Fantastic restaurant to come for dinner. The food is traditional Cantonese style. They have some fantastic dishes there. The dishes are very tasty and fresh ingredients are used. I really like their seafood dishes here. Very authentic and very good food. My recommendations...well too many suggestions. This restaurant has not failed since becoming my family's go to restaurant now. I have been here for Yum Cha- Dim Sum. They have all the traditional classic dim sum dishes as well. Very good as well during dim sum hours. read more

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I had Chinese New Year dinner here last night. The quality of the food and service has gone down. Should have known that we were set up for a bad meal as soon as we sat down. The wine glasses were dirty! Very visible soap scum and hard water stains! The lazy Susan was dirty. It looked like it was wiped down with a dirty rag. You could see crummy oil particles on the glass. Service was shit. There was a young waiter assigned to our section. He kept looking around at all of the tables but didn't bother to refill teapots or switch out dinner plates during the middle of the meal. It was an older waiter who noticed and told him to do the work. Most of the dishes were horrible. Don't be deceived by my picture. The glossiness of the dishes are from the excessive oil and corn starch. There was so much corn starch in each dish that after a while the sauce was gloopy. Not very appetizing when your plate is full of gloopy sauce. There was so much msg in the dishes. I poured tea into my cup continually to try to alleviate my thirst. They ran out of dessert soup, so we only got oranges at the end. I guess the table that finished ahead of us got the last of the soup. The tab came out to a ridiculous amount which I don't even want to talk about. We would have been happier with fast food. We would have gone to a different restaurant, but it was difficult getting reservations. Many of the restaurants were booked more than a week in advance for Chinese New Year weekend. The only available time slots were after 9pm. So in conclusion, go elsewhere for dinner. There are so many better options in Sunset park. read more

Bamboo Garden - 2-7-2016 Chinese New Year dinner - lots of oil and msg - Dim Sum Near Me - Brooklyn, New York

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I haven't write much since my last review but here's a place I have to voice my opinion. This place is pack with old people or babies' on a Saturday morning. Not 11am dimsum time for more of you people but we are talking about 9AM; before the time for that 1 hour line. If you get up early, you can find a seat here or pretty much anywhere for dimsum. The reason I won't suggest this place just the fact there are so many other good better place. The food is packed with MSG here and I left with a really bad taste in my mouth. I won't even go into the health expect of a supposed clean Saturday morning. in term of variety, there are a few good specialty here and there but nothing special. They don't have that special table that they make food on the spot. Over all, it's affordable and clean for all I know. You don't want to visit the kitchen or see whoever made your food in a Chinese restaurant. Have fun. read more

The Golden Bay Seafood Restaurant is also call Bamboo Garden Restaurant on some of the signs and menu- After coming here for about a dozen times with friends and family for lunch I can safely say it one of my favorite places for Dim Sum. The salted squids and cutter fish are awesome. The bowls of chow fun and rice noodles are very large and tasty. But I never try dinner here, so last night we decide to do a road trip from Queens to Brooklyn just to try the dinner selections. It was worth the slow traffic and bumpy road. We tried their house special chicken and their short ribs in tangy sauce. Both were delicious. We ordered other basic food to test the quality too. The whole family enjoyed the old-fashion Cantonese style dinner. The waiter service was excellent; they really do not need to keep changing our plates (trying to be green)! The weekday parking was easy with plenty of street spaces. read more

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What you need to know: - Came here for dim sum because Eater NY seems to love this place and claims this is the best dim sum in Brooklyn. If this is true, Brooklyn is in big trouble! - Parking is very difficult in the area! - Not a very large restaurant, but I came on a Sunday afternoon and didn't have to wait. - Best dishes: roast pork pastry (cha siew so), tripe, and pork dumpling (siu mai) What we ordered (from best to worst): - Roast pork pastry - flaky crust with a caramelized bottom, the filling was perfect, in that the meat offering was generous, not too sweet, or too much gravy. Wonderful filling to crust ratio. - Tripe - surprisingly tender with a wonderful savory flavor/sauce - Pork dumpling (siu mai) - large and bountiful dumpling. It was very juicy and there were big chucks of pork and shrimp. - Shrimp rice roll - it was decent, but I prefer for the rice roll to be a tad thinner. - Carrot shaped dumplings with roast pork filling - Super cute and I really liked the mochi-like texture of the dumpling. But the filling was very sparse, very poor ratio of crust to filling. - Chicken feet - it was not very tender and was a tad tough to chew off the bone. It made the un-elegant eating of this dish even less elegant. - Durian puff - full disclaimer: I don't like durian! But for people who do, this would be AMAZING! Very strong durian flavor, creamy, rich and the puff was crispy. - Shrimp dumpling (ha gow) - Whaaaaat? This is the dish that I judge every dim sum restaurant by, but the skin of this shrimp dumpling was thickly bundled up at the top and I actually wanted to spit it out! However, the filling was fairly decent (generous and juicy enough). read more

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The Bad - Long wait - Noisy The Good - Shrimp with mayo - Steamed pork bun - Twin flavor fried rice (tomato and egg sauce, and some other white sauce) - Steak cubes with fresh asparagus - Soup with noodles (not on menu) - Pan Fried noodles - Beef chow fun - The list goes on The Bottomline- Worth checking out. Many different and new things to try there. Prices are fair. Food is good ranging from take out to dim sum to dinners. The roasted pork is off the hook! read more

Food is super Good, the service is very great, and ambiance Is great as well. The place has lots of chandeliers and the experience is quality read more

I went in here around noon to take a break from my visit to the cancer center across the street. Average place with carcasses hanging everywhere, kind of scared me. They rushed me out of there because i was by myself. read more

Bamboo Garden - Dim Sum Near Me - Brooklyn, New York

I like the dim sum here. It's decent. I found a bug in my pan fried noodles, I showed the server. She had a surprised look, then proceeded to take the dish away. Didn't acknowledge to care or apologize. Nor to offer remaking the dish or if I wanted to keep the dish. I recommend the other dim sum restaurant just up the block from this place. Tastier, but a longer wait. No bugs. read more

Bamboo Garden - Bug in my pan fried noodles :( - Dim Sum Near Me - Brooklyn, New York

I come here on weekly basis and the best meat is their roasted pork. It's good for lunch which is the roasted pork over rice, price is affordable too. Around lunchtime this place is packed for people want to eat dimsum. so they have wild variety of dim sum and every dish tastes different . they all very hot and all the ladies push the cart are very friendly and they were introduced to you what type of food. read more

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I had a great dim sum eating experience at this restaurant. We were seated quickly after we arrive and the staff was very attentive. We were seated in a room just along side the main dining area but the dim sum carts came around just as often as in the main room. There was a large selection of items to choose from off of the carts and everything we tried was absolutely delicious. I also liked that they had vegetarian options on some of the carts so that I had a few things I could try. This is a great place to spend an afternoon with friends or family they do not rush you at all. read more

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A bigger-than-it looks dimsum venue, this has a lot of seating in the back, and apparently downstairs as well. A large party of 9, we ended up in the very back, which wasn't very great for getting fresh/warm food (hence the slightly lower rating). The selections here are pretty normal, nothing too different from most others - there was one server that literally tried to put the soy-sauce covered taro root on our table twice. Even after we told her no a few times. The front of the building has a carved meats section for take-out. Looked good; will have to try it another time. The chicken feet - okay, at least there were black beans, but lacked a salty flavor. The rice turned over in a bowl was a bit dry, and the egg rolls were cold. They had really decent sesame balls & squares; the fried food here seems to be quite a bit better than normal. The rest... was so-so due to being not as hot as you'd want from food in a dimsum place (it gets cold, it gets oily & thick, right?). The tea, at least, was refilled, and it was very reasonable - $8 a person, after tip. read more

DON'T - the restaurant has a first floor and a "basement," if you want traditional style dim sum, stay on the first floor, when i was there, i got a table downstairs and there was really no cart going around because it was just rooms with tables, they left the cart outside and you had to get the stuff yourself at least when i was there, then later some guy bought a big dish with various selections, i had to go upstairs to get what i wanted because it felt like upstairs had more, so i was serving the table half the time and getting what i want upstairs, don't come so late or else you will have to wait for a seat, even you have to wait downstairs DO - come here, it is similar to the rest of the dim sum places in 8th avenue, dinner is pretty decent at this place, lobster and fish are good choices FOOD - they have the durian dim sum plate for the durian lovers, pretty much the food is the same as the other places PARKING - park on 66th street between 8th and 7th avenue and walk over, don't even attempt to park on 64 or 63, spots are hard to find read more

The server/cook was rude from the get-go. While there, he was confronted by a returning customer with a complaint, and he basically argued with her. When we ordered, we were told that the posted charges on the menu were not up to date. When we asked for a cup, for a small bottle of water, he gave us a styrofoam cup. Then when leaving, there was no trash container, and he got upset when my wife brought over my trash after she took hers for him to throw away in the kitchen area. We had spare ribs and needed a few napkins. No tip, no repeat business. read more

Came here for the first time after my best friend recommended it. At 9am on a Friday it was easy to get a table. The first thing I noticed was the service. The host, servers and dim sum cart ladies were so polite. They said "Good Morning", "Thank you" (after serving us food), and "No Problem" (when we said Thank you). I know this may sound minimal to some but manners like this are unheard of in most Chinese restaurants. I will give them 5 stars for service. I ordered my usual: Siu mai, chicken feet, beef tripe, sticky rice with chicken, and shrimp noodle roll. The siu mai was good. Chicken feet were a bit dry. Shrimp noodle roll was cold. Beef tripe was super soft but lacking flavor (maybe wasn't soaked in sauce long enough). Sticky rice was good. East Harbor has always been my favorite for dim sum. It's nice to know we have an alternative now even if not perfect. I would come back. read more

I really like their dim sum here in addition to their spacious atmosphere and dim sum selections. It is also convenient to shop for groceries as for Fei Lung Market is literally across the street. My favorite dim sum are ha gao, beef stripes, shark fin shrimp ha gao, and beef/shrimp rice cakes. Most of them are size medium so expect to spend $20-30 for two people not including tips. They allow you to put it on your credit card with a min $20 transaction, tax included. No tax if you pay with cash. Fresh made dim sum so that's good. Tasted above average not superb. Good luck finding parking. I would recommend parking your car at Fei Lung. I don't think they charge that much but if you buy groceries from them you can park there free for an hour ( you have to show receipt upon leaving). read more

Bamboo Garden - 1st round... - Dim Sum Near Me - Brooklyn, New York

They lady that answers the phone is a b*tch and I had to curse her out. I called regarding my order and she was beyond rude and was screaming for no reason. Never ordering from them again. read more

This place have a worst man who pick up the phone for take out! I called for the pan fried rice noodles w. Duck, then he said there's no more duck. In that case, I asked him what is available instead of duck, he didn't answer me but keep saying 'Don't ask for me, how do I know what you want?!' without any patient. After hand up the call, my friend called again, the same rude guy pick up the phone again. My friend asked for another favor pan fried rice noodles, guess what? He said there's no more rice noodles. How stupid he is! When the first time I call, why can he just told me that sold out the rice noodles already? What a terrible staff ! read more

Oy, Bamboo Garden is like an abusive girlfriend I keep coming back to. But only because my parents make me. If it were up to me, I would turn around and walk out the door as soon as I saw the "C" health rating on the front window. But alas, when I'm not paying, I have no say. I do have to admit that the last time I was here, I had a surprisingly pleasant meal. On a Friday night around 7:30, there were tons of empty tables (which is saying something), service was quick, and the food was more than adequate. Peking duck, some sort of pepper steak, vegetables in soup, and a single lobster (all special prices). The steak was a little lukewarm, but not bad tasting. The Peking duck wasn't as well presented as it is at Park Asia (which boggles the mind since Park Asia gets theirs from Bamboo Garden!), but it tasted as it should - delicious. So hopefully, this is my final update of Bamboo Garden - come if you must, but do it for dinner, and be warned that the place is largely inconsistent. read more

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My hubby and I have friends who are big fans of Chinese fare, and whenever we're hankering for dim sum, we come to Bamboo Garden. We don't even consider going to Chinatown in Manhattan or Queens. Half the time we're not even sure what we're eating--we just point to whatever looks good in the passing food carts and we've rarely been disappointed. Even though the servers tend to speak limited English, they are very good at guiding us to what we may like, and gently redirecting us if they don't think we'll like something, for example durian. If you go on a Sunday, be sure to arrive early--say, before 11 a.m. While there is always a line, we are usually seated immediately. Four of us ate handsomely for only $50. Note: Parking is limited in the neighborhood, and the closest parking lot charged us $10, but given how little our meal cost I felt it was well worth the price. read more

Another great Dim Sum restaurant in the Brooklyn area. There are quite a few options between 55th-65th street on 7th and 8th ave, but not all of them are the best. Just like any other Dim Sum, if you come in the late morning or early afternoon, your going to be waiting a while. The food here is really tasty and the prices are fair as well. We typically get our standard course of chicken feet, meatballs, tofu, noodles, pork buns, etc. Most of their dishes are really tasty. The pork buns are good here, but are not the best that I have had. They are the standard pork bun with not a lot of flair. Again not bad, but after having some top notch ones, I am a bit pickier. The only thing you need to remember is to make time to find parking or take the subway here, its in a very busy area! read more

I don't think I will come here for a while. This time I visited here for dimsum brunch, we waited half hour and the variety was so limited. There was more desserts than actual dimsum dishes. The price of the dimsum dish increased on every size and I waited a hour to finally see the white steamed pork bun. This visit was a far cry from the last review that I wrote on this place. Hey, at least the Chrysanthemum tea didn't change, I didn't know that they charged for tea either. The other dimsum place don't charge for tea. read more

Got a tip to come here and try the Peking duck from a friend. They were out of Peking Duck unfortunately. Doh! I came around the holidays and they were packed. Seating was chaotic. The guy in charge of seating guests seemed out of it and we had to flag his attention several times and tell him we wanted to wait for a table before he finally put us on the list. The food was not bad but I wasn't blown away. We had a steamed flounder, which was not bad - meaty though the taste was a bit lacking. HK style steak was a bit rough and hard to chew. The banquet style noodles with crab meat was good. Probably the highlight of our meal. I was impressed that they seem to have a large and creative menu. I'll be back for sure and hopefully have a better meal next time. read more

I came here for dim sum with a group of 5 people on a Sunday at noon. I haven't been to the restaurant since they renovated it this past summer. The place looks much cleaner and modern than it was before. It's still as large as before - 2 large rooms. Also, the dim sum cart ladies wear much more hygienic gear than other dim sum places - hats and mouth guards to prevent spit from getting on the food. The place was not too packed, still managed to get a table for 5 people at noon with no wait which was amazing. The place was crowded so there was decent turnover in dim sum carts. We ordered the usual fare - shrimp rice crepes, chicken and mushroom with goji berries, black bean spare ribs, roast pork buns, sauteed yu choy, and shumai. All the dishes were fresh and not too salty or full of MSG. Also, the prices are a bit cheaper than other dim sum places especially in Manhattan. I would definitely come back since it's less crowded and cheaper than Manhattan dim sum places. read more

Love the private room. Had good food and attentive wait staff serving is. If you are looking to have private chines dinner with friends and family, it's very good choose away from the noisy restaurants. read more

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Wonderful place to eat dinner. Food is filling and made perfectly. Not to mention, their waiters are super friendly and cares for their customers. Customer service is on point! I've come here multiple of times for dinner with family and a banquet. Every experience here was delish and perfect! This has become my family's go-to place for dinner and will continue to be. Highly recommend this place if you're with your family! read more

Decent dim sum place -- they have a good variety of dishes in the early afternoon but nothing spectacular IMO. I did enjoy their cute pig buns but was disappointed by their durian pastries. Would recommend for a quick bite, but there are better dim sum places out there. read more

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The food was very well cooked and had great flavor. The General Tso's chicken was perfect, and the sautéed shrimp was a huge hit with my whole family, especially the kids. This is probably the most kid friendly entree on the menu. They serve huge portions. Everything is shareable. This wasn't explained to us, so we ordered entirely too much food (General Tso's chicken, sautéed shrimp, house fried rice, and black pepper steak). The black pepper steak could've fed four people by itself, and it was tender and flavorful. Their only drink options were tap water, hot tea, or soda. They did not have bottled water, lemonade or apple juice, so I had to compromise and let my kids have soda while I didn't drink anything because soda just doesn't agree with me. I left super thirsty, but aside from that, the food was wonderful! read more

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This was the most authentic and delicious cantonese experience I've had thus far. The Dim Sum here is out of this world with so many varieties to choose from. We came for an early dinner and had the Peking duck. Duck was hand cut perfectly at the table and serves with the fluffiest rice buns. 10/10 would go back read more

So so so good! Came here for dinner two my family of four and two elderly, very picking in-laws. We loved everything! Not a single complaint from the picky eaters. We ordered mixed veggies in garlic, young chow fried rice, pork mei fun noodles, shrimp dumplings, spring rolls, duck and pork bbq ribs. I couldnt take pictures, but we ate it all. Next time i will get some for ya'll to see. Cant wait to go back! read more

One of my favorite dimsum spots in brooklyn, they have a huge variety of dimsum and they always offer new dimsum dishes. read more

Bamboo Garden - Dim Sum Near Me - Brooklyn, New York

Once again, instead of panning a newly opened dim sum place nearby, I'll give some serious credit where it's due. This place is very impressive. When it first opened it was just another dim sum with the usual selections of dumplings, sticky rice, chicken feet etc. Tried it once when it opened and, like many others on this thread went back to Harbor. When Harbor closed for renovations, I tried this place again and was very impressed with a terrific selection of new and imaginative items from the very creative chef. Ever had shrimp paste on tofu with a 1/2 quail egg on top? Seafood and chive dumplings? There are new and different things every month or so and everything it top quality so, if you're a dim sum fanatic like myself, give this place a try. read more

Rude service even by dim sum restaurant standards. Not worth it when there are dozens of dim sum restaurants nearby. Renovations are tacky, food is mediocre, service is terrible. Not sure what their business model is but this is an area with a lot better options. read more

Found a bug in my food. Gross!!!! It USE to be my to go place for dim sum. But I guess I'll just have to find a new place now. read more

Bamboo Garden - Bug found in my dim sum...gross!!!! - Dim Sum Near Me - Brooklyn, New York

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Hope they need to must sure every dim sum is fresh to serve customer, noodles is very dry and hard read more

Bamboo Garden - Dim Sum Near Me - Brooklyn, New York

Delicious food. Gorgeous atmosphere. They serve some really good authentic dishes. The employees were welcoming.

Good value and very tasty. We came here on New Year's Eve. The portions are generous as well.

I came in 2 weeks before Mother's Day to make a reservation for dinner on Saturday, May 9th. I figured that it was going to be busy..it's best to do it earlier rather than wait a few days before to reserve a table. I took a peek of their reservations book and saw that a few people had already made reservations. When I got to the place, there was a wedding reception going on...O_o It was in the main room. They also had a smaller room towards the back of the restaurant and that's where we and all the other non-wedding guest patrons sat. There were about 12-15 tables in the smaller room. The host/manager said we were early and our table wasn't ready. We arrived at 6:55ish. My reservation was for 7pm..then he said something to my mom about needing to vacate our table by 8:30...he said it in Chinese, so I didn't really understand him. My mom asked me again if I made the reservation, I said yes. My mom got annoyed that they were trying to rush us out. We were also waiting for the rest of our family members to arrive. I told my mom to relax and eff it, we're going to take our time. We ordered our food and everything was fine...they didn't say anything to us. The food was fine. Typical Chinese food. We ordered the usual, mayo shrimp, young chow fried rice, yee mein, beef chow fun, salt baked pork chop, chicken, dao miu, in addition to some other dishes. This was our 2nd time dining at this restaurant....we had no issue when we came the 1st time back in February... read more

Bamboo Garden - Dim Sum Near Me - Brooklyn, New York

Wow what a rip off. I ordered 1 order of har kow (shrimp dumplings), 1 order of shu mai (pork dumplings), and 1 rice crepe with beef. Total was $12. In traditional Manhattan (Hop Shing) or Queens Flushing Chinatown dim sum restaurants that would have been $7 or $8 tops. The rice crepe was bland and there was nothing special about the other dishes that justified the markup. 2 stars for the food and minus one for the price gouging. read more

I wish I could lower the rate, but the food has is somewhat decent, other times it is just wrong. I will explain why I want to lower even further later on, sorry, but "no T, no shade." Whenever I am in Brooklyn to meet with family, they usually go here for dinner for family gathering. I been here a couple of times with them. Usually we get the half garlic chicken or the salt and pepper pork chops, which are okay when it is not overcooked or extremely dry and tough to munch on. There seafood are not bad either: the lobster was very succulent and the steam fish was prepared well. The vegetables dish are delicious, but sometimes the chefs/cooks put too much oil and it ruins the taste and texture. Now the reason why I am giving this place a low rate, because when I went to the bathroom to do my business, I saw the staff of the restaurant coming out of the bathroom without washing their hands TWICE, which was right wrong. The first time was the was the chef/cook, which I though he washed his hands in the kitchen for the benefit of the doubt or the fire will probably cleanse the food and the other time was one of my family's waiters who took a dump and walked out and not even rinse water own his hands. After that scenario, I couldn't dare take another bite, I couldn't bear to tell the family, because we were in the middle of having a good time. Most likely, I will be there again for another family gathering, but if I see another staff member do that action again it will go down to one star. read more