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Yum Cha Palace

3.7 (419 reviews)
ModerateDim Sum

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Casual
Moderate noise
Good for groups
Good for kids

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GlobeTrotter L.

In A NUtshell: -I have always enjoyed eating dim sum at Yum Cha. -They have really good tea here too. -The service is always very friendly & fast. -I enjoyed the food, especially the Peking Duck, the skin is so crispy. Overall, it's not a bad place to grab some dim sum if you are in Menlo Park.

Pork buns
Hope L.

This place was so good! They were able to accommodate about 15 of us and the food was delicious. The waiters were really friendly as well! Some highlights include the shrimp dumplings and the pork buns. The pork buns were crispy on the outside and soft in the inside and tasted delicious! The shrimp dumplings were tasty as well as they were perfectly soft and cooked to perfection. I would come here again!

Shrimp Rice Roll
Norases V.

Generous servings! All dim sum items are amazing as well as their cooked food. The rice rolls are their specialty, get shrimp or peking duck one! Shrimp and chive pan fried dumpling is the best and their lava bun is always a hit. snow pea shoots stir fried with garlic, xo string beans, fried hong kong noodles with seafood, salt and pepper calamari, chicken special, claypot fried rice are all authentic. Get Chrysanthemum tea if you want no caffeine and refreshing.

Emily N.

We love our dim sum so we were disappointed by a few dishes here. They were just shy of great which was unfortunate. The ha Cheung (shrimp rice roll) wasn't very flavorful. The ha gow (steamed shrimp dumpling) was quite chewy. And the xlb soup dumpling dough was super thick. Service was fast and efficient though which was nice. We were seated in this very corner even though the restaurant was quite empty... I'm assuming it may be because we came with a toddler and an infant in a stroller so they thought a corner spot may be less cumbersome for us and other guests but felt a little odd being so off to the side when the big restaurant only had maybe 3-4 other tables of guests. Parking was easy with downtown lots just a block behind the restaurant.

Kaneesia Kamil C.

Huge space to enjoy dimsum with friends or family! Came in opening on Sunday morning and it was not crowded. Service was great, we had some error with some of our orders and they gladly replaced them. All were delicious!!

Shrimp dumplings
Ken C.

Sufficient I mean it's not good by any stretch of the imagination, but good enough to pass as dim sum. It is a la carte so now carts sadly. We got a variety of buns, dumplings, and other dishes. The best by far was the turnip cakes - crispy, hot, spicy, and fragrant, stir fried with peppers and aromatics. Everything else was aight. Soup dumplings were borderline offensive. Very small and skin was wayyy too thick. Served with red vinegar??

Rice noodle with shrimp
Eva L.

Went back for more dimsum and to try the Singaporean noodles because it looked good on another table. Singaporean noodles was cooked with curry which I thought was just ok. It did have big pieces of shrimp which I liked. BBQ pork egg noodles were ok. Will pass on the giant meatballs next time. Will definitely get the shumai again. Loked the wonton soup especially the wonton itself filled with well seasoned ground pork and piece of shrimp.

Half Peking duck $19
Kristie C.

Had cravings for dim sum at night, but didn't want to venture far from home. This place is very okay, but didn't really hit the spot :( so I may have to trek on the weekend to Cupertino or millbrae Ambiance seemed a little depressing lol. Best to worst: - Ma lai go STEAMED SPONGE CAKE $5.5 (YAY): not too sweet, served warm - WOR WONTON SOUP $13.5 (OK): not a huge fan of the wontons in this: mixed pork with a shrimp hanging on, soup was standard - HALF PEKING DUCK $19 (OK): served pre-cut and inserted into the buns, decently meaty but prefer to serve my own - CHEUNG FUN /rice paper rolls: $8.5 (EH) shrimp was okay, but duck tasted like they scraped the old bits into the rolls. Overall noodle was a little mushy - HA GAO (EH) $7.5 for 4. Not a huge fan of the texture of the shrimp, - SHRIMP W SNOW PEAS $17 (EH): okay texture but very garlic heavy and oily - TRIPLE MUSHROOM CHICKEN $18.5 (PASS): oily and was hoping for more unique mushrooms like snow fungus, fresh mushrooms etc but was mostly canned - CHICKEN MUSHROOM BUN $6.5 for 3: (PASS): not very mushroomy, more green onion dominated. Not a fan Not my first pick to be back, but would come if a craving needed to be satisfied during traffic I guess

Super small Steam B.B.Q Pork Bun
Meryn D.

We ordered a few things: mushrooms E fu noodle (no seafood), orange beef, steam bbq pork bun and stick rice. The steam bbq pork bun is super small, much smaller than expected! The orange beef is chewy and the sauce is weird, skip it! The original price for E fu noodle is $27 with abalone but we requested for vege only, they charged us $21 for it, it's very small portion and doesn't worth the price! The only thing is good is the sticky rice, because it doesn't contain too much msg (still has some, but much less msg compared to similar item you can get from other dim sum to go stores).

Assortment of dim sum plates
Crystal M.

Food: Average Service: They forgot 2 of our plates so had to remind the wait staff twice Kitchen staff smoking right next to the back entrance open to the parking lot where a lot of customers use, not welcoming...

Fried Chinese Chives Dumpling
Brandee M.

Yummy for dim sum!! This was my second time coming here and I was as pleasantly surprised. It's on el Camino so there's parking in the back and the lots and 2 entrances depending on where you come from. No one pushing carts on the Saturday morning but the menu was fine- everything I got was so good. The servers were actually attentive and brought me what I needed quickly and overall food was good. Ambiance is of a regular dim sum- no music but just families having a good time eating and drinking their tea. I will come back from any dim sum craving!

Interior
Jason H.

I recommend parking in the back parking lot because there's another entrance in the back of the restaurant. The interior is a great vibe and offers a lot of natural sunlight. Never judge a book by its cover. The food at the restaurant was good but not too salty, specifically the bbq pork buns. The custard was a nice treat after. The fish porridge was great I recommend asking for red vinegar and white pepper to add on. Overall a great stop for a nice snack.

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Ask the Community - Yum Cha Palace

Is Yum Cha Menlo Park still open for business? I've been calling all day and no one answers the phone. They say they are open on Monday.

They're open now. I just called in today 7/21/22 and they said they just opened back up.

Is dining in available now (July 2021)?

Yes, it is open for inside dining.. Look online for hours

Do they have outdoor dining?

No, there is no outdoor dining.

How is the parking?

Parking. Is behind the place with ample parking spaces.

Is dim sum served all day?

I see a dim sum lunch and dinner menu on their website. Yum!

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