This place has pretty decent food but if you're gonna serve a chicken dish that's cold, you should say it's cold. Just ordered a half of a chicken (for delivery) with scallions and it's ice cold/ fat congealed, yellow rubbery skin. It's obvious this is supposed to be served this way but NOTHING in your menu warned me. Pretty disappointed. read more

I arrived at the place 15 minutes later after I ordered. There was no one in sight. Had to wait for a few minutes. A server came out and told me I have to give them at least 45 minutes to cook my meal. She said in a tone which was rude. The Peking duck was not even sliced out thinly. They were chopped in chunks. Not happy. read more

This is one of the only Chinese restaurants I go to. They have so much variety! Very quick service for take out! The dumplings are so good ! You can only order them through Yelp or grub hub i don't think their website is updated because I tried looking for dumplings and buns but I couldn't find them. Portions are big enough to share. read more

They have good food but were very unsanitary. My boyfriend ordered a soda and when they brought him the glass with ice and the sprite can our server placed a straw into the glass, holding right where his mouth is supposed to go, and with visibly wet hands. This happened with the silverware as well. read more

Great food. Delivered quickly. My favorite is the dim sum, chicken in black bean sauce. Definitely recommend it whether you're eating there or having takeout or having delivered read more

Ordered dinner from here using grub hub. The food came pretty quickly and our delivery guy was nice. For dinner we got an order of the BBQ pork fried rice, shredded pork chow mein and general tsos chicken. The noodles and fried rice are definitely something to pass on. The noodles tasted like cardboard and the rice tasted slightly burnt. We ended up throwing out most of both of them. The General tsos chicken was really good and primarily the reason this place got 2 stars. With a side of normal white rice I would definitely eat it again. Overall, I'll try and find a new Chinese place to order from. read more

Terrible service- no one greets you and I didn't get a table until I waited for about 10 minutes and decided to just yell to the next server that past by (I just followed what the other Chinese people did). Once seated, we had missing plates and utensils and so half the table ate while the other half had to wait and flag down a random lady. Although I'm Asian, I can't follow the rude manner of my culture so it's somewhat my fault I guess. The food was pretty decent and I know my family will be back, but I would not voluntarily choose to eat here. read more

In Houston I'd give it 4 stars but it's a Seattle 5. Food's quite good and reasonably priced.

I would not recommend this place to anyone. Worse customer service ever, I did not feel welcomed, they cater to their own kind, and when my husband asked for something they would be rude about it. This place isn't that clean, the table was sticky like they haven't cleaned it in months and I found dust in my cup of tea... no one has once checked on us since we've been here. I would rather go to joy palace than this place... read more

Foo Lam Chinese Restaurant - Dim Sum Near Me - Seattle, Washington

There really aren't words to describe my experience here. I waited at the front desk for over 20 minutes as one of the employees with his mask down went through opening and reopening all the containers from an entire table of orders that they got mixed up, as another employee watches without any mask at all. As this is happening, from the kitchen I hear the sound of someone ***HAWKING A GIANT LOOGIE***, and am kind of relieved when after waiting there for almost half an hour they bring me a stack of the orders that were on the table the entire time. I bring the food home, and it is absolutely awful. Expecting egg rolls like the ones on their website with a thick wrapping? You will get the typical, thin spring roll fare except with the insides completely mush instead of anything resembling vegetables. The cashew chicken? Again, not anything like what's pictured on their website, but instead colorless and practically raw, tasting like nothing except fish. This place seriously needs to be investigated by the department of health or something, I am only giving them 1 star because 0 stars are not possible. STAY FAR, FAR AWAY. read more

Came here on a Sunday for dim sum + food from their regular menu. When we got in, the place was pretty empty - maybe 3 or 4 other tables. The service was horrible from the start. Language barrier made it difficult for them to get my order right. The dim sum menu is pretty traditional - nothing spectacular or special. A lot of the dim sum items I ordered lacked flavor, such as the steamed spareribs, meatballs, and egg rolls. The sesame buns were good, their BBQ pork humbao had extremely sticky dough/bread that if I lightly pressed my finger on the top of the bun, it would leave behind a doughy, floury, sticky mess and was a pain to get rid of. Considering the location/area of this place, the restaurant inside was clean. The place became packed fairly quickly which had more elderly asian people than young people. It started to feel like I was inside one of those smaller casinos in Tukwila or Shoreline where old Asian people frequent as they smoke cigarettes outside, drink Heineken or shots of henny and yell "Monkaay!" inside. Back to the rest of my order from the regular menu: Ginger chicken: completely bland, can't taste any ginger and returned it after one bite. I'd give it 0 stars if I could. Shrimp egg foo young: 1.5 stars - made it fresh to order, took the longest to finish. Was less than average due to flavor and overly gushy, uncooked texture. Salt and pepper chicken wings: 1 star - I've had better. Spicy beef: 1.5 stars - not enough flavor. Not even spicy. Salt and pepper squid: 1 star - had a hard time tasting any salt or pepper...once again, no flavor. Shrimp & beef combo fried rice: 1 star - No flavor and the shrimp wasn't even fully cooked. Save your money & time...go somewhere else read more

Great local place for Cantonese fair. Foods always delicious! My wife is absolutely obsessed with their sesame balls dessert!

Ended up here with friends to celebrate my birthday tonight. It was the BEST Chinese food I've ever had in my life. I had the Beef with Chinese broccoli. It was large and very juicy. My friend had the duck, and I enjoyed a few pieces of that as well. I'll definitely be back to this place! Also, I needed the restroom and a staff member showed me the way and even held the door for me. Awesome customer service! read more

Ordered from here via Grubhub, and it was okay. Got the general tso chicken, some garlic green beans and egg rolls. I will say that delivery was very fast, and the delivery guy (once he found our house) was very nice. It just seemed that the food was a bit bland (I even had ordered my general tsos as mild, so I expected it to be a bit spicy, but nothing...) for what you're getting. read more

I don't have the heart to give a new local business 1 star, but my family and I had a really bad experience. To start, my mom called ahead to order a special dish and the woman she talked to said it would be fine. When we got there, no one knew what my mom was talking about and then they said they couldn't/didn't make it. Ok, fine.... we can still eat dinner, no problem. We ordered 6 dishes, and they were all incredibly OILY. This is the kind of stuff that gives Chinese food a bad name. I couldn't eat much besides my rice and some vegetables. The worst dish was the "steamed eggplant." If it was steamed, why the heck was it sitting in a pool of oil?? Why??? I didn't even touch it because I was so disturbed. Even one of the waitresses looked at it and said "aiyaaaa." Another dish we tried was the seafood bird's nest, which traditionally is a mix of seafood and veggies in a "nest" made with deep fried noodles. There was no nest -- it was some sort of deep fried wafer bowl, but it actually wasn't a bad alternative. However, I took one bite of shrimp and almost spit it out because it was loaded with white pepper. No thanks. This particular night, there was a huge reservation where the party booked 10 tables, and that is great for them, but the tables and chairs were completely crowded together. It's like they didn't really think it through, and it felt like our table was right in the middle of this party. We were so close to the table next to us that there were constantly people squeezing in behind me and children screaming in my ear. After all this nonsense, our bill came out to $103... yes, $103 for 6 dishes at a non-fancy Chinese restaurant on MLK. To be fair, I haven't heard anything bad about the dim sum, but I am not that tempted to go back. read more

I've contemplated long and hard about leaving a review because this is one of my favorite dim sum places and it's already super hard to get a table on the weekends. However, their dim sum is so good that I usually don't like dipping it in any sauces because the flavor is perfect. Come early because it tastes better during the first couple of batches. The bean curd is super good because they don't put celery in it like other places. Snowy taro buns are the best thing ever, just make sure you leave me some because they sell out all the time. Service wise, they've always been super nice and helpful to us but it's probably because we're always super excited to eat there. When you're genuinely nice to people, usually they're real nice back to you. read more

I've eaten here on several occasions, but have yet to experience the dim sum weekend. I love dim sum. This review would be 4 stars because I really do love this place, but the delivery is what drags it down a star making it 3. I'm ok with a half hour late delivery - I was expecting it to be really late, to be honest. However, the order for my husband was completely wrong. It's hard to find vegetarian dishes for hubby...and it was really hard to find vegetarian noodles for him. Ordered what appeared to be a vegetarian noodle dish - turns out it was with a hefty portion of shrimp and razor clams. I ended up eating his noodles in addition to my won ton noodle dish. Food was good and tasty, but the way the menu is organized on Yelp Eat24 makes it difficult to discern which things can me made vegetarian. Overall I think we have to keep this as a dine in establishment and not a delivery one. read more

Best dim sum in Seattle area. Highlights: - shumai (pork shrimp) - hagao (shrimp shrimp) - fuzhu juan (bean curd, bamboo shoots, pork) - nuo mi ji (sticky rice with marinated chicken) read more

The worst service ever , if I could input with no star. I waited like an invisible, to order take out. Yet I was so mistreated . Ughhh. Hope the food better taste good . So I wish there better service out there read more

Server (owner?) was really sweet with great service! She brought us cut fruit at the end and gave us free dessert

Went in for dinner tonight cuz my friend said the delivery was fast and good. As he said,food was good and the price was nice. A good Chinese restaurant in this location. I gonna take a look on dim sum later. read more

In between a 2.5/3stars. I'll start with the good first, the customer service was decent and helped us serve quickly and the way they keep track of what we ordered was organized. The food was okay-good, but not the best dim sum place I've been too. The table's a little sticky too, it could have a little clean up and redecorating. Food was good in the beginning, but as more people came in and got more busy, they rushed their food a lot more and when we got some of our food, it was unfortunately, raw. The reason I'm giving close to a 3stars is because the employees took it back and gave us 2 new ones without an extra charge, they at least tried to help and was kind enough to give us a free one. But then again, 10 minutes later, we got another bowl of food, and the shrimp was raw. Totally lost my appetite. Shouldn't happen twice. Overall, if they spend more time cooking it, It'd be better. read more

As a Chinese restaurant, despite it being Sunday at noon, the service was disappointing to say the least. The line for a table was long, taking just over half an hour. But as it was lunchtime that would be expected. The unexpected was sitting down and waiting 20 minutes for plates and tea, then an additional 15 for the first dim sum carts to arrive. Looking around, it feels like they were understaffed, as other tables arriving also took quite some time for plates. The food almost made up for the failings of service. Much better than the usual standard. Don't order anything with a lot of meat in it; the meat seemed akin to a mystery ground-up paste. Where in the room you are seated in relation to the kitchen makes a huge difference in what dishes you can get, otherwise you'll need to order specific items. Overall, three stars for food, but one star for service. read more

Came for dim sum. No Bueno. We had all of the standard items: pork buns, siu Mai, shrimp dumplings, chicken feet, eggplant, shrimp noodle, sticky rice.... Food wise everything seemed day old and not fresh. Not very flavorful. We were there early, but in the hour we were there it was the same 3 carts roaming around. Service was not attentive, they forgot our water and never refilled our super tiny teapot. I would not recommend this for dim sum. read more

Solid Chinese food. They do dim sum every day and they do it up! All of it fresh and hot and the carts come by frequently. They also do more of the Chinese-American style dishes. I get the Singapore noodles a lot and they are always well done. Their veggies are fresh. The servings are huge. The prices are fair. They deliver via delivery services but I think you can also call them directly for delivery. If anything, go for the dim sum. It's just as good as you can get in the ID but without the longer waits and parking is free. read more

I've never eaten at the restaurant, I've always ordered their food online. Something always goes wrong and the people who work there never care about it affecting you. Today I ordered food and 30 mins later I received a call saying that they couldn't get me my food because their internet was down. Instead of saying that they would help me out all they said was that they couldn't get good to me, thanks. Won't be ordering from them again, the service is always awful, even if the food is good. Last time:I don't even have my food yet after 1 hour and 15 minutes. So I call and the guy who answers on the phone is giving me attitude and being impatient. It was the first time I ordered from here. At least the food is good and the delivery person was nice. read more

Been here twice and I have to say I'm just not impressed with the dim sum. Just doesn't taste as good but that's also because I'm crazy enough to drive 2.5 hours for awesome dim sum in Richmond, B.C. The dim sum is just ok IMO. Nothing really stood out and I've tried all of the usual plates: har gow, tripe, sticky ride, shu mai, chow sui baos, etc. Their order-off-the- menu items were pretty decent though. We tried the crispy chicken, fried rice, Hong Kong style noodles and broccoli and beef. Tables are typically sticky but could use a decent rubdown with a degreaser. Staff is friendly and easy to communicate with but I'm pretty sure I wouldn't come back on my own terms. Still on the prowl for a decent dim sum joint in Seattle. read more

The food is not bad & we had good service. I wouldn't say this place has awesome dim sum, but it is decent. I like the fact that they serve dim sum from the cart & the place is a pretty good size. read more

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Cantonese cuisine with live dish and lobster tank. Their honey glazed prawn and some hot pots such as oyster with tofu, chicken with salted fish are very good. They ran out fried sticky rice tonight though.! read more

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I haven't been for Dimsum yet but their dinner service is great. Good prices, portions and awesome food. My faves are the mixed seafood tofu hotpot and the honey garlic spareribs. They also do some great Peavines with garlic and Cantonese style fried chicken. Live seafood tank is a huge plus! They do buckets of brews (6) for just 12 bucks during their happy hour (3 to 6). I wish I lived closer to this place. Just as good if not better than any of the restaurants in Chinatown without the headache of trying to find a parking spot. I have never had bad service here. They are always efficient and they keep your glasses filled! Try to go with a big group so you can try as many dishes as possible! If you like southern Chinese grub this is a great spot to check out! read more

Foo Lam Chinese Restaurant - In celebration of chinese new year we ordered the Fresh free range chicken with garlic ginger sauce! So much flavor! - Dim Sum Near Me - Seattle, Washington

This place doesn't deserve any stars. I would give them negative stars if I could. I called for a take out at 5:15pm on a Saturday and they told me it would take 20-25 minutes. They didn't complete my order until 6:05pm. They were not busy at all but somehow it took almost an hour to fill an order. The foods were horrible. The pea vines were tasteless and saltless, the broccoli were yellow (low grade/garbage to feed their customers as slops). I would never come back to this horrible place again unless it's under new ownership. They did not even bother to apologize for taking so long to fill my order. read more

Foo Lam Chinese Restaurant - Broccoli with "white sauce" - Dim Sum Near Me - Seattle, Washington

The dim sum here seemed pretty standard to me and wasn't bad. I was able to order the usual items and everything was steaming hot which is a plus. Still wouldn't call this the best dim sum of Seattle, but it reasonably good for the price. I would come here again. read more

Large servings, fast and friendly staff, good price. My go-to dim sum place. I recommend to not be there right at open time, but about an hour after. read more

Was feeling a little under the weather so I ordered some soup delivery from Foo Lam, the only Chinese restaurant open after 9pm... and boy am I glad I stumbled across this place! The delivery was prompt, the soup was piping hot, and the flavors were all on point. I got the century egg congee, the seafood tofu eggdrop soup, and the hot and sour soup. Would definitely re-order and try some other dishes very soon! read more

One star because service is so rude. Screwed up my order with no apology of the horrendous wait. Food is pretty good, just terrible service.

I wish I can give this place a zero. Because that's what they deserve. Food had roaches in it and staff are rude. No refund was issued at all despite evidence. Public Health needs to check on this place ASAP. read more

I came here for a Memorial Day breakfast with my family. We ordered a few dim sum dishes and they were good. Later my mom noticed around 3 pieces of hair in the fried shrimp balls with mayonnaise sauce on the side. We asked the waitress to take it away and she offered to give us another dish. Then we chose honey walnut shrimp, but the waitress said that dish price was too high compared to the dishes below it in the dim sum cart. The waitress then later proceeded to say, "It's fine!" and walked away after we said we didn't want another dish. read more

If you are craving some "American" Chinese food this a great take out spot in south Seattle. The black bean and beef noodle dish and general tsao's chicken are our favorites! read more

What a disappointment! We order from here often, but this particular time, the shrimp was super fishy, did not taste fresh whatsoever, and was cold. The spring rolls were also COLD! When we called, they didn't believe us and insisted we send back the shrimp for inspection and did not want to give us a refund for the shrimp. Never again-- not worth the risk of food poisoning. read more

Was curious having driven past many times. In the end, it was OK. The steamed ribs stood out amongst the 6 dim sums we ordered. Also ordered special crispy noodles but I think the squid used in the dish was old as there was a funny taste to it. The half roast duck was also a little odd as it was fried a little and the meat was dry. Definitely not Cantonese style. Interior is old, service is prompt and friendly. Place seems to be full of locals. Food is nothing to shout about and there's better Cantonese food in the area if you're interested. read more