Great Seafood Harbor

Food was really good. We from Hawaii and know our dim sum this was tops.Too pushy. Had to tell lady I tell u what I want u don't tell me what I want. Other than that good.It's your typical chinese restaurant.

Great Seafood HarborThis is a review for my dining experience at Great Seafood Harbor.WHEN:We were a party of 10 and we had dim sum for an early lunch on Saturday. They were able to accommodate us right away. The restaurant has a lot of tables and space. LOCATION/PARKING:It is located near Little India on Pioneer Blvd. There is a pretty big parking lot, but the spots are narrow.FOOD:Food is delicious! They have your typical dim sum specialties. My family and I often select:-Steamed pork buns-Chinese broccoli -Deep fried seaweed wrap-Har Gow-Honey walnut shrimp-Chicken feetOrder FRIED HOT TOFU from their menu to share. It's very tasty! When it comes out fresh, make sure you cut it in half to cool it before eating.DESSERT:-Egg tarts-Sesame ballsDRINKS:Their hot tea is very refreshing. They have Jasmine and Chrysanthemum ***Bring your own reusable water bottles. They do not offer water for free. They will charge you for bottled water.SERVICE:When you order dim sum they are very aggressive. ****They do not give you a menu to look at. Therefore there is a lack of transparency on the prices. I wish they could give each table a menu so you are aware of the quantity of pieces and the price. They have their cart and will put the plate on your table if you do not firmly say NO!Make sure you make eye contact, shake your head vigorously, and say NO loudly if you do not want a dish.If it is on your table they will stamp your bill and charge you.***I would assign one person to hold the bill and after they place the item on the table give it to the server to stamp, so you know you are getting charged for that plate.The FOOD is absolutely delicious! But be mindful of the service.

This place has been around forever and you can see how it might've been nice in its hey day. (the chandeliers have star shapes ooh~). We used to come here occasionally for lunch but haven't been back since the pre-pandemic. We decided to give it a try for a weekend lunch. Wow it's bad.They don't offer cups of water w/ice (like a standard restaurant), they only offer bottled water for $2 each. Costco Kirkland brand no less. When they gave us 4 bottles we tried to tell them we only need 2 (since we also had tea) but they refused because it was already written down on the tab. Ugh.Nothing we ordered seemed fresh. Shrimp har gow was stuck to each other, xiao long bao was also stuck to each other like har gow and when we picked it up the filling came out but it was so dry there was no soup inside. 1/4th of the foods we ordered was cold. Egg tart is supposed to have a flaky crust but it looks almost like it was deep fried instead of baked. When we took a bite it was cold; cold like it came out of the fridge wtf. We expected 3 but they gave us 6? So it's more cold food. The turnip cake was like room temp cold. I don't even understand how this could have happened. They usually fry it up before serving it.We had 2 orders of rice noodle w/shrimp, that was as expected. Deep fried shrimp dumplings with chives. That was good, nice and hot as expected. The tea was hot but drinkable out of the teapot (so not scalding). Sesame balls seemed ok (I didn't eat it but the kids did). Maybe their regular food (cook to order) is fine, but we won't be back voluntarily.

Food should be hot, not room temp or cold. Prices should be more competitive. Not a good value

Pretty atrocious all-around, but gets 2 stars instead of 1 since it's still edible.This is the kind of restaurant you never want to come back to. A bad value, no passion for food or service, and overall a crummy dining experience. Came in for dim sum during the winter holidays. We were the only table at opening time (10:00 AM). Carts still roam here, but like others have mentioned, they are very pushy with their offerings. The variety was okay, but on the surface, nothing looked appetizing. Colors were wrong and I can probably guess more than one item was recycled from the day before. Surprisingly, the food taste was directionally correct, but not great quality.Dining room was poorly lit and did not give the appearance of being clean. A significant investment is needed to uplift the tired surroundings. Service was poor as expected, but didn't have the food quality to stand behind it.At the end, not cheap at all. Do not expect any kind of return on value.

FoodThere are a variety of classic dim sum choices to pick from with the dim sum cart ladies going around. The usual choices of siomai and har gow were good and can't really go wrong with them. Most of the steamed choices tasted good and I would definitely come back if I'm craving dim sum. The fried choices were okay but a bit dry. Overall i'd say not the best place for dim sum but definitely a safe choice to satisfy cravings.Service/AmbianceNow these dim sum aren't really known for amazing service but it was pretty okay this time around. Once you sit, all the carts start to come to your table and start trying to push these different choices onto you so it can be quite overwhelming, the servers are okay just a bit disappointed that we have to pay for bottled water.

It was 4:00PM on Lunar New Year and we wanted dim sum so bad. We called and the lady on the phone said dim sum ended at 3PM, but that they still had some basic dim sum left and could steam what we wanted if they still had it available. She said there was no wait. We went for it! We arrived and the restaurant was DEAD. It was only us and another table. I give them 5 stars for the service and the food! Food was great! We were able to still get some siu mai, har gow, and baos. They were out of a few of our favorite dishes, but what could we expect. Decided to give them 5 stars because they were so kind to us. We had a 5.5 month old with us and she was SO fussy. The workers didn't mind at all and even asked questions about the baby. We felt lucky as we were able to walk around rocking the baby since the restaurant was so dead. Thank you to the kind workers! Overall, food always tastes good here! You can count on that too.Thanks Great Seafood Harbor!

I came for dimsum and left greatly disappointed. You can taste the food as not being fresh from the Hargow to the Shumai. To top it off, they charge you for water. No reason to come back whatsoever. Much better Dimsum restaurants in the area.

Been here two different times and both times definitely hit the spot. Quickly too. Both times I went around opening with a couple family members so we were seated right away. And as quickly as we were seated, we were swarmed by carts full of delicious food. Not complaining since I come hungry.They have all the usual suspects, such as shrimp har gow, pork siu mai, congee, Chinese broccoli, turnip cake, fried shrimp balls, egg tarts, rice cakes, sesame balls, etc.I've tried a large amount of items from here and everything has been delicious. And we've ordered so much both times that I've had to bring a bunch of food home.My only thumbs down for this place is they only have bottled water as opposed to just free water in a glass. Still one of my go to spots for dim sum though.

After our previous Dim Sum spot suddenly closed we were left to find somewhere else to call home. After hearing out a few suggestions we decided to give Great Seafood Harbor a try, and... it was not bad!Food:When it comes to dim sum, I will try (almost anything), and everything we did try was tasty! We had deep fried shrimp roll, Chinese broccoli in oyster sauce, salt and pepper crispy tofu, fried shrimp seaweed roll, baked BBQ pork buns, etc. It felt like it was a never ending parade of food, and we ate and ate until we could no more. Overall it was good, nothing that really stood out, but for sure was a nice solid dim sum meal. We also ordered some pan fried noodles, broccoli beef, and house fried rice, which were all good, but weren't needed with the variety of small plates that there is to be had.Restaurant:Inside it is quite spacious, and can accommodate larger groups. We have about 15 people so we were split into two different tables. There is plenty of parking, but it is tight and probably gets pretty full at peak hours.Notes:Each plate is about $5+ so it adds up quick, but it is all worth it.