Lunasia Dim Sum House

Food: 10/10 Steamed chicken feet: perfectly cooked. 10/10 BBQ Pineapple Buns: Delicious! 9/10 BBQ Pork Rice Noodle Roll: good. 9/10 Har-Gow: Good. 10/10 Pork and Shrimp Sticky Rice: Yummy and had tons of meat inside plus two shrimps. 9/10 Stir Fried Pea Sprouts with Tofu: Delicious but the goji berries were unneeded in this plate. 3/10 Spicy Sauteed Deep Fried Shrimp: Terrible with no sauce whatsoever. It was so dry! 8/10 Deep Fried Pork and Shrimp Dumplings: Good but it came with sweet and sour sauce. It's supposed to come with a white sauce.Service: 8.9/10 We came on Christmas Day which they were so crazy busy. The wait list was crazy long. A lot of times we had to wave servers down to ask for stuff but that is typical in a Chinese restaurant. Cost: 6/10 All prices are pre-tax. Everything is pretty pricey. Steamed chicken feet: $6.28 BBQ Pineapple Buns: $6.28 BBQ Pork Rice Noodle Roll: $7.28 Har-Gow: $7.28 Pork and Shrimp Sticky Rice: $7.28 Stir Fried Pea Sprouts with Tofu: $22.98 Spicy Sauteed Deep Fried Shrimp: $21.98 Deep Fried Pork and Shrimp Dumplings: $10.28

The juxtaposition of upscale and low end elements here is amusing. Stylish atmosphere with casual ambiance. Bib Gourmand pricing with fast food joint service. Metal cutlery paired with paper cups and condiment packets. A moderate, less formal birthday lunch kind of place I would say. Parking was terrible. With so many popular businesses in the same plaza, don't waste time and gas circling around. There's another lot to the west of Aldi next door that's a short walk away. Surprisingly the wait on a Sunday evening wasn't too bad, we were seated almost immediately after checking in. There was a QR code for us to scan on our phones and we ordered away! Shrimp Har-Gow ***** delicate and succulent Jumbo Shrimp & Pork Siu Mai ***** always juicy! Chicken Bao **** fluffy breading, flavorful fillingShang-Hai Pork Soup Dumplings *** decent XLBShrimp Rice Noodle Roll **** slippery and savoryCrispy Shrimp Roll **** had a good crunch to itSesame Balls ***** a must-get always! Fried Rice *** won't knock your socks offString Beans **** needed one "healthy" side dish! Chrysanthemum Tea *** weak Prices and parking aside, it was a great sampling of several dim sum dishes and I left fulfilled. The food is more or less the same as I've experienced at their other locations. Orders came out in a timely manner and I didn't have to ask for the check more than once.

Good quality dim sum at a premium price.Came here for the first time on a Saturday morning. The place was really busy. Parking was a little hard to find. The interior felt more upscale and modern than most dim sum restaurants I've been to. When looking through the menu, I was a bit surprised by the prices. They seemed significantly higher than what I'm used to at other restaurants. We weren't very hungry so we only 4 items. After trying the food, I can understand why they charge the price they do. The quality was really good, and the food tasted great. Service was great, we received our food pretty quickly. Lunasia isn't going to be my regular go to dim sum spot for price reasons, but when I'm in the mood for a more premium and upscale dim sum meal I'll definitely be back.

I like this place for dim sum. They bring it out fresh upon ordering from a QR code.Service is good for a Chinese restaurant, and the flavors are tasty.I think the best dim sum is in SGV, but I'll settle for this for proximity. This place is located in a large strip mall but parking can be tricky.

We came here yesterday on Christmas Day. Our wait was only 15 minutes. The restaurant was full of guests but we were seated comfortably at our table, didn't feel cramped at all. Service was great throughout and things felt clean, both of which were unlike some other dimsum eateries, so it was a bit of a pleasant surprise to us. If you don't want to scan the QR code to order the dimsum items, they can provide you with a printed ordering sheet. Our food came out in a timely manner. The flavors were all quite good. We'll definitely come back next time we're in Cerritos.

As with most Dim Sum places, the food is great & the wait is not.Loved the larger portion sizes, good variety of family style dishes, didn't like that the restaurant was stingy the sauces like hot mustard & chili oils to charge a small extra fee, and didn't like that the restaurant will try to rush you as they're always busy.Everything is pretty solid & favorites were actually the duck baos & the green beans!Solid on the texture of the beans & no bones with super juicy meat for all the duck baos & meat.Great place for larger groups of 5-6+, not too great for smaller groups. Parking is in a crowded plaza, & lines can be long.

12/29/24 Sunday dim sum visit I arrived around 1045a and joined the waitlist. 35mins for five people. We were slowly seated. We placed the orders and to my surprise, everything came out very quickly. To be honest, it was too fast and we did not have enough time to consume it hot. We ended up just being overwhelmed with the food and had to take most home. The service was fairly attentive considering how busy it was. There were a few items that did not taste the same as before: pork rib, pork puff, and chicken feet. The fried rice, roast pork and walnut shrimp was meh. Damage was over $200. Yikes! Definitely miss some good, affordable dim sum in this area.

11/18/24 Worked up an appetite after the massage & Lunasia was just the next block--how about some juicy pork XLBs? My auntie wanted to try this place she invited her sister, my mom, to treat her for her birthday. We seated promptly at around 5:30 pm on a Monday. For some strange reason, the staff only gave us one paper menu to share among the five of us & seemed bewildered as to the read we would request for one for each to peruse. After receiving a pitcher of ice water, paper cups & hot tea, We ordered: (2) XLBs, eggplant w/garlic sauce, seafood chow mein, calamari, Mongolian beef & sautéed bokchoy & steamed rice. These arrived very quickly, piping hot. As savory as the dishes were, yes, tasty but highly seasoned to the point of being salty, we requested for a bottle of vinegar to somewhat counteract the saltiness (my mom requested for hot water to dilute some of the dishes). One server brought one small, single serving of vinegar. We told him we wanted for the whole table. So he brings out five small containers. Usually, XLBs come with fresh ginger & black vinegar, these did not, had to request for it. I am impressed that my super critical mom actually liked the calamari. Overall, the dishes were delicious but just over seasoned. I dunked all my food in vinegar Portions are average, smaller than what we are used to. "Xui yin" (maybe pronounced "Shu Yin"?) was efficient & expedient. Service needs a lot of work but it's essentially what I expected (no more no less, basic). Ambiance is modern, fairly open & airy, music is loud. Christmas decor is already up & running. The lobby is very small. Parking is shared among businesses like 85°, Gen Kbbq, Creamestry, Claws, Monora Thai, etc.

This was my first time at Lunasia and have heard many good reviews about the dim sum here. I went with a large party so we were able to try 17 items. The portions are very generous and price is very reasonable. This was not the best dim sum that I've had but given the reasonable pricing, I would consider this restaurant as average.I thought the rice noodle rolls and the bean curd rolls were done well so I would order those again. The vegetarian steamed dumplings were bland and filled with some sort of unidentifiable crunchy white veggie. The gai lan was on the tougher side. The string beans were tasty. The pineapple pork bun was very thin almost like a crust vs a soft fluffy bread and the bbq pork filling was more like a paste. The steamed bbq buns were much better. The calamari had a thick coating of batter and was more like an Italian restaurant calamari than a Chinese restaurant.The staff was friendly and accommodating, the restaurant was large and clean, and the parking was plentiful as it is in a strip mall.

Lunasia is the best option locally for dim sum. I think that most of the complaints have to do with its higher-than-average price point. Particularly because the service is not particularly attentive. Ambiance is upscale, but service is not. If you need something, you'll have to try to assertively beckon for assistance. After COVID, they made their table seating feel like private booths and I do like that they kept that in place.I do think that what makes Lunasia worth it is that (1) items are made to order, (2) many items like har gow and shiu mai are larger than average, (3) plated orders like walnut shrimp, peking duck, mongolian beef, and noodles are pretty nicely prepared here. (4) Their fried dim sum dishes have nicely elevated options. There are certainly some misses here. I've never been satisfied with their version of xiao long bao or dumplings. I don't really like having to pay extra for chili oil and having to ask for a small serving of spicy mustard or vinegar. These are necessary seasonings for dim sum and its why people are having complaints of "bland" dining experiences. If they were to make condiments more easily accessible, then people would be enjoying their food a lot more.I do think that lunasia is worth its price and I do prefer to come here than to drive to Westminster or Monterey Park. If you come here, I think that you can have a great experience as well - just make sure to get some chili oil and add your spicy mustard and soy sauce!