Seafood Village

In the past, I tolerated its poor services because the food were decent. I returned on Sunday after 8 months away from S. Cal.. Waited outside until 9:15 and learned from its take-out staff that the dine-in restaurant was not open. There is no sign posted on the door indicating the status. I did check Yelp, FB, and Google Maps beforehand, but there was no announcement what so ever. Absolutely no respect to its customers!

Buzzy dim sum restaurant with a separate takeout storefront. As of time of writing, they are open for takeout during covid. Their adjusted operating hours are 7am-6pm daily. Don’t bother calling the number; we tried three times and no one answered. Instead, go in-person and wait in line. Although it’s long, it moves fairly quickly (waited ~15-20 min on a Sunday during lunch hour). Parking is easy since it’s located in the TS Emporium lot. They do accept credit cards. They speak Chinese and English. When it’s your turn, you tell the worker what you’d like and once everything is gathered, you pay in the line for the far left. Food wise, dim sum always tastes better when it’s fresh off the cart, but this was a solid stand-in. The shu mai has a lot of shiitake mushrooms and the har gap’s skin is pretty thick, but the shrimp roll was good (I liked the sauce a lot) and the sticky rice was moist and tender. They had a limited number of items available so don’t reference the menu (alas they don’t have pineapple buns or custard buns, but sesame balls and egg tarts are available for my sweet-tooth brethren). Service is quick and to the point, so don’t take it personally if you don’t speak Chinese! Overall, it’s a good option for takeout but expect limited options and to wait for a bit when ordering in-person.

Came back on a weekday and they have lunch specials for around $7.50 (includes rice and soup). We were 4 people so they gave us a huge pot with rice and another big one for a meat&veggie soup. We got the eggs with shrimp (delicious, soft and juicy eggs) and the fish fillet. We also got a duck with tofu that was delicious. Very full and lots of leftovers. While I'm not a fan of dim sum, everyone in my 7 people table loved it. It was pretty cheap ($60) for all 7 with lots of small dishes of dimsun and some HK bbq meat (duck and chasiu pork). There was a huge wait on a Saturday afternoon but it took about 20 or 30min to get in. Once seated the wait is not long. The crowd eating here is vastly asian, partially because Rowland heights is a very asian town, but it also tells you it is authentic ^^ You get a huge menu and a paper where you select the food you want. Good luck ordering haha

So this morning I came to this place after work. I wanted to order roasted duck. One old lady was non stop talking and hand signaling no cut no cut. Lol she gave me burnt duck, other customer that speaker Chinese was talking to her.. I told her I want the other one and she said no por you go away lol. Very Rude!! Will never going back thereagain. My review should be zero if I can but no option.