Tai Pan

560 Waverley St, Palo Alto
(650) 329-9168

Recent Reviews

Vidhya Bhat

Food is good but pricey! We usually get the dim sums (mushroom > pea shoots > fun gow dumpling) and the braised tofu with fried rice. Their mu shu veg isn’t bad either!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Junhua Chen

I really enjoyed the experience, and the food was good. I especially liked the shrimp dumplings. I look forward to trying dinner there in the future.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Love Dove

I was able to experience Tai Pan through having their food delivered. It was my first time trying them and OH MY GOD!!! This may sound cliché but this is the best place to have real, clean, superb Chinese food from. There is just no other place like this when it comes to preparation, flavoring, not greasy, fresh ingredients and the dishes are so beautiful and give your palate wonderful experiences. I would definitely recommend this place. ?

Food: 5

Bill Quarre

Food is decent, but the woman who handles the front of house is downright rude. We've been eating here for years, but I've had it with the stuck up attitude of the staff. Done.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 1

Jason Xiahou

Good, satisfying meal. Definitely not cheap but a good option for a nicer family gathering, and all of the food tasted like it had quality ingredients. Nice service, though a tad slow. My favorites were the pan fried pumpkin covered in salted egg yolk (typo on the menu) - that was something that I had never had before but it was fun to try, though pretty salty - and the steamed bean curd roll (but I’m always a sucker for that). I would pass on the soup dumplings - there was basically no soup despite the premium price.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 4

rudy widjaja

If you want to impress people who never been to Chinese restaurants, then you can bring them here. But if you are looking for a good food with reasonable price, look else where. Don't get me wrong, the service and the atmosphere is great, but they charge an arm and a leg for a mediocre food. Over priced item.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 2

Service: 5

Steve Chan

Good banquet style

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

牧野

Tai Pan, a famous Chinese restaurant. It is also loved by locals. Crab is a specialty.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

janice yu

very Chinese style dim sum and service

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

John Bowmer

Tai Pan has been consistently excellent in the 17 or so years since it opened. It is an authentic Chinese' restaurant rather than the sugar added to all dishes 'American Chinese' that is prevalent. All dishes are exceptional. Over the years we have worked our way through the menu. Of particular note is the bok choi, chicken in lettuce cups,chicken wings, prawns in garlic and the delicious hot and sour soup

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

YennaPPa (Luscious.K)

“Cantonese Chinese food eaten by Stanford students”Palo Alto, where Stanford University is located, is still vibrant compared to the ruined SF. I like the unique energy of the university, the atmosphere of the Bay Area, and the hipness that can be felt in every street.There is a fairly popular Cantonese Chinese restaurant here, and the food is quite good.The majority of guests are Chinese.This place has quite a few Korean customers, and wine corkage seems to be free.Most of the foods were of different tastes.Salty chicken wingsThis restaurant's signature Peking duck buns are very delicious.It's enough as an appetizer.After eating fish bladder and egg white soup, I thought, “This is America!!!” It goes down my neckFried codStir-fried Lamb with Green OnionSeafood Lobster SauceEven beef chow fun...The emotion of eating real American-style Cantonese-style Chinese food that you can't eat in Korea is overwhelming.When I lived in the U.S., I just enjoyed it and didn't crave it.It's been a while since I ate it, and it's this delicious.It was a wonderful dinner that was delicious and stimulated my taste buds.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 3

Griff WODTKE

Pretty standard Chinese-American dim sum. Excellent server, very accommodating, and elegant surrounds.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 5

Rabendy Inc

I'm guessing Tai Pan has a new chef coz the food quality is much better from years past. It is truly Hong Kong style dim sum as I know it as a child.Always a fave for dim sum in the neighborhood!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Travis Zhang

Service and atmosphere is good and food is ok. But the pricing is so futuristic that it is unbelievable.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 2

Service: 4

Jiyeon Seo

We ordered :Shrimp dumplingPork bunLobster fried rice, this was an expensive specialOrder, not in the menu. I chewed littlePieces of lobster shell with fried rice, bad and lobster meat was dry and not soft.This was my one of favorite one but not any more. Buns and dumplings were average.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 3

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