We have been going to Szechuan Chongqing for group dim sum lunches for a number of years. The prices have typically been reasonable for decent quality food, leading us to return again and again. However, we left very disappointed yesterday afternoon. While I recognize their $2.95/dim sum item is a great deal and staff are likely instructed to try and upsell customers other more expensive items as well, the pushiness of the staff made our meal very unpleasant. Some quick examples that come to mind include having to repeat myself 3 times to ensure them I really do only want the small gai lan (not the large), continuing to ask us if we want more crab when we have not finished the dish on the table (they didn't do this for the other cheaper items we had), and finally the extreme pushiness for us to order their fresh steamed prawns with special sauce. We agreed to a pound of the prawns and then came the push for us to get 2 lbs! (note: I wouldn't bother with these - they were ok, but not worth the $22/lb they charged). Every time we asked for items from the carts passing by the servers would repeatedly ask us if we also wanted X other items and when we said no, often our negative response would be met with "are you sure?".

In summary, I will not be returning here. It's too bad, because picking items right off the carts is fun and their $2.95 dim sum items are good value. However, the pushiness of the staff negatively impacted what was supposed to be an enjoyable afternoon with friends and I left feeling quite disappointed. There are plenty of other dim sum places in Vancouver with similar quality/prices, but better service.