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- Aug 19, 2024
I've been here a few times. They have ample parking since it's in a plaza with a grocery store next door. It gets pretty busy, but it is pretty big inside. Most of the staff do not speak English very well, but this is to be expected. However, the quality of food and pricing are worth it in my opinion.
I absolutely love their Egg Yolk Custard Bun. This is the best i've ever had and it makes my mouth water every time I start thinking about it. This is a MUST TRY.
These are the items we ordered:
Har Gow (5/5) and Shu Mai (5/5): These were delicious! Can't go wrong with the staples !
Chicken Feet with black bean sauce (4/5):
Beef tripe(3/5): I'm not a fan of tripe so i barely ate this dish. My family thought it was okay. This wouldn't be something I ordered again.
Salt and Pepper Tofu (4/5: I'm not a huge fan of tofu, but these were pretty good. They were seasoned very well.
Home Style Chow Fun (4/5): These were good, very flavorful. I just wish there was more noodle
Salted Fish Fried Rice (4/5): This was good, but a bit salty. Hence the name
Steamed Rice Noodle with Shrimp (5/5): This is one of my favs. I always love the rice noodles with shrimp, chives or pork inside.Helpful 0Thanks 0Love this 1Oh no 0 - Marc N.Alhambra, CAAug 12, 2024
I think it's a pretty average dim sum restaurant. They didn't have the silk tofu pudding though :( and that's why we came.
Not much to say about this place. It's pretty small so the seating is limited, but the price is actually pretty decent.Helpful 0Thanks 0Love this 0Oh no 0 - Jun 29, 2024Updated review7 check-ins
Pearl Bay Tea House has become our defacto sit-down Dim Sum Restaurant in this area. The menu is reasonable extensive, the prices are in line, the quality of the food is usually excellent.
We were in for a belated Father's Day lunch. We generally don't like to go out to eat on holidays where everyone else is fighting for a table. It just takes the enjoyment out of the meal.
We passed the ordering menu around so everyone could select their favorites. Of course, this leads to too much food and plenty of leftovers.
I'm changing my numbering scheme for my photos. Todays photos are at the tail end of my pictures.Helpful 1Thanks 1Love this 1Oh no 0May 21, 2024Previous reviewIt was Dim Sum lunch for four today. My wife, our friend, his mom and of course, me. We almost always have a great experience here with both the food and the service. We didn't see our friend, Yilang today but we still managed to get our fill of good food.
My tea of choice is always Gook Bo which is a blend of Gook Fah (Chrysanthemum) and Bo Li (also known as Pu'er). Tea charge is $1.75 per person.
We ordered way more food than we could possibly eat but variety is always welcome as are leftovers. I'm not going to list everything that we ordered, just the items that we rarely or have never ordered from here.
Chaozhou Style Stew Bitter Melon with Pork Spareribs. - 4 - This was a good dish with what appeared to be pickled greens bringing a sour note to the soup. Flavor wise, it was pretty good but the one thing that I didn't care for was the amount of celery. It took away space for more Bitter Melon which is a major component. One unusual feather is that while Bitter Melon is typically sliced into rings or half-rings, this was cut the long way into sticks. No, it doesn't change the flavor, just the appearance. On a cold winter day, this dish would be perfect with a bowl of rice to fill and warm you.
Beef Stew & Rice Roll in Clay Pot - 5 - If you're familiar with Beef Stew, you'll know that it usually served with Daikon Radish and maybe chunks of Carrot. This version has just the beef stew along with rolled up Rice Noodles cooked in a clay pot. The Rice Noodles absorb so much flavor from the Stew Gravy plus because it's cooked in a clay pot, some of the noodles are enhanced by the Maillard Reaction. This would be similar to socarrat in Paella and adds so much texture and flavor to the dish.
Minced Pork & Egg Rice Noodle Rolls - 5 - Most people are familiar with Steamed Rice Rolls. Most often, you can order them with Shrimp, Beef, Pork and Chicken. Some might include Bitter Melon and other ingredients. A sweetened Soy Sauce is poured over and makes for a delicious dish. You can often request an egg be added and that will change the flavor as well.
Dim sum is a meal to be relaxed with. Don't go when you're in a hurry, the experience simply won't be as enjoyable. Many seniors will meet their friends, order tea plus one or two dishes per person, read a newspaper and chat for hours.May 21, 2024Previous reviewIt was Dim Sum lunch for four today. My wife, our friend, his mom and of course, me. We almost always have a great experience here with both the food and the service. We didn't see our friend, Yilang today but we still managed to get our fill of good food.
My tea of choice is always Gook Bo which is a blend of Gook Fah (Chrysanthemum) and Bo Li (also known as Pu'er). Tea charge is $1.75 per person.
We ordered way more food than we could possibly eat but variety is always welcome as are leftovers. I'm not going to list everything that we ordered, just the items that we rarely or have never ordered from here.
Chaozhou Style Stew Bitter Melon with Pork Spareribs. - 4 - This was a good dish with what appeared to be pickled greens bringing a sour note to the soup. Flavor wise, it was pretty good but the one thing that I didn't care for was the amount of celery. It took away space for more Bitter Melon which is a major component. One unusual feather is that while Bitter Melon is typically sliced into rings or half-rings, this was cut the long way into sticks. No, it doesn't change the flavor, just the appearance. On a cold winter day, this dish would be perfect with a bowl of rice to fill and warm you.
Beef Stew & Rice Roll in Clay Pot - 5 - If you're familiar with Beef Stew, you'll know that it usually served with Daikon Radish and maybe chunks of Carrot. This version has just the beef stew along with rolled up Rice Noodles cooked in a clay pot. The Rice Noodles absorb so much flavor from the Stew Gravy plus because it's cooked in a clay pot, some of the noodles are enhanced by the Maillard Reaction. This would be similar to socarrat in Paella and adds so much texture and flavor to the dish.
Minced Pork & Egg Rice Noodle Rolls - 5 - Most people are familiar with Steamed Rice Rolls. Most often, you can order them with Shrimp, Beef, Pork and Chicken. Some might include Bitter Melon and other ingredients. A sweetened Soy Sauce is poured over and makes for a delicious dish. You can often request an egg be added and that will change the flavor as well.
Dim sum is a meal to be relaxed with. Don't go when you're in a hurry, the experience simply won't be as enjoyable. Many seniors will meet their friends, order tea plus one or two dishes per person, read a newspaper and chat for hours.May 21, 2024Previous reviewIt was Dim Sum lunch for four today. My wife, our friend, his mom and of course, me. We almost always have a great experience here with both the food and the service. We didn't see our friend, Yilang today but we still managed to get our fill of good food.
My tea of choice is always Gook Bo which is a blend of Gook Fah (Chrysanthemum) and Bo Li (also known as Pu'er). Tea charge is $1.75 per person.
We ordered way more food than we could possibly eat but variety is always welcome as are leftovers. I'm not going to list everything that we ordered, just the items that we rarely or have never ordered from here.
Chaozhou Style Stew Bitter Melon with Pork Spareribs. - 4 - This was a good dish with what appeared to be pickled greens bringing a sour note to the soup. Flavor wise, it was pretty good but the one thing that I didn't care for was the amount of celery. It took away space for more Bitter Melon which is a major component. One unusual feather is that while Bitter Melon is typically sliced into rings or half-rings, this was cut the long way into sticks. No, it doesn't change the flavor, just the appearance. On a cold winter day, this dish would be perfect with a bowl of rice to fill and warm you.
Beef Stew & Rice Roll in Clay Pot - 5 - If you're familiar with Beef Stew, you'll know that it usually served with Daikon Radish and maybe chunks of Carrot. This version has just the beef stew along with rolled up Rice Noodles cooked in a clay pot. The Rice Noodles absorb so much flavor from the Stew Gravy plus because it's cooked in a clay pot, some of the noodles are enhanced by the Maillard Reaction. This would be similar to socarrat in Paella and adds so much texture and flavor to the dish.
Minced Pork & Egg Rice Noodle Rolls - 5 - Most people are familiar with Steamed Rice Rolls. Most often, you can order them with Shrimp, Beef, Pork and Chicken. Some might include Bitter Melon and other ingredients. A sweetened Soy Sauce is poured over and makes for a delicious dish. You can often request an egg be added and that will change the flavor as well.
Dim sum is a meal to be relaxed with. Don't go when you're in a hurry, the experience simply won't be as enjoyable. Many seniors will meet their friends, order tea plus one or two dishes per person, read a newspaper and chat for hours.Aug 11, 2023Previous reviewIt was Louises' b'day and time to have a surprise dinner. For once, I skipped immediate family and invited cousins, former co-workers, and a few friends to celebrate with.
We've experienced a couple of dinners here with our friend Yen and I asked her to help me place the order. She and Amy met me at the restaurant, and we went over the menu with Manager, Yilang. Some adjustments were made to the menu because they couldn't produce one dish and two other dishes needed to be adjusted in order to not offend traditional Chinese customs.
West Lake Beef Soup - 5 - Just like West Lake Beef should be. Served nice and hot. Plenty of beef, egg, cilantro, white pepper.
Peking Duck - 4 - There's been a trend in Chinese Restaurants that they are using a Roast Duck with Crispy Skin and selling it as Peking Duck. It's not quite the same but it's not really bad either. Our duck was served to us with Skin in Steamed Buns and then the rest of the meat on a separate plate. In past dinners here, they have sliced the duck and assembled the buns in front of us. Unfortunately, I forgot to take a picture of the buns.
Beef Cubes with Mushrooms and Sugar Peas - 4 - The flavors were good however I was looking for larger Beef Cubes. In my mind, I was probably thinking about the Bo Luc Lac from some Vietnamese restaurants.
Steamed Pork Patty with Salted Eggs, Chopped Water Chestnut and Shiitake Mushrooms - 5 - We usually order this with Salted Fish, but I was told this would not be appropriate for a birthday dinner, so I switched to Salted Eggs. When I was a child, my grandmother used to make this dish with Chopped Water Chestnuts and Shiitake Mushrooms. The flavor was wonderful. A bit more juice to pour over our rice would have spectacular.
Pea Sprouts in Garlic Sauce - 5 - Nothing needs to be said. It was perfect.
Honey Walnut Prawns - 5 - If there any complaints, it would have been that there weren't double the number of Prawns in each order.
Steamed Sea Bass - 5 - So many Chinese Restaurants no longer offer live fish tanks since COVID. The standard now appears to be fish filets. Nothing beats a recently dispatched fish that just came out of a tank.
White Chicken - 5 - A dish so simple, we even make this at home. What really adds a substantial amount of flavor is the Green Onion, Ginger, Salt, Vegetable Oil Dipping Sauce that's served with it.
Steamed Whole Crab with Sticky Rice - 5 - This was a new dish for us. Highly recommended by Yen and Amy. Most everyone loves Crab, and most everyone loves Sticky Rice (at least in our group of friends and family). Why not put them together?
Steamed Eggs with Fresh Clams - 5 - The Clams were out of this world. Fat morsels that filled out the Clam Shell bathed in Steamed Egg with Green Onions and some Sweet Soy Sauce. And they were great cold the next day too!
Assorted Seafood E-Fu Noodles - 5 - Another flavorful dish. Noodle dishes are said to bring Long Life at birthday dinners. Always be sure to order some kind of noodle dish.
There were plenty of leftovers at one table, not so much at another and our table had enough for us to eat over two days. Our arrangement put nine diners at each table, and I felt Yilang worked out a reasonable price for the food that we ordered. They also gave us Sweet Bean Soup, a Malay style roll cake, and Good Luck Birthday Buns. I had dropped off a birthday cake earlier in the day and they held it in refrigeration until we wanted to serve it. They generously provided paper plates and plastic forks and did not charge a cake charge.
I considered this meal a complete success!Oct 19, 2022Previous reviewWe have these friends that we've been dining with more frequently now that we're all retired. We like dining with them because they introduce us to new flavors that we might not order on our own, either because they're not offered in English or we're simply not familiar with them. All of the meals have been good, but we've run into a problem. They order too much, and we have no discipline. I have a very bad tendency to eat, what I jokingly call, Hawaiian style. What's that, you ask? You don't eat until you're full. You eat until you're tired! My apologies to all Hawaiians.
Today was a day for dim sum. Pearl Bay is the kind of restaurant where you mark what you want on a menu-sheet, and they bring out the dishes as they're ready. Typically, for this type of restaurant, we pass the sheet around and everyone chooses one or two favorites and then we fill in. Additionally, the staff occasionally comes by with something that the kitchen made and tries to sell it to you.
We ordered a total of twelve items including one Pan Fried Noodle with Spareribs and Bitter Melon. Then we accepted two more small plates that were brought around. One, I forgot to take a picture of was Deep Fried Whole Smelt with Bell Peppers and Onions. Absolutely delicious! Another dish that I missed with the camera was Pan-fried Turnip Cake with XO Sauce. Also a yummy dish.
I didn't care much for the Baked Yam Bun. I found it to be texturally odd. The intent was to order a Sugar Topped BBQ Pork Bun, but we goofed.
Once again, I felt that the bulk of the hot food came out in a rush and that allowed the dishes to get cold before we could eat our fill. Of course, that just means more leftovers.
The restaurant was about 80% full the entire time we were there. That's pretty good for a Wednesday afternoon.Aug 25, 2022Previous reviewWe had a craving for Dim Sum and decided to give Pearl Bay Tea House another try. Our first visit here was for Dim Sum and we were not at all impressed, to the point that we didn't plan on returning. Then over the past year, we've been here twice with friends for dinner and the food was much better. They claimed that the Dim Sum was decent and that we should give it another try.
The shopping center is undergoing some major remodeling. While some businesses are still open, many appear to be closed. To enter Pearl Bay, you have to walk through a plywood canopy to the front door. We were surprised to see that the restaurant was full and the two parties that had walked in ahead of us were the beginning of the line.
It was about 20 minutes before we were seated. Our tea order was taken immediately, and a menu presented. The menu is colorful and pretty extensive. It took us 15 minutes to figure out how much we thought we could eat (truth is, we always plan on taking some home so we can have more flavors).
Once our order sheet was completed, we tried laying it down on our table- top and it was ignored. We finally had to resort to holding it up in the air so they could see it more readily. Someone came from behind me and took the order sheet. Before our printed order was placed on our table, the first two dishes arrived. We had to wave down a server to get some hot sauce.
Later we waved down the Host to order a Diet Coke. Unfortunately, they had sold-out, so I asked for two glasses of ice water.
We received a dish that we didn't order. Because we had both ticked what we wanted, we each thought the other had ordered it and started digging in.
Everything that we ordered was served piping hot. Not every Dim Sum restaurant can say that. Not even the ones that you mark an order sheet at. The flavors were on point. We were surprised that the Peppers Stuffed with MInced Shrimp were Jalapenos rather than bell peppers. Naturally, I got the one that hadn't had all of its pith and seed removed. That took a 1/2 glass of water to cool the fire.
The food was worth a 5* review. Unfortunately, the service was not up to snuff. You shouldn't have to flag someone down in order to have your order taken, to get your check, to make your payment. They were using food runners to bring out trays of offerings to tables in an effort to drive sales. When they're busy and short-handed, in my opinion, it would be better to have them help clear tables when not bringing out orders so the servers can focus on customer service.
We'll give it three months and try again.May 17, 2022Previous reviewAnother big dinner with an even bigger price tag. The food was pretty good but simply too pricey for us for another return engagement. This meal was a retirement dinner for a former co-worker.
Our hostess with the mostess placed the order, adjusted a few items from our last meal. The kitchen did a great job of assembling our meal. The servers kept the food coming. We ordered more than the lazy susan could handle at one time.
I didn't get pictures of everything we had. Too busy eating.Apr 2, 2022Previous reviewAnother Birthday Dinner with ordering by our Alameda Hostess with the Mostest! I'll try to put the right names to the dishes but suffice it to say, this was our best meal here yet!
Our host and her friend eat here practically weekly and have explored the menu extensively. For celebratory dinners, she has a few go to items and then fills in from the rest of the menu based on what's fresh and recommendations from staff.
We've been here for dinner twice and for dim sum twice. The dinners are making us want to try the dim sum again. When we had dim sum before, it was okay except that some items were not available early in the day because the specialty chefs had not yet arrived. The two dinners were definitely something special because our host conspired with the server to pick the menu. All in Cantonese of course so I may not be able to name everything correctly.
I've also separated out the pictures by each meal #. You'll see that we have some duplicate items but that's simply because they're so good!
I have to be honest. I have no idea what each dish costs because some items like the crab and lobster dishes are Market Priced and subject to change daily. I can say that Meal 4 was shared by 12 diners. 11 paid so the b'day guest was treated and our cost per person was $90 including tip and tax.
The extravagant dish for this meal was a live Alaskan King Crab that was brought to the table to be oohed and aahed over before a final trip to the kitchen. It returned to our table in four renditions. Steamed Crab Legs. Body sections along with pumpkin pieces dusted with salted egg and deep fried. Some meat with E-fu Noodles served in the head shell. Finally, Crab bits with Tobiko in Fried Rice. The cost of frozen Red King Crab Legs at Costco today was $40.99 a pound so the value of this crab was probably over $400. It was 8lbs.
The Peking duck was brought to the table, expertly cut-up table-side and served with Hoisin Sauce and Scallions in steamed buns. Then the remaining meat is stripped from the carcass and served with some veg.
Salt & Pepper Pork Chops were satisfactorily tender flavorful. Probably the best that I've ever had anywhere.
I could go on and on. Suffice it to say that I was impressed.
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Review to follow.Feb 14, 2018Previous reviewI've been here twice in the past two weeks. Once on a weekday, once on a Saturday. Both times, we came early. It got somewhat busy on the weekday but it got packed on the weekend. As many others reported, so did the parking lot on the weekend.
Ordering is done using a pen and a color menu sheet, however specials are presented at each table by a server carrying a tray.
We've tried a variety of dim sum and most have been very good. Everything except one dish always came out hot. We had a Pan Fried Turnip Cake on the weekday that was lukewarm at best and possible leftover from the day before. Or perhaps it wasn't properly wrapped and stored in the walk-in. I'll write that off as a fluke and am willing to order it again.
The orders of E-Fu Mein that we tried were both very good. The skins on the various dumplings that we've tried were either thin or just a tad thicker. The shrimp were large and not chopped up. We had some seafood balls that were served as a special that were very good.
One quirky thing is that both times we were not able to get everything that we ordered because the cooks that produce those items start a little later.
We'll try dim sum again in a few weeks and if the food is consistent, I will raise the rating to 4 stars. Separately, we'll also be coming back to try out their diner service. - May 27, 20242 check-ins
This spot has a lot of options and has all the classics. I love that their "lava egg yolk bun" has a pineapple bun exterior. Service was good and the food came out steadily.
You can't go wrong coming here for a weekend "yum cha" with the family.Helpful 0Thanks 0Love this 0Oh no 0 - Apr 7, 2024Updated review
Pearl Bay Tea House is located in the Marina Faire plaza. This plaza gets pretty busy and packed, especially on the weekends because of the market and many eateries / restaurants here, so parking may be hit or miss depending on when you come by. Like most dim sum restaurants, there is usually a long wait on weekends, especially on Sunday mornings, so be prepared. They have since remodeled the plaza, so the exterior is different and makes the restaurant a bit blended in / hidden, but the interior seems pretty similar to before.
My mom and I came on a weekday around lunchtime for takeout and they were decently busy - the wait was only about 25 - 30 minutes for a to go order. Prices had gone up, as we only ordered a variety of items and it was almost $100, but the food was average tasting. The employee who initially helped take our order kept messing up and almost gave us someone else's order, while almost giving someone else our order. It took a little longer because we had to sort out this mess, but I did feel bad for her a bit though because another employee, who may had been the owner or the manager came out and started to scream / yell at her very loudly in front of everyone for her mistakes, which was a bit uncalled for.Helpful 4Thanks 0Love this 2Oh no 0Jan 14, 2018Previous reviewJust like any other Chinese dim sum restaurant/tea house. I'm already used to the rude service because I grew up going out to dim sum with my family almost every week when I was growing up so it doesn't bother me much. Keep in mind, if you come on a weekend morning, especially Sunday mornings, you'll wait for awhile (maybe even a hour or two). Of course it's crowded and noisy so keep that in mind, and it's next to a very busy Asian supermarket so parking might be hard. Prices are decent for dim sum in the area.
- Ziyi H.San Leandro, CA122Aug 17, 2024
Pearl Bay Tea House is an absolute gem! My dining experience here was nothing short of fantastic. From the moment we walked in, the warm and inviting atmosphere set the tone for what turned out to be an incredible meal.
We ordered the Peking Duck, Chef's Special Beef, Lobster Lo Mein, and Sweet and Sour Sesame Chicken, and wow, every single dish was bursting with flavor! The Peking Duck was perfectly crispy and tender, and the Chef's Special Beef was melt-in-your-mouth delicious. The Lobster Lo Mein had just the right amount of richness, and the Sweet and Sour Sesame Chicken was a perfect blend of tangy and sweet.
But the real cherry on top? They surprised us with complimentary mango pudding at the end of our meal! It was creamy, fresh, and the perfect way to finish our feast.
The service was outstanding, with the staff going above and beyond to make sure we had everything we needed. It's clear that Pearl Bay Tea House takes great pride in both their food and customer service.
If you're looking for a spot that offers amazing food, a cozy atmosphere, and top-notch service, Pearl Bay Tea House is it! I can't wait to come back and try more dishes.Helpful 2Thanks 2Love this 2Oh no 0 - Apr 15, 2024
This place has grown to be one of my favorite local dim sum restaurant. You pick the items you want and it's delivered to your table.
Their shrimp dumpling and pork siu mai are one of favorites. I came on a weekday for lunch and there's still a wait for tables. It is popular with locals.
I have tried dinner here too, they have great selection and all very tasty.
Seating is very tight though. Unless you have a big table. We had a small table for three today and the next table is literally inches away from us. But we always come back because the food is so good!Helpful 0Thanks 0Love this 0Oh no 0 - Jan 14, 2024Updated review
We're thinking of having a Chinese New Year dinner for our family and wanted to get a dinner menu but the workers said they didn't have one we could take home, only the banquet menu on their door. So we decided to come here early at 5:30 pm on a Saturday night before the crowds to check out the menu. So I've taken pictures of one of the dinner menus with pictures and there's also another menu with tons of pages but no pictures and no order or organization so I didn't take a photo.
We ordered the melon soup, steamed tofu stuffed with shrimp, chicken chow mein with crispy noodles, spinach with minced pork and mushrooms, braised rock cod and bean curd. The dishes were good sized but didn't get to try the steamed fish or peking duck. It was tasty and there's plenty of parking. Service was attentive and if we want to order a special menu, we'll have to come back and pre-order for our dinner.Helpful 1Thanks 0Love this 1Oh no 0Jun 17, 2017Previous reviewThis is for a review of the dim sum lunch we had here recently. We got together with out of town relatives at 10:30 am on Friday morning. Our relatives brought more guests so the restaurant was relatively empty at that time so we sat at a bigger table. They were very accommodating and to order dim sum, you check off items on a menu. Since we had a group of 11, I decided we should order 2 of every dim sum dish and 1-2 noodle dishes but Dude actually tripled or quadrupled the dim sum dishes so we had enough items for an army. See the photos! Everything came out piping out and in big portions. We ordered beef and shrimp rice noodle rolls, pork siew mi, har gow dumplings, Shanghai dumplings, sweet rice wraps, chicken feet, beef chow fun, lobster noodles. We had so much food, everyone had to take something home or to their hotel. Service was excellent as they kept refilling our waters.
Jan 2, 2017Previous reviewI see that the reviews on more on the negative side but my family and I had a pleasant dining experience for dinner. My relatives got there 30 minutes earlier than our meeting time and secured a table. Come early as the place starts getting busy after 6 pm for dinner.
The menu has pictures so you can see what you can order. We ordered the Westlake Beef Soup, Peking duck, soft tofu with mushrooms, pea sprouts, and steamed flounder. Service was attentive and friendly and the food came out quickly! I was impressed that the Westlake Beef Soup that small slices of beef rather than ground beef. The Peking duck arrived by cart and the buns were kept warm. The server sliced pieces of the duck on hot buns on individual plates with hoisin sauce and slices of green onion. The rest of the duck came out on a platter. The meat was moist and delicious. Pea sprouts dish was plentiful and tasty. Steamed flounder and soft tofu with mushrooms were also good. The servers changed our plates mid meal.
The only con was that they didn't have any cilantro in the Westlake beef soup. Other than that, we had an enjoyable meal - Dec 16, 2023
PARKING AND SEATING
parking in a private lot for all of the local businesses-- lots of other Chinese restaurants. Enough spaces. It was busy at 12 on a Saturday so we went in and took a number. We got cut in line which was annoying. There isn't really a place to wait which was difficult-- crowded. People were smoking a lot outside so we couldn't wait there.
They were professional about my service dog-- asked the one question, then let him be.
FOOD AND SERVICE
The food is good-- not as good as the Fremont Pearl bay. The shrimp dumplings are flavorful and structurally sound. The sticky rice portions were MUCH smaller than the other location-- like two bites. The sticky rice was warm and steamed but clearly not fresh-- stale, a bit dry, not sticky.
We received most of our buns and dumplings within 20 minutes, but waited about 45 minutes for the mango pudding. When it came we were surprised-- at every other dim sum place, including the other Pearl Bay location, you receive 4 small puddings in fun shapes. Here it was one small bowl, and that's it. It was good though!
No pleasantries from staff, but I also don't speak mandarin so I feel like I can't hold it against them.
WORTH IT?
Yes. Not as good as the other Pearl bay but it was still good, and if I needed dim sum in the area again I'd come back.Helpful 1Thanks 0Love this 1Oh no 1 - Jan 28, 2024
This is a review for dinner service only.
Came on a Saturday night with no reservations around 6:10pm. Hostess/ waitress/ maybe manager was rude. I know to expect the least amount of service from a Chinese restaurant but that didn't mean making us feel like we were an inconvenient to dine here.
We had a party of 7 but we got sat on a small round table that barely would have fit us plus ordering family style. She rudely said ok we'll add a table topper to make the table bigger.
Food:
They were apparently so busy that they "ran out" out Peking duck and lobster! So we didn't get to order those.
We resorted to
- sweet and sour spare ribs - ok; odd that it came with large pickled pearl onions.
- sautéed clams with basil - ok didn't taste the basil
- honey walnut shrimp - extremely underwhelming. Shrimp wasn't crispy or plumped; odd that it came with pieces of apple or pear that looked like chucks of potato salad; walnut also weren't that great
- clams with special sauce - (my wife's family loves to order this but I'm not 100% if this is the American name) anyway it could use some more flavor and garlic
- deep fried pumpkin with salted egg yolk - highlight of the meal - perfectly fried and coated with salted egg yolk in every bite
- pea sprouts so to crab and dried scallops - I love my pea sprouts and never had it this way, was pleasantly surprised when it came drenched in gravy.
- e-fu noodles with mushrooms - noodles were fine but some of the mushrooms tasted sour.
For free desserts they gave red bean soup and guilinggao (like grass jelly).
Overall, dinner was borderline ok.Helpful 0Thanks 0Love this 0Oh no 1
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