WHY????? Why did they close?!? it was amazing! I had my 55th birthday celebration here. All the plants and lanterns are just outside in the elements. How do i get ahold of the former owners?!?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Kimberly
I love that the har gao is bunny shaped. Please keep doing what you do! Thank you for a wonderful dining experience.
Mr Rob
Very nice place! The food i tried was very delicious.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Darion Lowenstein
Came for lunch. Greasy and not good. Food tasted old like it had been cooked days ago. Had the beef and eggplant and it was sitting in a pool of grease. Really gross and couldn’t even finish it. Even the brown rice was crusty and old.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 3
Karin
Fusion Chinese, not traditional. I enjoyed dim sum items: shumai, lobster dumpling. Lettuce wrap appetizer was great as well. Char sui bao's have too much dough, not enough stuffing inside. Overall, I'd lean towards appetizers and main entrees.
Dan
Food is okay - not the best of Chinese cuisine, but not poor in any way. Presentation was very good. Service and staff friendliness was exceptional.
Jeff
Very disappointed of this experience. The restaurant was shorts-staffed and short-tempered. Service was so slow, it took forever for staff to get our order. And then food came out with a snail's pace. No serving spoons with our entrees. Food was practically slammed on our table. I had to ask them to cancel 2-3 of our entrees because it was taking so long to make and we ran out of patience. I don't recommend coming here.
Yan Fan
Went with friends and a baby. Attentive, friendly service that wasn’t overbearing—high chair came promptly and was clean.
Food came out fast. Everything was delicious. We liked the sichuan chicken, the fried Chilean sea bass, spicy cucumber salad, and fried rice. They were also generous with extra sauces.
Wish we had more belly space to try other dishes.
Thank you!
Kid-friendliness: They have high chairs
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: 茄子牛肉 eggplant & beef, Dim Sum
Eric Hall
Genuinely the best Cantonese food you can find on the west side (and better even than many places in the inland empire). I grew up eating real Hong Kong dim sum and can attest that Fifty One does it justice. Highly recommend the Chow Fun and Har Gao. Everything always comes out fast, fresh, and hot. Portion sizes are generous. It’s always easy to get a table too because, for whatever reason, the locals are sleeping on this place. Sure, the patio could use a spruce but don’t let that discourage you from stopping in. It will be well worth the visit.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Shrimp, Masago Jumbo Har Gao, Fry String Beans, Dim Sum, housemade har gao 手工虾饺
Jules Berset
We ate very well. The terrace was pleasant and the surroundings very pleasant. Close to the studios
Food was below average, however, I wanted to write about the poor service and how they added four lobster tails to our tab which we did not order nor recieve. The manager (old white dude) was extremely rude, and an extra dish we didn't order came out. He gave a snarky remark about how we were wrong, which was probably his justification to add $100+ to our bill. When the bill came, it was a lot higher than what I expected but there was no listing of the dishes that showed how the price added up. Although I was skeptical, I paid anyways to not cause a scene and left, but as I was walking I realized that it was way off. I had to go back twice to get it fixed. The first time I went back, he showed me my order, scrolling very quickly from the top of the list on the ipad, and read out all of our dishes which was correct. My group and I left, and I found a menu outside the restaurant, I did the math, the bill was still almost double... I had to go in again, and that's when he said "Didn't you guys order the lobster tails?" Huh? You mean you read out our order and just "missed" the four orders of lobster tails? They offered a refund and to fix the bill. Insane, unacceptable.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 1
rachelm
There's a 50 character minimum to rate the restaurant and I was taught that if you have nothing nice to say don't say it.
Cricket
It was colder inside the restaurant than outside. We had to keep our coats on and we were still cold. As soon as each dish came out it was immediately cold and not appetizing. The atmosphere was loud and confusing. Loud Brazilian music in a Chinese restaurant? Service was attentive for a moment but then no attention at all to finding out if more hot tea was needed, dishes needed to be cleared, or any further drinks or food was needed. The restaurant was not that busy. Staff was friendly but obviously lacked experience and professionalism.
Marc
Good as always was good and fresh. Biggest grip was the music they were playing was full of F-Bombs and thought it was very inappropriate for a restaurant filled with families enjoying dinner.
Century S
If you are looking for fresh qualitative food, this is not the place. If you are looking for quantitative food with lots and lots of options and a nice big space to hang out with Friends, this is the place. Service was really good for us, although we went during very off hours. So hard to say how peak times will be. We ordered lettuce wrap, Xiao long bao, and wonton soup. Lettuce wrap came out after couple minutes. Chicken was so spongy. The texture didn't even feel like chicken. Taste was good, but it was not fresh and I didn't eat a lot to avoid any stomach issues. Wonton soup was the worst. It came with beef and chicken chunks. Absolutely stale, dry, and overly chewy chunks of meat. I literally removed every single pieces of meat from my bowl. Then dug into wonton and it was the worst. I spit half bite off my mouth. After that I had few spoons of soup and that's it. Xiao long bao was good. Food experience was not the best for us. It's a very nice place in a gem location, but their food and it's quality is not I'd ever go back for. I don't think we will go back.
WHY????? Why did they close?!? it was amazing! I had my 55th birthday celebration here. All the plants and lanterns are just outside in the elements. How do i get ahold of the former owners?!?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I love that the har gao is bunny shaped. Please keep doing what you do! Thank you for a wonderful dining experience.
Very nice place! The food i tried was very delicious.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Came for lunch. Greasy and not good. Food tasted old like it had been cooked days ago. Had the beef and eggplant and it was sitting in a pool of grease. Really gross and couldn’t even finish it. Even the brown rice was crusty and old.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 3
Fusion Chinese, not traditional. I enjoyed dim sum items: shumai, lobster dumpling. Lettuce wrap appetizer was great as well. Char sui bao's have too much dough, not enough stuffing inside. Overall, I'd lean towards appetizers and main entrees.
Food is okay - not the best of Chinese cuisine, but not poor in any way. Presentation was very good. Service and staff friendliness was exceptional.
Very disappointed of this experience. The restaurant was shorts-staffed and short-tempered. Service was so slow, it took forever for staff to get our order. And then food came out with a snail's pace. No serving spoons with our entrees. Food was practically slammed on our table. I had to ask them to cancel 2-3 of our entrees because it was taking so long to make and we ran out of patience. I don't recommend coming here.
Went with friends and a baby. Attentive, friendly service that wasn’t overbearing—high chair came promptly and was clean.
Food came out fast. Everything was delicious. We liked the sichuan chicken, the fried Chilean sea bass, spicy cucumber salad, and fried rice. They were also generous with extra sauces.
Wish we had more belly space to try other dishes.
Thank you!
Kid-friendliness: They have high chairs
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: 茄子牛肉 eggplant & beef, Dim Sum
Genuinely the best Cantonese food you can find on the west side (and better even than many places in the inland empire). I grew up eating real Hong Kong dim sum and can attest that Fifty One does it justice. Highly recommend the Chow Fun and Har Gao. Everything always comes out fast, fresh, and hot. Portion sizes are generous. It’s always easy to get a table too because, for whatever reason, the locals are sleeping on this place. Sure, the patio could use a spruce but don’t let that discourage you from stopping in. It will be well worth the visit.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Shrimp, Masago Jumbo Har Gao, Fry String Beans, Dim Sum, housemade har gao 手工虾饺
We ate very well. The terrace was pleasant and the surroundings very pleasant. Close to the studios
Restaurantji Recommends
Food was below average, however, I wanted to write about the poor service and how they added four lobster tails to our tab which we did not order nor recieve. The manager (old white dude) was extremely rude, and an extra dish we didn't order came out. He gave a snarky remark about how we were wrong, which was probably his justification to add $100+ to our bill. When the bill came, it was a lot higher than what I expected but there was no listing of the dishes that showed how the price added up. Although I was skeptical, I paid anyways to not cause a scene and left, but as I was walking I realized that it was way off. I had to go back twice to get it fixed. The first time I went back, he showed me my order, scrolling very quickly from the top of the list on the ipad, and read out all of our dishes which was correct. My group and I left, and I found a menu outside the restaurant, I did the math, the bill was still almost double... I had to go in again, and that's when he said "Didn't you guys order the lobster tails?" Huh? You mean you read out our order and just "missed" the four orders of lobster tails? They offered a refund and to fix the bill. Insane, unacceptable.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 1
There's a 50 character minimum to rate the restaurant and I was taught that if you have nothing nice to say don't say it.
It was colder inside the restaurant than outside. We had to keep our coats on and we were still cold. As soon as each dish came out it was immediately cold and not appetizing. The atmosphere was loud and confusing. Loud Brazilian music in a Chinese restaurant? Service was attentive for a moment but then no attention at all to finding out if more hot tea was needed, dishes needed to be cleared, or any further drinks or food was needed. The restaurant was not that busy. Staff was friendly but obviously lacked experience and professionalism.
Good as always was good and fresh. Biggest grip was the music they were playing was full of F-Bombs and thought it was very inappropriate for a restaurant filled with families enjoying dinner.
If you are looking for fresh qualitative food, this is not the place. If you are looking for quantitative food with lots and lots of options and a nice big space to hang out with Friends, this is the place.
Service was really good for us, although we went during very off hours. So hard to say how peak times will be.
We ordered lettuce wrap, Xiao long bao, and wonton soup. Lettuce wrap came out after couple minutes. Chicken was so spongy. The texture didn't even feel like chicken. Taste was good, but it was not fresh and I didn't eat a lot to avoid any stomach issues.
Wonton soup was the worst. It came with beef and chicken chunks. Absolutely stale, dry, and overly chewy chunks of meat. I literally removed every single pieces of meat from my bowl. Then dug into wonton and it was the worst. I spit half bite off my mouth. After that I had few spoons of soup and that's it. Xiao long bao was good.
Food experience was not the best for us.
It's a very nice place in a gem location, but their food and it's quality is not I'd ever go back for.
I don't think we will go back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 1
Service: 5
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