Hong Kong West

Heard the food was good. One afternoon decided to check it out finally.
I entered and sat down by the window at a round table. Nobody around except some young kids eating. In the meantime I admire the filthy chairs with no padding, random strips of tinting on the windows, and general filth. Authentic Chinese I thought.
About 4 minutes in a lady comes and looks at me in surprise as to what on earth could I want. She asks if im here to eat and then if a menu would be helpful.
She asks me to move tables & hurry up. I haven’t even got the menu yet. She flicks the sign on door to closed and insists I move to another table.
I attempt to order chicken fried rice & ginger beer. I’m told the kitchen is out of chicken today. Tough to believe, I felt she just wants to get out fast.
Lady brings out my first dish. About 10 minutes later the rice dish arrives and is slid onto my table. Nobody came to check up on me or refill my water.
I begin to fling rice at the window and then dump my remains on the floor as I go up to pay $ 20 for shitty food.

Came here with the boyfriend because it’s close to my home. Ordered rice, green beans, chicken, and Szechuan (spelled Sichuan on the English menu…) soup. I also ordered sprite.
Rice was rice
Green beans were fine
Chicken was decent
Soup was just oil in a tiny bowl. $ 7 for a tiny bowl. It was disgusting and I love soup.
Server didn’t refill my water. When we asked her to recommend something, she said «rice.»
I asked, «what else?»
She said «ummm green beans?»
…“what else?”
«Ummmmmm maybe chicken?»
Not helpful.
They get one star for the green beans and for accepting credit cards
The total came to almost $ 40. Absolutely ridiculous. Will not be coming back. If this is the best Chinese food in victoria, I’m never eating Chinese again.

Sat down around 5pm on a Thursday. Reviews are right, no décor, no music, zero ambience.
Server greeted us and we pretty much told her that Unilocal reviews recommended the Chinese menu so we wanted her to recommend a few things. She offered the green beans, and the love chicken. We also got one medium bowl of rice to share. The rice was more than enough for two. My girlfriend also ordered the szechuan «soup»
Green beans were pretty good. Rice was rice. My water was good. That’s really about it. Love chicken was ok. The soup was inedible. It was basically a bowl of oil. We were told that’s how it’s made in China. I disagree though, I’ve had this soup before. This one was terrible, and $ 7 for a small bowl.
It was $ 38 for everything. A little pricy for two people with no booze. The only reason it gets 2 stars is from the green beans. That soup was bad, like really bad, don’t ever get it. Service was ok. Not good but not bad. Hard to judge when the dinner rush comes in and there’s only 2 people. Obviously they’re going to be a bit slower

This is probably the best Chinese restaurant in Victoria. As many people said, I didn’t order from English menu and asked for recommendations. The lady (I assume the owner?) was very helpful and friendly. 4 of us ordered 4 dishes but 3 dishes were probably enough. We ordered green bean, eggplant and fish hotpot and beef (it was called beef kimchi but more likely fried beef with vegetable). We ordered everything at medium spicy and in my opinion fish hotpot was more than mid range. Vegetable dishes were absolutely fantastic and I’ve never had any dish taste like that.
If you are looking for a restaurant with great service and lots of attention, this is definitely not the place (We went to the restaurant at 12:30 and had to wait for 10 minutes to order food.) This is for people who appreciate spicy and true Chinese cuisine.

Just do it. Do you want great flavorful inexpensive Chinese food? Just go.
Here’s what you do: Show up, sit down, be patient (the entire place is run by a husband and wife so don’t freak out if you have to wait a few minutes for your order to be taken). Once she comes to your table, tell her you want her best Sichuan (Soo-​Chwan) food, and let her guide you to the right choices and amount of food for your group. You could be super adventurous and get some crazy things (frogs, pig’s blood stew, etc.), or a little safer (Chicken, beef, pork, fish), but trust her judgement.
We had the friend green beans, eggplant, fish hot pot and shredded beef. All were fantastic, although the beef wasn’t as intensely flavored as the other three dishes so suffered a bit from comparison, although on it’s own I’m sure it would be great. We went for «regular» spice, which we found to be good but we could have handled a little more. If you’re not used to spice this would be fine, next time I might ask for «spicy». The total for 4 people with enough food to feed us again for dinner was about $ 55.
This is a true hidden gem in Victoria.

Ask for the Chinese menu. Try the spicy chicken in black bean sauce. Dead ugly décor, lackadaisical staff, excellent food if you order right. I don’t disagree 100 percent with the one star reviewer but try to go beyond the chow Mein and wor wonton and get to the fish stew, long bean and other items. I think it’s excellent.

I was taking a one-​day workshop in Victoria and someone in the class recommended Hong Kong West, saying the place was funky but the food was good. I decided to give it a try.
The other reviewer said to not count the décor, but this place is beyond just funky. Even setting aside the really the old formica tables and chairs and walls that haven’t been painted in years, this was just not an enjoyable place to sit and have a meal.
First, the young waiter was mostly inattentive, taking too long to take my order, never checking back to fill my water, etc. Besides that, when he cleared tables, he brushed all the food scraps onto the floor, so it was covered with bits of meat, vegies and squished rice grains. Just gross.
Besides this, at a table across from me were four young men who would have been kicked out of a McDonalds for their loud, rude behavior, but were allowed to sit and be obnoxious here, in part because I think they were friends of the wait-​kid. When two young women came in to eat, one of the young men started making obscene sounds. Overall, just gross.
The food: I ordered a bowl of Wor Won Ton soup and a dish with tofu and vegetables. The soup was different than what I was use to, but once I got used to the sweeter, fennel-​flavored broth, it was okay. The tofu and vegies were less than mediocre: the vegies seemed to be boiled, not wok fried, and along with the tofu came with a brown gravy that had no other flavor except salt.
I will not be going back.

The best Chinese food I‘ve had in the Victoria area, and I‘ve eaten at all of them over a period of 12 – 15 years — not great in décor, but you’re not here for that.