of place you bring a neighbour for weekend dim sum or book for a community celebration because the staff know the area and the menu by heart. Phone: 604-437-1818. Website: https://burnabypalace.ca/