My mom's favorite Chinese restaurant in the city (at least currently - growing up it used to be Eight Immortals on Taraval - I'm sad it's no longer the same...). Whenever I go home for a visit, there's always ONE night reserved for a family dinner at Riverside. There's only street parking (not a surprise since it's SF), but there's NO issue find a spot and the area is relatively safe. The restaurant is no frills and homey - and you know it's legit and good when the restaurant is full on a random Wednesday night on a quiet neighborhood block. My mom usually orders and the dishes can vary depending on what she feels like, but she ALWAYS orders the giant scallop/clam thing with vermicelli. Very meaty, large portions. Pricey, but good. Definitely solid Chinese food - sometimes they are a bit heavy handed on the seasoning (not super consistent), but overall still good.
larry fong
Great food &
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
K C
Was in the area to get dim sum. I was going to different place and they are closed, so I was here to eat. Service is terrible for me. Dim sum is average. They are accusing me by action that I was not going to pay for the bill. When the bill was at my table, all servers were gone or disappear. After a while, more than 10 minutes, then they get my payment. I didn’t even get “thank you” from them at all even though I gave tips. I will not come back here again.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 1
Allen G
Has dim sum w friends on Saturday; dim sum dishes were ok only but did enjoy the two side noodles a lot (tomato beef chow mein and pan fried rice noodles with snow veggies and shredded pork)
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
H Mau
Have a dim sum for lunch and was surprisingly delightful lunch.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Dim Sum
Elizabeth Cortez
My partner, in-laws, and I went on a random week night for dinner. They said they've had dimsum at this place before, which was decent, but never dinner. Service was ok. The restaurant had most of the tables occupied. We ordered a few things, but we weren't satisfied with the flavors overall. Sweet and sour pork was too sweet. Everything else was just not satisfactory. I don't think we'll be back anytime soon.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 4
Lyo Kori
Great dim sum, moderately priced, quick service.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Charles Paskewitz
Noisy. Wonton Soup and Chicken with String Beans were very good. They will provide forks if you ask for them. Name does not indicate that this is a Chinese restaurant. Yes they had many seafood options but all cooked Cantonese. Water tasted not too chlorinated.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: String Bean Chicken
Grace Kim
My good friend who has been living in the Bay Area more than 30 years recommended this place. She used it to live near this restaurant and the quality of foods hasn’t changed since she’s been coming since 1990s. I am not sure when this restaurant first opened but I have to stay their foods are overall authentic.We ordered sated fish and chicken fried rice , pea sprout with special sauce and various dimsum, rice noodles. They were all great and price was reasonable.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Ms Taylor
sells beer to everybody who walks in. tells customer they have charger ready then after customers placed orders tells the customer they were gonna charge them for using the wall charger. until customer tells them they are gonna call the police and charge the restaurant.
Pricey,shouldnt cha rge for wa ter,thay do, not cheap, food quality is decentVegetarian options: Alot of optionsParking: Meter parking only,hard ti find spacesKid-friendliness: Kid friendly
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Siu Mai, Steamed Chicken Feet, Salt
Michael Kwok
This is a family style, low key Chinese restaurant in the Sunset. Food is fantastic. Price is reasonable. These folks use to run "8 immortals" on Taraval.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Doug Schreiber
Best 炸兩 (fried doughnut wrapped in rice noodle) we've found in San Francisco so far - HK quality. In general all the dim sum was good. Decent portion sizes and Wide selection of all the dishes you'd expect - even the unappetizing ones like pig gut.Service was quick and friendly. We got there after the lunch rush and they seated all 10 of us quickly.It's a decent size so the noise level wasn't too high.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Dim Sum
Cindy Fong
I was pleasantly surprised at how good the dim sum was. A good option for the Outer Sunset/Parkside area.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Dim Sum
Kenny Chin
Five stars for overall value as the exceptional selection of Chinese dishes offers very good quality ingredients fresh ample tasty well prepared at a price point affordable thus attracting many local Chinese appreciative of having a great restaurant nearby for family get togethers birthdays anniversaries reunions and be sure to compliment the owner management team.
My mom's favorite Chinese restaurant in the city (at least currently - growing up it used to be Eight Immortals on Taraval - I'm sad it's no longer the same...). Whenever I go home for a visit, there's always ONE night reserved for a family dinner at Riverside. There's only street parking (not a surprise since it's SF), but there's NO issue find a spot and the area is relatively safe. The restaurant is no frills and homey - and you know it's legit and good when the restaurant is full on a random Wednesday night on a quiet neighborhood block. My mom usually orders and the dishes can vary depending on what she feels like, but she ALWAYS orders the giant scallop/clam thing with vermicelli. Very meaty, large portions. Pricey, but good. Definitely solid Chinese food - sometimes they are a bit heavy handed on the seasoning (not super consistent), but overall still good.
Great food &
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Was in the area to get dim sum. I was going to different place and they are closed, so I was here to eat. Service is terrible for me. Dim sum is average. They are accusing me by action that I was not going to pay for the bill. When the bill was at my table, all servers were gone or disappear. After a while, more than 10 minutes, then they get my payment. I didn’t even get “thank you” from them at all even though I gave tips. I will not come back here again.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 1
Has dim sum w friends on Saturday; dim sum dishes were ok only but did enjoy the two side noodles a lot (tomato beef chow mein and pan fried rice noodles with snow veggies and shredded pork)
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
Have a dim sum for lunch and was surprisingly delightful lunch.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Dim Sum
My partner, in-laws, and I went on a random week night for dinner. They said they've had dimsum at this place before, which was decent, but never dinner. Service was ok. The restaurant had most of the tables occupied. We ordered a few things, but we weren't satisfied with the flavors overall. Sweet and sour pork was too sweet. Everything else was just not satisfactory. I don't think we'll be back anytime soon.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 4
Great dim sum, moderately priced, quick service.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Noisy. Wonton Soup and Chicken with String Beans were very good. They will provide forks if you ask for them. Name does not indicate that this is a Chinese restaurant. Yes they had many seafood options but all cooked Cantonese. Water tasted not too chlorinated.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: String Bean Chicken
My good friend who has been living in the Bay Area more than 30 years recommended this place. She used it to live near this restaurant and the quality of foods hasn’t changed since she’s been coming since 1990s. I am not sure when this restaurant first opened but I have to stay their foods are overall authentic.We ordered sated fish and chicken fried rice , pea sprout with special sauce and various dimsum, rice noodles. They were all great and price was reasonable.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
sells beer to everybody who walks in. tells customer they have charger ready then after customers placed orders tells the customer they were gonna charge them for using the wall charger. until customer tells them they are gonna call the police and charge the restaurant.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Restaurantji Recommends
Pricey,shouldnt cha rge for wa ter,thay do, not cheap, food quality is decentVegetarian options: Alot of optionsParking: Meter parking only,hard ti find spacesKid-friendliness: Kid friendly
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Siu Mai, Steamed Chicken Feet, Salt
This is a family style, low key Chinese restaurant in the Sunset. Food is fantastic. Price is reasonable. These folks use to run "8 immortals" on Taraval.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Best 炸兩 (fried doughnut wrapped in rice noodle) we've found in San Francisco so far - HK quality. In general all the dim sum was good. Decent portion sizes and Wide selection of all the dishes you'd expect - even the unappetizing ones like pig gut.Service was quick and friendly. We got there after the lunch rush and they seated all 10 of us quickly.It's a decent size so the noise level wasn't too high.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Dim Sum
I was pleasantly surprised at how good the dim sum was. A good option for the Outer Sunset/Parkside area.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Dim Sum
Five stars for overall value as the exceptional selection of Chinese dishes offers very good quality ingredients fresh ample tasty well prepared at a price point affordable thus attracting many local Chinese appreciative of having a great restaurant nearby for family get togethers birthdays anniversaries reunions and be sure to compliment the owner management team.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5