Good food for authentic Chinese food. Feels like a "find" and the lobsters are amazing!…read more Love it!

Talk about authentic food and great service. HLDS is the spot!!! Definitely recommend to any and…read moreall. I ordered several dishes and all of them were amazing. The Hungry Hardhat is a return customer. So let it be written... So let it be EATEN.

Really impressed with this restaurant that, despite its humble strip mall location, goes beyond…read moreexpectations in terms of flavor and menu creativity. There are a lot of Canadian/American-Chinese dishes on the menu but it goes beyond that and has things that I'm guessing are more authentic to China and a few fusion dishes also. I was particular impressed by the soft pepper noodle with beef or chicken. I had it with beef and it has a fantastic black pepper flavor and luscious thick noodles with just enough vegetables to give some texture. I'm including a photograph from mid-meal. It might not be beautiful but it's a stand out dish in flavor. One item to skip... The fried wontons. While ours were very crispy (and hot), the predominant flavor was fryer oil and the tiny (truly tiny) bits of ground pork in the wontons didn't help. Also, check out the combination plates if you want some of this and some of that instead a lot of one thing. They are near the back of the menu and are NEAR the lunch only plates but the combination plates are in fact available at night.

Foods are okay, ordered beef with mushroom, beef soup, tendon and shumai…read more Beef brisket wasnt always available. Service i would rate as 3.

What a nice surprise close to the border! An inexpensive, well decorated experience. The dim sum…read moreoptions were good, from pork buns to the wontons. The Ramen was pretty good, but I was envious of the other plates on my table. The vegetables were toothsome, seasoned, and steamed perfectly in sauces. Our waitress was alone and kind. We left with a tasty pudding dessert shaped like a kitty cat, which jiggled and bounced around. Fun all around.

Amazing Asian food! Noodles awesomeness, smashed cucumber salad amazing! Wait servers very…read moreaccommodating and polite! Highly recommend and reasonable prices.

My friends and I stopped by OG Dumpling House for lunch, and it definitely lived up to the hype!…read moreWhile they're known for their dumplings, I liked that the menu also offers soups, rice, noodles, and other dishes for a little more variety. Service was quick, and our food came out hot and fresh shortly after we ordered. We shared everything family-style, including the pan-fried pork and chive dumplings, crab and pork xiao long bao, and the OG peanut noodles with chicken. Everything was delicious, but the xiao long bao was easily the highlight. The dumpling skin was the perfect thickness, and you could really taste the crab in the filling. The prices were also very reasonable, especially compared to other dumpling spots I've been to that cost more without matching the quality. I'd definitely come back the next time I'm in the area!

Love this little spot. Looks like and old Pizza Hut from the outside but don't be fooled, what…read moreyou'll find inside is much better. My wife and I are dumpling aficionados and mostly have to make our own at home so we were excited when this place opened. It was super busy when we got there, even on a Monday night, but we still got served pretty fast. We had two types of dumplings, chicken and pork, both pan fried and they were both great. We also tried the pork belly bun which exceeded expectations. For dessert we had the sesame balls which were sweet and had the perfect texture. We liked everything and we will be back here for sure.

Mandarin is possibly the best Chinese buffet I have ever been to, and I have been to a lot. The…read morefirst thing you notice is the restaurant is vibrant and very clean. The serving area, the tables, and even the bathrooms are pristine. The food quality and variety is great. They offer all the normal stuff you see at a Chinese buffet plus extras like Maple flavored meatballs and wings. The sushi section is a little smaller than others but gets the job done. The desert section is incredible and you will want seconds. Try the maple ice cream! We went here twice in the short week we were in town, and I were a local this spot would be on my regular rotation for sure.

Excellent service- Welcomed with smiles. Arrived a couple minutes past our reservation time, and…read morewas sat immediately. Was provided a hot lemon infused cloth to clean up prior to going up to the stations to eat. Cup never emptied without an ask for refill. Very attentive the entire time. We were sat in the 'C' dining area area. There were room upon room so there's plenty of seating. Each room with a slightly different theme. Ours had a wall of beautiful fish tanks. The dining area, food stations and bathrooms were all very clean, which is so important at a buffet. They even have gloves at the end of each station in case you didn't want to touch the serving utensils with your bare hands. The variety of food goes from everything you can imagine at a Chinese buffet like sushi and fried rice to American options like burgers and fries, to surprises in-between like New England clam chowder and prime rib. Tons of dessert- hard ice cream, cakes, pies, fruit, jello, even Crème brûlée and waffles. One of my favorite surprises was the variety of mocktails. Most places offer me pop as a mocktail or a Shirley Temple at best. Decent pricing. Father's Day special dinner menu was $50/pp (Canadian) about $36/pp (American) which is pretty great for all you get and that's WITH their high tax. I believe the refular pricing is about $10/pp less. A must try only 30 minutes from Western NY.

Overall I liked the food here, generally the portions were bigger than I expected for every dish,…read moreand it justifies the higher than usual price per dish. Items that I got this visit: - har gow shrimp dumplings: overall pretty good, but the wrapper was a bit thicker than I expected. Would prefer a thinning dumpling wrapper - chicken feet: excellent, very tender and flavor was great - tofu skin wrap in abalone sauce: pretty good, the meat inside was lean and well balanced with the veggies - spare ribs in black bean sauce: this was a bit of a disappointment. The ribs were a bit tough and also underseasoned. It could have used some more salt and some extra cook time. Service was fine, nothing special. The restaurant overall was pretty nice and modern. I hope to come back sometime and try some other dishes.

Food 4/5 Service 4/5…read moreAmbiance 4/5 Food: I came here for a lunar New Year lunch with some co-workers. They chose the menu which was a combo deal. There were so many dishes I started losing track. LOL. I also don't know all the names of the dishes as I didn't see the menu. One of the dishes was a fried lobster. They showed the lobster to us (poor lobster) before cooking it. The lobster tasted really good but I'm not used to handling lobster in its shell. LOL. There was a pumpkin soup which I couldn't eat since it had dairy in it. Another dish was a Peking duck with rice paper wraps, cucumber & green onions. This was my favourite dish. Delicious, yummy & simple to eat. Another dish was chicken (I didn't taste that one). We also had a fried rice which was so yummy. Then there was a dish with scallops, oysters, pork & seaweed surrounding it. I tried the scallops & they were delicious. There was another duck dish but this time the duck was chopped into little pieces with some Dessert was a yogurt / jelly type of thing which I can't eat due to my dairy intolerance. Service was really great. I'm not sure if that's because I was at a table full of Chinese people though. LOL. The dishes came quickly & they just kept coming! We had tiny plates to eat from so after the lobster we got clean plates. For the fried rice we had the servers separate it into bowls for everyone. Since we couldn't finish all the food we had them wrap up the leftovers & we took it back with us. Myself & another co-worker split up the leftovers between us since no one else wanted it. Ambiance: The restaurant had some nice lunar new year decorations up. It was pretty. Located inside the Atrium on the Bay this is an easy location to get to. The location was the site of a former restaurant called Spring Rolls. It still looks the same the only thing that changed were the tables & chairs. The washrooms are downstairs in the lowest level of the restaurant. It was hard for me to get down there because my knees are really stiff & painful. It would've been nice if they had a handicap washroom on the main level. The food was delicious & service was attentive. I thought the special lunar new year meal we chose was too much food for six people. I would've been happy with dim sum. Also the washrooms being in the basement was an inconvenience for me. Those who are mobility challenged will have the same issue.

This was the worst meal I have ever wasted money on. The rice and egg rolls were burnt. the spare…read moreribs were dry and the chow mein, what there was of it was limp and unappealing. We ordered online for 4pm. got there at 3:45 and the order was sitting in the counter. stone cold by the time we got home after a 10 minute drive. i have never thrown food out before but this inedible slop went straight in the garbage. Save your money.

Four of us went for dinner on Sun 2014-03-09. This restaurant serves Cantonese Chinese food…read more The food was served hot and timely, was tasty, and portions were large. The service was friendly and good. The manageress, Lu, was very observant and attentive. We ordered: (1) #V09: Minced Pork with Green Beans. $10.99. I highly recommend this dish. Spicy. (2) #F09: Fillet of Bass with Tofu in Hot Clay Pot. $11.99. (3) #B06: Fried Beef Tenderloin with Black Pepper Sauce. $13.99. Served with onions on a sizzling plate. Slightly spicy. You may need a knife (supplied) to cut the beef. Very tender. (4) #L15: Chinese Broccoli & Fish Ball Congee. $5.99. Very good comfort food. (5) Rice (large bowl). $2.99. Good for 4-5 people. See my photos.

We rolled in there around midnight after a roadtrip to Blue Mountain and we were hungry and very…read moretired. The place looked good; bright andclean. I liked the journey to the bathroom. Lol. And it was popping; lots of people and smiles. Staff was very friendly. The young lady in, what looked like, a cheerleading outfit had great energy. We had tea, ducks' feet and pork dumplings. Absolutely perfect. We shall return.

This place has been around for awhile and is one of the All Day Dim Sum restaurants in downtown…read moreChinatown. it can get busy at times however I found it very average overall. Food (2.75/5) - extensive selection of 50 or so dim sum items to choose from. - Har Gow (Shrimp Dumplings) - pretty standard dish and was fine. - Cheung Fun (Shrimp Rice Noodle Roll) - was pretty weak. The umami soy sauce lacked flavour and the roll was a bit chalky. - Beef Short Ribs - were not good at all. Lots of gristle, bone and fat with little meat. Lacking flavour as well. - Baked Egg Tarts - average overall... not flaky enough and bit dry... custard filling was average. Service (3.5/5) - they were pretty quick with getting the order but was average turnaround on getting the order. Direct to the point order, bill, etc. which is common with these places. Atmosphere (3.75/5) - fair amount of tables and the overall decor and furnishings are fine and not aged. Overall (3.25/5) - an option if you are looking for an all day dimsum place off-times however found the food disappointing and will not repeat.