Francis N.
Yelp
Just to be clear, this is NOT Tasty China. It is not a rebrand due to xenophobia as was mentioned in a previous Yelp review. This is a new owner with a completely different cuisine. We came in for Mother's Day lunch for 4 people, expecting to have family style Chinese/Asian food dining experience. But this is was definitely not the case. First thing we noticed when entering, the place is at 25% capacity. 4-5 tables of 5-6 diners . There are at least 3 others tables right next to us, empty with many leftover dishes that are not cleaned. This remained the case the entire time from when we entered and left. Upon entering, we were simply pointed to our table across the room. Sat down for about 10 minutes until our server came by with menus. We ordered 4 dishes: fish maw soup, snow pea leaves garlic, fried cheese lobster, and shaken beef. Unfortunately, they were out of lobsters... on a special occasion day for lunch. So we settled for cheese shrimp. We waited about 40 min for soup, and another 20-25 for the remaining dishes. Food wise, the fish maw soup was good and you can't go wrong with snow pea leaves with garlic. The shaken beef and cheese shrimp was lackluster. Cheese shrimp did not taste like cheese, just batter. The shaken beef was barely anything and you can get better elsewhere for much lower price. Both these dishes cost $16 and the bill total was $70 including tip. The portions sizes are very small. We are typically satisfied with 4 dishes at family style Chinese restaurants, but we left feeling hungry still.
We spent about 2 hours there, we waited for 1.5 hours and ate in the remaining time. There wasn't much food so it went quick.
For some reason, the new owners are trying to incorporate casual Vietnamese comfort food with family style Chinese/Asian food. If I wanted Vietnamese comfort food, I definitely would not expect it to be here lol. This probably due to the owners being Vietnamese as well. It is very confusing when ordering off the menu what kind of food they specialize in. I would suggest to stick with one or the other. The owners were repeatedly turning away dine in customers due to them being backed up. At least 3 parties of 4-6 people when the restaurant is barely even 25% capacity and they stopped taking to-go orders. The restaurant is family run, but it operates very poorly. 3 people total working in the front, 1 serving, 1 taking orders, 1 cashier. Tasty Asia really needs to improve because I don't not see this place succeeding continuing like this. And please just hire more staff to at least clean dirty tables... Would like to give them another chance, but only if they make some significant improvements. Very ill-prepared and severely understaffed for days of special occasion. There are plenty of better restaurant options in the area to be settling here. I honestly don't give many bad reviews, but this was a very poor experience for a family style Chinese/Vietnamese cuisine. I wish them the best of luck.