Tai Tung Chinese Seafood Restaurant

Reviews

• PennyandRusty P.

  star star star star star_border 27 July 2026

  Tai Tung is a Cantonese-style restaurant located in the Marpole area of Vancouver that we visited in late February. The thing that struck us the most about our visit was how quiet it was for a Saturday morning. Usually, that's a bad sign since most of the good dim sum places are really busy on the weekends. Perhaps we were just here really early?
  
  There seemed to be a hushed silence from all of the diners this morning (something unusual as I always associate dim sum with a loud din from the elderly diners yelling to each other and babies crying). In any case, we were here for the food... and most of the dishes arrived around the same time. The first dish to arrive was the Tai Tung Specialty Baked BBQ Pork Buns ($5.35). This was soooo good! Freshly baked, the slightly sweet filling was still warm inside and I really appreciated the sweet cookie-crumble pineapple-bun topping.
  
  Most of the dishes are exactly how they are described... such as the Steamed Scallop and Prawn Dumpling topped with fish roe ($6.95).
  
  Something that I really appreciated was the fact that the waitress properly cut the Fried Eggplant with Shrimp Paste ($6.95) for us, ensuring that each piece had both eggplant and shrimp paste in it.
  
  The filling of the Steamed Beef Rice Roll ($6.95) turned out quite well with a nice fresh and aromatic hit from the cilantro in the filling.
  
  Although not the most visually appealing dish, the Bean Curd Wraps with Meat in Oyster Sauce ($5.35) had an interesting texture with the addition of crisp veggies to the meat filling (think it was celery?).
  
  And last up was the Beef Omasum with Ginger and Onion ($5.95). The otherwise delicate flavour of the bible tripe was enhanced by the addition of ginger. There were a couple of pieces which could have been cut a bit smaller (as omasum tends to be on the chewy side with a certain degree of difficulty in biting through).
  
  Overall, we were fairly pleased with most of the dishes here (we even took home an order of country-style rice noodles which turned out really great). Prices lean a bit towards the expensive side but they offer 20% discount off weekday mornings if you pay cash. Otherwise, they do accept credit cards. We were in luck that we showed up early because the noise level did eventually rise as more diners showed up later in the morning.
  
  It was almost half a year later that we returned for a revisit. This time, we started with the Chinese Donut Rice Roll ($6.95). Honestly, I thought there was something off with the texture with this dish and I was also surprised that they don't normally give you the dipping sauce (hoisin and peanut sauce) that we normally get at other restaurants.
  
  Next were the Chicken Feet ($5.95)... a bit standard. And then the football-shaped Deep-Fried Dumplings ($5.95) with shrimp and pork.
  
  One of the best dishes during this visit was the Beef Meatballs with Tangerine Peel ($5.95). Plump, juicy, and meaty with a nice hit of tangerine.
  
  And, of course, we couldn't come back for a revisit without ordering the Tai Tung Specialty Baked BBQ Pork Buns ($5.35).

• Paula S.

  star star_border star_border star_border star_border 15 July 2026

  Came in and the server was in the back. We waited a few minutes then decided to seat ourselves. Server finally came out and served the other table, I guess she couldn't tell that we just came in?
  There were 2-3 other tables.
  
  She went to the back again, I had to walk over to the back and yell and awkward hello? She said yes.
  A couple minutes later she came by and said tea? Took our order paper and walked away looking a bit confused. Guess we are having mystery tea today instead of our own pick.
  
  5-10 minutes after we placed the order, she came back to tell us they were out of ha gow and suggested something else.
  
  We ordered ha gow, siu mai, steamed spare ribs, prawn rice roll, and rice noodle in soup. And cold soy milk.
  
  The cold soy milk arrived, but the glass wasn't clean on the inside. I told her I wanted new glass of soy milk. Before she even took a proper look of the glass she said no. Erm excuse me I've had soy milk before it doesn't look like that. So I told her I want to return it. A couple of minutes later she came back with a fresh glass of soy milk.
  
  I can't read Chinese but I looked at the print out of the order paper and realized there were 4 items, not 5. So apparently she's not good at ringing in orders either.
  
  Awhile later a second server emerged. 2-3 more tables came in. I've never had a 4-course dim sum before but each dish arrived, we waited, and the next one came.
  
  All the other tables who came after us got their rice rolls. My sister asked the second waitress when it was coming. She looked confused too. Didn't say sorry. I get that they don't speak a lot of English but they're so blunt and nonchalant about all the things we asked for. They completely forgot about one of the dishes. We waited another 10 minutes for the rice rolls.
  
  If you don't want ha gow, dirty soy milk, and are okay with killing lots of time while receiving mediocre service from curt-speaking servers then this is the restaurant for you.
  
  Side note: i go out to eat 3X a week so I know that Asian places don't care as much about service, but this was baaaad
  
  Side note #2: I work part time as a waitress at an Asian fusion restaurant. They were semi busy but not that busy. It's the attitude tbh.
  
  Won't be coming back.

• Clarence C.

  star star star star_border star_border 13 July 2026

  Service:
  - Average. A particular bald old man can be rude sometimes.
  
  Food:
  - Most of their food are very greasy. Besides that, the quality is great, on par with some restaurants in Hong Kong.
  - The lunch menu isn't vast enough.
  - Food quality varies every time. (Earlier the better.)
  - The chicken was their specialty. It tastes excellent, but please note that it is very greasy, as if the whole chicken was soaked into a pot of oil.
  - Avoid deep fried tofu, and all of their rice flour rolls.

• Andrew W.

  star star star star star_border 11 July 2026

  This update is for their Dim Sum Lunch...
  Having been to their Dim Sum several times, I have to say their overall standard is pretty stable and well kept!
  
  All the items are even in their taste and quality:
  
  Bean Curd Wraps with Veggies & Meat in Oyster Sauce   $5.35   4/5 stars
  The texture of the bean curd skin with the meat & veggies filling made perfect compliments; Tai Tung's version leans on having a bit more celery, which makes a refreshing flavour!
  
  Prawn Dumplings   $6.75   3/5 stars
  The Dumplings skin is above standard compare to most dim sum restaurants, but alas the prawn filling, even though is very juicy but the prawns lacks the crunch / bounciness.
  
  Rice Flour Roll with Pork Liver   $6.95   4/5 stars
  This is a specialty item for any Dim Sum Restaurants, even in Hong Kong not many places offer this item, at Tai Tung, their version is up to standard, especially the steamed rice roll, being very silky and smooth and not over steamed. The pork liver is just ever so slightly over cooked but still presented itself well, as it is very fresh. This is a very hard to make item and that is the reason why not many restaurants have it on their menu.
  
  Salted Pork Bone & Dried Veggies Congee   $9.98   4/5 stars
  Again something very simple but requires a lot of knowledge and know how to make this congee authentic and flavourful.  The Pork Bone is marinated with salt to give it that extra umami flavour, the dried veggies (usually dried Bok Choi) has to be washed very thoroughly to make sure there is no more grit.  The Chef is able to do all the above outstandingly and made this simple yet wholesome Congee shines!!
  
  House Special Chicken with Thick Rice Noodles in Soup   $8.98 (bowl)   4/5 stars
  This is their signature item: aka Salt Baked Chicken, this chicken dish originated in the Hakka Restaurants in Hong Kong, it is also a simple yet sophisticated item. Tai Tung has always been able to keep the standard throughout the years. The combination of the soup noodles with the chicken lends a new twist to this old standby!  Yummy!!
  
  Service has always been good, very attentive and friendly, Michelle is especially great as she is always cheerful and interesting to talk to!
  
  Final Score: 3.8 stars
  Verdict: Recommend!!

• Jayson Z.

  star star star_border star_border star_border 4 July 2026

  We came from Toronto for a family vacation and stopped by for some dim sum. We arrived pretty early 9 30am but can only say this place was sub par. Signature dishes shrimp dumplings fell apart as I tried to pick it up and it was evident that the skin was way overcooked. The siu mai was kind of small, but a major improvement from the har gow. We also ordered the salted duck egg buns the steamed skin was alright but it seemed like I would buy buy frozen from the local Asian grocery store.
  
  We also got the deep fried  dough stick and the green pinion pancake. The two items were both deep fried in a way that each bite felt oil seeping into my mouth.....sigh.
  
  The beef ball looked pretty good but the first bite, despite being extremely tender I couldn't chew through the entire piece because the beef was obviously made from throw away pieces of beef.
  
  What I really like was the steam roll which had a really nice presentation and had a deep fried roll of fish paste wrapped in bean curd skin, deep fried and then wrapped in steamed roll. This added a really nice texture to the dish and made it one of the highlights.
  
  The buggest disappointment was the second I had my first spoonful of congee. Pumpkin and corn congee....simply tasted like bland rice and frozen vegetables...