I have been coming to Silver Pond for 2 decades. Usually for celebrations and holidays but I definitely see some recent changes for more of a daily dine in. To start, they have started providing dimsum on the weekends. When they first started doing dimsum, they had push carts. On my last visit, I didn't see any push carts. Not sure if it was due to the amount of people dining or if they had removed this. I think their Cantonese / Chinese food is amazing. Makes me feel like I'm in a Chinatown. The menu is setup for family style sharing. I personally enjoy the sizzling steak, shrimp with mayonnaise sauce, and pan fried noodles. They are one of the few Chinese restaurants in South Florida that offer roasted duck. They usually do a killer job with a crispy skin on the duck. This last visit wasn't up to our expectations but our server kindly took it to the back and gave us another. I think service has also greatly improved recently. Their staff is attentive and will change out your plates for a clean plate mid-meal. It's a bit of a drive for my family, but we'll do it for the food here. read more

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I've been coming to Silver Pond for several years for birthdays, Chinese New Year celebration and regular dinners. Food was pretty decent New York Chinatown Cantonese dishes. With an ownership change and addition of dim sum, we had to try. We arrived Sunday at 11 am when it opened. It was pleasantly uncrowded, and restrooms were clean. It was nearly full by noon. There are no dim sum cart ladies. You order from a sheet (no pictures), so hopefully you have an inkling of what "beef stomach" and "chicken feet" are as well as a slew of other items. Unfortunately congee and desserts were all crossed off. We were happy to discover that the dim sum was very good! After going to practically every dim sum restaurant in Greater Fort Lauderdale, this was the freshest and tastiest, and not oily. The dishes come out as the chefs prepare, in no particular order. The food is steaming hot. A few unusual (for FL) dim sum included Crispy Taro Cake which had more than just taro (we all liked the dish), and the Chiu Chow Dumplings which were plump full of tasty minced ingredients. We ordered Chinese Broccoli with garlic, and Salt & Pepper Calamari off the main menu. The calamari was delicious! The waiter who has been there for years was typical no nonsense and efficient. Shockingly for a Chinese/dim sum place, the waitress actually smiled and was friendly. She even gladly took photos for us with our phones! We will be back to try more dim sum and maybe see if their dinners are as good as lunch. read more

Silver Pond - Dim Sum - Chinese Near Me - Lauderdale Lakes, Florida

Went to Silver Pond to have some dim sum with friends. Since this was my first time, I did not know what to expect. So, there are no carts running around with the dim sum. There's a dim sum menu and you choose what you want and they will bring it to your table, I am assuming, they made it to order, since we waited a bit for the different foods. There were two waiters helping all tables and they were not overly friendly. They also brought a teapot, not asking first, which type of tea we wanted...We got jasmine tea. This is my feedback on what we got: - Shrimp dumplings (har gao). Nice thin wrapper, not a lot of flavor. Shrimp did not taste like much at all. 7/10 - Pork dumplings (Siu Mai). Tasted bland, not very flavorful. 6/10 - BBQ pork bun (Char siu bao). Nice soft bun but with very little pork filling. 8/10 - Ginger chicken bao. Soft bun, but almost no chicken inside 7/10 - Pan fried turnip cake. Good tasting. Very oily. 8/10 - Shrimp with eggplant. Nice tasting dish. 9/10 - Sticky rice in lotus leaves. This Chinese tamale dish came as two small ones instead of a large one. It had Chinese sausage and pork inside. Rice was nice and sticky. 9/10 - Steamed sponge cake. Not like other places, brown instead of yellow. A bit denser than others. 7/10 Overall not a bad dim sum place, but not like one that you would find in New York, Atlanta, San Francisco or Chicago. I guess our Chinese population is not large enough for top notch dim sum chefs. Not bad though..... read more

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Had their vegetable soup. It was fantastic! Very filling. The ambiance was relaxing and the staff was very helpful.

4/23/22 Another wonderful dinner at Silver Pond. The food is consistently good. Tonight we ordered something different, the shrimp with salad dressing sauce. It was very similar to a dish that we have enjoyed in the past. read more

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I have been going there for many years. it changed hands and we were so disappointed in the food and the service. nothing was the same and we were totally unhappy. We did not recieve all the food we ordered and tried to charge us. What a shame we had our family in from California 17 of us. Restrooms were very dirty. we had to ask for tea and water . I had called and made a reservation and they said they never got it. This was a very bad experience. Rhe new name is Kerin . STAY AWAY read more

My family took me here claiming it was one of the best dim sum places, but quite honestly coming from LA I would rate this as sub-par. The dough part of the soup dumplings could've been more on the delicate side, and the rest of the food tasted oily. I did want to like this place considering the restaurant was spacious and looked clean. Unfortunately it was a miss for me. read more

Silver Pond - Chinese Near Me - Lauderdale Lakes, Florida

For over two decades, my family frequented this restaurant, but I stopped attending due to declining cleanliness. On my last visit, we found a medium-sized roach in our soup, . Despite receiving a replacement bowl from the server, it was pretty obvious that the entire batch from the kitchen was compromised due to the original bowl being scooped from it. Reluctantly, we returned today at the insistence of a family member, only to discover a sizable fly cooked into our food, reflecting further degradation in quality. Service has gone down, with our favorite servers departed. We won't be returning. read more

Service was excellent for dim sum. The sweet and sour soup for 10 of us was served hot, and excellent strong taste. The hot chicken type soup was watery. Especially good was the steamed dumpling shrimp. Parking excellent read more

We had a really great dinner here. They seem to be traditional Cantonese cuisine. Their soups are large shareable bowls. Entree were very good as well. We had cantonese wonton soup with shrimp & pork wontons & greens, chicken & corn soup which has an egg drop base, imperial duck, veggie fried rice & general tso chicken. All was delicious. read more

With a group of 9 single ladies we went last week. The atmosphere is beautiful, the food was once known to be top notch. The servers are kind and helpful. The food is rather bland. We had Corn soup which tasted like Egg Drop Soup, no corn flavor. Ribs, the seasoning was good but the meat a bit tough. Beef Stir fry was the best in flavor. Chicken with crispy noodles bland. Seafood dish looked beautiful but had no flavor at all. They refuse to do separate checks ... but if we came in and sat at separate tables they would. Don't know why it's difficult to find tasty Chinese food. read more

I'm in the restaurant business & Love this place . Forget about elite Yelpers begging for extras. This review is coming from someone that owns 2 Restaurants & won Best Of @ both spots! Silver Pond Rocks! Jalapeño soy (Chefs Special), Hong Kong Duck , Salt Pepper Squid/Shrimp & Beef Chow Fun! Insane Joe has been serving over 25 years & is awesome! read more

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Good friends together.. The food and service were ahead of our expectations. I truly enjoyed the food & environment of this place. Extraordinary place to take the family and friends for authentic chines flavors . I've been eating here since I found this Gem and never, had a bad meal. Food is excellent Portions are good Prices are competitive Given it a try - you won't be disappointed read more

Starting the morning with some dimsum! This place has one of the best shu mai's I've ever had! The size was pretty big compared to other traditional places and pork/shrimp ratio was great. We've also had short ribs, chicken feet, crispy shrimp ball, sticky rice in lotus leaves, and variations of dumplings. All of these were tasty and not overly oily/salty. One thing I didn't like was the Shrimp rice noodle rolls (aka shrimp crepes) the skin was pretty thick. Now if you care of the interior and sanitary of the restaurant... the place is older and the bathroom is dirty. The dining area is kept clean but you can tell it's been years since an interior update. read more

Silver Pond - Chinese Near Me - Lauderdale Lakes, Florida

Best Chinese food in southern florida And best dim sum to boot! Worth the drive to commercial in fort lauderdale read more

First, their food is amazingly delicious...it is phenomenal. If that was the only criteria the Silver Pond would get a solid five stars. But there is more. If you carpet the floor, it comes with the expectation that it will be cleaned occasionally..it appears this is not the case and merely serves to take your attention away from the dirty windows. The carpet is old, dirty and threadbare. The bathroom is equally dirty and, it must be said, the kitchen cannot be the only place in this establishment to be clean. Maybe it is, maybe it isn't. The service is terrible. The waiters are next to useless. The drinks only arrived because we were insistent...and as far as my wife goes, the sake became one in six (they didn't have five of them) and was cheap horse swill. The table was only cleaned after we complained (I had desert with filthy plates all over the table) and it was awful generally, but the food was good. But there are many restaurants with good food and good service, therefore, we won't be back. read more

GOOD NEWS! One of the Chefs at Gold Marques Chinese Restaurant in Pembroke Pines (a really excellent place that we have been to) bought out the Silver Pond Restaurant. Excellent food we went there tonight! They are also going to be starting DIM SUM in the near future for lunch!! If the service here is as good as it at the Grand Marques then folks I think We can all look forward to many more good years of fine Chinese dining. We wish Mama Hui and her Chef Husband and their 2 sons Kevin and Eric all the very best (not forgetting Aunt Joyce who is behind the counter) WE WILL MOST DEFINITELY BE BACK!!! read more

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I started eating at Silver Pond back in 1993. Had hundreds of meals there. Knew the original owner. It sold pre covid and original chefs left. Wasnt the same quality after that. Decided to give it another try. The food was actually good. Will come back. read more

I've been twice in a week to this place, and it is the best Chinese food I've had in South Florida. The winter melon and shrimp soup is light, piping hot and a delicious departure from the typical egg drop, wonton or hot and sour soups served elsewhere. The salt and pepper shrimp are flat out the best fried shrimp I've ever tasted, and I'm nearing an age made famous in a Beatles song. The sweet and pungent pork was a complex dish with pickled vegetables as well as the named ingredients. It actual had tart flavors and was, again, the best I've had and not the usual too sweet mess served at many others. Beef chow fun was tender beef, large yummy noodles, and very good. On the earlier visit the lobster silver pond and seafood rolls were good, as was the special fried rice. The bill was ridiculously low, at $20.81 a person. Everything was hot, delicious,and service was excellent. read more

They are alive again. The authentic Cantonese dishes are back. Food comes out fresh and delicious.

Silver Pond lives up to its legendary hype! This was my first time here and I've heard many rave reviews! We finallllly made it. We ordered Hong Kong duck, sizzling beef with black pepper, shredded chicken pan fried noodles and shrimp fried rice. Between the three of us, our eyes were bigger than our stomachs and a lot of it went home. I haven't had this delicious of a meal since.... Toronto. This is South Florida's finest. read more

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Best Chinese restaurant in Florida (and maybe NY, too) Hong Kong style cuisine with really fresh ingredients and authentic dishes. we had the chicken corn soup, tge fried salted shrimp, the ginger lo mein , and the Chinese broccoli in oyster sauce-ALL DELICIOUS!! read more

The restaurant inside is somewhat old fashioned and there's lots of customers always. Someone told me awhile ago, who is asian, that this is the best restaurant. We ordered the duck and hong kong chicken. I thought it was going to be like fast food Chinese takeout but it was actually sliced meat. The food was decent but overpriced. I think I should've ordered the dim sum or something else. read more

The word on the street (the Broward county Chinese community) was that Silver Pond has recently had a change of ownership and it is under new management; which it was to say that the previous restaurant had been an utter failure. It was with a glimpse of hope and enthusiasm we decided to give it a second chance and yet again it was proven to be wrong. Nothing was really changed: mediocre tastes, tired decor, inattentive services, limited selections, and all was over priced. Long gone was the glory days when Silver Pond once stood as the benchmark of quality Chinese restaurant in Broward, yet it decisively to exist only within its own vacuum and slowly decay into oblivion. read more

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Never disappoints. My favorite dim sum spot. We got an array of food. My top picks are the shrimp paste and pork chops. I wish the baked pork buns had slightly more meat but very sweet and savory. All of the food was delicious! read more

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The ambiance was great, it was quiet with just a few patrons having their meals. My server was pleasant. We didn't dine in - we placed a take out order, my daughter was trying to find someone who made hamchoy pork (we used to have it back home in Jamaica so was hoping it was close) but their attempt was to put roasted pork with the steamed mustard greens. It missed the mark in expectation but it's ok - just won't be doing that again. My nephew also had the pork fried rice - it was ok, not greasy or soggy, just cooked right rice. Don't think we'll be back but they always say never say never. I love to take pictures of the food but I forgot and we didn't take any - it looked great in presentation. Thanks for trying The New Silver Pond. (Sorry left off part of the name above) read more

If you're looking for authentic Chinese food, this is the place to be. Tons of options available and perfect for sharing. Will definitely be back to try the dim sum. read more

Firstly, let me say that I like this place. The dumplings in particular are excellent and the silver pond lobster ( the one with minced pork ) is very tasty. I would recommend ordering a little larger lobster if your budget allows because it's less likely to be dried out. I also enjoy the beef chow fun and the Peking pork chops. Although the pork chops are tasty, they are not the best cut of meat and as a result there is a lot of inedible parts to the dish. Perhaps better trimming in the kitchen would help. I travel almost 25 miles to eat here and have rarely been disappointed. You need to remember that this is more authentic food and not necessarily what many people think is Chinese food. read more

It's rare for my wife and I to be talking about how incredible last night's dinner was at the breakfast table. And that only comes when every aspect of the meal is near perfect. After years of visiting Silver Pond Restaurant it never ceases to amaze. In a world of Chinese restaurants located in every other strip mall, all remarkable in their lack of uniqueness, this restaurant stands out like a five star because it is. Where else will you find Winter Melon Soup, hot and delicious; Eggplant in a clay pot with pork meat sauce, bubbling hot; or crispy Peking Pork chops!! It just doesn't get any better. Go and Enjoy!!! FYI, open 6 days a week, closed on Tuesdays. read more

We tried lunch here today and it was disappointing as many Lauderdale Chinese spots are. No lunch menu. Either Dim Sum or overpriced ho hum full dinner portions. Never again. Of course Broward is a wasteland for Chinese cuisine. We've tried them all. read more

Favorite Chinese Best food stop from NYC to Miami! We eat there frequently, love the place!!! read more

Great food and service. We used to go every week and stopped because of various reasons. We enjoyed our meal and seeing the staff again. read more

Haven't been here since before COVID Think new owners Food still great, but gotten more expensive They also have dim sum Service good, we would go back! read more

A QUALITY DINING EXPERIENCE! I came here for a family dinner and felt overwhelmed with excitement. The entre portions are share friendly so you definitely want to come here with a group and order a few options to taste. The thin noodles are a must-try but the lobster was my favorite, hands down! The staff is very attentive and quick with the entire order process as well as the frequent servicing of the table. Great food, great staff, great time! Highly recommend. read more

Silver Pond - Lobster - Chinese Near Me - Lauderdale Lakes, Florida

This was a regular dining spot for us prior to the pandemic. We came today and discovered they are serving dim sum. Before I comment I would report that I lived 7 years in Hong Kong and my wife is Chinese. Well the Dim sum wasn't anywhere as good as their menu dishes. Paste too thick on shrimp in rice paste, pork tarp just not pleasant and worst of all the Shanghai dumpling's pastry was hard on top. On the plus side the pea shoots were delicious. We will be back but not for dim sum. read more

I consider this restaurant the best chinese restaurant in Broward, however the service is tough. They seem to have an attitude with the way you order your food, I understand it could be the language, but something they seem rude. My friend had an awful experience trying to get his tea and food on time. I hope that getter better. read more

Silver Pond is overall a solid Chinese restaurant! There is a good mix of authentic Chinese food and Americanized Chinese staples. I'd highly recommend the clay pot fish. It was extremely tasty. The portion sizes are fairly generous. I really enjoyed everything that I tried. Admittedly, the restaurant is a little bit more on the older side. It's located in a strip mall, so it's got plenty of parking. However, the plaza is pretty mundane, so don't expect anything trendy. The interior decor is typical Chinese restaurant. This is a good place to go with a larger group of people. There are large round tables that can accommodate around 8 to 9 people. There's a back private room too for events or larger gatherings. Fair warning, this place can get kind of busy, so make a reservation. read more

A Chinese friend of mine on the west coast introduced me to dim sum 30 years ago. Since then, I have eaten at dim sum restaurants from coast to coast, and the food at this one was the absolute worst I have ever had! I do a lot of home cooking from scratch, so I'm pretty good at identifying ingredients. I am 99% certain that there was no egg in the egg custard buns. I believe that the filling was water, cornstarch, sugar, and yellow food coloring. The rice in a lotus leaf was bland, as was the turnip pudding. The siu mai was made of shrimp instead of pork. Potstickers were not even on the menu nor were Chinese mustard greens. Custard tarts are only available on weekends. The steamed baus and custard buns were mostly dough and very short on other ingredients. Then there was the "misunderstanding" I had with the front desk guy, whom I called before going. He explained that they only served dim sum until 4 PM, but you were free to order it after that. If they had leftovers, it would be at the menu price. If they were out of an item, they would be glad to make it for you, but it would be one dollar more per item. When I got the bill, every item was one dollar more. In all fairness, I should have read the fine print at the bottom of the menu. Gotcha! This place was recommended to me by a local Asian friend of mine, who must have lost her taste buds somewhere along the line. I will never eat here again. I'm going back to my old standby, Tao Tao. read more

My fav Chinese place in Fort Lauderdale. I always come here when I'm in town and they do everything so well. I often order the stirfry, lobster, snow, pea, chips, salty, fish, fried rice, and everything was so good. The service is very fast and the food is reasonably priced while still delicious, would definitely recommend. read more

Going there for years, always excellent, flavors of China Town in Manhattan. It's worth the drive