{"key":"0b63a7667d","origin":"osm","osm_id":"n4700429190","category":"Food & Drink","subcategory":"Restaurant","community":"Langley","lat":49.1621825,"lon":-122.657944,"verdict":"needs_review","name":{"value":"Empire Garden Chinese Restaurant","source":"enrichment"},"description":{"value":"Empire Garden is a full-service Szechwan and Cantonese restaurant in Langley's Walnut Grove neighbourhood, drawing diners from across the Lower Mainland for dishes like dim sum, live fresh seafood, and made-to-order entrees. The banquet facility seats up to 160 people and the kitchen offers pickup and delivery, giving passing cyclists flexibility on how they order. Vegetarian options are part of the regular menu.","source":"sonnet_4.6"},"website":{"value":"https://empiregarden.ca/","source":"enrichment"},"address":{"value":"#100 - 20378 88 Avenue, Langley, V1M 2Y4","source":"review_edit"},"phone":{"value":"+1-604-882-1111","source":"enrichment"},"email":{"value":null,"source":null},"route_slugs":[],"centrally_administered":false,"bike_parking_detail":"1 rack within 100m: rack (7 spaces) at 44m. Total: 7 spaces.","raw_osm":{"addr:city":"Langley","addr:housenumber":"20378","addr:postcode":"V1M2Y4","addr:province":"BC","addr:street":"88 Avenue","addr:unit":"100","amenity":"restaurant","cuisine":"chinese","name":"Empire Garden Chinese Restaurant","name:en":"Empire Garden Chinese Restaurant","opening_hours":"Mo-Th 11:00-22:00; Fr-Su 10:30-22:00","phone":"+1-604-882-1111","website":"https://empiregarden.ca/"},"enrichment_extras":{"reasoning":"The website is live and confirms the OSM phone (604 882-1111) and address (#100 - 20378 - 88th Avenue, Langley). Takeout is confirmed by 'Walnut Grove Reservations / Take Out' and a dedicated pickup/delivery menu page. Vegetarian dishes are explicitly listed among the menu offerings. No evidence on the website or in OSM tags for bike parking, bike racks, water refill, washrooms, or any cycling-specific amenities. Two concerns flag: menus are labeled '2013' suggesting the website content is very stale, and a subpage (/new-zealand-casinos/) promoting online gambling is unrelated to the business, indicating the site may have been compromised.","concerns":["Website menus are explicitly labeled '2013 Menu' — content may be significantly out of date.","A subpage /new-zealand-casinos/ contains unrelated online gambling content, suggesting the site may have been hacked or compromised.","Website notes that the current Google Maps listing is 'INCORRECT' — mapping data from third-party sources may be unreliable for this location.","No bike parking, bike rack, or cyclist-specific amenity information found anywhere on the website or in OSM tags."],"recommended_status_reason":"The restaurant is a legitimate food stop with takeout and vegetarian options useful to touring cyclists, but no bike parking or visibility can be confirmed, which is a required criterion. The staleness of the website (2013-dated menus) and the apparent site compromise (gambling subpage) make it difficult to verify current amenity status.","confirmed_open":true,"contact_confirmed":{"phone":true,"website":true,"address":true}},"provenance":{"enrichment_run":"density","enrichment_model":"sonnet_4.6","verdict_source":"enrichment","category_source":"osm","category_correction_reason":null,"review_priority":false,"sidecars_applied":["bike_parking","subcategory","wow","price_tier"],"subcategory_source":"osm_tag","subcategory_confidence":"high"},"required_criteria":{"Bike parking or bike visibility":{"value":true,"detail":null,"source":"osm","date":"2026-07-08"},"Washrooms":{"value":true,"source":"inferred:subcategory","date":"2026-07-18"},"Water bottle refill":{"value":true,"source":"inferred:subcategory","date":"2026-07-18"}},"optional_amenities":{"Takeout":{"value":true,"detail":null,"source":"sonnet_4.6","date":"2026-07-18"},"Vegetarian / vegan / GF":{"value":true,"detail":"Website explicitly lists 'Vegetarian dishes' among menu offerings alongside dim sum and other items","source":"sonnet_4.6","date":"2026-07-18"}},"unmapped_criteria":{},"region":"Vancouver, Coast and Mountains","ownership":"Buy BC (independent)","indigenous_role":[],"notability":1,"wow_evidence":"drawing diners from across the Lower Mainland for dishes like dim sum, live fresh seafood","price":{"band":2,"band_key":"casual","label":"Casual","confidence":"medium","source":"llm_html","signal":"Live seafood tanks, but casual atmosphere, dim sum, suburban location—no prices visible"},"tier":"welcoming"}