Bonavista Peking House - Calgary

My family has been going to Bonavista Peking House for more than 20 years. My Grandparents were regulars and used to bring me along, now my parents treat my kids to Chinese food here. The food and the service is excellent. House special chow mein, Lemon chicken, Sweet and sour pork, and of course Ginger beef are some of my favorite dishes. Tomato and shrimp on sizzling rice is also very good if you're looking to try something different for a starter.

We have had no issues when ordering or eating in house with Peking House. Their customer service has been the same as any other Chinese restaurant. Peking House is in my neighbourhood and I would love to support them. However, Kam Han who is in the same delivery area offers discounts in various levels for the amount you spend. These discounts are advertised on the website. Peking House offers NO DISCOUNTS online. That being said they will match Kam Hans advertised discounts but only if you let them know. That is my first concern with Peking House. My second concern is that they will not match Kam Han's $80 free Salt and Pepper Squid dish which is a $19 savings. When pressed I was offered a Shanghai Noodle dish. At that point I said I can't order from Peking House Lake Bonavista based on their firm stance of not matching a close competitor. Our order was over $80. I let Peking House Lake Bonavista know I was going to order from Kam Han. I was then offered the Salt and Pepper Squid for $5, a discount that should have been offered long before our conversation. I was then told to accept the discount or order somewhere else. THAT IS EXCTLY WHAT I DID. Hopefully those that read this review take it as it is. I did my homework and I have dined in both restaurants. Again one does not outperform the other, except...... As I said above, Kam Han gave us the free seafood dish, a $19 savings without having to negotiate, I noticed that EVERY dish Peking House offers is $2 more than the Chinese restaurants in the neighbourhood. Looking for others to give their reviews of Chinese restaurants in the Lake Bonavista area. I'm all for great tasting food without being subject to higher prices across the whole menu and the mindset that prices are higher because the food is tastier or there is more when it is not warranted.

We usually dine in and take out here and we order our fav salt and pepper chicken to go We really upset what we got today dried and pre heated

The food is great but the service was terrible. They forgot to bring out food, never checked up on us about food or to refill drinks, the juice was expired so couldn't order a Shirley temple. When one of our table guests was questioned about the lack of tip(she was going to tip cash) she said the service wasn't great, and they went around the table saying "this lady says our service was bad, our service isn't bad right?". It was incredibly awkward. We were also at a large party and they didn't even put the two tables next to each other, so we couldn't socialize with the other table. The table beside ours was empty, they didn't fill it till later in the night. We used to love going here, but I feel like with all the stress of running a business during covid they have stopped caring about their guests.

I grew up in Lake Bonavista so LOVED enjoying dinner st sn old, childhood favorite! Food is still delicious!

Very Delicious food, good variety of food. One of my faves is #104 salt and pepper spareribs, they are very good! Their ginger beef is descent too, comparable to the Ginger beef restaurant. I ordered to go as the service was very poor and the lady was grumpy if we asked about the many. That’s the only downside.

This place is woefully underrated, no way it should be under 4.5*. I just ordered a bunch of food tonight and it was all fantastic. Both the ginger beef and sweet and sour pork with pineapples were swimming in sauce! The mixed vegetables in black bean sauce and black pepper chicken fried noodles were great too. There are some great Chinese food places in the South but this one is my favourite.

First time visit this Chinese restaurant which is good service and provides tasty noodle soup. There are so many other meal options that I would love to try more in the future days:) btw, they have good quality Chinese tea which I totally recommended!