Like many new restaurants, a few years back, when Shi-Art just opened, the food was outstanding. Now the quality has gone down and prices are up. I really don't go to this restaurant as often because it isn't an exceptional value or even above average. They do have solid service and convient location on the front side street of Richmond Centre, but that's only if you manage to get a table. Comparatively, their food, and their dimsum are good, but not exceptionally so, when there are half a dozen other restaurants that beat this place on flavour/price performance.

This used to be my number one dimsum place in Richmond when it first opened up. The 4 - 7 times a year my wife and I used to come up to Vancouver to visit, we'd have tea at this place at least twice a week. Convenient parking up in the structure on weekdays, widely spaced tables, prompt service, clean linens, and upstairs window views of Richmond's city centre make for a great yumcha place. The price used to be very good as well. But over time, prices per dish went up, and then the quality went down. They used to add small touches like the fish roe on top of the special shumai, or the extra large and generous portion of phoenix claws (chicken feet) with generous strips of fresh green chile on a bed of tarot mixed with tofu skin. But no more roe on top and no more tarot on the bottom of these dishes. I think we got spoiled initially and now expect more. We still like to take friends and family there and for someone who's doesn't dine out and do the yumcha thing on a regular basis, this place will still be really nice. But we know how good it really used to be.

My uncle, the real estate developer was the first one to take me to this place. And we've been putting this on our list of restaurants to visit regularly when we come to visit. A very good value in Chinese cuisine with a diverse but simple menu. Very well prepared food with simplicity and flavour in mind. I recalled the first time we ordered a steamed fish. The stock left at the bottom of the dish was so "jeng" (good), we called for more rice and dumped the sauce/broth from the fish in the rice and slurped that down. After dining on fancy, rich Cantonese style food for a week, I find this place helps clear the palate and for the price, the dishes are not expensive. I like the easy parking and close access to the bank branch ATM just paces away.

Been to this place a couple of times. Convenient because of location and proximity while shopping at the Mall. I'm pretty sure the idea of the interior design and lighting plus seating are designed to provide a more upscale feel. But really, the food is very mediocre and still searching for some better flavour. Prices are okay if you're dining light and on a date where you're planning to hit a dessert place elsewhere.

Having read the other reviews, I can't figure out what the problem is with folks who complain about the parking or the so-so food. I live in California but come up frequently to Vancouver where I have a second home and Gum Do (Cantonese pron.) is the first stop I take the family to for grub. It's like family dining at it's casual best. No pretensions of being upscale. Shorts, sandals, khaki slacks and pressed shirt - all the same. You get your food and you can eat it your way. And it's okay if your young kids stand up and look over the partitions, making funny faces at other people, because their kids are probably doing the same to you. If you know what to order, this place rocks. There's something for everyone, young, old, Mandarin, Cantonese, Westerner, other. And parking? I just pay the looney or twooney for street front parking and avoid the fiasco out back which is a tragedy of any Asian commons; and best of all, I can watch my car and eat at the same time - a real man's dream! Here, the portions are man-sized. For someone with roots from Shandong province, I'm a VERY big dude and can eat a lot but this place fills me up, usually, most value menu sets are under $10 and include choice of milk tea, ovaltine, hot/cold lemon tea, etc. Dinner for 2 adults and 3 kids comes to just $30 CDN usually and that includes enough for shiu-yie (doggie bag for late night snack). So what's up with this website's price ratings? It's shouldn't be $10 - $20, but under $10. In addition, service by the all female staff and management is fast and efficient. It's so unbelievably cheap, I usually just give them $40 and that's the tip included. And where else can you get the best Lo-por beng in Richmond? I see visitors buying multiple big boxes of the stuff prior to a plane flight. We've express delivered these back to California and to Alaska for the desperate relatives who can't get their baked goods on a regular basis. Of all the restaurants we dine at in Richmond, this is one of the few that has not changed much in the 8 years we've been going here. The staff are still the same and they practically know our kids. We love Gum Do.