Old Beijing Roast Duck

My parents have been so many times that they’re friends with the owner. Unfortunately it didn’t live up to the hype. We had a twelve course dinner. The food came all at once, to the point there’s nowhere to put anything. Good service means knowing when to slow down. The wrapper for the duck was rock hard, it was like chewing on raw dough. Nothing really tasted amazing. Mostly too sweet. I really don’t know if there’s any redeeming qualities about this place except that the dishes LOOK good. Oh, they also let you bring your own wine.

If you like Beijing Duck, you must visit this restaurant, you can find all the famous Beijing dishes here. Beside the original beijing style duck, they also created crispy duck skin with potato chips and kiwi, good combination to bring different taste of Beijing duck. Their duck soup is served in the tea pot, nice and easy to drink, it’s so tasty and we even asked for refill.

Food: 2/5 Ambience: 1/5 Service: 2/5 The Peking duck is really dry. Worst part is there’s flies everywhere in the dining area and you are eating while watching servers hit the flies. Service is not that attentive, need to remind multiple times to switch plates or fill water for our tea. Some of the wine glasses weren’t clean as well. Would not go again, not worth the money.

Went for dinner and had the duck. We had the more expensive version with 4 courses: skin with kiwi and jam, regular skin with wrap, scallions and sliced cucumber with sauce, a stir fry with onions and peppers, and a soup. We also had an appetizer with 4 kinds of cold cuts, and some braised pork with buns. It was all quite good. Food was a bit pricey; $20 for tea, however it was fun to try something out of the ordinary and we plan to go back. You can also see the ducks being roasted in the back so you know they’re doing their own roasting. I believe many restaurants actually buy pre roasted ducks.

My wife and I dined at Old Beijing tonight despite our better judgement and after reading all the 1 Star reviews, and let me tell you, every bad review about this restaurant is spot on! The service was really slow, food poor quality (dry duck mainly) and waaaay over priced. The price, was the final kick in the nuts after an overall sad experience. My wife is Chinese and we eat Chinese food alot. Never in our life have we heard of duck skin being served on a fkn Pringle?! Are these people.serious? Stay away from this restaurant. What a joke. You know it's bad when the stir fried cauliflower you order at the duck restaurant is the star of the show.

First time to dine at this restaurant. Decorations and services were excellent. One can have a private room in the basement for spending $600 or more. For a $1288 set menu, there are many dishes, including the signature roast duck, and sharkfin soup, a lobster, etc. The roast duck pieces were very fresh and crispy, giving you a unique feeling of eating something delicious. The soup is ok and the lobster steamed with salty fish tastes a little weird. Seems the food is over-priced. However it was an overall good experience for trying some unique northern Chinese food and enjoying a very comfortable eating environment.

Overall experience was good. The service was better than most Chinese restaurants, food was authentic and tasty. We ordered the emperor duck which came with 4 different dishes and few other hot dishes. The roast duck (Northern Chinese instead of Cantonese) is probably the most authentic and best in greater Vancouver. The skin was very chrispy and the meat was very juicy. I was surprised the rating are only 3 stars. I assume because most people thought that it was overpriced, but I think for a fine dining restaurant such as this one, around 60 bucks per person is not too bad. We also got the fruit display for free. The only thing that I would complain is the price for the tea. We will definitely come back again and recommend others to go.

A great place to have Chinese food. The plates are ornate and fancy, and the water has cucumbers and other vegetables in it for taste. The food is fresh, delicious, and authentic. The parking nearby is cheap. The service is fast and the waiters are nice. There is also an outdoor area for good weather. The furniture and decorations are authentic and cozy. A great place for Chinese food.

Price/quality (1/4): The Peking duck here is terrible. The skin still has a lot of soft, visible fat on it, even on the breast. In Beijing, especially at a restaurant that specializes in Peking duck, this is the kind of thing that would be sent back to the kitchen. Occasionally, especially if you do complain about the duck, you can get something that's a passable imitation of what you'd get in Beijing. But that being said, their other dishes aren't great either--for example, their duck liver tastes like they forgot the cooking wine. Service (0/1): Service was slow. The chef also doesn't seem to realize that it's his fault that the duck didn't turn out well. If the ducks here are different from the ones in Beijing, change your cooking time and whatnot so that it still tastes okay. Would I come here again: No

I wish I looked at Yelp Review (2.5 stars) first before we ordered through Uber Eats (4.8 stars). We ordered the whole duck combo for $98. It includes 1 whole duck, 2 portion of crepes, 2 orders of sides (cucumber, onion and duck sauce) and duck soup. When it arrived, it only had 1 whole duck, and only 1 portion of crepes and 1 order of sides and 1 duck soup. We thought they made a mistake so we called the place. We called them and told us it only comes in 1 portion now. Pretty much too bad so sad attitude. It is impossible to finish the duck with only 8 crepes. Definitely will not be ordering from them again. Very disappointed.

If you like Beijing Duck, you must visit this restaurant, you can find all the famous Beijing dishes here. Beside the original beijing style duck, they also created crispy duck skin with potato chips and kiwi, good combination to bring different taste of Beijing duck. Their duck soup is served in the tea pot, nice and easy to drink, it's so tasty and we even asked for refill.

The restaurant is decorated really cool. Service was good. The duck however just didn't seem to have that freshness taste as I have had from other restaurants.

My wife had been working really hard, so we decided to treat ourselves to a nice dinner out. The decor in this place is really lovely, but unfortunately that is about the only good thing to say about this place. We pre-ordered the 4-course duck menu, and while adequate, the dishes were nothing special. The service, however, was ridiculous. You would think after months of Covid shutdown, they would be ready to welcome dine-in customers, but 95% of their attention was on preparing their take-out orders. None of the five table occupied were getting much service at all, and after asking 3 times for a second beer, I eventually gave up. With so many dining options out there, I strongly recommend you take your business elsewhere. We certainly will not be returning.

Very interesting to read so many negative reviews. It seems your mileage may vary with the service and food. I guess we lucked out or perhaps it was the Mandarin speakers at our party that made everything smooth. This restaurant was previously a fancy Indian restaurant called Mauraya. Pretty cool how it transformed from the Taj Mahal to the Forbidden City! I did like it though because the decor made it feel authentic. As for the food, it was good but not great. As others have mentioned the duck skin was too crispy. And the quantity seemed like only a portion of the duck. I should have been suspicious that the duck was carved a few feet away and perhaps purposely out of sight. It was served on a white dish that looked like a duck. When the meat came some pieces were roasted to perfection and other peices were too dry. And in terms of quantity I wondered where the rest of the duck went. The other dishes we ordered included green vegetables cooked in garlic; and satay beef with starchy vegetables like yam and potatoes. As for beverages we ordered a pitcher of watermelon juice. I believe half of the watermelon was used to make juice and the remainder was used for the fruit and melon bowl. The total bill was quite pricey. I'm not sure how they can survive if most costumers make it a one-time visit only. I'll only go again if someone picks up the tab ;)

My bestie Jaime K. excitedly texted me a Georgia Straight article of this soon-to-open restaurant last month and I've been counting down the days to its opening. Well, let's just say that disappointment is an understatement - DOUBLE underscored. I feel profoundly sorry for the diners, investors and the ducks of Old Beijing Roast Duck, and see this establishment as a textbook example of how to fail in (almost) every way. I'm going to be pretentiously obnoxious and say that the owner should pay me for pin pointing the areas of improvement. Let's just start with the food, I mean if all things fail, but the food is good, we can forgive a lot of things. When you read "the restaurant's duck chef Sam Wong has had over eight years of experience roasting ducks. He and other chefs at the restaurant went to China for two months of training at the chain's flagship eatery," the duck's gotta be good and authentic right? Well I worked and lived in Beijing for 2 years and the duck is not as authentic as many media channel had sung. My family ordered the Emperor's Duck for a whopping $140, served in 4 ways: appetizer, wrap, stir-fry and soup. Appetizer - crispy duck skin served on top of a slice of kiwi on pringle chip, with a bit of plummy jam on the bottom. Seriously, what is this? The duck skin should have been sliced off hot and served hot to be dipped in crystal sugar and/or fresh wasabi, the way it's done in Beijing. Wrap - Kudos on the paper-thin wrap, not so kudos on sliced duck meat because they tasted bland and was cooled when served on table. The secret sauce that the owner mentioned in the Straight article tasted like a mixture of Hoisin sauce and sweet black bean paste, perhaps Mijune Pak's taste buds would be able to tell how special the secret sauce is. Stir-fry - We were stunned when this was served last, and one needed a microscope to scavenge-hunt little strings of duck meat from piles of onion strings. The sauce was overpowering everything. Soup - i'm not a good cook, but I can do better than a pot of very salty and no duck-flavor soup So that was all just the duck - and if you've read thus far, I think you don't need to go beyond the star of the show but if you are curious on maybe the other dishes turned out well? No amigo, the other dishes were all flops on the flavorless, poorly-made camp. What about the service? Given this is boasted as a premium, high-end Chinese restaurant, the service was nowhere top notch but down bottom. We asked for water 3 times to be served, the dishes came painfully slow, it was a nightmare to flag down servers to help us add more dishes, and dessert came before second entree. The most face-palm moment was when we noticed dirty serving plates and dirty wine glasses even after we asked for replacements. It was the most expensive Chinese meal I ever had where I felt had the least value, and I boil in anger for bringing my family to this place. No cherrio to you, you've broken my heart.

Extremely expensive, not worth the price. My worst dining experience ever!!! Never going to return. If I can give them zero star, I would! We were very easy on them because they just opened. Absolutely no service at all. Some food was ok, just ok. Not impressive. For the price they offer, we expected it to taste great. Their emperor duck cost us $138, other things like the sauce and the wrap cost us extra and the server did not mentioned that to us, they just served it and added the extra charge on our bill. They carve the duck right in front of us, but their knife skill was bad, making the presentation looked crappy! The duck gizzard... OMG! Very disappointed! Looked like they used their left over food and stir fired with fresh veggies. Very vey disappointed!!! DO NOT GO!

Went to them for dinner two days ago and used a regular roast duck coupon to upgrade to a better roast duck, saving $90. We spent a total of $133 for the meal. Waitress told us could not give tip base on $133. Instead, we need to give tip base on $233 because the original duck price was $130 without the coupon.Their behavior is no different from robbery. Not to mention how much you spend is voluntary.

Maybe my standards are a little different coming from San Francisco, we thought the food was fantastic and the service is what you'd expect at a Chinese restaurant, efficient and a little cold. But you're here for the duck right? And boy do they deliver on that front. The 138 emperor duck was superb, they did something special to the skin, so that the fat and skin forms a perfectly uniform crunchy and juicy layer. See photos. 138 CAD for Pei king duck done 4 ways is really a steal. Again this may be the SF experience talking, but the decor and ambience is amazing and food excellent. We'd definitely be visiting again.

Came here on a whim while walking by cuz well it's Peking duck and I'm pretty much always up for Peking duck. Brand new restaurant still trying to work out the final kinks but overall Old BJ has potential! My experience was closer to 3 stars but the restaurant deserves an extra star for effort. And because it's just awesome to have a Peking duck place this close to home (did I mention I love Peking duck?). Service: Meh, lots of room for improvement here, but everyone's still new so it's understandable that our servers weren't super familiar with the dishes or how to serve them properly. The owner (manager?) came over a few times to supervise, so it was all good. Food: There are three choices, and we chose the top-grade one called "King Duck" or something like that which is $138 I think. Was pretty just good flavour wise but not the best I've had. The skin is served on pringles with kiwi and jam, so that was a bit unexpected but not bad tasting at all. But it was a lot for 2 people and I kept thinking about how unhealthy the pringles were... Then the duck is carved table side and served with pancakes and the traditional sauce, cucumber, and onions. Was pretty good. It also comes with a duck soup (good/standard) and duck and pepper stir fry (this was really tasty). Also ordered a green veggie, which was standard, and a duck spring roll which I didn't like so much. Kinda flavourless and very, very deep fried. Was hoping it would be lighter. Overall, the ambience is nice (it's not crowded yet!!), and it looks like someone spent a small fortune decorating the place. Impressive attention to detail down the the chopsticks. $209 for two people. We ordered just the right amount of food to leave full enough to forgo post-dinner sweets/bubble tea (was originally planning to get my fav lava cake at Cactus about a block down). Next time I will skip the duck and try some other dishes from the menu. Lots of things look good (menu has photos!!), although not everything is available. NOTE: If you want to order the duck, be prepared to wait 40 mins or so. Good place to come with people you enjoy talking to. To sum up: Come for the ambience and adjust your expectations of the duck. I can think of few other Peking duck places in Vancouver that I prefer when it comes to taste, including the not exactly authentic but perfectly crispy and delicious versions you can get in a few Cantonese restaurants for $50 or less. But overall OBJ is a win for Vancouver!

Food was okay but cold... mostly I believe it's because we were sat by the windows in a cold evening. Not sure why as it's a large restaurant and we were the only party there. We ordered their more expensive $70 version of set dinner for 2. The appy cabbage was excellent, then came with stirfry noodle and the small hot and sour soup. Since the soup was too spicy, we asked them to exchange for the other soup offered in the set menu (dough drop soup)... the female owner came say its impossible since we have "eaten" the soup (how would we know it's too spicy if we hadn't eaten it!?) she said the only way is to order other soups from the menu... also the waiter offered a "duck soup" that's not on the menu as replacement. We said ok! It came with the look of dish water and tasted like water, didn't even bother to put some salt in it. The fried noodles had no taste and no substantial ingredients other than just the flat noodles and couple peppers (disappointed). Then the prawn came- the size of prawns were there but it had a funny chemicals taste to it... we managed to eat half of the dish... It's an occasion for celebration, we didn't want to let the above to ruin the night, we have decided to order the dough drop soup from the menu. It came hot and half decent. Lastly was the duck and the dough wrapper, Duck was lean and tasted pretty good; however, the dough basket had no cover!! By the time we finished the first wrap, all the rest were cold. The basket came with a glass pedestal, everything were placed in a pre-decorated container to give the grandiosity look!! All in all, I would say these people do not know restaurant business... The basic is to serve the food at least warm!! After we paid the bill, we tried to approach the owner, the waiter and the owner's son to tell them what we thought. First thing we got was owner avoided us by going to the restroom, when we talked to the waiter, he just kept saying "Yes, Yes, Yes" without listening, then commented "it's cultural difference! We think differently...." what? As chinese, you think differently than Canadians and you don't want to hear what your customers have to say?? When we chatted with the owner's son, he said Sorry two time with lots of smile, and not want to discussing the matter, and/or learn what our experience was... It's just a very odd place... a place that the owner didn't want any interaction and communication with their customers.. and don't want to hear feedback and possible improvement... I give them a 1star restaurant compared to the others in town.

The best roast duck in Vancouver! Should try it! the roast duck combo is good for lunch only 18.99.

Very bad experience for 3 reasons: 1. The soup that comes with roast duck came ***2.5 hrs*** after ordering. Everyone was waiting for the soup. 2. The owner lady ***keep recommending*** dishes. Five of us ending up with 8 dishes. I tried to stop the owner lady, but she ignored me like failing to catch my words at all. After making the order, the lady ***didnt serve me the tea***. Can't imagine it in Vancouver. 3. When we left, the owner lady asked us how we felt. My friend mentioned Hutong, the other restaurant on W. Broadway. The lady then told us ***how Hutong fried food and how ingredients are unhealthy and etc***. Hate this type of people.

My friends wanted to having Peking duck so we decided to try this place. Maybe we should've looked at the reviews first, but it's exactly how the rating is like, pretty meh. We ordered the emperor duck that comes in 4 dishes plus 3 other dishes (Chinese black fungus, sugar glazed ribs, and shrimp cake), plus alcohol glutinous rice balls as dessert. The first dish that came was one of the 4 duck dishes. It was the fried duck skin served with some veggies and a tart sauce all on a....wait for it....pringle chip. We thought it was their own baked cracker but it was just a Pringle's chip. It was okay so we didn't mind too much. The second dish was the peking duck but there was no wrap. We had to ask for the wrap and sauce and it took awhile (they charged us for the wraps too which normally is included at other restaurants). Normally at any restaurant that serves Peking duck, the sauce should and condiments should have already been placed first. The third duck dish was so so, nothing special. For a restaurant that specializes in duck, it wasn't that special. The skin wasn't that crispy and the meat was a bit dry. Our other 3 dishes came and they were better. Mid way through dinner, what we thought was our 4th duck dish which was the soup finally arrived. In the past at chinese restaurants, I always had soup first so this was a surprise. I took a sip and realized it was sweet and thought that was weird. Only after a few more sips did i realize it was our dessert. They clearly saw all our food was still on the table and was not done eating. I had to ask the server to check if we had a soup cause we remembered our server/manager telling us the soup was the 4th dish. We also didn't get spoons to drink our soup or dessert. For 6 people, we paid $50 each. So overall, food was decent but definitely wouldn't go again cause there are other restaurants that have better food, service and cheaper prices.

This was one of the worst restaurants I've been to in my life! I would give it zero stars if that was possible. I was so excited about a new Duck place opening up near me. I went several weeks ago with a group of family and friends. Even though I had a reservation, we waited over 45 minutes to be seated. The hosted never smiled (the whole evening) or apologized. I pre-ordered one of the ducks, $138 (four courses). The first two course took over an hour and a half to appear, I would hate to know how long it would have taken if I had not pre-ordered. We seemed to be forgot at this point, as the last two courses took another hour to appear. The last two courses were terrible. The duck was tough and sinewy. The stir-fry was mostly cabbage and onions with tiny bits of duck. The soup was murky looking water. To add insult to the price, the restaurant charges extra for the wraps, like what is duck without wraps. A lot could be forgiven if the food was good but it wasn't. The service was absolutely non-existent. They did not speak Cantonese and hardly any English so my friends and family felt dismissed and discriminated by the staff. Dishes were thrown on the table. Over-priced wine was served warm. I understand that are a Chinese restaurant and they definitely made me think I was back in China, down to the lack of proper napkins and toothpicks on the table. The place is beautifully decorated but we sat down at a dirty table. The banquet was too big for the table so two people seat uncomfortably far from the table all night even though they were perched on the edge of their seats. I spent the whole evening fuming. It was expensive and pretentious! These people aren't interested in serving people, it's probably all an expensive immigration front.

If i could give this place a ZERO stars I would DO NOT GO to this overpriced and pretentious restaurant. We called called in advance two days before to inquire about ordering half order of their Beijing duck, because who can spend 138$ for a duck when we were only two people. They said "yes we can accommodate, so we made a reservation and headed that one First it took forever for anyone to acknowledge our presence at the door. That's ok, service is not always the best at Chinese restaurants, so that didn't bother us. When we proceeded to order, the server said, sorry we do not serve half portion of duck. We were quite surprised as we had called in advance previously and were wondering if there was a mix up. So we politely asked if the server can check with someone else just to confirm if this was true, 10 minutes later, the Manager walks up and said "ok, you can order half a portion of duck". So we proceeded to complete our order. Then, 5 minutes later the Supervisor arrived and the first thing she says to us is "We do not serve half a duck, order a whole duck or leave now". We were flabbergasted to say the least as we were not even confrontational and were just asking to inquire about the miscommunication. Please do not support a place that literally told their patrons to "leave" their restaurant if you don't order what they want you to order. I'm sure the duck is great, but if you're looking for good Beijing style duck please go to these instead: 1) Dynasty Seafood Restaurant 2) Fortune Garden 3) Koon Bo 4) Red Star At least you'll spend Half the price, get decent food and be treated like human beings. Heck they serve their duck on PRINGLES?!

One of the best Chinese food in the city! The food is great! The service is good and the atmosphere feels like you are somewhere in China! Great place to eat with family, friends or just a business meeting!

DON'T GO! I ordered the $130 Empirel Roast Duck set, and they served me fucking Pringles! The portion was ridiculously small for such an expensive price. The service was very bad and slow as well. We waited 2 hour for 4 dishes. On top of that, we ordered the "Duck Wrap", which we assume came with the "wrap", but guess what? No, it costs extra. I'd never step foot in that restaurant again. 不要去！ 我點了$130的皇帝鴨4吃套餐，居然給我吃洋芋片。以他的價格來說。份量荒唐的小。味道又很一般。服務又慢又差。我們四道菜花2小時上。這樣就算了。我們點了片皮鴨。他也沒另外說餅皮要另外收。就直接放在我們的帳單上。我不推薦。也不會再去！

This is one of my favourite Chinese restaurant around downtown area. unlike other, u don't test full mouth of MSG, only great flavorful dish cooked in a health way. HOTPOT were outstanding in a winter time like this.

Not worth the money!!! They don't use good food ingredients yet charge such a high price! Service was non existent! Management sucked, especially the manager was arrogant and not helpful. DO NOT COME HERE.

Had a horrible experience there. The food was overly salted and the manager insisted to take it back and add more water. The server had stacked the plate on top of our food which we wanted to pack home. We complained and the manager gave us vouchers for us to come back.

I came here randomly after spotting their fancy store front. Once I stepped in, I felt like I was transported to somewhere in China. The room here was very beautifully decorated and the plates, table settings, cutlery, cups and tea pot were all on point, definitely Instagram worthy. When I opened the menu, the prices also reflected on the fancy Chinese restaurant theme. For the duck courses (this is a Peking duck restaurant so ordering duck was a must) there were only 2 options that night. There was a $138 option or and a $88 option. I'm not sure what the difference was as there was no explanation on the menu. As it was only two of us dining that night, we went with the $88 duck course. First course was crispy duck skin served with sugar for dipping. This was pretty good. Second course was duck served with crepes for wrapping. The size here was very deceiving. The two of us barely finished our wraps and we were stuffed. We were also served peppery duck soup, which I enjoyed. Overall I think the duck was good, but probably not worth the price. If you are looking to take your Chinese parents somewhere for a nice meal to impress them then I would recommend this spot.

Very fancy inside and the prices are very expensive. They offer a lunch special for a personal size of Peking duck. It comes with the crepe, duck, sauce and a side of duck soup. Overall, it was okay. The server tried to up sell us to buy a whole duck instead for 88$ for the 3 of us but we refused and stuck with the lunch special

Most disgusting kitchen staff I've ever witnessed! While dining we could hear consistent hackling coughing noises coming out from kitchen! This is unacceptable in the best of times but totally egregious during COVID; we were so disgusted that we stopped eating during mid dinner and asked for the bill immediately. Health care department should investigate their hygiene practices at this place!

AVOID this place at all cost! Haven't seen such rude service, disorganized floor and kitchen ever. We waited at the table about an hour without being served with any water then was told the dish that we PREORDERED was sold out...not a single customer walked out with a happy face on that evening...

Service and Environment was great! Roast Duck is authentic and amazing! Noodles is really good! Also tried a platter of duck thingies and HuTong stew. It is okay. Not as outstanding as the Roast duck. Overall was a good experience. :)

We ordered a whole peking duck ($98) for take out. When ordered over the phone, I was told by a male staff that there was 10% discount for pick up of takeout items. After my husband brought home the duck, I checked the receipt and found no discount given. I called to speak to the same staff (Mr. Z.). He sounded apologetic and consulted a lady (boss?). I overheard their conversation which was the lady repeating the same thing - no discount given when paid by credit card. Mr. Z. knew that it hadn't been mentioned clearly at the first place. So, when he came back to the phone, I said I heard all she said. My husband paid $15 tips. I didn't call to ask for $9.8 while we already tipped $15! I wished to hear a good and courteous response as a customer service to bring me back to your restaurant... Terrible management!!

All show, no substance whatsoever. They've obviously spent a lot to decorate the interior, the menus and presentation are very high-gloss, there's a lot of serving staff, and 'chefs' who attend to the ducks carefully before they're cooked, then slice them in patterns for service at table. All very impressive, but there's almost no flavour to the duck. Despite their much-touted hot-air method, the skin isn't that crispy on arrival. All that prepping and extremely slow presentation in beautiful floral forms ensure the crispiness wilts and the food arrives cold. Despite the attentive and friendly service, this food is better looked at than eaten. Terribly sad, too: it looks so great, and I love duck, but it's an empty experience.

Average food. Food didn't come out hot. Expensive for average food. Nice meticulous decor that's why the 2 stars. But way too expensive for the amount and quality that you can get at other fine Chinese restaurants. We had the festive Peking duck, shrimp friend rice , fried cauliflowers and flower tea for 2 people. The bill was $201 with $30 tips. Expensive and my husband wasn't full!!

I want to say I'd probably give 1 star if it was rating just food alone. Let me tell u my experience at old Beijing roast duck. A week ago I spotted on dineout Vancouver that old Beijing roast duck was participating in its dine out. So being a duck lover me and my husband were so excited to give this place a try. We booked a reservation for 130 just to make sure they weren't too packed. Upon arriving right at 130 we were walking towards the door and all of a sudden my phone rang. The restaurant called me right at 130 when they didn't even give it 5 minutes to see if I was just late or what. Anyways we go in and get seated by the window and the owner I'm guessing came up to me and asked me what I'd like to drink in mandarin. I speak Cantonese but I can understand a little mandarin so I told her ice water. After the waiter stopped by he took our order. I ordered the braised duck hot pot, Kung pao chicken and the pan fried duck dumpling. My husband had ordered the hot and sour duck soup, kung pao chicken and duck spring rolls. When our first item arrived which was the braised duck hot pot and the hot and sour soup my soup was like lukewarm not even hot. I asked my husband if his was hot and he said lukewarm also. That was already a bad sign. So we signaled the waiter and told him it was cold he took it to the back and warmed it up and brought it back while he took it back our kung pao chicken came and it was ok wish we had some rice so I ordered a side of rice with it. Then they took the main course the Peking duck out. I would say the peking duck was the only good thing about the whole meal because everything else was pretty disgusting to me and my husband both. When they brought our Peking duck over they also brought a duck soup that was bland and gross also. When we left walking out we saw a sign that said Peking duck lunch special 18.99 we instantly said omg we shouldve got that instead we paid 45 dollars per person for food we didn't even want or like at all!!! Soooo just a heads up to anyone that wants to try this place

Came here on a suggestion for a cheap Chinese New Year week since all the other eateries were booked solid. I kinda figured it out after my meal came out as to why this was one of the few eateries on one of the most busiest weeks in the Chinese culture in Vancouver. Firstly they knew we were there, however, they didn't seem interested in seating our party of 4 nor did they care that we were there. This irritated me. I brought this up to my friend who said, "It's a cultural thing." I responded with my ever popular eye roll and just went with it. 16 minutes later in a half empty eatery we were finally seated. We had a family style meal and even though all the dishes were staggered and we were one of the few in there it took over an hour. The food is average. The duck itself was okay. I've bad better.

I just came out of this restaurant - AVOID AT ALL COST ! I took my family here after reading the "lunch special" menu on the sandwich board outside on a Saturday. We returned for a meal on Sunday. That menu was absolutely nothing like what was presented on the menu inside the restaurant. Classic 'foot in the door' technique for getting people into the restaurant - clearly i fell for it and never again ! When asked about the discrepancy in the menu - the manager stated that the outside menu was only served on weekdays - however he couldn't rationalize away the fact that the menu outside was still there on both weekend days - Saturday and Sunday. To top it all off, the pricing for the Peking duck on the menu inside was most deceiving - I had ordered the $48.00 version, but was charged $88.00; when i asked about the discrepancy, the manager again stated i had ordered the 3 course $88.00 (full duck) version when I had clearly pointed to the $48.00 (1/2 duck) option. Furthermore, there was no way there was a full duck on the plate but rather more like a 1/4 duck. While the interior decor is attractive, the unsavoury experience of having an unexpected bill of $160.00 for lunch was not only shocking but incredibly disappointing. I will NEVER set foot in this establishment where you leave feeling incredibly ripped off. Shame on this restaurant !!

I should've trusted the reviews before I decided to come. After 400 dollars with my family we came to a conclusion that the duck actually tasted like a turkey, you know, quite dry and tasteless. So disappointed since I'm actually from Beijing. Maybe hire some real Beijing chefs to alter the taste a bit? Anyways, other dishes were very basic too, either too salty or lack of flavour. And too many spicy dishes. Not really Beijing cuisine. Decor was very nice though! :)

For a $100 lunch, I came out still hungry! The duck was good but not a lot of it for their lunch special. Do NOT order the cucumber dish!!!

Been waiting for about an hour and a half for Peking duck right now... Even after pre ordering. After asking how much longer it will be, the server offers to ask if we would like to have soup before hand. Uh, yea! After waiting so long I think we would like to at least eat something. I hope they make this worth while..... As I am sitting here waiting lol we won't be coming back.

Newish restaurant with northern Chinese theme. Extensive make-over. Opulent setting. Tea starts at $3, and there's a premium option for $20. I only ordered the set meal; plate of duck slices, crepes to wrap the slices, thick duck sauce, and duck soup. Ended with a cup of fresh cut fruits. I enjoyed the meal. Filling for lunch. The palate was refined and favors were restrained. Though the soup had too much pepper. IMO, not expensive for this class of restaurant, unless you spurge. I will return to sample the appetisers.

Decided to try this place out as my parents were pretty excited a new well known franchise in China has opened up in Vancouver. However, we were extremely disappointed and felt a bit ripped off. We ordered the roast duck 3 ways set which is $88, and it barely came with a quarter of one duck. The first course was just the duck skin, dip in sugar, which was pretty crispy and good. The second, chopped duck slices, which was extremely bland and unsatisfying. If you wanted to wrap it with the the rice paper you needed to pay an extra 6 dollars for that, and the third course was soup, delicious but nothing is in the soup, except a few slices of cucumber. Did I mention my dad asked for more of the dipping sauce and was told he needed to pay for it? We ended up ordering 2 more dishes, fried fish and sweet and sour meat balls, just to get rid of the blandness of this super expensive meal we had, plus we were still hungry because the portions were tiny. After tips for the 3 of us the bill came to over $160. Needless to say, despite the nice decor and attentive service, we will not be back.

Please don't go. Duck was microwaved. Pancake came from same microwave. And the ducks tasted like the sanitizer they used.

158$ for roasted Beijing Duck with premade soup, non-crispy skins and soaky meat? You must be joking me. So disappointed! I was having high expectation for this places as it claimed it's a branched restaurant. What a shame! Honestly, the Chang'An at downtown gives much better roasted duck at almost half of the price. Do not recommend this place

We were told we could order half duck, but after we ordered others they came to say we had to go for whole duck, so finally we got extra food. We asked nicely if we could get some discount cuz it was their mistake, but unfortunately they said NO. When we got the bill, another surprise was a pot of red tea was charged by $22 which should be told before. Anyway, we still paid fully plus 15% but will never go! NOT recommend at all.

I'm a big Peking Duck fan. So far the best has been Mr. Chow in LA. It's amazing here! Crispy fat, moist meat and the sauce nice and thick so it doesn't leak from the wrapper.

Three people shared $48 worth of duck - very tender, juicy and came with the delicious thick duck sauce and crepes. We got a huge side order of bok choy that was sauteed in garlic and broth - delicious and there was too much for 3 of us, a very generous order. We also got duck stuffed pockets that were good, but a bit boring. There were a couple things on the menu that were not available, as the kitchen was still working out kinks (they forgot our rice and the service was a bit slow at the end of our meal) but we loved the complementary fruit at the end of the meal. I would recommend and absolutely go back.

This place newly opened and I often find it hard to go by reviews but in this case I agree with the reviews so far. ZERO stars. 1. Service: terrible - waiters were not well organized, no please and thank you and we had to ask for everthing before it would be brought to us. Not to speak of the long wait. 2. Quality of food: very average. Nothing outstanding 3. Value: poor - little skin from the duck, little meat and extra charge for sauce 4. Overall: this reaturants aims at being a upscale chinese restaurant. Prices are upscale ($20 for a dish of veggie!), service and taste are average to poor. $150 for a table of three, we walked out hungry and feeling disppointed. This is Vancouver a place full of great restaurants and this one is certainly not one worth recommending.

Just returned from our meal at Old Beijing. If not for the restaurant decor and food presentation, I would give it a 1-star. Our $138 Emperor's Peking duck barely fed the 6 of us even thought we got 4 courses out of it. There was so little crispy skin from the duck one wonders whether they served our duck to 2 other tables. We ordered 3 other dishes which were all tiny. Having paid over $100/couple without liquor and barely full, we all felt ripped off. To add insult, service was sub-par for this caliber of restaurant. Our dirty dishes were never swapped unless asked. When dishes arrived, they did not provide serving spoons or chopsticks unless asked, etc. Being ethnic Chinese, we feel somewhat embarrassed that such a restaurant can operate here in Vancouver given the large number of much better Chinese restaurants in the Lower Mainland. Sadly, we'll never go back and we don't see this establishment lasting.

The duck is really nice. It's not fatty and it's full of flavour. The decor is also very welcoming. Its great for groups and families.

This place is complete TRASH. I have never had bad chinese food until i went to this restaurant. First of all the service was horrible the manager was completely stuck up and useless we didn't get tea OR WATER until 30 minutes after we ordered it...after asking repeatedly (like hello is was 30 degrees outside and also was hot in the restaurant). Also keep in mind it was not busy so there shouldn't be a reason for them to be so slow. The waitresses were inexperienced. The food wasn't good for the price we paid for and we literally got pringles. They forgot one of our dishes after we asked about it numerous times. For the missing dish we got their "famous" $18 fruit tree which in total had 14 pieces of watermelon and honey dew. After this experience we will not be coming back.

I have to say that the food is delicious. It is a new restaurant so service needs a tune up but the food and ambiance is 5 stars. I have eaten in Beijing and Shanghai. This pace is great, They do not serve half ducks. That is the Cantonese Roast duck. This is Beijing duck. Loved it. My family enjoyed the Emperors duck and the Kung Pao dishes.

In Vancouver, we are blessed with an embarrassment of riches in terms of range and quality of Chinese foods. Old Beijing Roast Duck has to be near the pinnacle of them. From the moment you step into the restaurant, you can tell that serious money and thought has been put into the décor so that it resembles an authentic restaurant in Beijing. We were fortunate to have dined with people who were familiar with the owner and as result, had a feast that can only be described as incredible. The roast duck is the star feature of course, but the unique preparation of exotic accompanying dishes are equally compelling. I could not possibly describe every dish because we experienced an extraordinary selection and number, but beyond that, the presentation and service were over the top fabulous. Be warned, this level of food and service is not cheap, but there are not many places in our town to get this variety and level of Chinese cuisine.