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Elite 30 CANADA 2026
— Top 50 Honourees

The Chinese Restaurant Awards presents the Top 50 Honourees for the 2026 Elite 30 Canada Awards—a nationwide selection celebrating the restaurants shaping Canada’s Chinese dining landscape.

Chinese communities have shaped the way Canada eats for generations. From enduring Cantonese traditions and regional family cooking to Taiwanese, Sichuan and contemporary interpretations, the Top 50 reflects how Chinese cuisine continues to travel, evolve and find new expression across the country.

Selected by the Canada Taste Advisors Panel, these are restaurants worth travelling for—places that turn the journey, whether across town or across the country, into part of the experience.

How the Awards Are Decided →Canada Taste Advisors →

2026 Elite 30 Canada

Final ranking revealed

September 23, 2026

Awards Ceremony at Fairmont Pacific Rim

Vancouver, Canada

The final 30 winners will be revealed in ranked order.

Richmond, BC

Vancouver, BC

Toronto, ON

Richmond Hill, ON

Leading locations in the 2026 Top 50

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Listed in alphabetical order

* New to the list — 12 restaurants made the Top 50 for the first time.

aKin

Toronto, ON — Modern Asian

Recommended dishes

Seasonal Tasting Menu

Bamboo Grove

Richmond, BC — Cantonese

Recommended dishes

Stir-Fried Geoduck with Scrambled Eggs, Salt & Pepper Crab, Deep Fried Crispy Chicken with Shrimp Paste, Sashimi Geoduck with Tossed Shredded Chicken

Belle Isle * New

Toronto, ON — Chinese-inspired

Recommended dishes

Claypot à l’orange, Char Siu Pork Chop, Turnip Cake

Bite & Bite Shanghai Fried Bun * New

Ottawa, ON — Shanghainese

Recommended dishes

Shanghai Fried Buns (Sheng Jian Bao)

Car’s Dessert

Richmond, BC — Hong Kong-Style Desserts

Recommended dishes

Durian Mochi, Fresh Mango with Cream Mochi

Cha Kee

Richmond, BC — Hong Kong-Style Café style

Recommended dishes

Scallion Pork Chop Rice, Scalliion Chicken Steak Rice

Chang’An Restaurant

Vancouver, BC — Shaanxi / Xi’an

Recommended dishes

Chang’An Roasted Duck, Twice-Cooked Rack of Lamb, Mapo Tofu with Angus Beef, Crispy Pork Spareribs, Pan Fried Mini Lamb Buns, Stir Fried Lychee Prawns

Chef’s Choice Seafood Restaurant * New

Vancouver, BC — Cantonese and Dim Sum

Recommended dishes

Deep-Fried Chicken with Glutinous Rice, Beef Cubes Stir-Fried with Eggplant

Chinatown BBQ

Vancouver, BC — Cantonese BBQ

Recommended dishes

Char Siu, Crispy Roast Pork Belly, BBQ Duck, Rose Wine Soy Chicken, Curry Beef Brisket

Day&Night Angus Beef · King Crab * New

Scarborough, ON — Cantonese

Recommended dishes

Steamed Seafood and Claypot Rice, Buddha’s Jumps over the Wall

Din Tai Fung

Vancouver, BC — Taiwanese / Shanghainese Dim Sum

Recommended dishes

Xiao Long Bao, Cucumber Salad, Dan Dan Noodles, Pan-Fried Pork & Shrimp Dumplings, Chocolate Mochi Xiao Long Bao

Dynasty Seafood Restaurant

Vancouver, BC — Cantonese and Dim Sum

Recommended dishes

Typhoon Shelter Dungeness Crab with Sticky Rice, Steamed Lobster Dynasty Style, Smoked Shredded Chicken with Sugar Cane, Roasted Duck, Clam Congee, Black Pepper Pork Pastry, Braised Napa Cabbage Stuffed with Buddha’s Feast, Beef Short Rib with Black Truffle Sauce

Fishman Lobster Clubhouse

Scarborough, ON — Cantonese Seafood

Recommended dishes

Lobster, various preparations

Flavourful House

Richmond Hill, ON — Cantonese

Recommended dishes

Stuffed Chicken Wings with Minced Shrimp, Winter Melon Soup, Roasted Squab, Pork Stomach Pepper Soup

Geng Shi Ji

Richmond, BC — Hunan

Recommended dishes

Signature Chicken Casserole

Golden Paramount Seafood Restaurant

Richmond, BC — Cantonese / Shunde and Dim Sum

Recommended dishes

Duck Stuffed with Glutinous Rice, Eight Treasure Duck, Salted Crispy Chicken, Daikon Spring Rolls, Century Egg and Ginger Pastry, Duck and Taro Braise

Gol’s Lanzhou Noodle

North York, ON — Lanzhou Hand-Pulled Noodles

Recommended dishes

Hand-Pulled Beef Noodle Soup

Happy Family Restaurant * New

Vancouver, BC — Cantonese

Recommended dishes

Crispy Pork Knuckle in Premium Soy Sauce, Duck Tongue in Premium Soy Sauce, Crispy Pork Intestines

HK BBQ Master

Richmond, BC — Cantonese BBQ

Recommended dishes

Hong Kong-Style BBQ Combination Plate #10, BBQ Pork

iDen & Quan Ju De Beijing Duck House

Vancouver, BC — Northern Chinese / Peking Duck

Recommended dishes

Signature Beijing Roast Duck, Stir-Fried Crispy Rice with Foie Gras

Jiangnan Wok

Richmond, BC — Jiangnan / Huaiyang

Recommended dishes

Pepper Fried Eel Paste with Emerald Vegetable Fried Rice, Nanjing-Style Salted Duck, Slow-Simmered Lion’s Head Meatball, Crispy Deep-Fried Yellow Croaker, Wensi Tofu, Steamed Rice Cakes

Jumbo Lobster Restaurant

Richmond Hill, ON — Cantonese Seafood

Recommended dishes

Typhoon Shelter Lobster Mountain, Dry Aged Steak

Kalvin’s Szechuan Restaurant

Vancouver, BC — Taiwanese / Szechuan

Recommended dishes

Braised Pork Knuckle, Crispy Shredded Shrimp, Three Cup Chicken, Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, Pork Liver & Chicken in Ginger and Onion Pot

Kingwell Roasted BBQ * New

Calgary, AB — Cantonese BBQ

Recommended dishes

Roast Suckling Pig, Hong Kong style Chinese Red Sausage

Lady 3 Kitchen * New

Vancouver, BC — Cantonese Rice Pot / Home-style

Recommended dishes

Pork Liver and Chicken in Ginger and Onion in Rice Pot, Braised Pork Liver with Chicken

Lai Wah Heen

Toronto, ON — Contemporary Cantonese and Dim Sum

Recommended dishes

Scallop & Prawn Dumpling, Pumpkin Fritter, Afternoon Tea Set

Landmark Hotpot House

Vancouver, BC — Hong Kong-Style Hotpot and Cantonese dishes

Recommended dishes

Deep Fried Chicken Wings with Sour Plum, Congee with a Plethora of Side Dishes, Macao-Style Pork Bone Hotpot Broth, Black Pepper Crab, Tea Smoked Duck, Deep Fried Spicy Fish Collar, Geoduck Clam for Hot Pot, House-Made Fish Tofu

Lanxuan Restaurant

Richmond, BC — Cantonese & Dim Sum

Recommended dishes

Crispy Topped BBQ Pork Bun, Abalone Pork Dumplings, Steamed Sergestid Shrimp Dumpling, Steamed Salted Egg Yolk Custard Buns, Lobster Meat Stir-Fried with Egg White, Spinach Rice Noodle Roll

Long’s Noodle

Richmond, BC — Shanghainese

Recommended dishes

Xiao Long Bao, Sheng Jian Bao, Drunken Chicken, Shanghainese Noodles

Loon Fong Hot Pot

Richmond and Richmond Hill, BC / ON — Hong Kong-Style Hotpot

Recommended dishes

Fish Maw Chicken Golden Soup Base, Chenpi Beef Meatballs

Master Beef Hot Pot

Calgary, AB — Hot Pot, Alberta Beef Specialty

Recommended dishes

Alberta Beef Lover’s Combo, Deluxe Beef Combo

Master Hung BBQ Restaurant * New

Richmond, BC — Cantonese BBQ / Cantonese

Recommended dishes

Roast Pork Belly

Max Noodle House

Richmond, BC — Cantonese Noodles & Congee

Recommended dishes

Beef Brisket & Tendon Noodles, Wonton Noodles

Memory Corner

Richmond and Burquitlam, BC — Taiwanese

Recommended dishes

Taiwanese Braised Ground Pork on Rice (Lu Ruo Fan), Fish Soup with Noodles, Salt & Pepper Chicken Fried Rice

Mimi Chinese

Toronto, ON — Modern Chinese

Recommended dishes

Char Siu, Scallion Dungeness Crab on housemade Chen’s Village Rice Rolls, Stuffed Chicken Wing, Four Foot Belt Noodle

Miss Qu Barbecue & Restaurant

Scarborough and Richmond Hill, ON — Sichuan / Chongqing Jianghu BBQ

Recommended dishes

Spicy Duck Blood and Tofu, Spicy Deep Fried Eggplant

MOTT 32

Toronto, ON and Vancouver, BC — Modern Chinese

Recommended dishes

Apple Wood Roasted Peking Duck, Iberico Pork with Black Truffle Siu Mai, Soft Quail Egg Siu Mai, Hot & Sour Shanghainese Soup Dumplings, Mapo Lobster, King Crab Dumpling, Alaskan King Crab Meat Vermicelli, Marinated Jellyfish with Black Fungus

Nian Yi Kuai Zi

Markham and Scarborough, ON — Sichuan

Recommended dishes

Sichuan Boiled Beef, Sichuan Boiled Fish Fillet, Double Pepper Jianghu Fish

Northern Dumpling Kitchen * New

Richmond Hill, ON — Northern Chinese, Dumplings & Noodles

Recommended dishes

Steamed Dumplings

Oncle Lee Kăo

Montreal, QC — Modern Montreal Chinese

Recommended dishes

Five Spice Duck Platter, Typhoon Style Quebec Lobster

Osmanthus Chinese Fusion Restaurant

Richmond, BC — Jiangnan / Shanghainese Fusion

Recommended dishes

Song Dynasty Dongpo Pork, Stir-Fried Shrimp with Long Jing Tea Sauce, Drunken Crab with Huadiao Wine, Shanghai-Style Smoked Fish, Braised Lion’s Head, Seafood Vermicelli Noodle

R&D

Toronto, ON — Modern Canadian Asian

Recommended dishes

Iberico Char Siu, Roasted Duck

Sea Harbour Restaurant

Richmond, BC — Cantonese & Dim Sum

Recommended dishes

Winter Melon Soup, Salted Egg Yolk Dungeness Crab over Rice Cakes, Deep Fried Crispy Roast Squab, Lobster in Cream Sauce with Noodles, Sweet & Sour Pork Ribs with Orange Peel, Salted Pork Ribs with Garlic and Mustard Greens, Sea Cucumber Hot Pot with Pork Belly

Southern Delicacy * New

Vancouver, BC — Cantonese

Recommended dishes

Oysters with Mung Bean Noodles and Onions in Hot Pot, Beef Liver with Eggplant and Rice Rolls in Hot Pot

Sunnys Chinese * New

Toronto, ON — Regional Chinese

Recommended dishes

Dan Dan Noodles, Typhoon Shelter Squid

The Fish Man

Richmond, BC — Sichuan / Cantonese Seafood

Recommended dishes

Sour Cabbage Lingcod Hot Pot, Lobster over Sticky Rice, Wonton Noodle Soup, Cold Chicken Jellyfish Salad, Ginger & Green Onion Geoduck, Uni Chawanmushi, Stir-Fried Manila Clams in Black Bean Sauce