Pet Stores
Small pet products and services shop on Leslie Road in the Golden Village. It keeps short daytime hours and closes Tuesdays, so phone first, but it is a handy neighborhood option for food, supplies and pet care basics.
Phoning before you drive over is not optional advice here. Apets keeps short daytime hours and closes Tuesdays, which is the difference between coming home with the dog food and coming home with nothing. Small shops run on small staff, and a place that is straight about limited hours is doing better by its customers than one pretending to keep chain hours and then disappointing people at the door.
The shop sits on Leslie Road in the Golden Village, handling food, supplies and pet care basics for the blocks around it. Richmond's pet trade splits between the big-box stores out at Ironwood and Bridgeport and small independents in strip units you would never think to look in. This is firmly the second kind. Leslie Road runs behind the Cambie Road commercial strip, a quieter street in an area otherwise defined by malls and restaurant traffic. It sits a couple of minutes off the No. 3 Road corridor.
The small shops win on advice. The big ones win on price and depth of stock. That is a genuine trade rather than a slogan. If you need forty pounds of one specific formula this week, ring ahead rather than hoping. If what you actually want is somebody to talk through a food transition or a stubborn skin problem, an independent is usually the better call.
In the Golden Village neighbourhood of Richmond.
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Boutique pet grocer on Leslie Road, about an eight-minute walk from Aberdeen Station, focused on raw, frozen, dry and wet food for cats and dogs plus treats, grooming and walking gear. Small shop with staff who talk you through a food switch.
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Small independent pet supply store inside Parker Place mall carrying premium foods, treats and accessories for cats and dogs. Owner-run, open daily from late morning to early evening, and easy to fold into a Golden Village food run.
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Independent pet store in the Seafair shopping center that has served west Richmond for years. Food, treats, toys and basic supplies for cats, dogs and small animals, with staff who remember regulars and give straightforward advice.
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Newer Steveston shop specializing in raw and frozen diets for dogs and cats, plus treats and supplements. A short walk from the Bayview Street shops, so it fits into a village errand run rather than a trip out to a big-box store.
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Upscale Cantonese seafood house inside Empire Centre on No. 3 Road. Known for elaborate, modern-looking dim sum, live tank seafood and Peking duck. One of the standard Richmond picks for banquets and big weekend family lunches.
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