Chris E.
Yelp
On Christmas Day, I came here for Dim Sum with family and it was a complete madhouse! We arrived at about 12pm, although our party had been waiting since 11:30am-ish. There were many parties waiting for a table from the outside, inside and everywhere around the restaurant. Even though the restaurant is very big, the entire place was packed to capacity. I remember seeing on the wall that the restaurant's capacity was 518 persons, but it seemed evident that they were way over that number.
The restaurant employs the typical Dim Sum system of seating where it's first-come, first-serve. They call out numbers on a microphone and if you're lucky enough to get called run to your table ASAP! The reason being, in our case, there was another party also standing at our table and ready to take it. After 5 minutes of back and forth bickering, we basically got the table and they got the one next to ours. It was an unfortunate situation, but due to overcrowding situations like this will arise often.
Anyhow, we finally sat and went to work on ordering our dim sum. From what we ordered and what I saw on all of the carts that passed by, this restaurant has a large selection of dim sum. I saw all of the typical and atypical dishes that I see at the most popular restaurants in Chinatown --- there was Siu Mai, Chicken Feet, Shrimp Dumplings, Pan Fried Turnip Cake, Spring Rolls, Shrimp Noodle Rolls, Beef Noodle Rolls, Sponge Cake, Coconut Jello, Egg Tarts, Buns and, of course, they also had their off cart menu of noodles (Pan Fried, Lo Mein, Chow Fun). The quality of all of the dim sum dishes were good, except for the Siu Mai. Typically, Siu Mai has some pork in it, but this restaurant makes it all shrimp. For some it be what they want, but for others, like me, it's not what I'm used to.
The service here was a bit spotty from time to time. Rudeness is expected at many Chinese restaurants, but at times, it seemed a bit more excessive here, such as when they gave us our tea, they sort of just dropped it on the table. Also, when we ordered nestea, they dumped the cans on our table and threw the straws. Of course, this type of service won't ruin the restaurant in any way since most of these restaurants are like this, but it's something to definitely note if it's repeated.