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    Yum Cha Palace

    3.7 (419 reviews)
    ModerateDim Sum

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    Moderate noise
    Casual
    Good for groups
    Good for kids

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    GlobeTrotter L.

    In A NUtshell: -I have always enjoyed eating dim sum at Yum Cha. -They have really good tea here too. -The service is always very friendly & fast. -I enjoyed the food, especially the Peking Duck, the skin is so crispy. [[HIGHLIGHT]]Overall, it's not a bad place to grab some dim sum if you are in Menlo Park.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]]

    Pork buns
    Hope L.

    This place was so good! [[HIGHLIGHT]]They were able to accommodate about 15 of us and the food was delicious.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] The waiters were really friendly as well! Some highlights include the shrimp dumplings and the pork buns. The pork buns were crispy on the outside and soft in the inside and tasted delicious! The shrimp dumplings were tasty as well as they were perfectly soft and cooked to perfection. I would come here again!

    Emily N.

    We love our dim sum so we were disappointed by a few dishes here. They were just shy of great which was unfortunate. The ha Cheung (shrimp rice roll) wasn't very flavorful. The ha gow (steamed shrimp dumpling) was quite chewy. And the xlb soup dumpling dough was super thick. Service was fast and efficient though which was nice. [[HIGHLIGHT]]We were seated in this very corner even though the restaurant was quite empty... I'm assuming it may be because we came with a toddler and an infant in a stroller so they thought a corner spot may be less cumbersome for us and other guests but felt a little odd being so off to the side when the big restaurant only had maybe 3-4 other tables of guests.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] Parking was easy with downtown lots just a block behind the restaurant.

    Shrimp Rice Roll
    Norases V.

    Generous servings! All dim sum items are amazing as well as their cooked food. The rice rolls are their specialty, get shrimp or peking duck one! Shrimp and chive pan fried dumpling is the best and their lava bun is always a hit. snow pea shoots stir fried with garlic, xo string beans, fried hong kong noodles with seafood, salt and pepper calamari, chicken special, claypot fried rice are all authentic. Get Chrysanthemum tea if you want no caffeine and refreshing.

    Kaneesia Kamil C.

    [[HIGHLIGHT]]Huge space to enjoy dimsum with friends or family![[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] [[HIGHLIGHT]]Came in opening on Sunday morning and it was not crowded.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] Service was great, we had some error with some of our orders and they gladly replaced them. All were delicious!!

    Shrimp dumplings
    Ken C.

    Sufficient I mean it's not good by any stretch of the imagination, but good enough to pass as dim sum. It is a la carte so now carts sadly. We got a variety of buns, dumplings, and other dishes. The best by far was the turnip cakes - crispy, hot, spicy, and fragrant, stir fried with peppers and aromatics. Everything else was aight. Soup dumplings were borderline offensive. Very small and skin was wayyy too thick. Served with red vinegar??

    Rice noodle with shrimp
    Eva L.

    Went back for more dimsum and to try the Singaporean noodles because it looked good on another table. Singaporean noodles was cooked with curry which I thought was just ok. It did have big pieces of shrimp which I liked. BBQ pork egg noodles were ok. Will pass on the giant meatballs next time. Will definitely get the shumai again. Loked the wonton soup especially the wonton itself filled with well seasoned ground pork and piece of shrimp.

    Half Peking duck $19
    Kristie C.

    Had cravings for dim sum at night, but didn't want to venture far from home. This place is very okay, but didn't really hit the spot :( so I may have to trek on the weekend to Cupertino or millbrae Ambiance seemed a little depressing lol. Best to worst: - Ma lai go STEAMED SPONGE CAKE $5.5 (YAY): not too sweet, served warm - WOR WONTON SOUP $13.5 (OK): not a huge fan of the wontons in this: mixed pork with a shrimp hanging on, soup was standard - HALF PEKING DUCK $19 (OK): served pre-cut and inserted into the buns, decently meaty but prefer to serve my own - CHEUNG FUN /rice paper rolls: $8.5 (EH) shrimp was okay, but duck tasted like they scraped the old bits into the rolls. Overall noodle was a little mushy - HA GAO (EH) $7.5 for 4. Not a huge fan of the texture of the shrimp, - SHRIMP W SNOW PEAS $17 (EH): okay texture but very garlic heavy and oily - TRIPLE MUSHROOM CHICKEN $18.5 (PASS): oily and was hoping for more unique mushrooms like snow fungus, fresh mushrooms etc but was mostly canned - CHICKEN MUSHROOM BUN $6.5 for 3: (PASS): not very mushroomy, more green onion dominated. Not a fan Not my first pick to be back, but would come if a craving needed to be satisfied during traffic I guess

    Super small Steam B.B.Q Pork Bun
    Meryn D.

    We ordered a few things: mushrooms E fu noodle (no seafood), orange beef, steam bbq pork bun and stick rice. The steam bbq pork bun is super small, much smaller than expected! The orange beef is chewy and the sauce is weird, skip it! The original price for E fu noodle is $27 with abalone but we requested for vege only, they charged us $21 for it, it's very small portion and doesn't worth the price! The only thing is good is the sticky rice, because it doesn't contain too much msg (still has some, but much less msg compared to similar item you can get from other dim sum to go stores).

    Assortment of dim sum plates
    Crystal M.

    Food: Average Service: They forgot 2 of our plates so had to remind the wait staff twice Kitchen staff smoking right next to the back entrance open to the parking lot where a lot of customers use, not welcoming...

    Fried Chinese Chives Dumpling
    Brandee M.

    Yummy for dim sum!! This was my second time coming here and I was as pleasantly surprised. It's on el Camino so there's parking in the back and the lots and 2 entrances depending on where you come from. No one pushing carts on the Saturday morning but the menu was fine- everything I got was so good. The servers were actually attentive and brought me what I needed quickly and overall food was good. [[HIGHLIGHT]]Ambiance is of a regular dim sum- no music but just families having a good time eating and drinking their tea.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] I will come back from any dim sum craving!

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    Ask the Community - Yum Cha Palace

    Is Yum Cha Menlo Park still open for business? I've been calling all day and no one answers the phone. They say they are open on Monday.

    They're open now. I just called in today 7/21/22 and they said they just opened back up.

    Is dining in available now (July 2021)?

    Yes, it is open for inside dining.. Look online for hours

    Do they have outdoor dining?

    No, there is no outdoor dining.

    How is the parking?

    Parking. Is behind the place with ample parking spaces.

    Is dim sum served all day?

    I see a dim sum lunch and dinner menu on their website. Yum!

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    Taste

    4.1
    (423 reviews)
    1.3 mi
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    I came here with my company for lunch and I was very impressed…read more *Taste is only open for lunch, so remember that before coming *This place is usually nearly packed *They serve dim sum which comes in family-style sizes *The restaurant is small/medium size, so make sure to come in time! We were a large group of about 14 people, but the food came out pretty quickly. My favorites were the cucumber salad and the chicken dumplings. Everything was so flavorful, I will most definitely be coming back.

    I thought I came here a few months ago, but it was almost a year ago! This place never disappoints…read more A smiling waiter - who seemed super busy but had a huge smile on her face - just the right attitude for people ringing in the Easter weekend on a Good Friday. We enjoyed every dish! The chongqin spicy noodles, the salt and pepper shrimps, the sizzling cumin lamb, the fish in chili oil. Yum yum yum! We ordered the hottest version but it was not too spicy for us - it was very flavorful. The fresh cut red chillies they give you, was really spicy - the red bean spicy sauce was just right. We enjoyed the cool beers with the spicy food. It's a unique ambience for a Univ Ave restaurant- it's just a Chinese kitchen serving good food - like you came to a home and got served really well. Will come back again with more family members. Ps: another surprising thing - we were a party of 6 and they didn't automatically charge us the tip - I took care of them - because I was super satisfied and happy with my meal!

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    Crouching Tiger Restaurant & Bar

    Crouching Tiger Restaurant & Bar

    3.8
    (1.2k reviews)
    3.7 mi
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    Clean, modern, and inviting restaurant with very reasonable prices. The chow mein was definitely…read morethe highlight--thick noodles with great texture, and it wasn't overly oily or drenched in sauce like you often find elsewhere. I also ordered the Mongolian beef, which was flavorful and made with good-quality beef that wasn't fatty. My only complaint was the amount of sauce--it was very thick and oily, and enough leaked out of the to-go container to make a mess. The bean paste chicken was also tasty, with fresh vegetables and tender chicken, but again there was a heavy pool of sauce at the bottom of the container. Cutting back on the sauce a bit would make both dishes even better. Overall, the food was flavorful, portions were solid, and the prices are hard to beat. I'd definitely come back when I'm in the area.

    Not sure how on earth this place is still carrying 4 stars at the moment. It used to be decent…read more Not remotely what I would consider quality Americanized Chinese takeout. Or really any quality takeout of any kind. $90 order, ranging from dumplings to basic entrees to rice. Everything was off - slopped together, underseasoned, lazy vegetable chopping (and questionable) choices of vegetable ingredients. No Wok fire/heat evident in any of the entree's and everything was a gluey, flavorless mess. The noodles for the Lo Mein seemed honestly just spaghetti. The orange chicken was dry/old, almost no breading, and honestly didn't taste orangey at all. The kung pao looked like what my 7 year old could have made (when we was seven). More like boiled chicken topped with raw Safeway vegetables, whole peanuts, and a soupy cornstarch soy sauce afterthought. The kicker was they do not have any house made sauces, so if you want good mustard or something edible for dipping - welcome to shitty packet hell as they refused to provide those (if they existed). I'm curious what they do when you're in-house but if I''m paying for the same food I'm not sure why I wouldn't get something besides high-fructose corn syrup garbage stamped out in a factory two years ago. This reflects lack of care to the product and customer experience. Highly unfortunate for an establishment that used to be "decent" as I said.

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