Fan's Chinese Restaurant

451 Windmill Rd, Dartmouth - B3A 1J9
128 reviews
Chinese
(902) 469-9165

5☆ for service-price-quantity. 4☆ for taste. Spring rolls were one of the best and they are big as egg roll size. Recommend trying the combo options (5-6) for one person, so you get to taste multiple dishes in single serving.

Curtailed size of each dish and boom up the price, pandemic becomes the perfect excuse for the restaurant owner to extort customer. Two girls order just few dishes cost $45/ per person. will never come back

Though I really love the food at Fan’s our first delivery experience was horrible. An hour after we’d ordered, I called because our food wasn’t here. We were told that the food had left and should be here soon. Twenty minutes later and still no food so I called back. They called the driver and told me 10 more minutes. Almost 15 minutes passed and the driver showed up as I was calling to cancel the order because our food had been in the car at least 45 minutes. We sent the food back and called the restaurant to let them know we had sent the food back with the driver. It’s now 8:15 pm, almost 2 hours after I ordered dinner & now we need to figure out something else. The restaurant was very apologetic but didn’t do anything else. No replacement food, no discount on a future order, not even a couple of free spring rolls for our next order. I’m very disappointed and very hungry

Dim Sum:Not as good as it should be. Most of dim sum has less stuffing (we had a lot of dishes but forgot to take a photo).Entree Dish;Relatively good and tasty. We loved Stir fry fish with XO sauce and braised beef brisket.Service hours;Unexpected close without online announcement. Wasting my time to drive to Dartmouth.

We have not eaten in the physical resturant since Covid but before Covid I never had a bad experience with the food.Over the years the quality has wavered between alright and great but as of the last time we actually ate in, it was pretty decent.They do a very good and consistent job of some of their popular dishes like the ginger beef. On that note, they have my second favorite ginger fried beef in the whole city.I'm not an expert in genuine chinese food but to me it seems like their dishes focus more on western chinese food as opposed to genuine mainland China type chinese food.Lately, during Covid, we have gotten a Peking duck for each Christmas. They do an excellent job on the duck. The skin is nice and crisp, the meat is not over cooked and the sauce the duck is basted in is delicious.I do not know if they make their own hoisin sauce, but the one that comes with the duck is great - not too salty nor so strong that it out competes the rest of the flavors.I highly recommend ordering a Peking duck from them(see their website, you have to order ahead due to the preperation time) for any special occasion or if you just want a nice treat.

Dim Sum:Not as good as it should be. Most of dim sum has less stuffing (we had a lot of dishes but forgot to take a photo).Entree Dish;Relatively good and tasty. We loved Stir fry fish with XO sauce and braised beef brisket.Service hours;Unexpected close without online announcement. Wasting my time to drive to Dartmouth.

Very popular spot for Dim Sum. Price is good. But make sure you get there early. We got there around 11:30 and had to wait 45 min also some of the popular dish was sold out like my favorite turnip cake.

I wish this place was closer to where I live. The food and service is great. I wish spring rolls good be switched with egg rolls for no additional charge. Plum sauce and sweet and sour sauce are delicious.

We're from BC and came here for lunch because we want to try the Chinese style lobster. They have a lunch special menu. The food portion is quite big, we had a lot of left overs. The service speed is kinda slow, but it's understandable since we ordered a lobster. It's nice that they have the lobster readily available on the menu, as many Chinese restaurant ask you to either reserve a lobster beforehand or bring your own. Food flavour is decent, a bit on the salty side. I'd recommend coming here if you want to try Chinese style lobster, price is very reasonable.

We're from BC and came here for lunch because we want to try the Chinese style lobster. They have a lunch special menu. The food portion is quite big, we had a lot of left overs. The service speed is kinda slow, but it's understandable since we ordered a lobster. It's nice that they have the lobster readily available on the menu, as many Chinese restaurant ask you to either reserve a lobster beforehand or bring your own. Food flavour is decent, a bit on the salty side. I'd recommend coming here if you want to try Chinese style lobster, price is very reasonable.