![]() ![]() Therefore, they stop making much fresh food well before 1 PM, knowing that they will have to toss anything that goes unsold. Part of Harbor City's magic is that the dim sum goes on ALL DAY LONG! Most Chinese restaurants offer dim sum from 11 AM-1 PM, and sometimes they do a late night round for the party crowd dying for great snacks at midnight. When the carts were numerous enough that adding more would create traffic issues, more servers came out with laden trays extended. The carts did not turn around and go back to reload as they do most places the food came out of the kitchen and was piled instantaneously on their carts, hardly causing the servers to break their stride. The good news? It was worth the wait! When we got to our table, the dim sum-which by noon would usually (in other places) be growing cold and picked over by 11:50, when we were seated, came steaming hot straight out of the kitchen. ![]() Word has gotten out about Harbor City, and we had to wait half an hour on a sunny Saturday in August. ![]() Our old dim sum fave, China Gate, tumbled under new management, and the darling of the upwardly mobile young, Jade Garden, was way too crowded. Not even an awning! However, this is awesome dim sum, and we needed a new place. We were fine with it today, but there is virtually no lobby, and like all of the International District, parking is wicked-bad, so in a downpour, this would be no fun at all. But if you need a fancy place to pop the question to your honey-bunny, this isn't it. That said, it's our new go-to place for dim sum. It's a happy, rowdy place (rowdy as in big groups of diners having a fun time, not drunk-rowdy no bar). This place is all well-tended formica and vinyl, and good clean tile floors. Objectively speaking, I know that decor and ambience are important for some people and certain occasions. My wife really enjoyed the Dim Sum and my daughters enjoyed their meals as well so I guess we would go back if we were in the area.You may wonder about the withheld fifth star. The restaurant itself was aged and a bit run down but that should be expected in an older neighborhood. I was also surprised that I had to ask for rice as neither of our chicken dishes came with rice. The Kung Pao was ok and the curry chicken was good in the sense that the curry was not overpowering. The highlight was the chow mein which we all shared and enjoyed. When the server finally brought us menus we ordered 3 entrees, Kung Pao Chicken, Curry Chicken and vegetable chow mein. Since eating at an authentic Chinese restaurant was unfamiliar to me I wanted to eat traditional chinese food however after 15 minutes of Dim Sum carts coming by I began to wonder if we would ever get menus or if they would take our drink order? When we arrived we were given glasses of water and a hot pot of tea but were never offered anything else to drink. We were there for lunch and were seated within 10 minutes and the Dim Sum was on. It was really busy so I thought it was a good sign that the food would be good. We went to Harbor City because of it’s reviews on Trip Advisor and Yelp. Dim Sum restaurant a couple of times so perhaps I am not the best person to review this place but I will atleast convey my experience to other Chinese food rookies and maybe it will help them. Let me preface this review with the acknowledgement that I am not a Chinese food expert and have only been to a. ![]()
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