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888 Seafood Restaurant in Rosemead is a two star Chinese restaurant. It's known for its dim sum. Upon entering the restaurant, you'll find a family atmosphere. This restaurant is very affordable. This restaurant features private rooms. This restaurant is good for groups.
4.0 of 5 stars.
Being Cantonese, dim sum's in my blood. When my paternal grandparents were still alive, every Sunday morning, our family would religiously go "yum cha" (literal translation is "drink tea", but...
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I finally had a chance to eat here about a month ago after hearing so many good things about the place. The food was great and the atmosphere was nice, but because we were seated in a corner, we...
yelp.com - user review - 09/11/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
First, I have only been here for dim sum and have always enjoyed it. Yes sometimes it isn't very up to snuff but other times it is simply delicious. I have noticed that the dim sum is much better on...
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4.0 of 5 stars.
4 Stars for food!I love their Dim Sum, I hate the parking!!!!!!! Why is it that when I get in this area I feel like a racist, even with the Chinese fiance in tow, we both are shouting shit like WTF,...
yelp.com - user review - 08/31/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I love the atmosphere, sevice, and food here (: Me and my family have been going to this place for almost our whole lives xD And now one of the workers know us so she's really friendly to us (: And...
yelp.com - user review - 08/31/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
ehh i'm not to fund of seafood, the dim sum was alright. Wasn't all that great. The service was bad esp the guys that walk around. They kept giving us the look everytime we try to order something.
yelp.com - user review - 08/24/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
For the past several years, Oceanstar Seafood Restaurant in Monterey Park was the place we always went whenever we had a craving for dim sum. Sometime last year, they changed ownership/management and...
yelp.com - user review - 08/15/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
i cant do it, just cant do it.....company always book this place for christmas dinner.....dont really have bad things to say about , but just cant give it above 2 stars
yelp.com - user review - 08/14/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
We had a dimsum meal here. Being a table of 9, we were able to try a lot of the offerings. I like that there were the traditional dishes like siumai, cheung fun, etc., and then there were a few that...
yelp.com - user review - 08/07/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I'm a white girl, so I know nothing about Dim Sum. My coworkers actually had to explain everything to me. Luckily I went with a Chinese chick and a Taiwanese guy so they were able to help me out. I...
yelp.com - user review - 07/28/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I am in a dim sum haze. I was brought to this place in celebration of my b-day and was overwhelmed! Ladies with dim sum carts, quick to please, had lil' delicious packets of yum over flowing onto my...
yelp.com - user review - 07/17/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Dim Sum, party of 2, towards the end of breakfast/beginning of lunch. We were seated quite quickly, even though there seemed to be a decent amount of people waiting in the lobby and overflowing to the...
yelp.com - user review - 07/12/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Atmosphere: Super busy, like all other dim sum places. Loud. Wobbly tables. Service: It doesn't seem like the servers at most dim sum places are friendly. 888 is no exception. But at least it's quick....
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1.0 of 5 stars.
AVOID THIS PLACE. The WORST service you can ever imagine. It's like they don't even want you there at all. I even have a relative working here and I still got AWFUL service. It was just plain...
yelp.com - user review - 07/12/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Living in Orange County (in the heart of Little Saigon), we have a lot of local Dim Sum joints. However, to be frank, I never felt they were spectacular. Enter 888 Seafood. I was on a client in El...
yelp.com - user review - 07/11/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This place offers some of the best dim sum I've had this side of the Pacific.The food. Oooooh the food. Granted, we were sitting close to the kitchen entrance and were blessed with all the food...
yelp.com - user review - 07/09/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Good quality dim sum place without the expensive price tag. Not as great as Elite but better than the others around the area. =)
yelp.com - user review - 07/06/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Why does everyone want to go to 888? There are dozens of other choices in the SGV so why go to the rudest restaurant on the planet. First of all, parking is pretty much impossible. I had to verbally...
yelp.com - user review - 07/05/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Stumbled across 888 today on my way home from a long drive down the 10. My friend and I had... 1. Juicy pork dumplings (excellent)2. Bean curd and shrimp3. Wheat wrapped around meat4. Sparerib and...
yelp.com - user review - 06/29/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
This place USE to be amazing but, it has definitely changed over the years. I remember coming here with my parents, or for a family outing. I can't even express how much they've let go with the...
yelp.com - user review - 06/26/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Yes this place has good dim sum. Crazy packed though after 11am. Get here early.
yelp.com - user review - 06/22/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I haven't been here since I was a kid; my aunt used to bring me to this place all the time. It's exactly as I remember it - seems relatively unchanged, but still gets very packed. Aunt told me there...
yelp.com - user review - 06/18/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Came here for dinner. Food isn't bad. This restaurant serves mostly Chiu Chow cuisine. Vegetables were a bit salty. They should have put some vermicelli noodles into the clam pot but I guess...
yelp.com - user review - 06/05/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Yum yum gimme dim sum!Cheap and tasty dim sum. For 4 of us, the bill came out to only $40something and that's with a few orders of steam buns to go! Thought the dim sum selection was good and the...
yelp.com - user review - 05/22/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Below average to most dim sum place i been in SGV, food quality just isn't great. Is good price but quality is important to me. Doesn't taste too fresh for me.
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Why is this place always so friggin' packed?? And why do I always get suckered into driving my butt all the way down here to wait knowing full well how chaotic this place gets?? It's because their...
yelp.com - user review - 04/30/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Out of all the dim sum places I have been to around LA this is the best! Their dim sum is good quality and compared to many other places 888 has the most selection! Their pineapple buns are to die...
yelp.com - user review - 04/26/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
My friend Dat took me here for the first time a few years back and I loved it. When I was living in Monterey Park, I used to come here alot, sometimes to eat in but when I had two roommates that were...
yelp.com - user review - 04/21/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Review based on COUNTLESS visits.I've been here probably hundreds of times over the course of the past few years. I wouldn't say this place is a great dim sum place, but it's not bad. Lots of...
yelp.com - user review - 04/13/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The biggest place to get Dim Sum that I have ever seen. And trust, I've seen a lot. Being dragged to get Chinese food pays off sometimes.A good place to try out, especially in groups. Their tables are...
yelp.com - user review - 04/12/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
You know what's awesome? The spare rib rice bowls with chinese sausage and soy sauce. YUM. SOOOO good I coulda eaten five of them. That's definitely worth going back for. I also liked that they had...
yelp.com - user review - 04/07/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Apparently I didn't have enough dim sum the day before so I had lunch here on Sunday. I enjoyed my meal at 888 Seafood. Their dim sum is fresh, lots of carts, and the quality is consistent.We...
yelp.com - user review - 04/01/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Really cute place! The only thing I was sad about was the slow rotation of the food. Kept seeing the same things come around our table the two hours we were there, and they only came around when we...
yelp.com - user review - 03/29/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I've eaten at a wide variety of dim sum places in LA, including mission and new capital, and some other bougie one where you order from a menu. Not a fan of ordering from the menu...true dim sum is...
yelp.com - user review - 03/20/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is the best place for Dim Sum.. I came here with my best friends for a nice Sunday brunch and had a nice typical chinese dim sum.The cart keep on rolling and food being served constantly.This was...
yelp.com - user review - 03/19/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
i give this place 4 stars bc i've been here twice and find the dim sum consistently good and fresh.i think there's just a lot of msg. so u have to be prepared for msg brunch. some of my favorites...
yelp.com - user review - 03/16/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Dim sum, meaning "touch the heart" lol is a Chinese cuisine which involves a wide range of dishes served with Chinese tea. Travellers on the ancient Silk Road needed a place to take a nap, so...
yelp.com - user review - 03/13/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Best place to get Dim-Sum in So-Cal from what I have tried so far.I could not get enough of their shiu-mai. I think I ordered 3 (that's 3x4 =12) all by myself, and of course I ate lots of the other...
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Parking sucks.Great place to go for Dim-Sum AND the actual dim-sum experience, not dim-sum ordering off a menu that should not even be called Dim-Sum imo. Waiting can also suck.
yelp.com - user review - 03/12/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I've never actually tried the dim sum, but I have come here quite often for dinner parties. Every time I'm here, I have a 6-7 course dinner (I never actually counted, but I know it's around that...
yelp.com - user review - 03/01/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
i've been coming here forever. and recently there has been so many new faces of diners here, yes the none asians. i'm sure yelp has something to do with it. well here it goes.1) there is always a...
yelp.com - user review - 02/23/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
High quality cart service dim sumCart staff are the most aggressive and in your face. If Gary Payton pushed dim sum, it would be like this.
yelp.com - user review - 02/17/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
you are bound to have a long wait if you go for dimsum.cart-women people.. they will NOT speak any word of English to you no matter how hard you try.. and the servers will just not return if they did...
yelp.com - user review - 02/17/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
888 is okay. the line for a table sucks,but luckily we know one of the managers so we get in pretty quickly. obviously if you don't speak cantonese, it takes a bit to get their attention. but as all...
yelp.com - user review - 02/16/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
don't believe the hype. it's been awhile since I've drunk yelped. But here it is....if someone recommended this joint to you as the best dim sum in LA, you've been duped. shiu mai- fail. don't...
yelp.com - user review - 02/07/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I was glad this place wasn't busy (i.e. didn't have to wait for a table-- but it was still crowded with folks gettin' their dim sum on) yesterday morning considering it was a holiday.We ordered:siu...
yelp.com - user review - 01/20/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I love dimsum! they have a pretty good selection! sometimes they have unique items that ive never sen before and it either turns out super yummy or super not yummy!one time the lady pushed it on to...
yelp.com - user review - 01/19/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
This place gets 4 stars for its food and 2 stars for its service and wait times. It's a great place for dim sum and it's always crowded. Typically, that denotes a good place, but in this case it...
yelp.com - user review - 01/11/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I'm no dimsum connoiseur and I wont pretend to be. I'm just a guy who likes his shumai, char siew bao and fried turnip cake like the next fellow. 888 has the honor of being my first dimsum...
yelp.com - user review - 01/11/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The food here is actually quite good. The offerings can be a little more exotic than your standard dim sum or Cantonese fare, but everything is tasty. I especially enjoyed the individually covered...
yelp.com - user review - 01/07/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Not going to lie, this place is actually pretty good, dim sum wise. For service....GOOD LUCK! These are some horrible servers...HORRIBLE! It takes forever to get water or even their precious chili...
yelp.com - user review - 01/06/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I'm no dim sum connoisseur. In fact, I've only been twice. When a friend invited me I have to admit my first thought was "Dim sum...in Rosemead?" (google maps)I ended up having a good time here. There...
yelp.com - user review - 12/20/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Went back. Har gow were passable to good this time, and the har cheung was much better.Jook, err, congee, was still kinda meh. I love jook so I'll eat it anywah, but it was only okay. It's not bad but...
yelp.com - user review - 12/16/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Forgive me, Ten Ten (http://www.yelp.com/biz/ten-ten-seafood-restaurant-artesia#hrid:LVD-enH4GHBr99TLgzrdQA), for I have sinned. For 18 years I have been visiting your restaurant every weekend for no...
yelp.com - user review - 11/23/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
My default dim sum restaurant for the past 5 or 6 years. This place is PACKED on weekends. Expect at least a 30 minute wait if you go on a weekend, say between 11am and 1pm. There's plenty of parking,...
yelp.com - user review - 11/22/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I'm a huge fan of good Chinese food and drive out to the SGV often to sample the many good restaurants there. 888 has been consistently one of the most recommended places by my Chinese friends, and...
yelp.com - user review - 11/19/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Overrated restaurant that's always crowded with jammed parking. Low quality dim sum. You can find better food at other dim sum places.
yelp.com - user review - 11/19/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
After NBC closed down for remodeling then reopened to a big disappointment (no cart service anymore), I just had to try 888 because it still offered the cart service that makes dim sum what it is to...
yelp.com - user review - 11/17/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Delicious! Big selection!
yelp.com - user review - 11/13/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Went for dim sum at lunch. Service was quick and I pretty much had everything we wanted within the first 10 minutes of being seated. A couple of things that weren't really to my taste, but...
yelp.com - user review - 11/06/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
after a long hiatus, i ventured back with my mom and sister to partake in some dim sum. i'm actually glad that i did as the quality at 888 has improved!we ordered up:niu du (cow stomach): this was...
yelp.com - user review - 10/20/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Came here for a wedding banquet. This place is supposed to be really good for seafood. I thought it was alright. Def had better. Most of the sauces were too thick (at least our table). Also the...
yelp.com - user review - 10/19/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
the bf took me here on a weekday morning for dim sum. he says this is one of the best dim sum places in sgv. it wasnt too crowded which was nice. it didnt seem like there was much of a variety of...
yelp.com - user review - 10/09/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
4.5 stars. This place has been a reliable place for good quality dim sum. Honestly, I'm not one of those people that can eat dim sum every week as it gets boring quickly. But when family is in town...
yelp.com - user review - 09/12/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This place is effin BUSY on the weekends. The parking lot is shared with other businesses, but man, it seems like there are cars everywhere.The wait can be a good 30 - 60 mins if you come during...
yelp.com - user review - 09/08/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Although the reviews here are pretty mixed, I came here for dim sum.I loooove chicken feet and pai gwut and they make it really good here!The only thing that didn't really move me was their lo bok go...
yelp.com - user review - 09/03/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
A couple of years ago, the husband came across an article in the Los Angeles Times with recommended Chinese restaurants in the San Gabriel Valley, which is turning into the new Monterey Park, which in...
yelp.com - user review - 08/28/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
888 is closed by and it is cheap. I like dim sum and this place does it for me. The service is not as good and attentive as NBC though, I must say. But hey, dim sum is dim sum, can't go wrong with...
yelp.com - user review - 08/28/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I have been coming to 888 for years. My family knows the owners. My aunt had her wedding reception there. My nephew had his one month birthday party there. When I have family coming in from...
yelp.com - user review - 08/26/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This place is decent. Great for dimsum but horrible for wedding receptions. I still don't understand why people like having receptions at Asian receptions. Perhaps it's cheaper but it lacks romance,...
yelp.com - user review - 08/20/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I was on my way to NBC seafood but I decided to try another dim sum restaurant... well this place............ I was very disappointed with the waiter, after he was just not helpful at all....I will...
yelp.com - user review - 08/18/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Me and brother hadn't Dim Sum for longtime. We came here yesterday around 11:00am, lucky we find a parking on the street or we would waited a longtime for spot open up. The wait was about 30min...
yelp.com - user review - 08/04/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
I didn't like their dim sum.
yelp.com - user review - 08/02/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
888 is good, but definitely overrated. Their dumplings are bland tasting and the chicken feet are too oily with not enough sauce.The wait (usually 30min or more) doesn't justify the quality of food....
yelp.com - user review - 07/29/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Came here today for a LONG needed Dim Sum and really had a great experience.. I always loved Dim Sum and the quick and fast food service.. The wait was a bit long and as someone else said about the...
yelp.com - user review - 07/27/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I'm not that big a fan of dim sum. When my friend in SF comes back home tho, we have to get sum. She wanted cheap and so I led her to Sea World Seafood restaurant in Rosemead, but they were closed...
yelp.com - user review - 07/27/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I took my hardcore Chinese (Hong Kong & Macau) parents here when they visited LA and they actually liked the food so much that we returned for dinner 3 nights in a row.Nowhere near as good as mom's...
yelp.com - user review - 07/23/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The XO hot sauce is what drives me here. I love this hot sauce-- it's so tasty, almost like a sambal of sorts but with something else and chili oil. I've been there twice so far, and each time it's...
yelp.com - user review - 07/22/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Yes, parking is crazy and don't get me started on the loud speaker just outside the front door. EMPHASIS ON THE "LOUD" in LOUD SPEAKER! The calling of numbers when your table was ready had some kids...
yelp.com - user review - 07/20/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Nothing special about this dim sum, and parking is crazy, as I guess everyone else has already said. The dim sum is good and there's a huge selection because this is a big restaurant. If you come here...
yelp.com - user review - 07/14/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I didn't come here for dim sum.My friend Mark treated a few of us out to this restaurant to celebrate his intern. We ordered this appetizer that has pig ears i believed, geoduck and jellyfish. very...
yelp.com - user review - 07/11/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Wait is as long as the best dim sum in SGV but the food is just average. We got there at 11:30AM but did not get seated till 1:30PM.Unless one of my friends have inside connections and can get us...
yelp.com - user review - 07/08/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
dim sum:crowded crowded crowded. i came here for father's day... long long waits. (unless you got connections with the managers working and get a table in less than 5 mins when theres literally 20 ...
yelp.com - user review - 06/30/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Parking here. . .is ATROCIOUS. Crazy Asian drivers don't CARE if you waited for that spot for 10 min. . .they'll swoop in and take it if they have the chance. Man. And let me tell you, the wait time...
yelp.com - user review - 06/26/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
is one the lowest u can give? everytime i come here, they find new ways to "greet" me. i usually come here at night for dinners cos my dad had business celebration parties here and we book a rm but...
yelp.com - user review - 06/25/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I like 888..I'm always lucky at 888..maybe because I believed in 888!!!Great choice(888) ..lucky for them it probably cost nothing to have the number 888 to their name.Did anyone noticed the Beijing...
yelp.com - user review - 06/19/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Went there Saturday night for a dual family dinner. I've been to gigantor Chinese restarants before but not like this! We were seated in one of the back rooms while the front of the restaurant was...
yelp.com - user review - 06/17/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Got my dimsum on today, and dispite the forty five minuet wait fo seat a table of six; it was damn good... i like this place, and though the dimsum experience seems a little fast paced and hectic when...
yelp.com - user review - 06/14/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
It's been awhile since I've been here. It's hard to drag my boyfriend here since he's scared of the fat he knows he'll consume if he actually gets up for dim sum. The ambiance is typical Asian...
yelp.com - user review - 06/13/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Now this place got some good Dim Sum. Not only the Dim Sum is good, their seafood menu are great too. Everything has its own tastes. Only bad thing is the wait. But hey.... good food worth the waite.
yelp.com - user review - 06/06/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Very good Dimsum and can get extremely busy on the weekends. The managers there are really friendly. My wife and I had our wedding reception here and all of our non-Asian friends were impressed. They...
yelp.com - user review - 06/05/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I ATE ATE ATE at 888 Seafood Restaurant for the first time and thought it was pretty great! Not only was the dim sum really tasty and served hot, but the service was friendly and incredibly reasonably...
yelp.com - user review - 05/17/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
man i've been going to place for over 10 years now. till this day its still the same. the service is horrible but the food is alright. one time i remember i waited like 25 minutes literally for just...
yelp.com - user review - 05/09/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
yeah yeah...this place gets packed...i mean PACKED on weekends....knowing how DELICIOUS their dimsums are...you gotta expect a long wait in line.....just like any other places around temple city and...
yelp.com - user review - 05/07/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Great dim sum place. It's pretty big but always packed on the weekends. Their har gow (shrimp dumplings) are delicious. It helps to know what you want so in case you don't see the cart for it, you...
yelp.com - user review - 05/01/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
We ate here for dinner. The food was just OK. I didn't enjoy the stirfried crab as much.
yelp.com - user review - 04/29/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
One of the best dim sum places in the SGV. Lots of selection as well as all the regulars.
yelp.com - user review - 04/28/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
this place is about average for dimsum. but 4 stars because it is probably one of the better in the san gabriel valley, but if you could venture a little farther, go to rowland height for great dim...
yelp.com - user review - 04/23/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I had dimsum here for the first time this weekend with some clients/friends. I hadn't heard of this place previously, but it came highly recommended from a Chinese friend who knows good food, and...
yelp.com - user review - 04/21/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This review is for their chinese banquet dinners, NOT lunch dimsum (I would give lunch dimsum 3 stars, go to Sea Harbour instead! :-)).I have been to 888 twice now for dinner, and think its one of the...
yelp.com - user review - 03/30/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Good food, fun place to be during lunch.
yelp.com - user review - 03/28/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This is funny, the many times that I've been to 888, the service has been great. The cart ladies (is that what you call them?) are sweet if you make the effort to talk to them nicely. On many...
yelp.com - user review - 03/24/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
oh yeah, the best around, not like empress pavillion in chinatown
yelp.com - user review - 03/21/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
This is a fav of my amongst my gf's family so I often come here. The perks of it is it's inexpensive good dim sum, although not the best. The downside of this place is that finding parking will be a...
yelp.com - user review - 03/11/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Nice atmosphere, but there are better dim sum restaurants out there.
yelp.com - user review - 03/09/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Get here at by 10:45am on the weekend if you don't want to wait for a table for dim sum. Great dim sum place! Everything was fresh and steaming hot. The carts came by multiple times and ladies walk...
yelp.com - user review - 03/01/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Definitely not our first choice for dim sum in the area, but after missing the dim sum serving hours at 3 other restaurants, we were glad that 888 Seafood's dim sum is served until 3 pm. Most other...
yelp.com - user review - 02/16/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
An hour wait on the Sunday after Chinese New Year is quite much but after doing the Chinatown Firecracker 10K, my roommate and I wanted to celebrate finishing by eating some dim sum. We tried to find...
yelp.com - user review - 02/12/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
-237485 stars for the service, except that isn't a clickable option.so the loser waiter was lugging two teapots in one hand, spilling everywhere tea. he then proceeded to bump into me and spilled hot...
yelp.com - user review - 02/11/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I've been going to this place for years... since I was a kid! I've tried Dim Sum on the East Coast, in Hong Kong, and in California (SF and LA area). With the exception of one overpriced HK...
yelp.com - user review - 02/08/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
to me, dim sum is dim sum. except when it's dripping in oil. tis place's turnip cakes were not at all oily. we also got some har-gow, chicken/rice wrapped in a banana (or tea?)leaf... it hit the...
yelp.com - user review - 02/06/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
There should definitely be more 5 stars on this one!!! People are being way too hard on this place. Although, I've never been there for anything else but the Dim Sum there, it is the best I've tried...
yelp.com - user review - 01/31/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Food was good (4 stars), but service was so slow (2 stars). Came here with a group of 8 at 1:00 p.m. Most of the food was not available or did not make the turns. I realize that 1:00 is a bit late...
yelp.com - user review - 01/22/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Recommendations: cha shu pork bun (steamed / baked; either one is good), he2 fen3?? (don't know the English name, it's the long white noodle-like dumpling with meat inside), shrimp dumpling, fried...
yelp.com - user review - 01/21/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Dim Sum Quest '08Dim Sum was the after-hike lunch plan for my friend and I, but it almost ended up being a baguette sandwich next door at Banh Mi Che Cali or chicken and biscuits at one of the many...
yelp.com - user review - 01/13/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This is my favorite place for dimsum in the SGV. Make sure when you go here bring someone fluent in mandarin and make sure they are loud and boisterous to make sure you get what you want. This place...
yelp.com - user review - 01/13/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
888 is worth the drive from the valley. Sometimes. See, there's a certain amount of timing that comes into play when eating here, and the rest is up to luck. 888 serves dim sum from 9am to 3pm, but in...
yelp.com - user review - 01/03/2008
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I"m chinese and raised on this. Every saturday/sunday morning or holiday - dimsum it is. Crazy carts passing you with the food you want, servers coming by with dishes you don't want. I like going there only...
citysearch.com - user review - 12/28/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Coming in here, I felt like I was going to a casino. If you ever noticed, there are two floor managers that acted like a pit boss who goes around greeting people at each table. I don't think they comp...
yelp.com - user review - 11/26/2007
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Came here once for a wedding. Was told by a lot of people that this restaurant is pretty pricy... at least for chinese standard.But the time I came for the wedding, the food I had, it was actually...
yelp.com - user review - 11/21/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This is a great place, for seafood dim sum.The worst thing about this place, is the parking, and not being able to communicate. Other then that, the food is GREAT!It's probably more convenient, if...
yelp.com - user review - 11/18/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
10.13.07: I've been going to 888 for years and years, since I was barely able to walk, for reals. I never really liked this place. I try to avoid it, was it because of overkill? My family did eat here...
yelp.com - user review - 11/15/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
The dim sum is cheap here! and the wait isn't too bad but parking in that tiny lot is killer tho. Atleast they have a few tschokske shops around for you to peruse.
yelp.com - user review - 11/15/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Dim Sum was good. It's fresh and hot. Service and decor was attentive and clean.
yelp.com - user review - 11/13/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
DimSum is awesome!!I always recommend 888 to anybody looking for a dimsum place. Their dimsum dishes are really flavorful and there is a wider verity than most dimsum places. Lately when I've gone...
yelp.com - user review - 11/13/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
WILL DEFINITELY COME BACK!!I decided to try this restaurant because I have been hurtin for some dim sum. And I must say, the dim sum at 888 is excellent!!Prices were very reasonable, I went with 2...
yelp.com - user review - 10/14/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
888 has always been 1 of my fave place to go for dim sum. Just hate the wait and parking. But the food usually makes up for it. The staff could use some help tho. We kept asking for napkins/hot tea...
yelp.com - user review - 10/03/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
How come everytime I'm in Los Angeles...I end up eating dinner here with my "whole" family (whole as in....my family, 7 aunts/uncles and their family, parents' closest friends which also happens to be...
yelp.com - user review - 09/04/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Just got back from dim sum and had a pretty good experience. Usually parking is a big problem, but getting there before the lunchtime crowd on a Monday seems to be the solution. As soon as we were...
yelp.com - user review - 08/13/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I think this place has the best dim sum around. The parking usually sucks but that's how most asian places are. Usually after going to maintain my car, we head over to 888 for dim sum. We usually...
yelp.com - user review - 08/06/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
This place is good if you order the fancy Chinese banquet food. It is a bit overpriced though compared to other Chinese restaurants in the area.If you're getting your typical kung pao/black bean/beef...
yelp.com - user review - 07/21/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
MMMMM dim sum. The only thing that makes me sad is that they don't really have green tea, just oolong tea. oh yeah when you order from the dessert cart, and you see something of a tan colored...
yelp.com - user review - 07/10/2007
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Their dim sum quality has really gone down the drain in the last couple of years. It's lacking in new variety and freshness. Dim sum is all about the freshness. I went this past weekend and I...
yelp.com - user review - 06/12/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I've come here quite a few times (heck I had my wedding rehearsal dinner here and attended a wedding here) so I feel like I know this place pretty well. The dim sum is always great no matter what...
yelp.com - user review - 06/03/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Came here w/ 4 friends & it was much better than my other recent dim sum experiences. They seated us promptly & we had a good spot in the cart rotation/route (except for the dessert carts which we...
yelp.com - user review - 05/29/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Great dim sum and Chinese food!The dim sum here is off the chain. It's the best -- the only place my picky parents will go for dim sum. Yea, like everyone's said: the service sucks. But then again, I...
yelp.com - user review - 05/23/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
dim sum review 19 May 07: came here for dim sum with my sis, her hubby, and a coupla friends. we got seated immediately when we got there at noonish, which surprised me. dim sum was very good with...
yelp.com - user review - 05/11/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This is one of my favorite place for dim sum. No wait during weekday lunch time. The dim sum is not the best but overall is good. I prefer this place if you are looking traditional kind of dim sum...
yelp.com - user review - 03/27/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Great dim sum. A little pricey, but you get what you pay for: good service, good selection of dim sum, good atmosphere, fine dining, and good quality food. Too bad it gets really crowded around noon....
yelp.com - user review - 03/17/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
888...each number 8 implies prosperity, if you don't know that already. I don't usually come here for dim sum, but the quality and variety is okay. Truthfully, I'm kinda bored of eating the usual...
yelp.com - user review - 03/01/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
My favorite Dim Sum place probably because I have been going here since I was a kid. The carts come often and you can easily find what you are looking for. It gets packed on weekends so either come...
yelp.com - user review - 02/14/2007
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2.0 of 5 stars.
The New York TImes thinks this on one of the best dim sum places in LA, which goes to show that they're not local.The dim sum is good, but somewhat pedestrian and uninspired. The service is pretty...
yelp.com - user review - 02/04/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I've been here a lot even though I don't live in So Cal. Been here for dim sum many many times when i come down to visit and its pretty good. Too bad its been a year ago since that happened. This...
yelp.com - user review - 01/04/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
It's okay. One of the few dim sum places I like. I've had better, though.
yelp.com - user review - 11/26/2006
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1.0 of 5 stars.
DO NOT eat here. My boyfriend and I had food poisoned from eating dim sum here. My boyfriend case was severe, it lasted for 3-4 days.
yelp.com - user review - 09/21/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
My favorite place to have dim-sum. There are couple of other good places, but this is this one serves that pinapple bread with that gooey egg filling, whatever its called. The egg tarts here are good...
yelp.com - user review - 09/05/2006
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Having eaten there several times, I think that there are better places and your money would be better spent elsewere. The service was very slow. Our steamed shrimp dumpling was cold and I found a...
yelp.com - user review - 09/02/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This is another lunch time favorite of me and my co-workers, or as we like to refer to it: "Ocho, Ocho, Ocho". If you are fan of dim sum, then you need to get yourself to this place, pronto. Great...
yelp.com - user review - 08/28/2006
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I was the only American in the whole restaurant, so that was a good sign. I like Express Pavilion in Chinatown a lot for its food and its also closer to my home, but 888 has way more variety. Everything was...
citysearch.com - user review - 08/11/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Go East young man!Dim sum in LA is hit and miss unless you are willing to travel east of the big city. Just a short drive from the tall buildings you will find Rosemead, the real Chinatown.Be ready...
yelp.com - user review - 02/23/2006
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This resturants has great Dim sum.they have different varity of foods such as chowmein fried rice, pork chops etc other great chinese food!!!they also have good deals for weddings. Their catering...
judysbook.com - user review - 02/02/2006
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I took my girlfriend to this restaurant for the first time because it was recommended to me by a friend. We arrived around 9pm. We got a number and waited about 15min to be called. When our number was called...
citysearch.com - user review - 01/28/2006
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888 seafood provides good dim sum from 7 o clock to 1 o clock pm. The dim sum is usually more expensive than other restaurants but the quality is on the next level. The women that deliver the food aro...
judysbook.com - user review - 10/04/2005
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be prepared for loooong waiting periods. I usually eat dim-sum on the weekends, like almost everyone else--who really eats dum-sum on wednesdays?--and i have always had to wait for an hour or more. I tend to...
citysearch.com - user review - 10/03/2005
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It was a decent slow day...we only waited for 15 min. WE HAD TO FLAG EVERY CART DOWN FOR FOOD..and it wasn't even 1 or two times...but, it was like 5-8 times....WHEN IT CAME THEY TOLD US THERE WERE NO MORE...
citysearch.com - user review - 10/01/2005
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I thought they had great seafood here but I also enjoyed their collection of pork chops, fried rice, and crispy chickens. I wasn't into the seafood at first but I fell in love with it. The prices are ...
judysbook.com - user review - 09/30/2005
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This Hong Kong style seafood restaurant is fantastic. It not only the best variety of any dim sum place I have ever been (my girlfriend is from Sichuan, China, and even she couldn't identify everything), but...
citysearch.com - user review - 09/14/2005
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This place has great food!Try having "a little heart" once in a while at this restaurant. The service was very good as well (except, one employee did a price mistake on the shrimp, but thats ok)....
judysbook.com - user review - 08/22/2005
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I love dim sum and will travel far search high and low for the best. 888 is below average tasting food with an extremely limited selection and variety. The pork buns are dry, the pork shumai are bland, the...
citysearch.com - user review - 08/21/2005
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When you want dim sum any day, any time. Open at 9 am, but best time to go is after 10 am when everything is out. Weekends are packed with people so be prepared to wait. Just get a number. Specialties include...
citysearch.com - user review - 07/19/2005
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This is my favorite dim sum restaurant in the area! The restaurant is humungous and there is a lot of space in between the tables for the carts to easily pass through, unlike other cramped dim sum eateries....
citysearch.com - user review - 06/23/2005
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My lovely cousin just got married and had her wedding banquet there recently and I must say that, the decorations and themes were indeed made for a wedding. The food was the usual seafood restaurant type, in...
citysearch.com - user review - 05/09/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Did anyone say dim sum? I would have to say of all the dim sum places I've been to, and I have been to a few, this is my favorite. The food overall is great. There may be a couple of items that aren't...
yelp.com - user review - 04/28/2005
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This place is currently a very popular place for dim sum. Personally, I like baked buns and this place makes them quite well, with a good proportion of filling to bun. Most places have too much bread and not...
citysearch.com - user review - 07/08/2003
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this is great chinese breakfast...
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