Marie B.
Yelp
Macky's Dim Sum in Issaquah was a belated birthday meetup for two family groups, one from Shoreline and the other from Puyallup (2/11/23). I've never been before and clearly looked like a well loved, relocated family run restaurant in the downtown core. Free two hour shared parking lot is located behind the restaurant.
We had made reservations, but the others were delayed due to a hit and run on I-405. Thankfully no one was injured, but were running late waiting for the WSP to file a police report, then file an insurance claim.
We were seated, given the usual water, tea, and menus. But then pretty much were ignored for the first half hour. Finally when we approached by another wait person, we explained the circumstances. We would have been willing to get the ordering going upon being first seated, but as I said, we were totally ignored - that knocked off a half star.
The interior had a separate bar area where the counter were full of takeout orders. The main dining room had various table configurations and well appointed pleasant decor including art work, faux fireplace, and an aquarium. There were a number of large groups seated onsite, but most were two and four tops. No challenge if one was a walk-in as there were at least three available tables during this Saturday midday visit.
Our party of four ordered solely off of the dim sum menu, however, note there are no dim sum carts. Once that got placed, we received our orders rather swiftly and piping hot. This was fantastic as we were all famished and ready to eat. The wait person was trying to do more upsells with additional vegetable choices beyond the eggplant which was disregarded. We were a focused group ready to dig in.
What was ordered:
*Baked BBQ Turnover ($5.75) - pretty much devoured by The Homie
*Shrimp Stuffed Eggplant ($5.75) - generously packed, tasty
*Siomai (3 orders at $5.75 each) - decent, but prefer the ones at Bamboo Village
*Shrimp Balls ($5.75) - plump, sweet and satisfying
*Fried Sticky Rice (2 orders at $7.50 each) - that was deemed amazing!
*Deep Fried Cod Fillets ($8.50) - fresh cuts with a nice light batter
*Steamed Shanghai Soup Dumplings ($8) - stick with Din Tai Fung or Dough Zone. These were chewy and no soup, minus a half star
*1/4 Roasted Duck ($12) - also absolutely amazing!
*Egg Custard Tarts ($5.75) - tasty, thicker shortbread like crust
*Red Bean Sesame Seed Balls ($5.75) - skip these, prefer the ones at Bamboo Village
We had hearty appetites, but managed to have tiny leftovers to split between our two groups.
It was nice to be able to catch up, eat leisurely, and didn't feel rushed which I greatly appreciated. Got refills on water, but not hot tea. Service was unobtrusive once we dug in to our dim sum afternoon meal.
Macky's Dim Sum is a decent find in Issaquah, a city which has quite the dining scene with a wide selection of available restaurants to select from.
I still prefer spots in Seattle, Edmonds, and Bellevue for dim sum. But this is a solid choice where you will leave full and satisfied.