It's been a while since we have been back to Mayflower Restaurant and nothings changed. The dim sum has always been good but the service is what makes you hesitate to come back. I don't know what it is with Cantonese / Dim Sum restaurants but the servers and managers must " hate their jobs". They either ignore your requests or have a sour puss expression when they do finally get to you. I don't know if its the stress of being busy, bad attitude, or low wages. Every time I go to these restaurants, I need to adjust my expectations for reasonable politeness and courtesy. It actually becomes a game with the interactions. Remember, go for the food, don't expect a five star experience with the service. read more

Mayflower Restaurant - Chinese Near Me - Milpitas, California

We got invited to a fancy sit down red egg and ginger party here. This was my first time here and the parking lot was too crowded so we parked outside on the street. There are so many restaurants in this large strip mall so it's no wonder there were so many cars on a Saturday. We were impressed by how large the restaurant was and there were partitioned rooms for private parties. One of them was the baby party we attended. I was so impressed as the waiters are well dressed and served us well. To me, the food was like eating at a wedding banquet, starting with bbq combo platter appetizers, fish maw and crab meat soup, walnut prawns, sauteed beef with mixed mushrooms, Peking duck skin with bun, sauteed minced duck meat served in lettuce cup, lobster with ginger and green onion, pan fried whole flounder, fried noodle with seafood and red bean soup. The most outstanding dish was the sauteed minced duck meat served in lettuce cup and the bbq combo platter appetizers. The rest of the dishes needed more seasoning but there were condiments on the lazy susan such as hoisin sauce, sweet and sour sauce, etc. but the food itself needed more taste. I liked the fried flounder which was light and crispy but it needed a little salt and pepper. We had so much left over food that our fellow diners took it home. read more

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Family of 4, came here for the first time and arrived right when it opened. The restaurant felt super dirty! Grimy tables, food on the carpet. Definitely needs an update. Right when we sat down the waiter asked us if we were going to be done eating by 6. I felt like we had to rush our dinner since we were being timed. Most of the food was just okay. We had the braised short rib and I felt they were way too overpriced. The sauce tasted like a can of Dinty Moore. I think most of the food was way too overpriced for what we were served. It felt like no effort was put into the presentation as well as it was all very cold. We had the pork shumai and it was HORRIBLE! It was so dry and tasted old. To be honest Trader Joe's shumai is sooooo much better and less than half the price. Lastly, when we got our bill there was a gratuity charge INCLUDED in the bill. It wasn't even mentioned on the menu that their tip was going to be included in our bill. And since they knew they were getting a tip out of us anyway their service was horrible. We definitely won't be back. read more

I have never come here because I wanted to the food at chinese restaurants like these is almost inconsequential as long as it isn't downright disgusting - the thing being optimized for is capacity to accomodate a large-sized party of extended relatives Asian folks with larger families know that restaurants like these are staples for the big family gatherings. You'll have the parents table and kids table, and everyone is making noise, so there is little shame in contributing more I will say that Mayflower specifically has a pretty good steamed thousand layer cake. Appreciate having that with their surprisingly not too weak chrysanthemum tea. Everything else is good enough Will definitely help if you can speak cantonese or mandarin read more

I really like this place and I'm not sure why it only has 3 stars. They're consistent in what they make and I think the flavor is exactly what you expect. This is a good place to take your parents or family members with less adventurous palates. There are no surprises here, and the portions fit the price. It's a Chinese place, so don't have high expectations for service outside of having your food hot and in a timely manner. I have gotten take-out twice over the last few months and everything was well cooked and still warm by the time we got home. Of the dishes we got, I would say my family likes the hargow, siumai, spare ribs peking style, braised tofu and vegetables, peking duck, the sweet and sour pork, and fried walnut with prawns. I also liked that the beef chow fun had a lot of beef. Overall, I would come back. For take out, for large orders, they generally give me an estimate of 25 minutes and for the last two times, it was ready by the time I arrived. read more

I wish I could give this place no stars. It is without a doubt the WORST dim sum place I have ever been to. &I've been to a place that has a rep for food poisoning. The first time I came, my boyfriend&i were seated in the back. No one gave us any drinks even after 15 minutes. We decided to be nice&wait a few more minutes. No one came to us at all. Not one person even gave us a second glance. Everyone was rude&even when we stopped someone to ask them if we could have a menu, no one came still. The second time was even worse because my family sat in the very front. This place has the most inconsiderate, awful service. Never go here ever. The second thing that happened was when I was pouring my soy sauce, a lump fell out. I looked closer&it was a big, dead fly. Yup. Never go here unless you want bugs in your food&to be ignored. read more

Mayflower Restaurant - wow don't you love having a fly in your soy sauce - Chinese Near Me - Milpitas, California

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A good place for Dim sum and Chinese banquets. Get's busy and noisy on weekends. All the standard Dim Sum fare at average to slightly above average quality. Most dishes clean. Many specials for dinner. King crab or lobster fried in a batter of salted egg is always tasty (but greasy). Crispy whole fried chicken stuffed with sticky rice is another winner. Some of the waiters can be shady and try to upsell some special menu items. I've been disappointed by some concoction that what looked like scrambled eggs with shark fin. Baked tapioca dessert is a pretty good. Flagging down someone for extra napkins or water can be challenge sometimes. Make reservations. If you want to dine in peace don't go on a weekend when they are having a huge banquet party. Bad wedding karaoke can give me indigestion. read more

Mayflower Restaurant - Mochi style dessert - Chinese Near Me - Milpitas, California

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I think I'm a new fan of ordering off the dim sum menu instead of the push cart experience. I actually found it more enjoyable and relaxing. I brought in a table for eight and I ordered three items per person and it was just the perfect amount. With some seating moved outside the inside dining was nicely quiet. Everyone loved it. Service was also much more pleasant. read more

Had a family style lunch here and the food was really good! My absolute favorite is the honey walnut shrimp and fried rice! We also ordered a coke bottle and it was flat AF. When we looked at the date it expired 2020..... we ate there December 31st 2022.... LOL. But what do you expect it's an Asian restaurant. Recommend their food, but bring your own soda. read more

1000th review goes to the lovely Mayflower and in tribute to my fairest and dearest seestar, who held her wedding banquet here! The staff and management to Mayflower was superb! They coordinated and accomodated everything very well! We had 500 family and friends here as it was surely a hey day when banquet day arrived! Setting up the tables with party favors and getting ready for the ceremony, was super fun and chaotic! Their dinner menu selections were tasty for a banquet affair! I loved the stir fried lobster dish and the succulent and tender abalone! Well done! They do dim sum in the mornings and afternoons too! My sister checked this place out during dim sum hours and their dim sum dishes were yummy for the morning's tummy! I highly recommend this place if you are seeking to hold a banquet of about 500 people! They had to eliminate the dance floor to add additional tables. Management was awesome and servicing was great! Food was of a banquet delight and a feastful affair! read more

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Space: There are so many tables at this Mayflower and they have been open for so many years. I have been coming here since I have been born. Service: Their service is great and the people always smile at you and give you great food. If you get lucky and sit by the exit of the kitchen, all the dimsum that comes to you will be fresh and hot. Price: Their price is reasonable for dimsum in the Bay Area. Compared to the Mayflower in Dublin, this one is chespe Food: Their siu mai (sorry for the pinyin) is sooo good as well as their lava buns and sesame sticky balls with lotus inside. just tried a new item that i have never seen before !! the sesame bun !! super super delicious and not too sweet! would recommend if you're into buns (: read more

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Everytime we're in town to visit family, this is our favorite spot for dim sum. They have indoor/outdoor seatings and are able to accommodate large parties. read more

I've been here 3 times in the last 2 weeks. I would give it 5 stars, but I have yet to see a bill, so I don't know how much they cost. Once was for dim sum. It was pretty good. Quality of food and the service were both above par. I came here twice for dinner. I came with someone that is a regular. The service was just ridic! They ladle the soup for you. Basically when you finish your first bowl, they are there again to ladle another bowl. We never had to ask for more tea. They were on the ball. When our plates were "dirty" they brought new clean ones. The food was on point. The fish was pretty crazy good. If you freak out when you see a fish eye, or have to eat around bones, then maybe don't get the fish here. Otherwise, WOW! We had this one beef dish, and the beef was stupid tender! Topped it off each time with a dessert, the most recent time was daoufu fah. A literal translation is tofu flower. Essentially its a really soft tofu, served warm, and with a ginger/sugar syrup over it. Yeah, I'm probably not doing it any justice by describing it, but if you know what it is, and you like daofu fah, then you'll love it here. It was the most smooth silken daofu fah I've ever had. I grabbed a banquet menu, and the prices look really reasonable. You can fed 10 people for under $23/head. And for that price, you get 10 courses! 4 of them are seafood, including crab and prawns... For under $23/head.. WHAT! read more

Came here for the indoor dining for dim sum. I had not had dim sum in over a year, so yes i drove over 50 miles to get my full! I was a little bummed that they do not have the carts and you have to order off the menu with a paper menu. My favorites were the pork belly and shrimp dumplings. The soup dumplings were dry though and not soupy at all so that was a bummer. Egg tarts were warm and eggy. Overall, it was a good experience and I'll definitely be back! read more

Came here a wet Sunday afternoon to get my grub on and usually I can count on Mayflower to satisfy any type of dim sum craving. Not sure what happened today. So first off, it was already 1pm. You would imagine the crowd should have died down already and it did. The parking lot though did not reflect this situation. It was packed. People were fighting over spaces. There was honking and angry asians *scary*. Well we actually were lucky and was seated in about 10-15 min. We ended up grabbing our number, walking over to Sheng Kee to get an egg tart, and walked back to Mayflower ready to be seated. What disappointed me was the food. So first we get the mango and shrimp wrap deal. But it felt like it was sitting out for a while. Then shrimp balls...again very cold. Then a slough of bamboo containers full of shanghai dumplings, sui mai, & har gaw. The shanghai dumplings were soupy, but the dough hardened pretty quickly. The ginger sauce wasn't great either. Then the others were ok. For a final dish we got the bbq pork wrapped in noodles which was mushy and the bbq pork was a bit on the dry side. Super sad. I came here once at like 11:30 and 2pm and the quality seemed to be better. Perhaps today was an off day for them. But what I did enjoy was having seats with a view of all the live seafood. I had lunch entertainment of battling lobsters! Made my meal that much more enjoyable. read more

Came by for Dim Sum last weekend with our friend who also frequents this place quite a bit. He was able to pull some string with the asst mgrs and got us seated ASAP! ;) To my surprise, the food was pretty good. Their Dim Sum selection was good and all their items came out zesty hot! Service is lacking, typical of Chinese restaurants, so I'm okay with it... We topped off our luncheon w/ the two way fish special: Congee w/ fish, as well as Fish Chow Fun. The Fish Chow Fun had huge chunks of fish in it...yummy! :D read more

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Super packed at lunchtime. Get a reservation if you can. Good selection of dim sum served via carts & trays (http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/FVxohIFE_N5_XH3zHlZfsQ?select=-gtvr__VGUv2BLFXkQBMmg#-gtvr__VGUv2BLFXkQBMmg) Most items were decent. Strength seemed to be steamed dumplings. Chicken feet were overcooked and mushy. We waited forever for the tripe (ordered from kitchen) to arrive, and it turned out to be one of my favorite items. Good texture and nice, lightly spicy broth. read more

Mayflower Restaurant - Dim sum - Chinese Near Me - Milpitas, California

Was a frequent customer there for company lunches, the food was somewhat decent, but the portions were getting smaller and the staff was quick to blame the customer when there was an issue with our order. read more

Do not go there! We were there last weekend when the bill supposed to be $74.50, but the restaurant with "small fine prints" added 18% to the bill for its "management operation" but not "gratitudes"!! That's totally illegal and definitely a scam!! Also, right after I paid without knowing the 18% added wasn't gratitudes, the next day I got fraud warnings from my AMEX card that my card was charged twice as frauds! That never happened to me and I have been using my Amex for years! That is, right after visited Mayflower, my card got charged by one of their workers for online shopping at Ultra and Von Dutch! Take my advice, Don't go there - illegal 18% added to your bill and there are definitely some criminals working there! read more

**During COVID-19 Outdoor Dining** We came here as a party of 4 on a Saturday morning and it was starting to get busy. We thought they opened at 10:30 AM, but maybe they opened earlier. We were fortunate to get one of the last few tables. Literally 10 minutes later, there was a line and people waiting to be seated. AMBIANCE: Plenty of outdoor dining. They have little tents for larger groups -- typical table for 8-10. They also have smaller tables to accommodate couples. I was amazed at how many tables they had set up for dim sum as a lot of dim sum places only allow for takeout and not outdoor dining. The waiter or waitress serves a teapot with hot water along with an empty bin so you can rinse off your cups, bowls, plates, and spoons. DRINKS: We ordered the chrysanthemum pu-ehr tea and it was good. Very traditional. FOOD: We ordered A LOT of dim sum. We were eating with our eyes instead of our tummies! :P - Xiu mai: The pork and shrimp dumplings were topped with roe. They were very meaty and a good size. I enjoyed the texture of the pork and shrimp. This came out piping hot! - Har gow: I normally prefer xiu mai over har gow, but the shrimp dumplings here definitely have lots of shrimp! The clear wraps weren't too thick and were very tasty. Well executed! - Egg tarts: Egg tarts were a little small, but they are the traditional Chinese pastries with the flaky crust! Definitely loved the crispy outer texture. The egg custard inside was smooth and not too sweet. Although small, they were still delicious. - Crispy noodles with seafood: This was the only disappointing dish. The noodles and sauce were overly salty. Literally, all we tasted was sodium! It was hard to take more than 3 bites of this... :/ Not worth the $17. - Chicken feet in black bean sauce: They were soft and very flavorful. - Spare ribs in black bean sauce: I expected a little more out of this dish, but there were more bones than meat. The meat was too chewy -- not tender enough. It also wasn't super flavorful so this was not a memorable dish for me. - BBQ pork buns: They ran out of them even though they opened at 10:30. Odd! - Chinese broccoli and oyster sauce: Standard kai lan steamed with oyster sauce on the side. The veggies were very thick... could use some cutting. :) Whew that was a lot of food... SERVICE: Service wasn't great. It was so hard to flag down the waiters and waitresses. They were not attentive and it took us a while before we got to-go boxes or our bill. We understand they were busy, but they were properly staffed... not sure where the delays came from. The waitresses are also a little impatient and rude. OVERALL: Overall, this was a subpar experience. Nothing amazing. The only pro is that this is one of the few places that allows for outdoor dining for dim sum. read more

I came here last week with my colleagues for lunch on a Friday. Since we arrived at 11:40 AM, there was plenty of tables. Ordering was easy as we had a good spot in the restaurants where carts rolled by all the time. We ordered Chinese broccoli, shui mai, haw gao, beef cheong fun, shrimp cheong fun (shrimp wrapped in rice noodle paper with sweet soy sauce), stir fry noodles, steamed pork bun, garlic chives with shrimp wrapped in rice noodle paper and lightly pan fried, shrimp wrapped in cabbage (yum) and a few more dishes. All dishes were good and there wasn't much grease left over on my plate!! The food was definitely 4.5 stars that day. Everything was fresh and piping hot!! Waiters were very attentive and refilled my friend's water 5 times and cleared all our plates as we finished the dishes. read more

IMPORTANT LIFE LESSON: ASK HOW MUCH THE FISH COSTS. DON'T EAT IT FIRST AND PAY $150. You know how you enter a restaurant and waiters are wearing suits with bow ties and you expect good service? Or any restaurant with honest wait staff? My family went here as a last minute choice because the restaurant we initially wanted was booked for a wedding...Mayflower will be my last choice restaurant. I will skip a meal instead of eating here. (SKIP DINNER. Dimsum lunch is ok here.) *note: not all waitstaff was bad here: this is one waitress that represents everything service should NOT be. I ask our waitress what the most popular seafood dishes at this restaurant are. She lists about 20. My dad asks her what the most popular fish is. She says this whole fish, rock cod, steamed. That sounds simple. My dad says that sounds fine. She said it's the most expensive fish, so I was getting a little uneasy. It was my dad's birthday dinner though, so one expensive fish...$50? I guessed would be ok. Every dish on the menu was less than $30. She then recommends a bunch of expensive dishes, and when I clarify that we don't want the most expensive jumbo shrimp, we want popular dishes, she said, in the most snooty voice, " The shrimp I'm recommending is fresh. The one on the menu you're pointing to is frozen." Lady, that makes you and your restaurant look bad. Her entire attitude was like she was dealing with poor country bumpkins. We had already ordered the fish, it was too late, but we decided to ignore her recommendations and chose our own dishes. The entire dinner was unmemorable. The food was overall ok. Well, there was one beef dish that was stir-fried in KETCHUP. Uck. The fish came dead last, after we were done eating 9 other dishes even though we ordered it 30 minutes before ordering the other dishes (we were waiting for some people to arrive). The waiters kept saying it takes time to make the fish--an hour?? The fish is STEAMED. It takes at most 15 minutes to steam a fish! The fish is good, a soft, melty, mild taste with very few bones. Not great, not amazing, not memorable. Then the bill came... I had 2 bites of the fish, and it seemed so did everyone else... at $8 a bite. The best part about this is that we have a memorable "remember the time with the $150 fish?" ALWAYS. ASK. FOR MARKET PRICE. Ask your waiter for the price of the recommended dish. I have had so many lovely, honest waiters and waitresses recommend some of the best items on the menu. We trusted this waitress...and she was a LIAR. There is no way this dish was the most popular fish at $150 a pop. This restaurant's culture is suspicious. Several waiters defended the long wait time of the fish. When you suspect something, cancel the order. Don't feel the need to stay at a restaurant. We should have left while we were waiting. read more

My friends organized an early morning group dim sum at Mayflower Restaurant during the weekend. Located in the Milpitas Mall where 99 Ranch Market is located, there are plenty of parking spots, boba shops, Hong Kong desserts, pastries and etc. for your to gander while you wait for a seat. We arrived at 10am and easily got a table for 6. I really like how they kept the dim sum cart tradition with staff pushing it around the room, as oppose to customers just ordering from a menu. I love a dim sim place with pushing carts! That really gives customers an opportunity to see, and smell, what dishes they want. A few things I observed during our experience is the Mayflower staff here are quite insistent on patrons selecting food from their cart, almost to the point where it feels pushy. A few times my friends felt compelled to take on food that they did not want because the servers were excessively assertive. Also, understand that coming to a crowded Asian restaurant can be almost impossible to catch the attentive of a server, but even at 10am in the morning with only four to five other tables, it was amazingly hard to catch the attention of a waiter/waitress. We waited ~ 10-15 minutes for ice water. What really pushed my review to 2 stars is when I received the check and saw how Mayflower charges the pot of tea by the total number of people in your party, not by pot. So even if we ordered one pot of tea, we were charged 6 quantities because we had a party of 6. Overall feelings of our Mayflower dim sum experience: delicious food; interesting service; really interesting way of charging tea. read more

Terrible food. Everything is too salty. I threw most of the food away. I will never come to this restaurant again ! read more

Started with some dim sum, Pork Dumplings and Shrimp Dumplings, fast and delicious. Beef and Broccoli was tender but lacking of the traditional sauce. House special vegetables with pan fried noodles had a nice gravy. Love the mixture of crunchy noodles mixed with the sauce. Steamed Fish with black Bean Sauce **FAILURE** first they delivered it with a soy sauce and ginger sauce. Per the menu it was supposed to come with the black bean sauce and we made that clear to the waitress when we ordered. To fix it, they simply dumped a bunch of black beans on top of the fish with the existing soy sauce ginger sauce, basically just combining the two together. We returned the fish and asked them to take it off the bill, which they did. Thank you, it's still very frustrating that they would try to serve that incorrect dish to us. read more

The food will make you experiencing diarrhea, will recommend for ppl who are trying to lose weight in unhealthy way. The mango mochi's mango are made with raw and un-peeled mango. The service was - None, so makes me wonder what was this automatically charged 18% service fee (lunch) was for? The overall environment is loud. They are not doing cleaning for the fish tank... try not to order any "fresh" food. Please try harder... read more

Our go to whenever my family craves for dimsum. Food here is always good especially comfort food such as congee with black egg, dumplings and siu mai. read more

3.75 stars I have always seen this place in the Milpitas Square shopping center and I knew it was the place to be for dim sum. My friend and I tried it out one day for the dim sum and it was busy. We got seated promptly since we were a party of two only and just minutes later, the place was standing room only waiting for tables. The place is nice and can handle hundreds of hungry customers. My friend and I were definitely hungry and wanted to sample all sorts of dim sum items. We tried the rolled rice sheets, fried taro, xiu mai (steamed won tons), shrimp dumplings, and several other items which I don't know the name of. The items were hot and fresh but the quality was alright. The items such as the steamed rice sheets were your standard and nothing special. While the shrimp dumplings, I would need extra soy sauce to enhance the flavor of the item. I usually judge a place by its xiu mai and this place had good xiu mai but it didn't blow my mind away. Fried taro, nothing special even though it's my favorite dim sum item of all time. We had many plates but like I said, it's typical dim sum food. There is nothing special nor anything that stood out to me. I rather go to SF for dim sum and spend the extra bucks to get items you cannot find anywhere else. read more

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This place is known for its dim sum, but my family decided to try this place out for dinner since they have a lot of seafood dishes. Hence, we ended up ordering only dishes with seafood. The deep fried oyster was meh. There wasn't much flavor too it and there was a thick coat of batter. The scallop dish with pine nuts was decent. The scallop seemed relatively fresh although the ingredients in the dish didn't seem to go well together. The deep fried fillet of rod cod was my favorite dish. The rod cod with lots of corn starch was drenched in sweet and sour sauce. This dish isn't for everyone especially if you don't like the sauce. For the price and quality of food, I could have better dinner elsewhere. read more

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Great dim sum! That's why this place is usually busy. During our recent visits we noticed that Mayflower doesn't seem to have a good selection and during our recent visit, we waited 30 minutes for one order of the beef crepe roll. We haven't seen stuffed cabbage in a while. Wish their service was better. We're looking for another favorite dim sum restaurant. read more

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We went in the evening so didn't get dim sum. Food was greasy and not very appetizing.

Every restaurant has their own character and Mayflower is no different. It is a place where there are a lot of Chinese people enjoying their food. My believe is if you want to enjoy a certain cuisine, find out where the natives are eating. Mayflower is one of those places. Great for Dim Sum and other dishes. Is the service great? No better if you were in China, so adapt when you are there. I can say this, the food is delicious and mouth watering. read more

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Correction after the mandatory 18% they came back w a receipt in bold that the amount they charge was PRETIP even though it was 18% on top of adding taxes with another 18%, 20% or 25% on top of the 20% they already charge because apparently the 20% was PRETIP. Are you f'n kidding me? read more

Mayflower Restaurant - Chinese Near Me - Milpitas, California

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I've been here many times with my family, and there has not been any improvement. The food here is pricey and the quality is bad. I would not waste my money at this place. Better spend it at other chinese restaurants. Just sayin. When you order their fried rice, they don't have a lot of ingredients in it besides rice. Not really worth ordering it, also they add a lot of msg into their food, very salty. It makes you thirsty after eating the food. Their seafood is not fresh either, so don't order crabs and scrimps. It may look good, but it tastes gritty in your mouth. Also, their service sucks. They take forever to get you plates and utensils. You have to hunt them down to get it. And their utensils are dirty too. For example, when I was about to drink out of the glass cup there was still left over stains on it with little specs of left over food. It was disgusting!! I had to trade my cup with my boyfriend because he wasn't going to use his. They really need to wash their stuff and polish it before giving it to the customer. This is not acceptable. Overall, I wouldn't come to this restaurant, unless someone pays me to come here. I wouldn't spend my own money. Let's just say, when you walk by this place, you can just skip it. read more

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Worth NEGATIVE 5 STARS!!! This was the WORST dining experience in my entire life! My team at work goes to this restaurant for set combo meal at lunch (like for 5-6 people) every 1-2 weeks and the manager already recognized us. Today we wanted to order a set as usual and they didn't have one of the dishes today, 8 streamed surf clams. They just said they don't have surf clams today, then we asked what are the dishes to replace that dish. They only said scallops or oysters and we thought they would also be streamed, cooked in the same way as the surf clams. So we went ahead and ordered the set.l with scallops as replacement. When the scallops came, it looked nothing like a dish at the same value as the surf clams, not even half of the value. (See pics) We called the waiters to come and told him about this concern and asked if they could offer us another dish to make up for the value. They said I already told you we had no surf clams, you shouldn't have ordered this. WTF!!! They basically saying that was OUR fault to order this and we can't do anything about it. I never heard anyone at any restaurants say this to any customers in my entire life. This was a disgrace. At checkout time, we were charged 18% service charge for 6 people, and we didn't wanna pay any tips or service charge for that horrendous service. They said it was from the system, we also can't do anything about it. At the end, we went to the counter to talk to the manager and they also said the same thing to blame us for ordering the combo when we knew the surf clam was out. We were so pissed and raised our voice and argued at the counter and the whole restaurant heard that. They charged us 15% at the end and we were tired of arguing more. We left and decided never going back again. That was just around $40 service charge and they didn't wanna do that for us for regular customers. They really deserve this bad review. DONT GO!!! read more

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For dimsum, they charge %18 for every table (I got charged for 3 people) and they claim its on the menu. Ok ok fine. They'll charge for tea and if you ask for water, good luck getting their attention. The dimsum is ok, comparable to others dimsum places. Old decor, rugs and toilets that are not as clean as other better places. read more

Located in the "Asian heaven" of Milpitas Square, Mayflower is your typical dim sum place. Things that stood out: - Those giant clams doe. This dim sum place is KNOWN for THIS $6.00 per person dish. ORDER IT and revel in the seafood glory (photo included) - Attentive managers (dudes wearing black and white suits) who really watched over us, especially as we were one of the later lunch customers - No traditional dim sum carts :( I was bummed when I found out that Mayflower doesn't use dim sum carts to push around their entrees. BOO HOO, that sort of changes the ambiance/curiosity levels too - Tip: They start to die down/close up around 2PM once the lunch rush is over There aren't many pescatarian/vegetarian options, but it's enough to get by with some of my go-to's like the shrimp rice rolls, steamed tofu roll, egg tarts, etc. The quality of the dim sum is pretty good, but I don't think their selection is as great as my favorite South Bay dim sum place, HK Saigon off of Lawrence Expressway. Anyways, I absolutely LOVED their giant clam dish, which my Mom said was apparently what ALL of her legit Cantonese coworkers clamored about. After one bite of this delicious delicacy, I knew why they were hooked on this one dish. It may seem crazy to pay $6.00 for a shell with fresh parts of clam on the inside, but order it and you'll see what we mean. read more

Mayflower Restaurant - There are a few vegetarian/pesca options! - Chinese Near Me - Milpitas, California

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Arrived to the restaurant at 10:15A.M and got seated right away but the food took forever to come around. Service at dimsum is typical like everywhere else. They ask which tea you want, drop it off and voila. Everywhere charges for tea so it's a norm. All 3 cups on the table had dirty stuff sticking indide. It was not cleaned. Why is there food stuck in tea cups anyway? I wasn't fully disturbed yet since it was not food related I guess. We might have came too early. So the food wasn't prepared yet. They had one cart circling around and that was the steamed buns cart lady. Maybe 15 minutes later, there were more carts going around. Even then, we didn't get the siu mai cart toward the end when we were about to leave. I guess don't come too early when they are not prepared yet? I did not try the siu mai but my friend said it wasn't the best he ever had. I thought the steamed buns & chicken feet were alright. If anything, it was a tad salty for me. The shrimp noodles and deep fried dumpling balls were decent. V read more

Mayflower Restaurant - Chicken feet was alright - Chinese Near Me - Milpitas, California

3 stick dumplings for 6.x dollars. I used to come to this restaurant at least once per week before pandemic. I don't really expect they would sell 3 dumplings for 6+ dollars. It is ridiculous especially there are 6 or more dumplings in the menu pics. But this is what they did. I guess things have been changed since pandemic. Not really an inflation issue. Costco has a big bag of dumplings for less than 10 dollars. As a result, I would have to make a no brainer decision - I would never come back to this restaurant. Thanks read more

Mayflower Restaurant - 3 dumplings for 6+ dollars - Chinese Near Me - Milpitas, California

Finally after so many months, Mayflower is reopen again! This is my favorite authentic Cantonese restaurant in the area, even better than Koi in my opinion. They do listen if I asked for less oil and sodium. ( Except for dim sum). My favorite dish is Salted eggs fried crab with pumpkins. I ordered that for take out tonight and it is as good as it was before dinning in. I also tried a vegetarian dish with lotus roots, celery, pumpkin and mushroom! Light and crunchy. Yum! They now have outdoor and partially indoor dinning in addition to take out. It's still pretty quiet so social distancing is more than enough. (As of 10/29/20). I think the front entrance is not well lit enough so not very obvious unless you get closer. read more

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