Yau Ma Tei Yummy Kitchen 油麻地茶餐厅

Excellent, affordable, super-fresh and tasty authentic Cantonese cuisine! Lunch specials start at just $9.99 and goes up to $13.99 per entree everyday from 11am. The menu is large with a great variety of selections. Service is good, typical no-frills quick and efficient Chinese style. Complimentary hot pot of tea and daily soup is served once you sit down at the table. They also have specialty items with special low promo prices like if you spend $50 then you can get a whole roasted quail for only $12.99 in which our waitress suggested and offered with our order. That was one of thee most delicious little birds I have ever put in mouth! The small sized meaty quail was roasted to perfection and served scorching hot along side a plate of dipping salt and a wedge of lemon. The other four entrees we got were the usual Cantonese home cooked dishes and all had great flavor plus "wok-hay"! My favorite seniors and I will definitely be coming back here for seconds.

This reminds me of a smaller version of Fu Xing Spring. I think they even use the same tablecloths. I was intrigued to visit because of the $9.99-$13.99 lunch special menu. On a Tuesday afternoon, there was no wait for our party of five. They seated us at a table that could fit 7-8 people. Tea was served, but we also asked for iced water. The servers spoke both Mandarin and Cantonese. Rice and soup were included. The soup was delicious! I would have liked to order some milk tea, but I didn't see it on the menu. Food: -steamed minced pork with salty fish $9.99 - This was the group's least favorite dish. I would probably not order this again. -braised tofu with mushrooms $11.99 - This was the second best dish. It was gone in a flash. -fried squid in 3 flavor sauce $11.99 - This was one the best dish because the sauce was so flavorful. One person commented that this was really good over rice. -braised duck blood w garlic chives $11.99 - Others in the group enjoyed this dish. This was my first time having duck blood, and I wasn't a huge fan. -chicken w green onion $13.99 - This was good. Be aware there are chicken bones. Credit card/Apple Pay accepted. Parking: free in the small adjacent lot or free street parking.

We passed by this restaurant and their budget friendly lunch special banners caught our eyes and peaked our curiosity. Interior vibe is the typical Chinese restaurant with groups of families dining there with children. Waitstaff weres very welcoming and attentive. Their lunch special starts at $9.99 and up to $13.99 which offers over 40 dishes to choose from based on your taste and budget preference. We ordered the following classic Cantonese dishes to go: steamed minced pork with salted fish ($9.99) and stir fried clams with black beans sauce ($13.99). Food came out fast and hot and we were delighted they included a complimentary, big container of cooked white rice with our takeout order. Restaurants nowadays charge for an individual bowl of cook white rice averaging $2 with entrees. It’s totally unacceptable, in our opinion, to charge for cooked rice at Cantonese Chinese restaurant as most dishes are meant to eat with cooked rice. Our take-out food was delicious and the portion was very generous for the price point. Restaurant is under new management and they are trying yard to compete for the Alhambra/Monterey Park dining community money. We love healthy competition for our hard earned money :) It is our understanding that if you spend over a certain amount, they will give you a coupon for free abalone on next visitsWe would like to come back this restaurant to try other dishes. Note that their lunch specials come with complimentary soup and unlimited steamed rice if you dine in and lunch hours are 11am - 6pm every day Next time we will try their dishes such as clay pot rice and seafood dishes and other specialty dishes.

Food and service was so good! We got the king crab special for $300 cooked 3 ways (deep fried Vietnamese style, garlic steamed style, and a crab fried rice). We love that their "lunch special" goes until 6pm and we were able to get a fried sole fish for $13.88. We loved how fresh everything tasted and even my parents who are from Hong Kong approves of the flavors. Everything was hot and fresh and service was amazing. They kept changing our plates and the rice ball dessert was 👌👌 Can't wait to come back to try their $168 baby pig dinner special.

One of many HK-style cafes in the area, their food is pretty solid if you're looking for good comfort meals. I got their salted fish eggplant pot (yum!), veggies, a rice soup, and a beef chow mein. Everything tasted exactly the way a HK cafe would taste. Super flavorful eggplant pot. I want to try the seafood tofu one next time. We tried ordering a claypot rice but they told us it would take 45 mins. We'll have to order ahead for claypot rice for sure.

Food was great. Black truffle marinated chicken was very flavorful, and had strong truffle taste. Salt & pepper chicken wing very crisp outside, and juicy inside. Clay pot had good flavor. Peking style pork chop was great, deep fried just right with sweet and sour sauce. Deep fried sole fish was great, very crisp with good sauce, and not dry. Salty fish with tofu was plain, had no flavor. Service was great, they checked on us multiple times to refill tea and napkins.

I usually don't mind auto gratuity/tips if they are upfront about it for large parties (party of 6). However, with this place there is no mention anywhere about this on any menu. See picture. Besides that food is mediocre. Mainlander cooks and staff masquerading for Cantonese food with typical rudeness. Food lack flavor and authenticity. Overpriced. 9 bucks for white rice you freaking kidding me.

Lunch specials menu is extensive and all for $11.80 incl rice soup and hot tea. Food taste really good. Portions are generous. Service very prompt. But parking kinda problematic. Their clay pot rice is on par with others good Cantonese places