The Canton House on Buford Highway is my family's go-to for authentic Cantonese dim sum in Atlanta…read more The food is always up to expectations each and every visit. Having been at least once every couple months for years, it's our Chinese comfort food as dim sum is meant to be. Although I would recommend arriving at anytime they are open, we find the absolute best time for dim sum is to arrive right at opening on Saturday or Sunday. This time lets us beat the wait, get a great table fast, and the food is super plentiful, hot and fresh out of the kitchen. The chrysanthemum tea is a must have and complements the food as a perfect, tasty, and just sweet enough palate cleanser (although I would prefer to add the rock sugar myself to my tea, they serve it with sugar already inside the pot). For the absolute best pairing with your chrysanthemum tea, make sure to save room for the awesome pineapple buns while supplies last. They were out today and we all collectively cried (will be going back just for the pineapple buns soon...we are just not complete without them!). We love all the dishes, but our absolute favorites (outside of the pineapple buns) are the pork spare ribs with black bean, the beef rice rolls/noodles, shrimp dumplings, and turnip cakes. Add some spicy sauce to the spare ribs and turnip cakes to really set them off! For iced coffee lovers who like it really strong, don't pass up on the iced coffee. It has legs that are strong enough to walk, but completely complements the dim sum with a little extra boost to help you enjoy the day. So, I challenge others to find a better dim sum place in Atlanta. That is why Canton House earns my 5th star and looking forward to getting my pineapple buns (really) soon!

I was quite surprised that I was able to get a table when I went on a Saturday 11ish AM (peak…read moredimsum hours!). Good service with the push carts rolling around passing the tables often. We started with the flower tea, amazing choice! Sweet and warming, nicely aromatic. Perfect start. Then the dim sum carts rolled in and we chowed down. DISHES I ORDERED - Siu Mai: Not the best I've had. Quite oily on the outside, but the flavor isn't bad. It does...taste like siu mai. It's just nothing spectacular - Chinese Broccoli: A classic! Very good - Beef Chow Fun: A very chewy and bouncy home made flat noodle dish. Savory, salty, and flavorful! Good amount of tender beef too. - Shrimp Balls: Crispy and fried on the outside, yummy, with good big shrimp ball. Yummy classic sweet and sour sauce too. Delicious - Egg Rolls: Good, not too oily, a normal egg roll - Spare ribs: Possibly my favorite dish! Tender, not too chewy, good savory sweet flavor. -- Overall, it's not bad but it's nothing to write home about. My favorite item was probably the spare ribs. The rest were standard in my opinion. However, service is fast since it is dimsum, so perfect to eat when hungry! Also great ambiance for big group parties or hangouts!

Food and service was great but place was completely empty. The building was nice, open and stylish…read moreand there are windows to the restaurant next door. More people should come, I can't eat all the har gow.

The dim sum itself was standard fair dim sum, but the price point was great! For $25 (if you pay in…read morecash, $27 of you pay with card) is hard to beat! The soup dumplings were really good! The lady who served us was super nice, and took care of us. The Ambiance was a little weird, cause it's directly connect to a Hibachi place, and the wall that divided the two spaces was made out of glass, so you can see right into the restaurant next door. Most likely the owner runs both establishments. But I wasn't that bothered by it. I would recommend, because of the "bang for your buck" aspect. If u like dim sum, and can eat a lot of it, then this is a good place to go. If you are a Dim Sum snob, and are willing to pay premium prices for glorified dumplings...then you can pass.

Back to Oriental Pearl again for Dim Sum. The updated interior is nice and clean looking without…read morebeing ostentatious. Service has been great since they reopened but the food was hit or miss. Based on today's Dim sum lunch, it seems like the food is getting better. The steamed chicken bao were better than expected, the rice noodle wrapped Yao Tiu were excellent as usual, steamed spare ribs were not a disappointment this time, beef tripe was okay and the mixed beef organ stew was spot on! We'll keep going back as long as they improve.

Not ready for prime time…read more Very limited choices in dimsum carts on weekdays. Some basic choices were not available, and no menu for other items. (Asked for soup dumplings and scallion pan cakes but no) The Cheng fun rice noodle rolls with shrimp were hard. Obviously re-cooked. But beef ones were good and fresh Shimp with eggplant on cart cold. No longer will try

We were promptly seated in the area behind the front desk. The staff worked together to bring us…read moredrinks and any dim sum, from their menu, that we didn't see roll past on a cart. My husband ordered Mongolian beef and gave it 8 out of 10. I think the only drawback is that it can be loud in there because of all the hard surfaces, and the high ceilings. However, they have many rooms for customers. Looks like it would be a great place for a small or big party! Their private rooms each have their own bathroom. Will definitely go back!

(4/26/25 Update):…read more I came here with my family who had a party room reserved for a birthday party. The room was nicely decorated and had a private bathrrom. There was big screen tv and karaoke setup. That was about it for the positives. Most of us showed up around 6:30pm on a Saturday night. The parking lot was pretty empty in front of Canton House. I looked over into the parking lot of Gohan Buffet and it was super packed vs Canton. We got the Family Dinner ($600) which feeds up to 10 people. We got 2 of them because we had around 20 people. The dinner comes with 10 dishes. 1. FISH MAW CRAB MEAT SEAFOOD SOUP 2. HONG KONG STYLE TWIN LIVE LOBSTERS 3. FOUR SEASONS APPETIZER PLATTER 4. WALNUT SHRIMP WITH FRESH FRUIT 5. STEAK CUBES & ASPARAGUS STIR FRY 6. LIVE DUNGENESS CRAB STIR FRY IN TAMARIND 7. PEKING DUCK WITH LOTUS BUNS (2 WAYS) 8. PAN FRIED CHILEAN SEA BASS WITH SOY 9. SNOW PEA LEAVES IN GOGI BERRY STOCK 10. GOLD & SILVER SEAFOOD FRIED RICE We had the crab soup first which had 0 flavor and I didn't even taste or see any crab inside. It was not good. The Hong Kong Style Lobster was a small portion and I barely got to eat any. 4 seasons appetizer was okay but just mainly fried stuff. Steak cubes were super small and I only had one. The walnut shrimp dish tasted like the honey shrimp from the low budget Chinese buffets. Dungeness crab was nicely decorated but didn't taste good. Peking duck wasn't bad but the portion was too small. It didn't help people in my party was grabbing big portions and being selfish. The sea bass was very good and I loved the crunchy ness to it. The snow peas dish was not very desirable as I had no clue what was inside. The fried rice was garbage as I tasted better fried rice from Panda Express. It had tiny shrimp bits like from low budget shrimp pieces from Krogers. Let's get to the table service part. One of the females had a real nasty attitude and didn't seem like they were too happy to be here. We finished eating and ate our cake. We wanted to have alittle fun with the karaoke but apparently the staff members kept coming in to "check" on us every 5 minutes. They weren't there to check on us as it felt like they were trying to rush us out so they can clean up. One employee even had the nerve to say, isn't it getting dark out? I was highly insulted by this. Affer spending approximately over $1700 at Canton House, I expected alittle more nicer hospitality. And from looking at their regular dining area, which maybe had only 4-5 tables with customers seat. They can use our business as the food here sucks. Affer the 5th time of employees coming to "check" on us, we all got tired and decided to leave. I do not recommend this place as the food and customer service just stinks here. I will definitely not giving them any of my hard earned money on the future. The dim sum as I remembered wasn't the best but I gave them a chance and still gave them a decent review. The value for the food is horrible. But I didn't hold anything back this time as they have been opened for a very long time.

I grabbed the Lamb and Carrot and pork, shrimp, & Chive dumplings. There's were very juicy and…read moreflavorful. The fried rice could have used more salt but overall that was tasty. I also grabbed hot and sour soup with crab Rangoon which were both tasty. I ordered to go through GrubHub and my order was quick, and well packed. I didn't eat at the location, so nothing much to say about the ambiance other than it seemed pretty dead for a Friday night.

Kids had been wanting to go to this place every time we crossed it…read more It is really amazing food ! The dumplings are delicious and fried rice is super tasty Service is good and the ambiance is comfortable

So it seems ol' Hai Authentic is now Bao Gogo. I was not sure what to expect, but this is a new…read moredarling to Alpharetta's dining scene, in my opinion. I stopped in for lunch today and had the flounder. It was so good! Spicy and tingling with all the Szechuan flavors that you don't find too often around here. They do not dumb down the flavor and now has a spot in my rotation. If you ask for spicy, just know, it's gonna be spicy. The interior is bright and airy, offering a clean, modern aesthetic. Seating was not uncomfortable. :-)

The food is pretty decent as we ordered noodle dishes and skewers for a family of 4. The owner (I…read morethink) didn't look at pleased to be there and gave us only 1 set of menu. I noticed the table next to us received a different menu and inquired about and she completely ignored me. Very disappointed to say the least so we were only able to order from the skewers menu (red menu) and not the menu that contained different dishes (white menu).

I've been here a few times over the years, and we quite like this place due to its location: it's…read moreright next to a Costco. Outside of that, the dim sum is good. There are some differences to how menu items are made/taste from when I first had it, so I feel as though the chef has most likely changed. It's both good and bad because the menu items with taro aren't quite as nice as before, but other things are either the same or better like the Beef Ho Fun for example. The chicken feet have changed too, but both were good. All the classic items are still basically the same. I liked the pan fried chives dumplings and beef cheung fun here. I can't speak for dinner or how it is on the weekdays, but it's quite busy over the weekends, which is expected for dim sum. It's a large space too, but once it's busy, you'll have to take a number and wait for a table. There's some seating along the side of the entrance to wait, but it may still take awhile. Usually, only one person really has to go and take a number, so if possible, one person should strive to get there earlier.

Royal China - Disappointing Experience…read more We have been coming to Royal China every year as part of our Christmas tradition, and we've always loved their Peking duck. Unfortunately, this year's experience was extremely disappointing. The service was terrible. We waited 40 minutes just to get our drinks, and after placing our food order, we waited another hour and a half with no food arriving. We were repeatedly told that the food was "coming soon," but nothing came. For reference, we ordered very simple dishes -- green beans, cauliflower, and eggplant -- items that should not take over an hour to prepare. Eventually, the duck arrived after an hour and a half, but none of the side dishes came with it. We had to speak to the manager three separate times, and the staff was rude and dismissive throughout the experience. The restaurant is very authentic, and we were clearly in the minority as guests, but that should never justify such poor service. Sadly, our five-year tradition of spending Christmas here was completely ruined. If you decide to visit this restaurant, be aware that the service can be extremely disappointing.

My fiance and I loved it! First time at a "dumpling" restaurant so we were kinda lost at first but…read morewe figured it out. We got the fried dumplings with beef, chicken soup dumplings, and chicken fried rice to share. Everything was great we got full fast but we will be back.

**EVERYTHING IS SELF-SERVICE**…read more SERVICE (2/5): You pretty much seat yourself, scan the QR CODE on the table and order from your phone. Grab your own water, utensils, and napkins from the station set up at the front. They have real plates on the table, but also paper plates at the self-serve station. FOOD (3/5): Some of the things I had was really good, some weren't very good. Hit or miss. $7 MILK TEA: I didn't want boba, but didn't know how to order it without on my phone, whoops! It was yummy. $8 PORK & SHRIMP SIU MAI: they were undercooked and I could heavily taste flour. I love that they are made fresh, however either thin out the dough or cook longer. $9 PORK SOUP DUMPLINGS: these were delish! And came with a sweet dipping sauce. $13 GARLIC BOK CHOY: shareable portion and very flavorful! This was my favorite item. Comes with white rice, but the rice was hard and tasted old. OVERALL (3/5): I wasn't super impressed, but there aren't many Asian restaurants in this area.

I was in the mood for bubble tea so we stopped my. We were greeted with smiles upon entry…read more I had the dragonfruit with mango bubbles and my daughter had passion fruit with strawberry bubbles. We both enjoyed our drinks and I would return to try another flavor. I wouldn't get mango bubbles again though. (My daughter liked them but I didn't.)

I love it! Drinks -…read moreWonderful! Food - Wonderful! I was searching for Hong Kong style egg waffles north of ATL. Luckily Yelp buddies and the internets guided me to this spot. Lovely. Cute, clean shop. Cute & fun staff. The customers are nice and fun too.

This is my second time being to this restaurant chain specifically my first time being to this…read morelocation. This location is bigger than the others which I can appreciate because it does allow you to sit down. Service was fast and friendly. A lot of the drink machines in the dispensers (soda) were out however, the signature drinks are the signature lemonades and punches were really good.. Pricing isn't overly high, but it might catch you off guard a six piece and a chicken Alfredo pasta combo cost me about $23 which isn't bad cause the average wing restaurant you're gonna pay about $15 for a 10 piece combo and fries so just know depending on what you're looking for average your meal at minimum $20-$25. I believe there was some type of issue while I was there between another patron and his order, but mine personally came out perfect. I was getting my food to go and ate at home so I didn't take a picture of my food but overall the restaurant is clean. Service is fast.

I had been wanting to try this spot for a while, but I never made it to the Atlanta locations, so…read morewhen they opened up on near my house in Kennesaw I decided to stop by but unfortunately I was not impressed. I ordered the wings, chicken pasta, shrimp hibachi rice and one of their drinks. The wings were good but the pasta was just okay, the rice was overcooked and extremely too soft. The drink also wasn't great it basically was koolaid. As for the service, I was very disappointed. The two young ladies that were at the counter were extremely rude and not friendly at all. Overall my experience was not great and I'm not sure if I'll return again.