The food was great, the service was excellent, I was very satisfied
Patrick Lee
This place has that old chinese gangster movie banquet style feel ... with that chinese cuisine that you see in all the movies. Good food with that classic nostalgic feel. Remember to wipe down your utensils and dishes before use ... may or may not have been rinsed thoroughly.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Steamed Chicken Feet, Dim Sum, Chinese Broccoli in Oyster Sauce, Lobster with E-Fu Noodles, House Special Pan Fried Noodle, Soup, Deep Fried Bean Curd Shrimp Roll, Shrimp Noodle, Crispy Pork Belly, Steamed Spinach, Dried Scallop Egg White Fried Rice
Vinh W (Sally)
Only came last week for a wedding party. Nice interior with a central opening for stage and dance floor. Decent food and service.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
zm163usa
This store has been open for a while. The environment is nice and the food is decent.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Amelia Ng
the last two visits were great; most food we ordered were fresh, today’s visit there was surprisingly great customer services on a busy Sunday!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Kathryn Gomez
Nice view at the Alameda pier, relatively fast service, and not too expensive are the only positives here. Many of the common dim sum were tasteless. Many of them were over-steamed causing them to stick together or to the paper in the steaming baskets and fell apart when we tried to pick them up with chop sticks! The drive out of Alameda was awful too, as usual, so we won't return here again. There are SOOO many better dim sum restaurants in the Bay Area.
K G
Nice view at the Alameda pier, relatively fast service, and not too expensive are the only positives here. Many of the common dim sum were tasteless. Many of them were over-steamed causing them to stick together or to the paper in the steaming baskets and fell apart when we tried to pick them up with chop sticks! The drive out of Alameda was awful too, as usual, so we won't return here again. There are SOOO many better dim sum restaurants in the Bay Area.
Thunder Dome
We have come here a few times before the Pandemic for the dimsum. It's a typical dimsum place. Food is alright with good selection. Price was a bit on the high side, but not outrageous. Service was typically hit or miss. Generally, the terrific view makes up for it.We recently visited again now that the Pandemic has calmed down. It's just our family like all the other times; so the same number of people (7) and in fact the same people. We ordered similar amount of food as the other times. This time, however, the bill came out more than twice what it used to cost us.Yes, Pandemic, inflation, etc. But more than 100% higher???!! This is not inflation. This is profiteering under the guise of inflation, and it adds to the economic problem we are already under.Now that I know their shenanigan, our family is never coming back again. Their food is not so good to overcome the disgusting greed on display. I hope others are forewarned and stay away. I certainly wish someone had told us about it.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 1
tiger tastic
Great spot. Welcoming to families. Food above average but can be spotty at times. Nice view. Welcoming space.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Chuck F
4th time here. Came from Palo Alto to celebrate a belated Chinese New Year with my wife's family. Two banquet tables for 18 people. My wife's aunt pre-ordered our favorite dim sum dishes and they were all really good. Nice portions and the chicken feet were outstanding. One of my favorites and I'm one of the white guys in the family. Large, plump, tender and the sauce was perfect. Some of the best I've had. All the dishes were good. I understand the dinners are just as good. You just can't go wrong here.
I tried a lot if dim sum places in the bay area, but Pacific lighthouse is outstanding. Dim sum is bigger and taste is amazing. Very friendly atmosphere. Also important to notice, this place has good air inside, whereas most of oriental restaurants has that musty smell. I highly recommend to try it. By the way, dimsum here is bigger than in SF places, also price is lower.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: House Special Shrimp Dumpling, Dim Sum, Shrimp Noodle
Tony Kenck
We did not eat anything.
Dietary restrictions: The is restaurant does not do gluten-free. The wait staff did not understand the meaning of gluten free, even when translated to their language. They recommended several dishes that had “just a little bit of gluten.” Maybe the food is good, but it would not have worked for me.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
Brenda Bronson
Love their Dim Sum and loved eating on the water right next to the estuary! Really loved their dim sum order menu. It shows a photo and name of each dim sum you can order! First time I’ve known the names of what I ordered!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Deanna Quach
This was our first time here for dinner service on Chinese New Year Eve. It was quite an uncomfortable experience. I wonder if it’s because my family and I are not native Mandarin or Cantonese speaking.My party of 6 adults and 1 baby were not greeted upon entering the restaurant, so we decided to take a seat at an unreserved window table. Upon seeing us after we were clearly settled in, we were asked to move to an undesirable table although we were one of only 3 parties in the entire establishment. Thankfully we did not have to.After the host and servers finally realized we were here for dinner, we only received the banquet menu ($600+, 10 course set meal per table), which is obviously way too much food for our party. We had to ask two different employees before we were able to get a standard dinner menu.After ordering, the meal service went smoothly enough. The servers and host assigned to our table were kind enough.Unfortunately we ended on a sour note as the cashier visibly threw her head back and rolled her eyes as we asked for an itemized receipt for our dinner (isn’t this standard?).Pros: standard banquet hall style food, lots of seating, easy parkingCons: some employees’ attitudes can really dampen what was supposed to be a good time, which IMO is more important than the food on certain occasions.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 2
PNut W
Should never have carpet in a restaurant, desperately needs to be removed- it's beyond cleaning. You order by filling in an order menu sheet yourself. Somehow they managed to miss about 4 dishes we picked (all small plates). So we got about 75% of what we ordered. Turned out it was enough food anyways, so we didn't bother to say anything and just made sure we were only charged for what we got.
The food was great, the service was excellent, I was very satisfied
This place has that old chinese gangster movie banquet style feel ... with that chinese cuisine that you see in all the movies. Good food with that classic nostalgic feel. Remember to wipe down your utensils and dishes before use ... may or may not have been rinsed thoroughly.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Steamed Chicken Feet, Dim Sum, Chinese Broccoli in Oyster Sauce, Lobster with E-Fu Noodles, House Special Pan Fried Noodle, Soup, Deep Fried Bean Curd Shrimp Roll, Shrimp Noodle, Crispy Pork Belly, Steamed Spinach, Dried Scallop Egg White Fried Rice
Only came last week for a wedding party. Nice interior with a central opening for stage and dance floor. Decent food and service.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
This store has been open for a while. The environment is nice and the food is decent.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
the last two visits were great; most food we ordered were fresh, today’s visit there was surprisingly great customer services on a busy Sunday!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Nice view at the Alameda pier, relatively fast service, and not too expensive are the only positives here. Many of the common dim sum were tasteless. Many of them were over-steamed causing them to stick together or to the paper in the steaming baskets and fell apart when we tried to pick them up with chop sticks! The drive out of Alameda was awful too, as usual, so we won't return here again. There are SOOO many better dim sum restaurants in the Bay Area.
Nice view at the Alameda pier, relatively fast service, and not too expensive are the only positives here. Many of the common dim sum were tasteless. Many of them were over-steamed causing them to stick together or to the paper in the steaming baskets and fell apart when we tried to pick them up with chop sticks! The drive out of Alameda was awful too, as usual, so we won't return here again. There are SOOO many better dim sum restaurants in the Bay Area.
We have come here a few times before the Pandemic for the dimsum. It's a typical dimsum place. Food is alright with good selection. Price was a bit on the high side, but not outrageous. Service was typically hit or miss. Generally, the terrific view makes up for it.We recently visited again now that the Pandemic has calmed down. It's just our family like all the other times; so the same number of people (7) and in fact the same people. We ordered similar amount of food as the other times. This time, however, the bill came out more than twice what it used to cost us.Yes, Pandemic, inflation, etc. But more than 100% higher???!! This is not inflation. This is profiteering under the guise of inflation, and it adds to the economic problem we are already under.Now that I know their shenanigan, our family is never coming back again. Their food is not so good to overcome the disgusting greed on display. I hope others are forewarned and stay away. I certainly wish someone had told us about it.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 1
Great spot. Welcoming to families. Food above average but can be spotty at times. Nice view. Welcoming space.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
4th time here. Came from Palo Alto to celebrate a belated Chinese New Year with my wife's family. Two banquet tables for 18 people. My wife's aunt pre-ordered our favorite dim sum dishes and they were all really good. Nice portions and the chicken feet were outstanding. One of my favorites and I'm one of the white guys in the family. Large, plump, tender and the sauce was perfect. Some of the best I've had. All the dishes were good. I understand the dinners are just as good. You just can't go wrong here.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Restaurantji Recommends
I tried a lot if dim sum places in the bay area, but Pacific lighthouse is outstanding. Dim sum is bigger and taste is amazing. Very friendly atmosphere. Also important to notice, this place has good air inside, whereas most of oriental restaurants has that musty smell. I highly recommend to try it. By the way, dimsum here is bigger than in SF places, also price is lower.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: House Special Shrimp Dumpling, Dim Sum, Shrimp Noodle
We did not eat anything.
Dietary restrictions: The is restaurant does not do gluten-free. The wait staff did not understand the meaning of gluten free, even when translated to their language. They recommended several dishes that had “just a little bit of gluten.” Maybe the food is good, but it would not have worked for me.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
Love their Dim Sum and loved eating on the water right next to the estuary! Really loved their dim sum order menu. It shows a photo and name of each dim sum you can order! First time I’ve known the names of what I ordered!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
This was our first time here for dinner service on Chinese New Year Eve. It was quite an uncomfortable experience. I wonder if it’s because my family and I are not native Mandarin or Cantonese speaking.My party of 6 adults and 1 baby were not greeted upon entering the restaurant, so we decided to take a seat at an unreserved window table. Upon seeing us after we were clearly settled in, we were asked to move to an undesirable table although we were one of only 3 parties in the entire establishment. Thankfully we did not have to.After the host and servers finally realized we were here for dinner, we only received the banquet menu ($600+, 10 course set meal per table), which is obviously way too much food for our party. We had to ask two different employees before we were able to get a standard dinner menu.After ordering, the meal service went smoothly enough. The servers and host assigned to our table were kind enough.Unfortunately we ended on a sour note as the cashier visibly threw her head back and rolled her eyes as we asked for an itemized receipt for our dinner (isn’t this standard?).Pros: standard banquet hall style food, lots of seating, easy parkingCons: some employees’ attitudes can really dampen what was supposed to be a good time, which IMO is more important than the food on certain occasions.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 2
Should never have carpet in a restaurant, desperately needs to be removed- it's beyond cleaning. You order by filling in an order menu sheet yourself. Somehow they managed to miss about 4 dishes we picked (all small plates). So we got about 75% of what we ordered. Turned out it was enough food anyways, so we didn't bother to say anything and just made sure we were only charged for what we got.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 3
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