I'll be honest and say I've never actually eaten here when I'm sober. I always come here after clubbing because they're open till 3 am on Friday and Saturday nights. Their fried rice, seafood congee, and even their spaghetti are bomb. Service is generally pretty slow whenever I'm here, but that's because this place is always packed late at night. Nevertheless, the wait times still aren't that bad, and I've never had to wait longer than 15 minutes even if I'm with a relatively large group. Overall, Purple Dot is the perfect place to sober up after a heavy night of drinking. read more

Food was really good. Not the cleanest place so we were a little concerned. We had the dim sum and it was tasty and fresh. I'd give more stars if the place was cleaner. read more

Perfect pork steamed bun. We visited as parking the Lunar festival Food Walk. Service was prompt and friendly. I'll look forward to coming back. read more

Purple Dot is a regular spot for family dim sum brunches. The space is bigger and features larger tables than nearby Jade Garden or Harbor City, and thus the wait for a table is much better. Overall standard dim sum comfort food + a huge menu for a good price. read more

A true fat boys paradise... gotta love a place where you can get spaghetti, pan fried egg with meat sauce over rice, a classic club sandwich (my favorite), and/or a delicious ice cream treat, not to mention their always delicious Chinese food. Their hours are awesome, open when most places are not (into the late night/early morning). Pricing isn't terrible, service can very, however I've never been dissatisfied, and like I already mentioned the food is awesome. On the weekends (fri,sat,sun) you can expect droves of people flocking through the doors around 2am (after hour snacking I presume). A large percentage of which consist of pretty young Asian ladies looking for a bite to eat in the late hour. While it's not the sole reason to go, it certainly does add to the ambience of Purple Dot. The only knock on Purple Dot (which isn't entirely their fault) is the parking; a victim of its location. It's strickly on street parking so it's essentially a luck of the draw situation when looking to park close to Purple Dot. Another knock, if you could call it one (once again not Purple Dot's fault) is the fact Chinatown turns into the "Night of the walking homeless" during the late hours. Whereas I don't have much of a problem with it I figure some might. During the late night/early morning there can be some pretty aggressive pan-handling surrounding Purple Dot simply because the restaurant draws so much attention/business, so just be forewarned (to those who mind). read more

Food is edible, but I'd rather spend my money elsewhere. Most of everything such as the restaurant and the food is pretty much Americanized and targeted towards the younger crowd. I'd rather have dinner somewhere more peaceful that has better food for the same or cheaper price. read more

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First of all, don't hate on the Purple Dot. Yall know yall love it. Drunkies. No matter what people say about this place. "Oh its so trashy." "Oh, all those drunk people." "Oh, its just bad Chinese food." We've all eaten here and we all have a favorite dish. First let me say its not the most authentic or classy of places, but it does the job. Highlights: Salt and pepper squid Honey garlic fried spare ribs Salt cod fried rice Fried chicken wings Baked spaghetti The perfect drunk food. Or the perfect chinese that will cure that fat attack. read more

Stopped in for a steamed bun after my Sunday-strollz. Blown away by their prompt service and the delicious variety. Will be back! read more

Purple Dot Cafe - Modern feelz - Dim Sum Near Me - Seattle, Washington

Usually not big on Chinatown's restaurants, but Puprle Dot's one of the few exceptions. There are a few regular items I always get. Their pork & preserved egg congee is my favorite in the Pacific Northwest. "8 treasures seafood hot pot" is a must have everytime. They also make the best Hong Kong style Cajun chicken wings in town. for dessert, try the Mint 7 tea, pretty sweet stuff. But it's the atmosphere that sets it apart from the rest of Chinatown's restaurants. No other restaurant in the Seattle Area is more lively at 3AM than it is at 7PM on weekend nights. This is the place to enjoy the company of all the drunken club goers after the Seattle clubs close around 2AM. It also offers instant relief for the guys who had a disappointing night at the dance floor, with some yummy, greasy chinese food, hot tea, and good company. read more

We've been here three times now (during dim sum, before 1pm) and we've always been treated wonderfully... We've been seated quickly, a dim sum cart is next to our table within 30 seconds, and the service is very attentive. The food itself is delicious, by far the best dim sum place we've been to yet in the Seattle area. We ate so much we could barely walk, all for under $20. Can't go wrong. read more

If you ever get hungry after you go out and get drunk, this is the spot. I probably come to this place once a week after a night out. Service is pretty wack but what can you expect at 2 in the morning with a bunch of drunk customers acting obnoxious. All the dishes is decent but my fave ones would have to be the garlic fried chicken and the baked spaghetti. read more

I think the only reason this place is still open is because its open after 2am for all of the clubbers. For a sober person, this place was kinda nasty. The tables and chairs just didn't seem too clean and the bathroom sure wasn't. The food was okay, but what can you really expect from a Chinese place that also serves spaghetti and fried chicken? The spaghetti was okay for a Chinese place and the fried chicken was incredibly salty. It was also not completely cooked. I also had the chicken fried rice, which was the best of everything, but still not very good. In the end, I was full, but definitely not with a satisfied feeling that you get when you eat something real good. read more

Ambiance: bustling on a late weekday night, the decor is bright and young though a bit outdated. Service: Our waiter was helpful, even recommended a dish he enjoyed upon request. Other than that, he was not very attentive, forgetting that we had requested hot tea. Food: My hot pot was okay, but I would have liked a crispier texture from the tofu, which looked to be deep fried. Also, I would recommend that Purple Dot scale down on its menu. As my party's order was being taken, my server had to look at each entree number to make sure he had the order right. Purple Dot has some great dishes, but it is difficult to find them when there are other offerings on the menu that don't reflect that. read more

I have been there many times for Dim Sum and only Dim Sum so that is what my review covers. The service is so-so, always in a rush but at least they are quick to seat you and bring the cart around. The Dim Sum is average at best and pricier than most. I have noticed that what is on the cart is the average stuff but they tend to bring around better hot dishess occasionally. The Purple Dot is a good place to go if the other Dim Sum places are busy or closed. read more

Good dim sum (ok, not as great as Hong Kong or Vancouver), but still pretty good. Service is descent, and dim sum is yummy. Tip: if there's something you don't see on the cart, ask :) They have the shrimp rice rolls (ha cheung fun) but you have to ask the waitresses. read more

I used to go here every Sundays when I lived in Seattle. Now that I moved down to Renton, I only go maybe once a month. They have pages and pages of menu. The vast selection is great, but can be overwhelming at times. The item that keeps me coming back is their salt and pepper chicken wings. These wings are to die for! The lady who used to serve me every Sundays knows how much I love them, that as soon as I come in, she just asks "same order?". They're also open late, and is a great spot to go to right after clubbing. The cons I have for this place: parking and bathroom. Parking is scarce, esp on days that the Seahawks, Sounders or Mariners are playing. The bathroom floors are almost always wet and the paper towel dispenser rarely works. read more

Dim Sum was great but the SERVICE WAS NON-EXISTENCE!! (bear with me...this is lengthy...) My BF and I decided to check out Purple Dot Cafe after a friend and his family posted their visits to the place several times on FB. I have eaten at this place before, after a night at the club and I need to sober up before heading home....so we decided to check out the Dim Sum because we are Dim Sum enthusiast... We got there at 1pm, to the true Chinese person this is late...but we sort of didnt planned for the visit, just happened to be in the area so we decided to check it out. The place was busy, so we didnt felt like we were 'late'. We were seated, the waiter just brought us 'tea' without asking if we want tea or water - it was 80' degree out. So I askED for water. We waited for a few minutes....a cart half emptied with dim sum selections came by, but it was the 'baking' cart and so we passed it up because it didnt have our "hao cao" or "siu mai"...but I had asked the lady if I can get them, she said..I think she said "its in the other cart, do you want anything in this cart" I said...no....she moved on.... waiting, waiting....and then out of the corner of my eyes saw the 'steamed' cart....yay!! probably what I wanted....i was famished......waited....she pushed the cart to one table...asked them if they like anything....looked around...not even my direction....and then pushed the cart the opposite direction of where we were sitting.....I thought...well, maybe she forgot something....so i waited....and waited....and waited....15 min after we been seated....I had to flag the waiter down and told him to ask the 'steamed' cart be pushed my direction....she had xiu mai and no ha cao, i had asked her if i can get some ha cao...I think she said "in the other cart"....and so we ate our xiu mai.... another 15min goes by, and our xiu mai is done...I am ready for my ha cao....finally saw another 'steamed' cart....tried to get her attention, she went the opposite direction....waited, and waited...she ended up in the corner table....and stood in that area and chat for 5 min or so...I know...I keep looking at her in hope she head my direction so i can get her attention....and i waited...and waited....so i had to ask the waiter...what time do they stop serving dim sum...and asked if i can get some ha cao....he pointed to that 'steamed' cart in the corner...(still chatting btw)....so we waited and waited....then she finally headed back my direction and I had to flag her down...asked for 2 ha cao...she had one on her cart and went to retrieve another one (from the kitchen maybe?)... Done by 1:45pm and I can't wait to get out of there, I felt the only way to get service was if I was speaking Chinese...and during the 45min there, not ONE waiter or waitress came by to refill our ice water or asked if we needed anything....disappointing... Now to the FOOD quality: it was very good, well seasoned, perfect size portion, and could just eat without any sauce dipping. I judged the quality of good dim sum when I dont need any spice or sauce to enjoy it. Price is around $3.50 to $4 a dish... Here is our rating: Food Taste: 4 stars Customer Service: 1 Environment: 2 Sadly, we didnt average the rating....we based it what we paid for our money...and it is not just for the food...why pay to be treated like non-existence customers that gets no service and had to chase down our food...no thanks....won't be going here again... read more

Not much more to say about Purple Dot other than it's a decent place to sober up after a night out in Seattle. Unfortunately, everyone in Seattle also seem to have the same mindset so waits can be long, and the crowd can get rowdy, especially late Friday/Saturday nights after the bars/clubs closes. That said, the food is decent. Their salt & pepper pork chops and chicken wings are above average compared to most chinese places in Seattle. Their noodles/congee/rice dish are all classic HK cafe (read comfort) food which is not a bad thing at all. Some notable standouts are the Baked Spaghetti, Portuguese Style Baked Chicken over Rice, and Beef Chow Fun. For a sweet tooth, their HK Style French Toast is a great option. read more

One of my best Dim Sam place in Seattle. They have the best snow bun only during weekend from 11am-1pm. read more

Purple Dot Cafe - Dim Sum Near Me - Seattle, Washington

I have made it a mission to find the best restaurant in Seattle Chinatown. This place place was okay the dim sum was good. If you order a beef or chicken item like I ordered beef sauté which tasted good, until you ran of beef which was like 6 pieces then you're left with like 3 cups worth of noodles. read more

We just went to this restaurant and placed our order. After about 45 minutes, we hadn't gotten our food, and 2 other tables got their food. We asked what happened. The waitress (who had not taken our order) said our order had never been put in and the other waitress had left. We were given no explanation for why we were left sitting there for nearly an hour with no food. The waitress said she could ask the manager for a 10% discount. We left. This place has truly atrocious customer service. And I hate to play this card, but we were the only non-Asian table in the restaurant (and we're not white either). Also we got there early for dinner around 5:45 and the place was pretty empty then (but hadn't just opened either). I would NOT recommend this place as it has truly terrible customer service. read more

Came on the last Saturday evening for a birthday party. The restaurant is easy to find in ID Seattle. It is clean and busy. The food is realy good, the portion is big, the drink comes in a plastic sealed lid. The service is really good, staffs always smile. I like this place, will come back. read more

This is most authentic Hong kong cuisine in seattle chinatown. It is clean and got really cool ambience as well. Try steam fish...it is the best in town. Also their hk style roast duck is exactly same as ones in hk side restaurants read more

First time for me and my friends, we ordered 3 dishes . I personally felt a bit salty in all dishes. However, i liked them and would come again to get other menus. read more

Purple Dot Cafe - Dim Sum Near Me - Seattle, Washington

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great food！ I really like the bun and shrimp dumplings! They taste soooo great ! Especially for those liusha buns, they are soft and sweet! read more

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I wish I can give negative stars. We went there last weekend and we have 5 people. We didn't come in a busy hour, there were not many people waiting dishes. Our first 2 dishes come really fast, but guess what, other dishes took them 1 hour!! Their excuse was"some dishes move slowly"?! Okay, so noodles need one hour to come? Did the dishes start from plant wheat?! It's so obviously they forgot our order, cause other people came after us already finished! They let us set on a large table, which I found out will automatically count 18% tips. Why this awful service deserves tips?? read more

This place is fantastic. I order take out all the time! My go-to's are the baked spaghetti and fried chicken wings! The staff is extremely friendly and always accommodating, even during busy times. I will be eating here for as long as I live in Seattle! read more

Had purple dot for dinner and ordered a few of their dishes. This is by far the worse Chinese food in the International district! Soggy, fatty and over sauced chicken! Hard cold rice, and cold shrimp read more

Food's always great, servers always try to be nice and polite. Dim is delicious and the their menu has a variety to choose from. I like it there but every time I have gone at night it gets a little crazy and there always seem to have a fight in front of the restaurant. Hey it's chinatown what else do you expect after club hours! read more

Really like the food, baked spaghetti is awesome and so is the Lo Mein. I haven't been there for Dim Sum but I've heard only good things about it, though. The service is a downer. It was pretty bad both times I went, so I would avoid the place if you're big on that. If the food is good, I dont really mind the bad service.. but that's just me. read more

I came here a couple of times, the food is okay. Good:- nice and clean atmosphere with beautiful decorated. - Steam Fish with onion and ginger is yummy read more

My family regularly come to this place. The food here is great, portion is good, dishes come pretty fast. The service is also very good, I lost my ID here and I didn't realize I lost it here. The next time I came, the manager recognize me and return my ID! Will keep coming back! read more

Ordered for pickup and food was ready in 15 minutes. Which was great. We ordered honey walnut prawns, garlic green beans, dim sum bean curd, shrimp ball, and congee. The honey walnut prawns tasted spoiled and were sour. They were thrown out unfortunately. I've had honey walnut prawns here before and they were great. This time they were terrible and a food poisoning waiting to happen. read more

I would highly recommend this place for breakfast lunch and dinner. Breakfast of course get the dim sum. The baked spaghetti is my favorite last night meal from PD. read more

Um can you say sweet and sour chicken 10x fast? Best fusion in town! So not close to my house but totally worth the drive! Yay for honey walnut prawns. My roommate kept bringing this stuff home and I would stare and smell and stare again until I finally stole some. SO GOOD! They are kinda more expensive than I like but sacrifices must be made sometimes. Weird name, I kept confusing it with the Purple Cafe and Wine Bar on 4th (also a good place) but better they do that than name it something like pho-yu or what the pho ( I know its not vietnamese but you get my point). Go there. Eat ALOT. Be happy. Roll yourself home. read more

My coworkers seem to like it here- so we keep coming back, I could not for the life of me get xiao long bao when I was here- I asked 3 times and was finally brought some meatball dumplings- so sad. I know they have them cause we got them last time! Their dumplings seem pretty tasty- not oily at all. Just wondering how we got skipped over so many times by the carts. read more

i vow on every last digested morsel of food eaten here that i will never come back! *throws chopstick* It was the warmest day of the year today, and the first day i had felt happy in a long time. I never come to China town when the moon is not out, so this was a rare treat. During my walk around the neighborhood i had planned to make my lunch out of some sashimi from the Uwajimaya deli (easy on the wallet, easy on the tummy, no tip needed), but gave up and ducked into Purple Dot to try a couple dim sum dishes out of a desperate need to eat something. In the back of my conscience, I knew P-Dot was not the best place to go in China Town and that i should hold out or go next door to Homestyle Hong Kong Cafe....but i had never tried their lunch dim sum and i am too impulsive. Under the pushy and uninterested pressure of my waitress, I hurriedly pointed to what i wanted from the tiny dim sum menu the minute i sat down (the choices were less than enthralling, but not horrible): eggplant stuffed with shrimp, and chicken feet. Having my order taken felt like i was asking my waitress to wax my bikini line. Paying $5 for each dinky dim sum entree should have come with the service, if you ask me. I ate alone, and the only other table was occupied by a couple of ladies, so it's not as if my patronage was obtrusive. The waitstaff (one guy, one girl) spent 99.9% of their time hiding in the back. My food came out at such a snail's pace that i couldn't begin to wonder why this single order - and i mean, the only order in the place i am pretty sure - of chicken feet and stuffed eggplant had been such a task (or maybe i did not want to know!). They were delivered like an unwanted pregnancy to my lonely table. My inquiries for chili sauce were met with, "THERE," and a chilly index point to a nondescript tin on the table. THANKSSOMUCHTHISLOOKSSOGOODYUMYUM!!! God, lady! I hate playing the part of the dumb white chick who will take crap from bad service at Asian restaurants. But that's what i did. The chicken feet sucked. And i TRIED to suck...the feet, that is. They were not those fatty, gelatinous little morsels of delight i was anticipating. These chickens were anorexic. I think what took so long in the kitchen was that the chef had Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie shipped over and deep fried their talons. The eggplant was nice and big and juicy, however. So that's that. My tea was a tall glass of lukewarm sewer water. Nobody checked in on me, and that's fine. The cook and the waiters peered over at me a few times from the kitchen in a mockingly funny way a couple of times. I felt like i was on some sort of Laugh At the Stupid Customer Candid Camera Show. Maybe i was paranoid. I'm not really sure! After playing with my food, i finally gave up and wanted to go join what was left of the sunshine. The waitress ignored me awhile and squawked away on her cell phone until i interrupted her enough to get her to bring me my check. I wondered about leaving no tip, but i have never done that, and the times that i've left a bad one i felt like a jackass. I left $3 on the two $5 dim sum dishes and wrote a sad face and a note along the lines of, "Get off your cell phone" and , "Take a clue from Homestyle Hong Kong Cafe". I don't know. Nothing bad. I just love my Hong Kong Cafe. Serves me right for straying. There are so many wonderful places in this neighborhood, and this one is just embarrassing. You may have gotten my lunch money, you bullies, but you'll never have my business again....i'm walking a different way to school from now on! *joy read more

Places with enormous menus like the Purple Dot Cafe's always intimidate me. Pages after pages of menu items all start to swirl and coalesce in my brain to the point when I tend to just stare at the menu with my mouth agape like a surprised trout for about twenty minutes. It is at this point I tend to let my company order for me because otherwise I can never decide -- but alas during my visit to the Purple Dot I was with a distracted young mother & her toddler so the reigns to the menu were handed squarely to me. We were starving and looking to have leftovers -- so 3 menu items were chosen semi at random. Pepper chicken, dry green beans & pork, and a special beef w/vermicelli top pot to round everything out. Hot tea was provided in tumblers (weird, but still soothing) and we waited. And waited. Yes, the food takes some time but the joint was pretty happening for a drizzly Tuesday night as well. The food comes out and everything is piping hot and yummy. The green beans were by far the star of the evening, with most of those disappearing. The pepper chicken was saucy and good, but lacking a bit in the spicy heat department. The beef & noodles was quite tasty - and the only thing the toddler would actually eat. All of that + tea was only around $30. Not the cheapest eats in the ID, but not breaking the bank either.n The check was slow coming, but everything was boxed neatly for us prior to leaving. Beyond that the waiters kept our water & tea refilled, and pretty much left us alone for the whole evening. Overall a decent meal, decent service and a perfectly lovely place to spend a lazy evening among friends. read more

This is sort of a hard restaurant to review. When PDC is on... man, are they on... at least food-wise. When PDC is off... boy, does the world stop spinning. When their food is made with love and care they have one of my favorite BBQ pork fried rices in Seattle and their dim sum is pretty rad. When their food is made with contempt and spite I take a few bites of room temperature whoozywhatsit and move on to the next dish that makes me want to hang myself from my toenails from an overpass... just low enough that my head gets bonked by every passing vehicle. I've been here with friends whose family makes legit foods offered on the menu and have commented on how good the PDC version is. We've also had that same food other times and it's been the worst thing to cross their mouths since the time they tried to swallow a banana slug. The service here is never stellar. Let's be transparent... the service here can't even really be called service. It's slow, unwelcoming, borderline hostile and never wows you with that feeling of 'man, they really appreciate my business'. With all that said I still have this odd attachment to Purple Dot Cafe and still choose to come here from time to time instead of going up the street to Harbor City. Maybe I'm just a sucker for the lobster tank? Meh. read more

first off all, I've never been here sober.. LOL..... this is Seattle's asian parking lot pimping after cleezie/bar spot. partaking in a long night of drinking who doesn't love greasy hong kong bistro style delights....below is my go to recipe for a successful druken dine experience.. - Baked Spaghetti - Spicy fried chicken wings - bbq pork fried rice - BCF (beef chow fun) - Ore-Ida Crinkle Fries the seating space is sufficient (but packed on weekend nights), decor is asian 2002 trendy, and the service is efficient. So in all... Purple Dot aka "p.diddy" definitely hits the SPOT and is a solid late night dining option.... dont be fooled by their neighbors Hong Kong Bistro, though they have the same menu the food is nowhere close in taste even after drinks. read more