koi palace

koi palace is well known for above-average dimsumand expensive varieties of seafood dishes during dinner. i've been a fan of koi's dimsumfor many years. the quality is there with huge shrimps and unique dishes like durian puffs and abalone sui mai. th

mouth-watering dimsumas what you'd expect from a typical place like this. the dishes we ordered were not extraordinary except for the deep fried sesame balls (buchi) which were piping hot when it arrived and just melted in your mouth like butter.

it was a little hard to order since only one waiter knew how to speak english.

koi palace is a popular cantonese chinese restaurant in daly city. the peninsula is ground zero for some of the best chinese food in the sf bay area. it has been around since 1997 and specializes in wide selection of dimsumfor lunch and special dishes for dinner. this restaurant also has locations in dublin and at thunder valley casino. we came for dinner and have previously reviewed koi palace dimsumlunch. our return trips included the latest in the summer of 2015. yelp reviews emphasize lunch and do not factor in where this place falls in the chinese restaurant pecking order.

while koi palace offers up the typical daikon cake and shrimp dumplings, they also offer up dishes not commonly found at other bay area dimsumspots, including things like durian puff pastry ($6.90) and macau-style egg tarts ($4.90).

short story: sometimes gluttony is a man's friend. and when the siren of overindulgence whispers in the monster's ear he heads to koi palace, dimsumpar excellence outside san francisco in daly city.

best in the bay area!. we were told this was the best dimsumin the bay area and we agree hole heatedly! the shanghai dumplings were great, definitely the highlight of the meal. everything else was great too, we had 15 dishes between 4 people and had very little left over.

undecided. after seeing the comments from blissful glutton, i put this on my list as a must try. admittedly, i am not very experienced with dimsumso this might be the most valuable for folks such as myself.
i arrived as they opened on a friday at 11am for an early lunch after hearing dire warnings about the crowd. as they opened there was a constant stream... when i left at noon the entrance was packed with people waiting!
on to the food. this is not what i know as "cart" dimsumwhere the bulk of it is snagged off roaming carts. sure there are some pot stickers and dumplings to be had off of carts, but most is ordered off a little sushi-like score card and delivered helter-skelter to your table. the little menus did have english translations (or at least the one they gave me did) which is good given a slight language issue with some of the servers when i ask questions. with all that said, i did enjoy the huge pile of food i ended up ordering (really tough going into a place like this as a single and wanting to try a lot). in reality, these small plates were much larger than the dimsumthat i'm used to and 2 plates per person would be more than enough as part of a group... though even my pile of food only came to 45 bucks!
i say give this place a try, but go with a group and try to take someone who's been here before.

while the food is still generally good, quality is spotty compared with past dining. what is particularly disappointing is the terrible service and generally rude maitre'd / supervising service staff. added to the hour-long wait for our table, our recent visit was one i'd like to forget. there are much better dimsumdining options in the city, east and south bay.

i could go into great depth about what makes koi palace my favorite dimsumspot in the country, but i'll just let the photos do the talking. simply put...the p

koi palace is a popular cantonese chinese restaurant in daly city. the peninsula is ground zero for some of the best chinese food in the sf bay area. it has been around since 1997 and specializes in wide selection of dimsumfor lunch and special dishes f

jt sent an evite to celebrate chinese new years with dim-sum at koi palace in daly city. their name frequently comes up whenever people talk about the best dimsumspots in the bay area. i have never eaten here and was looking forward to our meal. the par

koi palace in daly city is my go-to dimsumtea house whenever i have out-of-town guests. the bustling crowds, the dramatic surroundings, and of course the variety of exquisite dimsumparaded fresh from the kitchen makes this one of the best dimsumrest