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    Harbor Seafood Garden

    3.4 (50 reviews)
    ModerateSeafood

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    What's the vibe?
    Casual
    Moderate noise
    Good for groups
    Good for kids

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    Special as of July 13th, 2014.
    Peter N.

    Went here again for dim sum and wow, was this place bustling. Glad to see that business is doing well. We did have to wait for a table, all of 2 minutes. Service was quick as before - carts came out with the quickness. One thing different from my prior visit is that the staff seem to be more aggressive with the food offerings. I'd look into the cart and order the things I like. Immediately after, they would try to push a different dish on me. When i politely decline, they would then offer another dish. Perhaps they've been directed to upsell? In any case, I would decline and they didn't seem mad or upset over it. So not a big deal. The food didn't seem as oily as it did before, so that's definitely a plus. Maybe they read my last yelp review?!? Overall, still a fine place to come to for dim sum. They are currently celebrating their anniversary, so you can get 20% off your check when paying with cash, 10% if paying with credit card. Not bad, right? Not valid on weekends or holidays.

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    Linda N.

    We had a company group dinner here courtesy of our boss last night. As it was a Monday night, there weren't many people in the spacious main dining room, but the Karaoke rooms in the back were filled with parties having fun and singing obnoxiously to Mandarin and Cantonese songs. The boss reserved one of the Karaoke rooms and though it was small, it was ample amount of space to seat 12 people around a large lazy Susan table. Towards the other side of the room was the karaoke system and TV. We ended up getting the $168 Lunar New Year fixed menu special, which included over eight or ten dishes (I forgot how many) and a choice of dessert or fruit. There were three or four other fixed menus priced accordingly to specific items (i.e. seafood fixed menu special was around $400ish). On top of that, we ordered an additional one or two dishes. I should have taken a picture of the menu and the food, so I can remember the names of the dishes, but I'll try my best to describe which were decent to me. - Jellyfish and Cold Cut Platter (if you've been to Asian weddings, you've had this before) - some sort of seafood and tofu soup - Walnut Shrimp (pretty standard, but good) - Shrimp Fried Rice (it might have had scallop, but don't remember) - Braised Pork with Peanuts - Pepper Beef Short Ribs (pretty good) - Ginger Scallion Lobsters - Tapioca and Taro Sweet Soup (mmmm) Overall, it was a good dinner with quick and friendly service. I would give this place three stars for my first dinner experience, but the Tapioca and Taro Sweet Soup completely sealed the deal for me. Not too sweet and a great way to finish off the food. It IS the reason for the extra star. I wanted so badly to get some to-go, but I was too full. Definitely recommend this place for dinner, large parties, and especially for the large parking lot! Not sure if they will have fixed menu specials year-round, but you can always ask. I will be back with the boyfriend to try the dim sum and get a serving of Tapioca and Taro Sweet Soup!

    The best dim sum that's not in Chinatown
    Nary K.

    Love their chicken feet, fried calamari and pork intestines in curry! Yes, pork intestines! So freakin delish. Good space. Plenty of parking. It gets very busy so get there early!

    S A.

    We were pleasantly surprised that they served dim sum today. They told me that they serve it daily 10am to 3pm. Wonderful! The dim sum was excellent. Very fresh and tasty. The portions were a bit bigger than average. The place was clean and the staff was friendly. We will definitely go back for more.

    Chinese immigrants started to reshape this neighborhood a decade ago with Chinatown crowded and N.Y. expensive. So it was only matter of time a dim sum restaurant open up in Northeast Philadelphia. So it's also not too surprising to see every Sunday's morning scores of families flock here to wait in line to eat dim sum at Harbor Seafood Garden's. The popularity here is partly due to the fact that Harbor has a spacious parking area for free whereas it's almost an impossibility to park in Chinatown for less than $10 on a weekend. But the main reason is probably because the dim sum here is actually pretty darn tasty! Several highlights: Har gow (shrimp dumpling)- one of the most difficult dumplings to make properly. I actually enjoyed mine quite a lot. Siu mai- open-topped steamed pork dumplings made with a wheat flour wrapper. Pretty darn good. Cha siu bao- Classic steamed buns with bbq pork. The ones here had a soft dough on the outside and savory, sweet fillings inside. Cheong fan- One of my favorites. It's rolled steamed noodles filled with either shrimp or beef soaked in a delicious, sweetened soy sauce. I finally found a good dim sum place somewhere not called Chinatown! It's nice to have dim sum options in the city. I recommend coming here if you don't want to worry and pay for parking.

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