*ugh* Food allergies are becoming more common, but not all wait staff understand this. I asked that the XO sauce be put on the side for a noodle dish. I swear, the server's head practically exploded. She shouted, "that's not XO Noodles than!" (in Mandarin of course). *sigh* No, it's not, but I don't want my kid to eat the wheat in the soysauce. Her reaction reminded me of those oldie cartoon where the head spins in place. She suggested the plain noodles. Gross. No thanks, I just won't be coming back. I don't want to chance a reaction.

probably because we had bad seats, but that dirty dishrag odor kept slipping by.the food was relatively okay... standard chinese food, really.i was more fond of their buns.

I seriously don't know where to begin with this restaurant. Being Chinese, it bugs me to admit that you never go to a Chinese restaurant expecting any service (if you get any, consider yourself lucky), but go there for good/decent food. This whole review was based on a dinner experience.My dad wanted to bring my sisters and I here for dinner because he said the food was good, reasonably priced and he liked it. He made a reservation for 7pm and we got there a little early but ended up waiting forever for our table (reservation or not, it didn't seem to matter). It annoyed me so much when a big party table was open, and someone just sat down and "claimed" the table that I believe was to be ours. My dad asked if that person had a reservation and if they were before us, but the waitress just hugged the book (with the reservations and numbers) and ignored him. Preferential treatment perhaps? Fine, we'll wait because my dad isn't the type to make a scene (and even if he didn't I'm sure it wouldn't have made a difference).Finally sat down to eat and ordered the set menu of $128 for 9 of us. There was soup and like 9 dishes or something like that. The walnut prawn, meat dishes (sweet and sour pork and a pan fried beef) were all pretty decent, as was the fish. Throughout the meal, you can expect to wave and ask for things all you want... but you're not going to get it. It felt quite disorganized as well (maybe because they were busy) because we were sitting and waiting for our last dish (the lobster to come) for quite some time after everything else was finished. They also came by during this time with another fish and said: oh, here's your fish. Then we'd tell them, we ate that already.. we're just missing the lobsters. Then a waitress was holding the lobster dish and was looking everywhere not sure which table it was for.... (not sure it is was ours, but it went to the table next to us that started their meal not too long ago.... while we were here for over an hour) And really... get this, one of the set menus give you 2 lobster and the other menu gave you one lobster and one crab. I don't know how many of you shop for seafood, but lobsters are more expensive than crabs (I'm not talking king crab or anything special). When they brought our dish over, they gave us the one with 1 lobster and 1 crab (when the set menu we ordered was for 2 lobsters). When we saw that we pointed out that they gave us the wrong one and the waitress looked around and all she said was "oh..... well is this one ok?" And of course we said no...... the menu was for 2 lobsters and I'm sure it was factored into their price for the set menu... X_X Then she proceed to attempt to have us take it since it was cooked already, and said "well you know, crabs are much more expensive than lobsters" making it sound like we're getting a better deal...... Again, if you weren't dealing with a table full of (somewhat) housewives that check prices when grocery shopping, sure.... we'll believe you.... The crab they have in their tanks aren't king crabs. I swear on sale you can get it for $3.99-$4.99 per lb at Ranch 99. Seriously?!Sigh.... I will admit that the food was decent, but was it decent enough to deal with the terrible service? Not for me - I do care for service because it sets the tone for the meal. It doesn't have to be great service, but a little service would be nice. If my dad and grandma like it, I am more than happy to go back with them when they like but will not be returning by myself or introducing friends to it.

Got there at about 11:30a on a holiday weekend with a party of nine. 60 minute wait. People everywhere, milling about waiting for a table. Even with this mob, you order deem sum off the menu because you're so jammed in, there's no room for carts. Beware of how much you order. You wait and get hungry and then you don't realize how much you've ordered. Read the menu carefully to size up the quantity of your order. We ordered way too much food.Service was barely adequate. One in our party was dying for some hot pepper oil and soy sauce. We finally asked the next table if we could borrow some of their hot pepper oil. We used it and then returned it. When we were finally able to flag down a waiter, we asked him for some hot pepper oil and soy sauce. The waiter reached to the same next table and took theirs to put on our table. Good grief!Although this place has large shopping center parking, it's barely enough and people drive pretty blindly here. Saw some back straight out of a space right in front of the restaurant and almost t-boned another car.The food was fine,but certainly not worth the sixty minute wait. You can get this kind of deem sum anywhere it is served. The restaurant is not that big, but it is busy on the weekends.They have another section of the restaurant that has some deem sum to go and a steam table of dishes to go as well.

Went here for family dinner tonight. It was horrible. I do not recommend anybody to go here. Overpriced, too crowded, poor service, and food not particularly good. Save your money and go elsewhere. I love old-school Chinese banquet restaurants, but this place does not meet the cut!

I don't always complain, but this time the owner (or the manager) made me super mad. We were party of 7. There were 2 tables left at the same time. One of them has been cleaned up first and we were told it's our turn. After we sit down, a waitress even came to ask us what tea we would like. Then, a guy who is not wearing uniform (should be the owner or manager) told us the table is for the other group since they came first. Then he kept saying with very mean attitude :" Get up and go away, those people came first, you guys take the one at the back" He repeated it at least 3 times.Okay, fine, we left the table and took the other one. He still said the same thing with with his dame attitude. I couldn't stand it, and I yelled back. "We have left the table and let them sit already, what do you want? Why do you keep blaming us??" I have to admit I yelled so laud because he sounded like he was chasing dogs away !!!!!!Honestly speaking, their food is not good at all!!!They cook their food with tons of oil; always missed orders or take a long wait for food to come.Terrible place!!!I would never go there any longer!!! No exception!!!!!

Hmmm... We came with a large group so it took awhile to seat of course and understandable. However it took forever for them to pay any attention to us and was really rude and abrupt. They didn't know that some of us were Cantonese so we understood exactly what they were saying. They got some of our orders wrong and told us no refunds when we didn't order it. They were all really hostile. Then another waiter said in Cantonese we didn't matter so don't pay attention to what they said. Everyone was really rude and just defensive. The food is just mediocre--nothing to oo and ahh about. Go a little further and go to Chinatown Oakland at least they're more fresh and nicer.

Not bad!Went here with my co-workers for a holiday party. Boss payed...YES!I can't claim to be an expert on Dim Sum but I am a pretty big fan of this place. We went on Friday afternoon at 11:30 (with reservation) and it was crowded but not crazy. Food came fast and plentifully!The only downsides were that everything was a tad more greasy than I am used to and the pork buns had more air than pork.Best parts:Coconut Jelly dessertChicken PawsCrazy Haystack Shrimp Things

I don't want to be like one of those Yelpers who say "if I can give a zero or a negative star..." but I'm going to have to (don't judge). Ever since returning from Hong Kong after my study abroad experience, I've been suffering from dim sum withdrawal. I was spoiled in HK and Guangzhou where I basically had the best dim sum I've ever had. I know that I can't compare my dim sum experience here to the ones I've had in China (since those are legit) so I have lowered my expectations. However, never have I had such a terrible experience at a Chinese restaurant. I know not to expect much from Chinese restaurants too (not to knock on my own people). My dim sum experience at Delight Garden can be summarized as follows:Bad service, tiny portions, lackluster food, highly overpriced, ridiculous wait, and to top it off, the hostess was rushing us to leave.This is what we ordered:Chicken feet - my mama said they were super blandBean curd rolls - the smallest and blandest ones I've ever eaten (and there was barely any meat in them)Salty water dumplings (aka ham sui gok) - TINY as fudgeSteamed sponge cake (ma lai go) - one of my favs whenever I go yum cha and this was the ONLY lightweight decent dish we gotBaked durian pastry - way too sweet (I know 99% of people will not go gaga when they see this on a menu but I always do)Shrimp dumpling (it's not ha gow) - this was not memorable and very small as wellSalt and pepper fried tofu - they should just rename this salty fried tofuIt sounds like a lot of food for two people (granted, we were pretty hungry) but the portions were so small. I don't know why there were so many Chinese people lining up and waiting to eat here. Worst dim sum ever. And as I was growing angrier with each disappointing dish that arrived at our table, the freaking hostess kept asking us if we were done. HELLO, we still have unfinished dishes on our table! AND none of our dishes were cleared. Here is the cherry on top: when the hostess handed us the bill without us even asking for it. My jaw dropped. Way too expensive for the quality and quantity of food we received. Gawd, take me back to HK.

I always come here for dimsum with my family on the weekend... but make sure you come in earlier (like when they open) to avoid the waiting in line...because it will get busy!!Their dimsum is good! and made hot and fresh...and price is reasonable~~Nice location where a big parking lot is available~

Dim sum, dim sum, who doesn't like dim sum.......Afternoons on a weekday and this place is packed.......A great restaurant away from Chinatown, prices are very reasonable.......Best of all, for lunch, you can get lobster or crab, steamed in a bamboo steamer with sticky rice, very good.....I prefer the crab, all the flavors run atop the rice making it a very delectable dish.....

Dim sum place that is CROWDED with Asians. That can only mean one thing...Good or cheap.There was a hoard of Asians standing outside so we were worried about the wait since we were starving. We had 6 people and the person in front said it was going to be a 20 minute wait. Not bad, so we waited.30 minutes pass.. 40 minutes pass.. 50 minutes.. we waited for an HOUR for a table!! And we haven't eaten all day! So we ordered 24 orders for 6 people Lol. No we didn't finish but you know the saying, "your eyes are bigger than your stomach."Overall: It was good, AND cheap. 24 orders came out to be only $95! I thought it was going to be at least over 100! No wonder it was such a horrible wait.Food: http://www.yelp.com/biz_…Favorites were the preserved egg and pork porridge and the shanghai soup dumplings (xiao long bao). Of course we ordered shui mai (pork dumpling) which was also good and a bunch of their dim sum places. Definitely get the porridge and xiao long bao though, mmmm. Awesome. But worth the wait? Ehh.. no. Gotta find a time to come when it's not crowded (avoid weekends)

San Leandro has a lack of good dim sum restaurants. This is surprising considering the Chinese population in the area is huge. Delight makes no exception. I was disappointed by the wait, the space, the staff and the food.Be ready to wait an hour on a Saturday at 11am. Their tv waiting system seems like a good idea, but in actuality make the process even more surprising. The hostess screwed up a lot, but luckily, the manager came to the rescue. The atmosphere is like a middle school cafeteria themed with green walls and cartoon palm trees.Coming from a family with extensive ties in the Chinese restaurant business, I would put Delight Garden on the lower end of the spectrum. The experience wasn't near wonderful, the food is below par, but the price is right for what you get.I can see this place trying, and the manager seems to be a nice guy (much better than those at finer dim sum places), they have potential, keep trying!

My family and a few friends have been raving about this place for months, so I was excited to try since I rarely get my Chinese fix these days. It was so disappointing!We ordered one of the banquet prix fixe dinners which consisted of a soup, catfish, supreme lobster, walnut shrimp, chicken with ginger sauce, scallops & veggies, fried rice, salt and pepper spareribs and sweet and sour pork. Only the veggies, s&p ribs and sweet and sour pork tasted fresh. Sadly, the sweet and sour pork was the best of the bunch.I told my family I thought dinner was "bleh" and my sister in law said, "It was better today than the last few times!" Ouch! Maybe it's better if you order a la carte.Service was on par with other Chinese restaurants. All of our food arrived pretty fast and at the same time, one plate change and stuff arrived pretty promptly when requested it (ie. the check and to-go boxes).The restaurant was nearly empty at 6pm on a weekday. It started getting busier around 7pm, but still easy to walk right in and grab a table.

Their dinner is way better than dim sum and lunch!Their dim sum was terrible during the grand opening. Oily, tasteless and only a few varieties were available. I thought I will never go there.We went again for Mother's day dinner. Surprisingly, their dinner was good. Crab in Hong Kong style salty egg yoke was exceptionally good. Ying Yeng fried rice is moist and tasty.The place was totally packed over 15 tables. Foods were out in no time even the place is packed. Service was bad, but what can I say on Mother's day.Well, Dim sum and lunch are definitely NO. But dinner is worth trying.FYI: They have a separate storefront of take-out steam table next to the restaurant. I almost missed the main restaurant.

Dim sums are hot and taste good. If you go there after 11:15am on weekend, be ready to meet a long line!It's the best dim sum place in San Leandro, I come here a few times because it's near my neighborhood. We ordered lots of dim sum and it cost around $12 per person. It's pretty cheap.I would give it a 3.5 stars. It's better than A-OK but I am not a fan.

I was out late last night rolling deep with the Homies in San Lo Lo. So late I missed the Sunday Brunch at La Pinata. So I switched it up to Dim Sum. Luckily for me Delight Garden serves Dim Sum till 3 PM on Sundays.I rolled my Weekend Whip to Delight Garden. Its a short trip . Delight Garden is in San Lo Lo. I stashed my whip in the Parking lot and rolled into Delight Garden. It was packed . I was given a number. I only waited 10 minutes before I got a table .Delight Garden has a Simple Dim Sum Ordering system . They give you a pictured Dim Sum Menu .You just mark the items you want. Then give it to the Waitress and she places the order. You get your Dim Sum Piping hot from the Kitchen.I ordered Shrimp Long Noodle,Shrimp Dumplings , Spinach Dumplings , Spring Rolls and Fried Shrimp Rolls.These were brought out to me in about 15 minutes piping hot. They were tasty morsels .I paid by Visa and rolled out.I just love Dim sum.

You have to wonder when the name of an establishment offers a flowery adjective to describe their....err...business.So my mother and I were on a hunt for some places to eat in conveniently and this had to be strike 3 on her for picking yet another horrible place to eat in.We were on the fast food side of this place and they offered dim sum so I was excited to try some at this place...Big Mistake!!!Though their customer service was helpful you cannot overlook some of their horrendous ingredients here!1) I am a fan of fried taro but what the hell??? - it had some meat inside which tasted questionable, the taro was lackluster, where I originally declined soy I asked for a couple of packets so I could douse it all over the meal2) The shu mai was all right. Shu mai is as shu mai does3) The shrimp noodle was a disaster, ugh!!The other food, my mother and I ended up throwing in the garbage.I told her to listen to me, Yelp people, that's what it's about especially when you're in a hood that ain't yours.

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