It's a real hk cafe, of course service is bad! But the pineapple bun and egg tarts are the best here!!
The pineapple bun is 100% Hong Kong styled and even better. Of course the price here is higher than the one in Hong Kong. It is worth to enjoy one in Lido with 100% good quality.
I can see lots of hk people (both residents and tourists) gather and enjoy the home taste here. And now more and more people from mainland China.
The breakfast menu & products are more attractive for me. And now they Service prune apple bun till late night. A good news for me! 😄
• I heard about their famous pineapple bun so I decided to give it a try
• first, parking is impossible to find if you come after 0900, so be very patient and be nice
• Unfortunately I ordered the pineapple bun to go; it was just ok, nothing really special about it. I’m not even sure if it really has pineapple in it. From what I’ve dissected, it is just a bun topped with some yellow food coloring crumb?
• the place is busy and packed; hopefully one time I hope to get a seat and try the other dishes
Lido Restaurant 麗都 is located on a very small and heavy traffic plaza in Richmond. It is next to Aberdeen Centre. It is a very classic Chinese restaurant which has menu on Chinese. It also accepts CASH $ ONLY like many restaurants in Richmond.
Those who have been in this Hong Kong style cafe 茶餐廳 know about their fresh and tasty pineapple bun. 🍍🍞 Try to order your pineapple buns early or else you will have to wait for 20 minutes. Each fresh batch gets spoken for pretty quickly!
It is the best comfort food in town! Highly recommend for pairing the pineapple bun with HK Style Milk Tea. ☕️
Food: 🍽🍽🍽🍽🍽Must Try!
Service: 👩🍳👩🍳👩🍳
Price: 💲$20-$30 for two
Presentation: 📷
Parking: 🚗🚗
Would I Return: Yes 🙋
Explore the menu: Pineapple Bun 菠蘿包, HK Style Milk Tea
Right nearby Aberdeen mall, one of the restaurants you can go for breakfast. Busy mall area but has several parking slots. Quick hong kong cafe style meals. Pineapple buns and egg tarts are freshly made to order.
Our food is served pretty fast, the pineapple buns and milk tea are just as good as everyone says. There was one girl who’s super sweet and explained the menu to us, the rest of them looked at us like we just burnt their house down or something. We wanted to tip the girl who took our order but a lady came and grabbed everything and then returned the tips to us? Needless to say we were confused as hell. I would suggest bringing someone who’s fluent in Cantonese for less confusion.
This place is like organized chaos! I'm not sure how the servers keep track of all the orders and bills. It's very busy with a constant turn around. The pineapple bun was really good! Nice chew and yet so fluffy and light! I regret not eating one with a slab of butter! The scrambled eggs and hot dog were standard. The macaroni soup with ham was on the salty side although I was surprised to find the macaroni al dente and not overcooked. The milk tea was strong and not too milky, however was disappointed to see them microwave it to make it hot. Bring cash!
Busy busy place! We came on a late Saturday afternoon and still had to wait about 30 mins in line. There's not much English written on the menus so you might want to bring a Chinese-literate friend.
Pineapple bun + butter: served fresh and hot -- melts the butter perfectly and it was as delicious as people say. 😋
Egg tart: solid great tasting, similar to those found in Hong Kong.
BBQ duck noodle soup was surprisingly good too since I didn't know what to expect. I was thinking since it's in Richmond, their BBQ meat selection should be high quality -- and it was!
Milk tea: 👍👍 Smooth, non-acidic goodness with no strange after taste. I loved it 😋😋 I barely had to add any sugar.
Service: Standard and quite fast!
I can't wait to come back again soon 😊
I don't know what the heck the menu says but what I DO know, is that the pineapple butter buns are the bomb.com . I would drive from Burnaby to Richmond for these !
Great food, decent price. Be patient to wait for seat. We went there on Saturday at 1pm and we wait almost 25 mins. Totally worth we get to taste the best pineapple bun of Vancouver.
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went here on a weekdays journey for dinner, and the last time i was trying to get here it wasn't openned but now it's so it's time to tried it out, ordered the humongous, like really big clay pot rice with 2 toppings, a cantonese pasta, and a fermented bean with vegetable.
i must say the clay pot rice is definitely alright, the rice is cooked well, some cripy rice on the side, and the meat is tender and just enough flavour as well. the cantonese pasta is okay but will rather try other items next time and the fermented bean with veggies, i think it's a must try, i never really say a must try, i find my self liking the dish, why? because it tasted a little bit different seasoning, the taste of fermented bean is the first time i tried when mixed with a vegetable, tasted savoury and definitely not light for a vegetable but a good amount of layered flavour on the vegetable which mixes nicely with the refreshing wok'd vegetable. there are also many other items that are interesting while i was in the restaurant, and the seating, is a little bit hard because i have seen people who didn't lined up just took away the chairs that is just being emptied, not really sure how the seatings worked in this location. definitely satisfying but also shelled out a little bit more than i wanted, will bring more people next time to bring the cost down :D
ps. if you notice the wall, there are items that are very interesting dishes, and it's only written in chinese.
*update the pinaple bun is good but definitely ungodly and unhealthy too
Lido pineapple butter bun can be award winning. The beef in the satay beef noodle stays tender and smooth. The HK style milk tea has a fine balance. The milk tea doesn't leave a bitter after taste nor is the milk over powering.
Went to this restaurant on a Wednesday night, it was about 90% full, no line ups, got a seat right away, ordered bake spaghetti, honey garlic speared ribs, satay beef and broccoli, lemon Coke and their famous egg tarts, food was ok, egg tarts were excellent, recommend to come a night time don't go at lunch time, huge line ups, overall a good HK style restaurant for people in Richmond.
Super friendly and quick waitresses. You can ask for their English menu. Best pineapple bun (with optional butter) in town! Their combos are very affordable. A combo has an entree, sides and a drink. For 3 people our bill was less than $20!
I love hk style chinese cafes. It's cheap. Fast. And the food is usually pretty awesome! Lido is all of the above. Bf ordered the delicious beef inards lo mein. I ordered the 2 eggs, ham and bun deal with vermicelli noodles and satay beef. Honestly one of the tastiest combos I've had and I've had my fair share. Go early tho cuz we had to wait about 25 mins and we got there at 9am-ish. Egg tarts and pinaple buns are fresh and delicious btw. Always a wait for them! Definitely recommended!!
The pineapple bun is a must. Better to eat in especially if you order the ones with butter. It will be soggy if you don't eat it right away. I wouldn't eat the entire piece of butter because that's just too much and will gross you out. The other snack items I usually order are pan fried turnip cakes and $1 Chinese soup after 9pm (if they still have this). The noodle in soup isn't anything special. I haven't had their big dishes so I can't really comment the rest.
Lido is a place I've been to several times now and if you've heard of this place, you will know the main reason for coming here, this:. But more on this later!. This place is an HK Cafe style restaurant, and one of the more traditional types. They're usually very busy, so expect a wait if you're there during lunch/dinner times.
It is always packed in the weekend mornings but I always go there almost every week anyways for their pineapple bun and satay beef noodle. Closest thing you can have to Hong Kong style flavours.
Traditional HK Canteen -- Respect!. All the reviewers complaining about bad service... Y'all never been to an authentic canteen in Hong Kong eh? That's what adds to the character of this place! I do have to admit, the quality fluctuates, but I'm willing to ignore that as this is my favvvvourite HK cafe in all of North America. Pineapple bun with butter, satay beef instant noodles, good morning!
Great restaurant for pineapple buns and milk tea. The savoury dishes were okay but could be better. Also on the more expensive side for these Hong Kong style restaurants.
Dinner is bad. Breadfast and lunch is ok. But the dinner is very bad and expensive.
Good buns, that is about it. Prices are overall slightly more expensive for the same stuff other places offer. their selling point is the fresh buns, which I do find ok. That's all I would go for, now eating lunch and I find it more expensive. if you want your combo to coffee with a cold drink. It's $1.55 extra. a standard milk tea cost $3.70. other places going rate is around $2.
also not friendly to westerners. No English menu I can see.
I would go to try, but most likely won't return for much. dinner is more reasonable
Best Pineapple Bun + Butter. This is one of the most authentic Cantonese/Hong Kong traditional canteens in Vancouver. It's the go-to place for HK style breakfast! Of course, the service is also that of a traditional HK canteen, but the bun is worth it.
Food critics in Hong Kong are known to travel to Vancouver for authentic Cantonese food, and this is one of the most celebrated items as authentic pineapple buns with butter (bo lo yau) are said to be lost in HK. It's best to go either in the morning or in the afternoon at 3pm for the freshest buns.
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Claypot Rice, Pineapple Bun, and Egg tarts. Came here after a friend told me that their pineapple buns are the best in the city. And she was right. Fresh from the oven, their buns are one of the tastiest I've tried. The same goes for their egg tarts -- delicious. Good custard and flaky shell. Another item on their menu that I've tried many times are their claypot rice. I usually order the big one to share with a few people and we usually cannot finish it. Good variety of claypot rice to choose from and each are really tasty -- although sometimes the topping and rice ratio is lopsided (more rice than meat). Their milk tea is another highlight, smooth with a strong tea taste. Their 'freebies' are a nice deal (last time I went was 'spending over $16 to receive one item'), since some items are pretty good -- i.e. take-home cold curry beef brisket, frozen dumplings, durian pudding, spareribs, etc. And yes, the signs on the wall and the 'freebies menu' are mostly in Chinese characters. Although that may not be a problem for me, it can be somewhat frustrating for people who cannot read Chinese. Overall, a very authentic HK style cafe.
Another go to. The pineapple buns are pure heaven. Unquestionably. They're best ordered at your table with butter (which they put a huge slice of). Brown glutenous rice with chinese sausage was exceptional. Roasted cashews and green onions made it pop. It was so comforting and very flavourful. Singapore vermicelli was good, but I've had it better elsewhere. Their cold HK style milk tea could definitely use improvement. No free refills unlike Alleluia, and they do charge $1.30 for the cold drink option, which is ridiculous. But all in all it's a cheap, quick, reliable HK cafe.
Mmm... Oily HK Breakfast. My parents and I enjoyed breakfast here for most of our short Vancouver trip. If you have to order only one thing, order the pineapple bun which is pretty much guaranteed to be fresh. Warm, toasty bottom and extra crumbly ... crumble. If possible, order it with a giant slab of butter in it. mmmm...
Honestly - There's nothing like enjoying a high calorie, HK style breakfast (almost) first thing in the morning. :D
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Top HK Greasy Spoon of Richmond. "You know a chinese restaurant sucks when there's more white people than chinese people" is what some of my friends say.
It is quite unfortunate for those who do not speak chinese because all the deals are posted on the wall in characters. Go with a chinese literate friend? Sometimes I have to embarassingly ask my mother to read the menu to me just so I don't miss out on the real deal.
The pineapple bun is a duh, my relatives from HK even say it's the best one they've ever had. It's also really easy to substitute A for B when you're ordering set meals (breakfast) or add a dollar for hot/cold/upgrading your bun. The boss mans the cashier and is a friendly dude in general.
Popularity means packed during peak hours but don't let that turn you away. People are only there for the food and not for catching up (occasionally there are idiots who choose Lido as a place to catch up) so waiting time is usually short.
Seriously, Lido is NOT a place to slowly chatter and sip on a cup of tea after you're done your meal and there's 8 people lined up for a table.
Authentic Hong Kong Cafe. It doesn't get much more authentic than this; only in the last half a year did they start including more English menus, but some of the better deals are still only written in Chinese. They have a terrific pineapple bun that's straight out of the oven--though it can be inconsistent--and a delicious milk tea. Everything else is pretty standard fare and the quality is just a little above average. It's those damn pineapple buns that keeps you coming back.
Best Pineapple Bun. I love Lido's pineapple bun with butter, especially when it's fresh out of the oven. Call before hand to reserve them because a fresh batch can be gone in mere seconds! It's busy most of the time so be prepared to wait at least 10 minutes for seating during rush hours. Although they have good food, you have to be prepared for the typical bad service in some Chinese restaurants. They won't be very responsive to your requests for extra stuffs.
This place has the best Pinapple bun (ball law bao) and egg tart in Vancouver!
Authentic HK restaurant. Small and inexpensive but authentic HK style food. Good for lunch or dinner although expect weekends to be very busy. I especially like their set lunches which comes with a bun, omelette with ham, a variety of soup base noodles to choose from and a drink. This place caters mostly to Chinese customers as it lacks English on some of its menu and menus on the wall but i recommend anyone who wishes to try some authentic HK style food to visit.
“You mean french toast isn’t deep-fried?!” That was my response to my friend when her mom made me what I eventually learnt to be the standard french toast. It was the first time I had french toast made by some one other than my dad. I grew up eating french toast deep-fried with a nice slab of butter on top. I’m pretty sure my fondness for french toast stems from the delicious french toast my dad made. Another thing my dad did was always warm up pineapple buns and put a generous piece of butter in between the sliced bun. It wasn’t until my sister and I went to Hong Kong for the first time last year that we understood where my dad was coming from. We went to Hong Kong style cafes and realized that this style of food was what my dad grew up eating. After experiencing the fatty goodness of these classics in Hong Kong, we had a hankering for them in Vancouver, so we went to Lido. From the french toast to the pineapple buns to the egg tarts, they did it all right. (I LOVE flaky egg tart sh
This is my must breakfast place to visit whenever I'm in the city. They have a big menu with many traditional HK favourites with reasonable pricing (Being I'm from Calgary, over priced mediocre HK cuisine is very common) Thus my experience with Lido was absolutely wonderful!
Lido restaurant is located in Richmond BC, home to the most Asian population in British Columbia. At first glance, the restaurant has very poor lighting and a lack of space. The wait time is usually between 10 to 20 minutes.
Lido is a HK cafe famous for their pineapple buns!! Almost every table had one, and after watching more than a dozen pass by our table, my dad caved and ordered one LOL! The pineapple buns here are glorious LOL. Best in Richmond, imo! Not only do they look good (not deformed/squished) they taste awesome too!! Their buns are super pillowy and soft, and the top crust is perfectly sweet and crunchy!
Freshly-baked and warm when it arrives at our table with a nice slab of butter (or margarine?) in it. Delicate crispy top, warm sweet bread on the inside and melted butter... *drool* I could live off of these for the rest of my life. It's so good, I'm gonna give you another view of it. They, whoever they are, were right - the fresh pineapple bun is a must here. Have it with a side of milk tea and you've got the perfect breakfast combo.
Lido Restaurant 麗都餐廳 is located on Hazelbridge way between Parker Place and Aberdeen Mall and next door to Café de Waraku ( click ) . It is rated as one of Vancouver's top Hong Kong style cafes featuring the best Pineapple Buns 菠蘿包 and Milk Tea 奶茶 . This place hosts booth seats and a few large round tables. During busy lunch hour or dinner time, please be prepared to share a table with strangers. Of course one does not come here because it has beautiful ambiance of dental moss green. The décor here is modest and considered a dive . Instead, you come here for a quick bite or enjoy a tea or two. Cuisine: Hong Kong Café, Chinese Price/Entrée: $5-10 Out of 5… (1: Don't bother -> 5: Excellent) Food: 4 Service: 3 Ambiance: 1.5 Overall: 4 (I have to come her
they bake their pineapple buns fresh almost every half hour. At first, we had only ordered some noodles for a quick lunch, but after seeing at least one bun at every other table, we were determined to get in on it. BEST IDEA EVER. It was so good
The restaurant was small, tight and felt very "Hong Kong". Most of the menus were in Chinese with no English. Service was questionable...it's courteous, but slow and inattentive.
This place gets really busy so if you don't want to wait long you'll want to make sure to go early if you have a big group. This place reminds me of little cafes in Hong Kong. They have fresh pineapple bun that comes out often.
I’m not sure how Lido only has 3.6* at the time of writing. Whenever I crave Hong Kong food (lived there for 17 years), Lido is the first place that comes to mind. The pineapple bun is SO good, as is the congee. The vibe is as if you’re at a chachaanteng, they even play TVB Pearl in the background. Love it.
Certainly a place hk people go for the nostalgic charm. Expect delicious and yummy, yet greasy food with ok service.
Conveniently located right by aberdeen centre
This place closes early so don’t expect to come here for dinner.
Ate here twice and was happy both times, service is friendly and food is fast!
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