Crystal Dynasty Chinese Restaurant

Good place that runs the gambit from westernized to authentic southern Chinese. Excellent value for the money!

Food weren’t fresh, taste water down, no taste at all. They had crab dumping, I ordered that to try. It was supposed to taste like crab, but I taste curry pork! Definitely will not come back.

We unintentionally drove by around noon and was thinking to try it out for lunch. We ordered dim sum, It took 20 minutes for food to start coming out. It is definitely worth the waiting, fresh and hot, portions are huge, quality is better than most dim sum places we’ve tried (we just moved from Boston area and we eat out 2 – 3 times a week). Waitress was very attentive. We were so impressed and went back next day to order almost every dim sum on the menu, we were not disappointed. So delicious and unbelievably cheap.

Ordered delivery from here after reading positive Unilocal reviews and am disappointed. We normally order from Thai Phở You but decided to try this place.
Dinner for 4 (a) took around an hour to be delivered and was okay. Nothing memorable, turned out to be like mall food court Chinese.
Too bad, I love dim sum and would only give this place another chance if I am dining in — for delivery this place falls flat.

The food is alright but boy does the food take long to come out especially considering it’s a chinese restaurant. The staff were a bit rude and impatient but that wasn’t surprising. The best part was probably the price and the atmosphere was kind of nice if a little old-​fashioned. We got the sweet and sour pork, beef and broccoli, and some fried fish dish. Everything was just OK… not good but not horrible. I’ll have to try their dim sum next time because I had higher expectations because of all the rave reviews on here.

Last night we enjoyed take out at home with our daughter and family, tonight we are in the restaurant. Pictures of some of the dishes we had for the two of us were posted.
The portions are generous so we took some uneaten portions home in provided take out containers.
It is telling when the place has numerous clients of the same heritage. We consider that to be a good sign.
The restaurant has cleaned up and it’s far more cheery that a few years ago, so if you have not been in for a while you will be pleasantly surprised. Our servers appear to be the proprietors, they were very cheerful and answered questions we had as the menu had also been changed. We tended to choose Hong Kong style portions which were delicate in flavour and soy sauce was not recommended. They will provide soy if you so choose but try it without.
The usual large lazy susans were on the large tables suitable for large groups.
We saw some interesting orders going to the many large table groups. Piled high fish portions were the ones I noted.
Order in, take out, or dine in — you will enjoy your meal.

This restaurant is truly a hidden gem. The plaza that the restaurant is in looks abandoned so to think of even stopping to try out this restaurant was one of the best decisions ever. This restaurant is definitely comparable if not better than a lot of dim sum places in Toronto and is my go to spot in Hamilton for dim sum.
The quality of the food is amazing for the price you are paying!
Although the service is not great, I would trade that any day for delicious Chinese food.
My most recent visit, the food took about 15 mins to arrive but it was absolutely delicious and so fresh! All their dim sum always tastes amazing.
The steamed sponge cake is as authentic as it gets. It was so moist and soft (better than most steamed sponge cakes I’ve had in Canada)
They also don’t drown their food in oil or salt which is great as many Chinese restaurants do.
Definitely the best dim sum place in Hamilton!

Big portions, ethnic and decent food considering is in Hamilton. Great weekday special as well. Will definitely return

Best Chinese food ever!!!
Found this little gem tucked away in the Hammer. The esthetics of the place is nothing special but neither are most of the Chinese restaurants that I frequent on Spadina in Toronto.
Went for an early dinner and it wasn’t busy at all so the service was good. Ordered the hot and sour soup, general tao chicken, beens and beef and finally the spicy shrimp. Everything tasted amazing! Most likely to their minimal use of salt.
Theirs nothing really special to mention other then the food being extremely good.
Once again, if your in the Hammer, head on over. You won’t be disappointed.

Dim sum :) Shrimp dumplings, xiao long bun and other Cantonese food. I love the spring rolls and steamed pork ribs

Woah wait a minute could it be that some of the best Dim Sum I have had outside of Hong Kong could really be in Hamilton and not in Toronto or Richmond Hill? I know what you are thinking «Say it ain’t so!». Take it from a guy who has eaten Dim Sum in Hong Kong, Vancouver, Calgary, Victoria at at least 25 Dim Sum restaurants around the GTA alone when I say that yes this place is easily up there in the rankings. Its got old tables, that cliché out dated gold dragon, karaōke type décor and a staff so slow and ornery that most lesser mortals would go running for the door but what the true warrior who holds their ground is treated to is a Dim Sum offering so succulent, fresh and well done that you easily forget that it takes at least 10 minutes just to get the bill. Its not fancy and the service is barely passable but the food is great and the prices are great making this place a must visit for any Dim Sum lovers in and around the Hamilton area. The Dim Sum offering is basic but so good. And don’t worry about the large, dated dining room the food and the restrooms are clean. Plenty of parking and never a wait, you really can’t go wrong.

food here is excellent and executed very well but the service is atrocious. not only are the staff not friendly or even remotely courteous they are down right rude
the place is usually empty so it’s not like the servers are completely overwhelmed and can’t keep up. nope, they are just intentionally grumpy and unhelpful bastards! our table asked for water — a simple request and we also asked for more tea (one pot for ten people, really?) and she signed (loudly) and rolled her eyes as if we were asking for her to move the moon for us!
There are plenty of other great Chinese restaurants around, I don’t need to pay for some old Asian lady to treat me like garbage, I can stay home and get this for free from my mom!

Delicious and very fresh! There were 6 of us so we ordered the Dinner for 6 option.
The first dish was the wonton soup, which was actually individually served to us out of the main bowl by the waitress. It was also one of the best wonton soups I’ve ever enjoyed.
The egg rolls were perfectly cooked as well as the chicken balls — made with chunks of chicken breast and house-​made cherry sauce:-) The breaded shrimp were too chewy, though, and could have been coated with a lot less batter.
My fav dish was the Beef/​Mushroom. The ginger didn’t over power the beef, and I could have had an entire plate of just the mushrooms! The Chicken Chow Mein had a generous amount of tender chicken and great flavouring (portion size was a little lacking). The fried rice was just regular, good, seasoned fried rice.
The last dish was lo mein with shrimp and veggies. This and the Beef/​Mushroom stir-​fry were the best dishes! They were quickly polished off and so these are 2 good dishes to order if it’s your first time at the restaurant.
Good service and good food