Very traditional and authentic restaurant. Not Americanized or greasy food. Reasonable prices.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Henry SooHoo
Dinner is fine but dim sum is terrible. I would definitely not come again for dim sum. Service is fine.Stir fried wide rice noodles with chicken was fine. It had some wok hei but the chicken had a frozen taste.Braised chicken feet had a very mediocre sauce and a slightly frozen taste still.Beef rice roll and shrimp rice rolls had decent rolls but there is very little protein included.Shumai was undercooked.Stuffed eggplant and steamed bean curd rolls with pork were fine.Chive dumpling had a soft and sufficiently thin wrapping but the stuffing was extremely mushy and tasteless other than the taste of the chives.Beefballs were pretty mushy but taste was fine.Egg tarts were decent but the durian pastry, which had a good amount of durian filling, were too dense and lacked flavor.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 5
Jess Li
The large claypot is a ginormous! Perfect for a group of 4 to 5 ppl. The dishes that we ordere are good and flavorful. If you enjoy eating claypot, I recommend giving this place a shot.
Kelvin L.
Food is above average compared to other dim sum restaurants. The waitress put us in the corner of the restaurant with other tables around us. It was difficult to call someone to refill my teapot. I think they should at least save a path for the customers sitting in the corner to walk out or to use the restroom. Waitress should pay more attention to refill customers' teapot.(probably because we were sitting in the corner)
Eva Y.
This restaurant is co-owned by the same folks that own Victoria Seafood on Commonwealth Avenue in Brighton which has been around for almost 30 years. I've tried both dinner and dim sum here and this place is solid. For dinner, my favorites here are their ginger scallion stir fry lobster, steamed giant clams with vermicelli, and their salted egg yolk bitter melon. For dim sum, i personally prefer Mings or Sun Kong over this restaurant when in Malden but i really enjoy the baked cha siu buns here as i think it tastes much better than the latter. The baked buns here are soft with a tasty cha siu filling, and with a nice crackling buttered custard topping. I also think they make the bean curd beef balls, baked egg tarts, and deep fried shrimp & chive dumplings better here. The reason why i overall prefer Mings or Sun Kong is that i am NOT a fan of the texture of the steamed dumpling wrappers here (too doughy and sticks to your teeth even when cooled down). Also not a huge fan of their shrimp rice noodle rolls. There was SO much steam coming out of the rice noodles rolls that i questioned whether they had just simply microwaved the noodles........The noodles also had an overly unpleasant rice flour taste to it and was too doughy for my liking (i personally prefer a silky smooth mild chew dough). The taste was also very reminiscent to the first batch of rice noodle rolls that my mom had ever attempted to make from scratch back in the day which wasn't known to be very good (lol). Parking Tip: Enter 80 Middlesex St Malden on Google Maps. There is plenty of free parking on both side of this street and only 2 minutes walk away from the restaurant. You're welcome.
caroline
One of the better dim sum places in the Greater Boston Area. Everything tasted great and portions were big. Personally loved the shumai because they were huge. Also liked the rice noodles and water chestnut cakes (though both the rice noodles and water chestnut cakes weren't made the traditional dimsum way lol).Not much else to say. Service was nice and attentive, music was fun, and prices were pretty good (11 dim sum dishes split between 5 people was about $16 a person).
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Caroline S.
One of the better dim sum places in the Greater Boston Area. Everything tasted great and portions were big. Personally loved the shumai because they were huge. Also liked the rice noodles and water chestnut cakes (though both the rice noodles and water chestnut cakes weren't made the traditional dimsum way lol). Not much else to say. Service was nice and attentive, music was fun, and prices were pretty good (11 dim sum dishes split between 5 people was about $16 a person).
nolan halsted
Seafood is very fresh and the service is exceptionally
Atlantic seafood serves bad seafoodTiny clams and tiny lobsters for premium pricesCheap Asians running this restaurant- Asian reviewer can't cancel me
John Y.
This new asian restaurant is located behind the gigantic Walgreens near Malden Center. There is a tiny parking lot across the street (not associated with the restaurant) and metered parking space along Main st. The staff was very friendly. The decor of the restaurant was nothing to rave about but it also wasn't bad. We went for dinner. Most people will likely come here and order a clay pot dish, as that was extremely popular with all of the other tables dining with us that night. We got the eel clay pot, large. It was enough to feed around 10 of us. The burnt rice with savory eel was great. There is a good variety of clay pots, in case eel is not your thing. The food in general was good/above average. The salt and pepper lobster was way better than the ginger scallion lobster. The pea pod stems dish was fresh and good. Food portions were not skimpy, but I also wouldn't say overly generous...its about what you'd expect. Overall, we had an enjoyable meal. We will be back.
Barry Yang
Met my expectations.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
Emma C
RUN AWAY! I recently dined at this restaurant and unfortunately had an extremely disappointing experience. The waitress was incredibly rude and went so far as to blame the customers for not understanding the menu, even though it was clear that the menu had been printed incorrectly. To make matters worse, we found hair in our dishes, which was truly unappetizing. At the end of the meal, I chose not to leave any tips due to the overall poor service and experience. I must say, this visit has left a lasting negative impression, and I have no intention of returning.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Jessica T
Not sure why there are bad reviews. I've been here twice. Once in the beginning when they recently opened and once recently this month. Never an issue with food or service. We enjoyed eating here and will come back.
what happend? closed?
dim sum delicious
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Very traditional and authentic restaurant. Not Americanized or greasy food. Reasonable prices.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Dinner is fine but dim sum is terrible. I would definitely not come again for dim sum. Service is fine.Stir fried wide rice noodles with chicken was fine. It had some wok hei but the chicken had a frozen taste.Braised chicken feet had a very mediocre sauce and a slightly frozen taste still.Beef rice roll and shrimp rice rolls had decent rolls but there is very little protein included.Shumai was undercooked.Stuffed eggplant and steamed bean curd rolls with pork were fine.Chive dumpling had a soft and sufficiently thin wrapping but the stuffing was extremely mushy and tasteless other than the taste of the chives.Beefballs were pretty mushy but taste was fine.Egg tarts were decent but the durian pastry, which had a good amount of durian filling, were too dense and lacked flavor.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 5
The large claypot is a ginormous! Perfect for a group of 4 to 5 ppl. The dishes that we ordere are good and flavorful. If you enjoy eating claypot, I recommend giving this place a shot.
Food is above average compared to other dim sum restaurants. The waitress put us in the corner of the restaurant with other tables around us. It was difficult to call someone to refill my teapot. I think they should at least save a path for the customers sitting in the corner to walk out or to use the restroom. Waitress should pay more attention to refill customers' teapot.(probably because we were sitting in the corner)
This restaurant is co-owned by the same folks that own Victoria Seafood on Commonwealth Avenue in Brighton which has been around for almost 30 years. I've tried both dinner and dim sum here and this place is solid. For dinner, my favorites here are their ginger scallion stir fry lobster, steamed giant clams with vermicelli, and their salted egg yolk bitter melon. For dim sum, i personally prefer Mings or Sun Kong over this restaurant when in Malden but i really enjoy the baked cha siu buns here as i think it tastes much better than the latter. The baked buns here are soft with a tasty cha siu filling, and with a nice crackling buttered custard topping. I also think they make the bean curd beef balls, baked egg tarts, and deep fried shrimp & chive dumplings better here. The reason why i overall prefer Mings or Sun Kong is that i am NOT a fan of the texture of the steamed dumpling wrappers here (too doughy and sticks to your teeth even when cooled down). Also not a huge fan of their shrimp rice noodle rolls. There was SO much steam coming out of the rice noodles rolls that i questioned whether they had just simply microwaved the noodles........The noodles also had an overly unpleasant rice flour taste to it and was too doughy for my liking (i personally prefer a silky smooth mild chew dough). The taste was also very reminiscent to the first batch of rice noodle rolls that my mom had ever attempted to make from scratch back in the day which wasn't known to be very good (lol). Parking Tip: Enter 80 Middlesex St Malden on Google Maps. There is plenty of free parking on both side of this street and only 2 minutes walk away from the restaurant. You're welcome.
One of the better dim sum places in the Greater Boston Area. Everything tasted great and portions were big. Personally loved the shumai because they were huge. Also liked the rice noodles and water chestnut cakes (though both the rice noodles and water chestnut cakes weren't made the traditional dimsum way lol).Not much else to say. Service was nice and attentive, music was fun, and prices were pretty good (11 dim sum dishes split between 5 people was about $16 a person).
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
One of the better dim sum places in the Greater Boston Area. Everything tasted great and portions were big. Personally loved the shumai because they were huge. Also liked the rice noodles and water chestnut cakes (though both the rice noodles and water chestnut cakes weren't made the traditional dimsum way lol). Not much else to say. Service was nice and attentive, music was fun, and prices were pretty good (11 dim sum dishes split between 5 people was about $16 a person).
Seafood is very fresh and the service is exceptionally
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
Atlantic seafood serves bad seafoodTiny clams and tiny lobsters for premium pricesCheap Asians running this restaurant- Asian reviewer can't cancel me
This new asian restaurant is located behind the gigantic Walgreens near Malden Center. There is a tiny parking lot across the street (not associated with the restaurant) and metered parking space along Main st. The staff was very friendly. The decor of the restaurant was nothing to rave about but it also wasn't bad. We went for dinner. Most people will likely come here and order a clay pot dish, as that was extremely popular with all of the other tables dining with us that night. We got the eel clay pot, large. It was enough to feed around 10 of us. The burnt rice with savory eel was great. There is a good variety of clay pots, in case eel is not your thing. The food in general was good/above average. The salt and pepper lobster was way better than the ginger scallion lobster. The pea pod stems dish was fresh and good. Food portions were not skimpy, but I also wouldn't say overly generous...its about what you'd expect. Overall, we had an enjoyable meal. We will be back.
Met my expectations.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
RUN AWAY! I recently dined at this restaurant and unfortunately had an extremely disappointing experience. The waitress was incredibly rude and went so far as to blame the customers for not understanding the menu, even though it was clear that the menu had been printed incorrectly. To make matters worse, we found hair in our dishes, which was truly unappetizing. At the end of the meal, I chose not to leave any tips due to the overall poor service and experience. I must say, this visit has left a lasting negative impression, and I have no intention of returning.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Not sure why there are bad reviews. I've been here twice. Once in the beginning when they recently opened and once recently this month. Never an issue with food or service. We enjoyed eating here and will come back.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Seafood