Ordered the salt and pepper pork and beef chow fun. Both were fantastic. Staff was very kind.read more

Not a fan of their Mongolian Beef but the salt and pepper pork chop was solid. You can even taste…read morethe MSG Not much people were dining in on a Sunday night but there were a lot of take out pick ups. I would likely come back for the pork chops and try other dishes next time.

Replacing our local favorite, King Wah, Ming Yuan seems to basically be the same thing. Known for…read moretheir dim sum in the morning/afternoon, they also have a dinner menu/set, although I'd still say it's best for dim sum. The restaurant itself is relatively clean, large, and upscale, decent for parties or events, or for small families. Order off the paper menu by marking what you want, as they no longer wheel the dim sum carts around (they might carry around some popular items). They've got a wide selection of items, but everything's in English with pictures, and most of the staff speak some English. Prices are expensive, but not more than most other dim sum places. I don't think they make anything particularly noteworthy, so no recommendations there, but everything is pretty tasty, so I don't think you can go wrong either. (I do recommend the heung pin/jasmine tea though, as it's floral and light, which contrast with the oily and sweet items on the menu). I'd recommend avoiding the weekend rush, since lines and parking will be issues. Or, if you're like my family, arrive at opening.

It's a good sign when there's a line waiting for a restaurant to open. Ming Yuan had such a line on…read morea Sunday morning and we enjoyed the dim sum brunch. Highlights: French Style Baked BBQ Buns-enjoy at the restaurant, not so great to take home Supreme Soy Sauce Chow Mein-decent "wok hei" Midlights (not really a lowlight, lol): Pan Fried Scallion Crepes-a tad dry and not as flavorful Sponge cake-not too fluffy Pan Fried XO noodles-lacks crispness that we enjoy Overall, a nice place to enjoy dim sum. Parking can be challenging, but they have a sign saying it's okay to park in the Westlake Shopping lot (if you enjoy walking up a hill before you eat). Thanks!

Good Cantonese food, reasonable prices, clean restaurant, good service. Locals from neighbor and…read moreothers. Good variety on the menu, the food is nearly never cold.

Suily's Cafe is my go-to neighborhood spot for Chinese food. I love their scrambled egg beef over…read morerice and the salt and pepper fish. Straight forward service with complimentary tea on arrival. The place is clean with at least 10 tables, easy for dine in. Everything is priced very well. The salt and pepper fish is light yet crispy and the flavor is nice with the vinegar too. The scrambled egg beef over rice is my favorite. A great ratio and they are generous with the portion size. The oyster sauce on top has great flavor and they have chili oil and sriracha for extra spice. Overall a smooth spot easy for take away or dine in. This place is comforting and always welcoming on return.

the food here is so good this is definitely recommend if you want cheap food even if tho its a bit…read moreslow because of all the orders.

Chicken wings are amazing Beef chow fun too…read more It's a really clean Chinese restaurant, nothing fancy. Very busy so you have to wait a little because they cook every dish individually one at a time with a lot of wok-hay, the stir-fry fragrance is amazing. If you want good food and not a lot of fan-fare, this is your place. I'm just hoping too many people will come.

From the moment we walked in, the atmosphere was welcoming, and the service was absolutely…read moretop-notch. Our server Ansen and May was incredibly attentive, knowledgeable about the menu, and timed the courses perfectly. * The steamed fish was Cooked to absolute perfection, packed with vibrant flavors, and beautifully presented. Sweet and sour pork the flavor and freshness was absolutely amazing! Roast duck was a highlight to perfection!! Great place for a family dinner to events such was parties and events!

Dim Sum King is located inside a strip mall right across from Ranch 99. It offers authentic…read moreChinese dim sum, has a good selection of choices, and offers competitive prices. I like coming here because parking is easy and lines are not too bad. As you may know, getting dim sum in San Francisco can be a hassle with the long wait. Inside, the decor is above average and the restaurant is fairly large. Be sure to try a few more traditional dim sum options you may not find at some of the more "expensive" dim sum restaurants or those catered to different clientele including: steamed chicken feet with black bean sauce, sticky rice with chicken pork wrapped in lotus leaves, friend shrimp dumplings, steamed beef balls, and pan fried shrimp in tofu skin.

True to their name Spicy House, the spicy dishes are good. We had the green onion pancake $9, spicy…read morecabbage $13, pot stickers $7, dry fried wings $16, Szechuan spicy fish $20, dan dan noodle $12, cumeng pork ribs $17. The stand out dishes were the dry fried wings and the Szechuan spicy fish $20. The wings were crispy with a semi-sweet spicy sauce. The Szechuan spicy fish came in this oily stew. It was a numbing dish. Caused by peppercorns and chilis, this phenomenon is known as Szechuan numbness (málà) where your taste receptors get confused. Service was slow as the staff was busy with to-go and in house customers. The food came out in a reasonable amount of time. The restaurant was 80% full on a Friday night.

I slept on this spot for the longest and finally stopped by. Now I'm kicking myself in the butt for…read morewaiting so long... Came for a late lunch on a Saturday. The staff were really nice and helpful when it came to recommendations. They informed us that their version of the San Tung dried style chicken wings were very popular, but we weren't in the mood for San Tung wings. The male waiter even told me that he use to work at San Tungs for 13yrs, so I wonder if he brought the recipe over... Below is the spread and everything smacked! The Spread - Complimentary Veggie Egg Rolls, Minced Pork Basil Chow Fun, Szechuan Spicy Chicken Wings, & Crispy Garlic Pork Chops I def will be back to try other items!

We came here to celebrate Mother's Day. Their food is very good. Service is a hit or miss. Their…read moreportions are getting a little bit smaller but the food is still very good. We usually order: shrimp with walnuts, crispy fried chicken with shrimp chips, sweet and sour fish, broccoli mushroom and beef (yummy), claypot with eggplant or claypot with chicken,with salted fish and tofu clay pot and finally beef with tamago tofu with mushroom. Yummy. Also, they have a parking lot which is a plus.

Got the broccoli beef with fried rice. The beef was nice and tender, and the broccoli and carrots…read morewere cooked perfectly and not too hard or too soft, just right. The fried rice was pretty basic, nothing crazy, but it did the job. The salt & pepper prawns were probably the biggest letdown. They were way too salty for me. I only ate about 3 of them before I had to stop. The restaurant itself is pretty spacious with plenty of seating. I also liked the paintings and artwork on the windows. Overall, decent food, but I'd definitely skip the salt & pepper prawns next time. Service was decent. They checked in at the beginning and end of the meal. I'd for sure come back to try some other dishes.

Last year, we saw that they were opening a restaurant in the Serramonte Mall. We decided to give it…read morea try but found out it's not open. So we went to this venue. For first timers, make sure you get a number if you didn't make reservations. We waited about 40 minutes on a Monday afternoon at 12:30 and it was packed. Koi pond was empty. Wish it was stocked. Once we sat down we told our server this is our first time and he explained how to order by using the menu. We had the Stir Fried Chow Mein $10, noodles were nicely cooked; Natural Bloom Ha Gow Sampler $14, my wife tried the red one and she said it was spicy but good; country Style Shrimp Dumplings $10, was nicely stuffed and delicious; Pan seared Juicy Pork Dumplings $13, was not my wife's favorite, bottom was a bit firm; Chinese broccoli with Oyster sauce $14, always my favorite and cooked perfectly and lastly, Deep Fried Crab Claws w Shrimp paste which was larger than other dim sum restaurants. Overall, we will be back for sure during our annual trip to the place we were born and raised, San Francisco

My family felt like dim sum so we made reservations for 11:45 am lunch on a Sunday. It was very…read morevery crowded! No one at front desk to check us in and there was no order to line up to talk to the person that finally came back to the front desk to check us in. We checked-in at 11:30 for our 11:45 reservation. We were told to listen for your name when your table is ready. I finally had to go up again to the front desk to ask how long would it be and was told we should have your table ready soon. Honestly, this place needs a remodel. Everything looks old! Maybe it will be a better place to have dim sum after they move to Serramonte. It was definitely packed. Dim sum was easy to order and most all the dishes came out piping hot but we had to use hot sauce/mustard to make it tastier. Neighborhood dim sum restaurants that are not fancy tastes just as good as Koi Palace and a little less expensive. Overall dim sum lunch was good, service was okay considering how busy they were. Walking out we walked through a hallway past the men & women's restrooms which the doors were wide open and there were paper towels all over the floor. Luckily none of us had to use the restroom but walking out through this exit was awful.

The staff here were very kind. Unfortunately, the quality of the food did not live up to the…read moreservice. Things started okay as we ordered a few lamb skewers as an appetizer which were a little tough, but had a nice cumin and spicy flavor. However, the main course was the biggest disappointment. We ordered three noodle soups and beef chow mein, and they were all extremely bland. In particular, the two fish noodle soups tasted almost identical despite one supposedly having green peppercorn and the other having pickled vegetable. Both were very under-salted and had very little flavor. The chow mein was equally bland, and the noodles were also very mushy and overcooked. I have never found myself reaching for the soy sauce at restaurants, but I did this time, not that it helped much. Overall, the meal felt very unsatisfying. Perhaps we just ordered the wrong items (maybe we should have tried their signature dry pots?) but after this experience, I'm not keen to give this place a second chance.

Came here for a family dinner and they were pretty accommodating in seating a large party…read more Service was fast and they were pretty nice and quick. We got a short rib dry pot, beef noodle soup, fried rice, various skewers, spicy wontons, and cucumber salad. Short rib dry pot was just okay, the meat itself was a bit chewy and it was pretty oily. The potatoes were a let down almost tasted like soggy fries rather than actual cut potatoes. Beef noodle soup was lacking in flavor as well and the meat tasted on the lower quality side. Beef, scallop, chicken skin/heart skewers were pretty flavorful and had some good smokiness to them, but the lamb skewers weren't up to par with the others. The chilli wontons were pretty good, plump, juicy, and had a strong spicy kick to them. Fried rice was exceptional, ended up ordering an extra order. Overall I think the quality of some of the dishes has gone a bit downhill from when they first opened.

We (18 of us) came here for a family dim sum lunch without reservations at 11am on a Saturday and…read morewas lucky enough to be seated at 2 large tables. They are located in a strip mall near several different food places, bakery, and a bowling alley. This is a solid dim sum place, with no frills and reasonable prices. You order off a printed menu that's in Chinese with tiny English subtitles. You can also order off their regular menu if you want to supplement the dim sum dishes. Their food is very good, and some dishes were excellent. The service was pretty quick, and before we knew it, all our dishes were out with almost no room on the lazy Susan. The standouts for me were: + Steamed custard buns (piggy buns) - I ordered these for the kiddies, but dang they are so good. The custard filling is so velvety, it's almost like pudding. I think I detected a hint of coconut too - yum. + Beef chow fun - this had a really good wok flavor and the noodles were less wide than most. The noodles didn't clump either, and the bean sprouts were still crispy. + Roasted pork belly - the skin was so crispy and the pork was juicy. We ordered most of the basic dishes like har gaw, sui mai, noodle rolls, turnip cake, stuffed eggplant, chicken feet, etc. and they were all above average. My only complaint is if you don't read Chinese, the menu is a little hard to navigate. The English subtitles are so small that if you're looking for something, you have to scan the front and back of the menu trying to find the item. I was looking for sticky rice in lotus leaf, but found sticky rice roll and thought it was the same thing. It wasn't. The sticky rice roll was not bad, but I found the rice drier than when it's in lotus leaf. We ordered a few things by mistake because the English subtitles were not that descriptive. Overall, a great alternative to more popular places like Koi Palace. The menu may not be as creative as Koi, but you don't have to deal with the lines and you still get great food.

Came to Tai Yuan for lunch on a Friday and was pleasantly surprised by how smooth everything went…read more We were a party of three and there was no wait--we were promptly seated and given a high chair. The dim sum menu was extensive, and they also had daily specials. Everything we ordered came out hot, fresh, and in a reasonable amount of time. One of the staff came around with a tray of baked goods immediately upon seated. We tried the BBQ Pork pastry, and it was flaky, flavorful, and just the right amount of sweet and savory--definitely recommend that one. Overall, we enjoyed almost everything we ordered. The only miss for us was one of the fried fish dishes and the green onion mantou, which was just okay. Would we come back? Absolutely. The service was efficient, the portions generous, and the food solid. Great spot if you're looking for dim sum that delivers on quality without the usual weekend chaos.