Service is bad, dim-sum taste good, not too much choice in Irvine
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 2
Khang Huynh
Amazing Dimsum. Price is reasonable for the quality and quantity of Dimsum. Suimai is a highlight.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Bill Fung
Food quality not as good as before. Friendly staff, fair value.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 4
Charchar Mo
Service is very poor. If I can give it a zero, I will. Chinese waiters were rude. Refused to add two additional seats when we had family members joining two of us 15 minutes after we were seated. We were told to go to the front desk to ask for a manager approval. The waiter was short with us and turned his back on us without any explanation. When a Spanish waiter gave us additional setting, other Chinese waiters gave this Spanish waiter a hard time in public. What a scene! I left in the middle of my meal because I was very uncomfortable.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 1
L0lirvine
I was treated badly by a waiter and left without finishing my meal. He was arrogant and disrespectful. Although the manager apologized after hearing my complaint, it appears that there is no consequence for unprofessional behavior at this place because the waiter was so quick and eager to refer me to the manager. Their dim sum is not the best but their price is in par with the top dim sum restaurants in town. There are more than 6 dim sum restaurants in town. Two fancy dim sum restaurants just opened within the last 30 days. Good luck with the competition. With this bad service, you need it.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 1
jean law
China Garden is always our go-to dim sum place. We love the siu mai and pineapple custard buns. However we went today for lunch, obviously the siu mai recipe was changed as it’s less flavored and I think they put lots of fatty pork. Every bite was full of oily greasy fatty pork. It gives us less motivation to go in the future. Luckily the pineapple custard bun is still very good.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 4
JL
The manager walked too fast all the time and almost bumped into me while I tried to get someone to add another order! He got mad and talked rude like it’s all my fault!
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 1
michael louie
Great dim sum restaurant. Expect a wait to get a table.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Shrimp Har Gow and Shu Mai, Honey Walnut Shrimp, Snow Pea Leaves, Beef Chow Fun Dry Style
Jan Birkelbach
Well-made, but standard Cantonese dishes in a very plain looking dining room. Very helpful service.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 5
Michael Wu
Good foods, nice location, little bit difficult to find a parking during weekends/holidays.
I would give a zero star for the service here. We lived in Irvine for 30 years and have been in eating at the restaurant since. Today, we came over first thing in the morning before the restaurant opened to eat. We are LITERALLY the first to sit down. When the dim sum cart rolled over, one of my uncle who is in his 80, stand up and peek over at the cart to check what’s in there. The waitress, in a cold and disrespectful tone, said “sit down. It’s not your turn.” And went ahead to serve the other table next to us.
We don’t really mind who she serves first, and don’t mind waiting for our turn. But her disrespect and commanding voice telling us to sit down is really inappropriate as a restaurant. The waitress with that cart when serving us didn’t even have the respect to look at us when she’s serving the dishes.
We later told the manager about this, the manager LITERALLY said “if you don’t like it, don’t come next time!”
This will be the last time I visit this place. Bad bad service! Awful manager and server! As a loyal customer since the restaurant first opened, it’s really sad to see this place has turned into a place with no service, no basic respect😤😤😤
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Jim Lee
My family visit at last weekend morning. the food was excellent, though the service left a lot to be desired.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 3
Sara
This is an excellent choice! The prices are affordable, the portions are generous, and the food is truly authentic Cantonese dim sum. It’s my go-to spot whenever friends come to visit.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Maurice Naragon
I’ve been coming here for years and I’ve always loved the dim sum, especially on a busy weekend, but the Lines get very long and very crowded
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
LEAH FG
best in atmosphere cleanliness’s and being organize …. their smoothies were so refreshing one of the best smoothies i’ve ever had.,,, food were fantastic .
Service is bad, dim-sum taste good, not too much choice in Irvine
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 2
Amazing Dimsum. Price is reasonable for the quality and quantity of Dimsum. Suimai is a highlight.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Food quality not as good as before. Friendly staff, fair value.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 4
Service is very poor. If I can give it a zero, I will. Chinese waiters were rude. Refused to add two additional seats when we had family members joining two of us 15 minutes after we were seated. We were told to go to the front desk to ask for a manager approval. The waiter was short with us and turned his back on us without any explanation. When a Spanish waiter gave us additional setting, other Chinese waiters gave this Spanish waiter a hard time in public. What a scene! I left in the middle of my meal because I was very uncomfortable.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 1
I was treated badly by a waiter and left without finishing my meal. He was arrogant and disrespectful. Although the manager apologized after hearing my complaint, it appears that there is no consequence for unprofessional behavior at this place because the waiter was so quick and eager to refer me to the manager. Their dim sum is not the best but their price is in par with the top dim sum restaurants in town. There are more than 6 dim sum restaurants in town. Two fancy dim sum restaurants just opened within the last 30 days. Good luck with the competition. With this bad service, you need it.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 1
China Garden is always our go-to dim sum place. We love the siu mai and pineapple custard buns. However we went today for lunch, obviously the siu mai recipe was changed as it’s less flavored and I think they put lots of fatty pork. Every bite was full of oily greasy fatty pork. It gives us less motivation to go in the future. Luckily the pineapple custard bun is still very good.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 4
The manager walked too fast all the time and almost bumped into me while I tried to get someone to add another order! He got mad and talked rude like it’s all my fault!
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 1
Great dim sum restaurant. Expect a wait to get a table.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Shrimp Har Gow and Shu Mai, Honey Walnut Shrimp, Snow Pea Leaves, Beef Chow Fun Dry Style
Well-made, but standard Cantonese dishes in a very plain looking dining room. Very helpful service.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 5
Good foods, nice location, little bit difficult to find a parking during weekends/holidays.
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I would give a zero star for the service here. We lived in Irvine for 30 years and have been in eating at the restaurant since. Today, we came over first thing in the morning before the restaurant opened to eat. We are LITERALLY the first to sit down. When the dim sum cart rolled over, one of my uncle who is in his 80, stand up and peek over at the cart to check what’s in there. The waitress, in a cold and disrespectful tone, said “sit down. It’s not your turn.” And went ahead to serve the other table next to us.
We don’t really mind who she serves first, and don’t mind waiting for our turn. But her disrespect and commanding voice telling us to sit down is really inappropriate as a restaurant. The waitress with that cart when serving us didn’t even have the respect to look at us when she’s serving the dishes.
We later told the manager about this, the manager LITERALLY said “if you don’t like it, don’t come next time!”
This will be the last time I visit this place. Bad bad service! Awful manager and server! As a loyal customer since the restaurant first opened, it’s really sad to see this place has turned into a place with no service, no basic respect😤😤😤
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
My family visit at last weekend morning. the food was excellent, though the service left a lot to be desired.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 3
This is an excellent choice! The prices are affordable, the portions are generous, and the food is truly authentic Cantonese dim sum. It’s my go-to spot whenever friends come to visit.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I’ve been coming here for years and I’ve always loved the dim sum, especially on a busy weekend, but the Lines get very long and very crowded
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
best in atmosphere cleanliness’s and being organize …. their smoothies were so refreshing one of the best smoothies i’ve ever had.,,, food were fantastic .
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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