Comments on: King Crab at Empire Seafood Restaurant

By: simon

simon — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 19:12:07 +0000

I usually go to there for dim sum. The price is alright and the food is not too bad.

However, I do caution that the service there is unacceptable and I will likely not revisit the place again.

We ordered dim sum @ 10AM. By 10:40AM we were pretty much finished and noticed that one dish has still not arrived. I flagged down one of their employees (the General Manager) to get the bill and also told him to cancel the dish that did not arrive for almost 40 minutes. He acknowledged and then walked away for a few minutes. Then he returned with the missing dish and just shoved it onto the table. We reminded him that I asked that it be cancelled and that we were finished the meal. He said “You ordered it so you must take it regardless” (in Cantonese). The attitude exerted gave me the feeling that he doesn’t appreciate and respect customers. At no point did he apologize or showed remorse for the delay caused.

In my opinion, it is very shocking to see such attitude from a senior level manager. I cannot convince myself that this restaurant deserves any of my business.

By: King Crab @ Empire Seafood Restaurant | 604 Foodtography

King Crab @ Empire Seafood Restaurant | 604 Foodtography — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 22:45:51 +0000

[...] great timing it is then that king crabs are currently in season! Even better so was that Ed Lau had posted about a place in Richmond, Empire Seafood, that had just what I wanted. I gathered up 7 friends and [...]

By: Net Age | Web Design

Net Age | Web Design — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:58:00 +0000

My oh my but those crabs look delicious. I’ve watched the crab-fishermen doing their thing on discovery channel a couple of times, and I was curious as to what all the fuss was all about, but since I’ve tasted crab I love it!

By: Marquelle

Marquelle — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:31:27 +0000

So from your eight pound crab, how much of it was flesh and how much was shell?

Assuming it was eight pounds to begin with…

By: Michael Kwan

Michael Kwan — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:47:56 +0000

Haha, of course the menu is $168.

I remember when places had that price for 10-person set menus, including lobster (but not king crab).