Grand Harbor Dim Sum & Seafood

A place to go if you want the view of the bay and the view of airplanes approaching SFO two at a time. They have large glass windows to accommodate that but the seats appeared to be first come first serve.

To order dim sum and dishes, they gave you a folded menu with photos and you indicate the number of the item you want under the photo. Circling the photo doesn't count, we found out the hard way, hahaha.

We ordered shrimp and lobster chow fun, it looked and tasted good. The Siu Mai and Shrimp dumplings were good too. My friends liked the deep fried sesame balls but I prefer the mochi like dessert with black sesame on the inside and ground peanut on the outside. Didn't see chicken feet in black bean sauce so I ordered chicken feet in abalone sauce, sauce was flavorful, chicken feet needed more flavor and weren't as tender as I had hoped, good size though. Didn't seem to have as many varieties of dim sum as other places I had been. Service was lukewarm.

We drove 45 minutes for dim sum with a view but sadly we had no view. They sat us upstairs but shades were down and we were seated away from the windows. So that was a fail but the food was good. The highlight of the morning was the roasted duck, stuffed mushrooms and the bbq baos. The duck seasoned was truffle and the skin was extra crispy. Totally worth the price imo. The bbq baos with the crispy top was my second favorite. It was probably one of the better bbq baos I had in a while.

Would o drive another 45 minutes for dim sum here? Probably not but if I was in the area, I would totally come back. Service was lukewarm. We had to get our own sauces and waved down the waiter a few time to ask for more things. Park sucks too so I would advise you come early or be prepared to drive around waiting for someone to leave.

Classy atmosphere with an awesome view
Delicious dimsum, expensive but price is justified
Service is only 2 stars
Perfect place to celebrate special occasion
Sure looking forward to bringing in fam and more friends here and enjoy this place

Get ready for the frenetic energy of what a large dim sum hall feels like. To start, the parking lot is small compared to how many customers this place serves. It's a free for all. We arrived at 10:30 on a Sunday and the place was already hopping. Waited for about 10 minutes before we scored a window front table. Plenty to order off the menu and food came out pretty quick. So many large parties here and I think it's a good way to go in order to sample many items on the menu. Wings, green beans and spare ribs were the hits of the table.

Dim sum with a view!

The fam was craving dim sum during our recent trip to the bay area, so we decided to check out Grand Harbor Dim Sum & Seafood. We visited on Christmas Day and seemed like the entire town had the same idea. The parking lot was full and navigating it can be tricky. The restaurant was packed and there was a long wait. I think we waited about an hour.

The main dining room has big glass windows and glass on the ceiling which brought plenty of natural light in. The windows also gave us stunning views of the bay. The carts came by shortly after we were seated. A server also came by to take orders. We ordered a few entrees and a variety of dim sum. I mostly ate my favorites, har gow (shrimp dumplings), cheung fun (shrimp rice noodle rolls), and snow pea leaves. They were delicious! We ended the meal with swan durian cakes, which had real durian without the smell.. or maybe I'm just immune to it.

Best to visit Grand Harbor right when they open. Otherwise, expect a wait.

View and ambiance with your dim sum is why you're here.

- SHUMAI was ok and nothing to write home about.

- CHICKEN FEET was my favorite as the sauce was tasty, bold and the chicken feet were big and puffy.

- LOTUS WRAPPED STICKY RICE was pretty good with pork, mushroom, dried shrimp, Chinese sausage and salted egg yolk. The rice didn't have too much flavor infused throughout so I liked using sauce to boost it.

- BEANCURD ROLL: Piping hot and filled with a pork, wood ear mushroom, other veg and was as soft as fish cake. Sauce was on the lighter side.

- PAN-FRIED TURNIP CAKE: This was alright with not too much flavor and served at room temperature. At least warming it up on the pan before serving would have been better.

- PAN-FRIED SHRIMP & CHIVE DUMPLING: Disappointingly, my favorite dim sum dish was served cold so it was alright. It tasted a lot better when we took it home and warmed it up. But it was $12.88 for 6 of these babies, which is very steep.

- PRESERVED EGG & PORK CONGEE: Served piping hot and more than enough for 2 people, this was pretty good. Congee was thick and flavors were pretty good. We also took this home and the flavors developed overnight so it was better. Preserved egg was ok -- it's hard to find good quality ones these days.

Overall, you're here for the views so it makes sense with the price point (but it is still pricey for what you get). I'll look around for other choices but Grand Harbor has one of the best chicken feet in the Bay so far. Other things were a miss due to the flavor or lukewarm temperature.

Ordered 4 dishes for 5 people and everyone was comfortably full.
The table favorites were the saucy ribs (forgot the name of it but there are pictures on the menu) and the beef with mushroom and honey which was very tender.

My dad ordered the pot but my siblings and I weren't too fond of it. My dad liked it a lot though.
I would pass on the scallop and tofu since it was bland. You're better off ordering one of their yummy vegetables.

We came here a few times for big family gathering. You can't beat the view of this restaurant overlooking SFO, that's really the best part of the restaurant. The food is standard Cantonese style Chinese food. No disappointment, but no surprises either.

Wow! We had a party of 20-1/2 and we all fit on one table. The glass lazy Susan was crazy big. The lazy Susan was like table size by itself.

This was the largest table I have ever sat in. But I couldn't spend too much conversation with the rest of my relatives on the opposite side of the table. It was really really that big.


We had reservations for that table at 11:00am on a Saturday. All the food was really on point. My family went crazy on ordering the dim sum. Rule of thumb is 2 dim sum orders per person and some large plates of noodles, chow mein and chicken wings. We had all the usual and tripe and chicken feet and curry brisket mai fun. It was a lot of food - ending up over $800 for 20 people but well worth it.

I like the parking. I like how the food came out one at a time so we could digest and eat more. I like how they had this large table to fit my family.

All the fried food - gin doi, Hom sui qwok were really crispy. The chicken feet was easy suck off the bones.

And I like how they don't add the tip to your bill. You select 15%, 18%, etc.

Honestly, the only thing that's great about this restaurant is the view. Highly recommend getting there at opening time so you're just in luck to grab one of the tables by the windows to watch planes land and be able to snag a parking spot as the parking gets filled up quickly.

In terms of dim sum, there's a decent variety of food but the food is somewhat bland. The service isn't top-notch so don't expect much.

Fair warning, if you don't tip more than 30%, they will hound you until you tip more. It made me and my friends very uncomfortable asking for more tips when they barely provided a service to us.