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I don't usually seek out Chinese food. Maybe because growing up, my parents always defaulted to it and I was always just along for the ride. They've been inviting us out to this spot recently, which they seem to frequent on their own. The restaurant is part of a hotel so the parking situation is not the greatest. The service is pretty standard, and the food is actually very good!The roast duck is always super juicy (one time it was maybe a tad salty), the soy sauce chicken is a fave of mine, and we've also tried the coconut chicken (though I like the soy sauce chicken more). Most of the dim sum I've tried here is good too. I'll keep coming back for more.

A dim sum place located inside a Holiday Inn in El Monte that is pretty decent. Came here with my family on Saturday before 11 and we got seated right away.Luckily, we were able to get a table because after us, more people started to come and the wait was even longer.This place doesn't have the carts showing you the dimsum instead its paper based where you order from a sheet of paper. We ordered the turnip cake, leek dumpling, egg tarts, steam rice rolls with beef & corn, steam rice rolls with shrimp, spicy wonton, custard bun with mochi, shrimp and cheese egg roll, steamed chickens feet and siu mai. The dim sum is pretty decent but the chicken feet had no flavor in my opinion. The custard bun with the mochi wasn't consistent with the mochi because 2 of 3 buns did not have mochi. I would skip on the egg and shrimp eggroll, it was nothing special.The food took a while to come out and I was hungry waiting. When the most of the food came out at the same time, I stopped being hangry.

Came at 11 am and it was already a 30min wait time. Parking was not too bad cause the place is next to Holiday Inn. You check in on their tablet. Inside is very busy and bustling with activity. It can be kind of crowded. Service was quick though and food came out fast. We tried several dim sum dishes and they were all delicious overall. Pricey but there are pricier places so can't complain. The steamed rice roll with beef was a bit lacking cause they were stuck together and barely any beef. Everything else was good.

Tried this new dim sum and Cantonese restaurant and I loved it! Their dim sum tasted fresh and they have a variety of items to choose from. I really enjoyed their Shao Mai, Har Gow, and Cheung Fun. Their rice noodle for their Cheung Fun was silky and smooth. I really liked their pork and shrimp fillings. All their ingredients are high quality and have a fair price. They have a different menu for dinner time which includes popular Cantonese stir fry dishes and BBQ such as roast duck and Char Siu. Service was fast and they were really attentive to all my needs. They have a lot of seating, but during their dim sum hours you will have to wait around 30 minutes for a party of 3+

A very solid location for dim sum in the SGV area. The spacing of the tables is better than other places and you get to order via paper. Better come early though because the wait can be up to an hour. Thankfully they are used to people hanging out in the lobby of the Holiday Inn to wait for a table. What stood out:+ Beef balls: I believe it says these are handmade. You can taste the freshness of the meat and it has a nice "bounce" to the texture.+ Char siu puff pastry: Nice and flaky. The char siu has a unique flavor to the sauce that I couldn't point out what it was, but I think it wasn't overly seasoned and just right with the puff pastry outer shell.+ Shrimp dumplings: Good amount of shrimp and the glutinous outer wrapping was a nice texture without being hard.

Quick SummaryReally solid dim sum spot. The food is freshly and well made. Service was pretty good for dim sum standards. Parking is a hit or miss since the restaurant uses parking in the Holiday Inn Express. Pretty good prices as well. Food- 5 starsPretty good quality and fresh dim sum at pretty good prices. Some of the best sticky rice lotus leaf wraps and baked buns around the area here. Everything is really solid and fresh, and their unique speciality is their coconut crispy chicken which is pretty attractive if you get the full chicken. You get close to the quality of a Lunasia at a much lower priceService- 5 starsSimilar to most dim sum restaurants, you do have to flag the wait staff if you need something. Otherwise, the servers were pretty attentive on clearing out plates and getting orders out efficientlyAmbianceIt's not as tightly packed as other dim sum restaurants. There's plenty of waiting area since it's attached to the Holiday Inn Express. It just can be a wait during weekends and there's not much to look around if you're waiting, since it's not attached to a larger strip mallBottom LineReally good dim sum at great prices. Just make sure you go early or late during the weekends to avoid the wait times

Yes I know, a restaurant inside a hotel...bound to be expensive. Its comparable so for lovers of dim sum, don't let that keep you away. In fact, they offer a great deli deal...buy a half chicken and get the other half free...we got half steamed chicken and half soy sauce chicken very moist and well cut...only $24!! Great deal. 5/5 Chicken tender and pretty to look at. See pic. As for dim sum, we arrived at 11:30 am on a Wednesday and had to wait in the lobby of the hotel for 40 minutes. As theyve only been seating and serving starting at 10 am. Busy busy place. A good sign. Mostly Asian faces, another good sign. They have the Chowbus wait list app, meaning you sign in on a computer pad at the matre'd station...the maitre'd helps you if you are not used to this, and you are sent a link on your cell phone, easy peasy to track when your table is ready...so we watched TV new in the lobby and took holiday Christmas pics with the lobby decorations. Time well spent with mom. Okay the food. It's good. We liked everything dim sum, except the soy sauce chow mein was very very very dry, so dry, it was hard to swallow , chokable dry and kinda light on bean sprouts. That said, no worries. Great for take home and after doctoring it up with a bit more soy sauce and water and heat, it was delicious. Mom's favorites, mom gave a thumbs up to the following:The turnip cake fried perfectly, golden brown,crispy edges... it had a strong flavor of shrimp even tho you don't see any in it. Mom gave it 5/5...since i dont like strong shrimp flavor, 4/5.The char sui is delicious order it even tho the sweet sauce comes across as a little watery. But the pieces are large, sweet yet savory, good bbq. 4/5 one star off for watery juices. The pineapple bun is an enticing sight, ordered it after seeing many other diners order it. There's an actual chewy pineapple chunk in the middle, and the custard filling is orangey in color, the overall taste is eggs. Mom gave it a 5/5, me I don't care for edginess, do 4/5...i took it home and it was awesome with coffee. The sui mai 5/5...large with big pieces of shrimp inside. Mom loved it. I didn't eat it due to a shrimp allergy. Overall, it's a recommend. Staff was busy but friendly. Easy to flag someone down for water, extra napkins, to order from the deli. The deli person had a big happy smile and demeanor. Don't forget the half chicken deal is cash only. You can use credit for the dim sum.

I made reservations for a table of 14 for Sunday dinner at 7pm. We also ordered a roasted whole goose, which also required two days to order in advance and for us to pay a 100$ reservation deposit (to be considered when paying the bill after). You can come by the day before to drop off cash or send Zelle (which we did). I heard their dimsum service is very crowded and parking is terrible so I prepared for the worse! But we got a relatively decent parking spot. There wasn't a wait for a table, but they only had one large table available and it seems to only fit 12 (ok fit). 3 wasn't able to make it so 10 adults and one child for fine! We ordered about 9 other dishes to accompany the goose such as the two item combination (around that time they only had steamed chicken and roasted pork), chicken and corn soup, salt and pepper pork, Kung pao chicken, walnut shrimp, shrimp and roe, seafood tofu, fried rice, and pan fried soy sauce noodles. The soup came after the two combination plate, they served the soup for you. The food was delicious! The goose wasn't as gamey as I assumed, very well seasoned but also cold... still good!Good portions, still smaller than other places but quality is great. We had to separately order white rice in a large serving bowl because the fried rice didn't come till later. I didn't know how many would want a bowl of rice so I just decided we can serve ourselves. Overall we ate everything! The only leftovers were some goose, rice, noodles, and tofu. Restrooms are located in the hotel area, very clean and classy decorations.I'd probably come back again and try their dimsum.

I came here to have lunch with friends. Overall, I will recommend this place. However , the price is a bit higher than other place which we will expect better service and quality. The food came pretty quick which is good thing. But cleaning is a bit slow. The food is decent mostly. Few items are bit ok. Since it's inside the hotel, the decoration and environment is pretty good. One thing needs to point out is the floor is tile which almost made me tripped since it was raining outside. They should be careful about it.

The food is great! The service is good compared to other dim sum place. But do check whether they brought out all the food because they forgot to bring 2 orders to my table because we had 10 ppl at our table and we didn't check or keep tabs of what they brought out for us. Overall a very great experience.