Horrible service, pretty good food. Asked for some things 3 times and waited 30 min for certain dishes. They were getting annoyed at our table for asking where are food was after 20 minutes lol. I don't think we did anything wrong. In the end, they forgot 2 of our dishes. A boy that is "not allowed" to take orders, took our order. A man of management came over and got mad at us and told us we can't order from him. How are we supposed to know?! Lol. 1 hour later as we're leaveing, they try to bring some plates over LOL worst dim sum experience and trust me, I've had plenty of experiences at many places lol. Don't go here if you are not chinese! read more

The worst service. They don't even come to check in and very rude when trying to ask them a question. The waiters clothing is unclean. The white shirt they are wearing is very dirty. You can see the stains. So gross read more

If I could give this place zero stars, I would. My family and I made the mistake of having our parents 52nd wedding anniversary dinner here last night. We made reservations for 22 people - which they crammed 11 chairs per table, leaving us elbow to elbow to eat. As we arrived, the hostess sat us...gave us 3 menus! 3 menus for 22 people??!! We finally decided on our orders, waiting for waiter as he/she has not introduced him or herself to our group. We flagged down whomever would stop by our tables or had to walk up the front desk 5 multiple times to get any kind of service. THE WORST SERVICE!! Not a single time did anyone ask if we needed anything! They all overlooked our tables even though they knew we needed assistance. Finally, towards the end of our dinner, our waiter (who ended up being the manager) comes with 1 pitcher of water...refills 4 glasses and slams the pitcher down on the lazy susan and walks off. The fastest time we ever received service was when we asked for our check. It's horrible to know that a manager has work ethics like this. Definitely not a leader who would show his team how to be professional, personable and efficient. The food: Overpriced ,small portions and full of msg! But still better than the service. LOL If your looking for a place to enjoy dinner with someone or with a large group, this is definitely NOT the place to go. Save your time, your money and your blood pressure and find another restaurant. read more

Disappointed by their management. I called and confirmed twice about my Chinese New Year Group Lunch (~20 people). They said they guarantee I can get two tables. When we reached there, they said they only have 1 table for 15 people only, and said that's all they could offer, " if you don't take it, there are a lot of people waiting in the line". I'll never go there again. read more

Visited this place with friends weeks ago, overall we had a bad experience in both food quality aspect and service aspect. We complained about their stale food, and the waiter replied it was how it was. And then we requested refund, that guy yelled "don't order the dish again". I had beed there before and was surprised the rudeness because they used to have nicer service. They charged 18% for tips in the bill without any previous notice. I guess that's why they don't give a shxx about service anyone. I understand it has been a tough time, but I am not gonna pay for stale food and rudeness again. read more

Pretty decent dimsum. Nothing too special. Nice venue. Wait wasn't too bad of a wait for a group of 6. They did give our group a nice big table in the back of the restaurant, which was nice. We ordered Hong Kong style crispy beef noodles too and they were okay. They bring the dim sum on carts which is fun, but I felt like they were mostly the same options that kept coming around. Wish they had more options! read more

Mayflower Restaurant - Back wall - Chinese Near Me - Milpitas, California

Service here is gone down over the years and the prices has gone up. Really not worth the price, better off going down the street to the new dim sum place. Food is okay and the people pushing the cart was nice. It was the management that got me. I had to ask for my sprite 3 Times from the people wearing the suits. I also told them that I didn't drink any tea and the cashier lady gave me attitude when I asked her to take it off the bill. It's not the 1.50 lady it's the principle. At that point I just said out loudly I'm not coming back to this place anymore. read more

Way underrated. Food was very good and staff was just fine. 6 of us went and got dim sum. All items were good. Not sure I understand why the low ratings read more

I'll give you our visit to this restaurant from the second we walked in the door: The second you walk in the door, you get a feeling of "Oh my, I'm gonna end up spending a lot of money here." As were walked to our table (for 2), I noticed a few tanks, stacked atop one another, with fresh seafood within them--crab, lobster, fish, etc. So, we sit and were asked by a gentleman whether we would like tea or not...we got hot green tea. So you sit...and look around at the carts passing through the restaurant. Each cart has at least one type of dim sum. One cart that passed us had several type of steamed buns--pork, bean paste, shrimp, etc. Another cart had different type of shu mais. As the carts pass or a server comes by with a tray of food, they tell you what it is and you just say yes or no. If you say yes, they stamp your bill so that when your bill is totaled up, the cashier knows what to add up. A small order of dim sum is $2.60 (usually 3 pieces), a medium order is $3.20, and a large order is $4.00. The dim sum is good..especially the shu mai; that was delicious! The calamari was absolutely fabolous! So much flavor! The rest of the dim sum that we tried was good, but they taste similar to other dim sum restaurants that we've been to before. The thing that separates this restaurant from others that we've visited, the dim sum they bring out is fresh hot..with steam coming out from the top. For the amount of food that we got, we only spent $25. And we overate. Lol. We wanted to try as much as we could because it was our first time eating here. Next time around, we know not to order so much. However, do note that they charge $1 per person for the hot tea. Enjoy your meal here! read more

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3.5 dim sum! Came with my coworkers and we ordered so much dim sum - I really can't name everything we ate. I thought overall, the food was good. It was for the most part fresh outta the oven and nothing really grossed me out. Yes, it's greasy, but whatever....I was satisfied. There was a lot of dim sum going around, which I like because that means you get a variety to chose from. A lot of shrimp, rice noodles, and buns, that's fo sho. I loved the custard bun. MMMM, so warm and yummy! We did order noodles though that were WAY HEAVY with the black pepper. (-1) That's bad. I would come back to this place for dim sum. Not the best, but good enough. And yeah, service kinda sucks, but what do you expect... read more

Dim sum and banquet meals are always good here. For dim sum I always have to have the pineapple custard bun and chicken feet if I'm feeling adventurous or have an eating buddy. I love the sticky rice wrapped in banana leaves and the shrimp rice cake dreneched in soy sauce. My bff reserved a few tables here last weekend for her son's red egg and ginger. We had the banquet style meal for lunch which included the cold meat plate (soy sauce chicken, roast duck, jelly fish, xa xiu), the soup was ok I would pass on that, lobster and peking duck was delcious. The service isnt too bad or good for an Asian place. It's good for groups or big parties. Conveniently located at the great mall so there's tons of parking, unless its around the holidays then it usually gets pretty crowded. read more

My family brought our guest from Australia to this restaurant on Monday. The guests ordered everything we ate and for the most part I knew what we were eating but some dishes I have never seen before. So let's get started. We started with some sort of abalone soup. This was okay but not my favorite. All the meats in the soup were very chewy. Next we had steamed chicken. That was pretty good. Cooked perfectly. And sauce it came with was good too :) We each had a giant surf clam. This was delicious but probably 4-6 dollars each. The Peking duck was good but the buns were very small. The duck pieces didn't even fit. The lobster noodles were good. The servers divide the noodles into bowls for all the diners at the table after you pick your piece of lobster. At this point I was full so the rest of the dinner was starting to blur together. Most of the rest of the food that are in the pictures below weren't my favorite. read more

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Stopped by 15 minutes before noon on a Tuesday with a friend. The service initially was pretty good until their lunch rush showed up. The dim sum is not bad. I was craving shrimp dumplings and "phoenix claws" (chicken feet). Both cravings were satisfied here. They push dim sum carts and also bring out trays. The surprising thing here is that many of their waitresses/ dim sum ladies, speak English! And you also have some that speak Cantonese and Mandarin. It must be because the area has a lot of techies and engineers. I read Mark H.'s review and tried out the deep fried milk with toasted almonds. It was pretty good, not too sweet and not bland. Downside, took a while to get our tea pot refilled. The guy took it and started busing tables. Took over 5 minutes to get our tea pot back. (Almost made a bet that he forgot) Another thing, half way into our meal, our table was completely empty. None of the dim sum ladies stopped by our table after the same ones kept asking us if we wanted cha siu bao over and over again. So we had to order some of our dishes. Overall, dim sum is not bad. read more

Mayflower Restaurant - Deep Fried Milk with Toasted Almonds (Dessert section of menu) - Chinese Near Me - Milpitas, California

While I have to try to give consideration COVID has impacted many businesses, providing poor service has no excuse whatsoever. SEATING: The restaurant has a podium where you put your name on the wait list. When we arrived, we placed our name on the list, and behind us was another couple who put their name on the waitlist. The hostess arrives, and rather then look at the wait list, she asks the couple who came after us how many people, and proceeded to seat them. In the meantime, I'm trying to tell her we got there before they did, but ignored me instead. When the hostess returned, I asked her why they bother to have a sign-up sheet if she is instead choosing to just randomly seat people. Told her we got there before the couple she seated, and instead of saying "sorry", she instead tells me "ok, just wait a few more minutes for a table to be available." WTF??? A few minutes later, we are seated outside. THE WAIT: 15 minutes of waiting since being seated, and not a single waiter or waitress. I finally had to walk over to the hostess to ask if someone was going to come to our table, and says, I'll help you. She brings over a sheet of paper with a list of available dim sum since carts are not being utilized. We make our dim sum choices, and again, another 10-15 minutes and no one stops by to pick up our paper of dim sum selections. So instead, I walk back to the front and give the paper to the hostess. TIME FOR OUR FOOD: 20 minutes after giving our dim sum selection, 1 dim sum order finally arrives to our table, but we have no chops sticks, napkins, plates, or sauces. So I ask the person who dropped of the 1 item of dim sum for the chopsticks, napkins, plates, and sauces - she nods, and walks always. 10 minutes and nothing! The one order of dim sum is cold at this point. Again, I walk up to the front and ask the hostess for our chopsticks, napkins, plate, and sauces which finally arrive 5 minutes after asking for it. As we are eating the 1 order of dim sum, we are excited to see 2 more orders of dim sum arrive. 30 minutes or more go by, and none of our other orders of dim sum arrive. A guy comes walking by to serve the people next to us, so we flag him down and ask if he could find out where the rest of our dim sum order was. He says "yeah yeah" and walks away, while never really fully stopping. 10 minutes in from asking the guy and nothing! I walk over for the last and finally time to the hostess and tell her the the rest of our order never arrived and to give us our check and I walk back to our table. The hostess does not show up, and I see another employee in a suit, I walk over to flag him down, and of course to complain. He walks with me to our table to see what items were missing from our order and asks if we still want them. I ask him to pack it to go and give us our check. He leaves to retrieve our remaining order and the check. The hostess finally shows up, told her I had to get someone else to help. THE FINALE: The remainder of the dim sum order that never arrived to our table is given to us in a bag, and check is then sent out by the hostess. No apologies for the crappy service. I noticed that they pay a lot of attention however to the big party, or what seems to be returning customers/friends. We will not be returning, but will find a better dim sum restaurant to support. read more

The food here is above average but service is ok unless you're the regular and the staff knows you'll have a big bill later, they're be attentive. My dim sum lunch today was surprised with a 18% gratuity for even 1 person is a bit too much. I usually tip more but don't want to feel like it's mandatory. So you watch out for your bill before tipping them twice. read more

They are opening for outdoor dining now, Dim sum and kitchen. I'm glad that we are back to sudo normal, well not really but baby step is still good. read more

Came here for dinner on a Saturday night, and it wasn't that crowded. Service was pretty fast and efficient. Dishes seemed less greasy than other Chinese restaurants (except this sautéed beef and vegetables platter). Prices were a little on the pricier side for what you get (i.e small platter of seaweed salad for $9), but the dishes were pretty decent. I would come again if I was craving Chinese food, and might try dim sum next time. read more

Our favorite Canton Dim Sum restaurant in Milpitas Warm & Friendly workers. Foods are Yummy. read more

The management is very bad and this is not a clean restaurant at all. Most of the employees only speak Chinese. No one is courteous and proper. If you are looking for a good Chinese food with pleasant ambiance, It is NOT the place. :( I understand authenticity of this restaurant but please, this is a restaurant and not a Chinese fast food place. By the way, I enjoy good Chinese food. :) read more

We ordered fried rice, soup, walnut prawns. and steam fish. The food no good, they were too cold and not tasted good at all. We have three people they charged tips included in the check 18%. While their services were really bad. read more

I've been coming here for a couple years now. And place is still the same, great food, cheap prices but horrible customer service. The whole staff seems to hate everybody lol and they always bring you water with their fingers in the cup lol regardless idc because food is hat bomb! read more

Mediocrity. Maybe even less than. The shrimp dumplings are good, didn't bother finishing the tasteless pork buns, chicken feet were similarly tasteless. read more

Mayflower Restaurant - Egg tarts - 3/dish now on the medium scale of dim sum dishes - Chinese Near Me - Milpitas, California

Two times in one month! That's a record. Came here for a late Father's Day dinner an my grandpa's 90th birthday. We did the dim sum for lunch the first time. I have to say it's not that pricey here compared to other Dim sum places! We pigggggged out. The service was good and they spoke English! Second time around we went for dinner and did the family style for 9 people. I swear it was like coming to eat for a wedding. The food is very tasty and fresh. It's not salty so it was great for my grandparents. My mom is always complaining about salty foods everywhere we go. So that's a plus. We had their dessert which was rather disappointing because it was so sweet. Other than that the food was delicious and because we ordered a lot the service was great. We will be coming here soon for another family outing read more

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Patrons be warned! Don't ever go to this place. Food is crappy and service the worse. The prices they charge do not match the food set on their menu. They used excuse like we sold out, so we replace you expensive dish with the cheap dish. If you want to enjoy authentic HK style food, go to Koi. read more

We ordered the seafood and Peking duck six dishes set dinner. The steamed clams with soy sauce and Peking duck were the only two dishes that we satisfied. Other dishes like the steam fish was so small on a big plate and it wasn't fresh. The ginger and spring onion crab that sit on top of reheated fry noodle was also not fresh. In addition to the below average taste, it was their services disappointed me so mush. It was a Tuesday night after Christmas and the restaurant was half empty so it wasn't busy at all. However nobody came to replace our dirty plates that loaded with crab shells, fish and duck bones the whole meal. We only have four people but they still charged 18% tip anyway. I think we won't go back to this restaurant for a long time - if we ever will! read more

Food was good and came out fast. I came on a weekday so the restaurant was pretty. When I'm doubt what to order, ask the waiter for suggestions. read more

Can't believe they add on 18% service charge when their services was suck, I had to get up myself to get soy sauce and chili sauce beside that I order the pea sprouts dish and I found a sworn in it, I called the waiter and showed him he didn't even apologized, never come back to this restaurant again read more

Foods taste good! Why some people only give three stars? Must not be Chinese who give lower scores

Came here on June 30, 2019 around 10:45 with a party of 8. They told us the wait would only be a couple minutes and that we would be the next big group to get seated. We didn't get a table until noon. Service is absolutely horrible. Rude and belligerent. I get that they would obviously be busy on a Sunday morning for dim sum service but the way some of the employees spoke to us was just shocking. We had a table of 8 but they only brought 4 waters to the table and we requested waters for the entire table. I got up to flag someone down to bring more waters but a manager yelled at me and said "there are servers everywhere, call one to your table don't get up!", as if I didn't try to call someone to our table.. I'm not sure if we came at the wrong time but they had a tiny selection and a lot of it was very bland. The only thing I really enjoyed were their soup dumplings and siu mai. Couldn't even put any orders in because no one would stop by our table for longer than two seconds. I know for a fact that we weren't the only ones having issues because I saw the same manager get into it with a table across from us. We usually like to come eat here but this visit was awful. read more

Came here for dinner to celebrate a birthday. Service was excellent, and I want to especially thank Frank who helped throughout the meal, and even provided humor. His service and the great food really made the dining experience here enjoyable! read more

Terrible service! The waitress treated me like I'm eating here for free. They also charge $1.5/person for hot water, WTF. I'd rather hungry to die than come to this place. read more

I'm myself a waiter too so I really understand how to treat nicely with the server but honestly this restaurant have a terrible service and terrible food.If you can't speak Chinese, it will hard for you to communicate with the server because only some of them know English. They treated us like we begging for food even though they took the wrong order.Because of that we just tip them 5$ for 3 people but the lady at the front desk pointed at the recipe and tell us no you have to tip at least 18%, I said no then she gave me a bad attitude and stare at me. OMG how rude is it.My advice is if you want dimsum, there are lots of other restaurants out there but not this restaurant. Not deserve even 1 start. read more

Good but not great chinese restaurant in a shopping center of only Asian restaurants. I think part of the reason I might have felt underwhelmed was because our group ordered a lot of very westernized dishes that I don't consider authentic Chinese food. The fried coconut shrimp was the quality of something found at an average Chinese buffet. The pork ribs had too much sauce on it. If I come back again then I will be sure to try the seafood options, perhaps that is what Mayflower is best at. read more

Mayflower Restaurant - Chinese Near Me - Milpitas, California

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Like another Yelper mentioned I am not sure why Mayflower has such low ratings. The wifey and I have eaten here for multiple occasions including dim sum, weddings, and Chinese New Year. The food has always been fresh and delicious. And the restaurant is bright, clean, and large enough for parties. A great spot to check out if you are in Milpitas! read more

This place had been a staple for me for two decades, and I continued to go there even though it had been sliding downhill. Unfortunately I've had my last meal there: cold center fried taro puff that they poked at with their fingers and then MICROWAVED for us! Disgusting! Har gow skin was steamed beyond mush because it was likely leftover from the day before and then re-steamed. Bittermelon and chicken rice rolls barely had any chicken in it and was completely tasteless. Of course the prices were super high. Sadly I will never go back. read more

This place SUCK! If u don't know anyone work at this place, don't expect to get seated and expected to wait for a long time. It doesn't matter how long you have been waited. If someone they know walk in, they will sit them first. It not fair to those other customers who have been waiting for hour If not more. No wonder they don't have much business. read more

I've been here many times in the past decade, and this restaurant has gone completely downhill in recent years. On our last visit, we had absolutely terrible service for the first 30 minutes, and this was after already waiting 30 for a seat. Service was really slow and unorganized. An hour and half after opening, they still only had ONE SINGLE CART servicing our half of the restaurant. That cart passed us 3 times without even stopping to ask whether we wanted anything. The cart wasn't even busy; no one was ordering from it, and this was partially because it was purposely trying to ignore everyone. I have no idea why the waiter was even doing this. Also, our main server was just chatting with our neighbor table was 15 minutes before even asking us for tea. It was another 10 minutes before we got tea, and it was a ridiculous $1.5/person. Overall, we waited 25 minutes before we got our first food, which is ridiculous for DIM SUM. I've never had to wait over 5 minutes before. This completely defeats the purpose of DIM SUM. I don't even know why friends even bring me here. Compared to dim sum places in Sac and LA, this place is quite bad. read more

Customer service is horrible. My family has been sitting for 30 minutes with no one to check on us. A new family sits right next to us, and instantly their order has been taken and they have received tea. They definitely pick and choose who they wish to serve. read more

this is the worst Chinese food in have ever had in America. It astes goddamn bad. Seriously, I'm not joking.

Extremely unsatisfied!!! We were already regret the moment we walked into the restaurant. Tables were empty. I think we were the only customer except another one with a birthday party. Service wise, don't expect the waiter would come and ask you to order. You will have to wave your hand for them to come, ask not once, not twice, BUT three times until they take orders for you. AND that's the first and the last time the waiter would come to serve you. Food wise, the taste is okay. The Chinese wok flavor is good, but they give the smallest portion size I have ever seen... Price is relatively more expensive than the nearby restaurants. To sum it up, the food&service to price ratio is the worst compare to every restaurants I have gone to. read more