Cafe orchid is one of my top favorite HK cafes. The baked pork chop rice is the closest thing to…read morethe ones in Hong Kong. I love the casual environment, and the staff are attentive and friendly, definitely helps if you speak. The chow mein is also dry ... in a good way, we love how it is so flavorful and has a lot of wok hay. Highly recommend!

Cafe Orchid gets the Jeff H. best wonton noodles $13.95 in Millbrae award. Even before they close,…read moretheir wonton noodles still hits the spot. It is a light meal and does the job. Noodles are OK but the star of the show is the wontons. There are six plump, good sized, filled with shrimp & pork, well balanced wontons in the bowl. Cafe Orchid did a good with their interpretation of the Hong Kong wonton noodles. It is close to the ones you get in HK. By the way, the ice milk tea $4.55 is also good.

This is a restaurant set up with a roast duck, cha siew (bbq pork), pork belly deli/counter…read more However it is bare and not utilized for that purpose. Lots of asians patronizing and pretty busy. Maybe I ordered the wrong item (bitter melon beef) and the panfried juicy pork buns. The bittermelon beef made me sick but the panfried buns were juicy and fresh. Service is lacking like most Chinese restaurants. While it is not a priority, usually the food makes up for lacking in service. If i were to return, I would order their dumplings. Restaurant seems clean but the deli counter service is wasted space.

My friend saw this on ad on TV and said all of us had to go…read more I told them, if they were so good why would they run ads? Okay, so I've been known to be wrong, and this is one of those times. The lunch special which runs until 4:30pm, YES you read that right, is the best deal. That's probably why they're running ads, because if not, the regular dishes are like $20 for veggies or soup LOL. Sweet and sour fish was fresh, really liked this. The salted eggplant was good, big portions. Spareribs and chicken feet were also good. Tofu fish was also good. 4 people split it family style. Would come back again. Parking is hard to find though just an FYI! Lemon iced tea was great, BUT the HK hot milk tea no one liked. Watery and bland.

Yummy SzeChuan, 1661 El Camino Real,…read moreMillbrae, CA94030. This was recommended by our son and daughter-in-law and is one of their favourite restaurant. It says in the restaurant's site that Chef Hu Wen Jun opened Yummy SzeChuan in Millbrae in July 2015. It got the Michelin Guide Recommendations in 2017, 2018 and 2019. 6/19/2026 was my 2nd visit there and I can see why the restaurant won many culinary accolades and special honorable mentions. All the dishes we tried were very good and flavorful. The Toothpick Lamb With Cumin and Lotus Root With Chili Pepper were some of my personal favourites. Will go again if/when I'm in the neighbourhood.

Total disappointment…read more The service was rude, dismissive, and very unwelcoming. It felt like the staff had little interest in helping customers. The online menu is also outdated and lists items that the restaurant no longer offers. The server recommended a replacement dish and said it was similar to what I originally requested, but it was not comparable and the taste was very poor. There were also multiple issues with the food. We ordered sweet and sour chicken but were served sesame chicken instead. The potstickers were soggy and tasted old, and the xiaolongbao had an unpleasant taste. Out of courtesy we took the leftovers with us, but the food was so unappealing that we threw it away shortly after leaving.

Parking available one block from the restaurant on El Camino (share parking lot at Universal…read moreSupply). Seated right away on Saturday 12:30pm. Multiple floor restaurants. Large seating area. Order by marking quantity on paper. The items are very hot when they come. All the items have some type of chili, so heads up if you do not have spicy. 7 plates is about $49 before taxes and tips. There's specials on weekday before 12pm. Generous portions, the chicken feet were whole. Some dim sum spots have been cutting chicken feet in half and are small. My favorite is the stuffed shrimp tofu. Still have a rare dessert items such as deep fried twisted egg (Dan San). Overall, pretty good place with hot dim sum.

Really good dinner specials. Good service. Everything was delicious…read more Super convenient if you are staying next door at the Fairfield Inn.

Came here for dinner solely based on proximity to a hotel my friends were staying…read more I had no expectations and was expecting mediocre food, especially so far from downtown Millbrae where there is a concentration of Chinese restaurants--albeit not all good. Needless to say, we were not disappointed with our meal. We ordered the Mongolian beef, stir fry string bean, fish filet with eggplant clay pot and the fried chicken dish. It was plenty for our table of 5.5 (child included). The service was quick and the food was "wok" hot. Each dish was flavorful. The prices were reasonable and definitely worth a try. Note: The parking lot is for the Camille Petite Restaurant next door and not for Royal Feast & I'm unclear if you can park in the lot.

I recently watched an episode of Check, Please! Bay Area featuring Royal Feast, a restaurant in…read moreMillbrae. Based on the glowing reviews from the hosts, I decided to visit the restaurant with my family. What I didn't realize was that the episode originally aired in 2020. Though each dish was served piping hot, there was a weird taste to it. The chili chicken was mostly fried dough, as other Yelp reviewers noted. Had I known the episode was outdated, I likely would have reconsidered dining there. The restaurant looked nothing like what was shown on the program. The interior was dark and uninviting, with chipped paint on the walls and an overall lack of cleanliness. Unfortunately, my family and I became sick after eating there.

Visited this restaurant again after 2 years. We had a great…read moremeal except the gigantic soup. BBQ Pork and Crispy Pork were both excellent and came in a big portion. The Chinese Sausage Claypot Rice was also delicious, it has the satisfyingly crispy rice crust at the bottom. We enjoyed the Mixed Vegetables with Seafood, the scallops and shrimp were fresh and flavorful. The Daily Soup with chicken and Chinese herbs was very flavorful and seemed like it was simmered for a long time. However, the server misled us on the portion size, claiming it was appropriate for 3 people when it was actually a massive steam pot for 10 people! Felt like she intended to make us over-order. The Stir-Fried Kailan with Garlic was tough to eat because the vegetable stems were left whole and way too big/long. Overall, the food quality is great and the portions are big, but be careful with the staff's recommendation.

Came here late last night after picking up my son from SFO airport. We were looking for a Chinese…read morerestaurant that was still open past 9pm and saw this place. They were about to close in 20 minutes but they still let us in, which I appreciated! I didn't know that this place is a chain! We ordered the BBQ Pork rice plate and wonton noodle soup. Pretty standard Cantonese comfort food/dishes. The portions were big and the food was good. They were closing so we rushed to finish our food. The service was good despite it being late. The place looks a bit dated and maybe because it was the end of the day, it wasn't super clean. But, in a pinch if we are craving for some Cantonese food late at night near SFO, we would come back again.

We got here at 12:30 and the place was empty for the hour we were there. No to go orders, no other…read morecustomers. (Red flag). What happened to this place? It used to be hustling and bustling- that's when I read the reviews. New owners... I ordered the tofu beef and rice. I thought it was salty for my taste. My bf ordered the sweet and sour pork with fried rice lunch menu, and had to pay additional $3 to make it fried rice- that is a turn off. He said it was not tasty. I also ordered the salt and pepper pork chop... out to find the best in bay area- haven't found it. I asked to make it more spicy, but... they just dumped more peppers on top... (at least, they didn't try to charge me $3 more dollars for extra japenelos- lol Overall experience: it's ok, nothing spectacular like I remembered. Ambiance was quite quiet and relaxed.

Really bad customer service. I repeated my order to the lady for to go over the phone. She said…read moreyes. Went to go pick it up and she made a big thing about me asking for extra hot sauce. WE JUST PAID $64, and you are surprised that I asked for extra hot sauce? And utensils for to go. It's to go. Working people will go to establishments because they are on lunch. You need to fix your face lady at the counter. Horrible customer service. Mind you the menu online says $48 but she told me it's going to be $58. Fine whatever... Then when we got to work. The dish was incorrect and then when I called in she replied back to me that we changed the menu.. No sorry no nothing. And the food is worse than what it was previously to Mings. And way more expensive... save yourself a trip. Don't come here! No wonder this place has horrible reviews and no one eating inside.

Stick & Steam showed up on my IG feed not long before I was about to depart on a brief visit to the…read moreBay Area. It's a Hong Style cafe tucked in a corner of a Millbrae shopping plaza dominated by a car wash and an In-N-Out Burger. Very few of this type of business exist in my hometown so I came for a small snack after an evening event in an adjacent neighborhood. The dining room had fewer than ten tables for seating. What struck me when I walked in was the number of special menus that were available. They ranged from lunch combo specials, dinner combo specials, daily specials, afternoon tea set meals, and all-day dim sum. The advertising/marketing team had to be busy to come up with these offers. There was a Monday to Friday special between 5 and 9 pm in which you could pick any three unique dim sum items out of a set of ten choices for $12.95. I selected the Chicken Siu Mai, Beef Balls, and Fried Bean Curd Rolls for my order. Since I arrived near the closing time, I wonder if the kitchen was already winding down. It took longer than expected to prepare those items when there were just one or two parties left. Three pieces were in the siu mai steamer while the other steamers had two pieces each. Chicken siu mai is not a variety that we even have in SD which was why I picked it. The meat filling might be slightly healthier than the traditional pork & shrimp combination. My food was piping hot after waiting for it to arrive at my table. I found the quality to be average, but the value was very good. If I lived south of the city, then I would return and try other offerings from the main menu like the Hainan Chicken Rice, Baked Cutlet Pork Chop with Spaghetti, and the Braised Beef Wonton Noodle Soup. For the price and variety, I gave a four star rating for my experience at Stick & Steam.

My family and I got a mix of food to share and every other item was a hit or miss…read more Worth coming back for: the hainan chicken with scallion sauce and the sizzling green beans. Both were incredibly tasty. The chicken was tender and the beans were crisp and fresh! Just OK: the typhoon shrimp fried rice, daikon, and the typhoon chicken wings. The rice barely had any shrimp, but at least the rice had some good seasoning on it so it was fine to eat by itself. The chicken wings and daikon were nothing special. Hard pass: the salted egg yolk fries were soggy and just had a very bland taste. Adding a bit of ketchup helped a bit, but I only could eat 2-3 fries. Speaking of ketchup, I think the red sauce in the baked pasta was a mix of ketchup and some tomatoes. Tasted sweet and artificial. Service was fine - you order from a QR code so they deliver the food to the table in a pretty timely manner. Maybe the dim sum would've been better if I ordered more of it. Maybe next time.