Let's start with how pricey this place is. However if the food is good it is worth. I don't mind paying a little extra for good food. I've been here three times and tried their Hainan chicken rice and baked Portuguese chicken rice. I have to say this is the best baked portuguese chicken rice I've ever had. I have been a fair amount of HK style "cha cheng feng" over the years and they have not disappointed... yet. I will stay away from their parent restaurant which is upstairs. read more

you cannot cut up a chicken or roast duck any smaller.plus 16% tip automatic. you have to pay for tea and if you ask for hot water they look at you and say more tea that extra. read more

I was so angry today! Bad service！bad food！I very disappointed. I will never come again! I had a lunch with my co-workers today. The waitress who call Amy her service attitude was very bad. When my coming to my table, the food was not my order. Then, she said that's What I ordered. But, i didn't. She didn't say sorry and didn't feel bad. Also, I hear that she was complaining me. read more

I have my lunch here today , and I have found a real finger nail in the food . It's not small piece , it's a long nail . It's really disgusting, and I m still feel nasty after few hours . Whoever want to keeping long nail shouldn't work as chef , better to work at the nail shop . Terrible experience!!! read more

Koi Palace Express has really gone downhill since it first opened. Portions are smaller now, especially the Hainan Chicken dish. The reason why I am giving this place 2 stars is a culmination of all my visits within the past year. I bit the bullet and wrote this review due to the poor customer service I received today. My family and I arrived at 2pm today and were seated immediately. We ordered 3 dishes but decided to add 2 more afterwards. We were warned by a waitress that the additional dishes we ordered would take 20 more minutes, but we decided to wait. As our first 3 dishes came out, we asked a waitress to check on our add-on dishes. She brushed our question aside and replied, "I already told you it would take awhile. The chefs are cooking it now." By the time we were finishing up the first 3 dishes, we asked another waitress about our add-on orders and she said, "Oh the kitchen is already closed. I guess I didn't put those dishes into the system." She then walked away, came back with a box for our leftovers and started wiping our table down with a dirty towel. She left the dirty towel on the table as she grabbed our tab. It smelled foul and at that point, I was so upset because she barely owned up to her mistake or apologized. Although the food was decent, the lack of respect from the waitresses makes me never want to come back again. Don't come here if you're expecting basic service from your servers. read more

Not bad. Not great. Duck was room temperature. Dumplings weren't quite right. Just could be better on every point.

This is the only place in the Dublin/Pleasanton area that makes authentic iced lemon tea and hong kong style milk tea (with condensed milk). They are open again and the main dishes remain to be fantastic. Highly recommend their hainan chicken rice (served with Chinese chicken soup) and baked pork chop with rice. Hope they will start offering the full menu soon. Please support them so that they can stay open during these difficult times for small businesses. read more

Overpriced for what you get. Barely any meat with the combo meat on rice. Dumplings taste like the frozen dumplings you can buy from the grocery store. Shaolongbao is pretty good. Shiu mai is just okay. Fast service. Uncomfortable chairs. Husband liked the pork spare ribs and daikon cake. read more

Koi Palace Express - Not much meat. Mostly bone and skin for the chicken. - Cantonese Near Me - Dublin, California

This is what I call a rich man'a cha chaan teng. Way overpriced but you got to give them credit for quality ingredients and good cooking. Had the Singaporean fried vermicelli which was really good and the wonton noodle soup which was just average. Noodles were a bit too soggy for my liking. Overall 4 stars if you cover your eyes when the bill comes read more

Service is quick, classic Cantonese dishes that are tasty. The isn't anything over the top at the place. Truly upscale Chinese food doesn't exist in the United States, very good Chinese food does. This is one of those places that you can get Noodles, Soups and all the classic comfort dishes. Came here on a Saturday night and only waited a bit for a table. Ordered, the food came out quickly and the taste was excellent. Everything from the XLB, Saigon Cake, Noodles and Fried Rice was tasty. Standard fare here of a Chinese place with rice, noodles, soup, bbq pork items and some wok dishes. All in all, everything here taste good. I would not hesitate to come back again. read more

The food was good and tasty with reasonable prices when I visited. The table setting though is not good and uncomfortable for a group of people more than 5. The service is just so so like other Chinese Cafe. This is the place just right for enjoying your meal but not for others. read more

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I want to like this place with my family more than 3 stars but they've consistently been above, average and below. It's main due to the fact that they've periodically change their chefs and once that happens, the expected food quality and style shifts dramatically and it's very noticeable once presented to the table or ordered to go. Occasionally the food is amazingly tasty and full of flavor then the next time becomes way too salty or has a faint sour smell to it. It's gotten to the point where if we don't have any other options or want to wait in line for other eateries in the plaza then it's a last resort kind of deal. Try your luck with this one for I give it a 50/50 chance from now on. read more

Food is ok. Service of course sucks. But what's worst is that they overcharged me, said they'd take care of it, and they never did.

I have eaten here pretty frequently. I love their Hainan Chicken and Eggplant. The waiting time is a lot shorter than upstairs, and the food quality is as good as upstairs. read more

If you're not going to partner with Door Dash any longer at least take your restaurant off their list. I waited 30 minutes and came to find out my order was cancelled. Thanks. read more

This place is awesome. Food is stellar. I've been here multiple time and haven't been disappointed yet. The duck is some of the best duck I've had in the Bay Area. Additionally the noodle and rice dishes are superb. For the price you pay, it's quite worth it. read more

We love this place their wanton noodles, Hai Nam chicken and pretty much everything are good quality!! Love the Macau pork belly!!! Cantonese cafe style plus a little bit of dim sum and more a easy lunch and dinner place not fancy. Everything we tried is good. Services is a causal place but they will bring food over and pour water and tea. So far each time I go they are friendly and food is delicious that's why we keep going there. Authentic Cantonese food love this place!!! read more

Honestly, we used to love this place. The food itself isn't bad, but they're progressively getting cheaper (and I'm not talking about the price). My mom got the wonton noodle soup with roasted duck, and what she got was noodles she didn't order (everyone knows you gotta have those egg noodles with wonton noodle soup-- the ones she got were weirdly slimy and not good...) and 3 inedible and fatty pieces of duck, but they were sure to charge her extra for the duck! They're incredibly rude (I don't think the wait staff said more than 10 words to us) and they all seem to hate working here-- they all look perpetually angry. Incredibly disappointed with the way this place has become. I would rather go to Gum Kuo and at least get my money's worth. read more

The food is amazing and we absolutely love the place but the time we went we had a rude waitress and she just annoyed my family a lot. She snapped at us and our orders were constantly messed up. Many of the other workers are nice and the food is amazing. We just had a bad experience when we went. read more

The food is as good as Koi upstair, but the table and chairs are kind of small and crowded. I love to order the baked pork chop With rice, it is legit Hong Kong style. read more

I tried the shrimp wonton noodle soup. The broth was not bad but the shrimp was quite flavorful and not overly salty. The noodles were not overcooked and had the right amount of texture. Overall not a bad place to try. The restaurant decor was also interesting and the tables were one a kind. Give this place a shot. read more

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They made a mistake when billing us and treated us very rudely, demanding we pay extra. They apparently mixed up our bill with another table's. The bill we received had a higher value (which we paid), and they charged us a price that was about $3 lower. They then came over and demanded my mom give back some of the change (still fine, I guess) because they had given us ~$3 extra. She then demanded we give them another $5 for whatever reason - on top of the $5 tips we already had on the table - maybe to account for tips? The tips more than covered whatever amount they believed we owed. It took some time before they finally let me go. I'm very disappointed by the service and will definitely not be coming back. It's not about the $ and I don't expect award winning service, just basic levels of respect. read more

Came in wanting to get to go for my husband and I. I specifically said two orders of the bbq duck and wonton thin rice noodle soup but the waitress keyed in one so she had to do another order. Apparently the second time my card did not go through for some reason but seriously their attitude was really bad. It was not my fault that my card had to be swiped twice so I did not get why they feel they are entitled for me to use another card what if I do not have another card? Overall bad experience for take out. read more

I am extremely disappointed with the food especially with the service of this place! The food is so gross! The chicken was so dark and tough, the pork spare ribs was tough and very little, the daikon tasted weird, the siomai smelled gross and stale, etc! All the food we ordered, all the dimsum were just aweful and we just ended up ordering something we thought would fill us up because we came from far away just to eat at this nasty place. All the servers were very very rude and slow and even forgot to put in all our orders! What a very bad experience. Then when we went out, some people told us that the food at koi palace express is really bad, they heard me complaining that's why they took the liberty to say that to us. Anyway, I do not recommend this place at all. This restaurant need to improve their food and their customer service!!!! read more

I felt like I was eating at a food court. It wasn't the Koi Express I used to go before Covid. First of all, all the furnitures were changed to cheap rectangular tables and set up was just like food court. Secondly, as we went inside, we were told we have to order ahead and pay first plus on top of it they will charge 18% service. The menu has shrunk so much now with limited items. To me it is a takeout menu. Thirdly, we noticed the price has tremendously increased. Also I felt a little disturbed, whilst trying to enjoy my dinner, the lady servers were talking very loud in the middle of the restaurant where the kitchen was which made me wonder why am I paying that money for the food and environment. We ordered two items from the 'menu' Shanghai Noodles and the baked seafood rice. We walked out with a bill of $48 which I think is a little too much. Do I want to come back? I would go with other choices around that neighborhood. read more

I came in today to do a to go order the place was quite busy and I didn't see shrimp dumplings on the menu, only shrimp and pork combined. I stood up there for at least 5 mins and the waitress never acknowledged me and then she walked away, I'm sorry was I not good enough to patronize your restaurant!!!!That was bad customer service on her part so I decided to take my business elsewhere. Learn to acknowledge your customers please!!!! read more

I like the food! Taste really good! They have a great variety of dishes that are cheaper than the Koi Palace upstairs. Every time I'll order the porridge, so good!! A regular place for me!! read more

Koi Palace Express - Cantonese Near Me - Dublin, California

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Food here is ok. Unusually come here to get my crispy duck fix. Their customer service skill is terrible here.

5 stars for the food and selection... -4 stars for the customer service and ridiculous wait time. Came at 110pm for lunch...less then half capacity. 3 different waitresses told me to wait b4 taking my order. 128pm now....tried to order their bake fish fillet, was told it would take 30 minutes. I said bye and she says come again....really? read more

This place just reopened recently and they changed the menu. Some items may not be available.

I came here with my family on a Tuesday evening and there was no wait. The service staff was very attentive and kind, the ladies speak Cantonese and were very patient and polite to us. We ordered won ton noodle soup, stir fried shrimp & eggs, and baked rice with pork chop. The shrimp & eggs were very smooth and well seasoned, and the baked rice was very flavorful & had a good amount of meat. Much better than the baked rice at the nearby Snowflake. We will probably come again & may get some takeout in the future because the location is so convenient. read more

Its a nice fast quick food place I haven't came here for a long time the Restaurant need remodelling, the floor looked horrible !The original concept mean to be an Elegant business type Chinese porridge noddle Rice $$ place still got a good menu I ordered Hainan chicken lunch set, I paid extra to ask for dark meat but still sneak in some white pc, peanut was not crunch its kind of old rice was cold the whole plate best point was the teapot soup excellent taste w ginseng favor but not bitter The soup worth the star read more

Koi Palace Express - Cantonese Near Me - Dublin, California

The service is terrible. The waitresses are stuck up, rude, unfriendly and just lazy. They just drop off the food and walk away. Gave me a dirty cup of tea and when it was brought to their attention, the waitress just replaced it. No apologies. Nothing. The food is decent. Wish the service was better though. I guess customer service is not important at this establishment. read more

I visited around 8pm today with two friends and were quickly seated. After looking at the menu for five minutes, we decided what we wanted to order. We spent another five minutes trying to wave down a waitress to take our order. After ordering, the food came out pretty quickly, and the temperature was hot. I enjoyed the fried tofu, scallops, and fish fillet and cheese. I thought the wontons were just alright. Good variety of the food on the menu and quite authentic. We left satisfied and full. read more

This is my second time trying Koi Palace Express. I ordered the Four Treasure Rice plate for dinner couple nights ago, and it was not bad, but no great either. Being a Cantonese native and a knack for Cantonese dishes, I have fairly high standards on food being authentic. While I understand the limited authentic Cantonese places around, it still does not justify having a hard boiled egg as one of the four items on the rice. Nonetheless, it was a okay dinner. Service, however, was immaculate. I ordered my dinner to go, and the waitress greeted me with a big smile, apologized for the short wait, and handed my credit card back wth both hands and lower her back to thank me. This is what good service is about, something you don't find outside of fine dinning. The great service provided by the waitress convinced me to give it another try. So tonight I tried the one dish, if done right, I regard as the pinnacle of a great Cantonese restaurant - Hainan chicken. Having traveled the extra mile for this dish, I traveled across the US to various states such as New York, to Texas, Oregon and back here in California, in search of a good Hainan Chicken place. To provide some context, the one good place I have had is Savoy in LA, and that's it, and it wasn't spectacular, but just good. Now I ordered the dish, recognizing I shouldn't hold that high of a standard for Koi Palace Express, the chef may not even be the same as Koi Palace. When I go home and open the box, I was instantly lit, and not in a good way. The chicken fat rice with peanuts and sauce on the side resembles a form of Hainan Chicken, heck it even includes a bowl of ginseng chicken soup, fancy. The chicken, it's not Hainan style chicken, it's literally the same empress chicken I had two nights ago. Empress chicken?! What in the world is the restaurants thinking? It's like ordering a filet mignon and getting a hamburger patty, yes, they are both beef, but no they are not the same. I was thoroughly disappointed. To make matters worst, the peanut in the rice is sugar coated, its sweet. This is a savory dish, no need to add cotton candy in pasta. For $15, I would expect a bit more from the Koi Palace chain, something more than empress chicken. I would give it 0 star if it wasn't for the service. Similar to other restaurants, I will give it another try before I write it completely off. read more

Koi Palace Express - Empress chicken disguised as Hainan chicken, smh. - Cantonese Near Me - Dublin, California

Service is terrible and unreadable. Have tried DoorDashing this place several times and they always seem to have an issue. What's worse is that instead of addressing the issue they delay orders over 30 min and don't have the courtesy to call client and communicate with us. Very very disappointed read more

I have been to this place twice for quick lunch, tried Hainan Chicken and fried eggplants, both were pretty good. This is a typical Hongkong style restaurant which offer authentic Chinese food. I would definitely recommend it to anyone who lives or works nearby. read more

Was there last week. Paid $47 but credit card was charged $57. These people are thieves! I would not be surprised if the steal credit card numbers! Be careful if you been here! read more

Food is good , services is bad price is too expensive!!!! Call to order to go ppl pick up the phone don't try to listen and don't have Customerservice!!! read more

If you're from out of town, don't dress down when going to buy takeout from Koi Palace Express. The server will ask where you're from. If you say you live far away, you might get shortchanged on your takeout order (i.e. item ordered but not bagged). Perhaps they think they can cheat you without consequences since you live far away. Sadly, they'll probably treat you better if you dress like you're worth more even though their location is a dinky, crowded place. Finally got home to discover one item missing from our $100-plus order, and then it made sense why the server insisted on asking me 3-5 times where I hailed from. Food tasted okay, but being mistreated is a turnoff. read more