Yimin Dim Sum House

This place fooled us they advertise under different name but this is Yang Sheng an I was so disappointed with this food.We ordered almost 100$ meal from here an tipped 15$ for dried out an I’m sure the rice has been cooked for a week or more eggs look grey in chicken fried rice an the beef very dry an chewy barely any chicken in the chicken balls an egg rolls are very greasy an old.

I do not usually leave reviews but the situation at this restaurant left us completely baffled and was beyond disappointing.

My boyfriend and I went to this restaurant a few weeks ago for dim sum brunch. We ordered a few basic menu items from the dim sum menu. We then waited an hour for our first item to be brought out, which was a freezing cold and flavourless portion of shui mai. We ate the items and then proceeded to sit and wait for another 30 minutes. Then we were brought the incorrect order twice, which was taken away without an explanation and given to another table after we had already started to eat it. When we asked when our food would be coming, the server very rudely informed us that if we wanted our order we would have to wait 20 more minutes or we could just leave. We decided to leave because we were late for some other plans. The staff did not care and did not say a word as we paid and left (yes, we were still charged).

My boyfriend and I are extremely polite and patient people and normally enjoy a quirky restaurant experience. But the disrespect and lack of care given to ourselves and the other customers was abhorrent.

I don’t normally leave reviews, and I have had somewhat good experiences with this place in the past, but I just ordered from there and I am honestly quite disgusted. I bit into the sweet and sour chicken and it was completely raw inside — like cold, translucent, pink, raw chicken cutlet. Only the outside perimeter was cooked. I opened all of the chicken balls after to see if they were all like that and they were. I tried to eat the fried rice but it was also tasting off, and so I just gave up on the dish entirely.

We were looking for this restaurant but end up with Yang Sheng Restaurant. Though they are one and the same. We ordered the combo meal so that we can try different dishes.

What a hidden gem in Ottawa! The owner was super nice. The portion was super large so we ended up packing another two meals home 😋

We tried the fish maw soup – an authentic Chinese soup that has some jelly texture stuff in there. I really like it!

I also tried their special rice that comes in a clay pot called “煲仔饭”, the classic one is the one with the sausage. There are rice crusts on the pot which are super crispy. Overall very pleasant experience!