Grand Lake Chinese Cuisine & Banquet

The food at grand lakes is good! It may not be of the highest quality or presentation but it is of great value for what you pay. The lobsters and the sweet and sour pork and the Peking duck are always our favourite. Ken is a great head server and he is always helpful with recommending dishes for us to try.

Really good Dim Sum with some lovely seafood options..but not sure it's worth the wait. If you go on a Sunday get there early as the wait times an get long.

We went there as a family especially for their dimsum. The food was good, the service was so-so - you had to remind the restaurant staff each time you ordered something. The biggest issue was that most of the staff only spoke their language so to make them understand what we wanted was difficult. Take someone with you who speaks their language and you will have a great meal :)

Grand lakes is your run of the mill Chinese banquet restaurant with cookie cutter decor and atmosphere; it could be located in almost any part of the world, but on this occasion was Unionville (Ontario).This is not the type of restaurant you would expect groups of non-chinese to visit. Infact, I am almost always the only Caucasian in the entire restaurant when I frequent these establishments.We turned up in a medium sized group for this type of restaurant (9) with no kids/babies on this occasion. All of the staff is Chinese (unsurpringly) and mostly Cantonese, although some speak fluent English. On to the menu, which was available in both Chinese and English, which I appreciated because it isn't common. Overall, the food was reasonable and what you might expect for these prices. I personally enjoyed the duck, while my friends' favourite was the lobster (see photo).A minor issue we encountered was the square plates, which adorned our large rotating table and consequently kept knocking over our tea!Our main criticism was coarse service. For example, the waiting staff would barge past you as they hastily put down the plates and there was little concern for refilling tea pots and clearing away empty plates.SUMMARY: standard/typical Chinese banquet with good duck/lobster and poor service.+ Some tasty dishes (duck/lobster)+ Relatively quick service+ Free WiFi available (which is always a plus for the traveller)+ Flexible set menu- Bland decor- Very noisy (but what can you expect?)- Coarse waiting staff- Square plates, which kept knocking over cups

Considering what you pay for dim sum, this place is not bad. Good value. Service is good. Cleanliness is so so.