Came here on a Tuesday for dim sum. We ordered: Steamed shrimp dumpling - was ok Shui Mai (shrimp & pork) - not seasoned well, kinda bland Shrimp rice noodle crepe - disappointed, lacked flavor. The sweet soy sauce usually helps the dish but it didn't taste like much Steamed roast pork bun - I didn't like the texture of the bun Phoenix feet in black bean sauce - my least favorite dish. Very dry, lacked cohesion, poorly distributed sauce Fried shrimp taro cake - my favorite plate we ordered. Came out hot and fresh from the fryer Radish cakes - decent, would like more meat but overall it was ok Would be nice to retry this place on a weekend to see if the quality is different read more

Silver Fountain - Dim Sum Near Me - Silver Spring, Maryland

Stopped by to pickup several dishes for dinner: chicken and string beans, moo shu pork, and beef mushroom. All were pretty large portions, enough for several meals. Both the chicken and pork dishes were pretty good, but the beef was pretty tough with some gristly pieces. Didn't seem like the beef was velveted at all, so that was disappointing. read more

Still a top place for dim sum/cantonese food. Unfortunately I last went here for a meal after my grandmother's funeral. It was heartbreaking given all the wonderful meals we've shared together as a family. Service was nice and we did a lot of noodle based dishes (highly recommend). The restaurant fits quite a lot of customers so plenty of seating. We booked I believe 5 large round tables in the back of the restaurant (there are no private rooms). read more

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I'm going to be brutally honest. Their dim sum is average at best. Their chicken feet, shrimp dumpling, shu mai, and tripes all felt mehhh. They're filling and inexpensive though. Their beef chow foon was good. If the dish was slightly drier, the noodles would've been even better. Finally, their spare ribs on top of rolled rice noodles were amazing. This dish is $15 and you get so much food! I will go back only for this dish! read more

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I've recently rediscovered this restaurant. To my culinary joy, they've greatly expanded their authentic Chinese offerings and they are WELL PREPARED. Yesterday, my wife and I ate there. I again ordered Fish Filet with Sour Cabbage*. The dish was PERFECTLY prepared and a very large portion was served. My only complaints about the restaurant: 1 - Calling in an order for carry out can be problematic because of language difficulties. 2 - They do not use gluten free soy sauce - this limits the wonderful authentic dishes that I can try. 3 - On a few occasions, I've been treated rudely by the person at the Register. *Americans would call it "pickled cabbage." It is sweet pickled Gai Choy (Chinese Mustard Green), my favorite Asian Veggie. read more

Worth the lunch deal! It includes the entree, soup, and mini cookie dessert. I've lived in the area for years and never stopped by. Came by here on a whim and the lunch was very filling and super nice staff. Lunch was not busy but I know this place gets crowded on weekends and nights. I wish the dish had a little more spice but I've only tried one entree so no comparison yet. I would visit again! read more

Silver Fountain - Dim Sum Near Me - Silver Spring, Maryland

Oh how the mighty have fallen. Came in for lunch at 12noon on a Saturday. There were carts coming around so we jumped in immediately and ordered 2 plates of different buns. Both were cold so we decided to save them for home. Other dishes we ordered including radish cake and various fried items were also room temperature at best. Dim sum isn't normally piping hot but some dishes just don't taste right when they aren't warm. Steamed shrimp dumplings were huge, and we discovered why when we bit in -- they are full of filler and not shrimp. It ended up being a mushy mess. I couldn't finish it. We had to order off the regular menu to get hot foods. I saw one table send food back because it was cold and then the cart ladies argued with the customers! They said it was fresh out of the fryer and the customer said if it's fresh why is it cold? They kept arguing and the guy maintained his argument. There was no server around and we had to hunt down people to ask for water and tea. Later I helped myself to carryout boxes. Again had to look for someone to pay the bill. The last time I was here was around New Year and we came at 11am and it was better. Now I have left and I feel sick to my stomach. What a shame...this place was a staple from my childhood days with decent prices for large portions for dinner, and a bustling dim sum on the weekends. This is one of the last dim sum places in the area and it was not good at all. Don't think we will be back. read more

11.11.23 I met up with a friend at 11:30 for dim sum. When we came there were a lot of vacant tables, but 30 minutes to an hour later it was packed so I am glad we came early. It's your traditional set up where they push carts around and punch a card based on the price of the item. Their selection didn't seem as extensive as other restaurants. It seemed like they were pushing out the same items. Also a few of the items such as the Fried Shrimp Taro Cake wasn't as good as other places I've had it at. Service was terrible! IMO, they are understaffed and could use a few additional staff. We had to flag down someone twice to request something. One was to request utensils and the second time was to place a carryout order. It took a while before the carryout order was ready so my friend had to check on the status and was told there was a delay as they ran out of the egg tart and were making it. My friend said it would have been courteous if they let us know. Also, I asked for the almond jelly to go and it is not what I was expecting. They did not put any cocktail fruit on it so I figured it was tofu. My friend ended up taking it home and confirmed it was almond jelly. She said it was good, but would have been better with cocktail fruit. I could have used a refill on my water, but given how hard it was to find anyone, I didn't bother. It wasn't the best dim sum I've ever had and the service was unsatisfactory, therefore, I am unlikely to return. read more

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Pork and cabbage soup for 2. Hot and tasty. Fast, friendly service. Been coming here since the 1980s.

We just moved here from New York City. We were looking for a good old fashioned Chinese restaurant. We spent many years having great Chinese food in the heart of the city and in Chinatown. It took us a while to find a place here, but this is it. Good traditional dishes and super friendly staff. We now have a "go to" spot and this makes me very happy read more

I would have given it a 0 star rating if there's an option. We asked for small plates for sharing, and the waitress was like "why would you need plates for such a small dish?!" In a very impatient tone. It took 30 mins for them to serve the food we ordered. What's worse, the food is not clean. read more

Oh silver fountain. It's not a trip home to the DMV without silver fountain. Will they yell at you and seem annoyed you're in the restaurant? Yah. Will the food be reliably decent? Yah. It's all part of the experience. read more

Silver Fountain - Dim Sum Near Me - Silver Spring, Maryland

Management and service awful. After we had soup which came at a reasonable time. We then waited 40 minute for 1 of 4 dishes arrived. After another 30 minutes and two complaints the other dishes came. We ordered hot tea that never came. It appeared they were taking care of takeout order before seated patrons. The food was ok but not exceptional. read more

I haven't been to Silver Fountain in years, but the quality of the food and service is just as great as I remember! The restaurant is spacious, but from what I remember they get extremely busy during the weekend. I came for dim sum on a Wednesday which ends at 3pm on weekdays. I was pleasantly surprised to find out that they offer their whole dim sum menu even on weekdays ()! They don't do the dim sum cart during the weekday (you order off a menu), but everything still came out hot, fresh and in a timely fashion. If you check them out, I highly recommend the sticky rice with duck or the bake pork buns! read more

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Best dim sum in the area, definitely worth the trip. Great variety, high quality food, friendly staff. read more

Silver Fountain - The best dim sum , so worth the trip! - Dim Sum Near Me - Silver Spring, Maryland

The food was fresh and very tasty. I did the Dim Sum. The service was great and friendly ambiance.

Make sure they're on your top list to visit for dimsum restaurant if you're craving for dimsum! They have wonderful selection of good dimsum, like steamed shrimp dumplings (hargaw), steamed meat dumplings (siumai), BBQ pork bun, steamed shrimps and chives dumplings, steamed spare ribs with black beans sauce, steamed rice noodle rolls with shrimps, steamed chicken feet, deep fried taro with meat fillings, sticky rice with meat filings wrapped in lotus leaves, preserved egg porridge, deep fried squids, fried turnip cake. They also have hot carts filled with hot dimsum that wandering around the restaurant offering what they have inside cart. It's interesting while you picked on the food, everything looks delicious in there! The service was good, especially if you speak Cantonese or Chinese but if you don't some of the servers speak very well English. We always visit for dimsum, but they're ala carte lunch menu looks good and promising too, maybe we'll stop by for lunch or dinner sometime, but in the meantime, their dimsum always attractive for us! read more

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Typical American Cantonese food though not the best. Service was in a great order as it was for an event function. Space is a bit limited if you have large groups like 100. read more

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This is the Chinese white broccoli dish I wrote about previously. It has Chinese sausage and another kind of preserved pork in it. I like the wood ear and the celery flavor. read more

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An old reliable favorite full of family memories. Food is always delicious and service prompt.

Spacious and ok for large groups. We went on a Sunday around 3~ and were told they ran out of dim-sum. Disappointed we ordered 2 family dinners for 5. The servings were generous and filling, but the quality of food wasn't great. The wontons in the soup were like 98% flour, practically no filling and all dough. All the dishes were oily and sweet- I think they should have let us substitute a dish in the family dinner set since there was no variety. I hope to go back, try their dimsum, and leave a better review :) read more

Silver Fountain - Dim Sum Near Me - Silver Spring, Maryland

Have been many times over the last 2+ years. The last 2 experiences were disappointing. Something changed. There is more sugar in many of the dishes making them clawingly sweet The fried squid was close to uneatable and we did not eat it. The steamed dumplings were ok not special. Something changed in the kitchen. The roast duck which we took home was very good. Will return after a break of a year or so. read more

One of the best local dim sum places flavor wise. They do dim sum the traditional way with carts. Because they're usually so busy on the weekends, the food is still hot. If you come early, don't fill up too much on the dumplings and buns, the really good stuff comes out later like LOBSTER! The customer service was ok if you walk in expecting the "authentic" dim sum customer service. The maitre d and some of the staff are not the friendliest but they will get you what you need. We went with another couple and their baby and the baby was fascinated by the decor. There were red lanterns up that were really cute and kept her distracted. I would recommend dishes like I usually do but honestly, if it looks good, just get it! If you can't finish, they do have carry out boxes. I don't know about you but I LOVE dim sum leftovers. read more

One of my favorite restaurants in Silver Spring, MD. Must try. Many many selections dim sum and popular Chinese entree. Restaurant is so spacious, there is enough room for everybody. Easy parking and location. Service is just ok. But not a big deal for me. read more

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If I could give this place negative stars, I would. I am just leaving this establishment. We had reservations at 1 PM for a party of 30. The service was horrible. There were guests of other large parties that arrived at least 30 minutes after us and had food before we were even able to order. We were never offered dim sum, which we stated we wanted. It is rare that I will make this assumption, but the other guests were Asian, and we were not. Two of our tables were served a little more promptly. Our food finally came an hour and 45 minutes after we were there. At the end, I signed the check... couldn't even tell what we were paying for the way it was written. We had every intention of tipping, and we were actually passing money around to collect the tip within three minutes of her processing the payment. I signed the receipt as no tip, since we were tipping in cash. The waitress grabbed the receipt and question, did I not provide your service? At that point, we had to have a conversation with her pointing out that she took 1.5 hours to take our order, she can wait 3 minutes for a party of ten to collect cash for a tip that she did not deserve. Other people would have left there without tipping because the service was so bad, however, that is not how we operate. We still tipped her over 20% and told her that we were extremely unsatisfied with her service. She seemed very unbothered and just said thank you and sorry and walked off. I truly believe that we were not appropriately waited on because our table was predominantly black. We had other tables with us, one of which our other party members were white. They were served much more promptly than our table, to the point that they were boxing their food up prior to us even getting our entrées. I honestly do not think that a person of color should visit this establishment. I looked at other yelp reviews and see that other people of color have had similar experiences. Do yourself a favor and go to places where your money and time are appreciated, because this is not one of them. read more

Silver Fountain - Empty plate after sitting for 1.5 hours - Dim Sum Near Me - Silver Spring, Maryland

Came on a Thursday for dim sum around lunch time, had to order on paper so it was harder. Was hoping for some hot delicious dim sum but came to a very disappointment. Everything we ordered tasted meh, like the quality wasn't there. Most of it was fillers, doughy fillers. I ordered some char siu and the dish came out dried as eff, like a day old. Only 2 dishes that I ordered came out hot, the rest was room temperature. If no other family is in there for dim sum you would think we would get hot food but we didn't. I also didn't know what was what on the menu so I ordered a lot , and some of them came not what I'm wanting. :\ the only good thing we ordered was the chow fun which isn't part of dim sum, so i had to order the family size. Overall it's meh... not for us. read more

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Did take-out; ordered from their dim sum menu. The dishes were reasonably priced and came packed piping hot. The fried item was crispy and not oily (sesame balls). The glutinous rice and lotus paste interior was soft with a melt-in-your mouth quality. The stuffed bean curd was light and silky, the soy and scallion sauce it was in was not too salty or overpowering. My only regret was not ordering more dishes. Will have to try other dim sum treats as well as regular menu items. read more

Silver Fountain - Stuffed bean curd and sesame balls - Dim Sum Near Me - Silver Spring, Maryland

Had not been here in years and made a visit based on a recommendation, but overall it was disappointing. The traditional dishes like chow mein was pretty authentic Chinese, but on the other hand, the crispy chicken (a chef specialty) was all American Chinese food. Same batter and similar taste to the classic sweet & sour pork. It's pretty much what you get at a mall food court. I suppose any place with egg foo yung and chop suey should be a warning. The portion was good and price was fair, though can't say that for all their items. It was a mixed bag with the service and food taste was ok for what it was, but was all that MSG necessary? We became very thirsty soon after and was still so hours later. Have not had this happen so badly at a Chinese restaurant and only other time was at a Vietnamese place. I think this place could be passable to potentially good with certain dishes, as long as they can hold the MSG. read more

Silver Fountain - Crispy Chicken (a.k.a. shredded sweet & sour chicken) - Dim Sum Near Me - Silver Spring, Maryland

I recently started working near the Aspen Hill shopping center and decided to look for a "GO TO" food spot. After walking up and down the shopping center walkway and looking into the sit down restaurants, I decided to dine at Silver Fountain. When I entered the restaurant, I was greeted by two friendly employees. I ordered the spring rolls and the chicken fried rice. On my way back to work, I ate the spring rolls in the car and was impressed. I can't say the same about the chicken fried rice. As soon as I opened the food container, I was disappointed with the appearance of the rice. The color of the chicken fried rice was like none I have ever seen before. The chunks of chicken did not look like what you typically see in chicken fried rice. The taste and texture of the chicken rubbed me the wrong way! I truly believe the meat was not real chicken. Consider avoiding the chicken fried rice if you decide to dine at the Silver Fountain. read more

This restaurant has been around for ages. We arrived on a Saturday just as some tables turned over and so there was no wait. Wait staff was attentive but food circulated slowly because it was just after a rush. The food is reliable for dim sum, hot and with good flavors. read more

Silver Fountain - Dim sum - Dim Sum Near Me - Silver Spring, Maryland

For being one of the few dim sum places in the area, Silver fountain isn't a bad option, but it's not my favorite. I've gone there quite a few times and unfortunately the quality of their food is not what it used to be. I remember their dim sum portions being bigger and tasting better. I'm assuming they had to make cut backs with cost of food. I will say their dim sum ranges from $4-6 which is a little less than near by dim sum places. They offer the carts on weekends and dim sum everyday until 3:00. For what it's worth, it's a good option for a quick weekend lunch. read more

The service here is trash unless You are of Asian decent. I've been sitting here ignored & unattended to for the past 30 min writing reviews on how bad the service is here. They kept taking my chopsticks away & giving me a fork... I won't even start with that but it annoyed the fuck out of me. They're impatient when they ask You a question then never come back to see if You need anything. I had to ask 4 diff people for a beer... before I could even get service about my food order. Idk what they served me but it's for sure not lamb. This is either beef or pork. I had the worst experience I've ever had at a Chinese spot. This place sucks & I would not recommend if You're Black. Maybe order to go but they will carry You if You dine in. read more

Silver Fountain - I ordered lamb... this IS NOT lamb! - Dim Sum Near Me - Silver Spring, Maryland

I have been going to this place for dim sum for the past 15 years and i have never as much experience poor customer service! Normally i get my dim sum to go and never had an issue until today. Unfortunately the soy sauce cups that come with the crepes were spiked with alcohol/ wine that i couldn't even use it! This is the second time this happened. This time i had gone back to exchange it for normal sweet soy sauce and the owner i believed said no sorry this is the batch we had this morning, don't worry about it okay? And the other nice lady next to her agreed they all smelled like alcohol/wine and she was offering me some soy sauce packets instead and the owner lady cut her off and said No, we don't have any! So rude?? More like she was being CHEAP! ?!?! She would even offered anything in replace of it! She totally ignored it and was like she didn't even cared what it smelled like! Unfortunately i will not be going back here again! Owner lady was ridiculously RUDE!!! I WON'T be coming back here again!!! I would never recommend this place again! I rather go order my dim sum at China Garden or Far East! They probably have better customer service!! I wonder if anyone has experienced this at all?? read more

I love silver fountain! The dumplings, the walnut shrimp. if you go for dim sum service, there is typically a wait if you arrive after noon. Don't forget to try the pineapple buns for dessert! read more

We stopped in for lunch. Wanted DimSum- but choices were so limited. Slow service and food tasted so bland.

The food was pretty good! Classic Chinese restaurant vibes. Ordered the family platter for 4 people and boy that was a lot of food which was great lol. I'm broke so having a lot of food is good to me. The prices aren't too bad either. Like around less than $15 on average. Just standard good food. I'd love to try their dim sum next time. Overall, good experience. Just got to be patient sometimes with the service because communication may be a little tougher with language barrier but I come from immigrant family so totally understandable and doesn't take away from the food anyway! Check it out~ read more

Large Cantonese style restaurant. There's definitely a Chinese and gringo menu. I dined here after attending a funeral and their was a large reservation set up for the family. The food was great. Had no idea Maryland has such a community of my kind of Chinese people. It was the type of entrees that served for special occasions. I did take a look at the American style Chinese at the buffet table and it was just okay. Plenty of parking since it in the mall. Clean bathroom for being a Chinese spot. read more

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If you like dim sum, don't be a dum dum, and go to Silver Fountain. I go to this place for dim sum (shhh don't tell anyone) three to four times a month. I just can't get enough and I never tire of it. The shumai, the steamed shrimp ball, and the shark fin (actually dried scallop) are all over the top amazing! Flavorful, perfectly cooked, and gentle on the tum-tum. It's like Asian comfort food. The staff can seem a little prickly but trust me, they're all super nice...just over worked. If you're in the Silver Spring area and Oriental East was your old dim sum spot, come here instead. They're better and best of all...open. BTW, they serve dim sum until 3pm...which rocks! You're welcome. read more

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Nice and quick service. Love the jasmine tea! Their flavors are really good. I like how they balance the smoky-wok flavor with the Chinese ingredients. They have a huge variety of dishes as well. Only one detail: don't ever order the combination platters, even though it comes with choice of soup, fried rice, a protein, and a spring roll, the quality is poor, the entrée portion is a scam, and they stuff you with rice. I happened to order one today, Moo Goo Gai Pan, which is chicken with mixed vegetables... and they gave me CANNED chicken I know that the combination offer is pretty affordable but canned chicken? Really? That's just insulting! I didn't complain because I was with my elder neighbor and she loves that place, so I just removed the gross few pieces of the canned chicken and ate the veggies and the rice. I may go back because my first time there was actually really good and now I know not to order the combination options ever again! read more

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Not the easiest place to get to - being 10 miles from DC and requiring the use of a car which I don't own.  However lately whenever I get the chance I'd make the obligatory drive there just for the egg tarts - they make the best ones in the DMV - two per order, the perfect size, with the flakiest delicate crust and the silky smooth textured egg custard filling.  Last time also ordered a variety of dim sum - not as outstanding as the egg custards (they are five stars) but pretty acceptable for satisfying one of these occasional dim sum cravings. read more

Silver Fountain - The egg tarts here are the best! - Dim Sum Near Me - Silver Spring, Maryland

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