Unfortunately the buns had a very unpleasant flavor and the spring rolls tasted like they had spoiled. I threw out the spring rolls and tossed the buns. The other items were fine but I would avoid the mentioned items above. read more

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Food 2/5 Service 1/5 Ambiance 3/5 Value 2/5 We came to Pacific Palace to celebrate Mother's Day, but unfortunately, the experience fell short. While dim sum spots are usually known for being fast-paced, the service here was incredibly slow. We had to hunt people down to refill our tea, and empty dishes sat on our table for the duration of the meal. The Good: The basics like Har Gow, Siu Mai, Cheong Fun, and Chive Dumplings were decent The Misses: I would strongly suggest passing on the "Chef Special" noodles. The stir-fry noodles had a very small portion and lacked that essential Wok Hei. The Taipan Mai Fun was overcooked and wet, which is a major disappointment when it's supposed to be a dry-fried dish. The Logistics: Parking is also a struggle in this area I usually don't mind subpar service if the food is good, but when both are lacking, it's hard to justify a return trip. read more

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Was able to find street parking not too far. You have to walk up stairs to the second floor to enter restaurant. You get seated and brought a kettle of tea They walk around with the food that you can choose from. They right on a scorecard. Hard to determine what is being charged. But we got about 7 dishes for $55. Unfortunately they charge if you use a card an additional $5 Food was good, service was good. No complaints, other than the card thing - in this world people either make you give cash or be cashless. Ya never know! I was glad to experience this with seeing the food. Usually the dim sum I've been too you fill out a card with what you want so the change up was nice read more

Pacific Palace - Dim Sum Near Me - Brooklyn, New York

The dimsum at this place was quite disappointing. I haven't been for almost 10+ years and decided to give the dimsum here a try again. Unfortunately, it was disappointing. There's way better dimsum spots in the area so I would suggest steering clear of this place. We came around noon to 1pm and already the amount and variety of dishes were limited. Most of the typical dimsum dishes we tried were quite mediocre with some tasting bad and I'm not even sure how fresh they were because they seemed to be on the carts for a while. In one of the pictures you can see how little filling were in one of the glutinous crispy meat dumplings. The one pro was the crispy durian dessert. That was delicious and they were very generous with their durian filling. Overall: pricy and below mediocre except the durian puff! read more

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Good options and busy dimsum with carts not bad price on each item. They have tofu pudding and custard bun and the egg yolk lava bun that's quite explosive be careful lol yummy tho. read more

Pacific Palace - lots of bun and dim sum options - Dim Sum Near Me - Brooklyn, New York

I used to come here often and the dim sum was good. I was highly disappointed coming here recently. The food is still delicious but the customer service has gone downhill. With that being said, I know when you're in Chinatown at a Chinese restaurant you don't expect good service but this was horrible. We were here from 10am-12pm on a Saturday and the restaurant was probably half full. Often times the cart ladies would pass our table and not stop asking if we wanted anything. When we called for them they wouldn't stop or turn around, we literally had to chase them down. Many of the workers did not understand Cantonese or English, thankfully my sister in law spoke mandarin. We asked multiple times for cups of water as well as a fork for my niece and it was never brought around. We will be going to a different dim sum restaurant moving forward. read more

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Not as good as the places Ive been in flushing. And the smell of cigarettes coming in from the street is pretty horrid. This place is located on the second floor, as we were leaving, we saw a man smoking right around the stairs. Yuck. Overall most of the items that we have were pretty tasty. We order a few menu items including the salted fish with eggplant and chicken casserole, beef chow fun, bean curd with mushroom. The items were mostly pretty tasty. We also got something some items and somewhere better than the others. The steamed sticky rice in those lotus leaf or pretty good. Also had the daikon cake, the sesame balls (thought it had red bean but it was empty) and the rice paper rolls and those were honestly pretty disappointing. The Chrysanthemum tea was really good though and so was the service. Overall, decent spot but definitely not the best. Also price was a bit steep imo. Salted fish with eggplant and chicken casserole was $27 bucks which is a bit outrageous IMO read more

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Came here for Dimsum. Overall, the main dimsum place in 8Ave I think. I think the quality here is just okay and it became so much worse then last time I was here. The food was borderline cold and wasn't as good as before, either the chef changed or I just came at a bad time. Egg tart and tea was the only redeeming grace. read more

Pacific Palace - Dim Sum Near Me - Brooklyn, New York

I come here often with family since I was little and this location has changed over the years. Usually on the weekends, this place is absolutely packed and wait is often very long as there's so reservation and you have to put your name on the list and wait for your number to be called. The dim sum often has changed over the years in quality. In my recently visit, the changed one of my favorite dumpling dishes (chives & shrimp) to a different dumpling wrapper (more yellow than transparent white) & the taste is not the same :( other dishes are pretty good still and has not changed thankfully, The tea is either a hit or miss when you come. Sometimes it's absolutely great and other times it's so low tier and water down. Service is like the tea.. hit or miss lol there are times when I come & there's an abundant amount of carts going around with varies dishes and other times there's barely any carts and you basically have to go get the food from the back. I've also been here for weddings as well since they're also a wedding venue! Overall, this is an okay location that is still very popular after 20 years of coming here. It was definitely a higher demand back in the early 2000s but since there has been more dim sum sports popping up nearby, it is not as busy but still gets good business! read more

A couple blocks away from the N train station. But beware though, you'll have to walk through the streets with the fish markets and vegetable stands to get here and it can get crowded. The restaurant is on the second floor and there is plenty of seating. Didn't have to wait for a table on a Saturday which was good. However, when I was seated at a table the waiter immediately asked me what tea you want in mandarin. I told her that I needed to wait until the rest of party my party arrived but instead of waiting she kept asking and ended up bringing me a random pot of tea. Unfortunately, I did not like the tea of her choice and asked her to change it. The atmosphere is your typical dim sum place. We were right next to the kitchen and constantly smelled smoking in our area. Not sure if it's the cooks smoking? Food ordered: - Spare ribs - Beef tripe - Crispy Spring Roll - Fried dough rice noodle rolls - Beef Rice Noodle Roll - Shu Sui Mai/Steamed Pork Dumpling - Ha Gaw/Shrimp Dumpling - Pan Fried Pepper Stuffed w/Shrimp - Pan Fried Turnip Cake - Pea shoot dumpling The flavor of each dish was pretty bland. Not sure if it's because the restaurant is in a Fujianese neighborhood so the seasoning is more tailored to their taste? Majority of dishes was large and a couple medium. Most of the dishes weren't very warm which is due to not having a lot of those steel carts that keep the food warm. Total came out to be $53 without tips and I think that it is pretty average for dim sum. read more

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There is so little soyo on the rice noodles. It could hqve been way better. Honestly disappointed compared to other dim sum places.

I've been here a few times over the years, and I swear this place gets smaller and smaller, which doesn't make sense. But I do remember that it used to be so popular and busy that we would have to line up in order to get in. Nowadays, there's barely any line, and there are only 2-3 carts going around. A lot of us ended up getting up from our tables and going to the back corner to get the good ourselves because the carts just never came or went around. We ended up barely eating much, and there seemed to be almost no variety in the dim sum. It was really sad and disappointing. Fortunately, the food was still pretty decent and the decor was still as nice as before. Service absolutely sucked though. read more

Pacific Palace - Dim Sum Near Me - Brooklyn, New York

Horrible experience. Don't go there if you want to ruin your family events or any sorts of celebrations. This lady Baby or Barbie I guess she is one of the owners she is scam . When she wants your business she made a lot fantastic promises to you . After she collected the $$ .. world changed. Nothing done as promised. She is very nasty and rude to customers. read more

The place inside is huge yet there is still always a wait which means the food is pretty good! It's lit nicely and they had a ticketing system of numbers on paper in order. The red crusted shrimp balls were tasty and very pretty! It was strange that the server did not know what the food item was tho. The curry octopus also wasn't that good and too chewy. However, everything else was really good! I enjoyed the clams and the chicken feet the most. I love how there are carts that are pushed around so you can order whatever looks good on there instead of straight off a menu! read more

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Not as good as I remembered it, it's been renovated since I've been here last its more like a catering hall, not a lot of atmosphere...as for the food: the sesame chicken had no flavor and mostly batter. The best dish was the eggplant with garlic sauce. The roasted pork we had for an appetizer was cold. read more

Came here to grab some breakfast dim sum with friends to celebrate my sister-in-law's birthday. The paper menu is for checking off and located inside by the register (which confused people who lined up thinking they line up to order when you can just grab the order paper). It is a tiny narrow space; hence many people just crowded the door (edging to get closer). It is limited menu but has more to offer than other restaurants. I ordered a bunch of stuff for friends & family but ended up on taking picture of one item LOL because it looked different. It had shredded carrots sprinkled over the fried dough rice rolls. Food was okay quality. read more

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Pretty much your typical dim sum place. They have a ton of space and super busy on the weekends still. The food are pretty good and they have a wide variety. Some of the better dishes are their shrimp stuffed egg plants and shrimp stuffed green peppers. Durians rolls are crispy with a slight sweetness which is a great way to end the meal. Pretty good dim sum place to hang out with family or friends. read more

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I so love Pacificana! I'm so glad that I got to go here last night after not being here in over a year. By far one of the best Cantonese restaurants in Brooklyn. Besides that you get to dine in literally a palace, their food is great. The pics I took were not the best and don't serve justice to how good their food is. I love the shrimp dumplings!! They are also following covid precautions much better compared to other places. Temperatures are checked, all plate settings are disposable, and tables are very distant from each other. Can't wait to come back! read more

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the management here sucks dont eat here they have very overpriced foods for small portions of foods you can get something better anywhere else in 8 ave read more

Went for a quick dim sum on a weekday. Fish balls with daikon and pig skin was not good. Shrimp rice roll was on point as were the chicken feet. Got there at 11a and was packed when I left around 1130a! Would have ordered more but they need to work on getting the carts out in a more timely fashion. Service was good. Cart ladies were nice. First time back since they changed from the old place. Will have to go back for more dishes to see how the stacks up to the other places. read more

Another pre-pandemic special (AKA, I forgot to review them before covid)... clearly you're not (or you shouldn't be) eating in their ginormous, neon light-filled, dining room. Anywho... We're of the opinion that NYC doesn't do dim sum well. Really we haven't found good dim sum anywhere in the U.S., but NYC is especially bad. So with that as a backdrop, Pacificana is about par for the course... If you've had good dim sum it'll just make you wish you were back in whatever restaurant you had the god stuff in. read more

I've passed by Pacificana many times and had dinner once here for a gala, but I never tried their dim sum until last year. Surprisingly, there weren't many people waiting for a table when I came here with my group of six on a Sunday a little after 12:30 in August. And we didn't have to share a table either, as it often happens during dim sum hours! I was thrilled to see that they offered both the classic dishes and dim sum that differed from other places, such as the fried bun with condensed milk and deep fried tofu with shrimp. The ladies who were serving the dim sum were super nice, and one of them kept chatting up my table. read more

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Yikes! It's a gorgeous interior and wow no wait for dim sum for a large (14) people on a Sunday at 1:30pm. Relatively many seats open actually. Tables are large, easily accommodating 12. (14 was a squeeze.) That being said, blegh a lot of the dim sum dishes were cold, particularly from the pastry cart. The baked cha shao bao was dead cold and even a tiny bit stale! Definitely not fresh. Makes me miss Tim Ho wan. You must watch out to see if the dish is coming from a steaming hot cart or not because it makes a big difference. The hot items like the shao mai and har gaw etc were fine but I thought they taste better from my local Rainbow Bakery actually. Better yet, ask the lady in the back corner to make your food fresh, or just order a la carte items off the menu. They get mad props for easily accommodating large parties and serving food super quickly though. So cheap ended up being close to $250 total. read more

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I love Pacificana! Me and my family have come here since I was a kid. The restaurant is located on top of chase bank. The entrance is on the side, where the avenue is. It is located on the second floor and the interior of Pacificana is very grand looking, as if you are in a palace. When I went on a Thursday afternoon, there was a good crowd but we were able to be seated immediately. Here, you get the true dim sum experience. Cart ladies bring around dimsum on carts and you pick what you want. They have a wide selection of dimsum including chicken feet and shrimp rice rolls. My favorite dish to get here are black bean clams. Most places don't have clams in the dim sum carts, but they have them here! In addition, you can flag down a waiter and order specialty dishes if needed. During our meal, the waiters whisked away empty plates frequently throughout. We always have great food and service when here. read more

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Here on a Saturday afternoon. Very clean and friendly staff. I feel Comfortable in here as a ebony woman. They bring the dim sum carts around,you point at what you want and then they mark your card. At the end they total it all up and you pay. The food is hot and tasty. You sit at large round tables and you may get the opportunity to meet someone new. Good spot for groups. It was me and 3 of my family members. We were the only people of color and we were treated well. Florence the dim sum cart lady is a sweetheart and is very helpful. read more

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Ehh not the best dim sum place in the area. We came on a Saturday and it was half filled. This should have been a sign because most dim sum places are packed on the weekends. I've been here before years ago and it was very popular maybe the owners changed? We ordered 5 dim sum dishes and all were mediocre. The total was $21 which was okay but don't think we will come back again. read more

I was a little surprised with the reviews but decided to check this place out since a friend and I were in the area. We actually had a pretty good time, and the dim sum was really great. The one thing I gotta say is that we were seated right away on a Saturday around 1 pm, which for me is super surprising compared to my past experiences with dim sum restaurants. Loved the food, and my favorite was the durian skins. It was also a plus to see how clean the place was, and it wasn't loud at all, which allowed my friend and I to actually be able to enjoy our food and our time in there. If the food is the way how it was when we tasted it, I would have no problem coming here. read more

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So we made a reservation to have dinner here for 20 people on 7/14 at 6pm. Upon arrival heading up the stairs we could hear loud singing coming from the hall. We were not told they were having a wedding and a baby shower at the same time. Needless to say that they placed our tables right in between the wedding and the baby shower so the noise level was ridiculous. This restaurant has a large space on the 2nd floor. The problem is that is all marble and stone facade inside. Therefore sounds bounce off the wall, almost like an echo. Our 2 tables were moved to a corner of the restaurant away from everything else, clearly this took time and it was stressful since we were here to celebrate my nephews 13th bday. Waitstaff was all over the place very disorganized, none of the rooms are private, all they do is provide a divider so people dont peek in to your event. Now the food was a lot better then the service, although they are rated a C by Dept of health, we had a 10 course platter family style meal. The best items kn the table were the steamed sea bass with ginger and scallions, the garlic chicken, salt and pepper squid, stir fried seafood with vegetables. The sticky rice with crab had no taste, complete waste of money. The longevity noodles were ok, the T-bine steak was chewy, undercooked and not worth the money. The fried tofu with shrimp was pretty good. Overall, i would not host a party here nor would i travel all the way from bayside to have dinner here. The parking situation is tough, we just happen to get lucky going around the block. read more

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My wife ordered some food over here. But most of them tasted disgusting. That is worst Cantonese restaurant in Brooklyn

The taste of the food is not very good. A lot of MSG and salt are easy to eat. The favorite ice skin durian is also different from before. It becomes very small. read more

Pacific Palace - Dim Sum Near Me - Brooklyn, New York

In general, good restaurant! All the items I ordered with my friend are mostly good options except the porridge. read more

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Bold and beautiful, Pacificana looks to be one of the more stellar Dim Sum places in Brooklyn Chinatown. But as we've all learned, judging a book by it's cover is hardly ever worth doing because looks aside, Pacificana is just average Dim Sum, no more and no less. The weekend crowds would tell another story. It would almost look as if people are crazy about this joint, but I think the novelty of dining in a spacious, multi-level restaurant sometimes beats the alternative of waiting for a smaller place even if the food is (only marginally) better. Waiting has never been a huge issue for me here. The place is easy to get into during the weekday and is less than 30-40 minutes during the weekend peak. Any wait longer than that and I'd recommend going somewhere else. With all things considering, the Dim Sum is okay. The dishes seem pricier than the nearby joints without so much of a bump in quality. There are many mediocre selections, but the few that I did find to be solid were the shrimp crepes (ha cheurng), fried cruellers wrapped in rice noodle (zha leung), and their thousand year old egg and pork congee (pei dan sau yuk juk). Another thing worth noting is this is one of the few Dim Sum joints that actually give out full bamboo baskets of soup dumplings (xiao long bao). One thing I have yet to try is their dinner service. I have heard excellent things about their evening dishes from frequent visitors and even a seal of approval from a few locals in the area. When I'm feening for a Cantonese dinner and not able to go to East Harbor (http://www.yelp.com/biz/east-harbor-seafood-palace-brooklyn), I'll definitely give Pacificana another shot. read more

This place is definitely the nicer of the dim sum places, definitely banquet style place, huge room with a bunch of tables. When you enter the building, it's upstairs. If you don't speak Chinese, just use the universal language of using your fingers to tell them how many people in your party. It wasn't terribly busy when we sat, then I saw the carts making a beeline towards us. Yea, I want this, this, this, this and that. So we just started picking out what looked good and off we go. Pretty standard dim sum, not every item was super hot, but only warm-ish, nothing really blew me away or anything. Same carts came around and around each time with the same stuff, not much of a variety was offered nor was it ready yet as the response of "coming later" was to be told to us. We ate slowly in anticipation that more stuff would come out "later" but unfortunately "later" meant much later. Good amount of pastries on the carts was the highlight for one of us, but overall it was just ok. It was a little tough flagging down someone in a suit to get our bill, so I just went to the front counter and paid. Prices were pretty good so that was a plus, I think they prefer you pay in cash. read more

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One of the good and my fav Chinese restaurants in the neighborhood. I've been to almost all of them and this one is pretty nice. Food: various dim sum available. Plus in lunch hours, you would see waiters/waitresses walking around with a specialty (like stuffed pepper, eggplant, jellyfish appetizer, stir fried vegetable, stir fried favored spiral sea shell, etc.), which i think it's pretty cool and no other Chinese restaurants do that often. typical dim sum are served. I was gonna totally recommend their "zha leung" (rice noodle wrapped with fried dough) and "cheung fen" (rice noodle) because their "cheung fen" is transparent, and I thought that's the result of freshness, just came out from the steamer (usually it's opaque white). But my auntie told me maybe its because they used a powder called "pang fen" (boron powder?) , which is actually not good to ur body. The taste of "cheung fen" after adding this type of powder can make it translucent and more chewy. Other dim sum-wise, they're pretty okay, dessert are pretty "innovated." Egg tarts arent' too good, crust isn't flaky. Others are pretty average, nothing really stunning. Price: How can you complain when it's in Brooklyn? Location: It's always busy, crowded, fast service tho, okay place. read more

3.5 to be exact. Pacificana has an undeniable beautiful decor as compared to some of the other dim sum spots on 8th Avenue. I would say this spot has a more traditional take on dim sum which tends to be much less seasoned and does not offer much trendy dim sum dishes, catering more to the older crowd. There is a reason that this place gets extremely crowded with long lines of people on weekends. They are a solid performer in the dim sum competition in Brooklyn, Chinatown. While I admit that they are certainly not the best dim sum I ever had but I must say I do enjoy the dim sum here. The Fried Culler dish was indeed my absolute favorite in all of 8th Avenue. They are really almost the only spot on 8th Avenue that kept the pieces of dried shrimps and cilantro on it. See what I mean? Traditional. Other dim sum spots skimped on this. I love the effort, it makes it much tastier, and it is just simply the best! Handling of the wok is Pacificana's greatest strength. Everything made from the wok are really good! I would say their pan-fried noodles like the Beef Chow Fun or Pan-Fried Noodles with Chicken Gravey, and the Soup Rice Noodles with Preserved Vegetables and Duck Meat are superb compared to their competition, hands down. No cash? Credit Cards are accepted. read more

We love their dim sum especially the scallion dumplings, pork buns (baked), har gow (shrimp in rice noodles), and shu mai. Get there early to avoid the crowds on a Sunday! read more

There was a wedding starting but they still were serving dinner. Service was nice and pleasant. The food was "catching the pig". Each dish had one or more deficiencies. The seafood fish maw soup did not have much taste or fish maw, the steak cube dish had blah steak taste. Every dish was kinda acceptable but not good. No mas. read more

Love the food but bummed about the health score. I get sick easily from poor food preparation and it worries me. Maybe if I stick to only well cooked food. read more

We got here around 9:15am in a Sunday and there weren't very many people here so I was nervous... I've read a lot of mixed reviews over the last year about food being lukewarm and stuff. Titanium the place was energetic and loud and beautiful... The tea and the food is all so hot and we can't even eat it right away... We asked for Pu'er tea and got it immediately. The beef short ribs with pepper are incredible! We haven't had taro in our short ribs since the time we had dim sum in Cleveland. Everywhere else they just use yams...TARO FTW!!!! Our steamed pork buns look like one of those Easter egg dioramas...thin bun cave with lots of pork! Perfect ratio after so many dim sum places that make a dense thick bun with just a drop of pork inside. And the sweet egg wash on top was shiny and sweet and perfect Their shumai is large so if you are used to small bite-size pieces you will be cutting these in half. No complaints here! Some of them have a little oyster on top! read more

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Occasionally they have cute and nice dim sums but if they can keep it warm, it would be better on the carts. This is the only on within a 5-10 block ratio so if the locals don't feel like walking to 65 street, they will come here hence the reason why it is always crowded on the weekends. The wait on the weekend can be around 2 hours. On the weekends, the carts are pretty diverse but on the weekdays, they tried to force you to "say yes" to the dishes on their the carts, which isn't many dishes. If you can, just order "dimsum-on-the-go" from the front counter and bring it home. read more

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