we love happy together Nice service This is a hidden gem of a restaurant. We will be back.

Had dinner here and really enjoyed it! They open at 5 PM, and we were seated right away. The staff was very attentive, keeping an eye on guests and double-checking orders after they were taken. The restaurant was also very clean, which was nice to see. We ordered the stir-fried flat rice noodles with chicken, spicy cucumber salad, and golden sand pumpkin sticks (fried pumpkin with salted egg), plus a side of rice. Portions were generous--especially the cucumber salad, which was much bigger than what most places serve. The dressing had a great mala kick, but the cucumbers could have used a bit more salt. They still had a nice crunch, though. My favorite dish of the night was the salted egg yolk fried pumpkin--crispy, flavorful, and definitely something I'd order again. They also sell Chinese barbecue, like roast duck and chicken, which looked really good. Our whole meal came out to just over $45, which felt like a good deal for the portion sizes. At the end, they gave us complimentary red bean soup--not the best, since it was pretty watery, but a nice touch. The server also offered to package our leftovers for us, though we opted to do it ourselves. Overall, great service, big portions, and some standout dishes. If you go, definitely try the golden sand pumpkin sticks!

The restaurant opens at 10am. Before 10am, there is already a long line of people waiting outside. If you don't get in as soon as the restaurant opens, you would have to wait quite awhile to get seated. Most of the food here is good. The half and half chicken plate is good. It consist of chicken prepared two ways (plain and soy sauce chicken). The plain chicken is served with a delicious ginger, scallion and oil sauce. The Siu Mei dumplings, shrimp with chive dumplings, daikon radish cake, and bean curd roll are delicious. The Shrimp Har Gow is just average to me. I think the wrapper is a little too thick and too soft. The seafood chow mein is also average. The overall dish doesn't have much flavor. Service was very slow but overall we had a good experience.

Seems to be one of the few places doing lo bac guo (pan fried turnip cake) served fresh from the pan, because these were not only piping hot but nice and pan-crispy. Service was undistinguished yet pretty good for dim sum, and the vibe was plenty nice enough, considering they are built-in to a mid-priced hotel and have a lovely BBQ case on display. We enjoyed most of the menu, from har gow to ngau paak yip (steamed ginger beef tripe) to siu mai to gai lan to just about everything in-between. Crispy roast pork was almost TOO crispy, it was just seconds away from being hard, but was still good. Honestly only real knock was I was almost wondering how much of a certain seasoning they use in the meal, because I was still thirsty hours later.

My family and I came on a Saturday. The place was full but were were seated around 12 (you do have to come earlier to put a name down). Since it was our first time, we wanted to try everything to see if this could be a new dim sum spot we could add to the rotation. Like a few of the other newer dim sum spots, they give you a sheet and pencil for you to tick the items you like (with both English and Chinese). All their rice rolls were great! Everything was pretty good, not the cheapest but also not the most expensive. Overall, I'd say come check it out if you haven't yet!

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.

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 Summary Really 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 stars Pretty 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 price Service- 5 stars Similar 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 efficiently Ambiance It'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 mall Bottom Line Really good dim sum at great prices. Just make sure you go early or late during the weekends to avoid the wait times