We dropped by Golden Sand Harbor in Dublin for some dim sum, and overall, the flavors really delivered. Everything we ordered tasted great and was seasoned perfectly. The only slight letdown was that the skin on a few of the dumplings was a bit too delicate and sensitive--they tore easily, so the kitchen's wrapper wrapper-to-filling ratio or dough mixture might have been just a little off that day. That minor detail aside, the food was genuinely delicious. We did notice a funny little quirk on the menu, though: there are two completely different dishes both labeled as number "202." If you aren't paying close attention, you might get a surprise, because one "202" is the rich roasted duck, and the other "202" is a vegetable dish! Definitely double-check with your server when ordering so you get exactly what you're craving. Great food, solid flavors, and a little menu treasure hunt made for a good meal. We will definitely be back! read more

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Here I want to introduce a wonderful, uniquely amazing dish: Sea Cucumber with Scallions and Ginger. You really need to try this, because you won't find it anywhere else, and it is cooked with amazing expertise. I am not going to try to compare this to anything else. It is steeped deeply into Chinese culture and history. Often used medicinally for joint and immune problems, it also has scallions and ginger for the yet another boost. I never had it before but know it was cooked to traditional perfection. Just try it. It is slightly higher in cost as sea cucumbers are not the easiest thing to get a hold of, but trust me it is worth a few tries. The ginger and scallions add amazing flavor, but if you can't eat them all add them to your left over mushu (you will have left over mushu typically because despite being the best anywhere I have had, it's a generous portion). Don't forget to order tea (chá) for a super authentic experience. This place has dishes found nowhere else, and they are typically amazing. It's a roomy restaurant with top notch quality and service, and authentic ambience. I believe that there are plenty of fake reviews for this place- I "can't imagine why" but I do have some suspicions. You can tell the places that I genuinely love by the number of reviews. I don't typically leave reviews for the very few bad restaurants in the tri-valley, I can't think of any off hand, but I can't help but frequent my favorites, and this is my very favorite! read more

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We ordered 10 dishes and everything came out pretty quickly. I was happy that the vegetable dishes came out first. Restaurant is bright and spacious. Good for large groups. Wouldn't mind coming back. The good stuff: - Pea sprouts and cordyceps in broth- I'd get this again although it was kinda pricy for a vegetable dish. I expected it to be a much larger serving. - Pan fried turnip cake- Is it me or have I never had a bad fried turnip cake? - Siu Mai- it didn't stand out for me but I'd still get it again. - Steam chicken feet with black bean sauce- I usually don't care for chicken feet but this was pretty good. My favorites: - Crab meat dumpling - Stuffed shrimp in donut w/rice noodle roll - Deep fried taro dumpling - Sticky rice & chicken in lotus leaf Pass: - Shanghai dumpling- there was no soup in the soup dumpling and the dough was a little thick. - Green onion pancake- this was disappointing, dense, dry and not crispy. read more

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We enjoyed our dim sum meal at Golden Sand Harbor. Restaurant is located in a little strip mall. There is ample parking albeit you may have to walk a bit. We ordered: Shrimp dumpling - used nice sized shrimps Shanghai dumpling Steamed BBQ pork bun w/honey sauce Deep fried crispy prawns dumpling Pan fried pork bun - perfectly fried and juicy Shrimp Rice Noodle Roll - standard, would order again Steamed dumpling w/sesame filling - not bad, a little heavy Mango pudding - my son enjoyed this We also ordered menu items - Dried fried salt & pepper pork - non-greasy and tasty Honey glazed walnut prawns - batter/shrimp ratio was good The standout dishes for us were the shrimp dumpling, pan fried pork bun, deep fried salt & pepper pork, and honey glazed walnut prawns. They do charge for tea so you should let them know the tea drinkers upfront. There were 6 of us and when we received our bill, 18% gratuity was included. (The gratuity charge was circled) Service was good and the servers were nice. We would definitely go back. read more

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Came in for my daughters Birthday dinner on Sunday evening at 5:30 and got a table right away for 12 people. Service was excellent, the staff was very attentive. Kelp our water glass full and the tea pot as well. Everything we had was very good!!! Hot & Sour Soup - Excellent Egg Flower Soup - Good Shrimp Cheung Fun - Very Good Royal Chicken - Gwai Fei Gai (贵妃鸡) - Cantonese-Style Poached Chicken with Ginger Scallion Sauce is Excellent. Perfectly poached. Salt and Pepper Tofu - Excellent Scallion Pancakes - Excellent and its Crispy Mongolian Beef - The beef was very tender and had excellent flavors. Pork XLB was just OK, not a lot of juice. Peking Duck was great and tasty. Fresh Tofu with Beef, again beef is tender and the fresh tofu was made perfectly. House Pan Fried Noodles with Chicken, Beef Shrimp and Bok Choy is one of the better one here. Lots of flavor!! Beef Chow Fun, my Nephews favorite, perfectly stir fried with the the wok burnt. Honey Walnut Prawns didn't have to much mayos on it, which is perfect. Salted Fish and Chicken Fried Rice is always good. Garlic Sauteed Gai Lan ( Chinese Broccoli) was very fresh. Mango Pudding & Egg Tarts for dessert, can't go wrong with that. Overall, this a 4.5 stars experience!! read more

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Always get a great lunch here! Lunch menu is very reasonable with generous portions of fresh food. Nice Dim Sum options. Service is excellent read more

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Came here on a Friday when they opened at 11am! There was only another table occupied! We haven't been here for many years. We liked it before since they were cheaper than koi and less crowded. I'm not sure if they are still cheaper than koi but the food was all pretty good. The only dishes I thought were a bit smaller was the shrimp rice rolls fried donut rice roll (I'm not sure if that's the English name!) this shrimp rice rolls were shorter than usual! The bbq pork rice rolls were longer. The fried donut rice roll was small in that the fried donuts were way skinnier than usual. Other than that , we enjoyed our lunch there and will definitely be back when we are craving dim sum! read more

Golden Sand Harbor - Dim Sum Near Me - Dublin, California

This is my go-to dim sum spot in the Tri-Valley area--not just because the food is good, but also because I love the restaurant's ambiance. Every time I walk in, it feels bright, clean, and spacious, which adds to the overall dining experience. I've noticed they've completely stopped using the traditional dim sum pushcarts. Instead, you place your order on a paper menu. While this system works fine, I do miss the excitement of seeing the pushcarts roll by around the restaurant--it brought a fun energy to the whole dining experience that's now missing. That said, the food is delicious. Today, we ordered a wide variety of dishes. Some of my favorites included the classic pork shumai, shrimp dumplings, and the bbq pork turnovers. On the downside, the juicy dumplings were a bit of a letdown (ironically, not very juicy), and the fried oysters lacked seasoning and fell flat flavor-wise. Service was hit or miss. Some staff were friendly, attentive, and helpful, while others came off as jaded and borderline rude, making the overall service experience a bit inconsistent and difficult to rate definitively. Parking was easy--it's located in a large, open plaza with plenty of shared parking, which is always a plus. Overall, I had a great experience and would definitely come back again, especially for a weekend brunch. read more

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Really terrible Chinese food and poor quality control. I mean I've had bad Chinese food before but rarely do I feel inclined to write a review venting about the items. I ordered 3 items from DoorDash today. Mango pudding, crab dumplings, and mapo tofu. The mango pudding was entirely missing from the order. The crab dumplings had zero traces of crab. They were filled with carrots, shrimp, mushroom. I searched carefully to see if there was even one sliver of crab meat, and I'm confident there was none. (The description was "Steamed dumplings filled with fresh crab meat") The worst thing about the "crab" dumplings sans crab was that they tasted terrible. Usually, regardless of dumpling type, I love them all. I am far from a picky eater. So making dumplings taste terrible is a rare feat. I powered through one of them but threw away the rest. The Mapo Tofu was unlike any Mapo Tofu I've ever tasted. It was a container of tofu pieces suspended in a thick sugary syrup. I couldn't eat them, they tasted so weird. I threw it all away. It's too bad because I was quite hungry and especially excited for the mapo tofu. I will not be ordering from here again. read more

AMAZING walnut prawns-much bigger size shrimp than most places, perfect walnuts, not too thick of batter or sauce, not too sweet for this dish. Spicy and yummy hot and sour soup. Really enjoyed the sautéed lettuce. Flaky egg custard tarts. Really did not like the Mongolian beef, overly tenderized to wear it was spongey. Would also avoid small, and bland egg rolls. Great service! read more

First time at Golden Sand Harbor and had a nice experience from the delicious dim sum and friendly, attentive service....i know right? Place was half full with many large parties for the pre-holidays. Set up is mark items off a list accompanied by a picture menu for those not familiar with items. Ordered the basic items of shrimp and pork dumpling, shrimp-stuffed eggplant, fried shrimp dumpling, fried taro and calamari...yes, very shrimp-centric items. All delicious but would pass on the calamari as overcooked and chewy. Definitely will make a return visit as I've tried many dim sum spots but have to say Golden Sand Harbor does some good dumplings. Service was definitely better than most Chinese restaurants. Replenishing tea pot, water, checking to make sure we received our complete order, etc. Pricing on the higher side. For 8 items: about $45-$50/person including tax/tip/tea with leftovers. Plenty of lot parking in the Dollar Tree shopping center. read more

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Peaceful atmosphere and great food! Great variety of choices and staff was very kind.

If you're in the mood for great dim sum and want to avoid the crowds there is no better place to eat than having dinner here. The service is always attentive, and the atmosphere is very relaxed for the dinner hour. If you're interested in breakfast especially on a weekend, make sure reservation, it's worth it! read more

The service here was great. We had a very helpful and courteous waiter. The food came out quickly and the location is great (across the street from the Ranch 99 with the Daiso and Savers). The ambiance was pleasant with large windows which let in a nice sunlight. With my rating of their dim sum, I am going to compare it to Mayflower, my current top dim sum spot. Shrimp & Chives dumpling =tied Salty egg yolk dessert bun=Golden Sand Harbor wins because they give more filling. It came out hot and was delicious and creamy Jin Dui=Mayflower is my preference as I felt Golden's had a too strong five spice flavor Taro Gok=tied (can somewhere please serve it piping hot-yes I want it to practically burn my mouth) Chinese broccoli- this one goes to Mayflower Xiao Long Bao- Mayflower by a landslide...do not order this here at Golden and if you do, don't say I didn't warn you. Also it isn't served with black vinegar but after trying it, even that couldn't save it. No one in my party wanted to finish eating it. Flaky dim sum with pork-Golden Sand Harbor (Mayflower doesn't have this) read more

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First time having Golden Sand Harbor in like more than 6 years? It was not my favorite. I felt like everything lacked flavor? And when it did have flavor, I couldn't tell what kind of flavor it was. I don't think I had a favorite dim sum item. read more

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Decent Chinese food. I liked the honey walnut shrimp and thought the salt and pepper pork and sweet and sour pork wasn't half bad. I did think the royal roasted chicken was bland and dry though and wouldn't have that again. A nice surprise was the fish maw soup that came out as an appetizer- probably my favorite of the meal. Overall- decent stuff...not great and not bad. For this area, not a bad place to eat at. I'd come back to try their dimsum and see how it fares compared to Mayflower or Koi Palace nearby. read more

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Wow, first time having their lunch specials! They are not only reasonable priced but big enough to share if you order dim sum! I took my sister here from out of town after her spa day and she loved her entire experience! Customer service was stellar and attentive. Our waters and hot tea were consistently filled!!' We can't wait to try more new dishes as GSH has such a large variety!! read more

Golden Sand Harbor - Walnut prawns lunch special - Dim Sum Near Me - Dublin, California

You know it makes a big difference when you could see the picture of food you want to eat I'm a food lover I love all kinds of different food specially Chinese food and the pork buns sesame seed rolls all those different desserts they have and different ribs vegetables this is a place to go if you really want some good food and you want to guess lounge around I recommend this place you won't regret it because they have all kinds of different food to pick out of and I can't wait to bite into that sesame seed rolls and the barbecue buns p they have all kinds of different selections of food so you have to go over there cuz I will be going over there for the different food that I enjoy eating and their food is so tasty I highly recommend them specially the hospitality is top 10 when you are sure with hospitality that's top 10 with a smile and humbleness your food tastes better read more

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This place is such a sleeper hit for dim sum. The menu looks pretty standard at first, but once the food starts landing you realize they are doing their own thing in a really cool way. The coffee spare ribs are the dish you will keep thinking about later, super tender, sticky, and just barely bitter from the coffee so they do not eat like candy. The classics are all dialed in too: sticky rice is packed, sponge cake is top tier, and the fried chicken wings are stupid good, crispy, juicy, and way more flavorful than the usual "just fine" wings you get at most spots. Service is fast in that old school dim sum way, but it still feels relaxed and friendly, not rushed. It is clearly a family operation and it shows; they remember you, they check in without hovering, and the whole vibe is just really warm. Overall, it is one of those places that feels casual and homey but the food is way better than you would expect for how low key it is. read more

Date: Sunday, September 8th, 2024 Time: around 1:30pm Meal: Lunch Takeout My parents were visiting and brought over a few things for lunch. One of them was a crab dish from Golden Sand Harbor. They know I adore seafood, especially shellfish. So I was excited to try the salted egg yolk crab. Typically I find deep fried crab dishes a little dry. I'm more if a saucy crab kinda girl. The meat in this dish was indeed kinda dry. But the weirdest thing was there was barely any salted egg yolk flavor. Not sure how much they put in the batter, but it was super duper light. If I was craving salted egg, this would not satisfy that craving. My parents took me here for dim sum before covid. I remember it being pretty good. So for now, I'll say they are A-OK. REVIEW #3558 read more

Golden Sand Harbor - Salted Egg Yolk Crab - Dim Sum Near Me - Dublin, California

Good array of Chinese food. Attentive service. Great new years meal with family. Would recommend

I have tried the 2 lunch special options at Golden Sand Harbor. One option has dim sum with lobster noodle. The other option has dim sum with clam porridge. The portion is good enough for a party of 9 (3 couples with 3 kids). Both of the lunch special tasted good. Prices for both lunch special are super reasonable. If you look for not bad & budget dim sum, I recommend the lunch special to you. Service is good. No complaints. The restaurant has brand new comfy chairs and the ambiance improved too. read more

Have gone for dim sum twice . Both times we were impressed with cleanliness, friendly service, and EVERYTHING we ordered was tasty and fresh . High recommend. Best dim sum in the area. read more

Craving dim sum and went to Golden Sand Harbor. Walked in on a Sunday, sat down quickly. Great food and friendly service.

Dim sum has traditionally been good. Order by marking a picture menu. We had a tomato beef noodle dish that was not Cantonese - kind of a sweet and sour sauce. Service was great and the manager was friendly. I would return for dim sum only read more

Food: Solid Chinese food overall, all of it was tasty and as expected. Nothing stood out as being particularly good, but nothing was bad either. Ambiance: I like the ambiance here - definitely on the nicer side of casual for a Chinese restaurant. Chairs were comfortable as well and not too many decorations as to crowd the space as sometimes is the case with Chinese restaurants. Good for large groups Service: Service was reasonable for a Chinese restaurant. They definitely came back multiple times to check up on us throughout our meal read more

This place is great! Definitely your traditional Cantonese Dim Sum minus the carts waitresses will push around - you check off things on a menu and they bring it right to your table. I honestly prefer this method since you get a nice overview of all of the things they offer. One menu item in particular that really stands out is one of their rice roll options - Deep Fried Shrimp Cake Rice Roll. It's kind of hard to describe, but it's basically a cross between a deep fried Chinese Donut and Shrimp cake wrapped around with a silky smooth, velvety rice paper with a sweet and savory soy sauce poured over. My GOSH this thing is good - I wish I could relive the first time I've eaten it over and over again. 10/10 would recommend! read more

Golden Sand Harbor is our go-to Chinese restaurant in the East Bay Area! I'm Chinese-Hawaiian and have grown up on all kinds of Asian food. We had my mother's 90th birthday celebration at Golden Sand Harbor and all of her friends raved about the food. I love that they serve hot fresh dim sum during all of their open hours along with their regular menu. You can order exactly what you want and not have to deal with food that has been traveling on carts for hours or having your favorites pass you by!!! read more

This is my favorite place for dim sum. My fiancé and I always come here with our parents. The quality of the dim sum is excellent, and I love how the food always comes out so quickly. read more

Golden Sand Harbor - Dim Sum Near Me - Dublin, California

We tried DIMSUM here and while it is on the pricey side, the dishes are tasty! I loved the shrimp dumpling and the sticky rice wrapped shrimp paste. O read more

Golden Sand Harbor - Hawgaw and rice shrimp dumpling - Dim Sum Near Me - Dublin, California

We came here tonight for closing out the year dinner. I was so hopeful for a delicious dinner since we have been here a couple times before. It had more people in this restaurant that I have ever seen. 6:30 reservations- our older female waitress took our order around 7pm. People all around us were getting their food- people who came after us were served. At 7:35 I asked our waitress after flagging her down-- where's our food? She said she would ask, but does not come back to us. I had to go to the front to ask where's our food? I asked kindly. 7:45-7:50 our soup is served - pigs knuckles with lotus root- it was the worse soup I have ever had- it literally tasted like warm water. But I ate the meat in it because I was so hungry. Literally no flavor at all - brown soup - zero flavor. Great if you need a low sodium soup because it was like water. The chef needs to try their food before serving it. It was like they added water to it because they ran out of soup. - soup - no flavor like brown water - 0/4 - chicken wings 4/4 - fried salt and pepper pork chops 3.5/4 - green tea sesame ball 4/4 - sesame ball 3.5/4 - house crispy thin noodles- lacked good flavor 2.5/4 - chicken feet - was not cooked long enough so it didn't fall off the bone 1/4 -cny fried sticky rice - lacked flavor , and didn't seem like it was short grain sweet rice - wasn't sticky and didn't have that bite- 2/4 - mini egg tarts 3/4 It seemed to have less egg - flakiness was ok - stir fried bean sprouts with garlic - 3.5/4 -beef with mushrooms 3/4 mushrooms seemed a little bit undercooked. But good flavor - Peking duck two ways - 3.7/4 good crisp, came on a bed of cabbage. Hoisin sauce was thinned out. Missing some green onions or chives Stir fried duck meat with zucchini - came with a bed of iceberg lettuce - it was good. -beef chow fun- .2.7/4 I just remember a lot of cabbage and bean sprouts. - braised pork knuckle with fat Choy and lettuce - 1/4 Our original waitress was missing in action - she later came and filled up our water. Seemed like all the waitresses came to serve the food. The younger waiter took over - he told us what was inside each dish ( the ones he brought us ). I told him that the soup lacked any flavor - we offered for him to try it or at least try the one in the back. My mom asked for a refund of the soup - since it was basically dirty water. He offered to give us neen go or lo bok go. My mom opted for lo bak go. None of the party really wanted it - but since this is all they were offering we took it. Will we back ? Prob not. It was so disappointing. Ambience - decor ok. The smell when you enter is a little better(not mildew) but it smells like an air freshener with bleach. I don't want to smell air freshener - I want to smell nothing or I'd rather have a food smell. Pls taste your food you're serving. Maybe it's better when it's not so busy? Either way- do better. :( So sad . I'm full because we had so many dishes for the 8 of us ( 2 of them kids)- read more

Golden Sand Harbor - $352 !!! - Dim Sum Near Me - Dublin, California

Great food , great customer service . Clean and fast . We eat here once a week . Leslie and Mina are great with their services . Very helpful with recommending dishes to try. read more

1/2 star for the three dishes that came out to our table... 1) raw pork(pot stickers), 2) raw beef(chow fun), and their new 3)coffee pork ribs. We were told that it was impossible that the cold ha-gow did not have raw shrimp(because they reheat the frozen ones they get), or it would have been 4 dishes that came raw. And a 1/2 star for the manager who puts on an act of not seeing the raw food being served to his customers. Poor cooking and poor acting. AND we were charged the full amount for this rare dining experience. What a STRANGE evening. Avoid this dining establishment. read more

Exactly what you want for a Sunday morning yum cha. The room is loud, energetic, and filled with families--always a good sign. The Har Gow were the standout; the wrappers were perfectly translucent and held together without being sticky. We also loved the Siu Mai, which was juicy and topped with just the right amount of roe. Verdict: A must-visit if you crave that old-school dim sum energy. read more

AMAZING - that is all you need to know! Partner had been here for a work lunch and had mentioned how great the food was. So after running errands we stopped by. Mid afternoon on a Saturday and there were a couple parties waiting to be seated. For a party of two we waited about 10-15 minutes. They have more than enough seating inside with a very traditional style. We were seated and then forgot about for awhile, but again - we came here for the food. We ordered: Baked Pork Buns - I generally do not like pork buns since they are too sweet, but these were amazing and just the right amount of filling. Baked Egg Custard - amazing! They do have small pieces of pineapple (i think) Sui Mai - the best I have ever had. Good sizes and juicy Beef Chow Fun - good Dry scallop and egg fried rice - I would have liked more of the scallop but the flavoring was amazing Steamed dumpling with peanuts - least favorite would NOT get again 100% will be coming back here read more

Dear Owner: We had a lunch in your restaurant on Monday and ordered special lunch which was lobster noodle along with 5 of SMMLK different dim sum. however, a few hours later, My husband started to have nausea, vomiting, followed by diarrhea x 4 that night thru Tuesday all day. I thought it was important to let you know so you can check your food safety procedures. I hope this helps prevent anyone else from getting sick. read more

First time here and I like it! Ample parking in the parking lot (also has Tesla EV Charging) and for the most part restaurant is nice and clean (restroom had a hard to describe odor so you may need to practice holding your breath). Restaurant is not as big nor grand as Koi's Palace or Mayflower, but it's adequate. We came here for dim sum and this place checked all the boxes.. good food, good price and good service. The crispy food came out nice and crispy (unlike some places that have them pre-fried and in push carts). One thing I like is they didn't make all of our orders and flood the table all at once, but it came staggered over the course of the hour. Wait staff was friendly and came by frequently to fill the tea ($1.70 per person for tea) and water. Portion sides are on par with other competitors, but they do put the soy sauce for the rice noodles in a small to-go type container (I'd prefer they just put the soy sauce in a small dish) that's kind of a waste. And, when we asked for chili oil, they brought a couple of chili-oil in a to-go container.. Although an acquired taste, one of their best rice noodle is their bitter melon and chicken rice noodles. Their Shrimp Dumpling was plump and full of shrimp, and their stuffed eggplant was done perfectly.. crispy eggplant and chewy fish paste with good dose of sauce. Given the option, this is a great alternative to Koi and Mayflower (where you have to get a number and could end up waiting for over an hour), and the food is on par if not better. This is one to book mark and revisit for dinner. read more

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Came here on Labor Day for family dim sum. I would say it's one of the more solid choices in Dublin, other than Koi Palace and Mayflower. Service was good, we were right under the AC vent and it was slightly chilly. But that's just luck of the location seating. Food was good and came out fast for the staple items. We choose some less popular items like the mango sticky rice and eggplant shrimp. Those came at the very end of our meal. Forgot how long that took, maybe 35-40 mins? So be warned, if you're trying to get the non-popular dim sum items it's going to be a long wait. BUTTTTTT... I really do love the fact that they serve dim sum til late. Very very big plus read more

Raw pork. Raw beef. Manager tried to gaslight us. Looked directly into the purple beef and said "Yeah, thats how we cook it." Then proceeded to charge us for all of the raw food, even after not bringing us new cooked versions of the dishes read more

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we came here on a saturday afternoon thinking it will be crowded, but when we arrived, the restaurant was quite empty. plenty of big and small tables were available. The cost per dim sum was definitely more expensive than before. We pulled up Koi's dim sum menu and found that Golden Sand Harbor was more expensive than Koi's (dublin). The reason we chose Golden Sand Harbor because in the past, their prices were not as expensive as Koi's even though we do prefer the taste of Koi's The siu mai during this visit was not good at all. the color looked old and the taste was off. Even my kids who aren't necessary picky eaters didn't like the siu mai this time. The chicken feet was a hit or missed. i had one that was full of flavor but when i ate a second one, it smelled spoiled. the deep fried green mochi were delicious but i find them to be smaller than before. i dont remember the mochi to be the size of those frozen glutinous rice ball that you eat during winter solstice. It was not that worth it given the size of it. All other dishes were average. nothing stood out positively. Not sure if we would go back to Golden Sand Harbor if their quality continues like this. read more