Stopped by for a weekday family dinner and the restaurant is packed. The food took a while to come…read moreout as there were a few large parties being hosted. The flavors of each dish is spot on. The beef chow fun was no greasy. The sweet and sour pork is crispy and tossed in a tangy sauce. The braised fish and eel have similar seasoning but both are very good. Oyster pancake was a big soggy but the oysters are fresh, large and juicy. Def worth returning.

Great food with good quality ingredients that one should expect at this location and price point…read morefor dim sum. And I believe it's also the only place around there which was able to take a large party reservation, so that was a good bonus. The seating was very comfortable that is not too cramped and packed. The menu has a good mix of traditional Cantonese dimsum items along with Chiu Chow delicacies.

You cannot miss this great local eatery when you visit in Hong Kong! 避風塘炒蟹!read more

Had a fun and yummy dinner last night. We use local app (Open Rice) and found this joint. I am…read moresurprised to see this on Yelp. Since I am here, I thought I would share with my peeps. I post a picture of its lobby as I would never be able to spot it without Google map. As we took the elevator up to the second floor, we could hear all the chatters before the door is opened. We were shocked once the door is opened. This place is vibing!! We didn't make a reservation at all. We got there around 8pm on a Thursday night. We were seated immediately. All the staff are super friendly and funny. We ordered a bunch of food and a few bottles of beers. What a fun night with great food! We will certainly come back when we are back to Hong Kong.

I was looking for a place to eat in the Moko mall and noticed this restaurant. Having heard good…read morereviews on OpenRice, I decided to try this place. For an appetizer, I ordered the satay chicken skewers. The chicken was very sour and adding the peanut sauce on top of it didn't make it better. It was a disappointment. For an entree, I ordered the spaghetti carbonara. The pasta was not creamy at all and the sauce was very watery. Another disappointment. What really ticked me off was that I didn't even get my entree yet and the waiter handed me the bill. I'm like, are you serious? I'm definitely not coming back here again.

Goood good good! But very small portions, it's sort of like Thai food tapas-style. A long list of…read morecute drinks. Fancy decor and nice service. The food overall is good though! However I do find it expensive. You pay for atmosphere and experience. Honestly you'd find better Thai food elsewhere. But still I can expect any Greyhound to be a nice cafe with delicious Thai food. It's a place to impress!

Here's another flavor of dim sum in Hong Kong: Dim sum with a breathtaking harbor view!…read more To enjoy a great view of Hong Kong, you'll need to be on the Kowloon side, and Tsim Tsa Tsui East (TST East) is among one of a few areas that offer a spectacular view of the harbor as well as the skyline of the island. So if this is your first time visiting HK, this would be an ideal place to check out a local dim sum favorite as well as one of the most amazing harbor views in the World - something that you cannot find in North America. Ho Choi, literally translated as good luck, has every characteristic of an old-school traditional and superstitious Chinese name. It's more of a local gem rather than a tourist trap - such as those Chinese restaurants located in the Four Seasons or Ritz Carlton. Here, you'll enjoy tasty dim sums while rubbing elbows with local folks and a staff that speaks limited but enough English. Prices are moderate and reasonable for a restaurant that is at a somewhat upscale area. The basic staples such as har gow, siu mai, pork spare ribs, etc. were really good, albeit not outstanding. However, one dish was absolutely amazing and memorable: FRIED BEAN CURD ROLL IN TOMATO & EGG SOUP. The bean curd wrap was thin and was fried to a crispy perfection. The filling was soft, moist, and yummy. The rolls were dipped in a thick and delicious tomato & eggs soup which was close to heavenly even by Hong Kong's high standard. I will definitely order this dish again the next time I'm there.

Ho Choi (好彩) not only holds the distinction of being part of a memorable restaurant name group, but…read morealso features one of the better Dim Sum experiences in TST. On top of that, it's Dim Sum with a view; a beautiful one of the HK skyline. Situated at the top of the Empire Centre, this banquet hall serves as an ideal spot for all occasions big and small. The prices are reasonable; somewhere between 20-38HKD for each dish. Want a better deal? Shoot for the early bird special before 10:30am for 15 HKD or less select dishes. Plus, the food is fresher and the crowd rush is non existent. While I haven't seen a ton of tourists here (hello locals!), it should be noted there are no carts here. It's all a la carte style and be assured there is a limited English menu available. The selection is pretty stellar and more importantly, the food is tasty. The special shrimp rice noodle (鮮蝦腸粉) is beautifully presented, in bite size snippets served with whole shrimps in each fold. Same bodes for the har gau shrimp dumplings (蝦餃), which may seem a bit minuscule, but pack a decent amount of flavor. Kudos to their dumpling soup ((灌湯餃) for not being overly salty, and sporting a super silky dumpling everyone can get behind. Regular siu mai (燒賣) is readily available, but I would vote for any extra dollars for the super version in the emerald mushroom version (翡翠北菇燒賣). I admit to not being a fan of Malay sponge cake (馬拉糕) but I rather appreciate Ho Choi's soft and squishy version. Turns out I'm just not a fan of dry, less fluffy versions. Their haam seoi gok (鹹水角) is one of the better versions I've sampled, at least before noon. Anytime after that, it becomes like the rest of the subpar set from Dim Sum land. I really enjoyed their sticky rice (糯米飯), which is abundant in Chinese sausage (臘腸), which will ultimately win me over any day. No dim sum experience is complete without egg tarts (蛋撻) but I reckon the lao sa bao (流沙包) is the ultimate sweet treat. Living up to its "flowing sand" name, it is a steamed, fluffy, bao of magic runny sweet egg custard. When done well, it is a highlight as much as any, and one that I look forward to each time I'm at Ho Choi in TST. I haven't been around to try their dinner as of yet, but if it's anything like their Dim Sum hour, I'm sure to be in for a treat.

Everyone wants the Dai Pai Dong experience, so who can blame visitors of the Temple Street Market…read morefor wanting to take part in a place like Tong Tai? They're conveniently located on Temple, loaded with fresh seafood swimming in buckets / tubs, and semi-aggressive wait staff recruiting tourists by the handful to take part in the outdoor communal Chinese food experience. The two things that stuck out the most within the food, specifically how salty and how expensive everything was. Our list of dishes included: Yeung Chow Fried Rice (揚州炒飯), Black Bean Clams (豉椒炒蜆), Salt and Pepper Fried Fish (椒鹽魚片), Shrimp w/ Eggs (蝦仁炒蛋), Tea Egg + Tofu (茶葉蛋豆腐), and Mantis "Pissing" Shrimp (攋尿蝦). The most underwhelming was the pissing shrimp, which a little meat and a lot of shells. When our bill ($780HKD) came out, there was a little bit of sticker shock. Not all is terrible. Despite the greasy and salty food, they were constantly coming back to make sure we had what we needed. There was no shortage of help and they took our feedback well, but chuckled when we noted the salt (Could it really have been MSG?). They have a bunch of tables and the turnover is quick enough to where even waiting isn't a big deal. Heck, there's even unlimited napkins here. Any HK'er would surely appreciate that. Anyone who is looking to drink will surely have it here -- there are beer girls walking around looking to sell by the bottle or by the bucket. Perhaps next time (if there even is one), that'll be the route I choose when I feel like people watching and drinking along Temple Street.

Come for the experience, not for the food! Mediocre seafood overseasoned at relatively high prices,…read morebut the seemingly most popular spot offering you the chance to get fresh seafood and beers outdoors while people watching at Temple Market. The fried chili crab was ok, fried chili shrimp was ok, fresh scallop was better. Fast friendly service. Great option for a larger group as well.

Before leaving Hong Kong, we always ended up having our last meal at IFC after checking in at Hong…read moreKong Station. Tonckchi Tonkatsu Seafood is on the pricey side but you are paying for quality. Sashimi Platter was fresh with good fish selection. Pork was deep fried to perfection: golden crisp outside and tender inside. Service was fast and friendly. Love how the staff going around and refilling cabbage salad which is part of the set without requesting. Great dining experience worth trying if you like tonkatsu!

Had to wait about 25-30min for a table for 2 after arriving at 12.15, but the service was efficient…read moreand we didn't wait long for out orders to come out. The lunch sets include multiple little side plates which can help fill you up. A bit expensive with the sets around $200 give or take depending on which one you pick, but the food is good.

Delicious dim sum at an early hour…read more My wife and I made a quick stop in Hong Kong on our way to another country and decided to step out for a few hours for some good ol' dim sum. Since Tim Ho Wan and Din Tai Fung were not open at the time when we arrived, we searched for a dim sum restaurant with good reviews, that was also open early in the morning .... and in came Yat Chui Pavilion. Not only was the dim sum really fresh and good here, but little did we know that they were also a chain because we passed by another location not too far from this one. As for this location, there are no carts that are pushed around like your traditional dim sum experience. Instead, the restaurant lets customers check off what they want on the menu and hand the filled out menu to an employee. To sum up the menu, pretty much every item that we expect to be on a dim sum menu was served here. You want it, they have it. Since we were starving at 8:30am, we ended up ordering numerous dishes (DON'T JUDGE US): Steamed Shrimp Rice Rolls Steamed BBQ Pork Rice Rolls Steamed BBQ Pork Buns Steamed Sweet Milk Custard Buns Steamed Chicken Feet Steamed House Special Shrimp Dumpling Steamed Sweet Milk Custard Buns Steamed Pork Ribs with Black Bean Sauce Steamed Pork Siomai with Crab Roe I won't comment on every dish we ordered except to say each and every one of them were delicious and just as good as anywhere we've had dim sum globally and New York City, our hometown. With that said, there was one dish we ordered that really did stand out though and that was the Steamed Sweet Milk Custard Buns, as it was exceptional here. What really made it so good was that the custard inside was extremely hot and fresh. Once bitten into, the custard oozed out like a creamy yellow lava. If there was one dish we'd recommend, that would be it! Service here was blah. Nothing extraordinary. The restaurant was very spacious and clean and at 8:30am had a good number of customers seated already. If you're not into big global name restaurants like Tim Ho Wan or Din Tai Fung and just want some fresh, delicious dim sum, Yat Chui Pavilion does the job.

The Dim sum place is very centralized if you decide to eat next to the bay. It was a cross the…read morestreet from where I was staying Shangri La Hotel. The Dim sum was average. However I really liked their yogurt drink. It had a little kick to it. Also this place only takes cash, so please be prepared

Visited this restaurant after arriving to HK from US, I genuinely enjoyed the experience…read morewholeheartedly! This restaurant maintains the good old glory days quality HK style cuisine, the foods are fresh and delicious, manager Mr. Tam took care of our party dutifully and sincerely, even we didn't look like rich people by any means. We had a lovely evening just by dining there, will sure to visit again before heading back home!

Solid 4 This place…read moreis in the Causeway Bay District. Very easy to find if you take the "Ding Ding"; just one block away from Kings road. Once you hit the plaza, you take the escalator (twice), then get on the elevator. There are different menu with special prices for weekdays (depends on what time you go in). I love the red ginger pot; you can pretty much smell it once you enter the restaurant. A lot of authentic dim sums and they are flavorful. Interior: Decent ambiance. (table clothes are stained) Food: Delicious Staff: Friendly Highly recommend this dim sum restaurant.