I discovered Uncle Quan's Kitchen while searching for a place that had steamed pork buns. Steamed pork buns are among my favorite foods. They are wonderful when prepared well, but profoundly disappointing when they are not. I'm usually pretty skeptical when I try them from a new place. I am thrilled to say these steamed pork buns were amazing. They were about twice as large as any other steamed pork bun I've had in the area, but were priced reasonably. These buns had clearly been made by hand and not from a mold; they weren't as "pretty" as others I've had, but they were so delicious the appearance was completely irrelevant. I'm fond of places that don't use a mold. A lot of times there is so much bun that the flavor of the filling more or less disappears. Not the case at this place. The taste of the savory filling came through in each bite. Another sign of how fresh these buns are is the absence of that almost rubbery texture you sometimes get with steamed pork buns. The texture of these buns, though, was perfect. Writing thus review has my mouth watering. I know what I'll be having for lunch tomorrow. read more

Be careful, all their foods are old I did report it to Health Department after my family got sick of their meat read more

Awkward restaurant. I came in stood in line, tried to order and the cashier told me I was in the wrong line. Lined up again, got to the front (10-15 minutes) and they people started ordering ahead of me, got to the cashier to order and the lady told me I need to get back in line to place my order. Yelling saying I was cutting line, I explained what happened everyone in the place looked at me like I was doing something wrong. Lady kept shouting and pointing at the door. Incredibly uncomfortable. Also side note, the workers seemed to be touching the ready to eat food barehanded without washing hands in between orders . Gross and off putting, my stomach is grateful for the terrible service and hospitality. Building full of flies as well doors propped open, health and safety has to do a check on this establishment. read more

I liked this place. There is a $20 minimum on cards, but if you go across the way there is an ATM in the quick mart. I ordered the roast duck and pig. Both were very delicious over rice. The pork skin was super crispy, and the meat although not the best I've had was really delicious in flavor. The duck was soft and tender, melts in your mouth. Surprisingly, the cabbage was prepared very nicely, slight flavor, steamed to perfection and paired well with the meats. read more

Uncle Quan's Kitchen - Dim Sum Near Me - San Jose, California

Found gold. Excellent service. Environment was very inviting and comfortable. Can't ask for much better. Credit cards accepted. Very small shop. This place shares the same crowded plaza and parking spaces where Lee's Supermarket & Lee's Sandwiches are located. Their roasted BBQ pork and roasted duck tastes so good here! They sell takeout rice plates and dim sum items too. Prices are decent. Although prices were marked as $12.99 per pound roasted BBQ pork and $12.99 per half roasted duck, my chopped meats came out to just under the actual prices at half to one pound each. $9.44 for this BBQ pork! Can't beat that. I source for good quality groceries every week. I was impressed. Look at how juicy, clean & beautiful my order turned out! Good portions and yes, very meaty. You can have all the oily skin if you want. Sauces were generously included. I haven't had very good roasted meats in a long time. This was much better than expected from a very old shop in the plaza with great staff members who can joke and are very conversational speaking in Cantonese-Chinese. These meats were much shinier/glossy looking/too beautiful in texture and tasted just as good as ones found inside Chinese dine in restaurants. The BBQ sauce was unique since it doesn't taste exactly like BBQ porks found at Ranch 99 grocery stores or dim sum takeout stores. I rarely come down this way, but even in this lower income class neighborhood on Senter Road in San Jose, great foods can be found here at great deals too. Yummy! I wish the parking lot can create a way to reduce traffic jam though. Senter Road is not always the best area to be driving around as car accidents are common. Overall, lots of decent Vietnamese shops and food places here. I'll be back. Loved it. read more

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I was in the area for a smog check at "Capitol and Senter Smog Test Only" and found Uncle Quan's Kitchen just couple minutes away. Decided to give it a try. Small Chinese BBQ takeout with some To Go dim sum dishes. Got the Roast Duck and Roast Pork rice plate. Roast Pork was too lean for me. I like a little fat with the pork. Roast Pork wasn't too dry despite the lack of fat. Roast Duck had good meaty pieces. The chicken feet was a bit too soft for me but I still enjoyed them. The spareribs had just been freshly cooked, really tender and tasty. Ordered ($30.23) 1. 2 item BBQ w/Rice Plate ($11.99) 2. Black Bean Sauce Chicken Feet ($4.50) 3. Black Bean Sauce Spareribs ($9.29/lb) read more

Uncle Quan's Kitchen - Roast Duck Roast Pork Rice Plate, Chicken Feet, Black Bean Spareribs - Dim Sum Near Me - San Jose, California

This place is racist! Avoid at all cost!!!!!!! They will treat you poorly if you are not Asian. My friend and I were first in line and the server told us to go back in line while 3 people cut us, who were Asian. Horrible service and treatment. read more

Ordered the Pork Buns and the BBQ Pork (cost is by weight) and enjoyed them both. Well priced and the service was friendly and efficient. Unfortunately parking is a big challenge but will definitely be going back:) read more

Great spot for quick dim sum and bbq meals and meats. Really loved their har gow ( shrimp) and bbq steam buns ! They were so fluffy and tasty and the prices are really good at 4.99 for 3 !! I highly recommend this yummy mom and pop shop ! read more

Good "heo quay" roasted pork if you asked for "heo quay mieng" roasted pork belly. That's the best in town

Very delicious Cantonese style bbq items. I like their bbq pork a lot, flavorful and juicy. The soy sauce chicken is also very tasty, highly recommended! The staffs are very friendly, one of the young lady can speak English. The store is clean. Long line during weekend. I hope they can keep their price for bbq items and chicken at this rate. The dim sum price is higher than what I expected, therefore 4 stars! read more

Uncle Quan's Kitchen - Half steamed fresh chicken 半隻貴妃雞，two items lunch: bbq pork&roast pork 叉燒燒肉雙拼飯，one soy sauce chicken leg 一隻豉油雞肶。total $34 - Dim Sum Near Me - San Jose, California

Overpriced, mediocre, terrible parking. No thanks. Sent my husband out to get food for the family, but we should've just ate noodles. Probably convenient for market shoppings but not for me. We will not be coming back. I rather drive the extra mile for the same type of food, more variety, and way cheaper. read more

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Please train your employee again. Came in on Thursday (10/20) evening at around 6pm. This woman is just standing there, doing NOTHING. While the other female worker with glasses and blonde hair is working her butt off. She was cleaning, mopping, wiping down things, while this woman DO NOTHING. Just standing. When I came in, the blonde short hair woman greeted me in such a nice manner, while working. While the black hair woman (picture above) just stands there and stares. She didn't even bother greeting the customers. Absolutely unfair and bad work ethic. Everyone is cleaning to prepare for closing, and this woman is just standing there. Like please, help out your coworker! You're getting paid, and they're getting paid too. with. Management, please say something because from what I witnessed, this is absolutely not OK and not fair. read more

Uncle Quan's Kitchen - The LAZY worker - Dim Sum Near Me - San Jose, California

Buyer Beware! I paid for a 1/2 Roasted Duck, but the half we received was all back and neck - ridiculous! Sticky Rice smelled and seemed to be simply reheated from a previous time. BBQ Pork Bun was fair - not nearly as good as any other Chinese restaurant. In short, it was a ripoff. Needless to say, I'll never go there again. Think twice before going at all. There are too many other better options out there. read more

Love this place! Their dim sum and roasted pork/duck are delicious. Very good value for the price

Great selection of roasted meats - pork, duck and chicken. In my opinion, the roasted duck and char siew is better than any other roast meat establishment in San Jose. read more

Good customer service, chicken taste great and comes with free soup. A lot of condiments

Don't know what I was expecting when I walked in but I'm glad that I did. It's a nice mom & pop type, take-out dim sum restaurant with pretty reasonable prices considering the quality/taste of the food. Had the soy sauce chicken, shrimp dumplings, and sesame balls. All were solid and would definitely stop by again for a quick bite to eat. read more

always greeted by the sweetest owners! great price for both dim sum + bbq options! this family-owned restaurant is a must whenever i stop by san jose :") my favorite's the sticky rice w/ pork in bamboo leaf! read more

Uncle Quan's Kitchen - Dim Sum Near Me - San Jose, California

Yooo this spot is flame! great prices and even better food. Will be coming back to this spot often.

After read reviews I decided stop by get chicken & BBQ pork for dinner ‍ chicken was ok, BBQ pork too sweet dry taste like pork jerky Thai chicken feet so bad. End up my dinner was ruin. Not recommend this place. I give 2 stars for good service read more

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The food looks nasty... take a look at their pork ribs . Grabbed just one order one siu mai and crunchy shrimp balks to try. They messed up my order and gave my hargow (she got confused trying to upsell me hargow). Hargow sucks and the crunchy shrimp ball was ok after being reheated. Both items were cold ans no condiments given. read more

Soft open sign still up... most of the dimsum was all in the back in a heating cage so I can't see what they have. There is a menu in the top wall but it would be better if they had it upfront to see how fresh the dimsum was. Ordered 2 orders of ha cao and it was moist and delicious. The filling was flavorful. Ordered also 2 roasted pork hocks and the employees were going back and forth as to where they should put it in. All the stores that I had bought roast pork hocks chopped it up and put it into a plastic recyclable box. Not them, they just toss it into a plastic bag... similar to ones at the grocery store vegetable aisle. I asked them to include the soy sauce that comes with the roasted pork. They said roasted pork come with it for free but not the roasted pork hock. Really?? We are separating parts of the roasted pigs now for sauce of what is free and not. So they end up charging 50cents for the sauce as well. They poorly cut the hocks. Only cut them in 3 parts for each whole hock. Can't braised them with pickled greens if they are like dino chunks nor can i saw them when I got home. The ha cao was the only best thing while the butchering skills, bagging decisions, and condiments charge was a no go for me. I'll pass this place for a better service no matter how great the ha cao is! read more

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Tried the roasted duck, wasn't good (very salty). Should've gone to the store next to Lion super market on Tully road.

Everything I ordered was cold cold and COLD. The chow mein, the duck, the meat puffs and chicken feet. I know it wasn't because the food was out in patio because I picked it up right away. Soooooo disapppointed. You would think that with the economy so bad, restaurants would work harder to make the meal better. I may call for a refund because I just lost $60. read more

On November 1, 2023, I went to nasty UncleI Quan Kitchen, and bought the Dimsum food to go. The Chinese pork buns that I purchased three orders, but I realize I got only two orders when I drove all the way home from San Jose to Gilroy which really upset me. Their customer service is so terrible and unprofessional and very Hillbilly attitude. For example, on the same day that I bought the Dimsum, when I willing to buy the last order of the pork Siu mai they have left on the tray. She put that order on the to go box for me, and then the last minutes she changed her mind and took the pork Siu mai and put it back on the tray because she told me she need to save that for the Chief to eat. To me that is totally unprofessional and totally F*ck Up and what a hillbilly bad customer bitchy service . It seems to me she is more concerned for the chef instead of the customer. The following day I went back there to complain about the mistake she made of the shortage order pork buns she gave me two orders instead of three that I already paid for. I told her I was really disappointed because I have to Drive all the way down here from Gilroy to San Jose which wasted my time and gas money. She said next time you should check your order before you take off . That is when I really tick off and enraged even super hot steam come out of my two ears like a choo choo train steam engine man HAHAHAHAHA LOL . So, I told her that's your God Dame JOB AND IT IS YOUR DAME RESPONSIBILITY to make sure my order is correct , and she even didn't apologize to me instead of except her own mistake. What a F*ck up and crappie customer service and HOLY JESUS AND BUDDHA CHRIST . If there is a half or a quarter star rating on YELP , then I would only rate the business that much for a quarter star, but unfortunately the lowest score I can rated on YELP is one star only. I wouldn't really recommended anyone to go there unless you want to. Of course, I wasn't just to go there to complain about the missing order because it is such a wasted of time and gas money , but I had to go to San Jose for an appointment, and that's why I drop by there at the same time !!! read more

I have ordered the roasted duck last week. My family loved it. It was not salty. The meat was tender and juicy. The price was reasonable compared with Ranch 99. Highly recommended. read more

great restaurant! the owner was amazing and gave great recommendations on their specialties. high quality meat and fresh dim sum that was reasonably priced. highly recommend! read more

I tried roasted duck here. The taste was not good like next to Lion super market at Tully rd.