Ginger Beef House in Campbell River

1891 Island Hwy, Campbell River, BC V9W 2E9, Canada

★★★★☆
(175 reviews)
Categories: Chinese restaurant Buffet restaurant

About

smorgasbord

Address
1891 Island Hwy, Campbell River, BC V9W 2E9, Canada
Plus Code
2PJH+XW Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada
Time Zone
America/Vancouver

Business Hours

Sunday
4–8:30 PM
Monday
4–8:30 PM
Tuesday
Closed
Wednesday
4–8:30 PM
Thursday
4–8:30 PM
Friday
4–8:30 PM
Saturday
4–8:30 PM

Services

Service options
Kerbside pickup No-contact delivery Delivery Takeaway Dine-in
Highlights
Great tea selection
Accessibility
Wheelchair-accessible car park Wheelchair-accessible entrance Wheelchair-accessible seating Wheelchair-accessible toilet
Offerings
Alcohol All you can eat Beer Coffee Healthy options Spirits Wine
Dining options
Dinner Dessert Seating
Amenities
Toilets
Atmosphere
Casual Cosy
Crowd
Groups
Planning
Reservations required Accepts reservations
Payments
Credit cards Debit cards NFC mobile payments Credit cards
Children
Good for kids High chairs
Parking
Free of charge street parking Free parking lot Parking

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Reviews

4.3
★★★★☆
175 reviews

Most Mentioned

prices (14) smorgasbord (12) wonton (6) sweet (5) chow mein (5) wings (3) ribs (3) prawns (3) lemon chicken (2) pork chop (2)
5 stars
109
4 stars
32
3 stars
15
2 stars
9
1 stars
10
★★★★★
December 14, 2024

My husband and I were visiting in Campbell River and had dinner at the Ginger Beef . We ate the best Chinese food we had in years!! Service was so friendly , we had such a nice conversation with our server! The place was well decorated and very clean , it felt comfortable just like home . We are wondering why there was only a few customers on Wednesday night , the place should be packed every night the food is that good!!! Too bad we live in Vancouver , we will definitely come more often just to eat at the Ginger Beef!!

★★★★★
December 13, 2024

Excellent service ,The Lady Attendant was helpful and very cheerful.Food was delicious.

★★★★★
November 13, 2024

Went with the family on Sunday night for dinner. The smorgasbord was awesome. The selection of food was good and was refilled every time something was low. Service is awesome, and the inside was so nice ! Very comfortable feeling that you have to experience : ) Dessert is also available with the smorgasbord. We had a very pleasant time for our family here !

★★★★★
October 20, 2024

Thank you so much for your wonderful service in your beautiful restaurant during my visit at 4pm Friday Oct 18. Very tasty smorgasbord, I will be returning for more!

September 10, 2024

Every time I've eaten here I have always been disappointed. The food always tastes watery and microwaved. Everything tastes like chewing on a dog toy. The service was non existent. Occasionally someone would come by to fill up my water, but that was it. Felt like I swallowed a bag of sand walking out, with a stomach ache lingering long afterwards. Save your money and just buy the stuff at Quality Foods. It's actually fresh, and won't make you regret life after eating.

★★★★★
August 3, 2024

Stopped in on our way home from Myra Falls, great food and service was excellent. Very nice staff here. Definitely on my top places to eat in Campbell River.

★★★★★
December 22, 2023

Two things to love about this place: 1) Friendly and efficient staff 2) All you can eat Chinese food that tastes delicious Two things to dislike: 1) Such a wide range of meat options at the buffet, there wasn’t enough room on my plate for vegetables. 2) It’s 4 hours drive away from my house :-(

★★★★★
July 2, 2023

Went for dinner buffet. Food was very fresh and delicious.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 14, 2024

Dinner Buffet is always full of good choices and tasty treats.

★★
Local Guide
July 21, 2024

Delivered.. had to be the worst Chinese weve ever had.. terrible attitude when we pointed out missing items.. sweet sour ..no sauce..told we should have asked for it..

★★★★★
June 21, 2024

Good always delicious when we order here ! My only complaint is the lemon chicken is shredded and fried then sauced like SS Pork .. not breaded with lemon sauce .. I liked it just different then any other lemon chicken .. Food : 5/5

May 21, 2024

Ordered dinner for my family ( through Skip the dishes) while I was out of town at a friend s funeral. They canceled the order without me noticing leaving 5 people including 2 young children without dinner. Terrible experience

April 21, 2024

Gave me food poisoning I have been barfing all night. Ill be calling for a refund today and getting a hold of the health board. As my husband saw them touching deep fried prawns with their own hands. Disgusting!

★★
Local Guide
March 21, 2024

Not the same

★★★★★
Local Guide
February 21, 2024

Unexpected dinner with friends Buffet is good for the price of 25 plus tax. Ambiance is nice.

★★★
Local Guide
February 21, 2024

We were quite surprised at how little was there and how hard the prawns and boneless pork were, so disappointed

★★★
January 21, 2024

The worst lemon chicken I have ever had. It s in the garbage. Chop Suey and Chicken Chow Mein were good.

Local Guide
January 21, 2024

My chow mein was made with ramen noodles. Chicken balls were breaded, not battered.. seemed like prefab & they were soggy in a bath of S&S sauce. Doordash delivered with no notification. Do not tip driver through the app - Add note that you will Tip cash, in person that way they are forced to find your door instead of leaving your food out in the rain by your sewer hose. The food was not what I expected and doordash sealed the deal. I will never order from or recommend Ginger beef to anyone. Also, it was the first time I used doordash and I will never use it again. Just a tip for any restaurants that use doordash: DONT The spring rolls were good

★★★★★
Local Guide
January 21, 2024

The best place for Chinese in town. Wonderful staff . Very good service. Prices are excellent. The smorgasbord is fantastic. Food : 5/5

★★
December 21, 2023

Got take out. I believe they gave us day old rice and chow mein. Called to inform them. They offered a free meal next time. We wont be going back

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2023

Excellent buffet

★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2023

Tried a little bit of everything in the buffet

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2023

The staff is super friendly. The all you can eat to go is a nice touch.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2023

The owner of ginger beef house was SO nice when my friend and I were desperately looking for any open restaurant for some warm homey food. It was already past 8:30 but their open sign was on and the lady came out and took us in and cooked us a last minute wonton soup togo. She even threw in a free box of whatever was left from their dinner buffet because she saw that we were visiting town and were really hungry. Overall the most genuine and wholesome family owned business!

★★★★★
December 21, 2023

always a pleasant experience whenever we re here great food and service

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2022

Good

★★★★★
December 21, 2022

Best Chinese food in town! Mia is a super friendly girl, always quick to greet us with a smile. Huge portions, decent prices.

★★★★★
December 21, 2022

Once in a lifetime dining opportunity.

★★
December 21, 2022

Order the combo for 1 with 2 sides. Noodles, chicken and the 2 spring rolls. Insane amount of plain noodles 4 small pieces of chicken with vegetables and the 2 small spring rolls. Didnt want 4lb of noodles and small sides for 22.40....

★★★★★
December 21, 2022

Fantastic as always! Best Chinese food in Campbell River, Hermia does it all serves, takes phone in orders and make you feel welcome and a valued customer.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2022

Who would think that a restaurant called Ginger Beef House would have the BEST ginger beef Ive ever had! (Some of their sauces are a little too sweet, but still are really good)

December 21, 2022

We got asked for vax card. Friend didnt have one so we ordered to go. Next ppl that came in Asian... and spoke her language 1 showed their vax card the husband did not... they got seated.

★★★★★
December 21, 2022

Excellent food every time we order! Best Wonton and S&Sour Pork in town! Excellent service as well. Having more tonight and can hardly wait!

★★★★★
December 21, 2022

Best Chinese food in Campbell River, stoked that they re open again!

★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2022

My mother and I had a nice meal, glad to see this family owned business back open, they even had their young children there so if hearing young children being noisy & interuptive isnt your jam....well then you may not want to stay. Theyre even open till 8:30 every evening! Great honey garlic wings (no drums tho).

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2022

The dishes were freshly made and delicious

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2022

Super wish come again to

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2022

ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS!!!!!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2022

Wonderful food with wonderful friendly service. Love this place.

December 21, 2022

Ordered on skip, 2 combos, foo Yung, wonton soup. Asked for 4 place settings. Got 4 forks, no plates, no napkins, no knives. Not a single piece of chicken in the chicken Chow Mein. Just noodles and an onion piece. 2 soya sauce and 2 plum sauce. We visit Campbell River quite frequently, will never order from this restaurant ever again. Oh ya, and 3 fortune cookies cookies for 4 people. How do you explain that to 2 kids?????

★★★★
December 21, 2022

Good variety. Yummy noodles, pepper pork chop and calamari!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2022

As far as Chinese food goes I normally get pretty sick and stop eating but I cant put it down it tastes like its fresh and is cooked well gold star preference

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2022

My favorite dry boneless pork

★★★★★
December 21, 2022

Awesome food, awesome service, will definitely be back

★★★★★
December 21, 2022

Always good

★★★★★
December 21, 2022

We used to go here all the time when my boys were younger. My kids are now teenagers and it s been years since we have come. And the lovely young lady who always greets everyone and checks in on everyone remembered my family and my kids. Such a great feeling to be remembered The food is yummy like we remember. We will definitely be coming back again Kid-friendliness: They have always been kind to my kids, when they were 6 and now as teens

★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2021

Their special were all a little too sweet for my taste, but no one else minded.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2021

A lovely owner whom wants the best food brought out. HAPPY to see them open again, and as usual perfectly cooked to perfection :)

★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2020

Good food

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2020

Delicious, fresh smorgasbord. Nothing fancy, but yummy none the less.

★★★★★
December 21, 2020

Amazing house batter on prawns/wings. Many delicious meat dishes to choose from, incredibly tender fall off the bone honey garlic ribs in panko (my favourite), ginger beef, peppered pork chops, sweet n sour pork, beef chop suey...I highly reccomend the buffet!

★★★
December 21, 2020

Good food nice worker

★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2020

Good fast buffet

★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2020

Great service good food. Lovely people

★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2020

Decent price for a good buffet! Would patron again! Ginger beef is to die for!

★★★★★
December 21, 2020

Foods always awesome and friendly staff

Local Guide
December 21, 2020

Its closed. Despite BIG banner on front wall saying its open.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2020

Great customer service.. Owners were super friendly and helped us with hotel reservations and gave us a map of where to go around the area.. Good was great. Not too salty and beer was cold. Not a lot of places I go for Chinese food but this is the best in town!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2019

Yaaaassssss! Thank the Lord for good Chinese food! I havent had a Chinese buffet in like foreverrrrrrrr thanks to no fun Vancouver for pricing them all out. Aside from the fact that I am LITERALLY ON CLOUD 9 for finding a Chinese buffet again, the food is actually good. Its not your typical bad Chinese buffet, its amazing! Every dish is giving me pleasure like nobodys business. And the staff are so sweet and attentive. Am I in the twilight zone!?? Campbell River: I envy you. Do not let this place die. I cant wait to come back. This is like every persons christmas dream. Its a christmas miracle!!!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2019

Owners are awesome and remember us

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2019

Ginger Beef House is a family run operation that has exceptionally good food and outstanding service. They have a buffet that has a variety of choices for both lunch and dinner. In addition, there is a regular menu and they deliver to the local area including the hotels. Recommended.

Local Guide
December 21, 2019

So I havent tried the buffet and cant speak on it but the take out I had was terrible. I was hoping to find decent Chinese food in Campbell River but havent really found anything exceptional. Ill keep trying.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2019

Good smorg. Slightly limited smorg but the food is good and good price.

★★★★★
December 21, 2019

The chowmein was amazing. Amazing prices as well. Best Chinese food I have ever had!!!!!!!!!!

★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2019

Based on the super friendliness of the staff. Food was nothing to write home about. No big selection on the buffet and nanaimo bars were cut so thin they fell apart touching them. Only one soup won ton no hot and sour soup.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2019

We often go here....have for years...its always good food, good servìce and CLEAN!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2019

The food was amazing, and the staff were super friendly

★★★★★
December 21, 2019

The food is great and so is the service

★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2019

Food was ok not special.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2019

Always so friendly, great food and atmosphere.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2019

Good food, great service and great price.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2019

Good food good people

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2019

Always great food and the staff are great

★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2019

Cute little place. Old style but nice staff. Enjoyed it.

★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2019

Not so great

★★★★★
December 21, 2019

Excellent buffet, lots of selection. Good prices, friendly service

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2019

Great Chinese food value for the prices. Friendly staff too.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2019

Great food friendly staff!

★★★★★
December 21, 2019

Great service, great food

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2019

Great service, such nice folks running this place. The food is good, I do both take out and buffet often.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2019

Very nice place to dine

★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2019

Buffet has a good variety of food and all of these foods taste good

★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2019

Its entirely possible I caught them on an off night, but given the good reviews I was disappointed. We had the buffet and, though the kalamari was spiced nicely, most of the items were extremely bland. I took a big scoop of dry ribs thinking they have never been bad anywhere Ive been, but they had no detectable amount of salt or garlic or anything on them. Just tasted like bland batter, I ended up getting sick of them before I finished my plate. I had similar feelings about the noodle dishes and chicken wings. Just bland and completely barren of any seasoning. Service was great though, I will happily give them that

December 21, 2019

Called 4x says open fridays 11-9 like do you guys just like to loose customers? You Dont pick up and just say hey were bust right now can I put you on hold?

★★★★
December 21, 2018

Very good and straightforward smorgasbord. We drove and did takeout. Great spring rolls, nice spicy ginger beef. Excellent wor won ton soup. The portion were excellent, without lousy extra vegetable filling. Plus they open on holidays.

December 21, 2018

Plain old Western Chinese food, boring and not very tasty

★★
December 21, 2018

The service was great. We stopped in for lunch being new in town, we are exploring. It was not what I was hoping for... Inexpensive none the less and it was my turn to buy...Lol

★★★★★
December 21, 2018

Love the food and owners are amazing people...

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2018

I love this little place. Great place to go with kids, especially when theyre hungry because the foods ready! The staff make you feel at home and are very helpful.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2018

Extremely friendly staff and a fairly wide buffet selection. Definetly recommend!

★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2018

Very good food and nice staff

★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2018

Good food. Resonably priced. Friendly and professional staff.

★★★★★
December 21, 2018

Amusing smog

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2018

Lunch and dinner smorg every day of the week.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2018

Buffet is always awesome! Been here multiple times and cant wait to come back.

★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2018

Food is decent, but the restaurant is really dirty. Cobwebs everywhere. Probably wouldnt go back because of all the dust and webs everywhere.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2018

Very friendly staff.

★★★★★
December 21, 2018

Amazing buffet and it was very friendly. Also it was my first time there

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2018

Amazing pricing along with big portions and great food! Fantastic combo deals too!!

★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2018

has a great smorgasbord lunch a little different than usual. schecwan spice and rib bits

★★★★★
December 21, 2018

I love it here. The waiter always remembers us <3

★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2018

Smorgasbord with about 14 different items for dinner. Won ton soup, dessert table also. Great deal for a person with a bigger appetite. All you can eat for under $17.

★★★★★
December 21, 2018

very friendly staff, and great food! would recommend.

★★★★★
December 21, 2018

Excellent Chinese food

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2018

My niece treated me, my daughter & my daughters friend to dinner tonight. It was delicious & our service was outstanding! Thank you so much Mia, well definitely be back!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2018

This place is great! The only thing that I can say bad about the place is that the selection could be a bit bigger for the buffet, but it is still good. The food was great and there was always fresh stuff coming out of the kitchen. The staff were very polite and friendly. They were constantly filling out glasses and making sure that the food was good. I would HIGHLY recommend this place to anyone.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2018

Great smorgasbord.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2018

Great food and a smorgasbord. .good prices. .

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2018

great food and great people

★★★★★
December 21, 2018

Great buffet wonron ro die for

★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2018

Awesome Chinese cuisine...great service as well...

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2018

Lunch buffet 11.95 very good!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2018

Great food

★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2018

Smorgasbord lots of salt not overly impressed but yeah thats all I got

★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2018

Good ginger beef

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2018

Some of the best Chinese food I have ever had, and reasonably priced.

★★★★★
December 21, 2017

The best

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2017

Yummy food and lovely staff.. enjoy them very much

★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2017

Stopped in on a whim when a camping meal failed. Really happy we did. Good tasting food and friendly service. Cant really ask for more at your local Chinese buffet

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2016

The hospitality is great and the food even better. We loved it and will come back