don mee

overpriced dim sum:(. the dim sum was over cooked and overpriced compared with its quality. the service was slow and the waitress was not well trained. but other dishes were just ok~

dim sum yummm. haven't gone there in the evening. this review pertains specifically to dim sum. we have tried every single dim sum place in victoria, multiple times. don mee is by far the best. the staff is friendly and the food is consistently great. we have a number of favorite dishes, but their leaf-wrapped sticky rice is a must-have each and every time!

dimsum is great!

rude. i would have to say we had quite an unfortunate experience with the service at don mee. first of all, we started with a nice waiter who was very engaging and friendly, he answered every question we had about the menu, and even talked with us personally. near the end of the meal, it seemed like our waiter had gone home or was on a break, because an older waitress came to check on our table and finish service. there was no explanation as to where he had gone, and she appeared quite unfriendly. finally, upon paying for the meal using a credit card and a portable machine, she hovered over watching as the buttons on the machine were pushed and when it came to a point to make a decision for a tip...after a few seconds of contemplating what to put, she said "here, let me help" and entered her own tip at $10.00! i couldn't believe that this lady, who we had only been dealing with for maybe 5 or 10 minutes had entered a $10.00 tip, on a $50 bill without even any instruction or consultation to do so! i will never go back to this restaurant again, which is unfortunate, because the nice young waiter left a good overall impression. the thing is i probably would have tipped with boy $10.00 if he had stayed as our waiter, because he deserved it. but there is no way i think that this was appropriate for this lady to do after only being around to refill our water only once before the end of the meal.

great for dim sum!. i love the dim sum carts! they are very good! i recommend the deep fried wontons! excellent. i ordered a combo and it was the smallest portion i have ever seen for a combo! i planned on sharing it with my boyfriend but he was starving enough to just eat it to himself let alone share. but the service was great. the girls with the carts were very helpful. id definitley go again.

mediocre..... ...would be a generous way to describe what we ate here last week. we heard things had improved but honestly, the takeout chinese food from safeway might be slightly better than the food we received. this used to be a good restaurant, but it's like they don't care if you enjoy your meal or if you come back.

pricey for such uninspired fare. the room is a lot nicer than it's neighbors. shimp was big and plentiful but the cooks were too lazy to devein most of them. (check picture) service was fine during dinner service. however the manager / cashier / host who was old and thin was not very pleasant.

if you've never been to victoria's old chinatown, i highly recommend you go at least once. it may not seem very big, but there are lots of places to eat, shop, and explore in what is north america's second oldest chinatown. once you have had a chance to walk down the narrow "fan tan alley", and maybe buy a few artsy souvenirs, hopefully you will have built up an appetite for a good authentic chinese meal. if you happen to be in chinatown around the lunch hour, a good spot to go for lunch is don mee chinese seafood restaurant . gates of victoria's old chinatown it's located right in the heart of chinatown and has been there for over eighty years. the big sign out in front makes it hard to miss. one big reason you will want to go for lunch at don mee is to try their traditional "dim sum" which in my opinion, should be tried at least once in your lifetime. dim sum, in case you've never had it, is quite a filling lunch made up of various types of cantonese style

gross!. i think gross pretty much sums up our recent lunch experience here. food rolled through restaurant on filthy carts, condiments on bottom of such carts. there was some sort of 'film' on the scallops on one of their seafood dumplings. rinsed the greasiness off my fingers with the hot tea since i think i would have thrown up if i ended up in their washroom...
what happened to this place? i remembered it was half decent about 3 years ago.

service is poor at best and i've had much better dim sum in new york

1st off i am chinese and i believe don mee is the best dim sum for selection and quality in victoria!! i only eat here for dim sum, there dinner is average!!

terrible. fake chicken, lousy sweet n sour and no flavour

tourist trap. this place takes poor service to a new level. rude and unhelpful though just plain ignoring you. huge queues, long waits and greasy unpleasant food. no, no, no. do yourself a favor, get out of the town center and go to the fountain or better yet (unbelievably), the jade fountain.

verdict: it can be a good lunch, but it will heavily depend on your choices (and your patience to wait for them).

great place. i love this place one of my favorites for dim sum