Came with my family on Mother's day and it was pretty busy. Luckily we had a reservation so we got seated right away. We ordered a couple things that all tasted good. My reason for the low rating is more for the service. Now typically for restaurants like this, I try not to expect much. I have never seen a goos Chinese restaurant with more than 3 stars lol. But this time I was shocked. There were two instances where the servers forgot our orders. Normally, you're supposed to be served the soup first. We started getting our entrees and we noticed that our soup was not coming. We had to ask the server if our soup was going to come. We tried to eat slow because we knew our fish would be on the way. It never came. We finished the rest of our food and brought up to two servers that we never got our fish. At this point we were frustrated and just cancelled the order as they obviously forgot all about it. I want to give them some slack since it was mother's day but this place is always busy. Holidays shouldn't be that much different than other weekend dinners. Overall, the food was good. At least the food that we actually got served. I didn't expect much in terms of service, yet I was still disappointed. Hopefully the staff can work on communication to ensure orders aren't forgotten. In the mean time we will avoid coming here for a while. read more

They serve authentic Cantonese food. Food quality is solid and price is reasonable. Seafood are fresh. We have eaten there for 10+ years and ordered take out during pandemic. It is always my go to place when I crave for food from my home town. read more

We arrived on Sunday morning right at 10am, it was not busy yet and there were plenty of tables available. The dim sum carts were ready to go as soon as we sat down, and the food was steaming hot & fresh! Holy moly - everything was super delicious and authentic. I took a bite of the laai wong bao (egg custard baked bun) and was in heaven. It was my favorite dish by far! There are plenty of varieties and selection, there wasn't a single dish that I wanted but couldn't get. Great quality dim-sum. They do charge $1.50/person for tea, but their pricing for S/M/L is about average. I actually really enjoyed the quality of the tea and appreciated that nothing is watered down. There are plenty of parking spots in the mall parking lot. read more

This is a 3.75 star affair or better... An excerpt from my Food & Travel blog: Mayflower Restaurant Inc. (mayflower-seafood.com) is "sold out" but our number is called in 10 minutes or less. We're dining with a college music educator friend of Bella's. Note: We're doing DIM SUM Sauteed Pork Dim Sum dish -- yummy pork; moist and shiny; good flavor "Unknown Dim Sum Mystery Nugget" -- I fail to ask Bella's friend what this is and Bella's never had it before. It seems like it "may" be a combination of a green Asian veggie, and shrimp but seriously speaking -- no clue. Deep Fried Taro and Meat Dumpling -- taro plus meat seems new to me (used to taro desserts) but I'm a fan Fried Shrimp Dumpling? -- Excuse the poor descriptions but in regards to "dim sum", you look, you like -- you order. "Enough said"... The shrimp was nicely cooked and the exterior crunch is good; the exterior looks like a wild bird's nest -- albeit a tasty one Fried Flour Crisp Stuffed in Rice Noodle Rolls -- forget what the menu says, there's no fish paste evident here (thank you! says the whitey); I don't expect the description to elicit excessive saliva excretions but this has been my favorite dim sum dish for a while now. Dipping Sauce of Peanut Butter and Jelly? You dip pieces of the flour crisp (shown above) in these dipping sauces. One delicious Asian peanut butter sandie. Perfection! House Special Pan Fried Crispy Noodle w/Seafood and Greens -- a whole lot of texture and I'm needing some healthy greens right now with all these fried nuggets I'm consuming; a lot going on in this dish but all of it is good Coconut Red Bean Custard -- The custard is a bit too gelatinous for me and it lacks creaminess. Also, red bean has never been of interest to me. Beans in a dessert? No thank you. "Just say no" to red bean in desserts...I will never get it as long as I live. Taro I get...red bean, not so much... read more

The short: basic banquet experience with hits and misses I haven't had the dim sum here - this is about the pre-set menu. Overall, the food was good, but not amazing. The cold cut appetizers in the beginning were delicious, though that can be hard to fail at... The seafood soup was delicious and I wish there was more. The pea-shrimp-scallop combination was delicious, though they could cut on the use of oil. There was a vegetable dish with mushrooms and wood ear fungus which was delicious, though again, their generous use of oil is off-putting. The duck had a lot more fat to meat ratio, which was disappointing. The lobster was decent, though it was cold and I've had better elsewhere. The fish was delicious, though at most places I've had banquets at, they cut the fish up for the guests. Here, they place it on the table and it's up to the guests to divvy it up however they want, which works for some people... The last entree was a fried rice dish with chicken and shrimp in a wet sauce. This was surprisingly good as we rarely order rice as a dish so having this was a nice change. They asked us to give them a 10 minute heads up as to when to begin serving the food. At the 10 minute mark, they promptly brought out the appetizer, and then they began bringing out the other dishes, perhaps too fast for the speed that our 11-person table was eating at. Tea pots were also refilled quickly. Verdict: I wouldn't mind coming back to check out the dim sum (not expecting much) and I would suggest other places for banquet options. read more

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Probably the worst dim sum experience I have ever had.. Came here on my daughter's birthday which was also President's Day 2/20. I had to change her birthday plans because of bad weather. I intended to go to Gen's Korean BBQ but the wait was almost two hours and some people in our party had work in two hours. The wait was only 20 minutes, we got seated in a private room for larger parties. As we got seated the food started rolling in which was great but the waitresses were extremely pushy, rude, and kept insisting on putting everything on our table. We couldn't understand them either but I understand. We asked for waters, forks, and extra napkins all around and they just kept saying "No, later!" Excuse me? What the hell is that? Through out the hour and a half we spent there eating, once we were done eating they then gave us what we asked for. The food was alright, noting special... Definitely NOT coming back! read more

They have really bad service. The food is decent but the service is so bad to the point where it makes the food taste bad and ruins your day. read more

The restaurant has WORST sevice in bay area, Waitors are not enough and saying bad words to customer, I will never go to this bullshit restaurant again. read more

Food is good and great service. Good value. A must if you love dim sum. They have outdoor seating!

Overall, 3.5 rating for food. We ordered the steamed shrimp with garlic sauce, shrimp lettuce cups, seafood garlic fried rice and shrimp chowmein. Out of the four items, only the steamed shrimp wasn't worth ordering. Despite its lovely presentation, it was unremarkable. read more

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Mayflower is one of the goto Chinese restaurants when guests from Japan are in town and want to stay in the South Bay and want good Chinese food, so I'd been here on the company's dime several times for dinner. Today, I came here on my own dime for the first time, and for lunch Dim Sum too. never had that here before. It was pretty good. But more importantly, it was surprisingly cheap, and that automatically ups the value for dollar rating. Mayflower is located in the expansive McCarthy Ranch [EDIT] Thanks for the fix Jackie! [/EDIT], the part where 99 Ranch is. When walking in, it's clearly a very large restaurant, easily seating 150 people, maybe even 200+. It's feels cavernous. The style is upscale Chinese, and is likely popular for large parties. Be forewarned. Like most good Dim Sum places, this place gets crowded fast, with many people coming for lunch in large parties of 6 or 8 or more. We got there at 11:45 and were seated right away. By noon it was packed and by 12:15 there was a line of waiting people. When we left at 12:30, the queue was really long. Service at the beginning was very slow, but slowly picked up pace over the course of lunch. Even then, we were completely full by 12:30, and they bring the check very fast (probably because they want you to leave so they can seat more folks). One logical change they made was to minimize carts for dim sum. There were a few carts wheeling around the hard to tray-carry items, but for the most part, they tray-carried food around. This worked pretty well and allowed them to get in between tables more easily. We had: Chow mein - 1 star - not good....but a filler while we waited for other food to arrive Crab shumai - 3 stars. - wrapped in a semi translucent skin, this was very good, and the taste of the crab was definitely there. Chinese cabbage - 2 stars - Sort of like bok choy with oyster sauce. very good, steamed to perfection without being overdone. I wish I could make it this perfect at home. I always over-cook these. Bean curd - 4 stars - usually, for the bean curd dish, the insides are practically empty, but not here. There is plenty of the bean curd wrap and it's stuffed really well here. Filling even. Loved it. Pork peanut shuumai - 2 stars - I had something similar at New Hwang Kok, but I'm not really a fan of seeing peanuts in shuumai. Maybe that's just me. It tasted okay, and I'd eat it, but would never order it. ham shui kok (Thanks Caroline S for the info!) - 4 stars - This is a deep fried dish, and very good. It's got a crunchy outer skin that tastes and feels like mochi with sesame seeds around it. there some pork inside too. Again, similar to what I had at New Hwang Kok, but smaller. - [Edit] Caroline commented via Yelp that this is best when the deep fried skin is not too thick. At New Hwang Kok, it was rather thick, but it was not at MayFlower. All the more reason to give an extra star, so I'm upgrading from 3.5 to 4 stars! Thanks for the info Caroline [/EDIT] Sticky rice in lotus leaf - 2 stars - This tasted the same as I've eaten in other places, but it was much more mushy than usual, and they put in the sliced franks instead of roast pork. Pork shuumai. - 4 stars - It's not dim sum to me unless I have this dish, and Mayflower does this dish particularly well. My only complaint is how long it took. By the time the cart rolled around, we were already pretty much done eating. Garlic shuumai - 3 stars. - it's the translucent white skin wrapped around a mostly green inside. And it tastes a little like the sugar cane tip sprouts with a strong garlicky flavor. Never had it before and it was surprisingly good. Poststickers (Chinese style) - 4 stars - Yum! I never had Chinese style potstickers before, and these had tons of filling. The insides of some of them were a little redder than some of the others, leading me to suspect at first that they were still raw, but they certainly didn't taste strange. Much more filling inside than Japanese style potstickers and makes giving a real sense of substance. After all that, I'd normally give three stars, but like I said in the beginning, the value for dollar was exceptionally good. It was about $13 per person for all these dishes. We ordered more than one order for a lot of these dishes, so all in all, this place was definitely a bargain. As long as I can get out early enough, this place is a definite do again. Yep, you heard it right. Yay! I'm a fan! read more

Took my team here for a celebration lunch. My boss, who is a regular at this restaurant, called ahead and made sure we were taken care of. Our group was seated in one of the round tables on the raised platform in the back of the restaurant. When we arrived at noon, there were some empty tables, but 15 minutes later, the restaurant was full. I was seated toward the back wall of the restaurant, but one younger and hungrier members of my party was right at near the path of the passing carts. We told him to go for it, and grab anything that he likes. As a result, our table was pretty full of steamers and small plates. Some members of our party couldn't eat pork, some were vegetarian, so we made sure we selected dishes to satisfy their dietary restrictions. In addition to dim sum, we also ordered the following: -Minced Chicken, mushrooms, and watercress and Chinese broccoli over pan fried noodles (gin mein) -Fried Rice with garlic, green onions, and asparagus -Steamed Chinese broccoli with oyster sauce. -Baked Lobsters with green onion and ginger sauce over egg noodles: This arrived on a huge platter, and hot. Soft, braised noodles, with two chopped Maine Lobsters. Some places just mix in the lobster before serving. This place cooked the lobster with the noodles, and we could really taste the lobster in the noodles. Overall, we were very pleased with the food and service. There was a 5 minute period when no one was talking, but busy eating. Our dishes were cleared often without disrupting our lunch. Our main waiter was very pleasant, but very efficient, always checking to see if everyone on our table was doing OK. I don't come here often, but still a nice place to take coworkers or visiting friends for lunch. read more

Take 3 cats and 4 dogs. Shave them. Save the hair. Let the animals go. Take 6 eggs, crack them into a plastic bag. Let the eggs sit in the sun for 5 weeks. Get an over sized ashtray. Get a diaper from an Indian toddler, let it sit in a dark place for 2 weeks. Place the hair in the ashtray, set it on fire. Add the eggs and contents of the diaper to the smoldering hair. Put a blanket over your head over the ashtray. Inhale deeply with your nose. Multiply that by 100. That's what stinky tofu smells like. The next person to order this near me while I eat is going to get beaten with a rubber hose. Decent food. Pungent. read more

The stuff is very rude. I call to ask for reservation. The stuff just hang up my call before I finish talking. If they don't care about customers, then they should not do this business. read more

mayflower is a restaurant group. this locale may be the ugly duckling, food wise. spacious dining area. weekends open 10 a.m. pricing: (s)2.60 (m)3.20 (l)4.00 sampling: -siu mai(3/s): must have been good, went too fast for me to try. -bbq bun(s): dark day old fillings, chewy, doughy bun, bun had strange soapy taste -shrimp crepe(L): silky skin, small portion, crunchy shrimp -black bean spareribs(s) portion small, tender small strips of pork on bone. -phoenix claws(4/s): tasteless, day old? -fried turnip cake:(s) nice mushiness, not much turnip taste. starchy -beef balls (3/s): ok smooth taste, dark looking balls -fried shrimp turnover (L) tasty shrimp taste, (msg?) large whole shrimps, crispy skin, mayo dip -har gow(4/l) chucks of shrimp and whole shrimp, not so tasty, thick skin leftovers: -cart ladies very helpful, goes to get items they don't have. -don't ask black shirted penquins for service, they waddle around looking for money only. ignores service request. -shrimps shine here, $4 -cantonese, english speaking patrons -2 cart ladies, lots of persons (even an amiga speaking chinese) carrying trays. -service very good. some food may be day old. read more

Usually the service here is so-so but tonight was awesome because we came with my mom's friends. I have to say - i really enjoy superior service. I like when my wine is poured and my food comes in a timely manner. The chinese food here is a bit fancier and bit more expensive than the typical hole in the wall than i'm used to. Overall, food was good but oddly enough i can't really recommend a specific dish. Dessert though - that was awesome. We got this sesame ball thing with red bean inside which was delicious! There was also this yellow bread roll thing that was warm and satisfying. Sometimes this place is hit or miss - just make sure you come with people that are their best customers! read more

The food here never disappoints and the service is at par. Can't understand the 3 stars only. I celebrated my birthday with my family here with 14 people and ordered one of their set menu for 8 people, to my surprise, everything was good! We were all impressed! read more

This review is based strictly on their banquet service. Yelp should really allow a 0 star option. My family and I decided to host a small birthday banquet for my grandmother here today (1/18). We had a total of nine tables. For the amount of money they charge - I would really expect better service - if not that, I would at least expect them not to be a bunch of liars. There are a few points I would like to point out. 1) THEY ARE LIARS. When we originally reserved the venue - one of the managers, Frank - said that since we were throwing a birthday celebration - the restaurant would throw in a birthday cake for my grandmother. We did NOT ask for this - we just casually brought it up. Day of the event? No cake in site. We questioned said manager - and he said "we did not make such a promise - this is not a bakery, it is a restaurant." Well then FRANK - don't make false promises. It would not have been a big deal if you just kept your mouth shut about it - we would have gladly just bought our own - but to say something like that and then back down on your word? NO. Thank God there are a few local bakeries in the area and we managed to get two small cakes for my grandmother. 2) WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU DON'T ACCEPT CARD? The total came out to over $5000 - do you expect us to have that in CASH for you? If so - do you think you should have mentioned that, Frank? Did you? NO. Thank you for realizing you forgot to mention it to us and let us pay you in card for your horrible service. 3) SERVICE. Their servers SUCK. At one point - one of them asked us to remove one of our dishes off the table so the next one could fit. Uhm - that's YOUR job. We're paying YOU to do it. If I wanted to carry it myself - I would be at home, cooking my own dinner. Also, do NOT throw my food on the table - WHERE are your serving manners? Might I add that NEAR the end of the banquet - these damn servers started to clear out the place before our guests even left. Uhm - excuse me? You do not clean up when people are still around trying to finish up their meal and enjoy their time. WHO does that?! Mark my words. I will NEVER eat here again. I will NEVER host anything here again. I will NEVER recommend this place to anyone again. Eaters beware. Glad Koi Palace is opening soon nearby (former ABC location.) I will definitely take my business there - or anywhere else for that matter. read more

We've been here a few times for Dim Sum. Most of our family and friends like the place. I think the food is alright. Nothing special, just good for the most part. Mayflower gets very busy and crowded. Fortunately, someone in our party has always made reservations ahead of time. We've never had to wait to long for a table. Reasonable prices, clean restaurant, okay service, and decent food all combine to make Mayflower Restaurant in Milpitas an A-Ok destination. 3 stars read more

This has become our weekend Dimsum place when we don't feel like driving to Chinatown. It's ten minutes away. Yesterday, for $32 including tip, two of us ate like kings: - pork with rice noodles - seafood dumplings - fried shrimp balls- gigantic, like the size of a baseball - greens sauteed with garlic- don't know what this veggie dish was but it was AWESOME...it was NOT chinese brocolli or bok choy, which we usually get, but a similar leafy green- haven't seen it before but would get it again - seaweed salad - pork shumai - leeks and shrimp dumplings - mango and shrimp burritos- LOVE these! -scallion pancake (the only disappointment of the day) We have also had in the past: - cabbage stuffed with shrimp -sesame balls with lotus paste - rice noodle stuffed with black sesame seed sweet filling - shrimp rice noodles - shrimp dumplings - chinese brocolli - duck - steamed rice in banana leaves with meat - taro - coconut dessert - calamari - red bean dessert Can't beat the variety, the price, and the quality of seafood- this place is a favorite value dining experience!! Hmm, I'm hungry just thinking about it again! Also I agree with Beth's statement below, it's best to go to the restroom before you go there. read more

Dishes are very mediocre. Nothing to rave about. Go to Dynasty in Cupertino for tastier and better priced dishes! One thing I got to give to this place is their capacity to host large parties. The night I went, they were able to host a wedding and a banquet nicely and in a very organized fashion. read more

This restaurant was an absolute disappointment. Service was absolutely rude, with the exception of one waiter who genuinely tried to help us out. However, this review is for the restaurant as a whole. The food is mediocre, as our soup tasted like water and was very much diluted. Also the restaurant tries to pinch their savings so much that they don't really care about customer service. I was eating for a birthday party of my auntie and we had split into two tables, one with adults and one with the college students---they would tell us there was no more food and would serve only the adults, but yet we were being charged full and that OTHER customers had food coming out to them. I don't appreciate them lying about that. As said by other reviewers, there was a piece of--ready for this?--*pubic hair* in one of our glasses, so if you decide to eat here (please save the trouble), thoroughly inspect your china. There was one waiter who seemed angry at something but directed her anger towards us for no apparent reason. When asked for a straw, she replied, "NO... Later." Who does that? Slamming dishes of food on our table and no even picking up the eaten ones, she was completely rude. Hell, when space ran out, she put new dishes on old dishes that we were STILL eating out of, rather than empty ones. Way to contaminate the food. A few minutes later and after serving us another tray of food, she walks away and throws something at a table with pitchers of water and SPILLS it, knocking ice and water all over the ground. She doesn't look to stop and clean it up. Luckily there was one waiter who saw it and cleaned up after her mess. I felt so bad for him that I was tempted to walk on over to assist, but that would've seemed awkward. Needless to say, they charged us over $100 in tips because our table was so large and I didn't appreciate that. I walked on over to the supervisor at the end of our meal and pointed that waiter out for being so rude, who deserves to be charged this much for TIPS when they're treated less than human? Ridiculous. At one point they had forgotten what we ordered and didn't deliver until we asked them about it 30 minutes later. No apology even offered. Alas, never again. Evar. read more

I have to agree with other reviewers on this place, it's mediocre dim sum with a side of slow service. I came here with a group of friends on a Friday lunch-date. Tell me why this place stopped the carts from coming around at 1:30 pm? Dude, we're not even done eating and it's like the food stops? Outside of the drag-ass service, the dim sum was meh. The parking situation in this plaza: people triple park. You literally have to arrive 30 mins early to find parking or else risk being late. I would not go out of my way to eat here on a regular basis. The total bill wasn't too bad so that's why I gave this place 2-stars for the cheap dim sum. read more

Saturday morning brunch with the BF finds us here. We had 9 orders of dim sum: - Chinese brocolli - xiu mai - fried calamari - shrimp rice roll (har cheung) - green onion pancake - stuffed eggplants - scallop dumplings - mushroom dumplings - chicken feet I didn't try the mushroom dumplings but the BF said it was pretty whack. The chicken feet we both thought were just OK. The har cheung's rice roll was soggy, ugh. Everything else we had was pretty good or atleast enjoyable. Although we were seated right away, it was a while til we actually had dishes on our table. The dim sum ladies passed our table a few times that we ended up moving to the seats closest to the aisle and in easier access to the food so we could flag them down. TOTAL pre-tip was $42.16 for two. Actually a bit more than we usually spend for just us two but according to the receipt we ordered 3 "large" items which were $6 each. Not sure which ones were the $6 dishes... But whatevs. Notes: Don't be hesitant to get any of the staff's attention for your needs, whether it be for water, utensils, napkins, etc. There are always a bunch of them walking around pretending to be busy. read more

This place needs to reported to somewhere because it is forgery to write in the tip for someone on their sign slip. I know most places add it on the slip before the receipt is presented but this place gave us our check with the suggested tip at the bottom. Took our card came back and had filled out the entire slip minus the signature part. That is ILLEGAL to do without the consent of the customer. Also the food that we actually got was not satisfying and way over priced. Not coming back. read more

A non-Asian walked into a Chinese joint. All around him others get a pot of tea and comp. soup. He gets absolutely nothing. I will join the oft-stated lament that I wish I could give ZERO stars to this place. read more

YEssss this place is open on thanksgiving! Of course it would be...it's a chinese mayflower restaurant. My party got a lot of dishes so it's too much to speak to each individual dish. Overall, the food is less greasy than what I would normally expect which is a big plus for me. Their fish isn't that great; missing that bit of freshness taste to it. Crab was pretty good and served with a fried squash side. Duck was good. Seaweed and jellyfish appetizer was also decent. Good place overall, but nothing that makes me actively want to come back read more

Rude Waiters. I'm usually left with a sour taste in my mouth due to the waiters at Mayflower. They don't really know how to interact with customers. Regardless of how the food tastes, customer service is equally important. Expect a hectic environment and outdated decor. Dim Sum is usually pretty good. There are hidden items on the menu that aren't shown on the carts. Be sure to take a look and flag down one of the waiters to place an order. They're quite unique and typically can't be found at other restaurants. read more

Nothing special; I would much rather eat dim sum at the Mayflower in Millbrae. The quality is not too bad but it's not exactly cheap as someone on here suggested. I'm not sure what menu she was looking at but it's $2 for A (small dishes, which is next to nothing, maybe some simple deserts), $3 for B (medium dishes, like har gow), $4 for C (majority of the menu items). Not exactly the cheapest or best dim sum but if you're craving for some close-to-authentic place, it's okay. Yes, you should expect the inattentive service as with any Chinese restaurant that's not PF Changs, but for this price, it's expected. read more

We came here 'cause E-Noodle across the street was was closed. I seriously wish we did not. We were better off eating at McDonalds than here. This is going to be a long story of why. I guess it definitely did not help that we came here when they were about to close up lunch and get ready for dinner service. There were three waiters and two managers hovering over our table telling us to order before the kitchen closes. Do you seriously need that many people to watch over four people? Upon ordering, most of their food was unavailable. *sigh* Next, while ordering our dim sums from the carts, I swear, there was this one woman that came around to our table three effin times screaming, "CHA SIU BAO???? CHA SIU BAO!!??" Dear lady, we said no the first time AND the second time, what makes you think we'll say yes the third time? Of course, this isn't the worse part. Remember those three waiters standing around our table? Well, the main one who served us kept walking by our table and eyeing our plates to see if we were done yet. At one point, he took a few dishes off our table and was about to carry it off before my dad yelled after him, "Hey, we're not done with those yet!!!" He looked down and realized his mistake and all I heard him say was "Ooop". Didn't even apologize. After that, he didn't come near our table as often. Thank gawd. Lastly was dessert. My grandma asked that same waiter who took our unfinished dishes away if we could have some ma lai go for dessert. He said, "Alright, right away. Let me check if the kitchen has it. I'll write it down on your order. Will be out soon." GOOD news is, it never came out NOR was it on our receipt. We were about to leave. BAD news is, the waiter that took the order swore he put it on the receipt and next thing you know, it was on our table. It was mediocre. Imagine cotton. Now imagine chewing on cotton. Yeh. I think that explains everything about their food. Not worth the price nor was it comfortable sitting and staring at five workers insisting that we hurry and leave. read more

This review is for their dim sum We walked in here with the smile from the lady in front desk. But after that , the nightmare has started... The staffs are super rude, he came and rushing us to order. The foods came out hot but not good . One of my friend got a piece of siu mai and it was UNDERCOOKed. It was still rare inside. Their chicken feet was very chewy and didnt have any flavor. While we sitting there and the big fat cocky staff came and kinda rushing us. He said its almost 2:30 and they stop serving dim sum. Who cares, your food sucks, who want to order more? I should pass this place next time... read more

Sunday morning I get a text from a friend "Dim Sum?" I reply "Yeah sure" This was my first dim sum experience so I really have nothing to compare it to. We arrived after noon and needed seating for 8 so we had about a 30 minute wait. We got seated in a side room near the door. I don't think as many dim sum carts passed our way :(. Most of the dishes I had were tasty. I would say the comical portion of the meal was me attempting to eat a chicken foot with my "challenged" chopstick skills (a futile task). I really enjoyed the stuffed mushrooms and the fried taro. I would only go here again if I was w/ somebody who knew how to order i.e. spoke the language. read more

Great dim sum!! We either come with some of our Chinese friends who always help us choose the best and tastiest dishes or we live on the wild side and just choose stuff randomly. It is always delicious and fun and exciting to watch for your favorite carts to come by. Generally pretty cheap for a ton of different dishes. Pro tip: insanely good after a late night out on the town. read more

I noticed that this restaurant didn't get that many 5 star review. However, this place has been my favorite for a few years now. It's crowded pretty much all the time so expect to wait if you get there at a peak time. This restaurant can make pretty much anything on or off the menu. If it's something special, you can call a day ahead for them to prepare it. Generally, they will easily make a dish that's not on the menu right away if it's an easy common dish. They people are always friendly. They have waiters and buses along with hostess. The seafood dish are very fresh since they kill the live seafood when you order it. read more

Where do I even begin? First off the food is good, no complaints. But the service, now that's a different story. When we arrived at about 2pm the place was pretty quiet, the waiter sat us down with the dim sum stamp card & offered us tea. So far so good. To cut a long review & a bad experience short I'll make a list of all the things that disturbed us during our visit. 1. Two cart pushers proceed to put dishes on our table even after we repeated told them we didn't want it. They even kept saying "it's good, try it". But they eventually took it off our table & put it back on the cart. 2. We had to ask 3 different people for water. (Would you believe me if I told you we waited about 10 minutes in between asking?) 3. They were all eating lunch & didn't even bother checking on us before they sat down & ate their lunch. We could have easily understood if they told us before hand they were about to eat & if there was any thing we needed before they did so. Like said water (#2) that we had to ask repeatedly for. 4. When I asked the waiter for a pen so I could write down the exact amount to charge our cards (different transactions) he asked me only for my card & said "so I can charge you 3 times". Wait what?! Again, long story short it was a frustrating experiencing & if I could I would rate this place zero stars if possible but yelp is too nice for that. read more

All these years I've been using Yelp I've never left a single negative comment. I usually just check-in and leave comments to those very good restaurants I visited. However, I feel I have to tell my story with Mayflower. Me and my bf came to the restaurant at 8pm on Tuesday night. We ordered Mogolian Beef, Porridge, Sweet and Sour Pork, Fujian Fried Rice, and Deep Fried Milk. It was quite a bit for only two people, but we were thinking to have some leftover for the next day. After an hour we finished most of the dishes but the Fijian Fried Rice still didn't come. The waitress brought us the check and I told her if the fried rice was not cooked please do not cook it. So she went to ask another waitress and they brought us the fried rice out of the kitchen right away. I told the waitress it had been an hour they should have brought it here earlier. What she said?! "IT WAS YOUR PROBLEM! YOU ORDERED TOO MUCH!!! NO REFUND, YOU HAVE TO TAKE IT!!!" I explained again that I will pay but I for the next time I should at least know this typical dish takes a while to cook. Then she yield at me again "IT IS YOUR PROBLEM. PAY FOR IT" .... She got me so mad and I asked for the manager. We waited 10 minutes for "the manager" to come, at this point I don't even know if they just brought someone random to us. He had a better attitude but still insist it was my problem of ordering this dish and no refund. He brought a box ignoring my request to put the soup and fried rice separately (cause we love crunchy fried rice) and dumped everything in. It was totally ridiculous! Through the whole half an hour they never realized they had a communication and service problem. They never applogized. They looked at me as if I was crazy. All I wanted is to tell them they should inform their customer about wait and maybe have a better attitude. Disappointed. Disappointed. Disappointed. My was always on defend side of Asian restaurant services. I always tell myself to understand that they are just trying to make a living like myself. But seriously this kind of service does not deserve to have any customer. I would invite them to go to any restaurant in China and learn their service. The China Chinese people understand customer satisfaction is the key to business. Wish Yelp have two different ratings one for food and one for service. Mayflower defiantly deserve a rating 0 for service read more

Came in with a group of 6. Just cause were young doesn't mean we don't understand service. It was a push cart dim sum. My boyfriend owns a Dim sum restaurant so I would understand good service&good food. &the one he owns isnt even the best. But anyways, Came in on a Monday morning so of course it would be pretty empty. But they wouldnt seat us until 10 mins later, whats the deal? We were getting dirty looks from the hostess.. They were glaring an awful lot at my latino friend. When we got to the table we were waiting for carts, these 2 specific ladies with the BEST hot foods, shiu mai&ha gow&cherng fun&fung gao STRAIGHT UP SKIPPED OUR TABLES. They really just maneuvered around us, and came back when we were literally raising our hands&voices and flagging them down. I said excuse me twice as she was next to our table, she looked&walked away. RUDE AS HECK. But I must give credits to the other servers, they were nice=) Just cause were young doesnt mean we dont know chinese, in fact, we know every single type of dialect in mandarin&cantonese. toi san? Got it, shanghai ? got it. taiwanese? GOT IT. EVERY SINGLE TYPE. Whatever, they chose to skip us, so I guess from now on were skipping them. This restaurant.. NEEDS TO GO. But I do love Flower lounge in Milbrae. read more

My family's favorite go-to place for dim sum. It's a little overpriced, but they have a lot more variety than other dim sum restaurants and the food is always great. It usually doesn't take long for the waitresses to push the carts around and if there is something in particular that hasn't gotten around to us, we would simply request for it to be brought to our table--no biggy! Mayflower is located in a very large plaza, so parking is plentiful. It's a very nice and spacious restaurant, great for wedding receptions and banquets. It tends to get pretty busy too, so be prepared to wait. read more

STAY AWAY FROM THIS PLACE!!! This THIEF of a restaurant tried to stick me with a $100 fresh fish bill! Are you kidding me? I've had plenty of fresh fish at other "higher end" chinese restaurants and NONE have ever charged $50 per pound for COD. I'm so close to reporting this place to the BBB and the FTC for their pricing practices. No where did they have that $50/lb fish price posted. Even when I forced them to bring out a price list, the sheet said $25/lb, and they STILL tried to defend the price! Only after we threatened to call the cops did they back down and cut the price to $25/lb. Idiots!!! read more

I love dim sum and I've eaten it extensively. Somehow I've never made it to Mayflower, despite numerous recommendations. So when a friend suggested dim sum I was delighted we agreed to go here. This is excellent dim sum. All the usual stuff and some a bit more uncommon. Everything is presented in a visually pleasing manner. Surprisingly the servers had enough English to explain basic questions like pork versus shrimp. The food was all fresh and came out quickly. The wait is long to get in. With a small group we waited 20 minutes. You'll wait longer with bigger groups. Though there is a large parking lot, it is very full. Send someone to get on the waiting list while you park. It will take 5-15 minutes to find parking (at least). Service to get food is prompt. Within minutes of sitting down we were surrounded by food and eating. Getting the bill took a bit of aggressive waving. Not bad at all for a dim sum experience. Cost is on the high side for dim sum. About $15 each. read more