For me having dim sum is much like having fried chicken or meatloaf. It's comfort food, not…read morenecessarily fine dining. So like meatloaf I want it to be simple, predictable, and comforting. I don't need a chef wildly experimenting with my siu mai, or dabbling with my baked hom bow. My analysis of Sun Sui Wah, very nice interior, ok service, solid food. Was it a few dollars more than similar fare in Seattle, yes. But I also didn't have to drive to Seattle, not to mention put up with the street spectacle that now exists in the International District. It gets 5 stars because it delivers as promised.

Service : nonexistent Food: 9/10…read morePrice: standard but not worth for the horrible service. We spent about $600 for a party of 9. Would rather go to Diamond Bay, Tasty Szechuan, Royal Kitchen, (can see why they're busy and packed on a holiday weekday night and Sun Sui Wah is not) Went here for dinner for my grandma's 89th birthday with a party of 9 at 7pm. We ordered dishes typical of a 10 course meal including crab, Peking duck, live fish, rice, noodles, veggies, seafood, etc. The food was really good and didn't take too long to come out. Everything tasted good and we were all enjoying the family meal together and that's why I am giving 1 star because we will not be coming back. The service was absolutely horrible; ruined our dinner and wasted an extra 1-1.5hr of everybody's time. There was only 2 other tables in the restaurant and the servers started having dinner together at a table instead of working. I would understand if we were high maintenance customers or were giving them attitude but we did not. My cousin and I have both been FOH and BOH staff so we try to be understanding and patient when it comes to service especially coming from a Chinese background too. However, we asked for water several times, they never refilled anyone's water or the tea even once at this point it was end of dinner and 5 out of the 6 of us had completely empty glasses for about 30 minutes. We finally got water when we signaled to the Busser and he went to tell the same server again. We finished eating and decided to pay first so my grandma wouldn't try to pay. We tipped 18% off the bill since we were a large party and I wasn't about to punish all the workers for some water but what happened after made everything much worse. We asked for togo boxes and the server lady just dropped them off stared at our table and left. I was already wondering why she was seeming to be upset but seems like we were interrupting their dinner because 3 or 4 chinese servers were eating together at the table at the front when my sister's boyfriend went to pay. (That's why we didnt have water) I don't mind the workers needing to eat because I have been in their shoes before but please provide some service if you still have customers inside the restaurant waving at you. We wanted to leave just as much as they probabaly wanted to close at 10 pm(it was around 830ish now) We noticed that the cake they had been holding for us in the fridge was just sitting at another table in the restaurant. They saw us go grab it ourselves. We packed all the leftovers and started putting our dirty dishes and stuff onto the table because the workers were doing nothing. They saw that we were done but didn't want to stop their 8:30pm dinner I guess. Finally we asked them to bring us plates and clear the table. I have never had to ask the Chinese servers at any restaurant to clear the table before dessert, normally they do it for you, especially after you just tipped them almost $100 lol. The Chinese servers sent the bus boy to clear our table and guess what returned to their dinner! We again asked them for plates for the cake. It took so long to the point my sister missed picking up her prescription at 9pm. Not sure if the dim sum service is better but I'm pretty sure those 5 star service reviews are from the chinese servers' friends and/or family. Or the servers are taught to do nothing besides get the order and drop it off. Unfortunaly we will not be spending money at this establishment again because of the service and will be telling our family and friends in Issaquah and Bellevue to choose better places for sit down family meals. Hope others enjoy their meals because the food is still good

Words cannot explain the level of pleasure this food gives me. To put it simply, this taiwanese…read morecuisine is nothing short of impeccable and irreplaceable. Din Tai Fung has proved to be a much greater experience than dough zone on all levels. Including, the food, aesthetics, and especially our captivating waiter Katie. Along with our exceptional experience we also were granted the pleasure of a clear viewing of the chefs rolling our dumplings to perfection. We observed their unique techniques and I had a delicious, thirst quenching, black tea mango boba. To top it all off we indulged in creamy, melt-in-your-mouth chocolate dumplings for desert. Overall, eating at DTF in Bellevue, WA was the best thing that ever happened to me. I could never ask for anything more! 5 stars.

Although the wait time was long, the food was amazing, especially loved the dimsum varietiesread more

ROYAL KITCHEN @ BELLEVUE (crossroads)…read more Parking is pretty tight here, especially on the weekends when it gets super busy. Luckily, we were able to find a spot right out front, so I'd recommend slowly circling around and keeping an eye out for people leaving. I found this spot through Yelp and had been really craving good Chinese food, so I was super excited to finally try it. My family and I came without a reservation and were seated immediately, even though the restaurant was very busy. This place is definitely known for larger parties, there were lots of families and extended families dining together, which really gave it a classic family-style vibe. You order a bunch of dishes and share a little bit of everything, which I love. The staff were really friendly and greeted us right away with complimentary tea. Fun fact: in the mornings, tea is sometimes an extra charge, but in the evening it's free. We ordered a few dishes, including the honey walnut shrimp (which is my go-to order at any Asian restaurant), salt and pepper squid, house special vermicelli noodles, and Chinese broccoli. The vermicelli was a clear noodle dish loaded with different proteins like BBQ pork, squid, and shrimp. Everything had great flavor, but my absolute favorite was definitely the honey walnut shrimp. It was perfectly crispy and delicious. My only complaint is the portion size for the price, it was about $21 for roughly 10 pieces of shrimp, which felt pretty expensive. Overall, the portions were on the smaller side for what you're paying. Toward the end of the meal, they treated us to a complimentary papaya soup, which was a light, fruit-based dessert soup and a really nice way to finish. Our total came out to about $80, so it's definitely on the pricier side for Chinese food. That said, the food was delicious, the service was great, and if you're in the Bellevue area, I'd still recommend stopping by.

CHECK your bill here!!!!!!!!…read more We took our daughters from out of town for Sunday dim sum. Longtime family tradition!! And while we have often gone to the CID In Seattle, for many years and almost exclusively in recent years we have gone here and the previous business at the same location. I highly recommend this place and in my opinion the staff is usually always fantastic and they bring the food fast!! Today the service and food was fantastic and ordered so much it almost didn't fit on a 4 top table. We love leftover dim sum! But at the end of the meal they brought me the completed card with a total at the bottom. Didn't look beyond the total before tip and just gave the nice (very young) hostess my card. A server brought back just the two credit card slips and the price was seemingly $20 more than what was presented to me on the service card!?? I politely asked to see the bill again and then a longhgggh wait...... Then a heavily altered card was brought back showing the new total. I was not happy suddenly and asked why it was altered from the first one etc and a big argument from the server began that I didn't proliferate but she kept on and on and could not explain why all the changes by pen and saying that she was honest etc. insisting we "do the math" over and over Now we may have ordered that much food, but I know for a fact that the bill was clean written without alterations and $20 less than the corrected one. But still she couldn't give me a valid explanation for the changes and new total. In my opinion the high school age hostess made a mistake adding up before presenting the total to me and someone else edited it before running my card. If they had just admitted that I would not have been so disappointed. I don't believe that the staff here are dishonest and understand about mistakes but they did not handle it very diplomatically and it was a scene I didn't want to make. But I know that this was not the total presented to me for payment! Take a pic of your service card before sending the credit card to be run!!! It absolutely ruined our family outing and everyone was quiet in the car ride home. Not cool!!

I'm a student from a school and sometimes my friends and I after school love to go together and get…read moreboba and chat. The environment is wonderful, the staff is really nice and very sweet, and the food is really good and it makes us always come back for more! We have celebrated birthdays, holidays, and we come almost every other week. thank you Early Bird Cafe for everything! I highly recommend this place.

I had mapo tofu with meat. It was fine. The fried chicken was not my favorite. Very tough and…read morechewy. My least favorite was shumai. They are much smaller and very dull.

Absolutely Amazing!!! My new favorite dumpling place by far!! Prices are way better than other…read moredumpling places in the area and service was incredible!

Excellent xiao long bao!!! We got the original pork and the crab with pork. Xiao long bao. We also…read morehad the shrimp fried rice, shrimp and pork won ton mien and braised beef noodle soup. Service was excellent!! The restaurant was very clean and specious!! We loved everything!!

Great overall customer experience at Facing East - Bel Red location. This is a take out only…read morelocation, I recommend placing your order ahead of your arrival. Very fresh and well prepared dishes, the string beans are FANTASTIC! The portions are generous, ideal prices, and great customer service. I will definitely return, and highly recommend!

Okay this is the TRUE hole in a wall Bellevue experience. It's takeout only, and it's in the middle…read moreof a tucked away parking lot that definitely does not seem like it has a restaurant in it. HOWEVER -- the food here? Honestly, so good. When I went I ordered at the counter, and in the 15 minutes it took to make my food (so fast!) I saw no less than 6-7 people come to pick up orders. And they know what's up, because the dishes at Facing East are so flavorful and mouth-wateringly good that I think I'll be ordering out from here more than I probably should. My friend and I only got two dishes between us -- the Taiwanese chow mein and the popcorn chicken -- but just those two have me excited to try more. Again, the FLAVORS! I don't know what they put in their seasoning, but I loved every bit of it. Highly recommend!

Very casual, it's in like a food hall with other stalls and seating around. You order on a kiosk…read moreand seems like it's freshly made to order since we did wait a bit and it was super hot when we got it! Sheng jian bao (Pork) - very juicy and tasty! 4/5 Jianbing (Chinese sausage + Medium Spicy) - I feel like it's a bit carb heavy with the wrap and the you tiao inside. It's still tasty with the sauce and sausage but I don't think I'd order it again 2.5/5

I I ordered food to go. I got the beef and the chicken soup dumplings . I opened the boxes and…read morethought they were switched at first but in reality they gave me the wrong items . I tried to call them to make sure that they didn't give me pork because they both looked like white meat and not beef. I was scared I ate the pork dumplings. They did not pick up the phone even though I was there a 15 minutes ago. They were not busy when I was there and there were two people at the restaurant working . I'm disappointed that they wouldn't even pick up the phone to just let me know if they gave me pork or not. It was too late to get my actual order but peace of mind would have been nice.

Just visited for a quick meal on Friday night with 2 other girlfriends. It was my first time and…read morethere was some hits and misses. Service: Kind server, was a little surprised that none of the staff there was of Asian descent which threw me off a bit TBH. As a restaurant that touts itself as the "best Chinese food in Bellevue" I would've expected some more Asian representation throughout. Food: Started with shrimp dumping dim sum. Good quality but not sure 4 small dumplings are worth $12? The main star of dinner was the Beef Short Rib. It is presented in a sizzling cast iron pot with the entire bone sticking out. It was tender and caramelized from the heat of the bowl, really good. It does feel like the $48 price point could have necessitated cut carrots vs. packaged baby carrots but the dish overall was yummy. Crispy Pork Belly was just fried pieces of pork belly without much flavor and very fatty. Garlic Green Beans were standard and good. Singapore Noodles had good flavor but something was off - not sure if the rice noodle texture was overcooked or the curry hit needed to be punched up. Atmosphere: Gorgeous decor and the restaurant is huge - it started to fill up as the night went on. Overall it was just fine. I've had way better Chinese food in Bellevue and with Dough Zone across the street and Monsoon next door (not Chinese food but in the Asian family), I'd probably go with other options on Main Street.

Came here on a Monday night for happy hour with a friend and loved our food and drinks! Nice, warm…read moreatmosphere and great service. Forgot to take a picture of the food and drinks but did get updated photos of the HH menu. We had the garlic crispy chicken, a manhattan and a lychee martini. Definitely recommend!

Baron's Sino Kitchen & Bar in Bellevue has one of the best Peking Ducks I've had in the Seattle…read morearea -- crispy skin, juicy meat, and very authentic. And the whole duck is only $58. Definitely worth trying.

Underwhelming restaurant featuring both Chinese and Chinese American dishes. Dishes were so so. The…read morepreparation and seasoning were showing a lack of techniques and knowledge of Chinese cuisines. Not worth the price. The pecking duck was a major disappointment, especially the way pieces were cut. The braised pork belly was not tender enough and carried some gaminess. Stir fried green beens were not bad. Maybe it would have been a better experience if I ordered Chinese American dishes.

Fix your chili sauce and your attitude!…read more When your customer tells you that the chili is out and only oil remains, refill the chili containers. Do not tell your customers that oil is all that they should expect to have. It is not your job to talk down to and lecture your customers about how chili sauce should be served and used. Your customers know better than you do.

This is a nice spot because it isn't over crowded like DTF. It's in a strip mall in Bellevue and…read moreit's easy to get to. It wasn't crowded on a week day and it's in a mall full of Indian and other ethnic places. The Xiao long Bao dumplings were nice and it's a great place to plot the next step in your startup adventures.