May Yan Seafood Restaurant 陸福海鮮酒家

My mother and I went here because she was informed by her friend that this was a good restaurant. It’s about average and in a corner of a quiet plaza. There was only one server that spoke English and she was in a rush to leave as it was her time off.

October 25, 2024 on Google

It's a very popular Chinese restaurant with good food at a reasonable price. The restaurant is small, so reserve ahead. There is a basement with tables but the ambience is worse down there. All of the dishes were enjoyable, but I particularly enjoyed the fish, which was very soft and flavourful.

July 18, 2024 on Google

The food was pretty good. Old Cantonese dishes. The service was quick and efficient, but not very friendly.

July 5, 2024 on Google

Overall food was good for its taste typical Cantonese restaurant you have some dirty dishes, sticky chopsticks but of course we can always clean that with tea so no problem. Reasonable prices most dishes weren’t too salty and staff was friendly for the most part they were a shame not having tofu dessert cause they ran out. A good family dining place pretty small so make reservations!

June 9, 2024 on Google

The food was pretty good. Classic Cantonese dishes. The service was quick and efficient, but not very friendly. The cram tables together, so it's not very comfortable. I highly recommend making reservations. They were turning away walk-ins.

April 21, 2024 on Google

Good value, reasonable quality. We saw May Yan Seafood on social media, and the set menus looked like value you couldn't get anywhere else in the GTA nowadays. We did make a reservation, which seems to be necessary if you go on a weekend since the restaurant is pretty small. It is a typical Scarborough restaurant, with limited decor and embellishments but solid food. We found that all our chopsticks were sticky but we didn't let that interrupt our meal. We ordered the set menu for 6, which came with 2.5lb lobster, steamed fish, sweet and sour pork, beef and veggie, fried rice, and half a chicken. For $128 dollars, this is a great deal. We added $10 to get the lobster done in typhoon style, rather than ginger and scallion. Overall, the taste was good - nothing too special, but I enjoyed all the dishes. I think the portion for some of the dishes was small to be shared amongst 6 people, but you can always add another dish. Split amongst 5 people, we each paid $35 including tax and tip which is a great price nowadays. For a normal dinner, this is perfect, but for a special occasion I would choose something different since the environment is not the best.

January 22, 2024 on Google

Delicious food at a very reasonable price. The dinner combos contained: greens, lobster, fish, beef, chicken, and rice. All for $120 which is a very good deal. The short haired waitress without glasses gave excellent customer service. Very, very nice. Reserving a table at least one week in advance is needed since very few tables are inside and is usually packed so no tables for drop ins. Desert is tofu 豆腐花, which you don't see served too often; it's usually red bean soup. Edit 2023/11/04: Delicious food and tofu pudding desert. Very good service from the short haired lady.

October 28, 2023 on Google

Recently got a large takeout dinner here and also had a dine in lunch. The eggplant dishes here are really good and flavourful. Most of their stir fry dishes are solid too with good wok control and flavour. The lobster deal they currently have ($20/lb) for take out is a good deal. Their lunch menu is also very good bang for buck since the portions are pretty large for the price. The pork jowl and cucumber vermicelli from their lunch menu was quite bland and flat but their other dishes have all been good. Note that they will charge you $2 for a "container fee" if you want to separate the sauce in a dish (e.g. sweet and sour pork with sauce on the side).

May 25, 2022 on Google