GOODVIEW FAMILY RESTAURANT, Victoria - 1913 Sooke Rd - Restaurant Reviews, Photos & Phone Number

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CUISINES

Chinese, Asian, Cantonese, Szechuan

Meals

Lunch, Dinner

FEATURES

Delivery, Takeout, Reservations, Seating, Wheelchair Accessible

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Debi V

Sooke82 contributions

Good won ton soup and combo special.

Nov 2018 • family

I went here with my Dad and quite liked it. We had the special lunch for $9.99 each and had won ton soup, then a big plate with chow mein noodles or fried rice, chop suey, sweet and sour pork. I liked everything but found the pork chewy. The vegetables were cooked perfectly, just a bit of crunch left in them. This is not fine dining, it has a cafeteria feel to it and my Dad said the washrooms are not very clean. But good value for a big hot meal! And good luck getting out of the most confusing parking lot! The parking for the restaurant is down by Lee Valley but you turn a sharp right to go to Goodview Restaurant.

Written December 4, 2018

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kevinmA3087TI

Sooke4 contributions

Nice place good food.

Dec 2017 • family

I picked up a take out dinner for 6. It was ready for the time I ordered it for. Staff was friendly and helpful. Food was very good and plentiful. We fed 7 people and had lots of leftovers. We will be ordering from them again.

Written December 27, 2017

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Brummie Andrew.

Vancouver Island145 contributions

Lunchtime

Mar 2017 • couples

This place isn't fancy but the food we found was good, after ordering it came very quickly from the kitchen and they brought out plates that were hot, not many Chinese Restaurants do this! It's not easy to find, we asked a lady at Lee valley she was the person to recommend it, certainly would go back.

Written March 28, 2017

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Christina S

3 contributions

Just terrible

Mar 2020 • couples

Flavorless sums it up. I never write reviews but this was so bad...sweet and sour pork in our combos was dry dark brown pieces with no sauce the rice and noodles were a flavorless mush and hard veggies in the chop suey. I felt like I was eating a frozen chinese dinner from the grocery store and that's being polite. In my entire life I have never had Chinese that bad. Even the side sweet and sour sauce I ordered was almost tasteless. The strips of almond chicken were so ridiculously thin and dripping in grease but probably the only edible part.

Written March 28, 2020

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Andrea

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Used To be good. No so much anymore

Oct 2020 • none

We have eaten here many times before Covid hit. Our 3 preteen kids and I always enjoyed the food. We celebrated our sons birthday in Oct 2020 by ordering take out (given they aren't open for dine-in). We ordered the combo meal for 6 and substituted in ginger beef in lieu of the shrimp dish. At first they tried to charge us $5 more for the substitution. We inquired why, since their ginger beef dish is lower cost than their shrimp. They couldn't argue and waived the $5. Our excitement was quickly extinguished when we opened the meal. We couldn't recognize the same dishes we learned to enjoy previously. The ginger beef was so hard & dry that my wife cut her throat eating it. I couldn't taste any ginger and the sauce we enjoyed was gone. It was dry lumps of hard meat with no flavor. The kids usually love the wonton and broth. They didn't finish it because it had a different, unappealing taste. The sweet and sour pork was gooey lumps of breaded meat. I could not distinguish that the sauce was sweet and sour sauce. It was a flavorless gel. It appears the owners have cut quality to survive the Covid downturn in business. I think that was a bad decision. We are now searching for a new favorite place to go for my other son's November birthday.

Written November 7, 2020

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rod p

1 contribution

Garbage

Jul 2022 • family

Worst ever would not waste money on it. Crappy is all I can say . Crappy. Crappy. CRAPPY CRAPPY CRAPPY CRAPPY

Written July 22, 2022

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Lavender4Fields

Victoria11 contributions

A Great Local Find

May 2020 • none

We've been going to Good View ever since I was a kid growing up in Victoria, and we continue to this day! I've always found the food consistent and delicious- especially the veggies. They are always fresh and crisp!

Written May 10, 2020

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marywhey

Salt Spring Island2 contributions

what the heck happened?

Mar 2020 • none

it used to be good, now it's flavourless goop. They are NOT consistent and it 's just yukky. And they charge WAYYYY to much for the portions and quality. I used to order all the time from here. Thanks, but No thanks.

Written March 9, 2020

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Mandy K

Victoria4 contributions

Good place gone bad

Nov 2019 • none

We used to enjoy the food there. Two visits ago everything was salty. I always give a place a second chance so we ordered same food again and it was totally flavourless. Lemon chicken had no flavour whatsoever. The s&s boneless pork was flavourles with 80% pieces being fat, and there was very little sauce. Chow mien? Yuck. I wiill make it at home next time. Flavourless. Husband was so disappointed he wanted to drive back there and return the food and demand our money back. It was THAT bad.

Written November 3, 2019

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nicschepp

Victoria1 contribution

Awful

May 2018 • family

The food was absolutely terrible. Chicken balls and lemon chicken were flavourless, and so was the sauce (which tasted watered down). The ginger beef was over cooked and also tasted like nothing. We wasted over $60.00 on take-out, and it’s all going in the garbage. First time EVER we are throwing away leftover Chinese food. Very disappointed!

Written May 6, 2018

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Don D

Victoria Capital Regional District14 contributions

Not good

Apr 2018 • solo

The food is horrible ...greasy chow mein has no flavor...sweet n sour is mostly fat...just really bad food ... restaurant is dirty....suggest you go elsewhere...

Written April 1, 2018

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Barbara H

Victoria6 contributions

Our go to place

Mar 2018 • couples

Goodview Family Restraunt in Colwood is our favourite place for Chinese food. The staff are friendly and accommodating. The food and the service are exemplary. You won’t go wrong by going to Goodview for lunch or dinner. Beef Chow Mien is beyond belief

Written March 27, 2018

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Margioshea

Victoria71 contributions

Family Party of 34 Guests

Sep 2017 • family

We ordered Chinese food for 34 guests at our recent family Birthday Party and it was wonderful! Gary at Goodview was helpful during the ordering and choosing of the food, they delivered within 30 minutes of the arranged time, the cost was very fair, and most important - the food was plentiful and tasted great. Everyone raved about it and some people took home a Goody Bag of left overs. Thanks Goodview - we'll do this again sometime!

Written September 11, 2017

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Senior Writer

Vancouver Island1409 contributions

Perhaps we visited on a bad night for the cook

Jul 2017 • family

The ginger beef was burnt crisp. Difficult to chew. The vegetable dish was swimming in grease and noodles were overlooked. I wouldn't want to repeat this experience.

Written July 8, 2017

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Wrldtraveller7

Langley City46 contributions

Take out

Apr 2017 • solo

I was disappointed with this restaurant. Nothing like the picture posted here! When I got home the food did not look appetizing, they were very chintzy on the meat I mostly had chow mein. Now I know it is normal to have a lot of chow mein but I had 3/4 of my container for a combo of 2 items plus chow mein. The sweet and sour pork was over cooked too unfortunately. There are better Chinese options in the area.

Written June 3, 2017

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