Visited this gourmet Chinese cuisine on Saturday in a party of 8. Grand Lake was absolutely packed!! Grand Lake is a large restaurant with many tables and even more customers.
We had to wait around 20 minutes before getting seated but it was well worth the wait.
We got the standard pork and carrot soup for starters and ordered an 8 dish combo with 8 white rice. The dishes we chose are:
-peking duck
-duck pieces delight (the cooked dish with the rest of the duck not used in peking duck)
-large snow crab
-beef with guilan (chinese vegetable)
-mushroom "shaguo" (soup or stew in a hot pot)
-free range chicken
-bean sprouts with garlic
-sweet and sour pork
The highlights of the meal, peking duck and crab, were delightful. The peking duck pieces were the right size and had a perfect mix of skin and duck, cooked perfectly. The crab was also amazing. The other dishes were well made and seasoned to taste. Personally, I like the bean sprouts and the mushroom stew, and did not find any fault in any of the dishes. (We had red bean soup for dessert.)
Of note is the above average service I experienced at this restaurant. They managed to get everything right and handled our requests quickly and courteously.
Grand Lake charges above average prices for a Chinese restaurant. The higher quality food and service it offers makes it worth the price.
3.8 / 5.0