Red Bud Restaurant

Reviews

• Andrew W.

  star star star star star_border 3 June 2026

  Another restaurant that escaped my Review radar, as I had been dining here way before my Yelping days...
  
  This is a very established Hong Kong Style Cafe in the City of Richmond,
  they are famous for their German Style Crispy Skinned Ham Hock ( Schweinshaxe ), and for every Wednesday it is on special for $17.95 ( comes with Garlic Toast, Soup of your choice, Main dish, drink ).
  
  I find that their Schweinshaxe here to be very moist, more so then most places I had been to, also the skin is really crispy and not greasy.  So even after finishing the who piece of meat you don't have that heavy feeling!  Tip: try asking for Black Pepper Sauce instead of the regular sauce, I find that it heightens the whole flavour scale!
  
  Today we also had the Fillet of Sole with Mushroom Cheese Sauce, with a generous portion of Sole ( not Bassa Fillet ), the fish has a very nice texture and also very flavourful, the creamy mushroom cheese sauce compliments well with the fish. We also request to have a side of their famous Black Pepper Sauce to accompany the steamed rice & vegetables. This is on their daily lunch special menu and it is only for $13.95 ( you also get Soup, Garlic Toast, Main dish, drink, add $1.00 for cold drink ).
  
  I also noticed that they have added more Asian & Chinese dishes to accommodate the ever demanding taste of the customers!
  
  Service is the no nonsense type, very fast, if you are in town and need to have lunch in a limited time, this will be a great place for you!

• Eric C.

  star star star star_border star_border 3 June 2026

  I'm a huge fan of breakfast. I'm 50% eggs Benedict on long weekends. But I have a special love for HK-style breakfasts. When you can have steak for breakfast, wouldn't you switch allegiances too?
  
  This morning, I came with my mom for a Sunday breakfast when the dim sum place next door was full. We got the morning special with steak, eggs, toast, fruit, and a drink. My mom upgrades get toast to French toast. The steak was a nice portion with great grill marks and tender. My scrambled eggs were decent, but a bit oily. My mom's French toast was delicious.
  
  For a quick, classic HK-style breakfast, this place fits the bill. Not mind-blowingly delicious, but it does the job. Parking is a bit tough on weekends so look at the side streets for free parking.

• Mark W.

  star star star star star_border 22 May 2026

  Red Bud (post 2018)
  
  Why post 2018? For years, this was the go to HK cafe in Richmond for me. Yes, iCafe was always around, but being that it's much further away for us, this place was it. Always consistent, never sub par; the old Red Bud was a solid 4 star, HK style cafe that was convenient (even accepted debit. 4.25 star, 8.8/10 for years, the main knock being that the menu focused so much on lobster and steak meals to the detriment of their Catonese selection... Western HK cafe stuff was good, but not enough Canto dishes)
  
  Then about a year ago they closed for renovations, and upon reopening? All new staff, ownership, and management. And despite leaving the Interac sign in front, argued with me that they were now cash only. I was unimpressed, so hadn't been back in a year.
  
  If you're curious, the entire staff of the old Red Bud ended up opening another HK cafe calles "Hong Kong Flavour Restauarant" and it's pretty much as good as it was before, but now much farther away.
  
  The first visit at "New Red Bud" after the ownership Change, the food was nearly identical despite the complete staff change, except the borscht was less flavourful,  thinner.
  
  Well, a year on? The borscht is even weaker now; for all intents and purposes it's vegetable soup, with a *lot* of large potato chunks. Not bad per se, but not authentic HK style borscht. 3.25-3.5  stars. Fortunately, the nice accompanying garlic toast remains unchanged.
  
  Then my mix and match grill arrived (chicken steak, deep fried pork chop). The cook on both meats was almost *perfect*, and the quality of both meats was high (but not gristle/fat free -- fortunately, there was very little). Almost: the last 2 bites of chicken had a little unrendered fat under the skin; not enough to significantly lower the score though. The fries are the same as iCafe (and Costco); the deliciously double-fried variety. The black pepper sauce is very good, if lacking a little kick.
  4.5 stars.
  
  And the iced tea is delicious. Exactly what I crave when I'm in Hong Kong, and what I lament not being able to find any of in Japan (no seriously, I go into HK iced tea withdrawls there).
  
  Do I miss the old Red Bud? The "Cheers" of HK style cafes, where everyone did know your name: the low prices, pretty high quality, central location and convenience of debit brought many repeat customers. The staff used to know my name, but so did many of the patrons: friends of my parents who had watched me grow up, local customers who are used to seeing me around town for decades.
  
  I do miss that, and walked in here fully expecting to write a less positive review, but I can't. Even the service is pretty good, even if they don't know my name.
  
  Oh, and although they scratched out the Interac sign in front, they've gone back to accepting debit.
  
  Still pretty good, even if the soup isn't 8.7/10, 4.25 stars

• Nancy L.

  star star star star_border star_border 16 May 2026

  Red Bud is your typical HK style cafe restaurant. It's located in a busy plaza, with shared parking. This means that finding parking can be an arduous task, especially during dim sum hours. There's a cheap dim sum restaurant in the same plaza. The restaurant setting was a little more upscale than your usual hk cafés. It was also quite spacious.
  
  The breakfast menu had two pages. Two things I noticed: 1) the prices are slightly higher than others in Richmond in that for the same price, the meal would come with more items at other restaurants. 2) instead of congee, they have a couple of options for savoury oatmeal. You'd add $1 for cold drinks.
  
  I chose the noodle in soup, with luncheon meat and beef brisket. The beef brisket was quite tender. I got the cold Yuan Yang (milk tea/coffee) and it was probably one of the worst I've had. It was so watered down!!! Elaborating on my aforementioned point above, usually at other restaurants, my noodle would come with an additional item such as congee, rice roll etc. My husband got the 2 eggs + 2 meat combo. He chose the cream sauce macaroni instead of toast. Upon taking a bite, he regretted not choosing the toast. I took a bite of the macaroni and it was so bland. His cold milk tea was way too sweet.
  
  In conclusion, the experience we had was okay. Not the best but also not the worst. However, with Richmond filled with a lot of much more delicious alternatives, I probably wouldn't be coming back for my HK breakfast fix.

• Annie M.

  star star star star_border star_border 12 May 2026

  Redbud restaurant is typical HK style cafe, it located on Granville Ave and St Albans Rd in Richmond.
  
  I came here for lunch and ordered a curry beef brisket.
  
  It's mediocre and watery curry with poor quality of beef brisket.
  
  Friendly and efficient service.  Good portion and reasonable price.
  
  I would come back if I looking for cha chaan teng in this area.