Yum Cha Palace

1039 El Camino Real, Menlo Park
(650) 752-6173

Recent Reviews

Clara Lin

Food is great, service is great, and the environment is clean. Will visit again.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Sophie Duda

THE BBQ PORK BUNS ARE SO GOOOOOD I CRAVE THEM ALL THE TIME!!! wish they had more extensive ordering hours i’d be doordashing

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Charles Foo

Drove 30 minutes only to find out they’re not open on a good Tuesday night. At least update your page to reflect so.

Anne Marie Schar

I love take out from Yum Cha. Dim Sum all day. Crepes. Sesame balls. The entrees are also good. And decent portions for the price.I didn't rate atmosphere because we don't eat in.

Food: 5

Service: 5

Nicholas Baggott

They were closed because it was Tuesday. Had to improvise.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Eva Laroya

Happy to have found this place in Menlo Park. Yummy dimsum and crispy noodle dish. Good portions on the dimsum. And good proportion of wrapper and filling on their dumplings.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Shrimp Dumpling, Rice Noodle Roll

Chenjie Pan

A very popular Hong Kong style morning tea shop, I have been here more than 20 times. The price is reasonable, the food is good, and there are many categories.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: traditional sponge cake 馬拉糕

A P Y

Pretty decent dim sum place. But there are better Xiao Long Bao in other nearby cities. But the rice roll is good and raddish cake is also excellent. Servers were friendly and attentive.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Peter Cheung

Not enough staff to provide better service. Food was ok

Mike Liang

The food is good, especially the fried dumplings. I loved it. The atmosphere was good as well, very peaceful and warm for a Xmas eve dinner. The service was good too, but only until we paid cash.After we finished our food, I put in a $50 cash on a sub $35 bill in hope of getting some changes and leaving them $5 tip. After a long wait, nobody brought my change back. Eventually I had to go the front desk to ask for changes. The server told me the register was closed and accounting was finished. He and his boss looked a completely opposite attitude from how they were before I paid - indifferent and a bit rude.To be frank the server was attentive until I paid, and I was happy to tip him nicely anyway. To my shock, he tried to keep all $15 as tips (out of $31 before tax), and regretfully asked me why I put in a $10 extra when I asked for it back to leave them a $5 tip on that $31 bill before tax which was not bad at all. They also didn't want to give my receipt back at first. He even said to me that "It's Xmas it's ok to tip some more. You are young you can make money (or something alike from his mouth)". It was embarrassing. I didn't know what to say back to him. With that shock my happy mood with them turned into disappointment. As I saw his boss counting many $1 bills from his pocket earlier (I thought he was getting change for me at first) I asked for $1 back to leave him $4 tip to see his reaction. He replied by saying he didn't have $1 changes. Dishonest.I have to say this kind of behavior is not the first or second time I encountered at Cantonese restaurants in America, but it's a bit sad this time. I actually liked their service and hospitality throughout our dining experience till I paid, their food as well. I was happy to tip them $5 out of $31 before tax, but why change face and attitude at the end once your customers paid? Giving customers their changes back and letting them tip is the standard in hospitality industries in America. Don't be small-minded. I am giving them full stars on other category and still a 2 star for service, for their overall courteousness during our dining. The 3 stars are taken away for the unprofessional dishonest and indifferent/rude attitude when they were supposed to give changes.After living in the neighborhood for 10 years, this was my first time there. Will give them a try again, and hope they can be true hospitable to customers, not only before they get money from customers. If they become truly courteous next time, I will be happy to update my review and add stars. Be nice to customers from your heart, and you will be rewarded spontaneously over time!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 2

BQ X

Do not go if you want authentic and delicious food.Plus their service is bad - basically does not exist.With this price (40usd per person) the quality of food is very poor. With this price I can go to HL peninsula with better food.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 2

Joel R

Visited for Dim Sum on a rainy day. Not many people in the restaurant but still took about 20 minutes to sit down? Food was serviceable and did its job for dim sum. Service was almost non existent other than being sat down. Ordered an additional item and it never came though they tried to charge us. Left a tip at the end and a waiter asked why I left the amount I did in front of our table and told me “people usually pick x, y or z amount”. That has never happened to me before and believed it to be very unprofessional. Won’t be back exclusively due to that.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 3

Service: 1

William Robinson

Re-visited Dec 2023. Seems to be new staff and cooks etc. Food was definately different, maybe from a different region but not good. Staff were disinterested and the vibe was lacking.Won't be going back.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 2

Service: 2

Jeniebel Abiera

Food was good. Friendly and fast service. Nice, clean, pretty pace.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Dumpling

Sam Wong

No pineapple buns - :(Otherwise it was good, food was flavorful, dim sum was up to par. Just make sure they bring everything out to u that u ordered - they forgot my 2 orders of pork buns (I didn’t realize till a day later).A bit pricey, but it’s in Menlo Park.Time to change th rugs.Vegetarian options: Noodles n veggies dishes, veggie dumplings

Recommended dishes: Fried Rice 炒飯, Seafood Pan Fried Noodles, Shrimp Dumpling, Dumpling

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