Pretty good food — egg yolk custard bun was my favorite but overall the food was better than expected. The restaurant itself was really busy for Saturday lunch with most of the room full, but we were able to get a table fairly quickly within minutes of arriving. There’s Chinese and English on the menu, with pictures and recommendations for a lot of items. Would definitely come to eat again.

Fantastic dim sum in Castro Valley. We had been trying to try this dim sum restaurant for months. Only 2 of us could make it so there was limited of what we could order. Their house bbq pork buns are really tasty. We also love their Siew mai and Taro. 4-color dumplings and ha gao were so-so to us. They looked great and ha gao’s shrimps were plentiful, we can’t wait to try more next. Service is good and we got seated fast (it was a Saturday morning). Food is great. Parking lot was a bit chaotic. They automatically add 16% tips on the bill.

We went for dinner on opening night at 5pm, we were sat immediately. The restaurant is massive and well designed, they have 6 large projector screens that were showing a football game and could be used for weddings or celebrations too. They had music playing and even with 450-500 customers it was still easy to have a conversation at our table and wasn’t too loud. They still had room for hundreds more and they offer a variety of private room options.

We ordered our food within 5-10 minutes of sitting down after going through their ~50 page menu with so many enticing options. Dishes started coming out pretty quickly, we had 1-2 dishes come out every 5 minutes or so to pace things out well. Staff are constantly walking between the tables to check on drinks, bring out dishes, etc you can easily wave someone over if you need anything, we did a couple times to add some more dishes and get to-go boxes for the leftovers.

Portions are pretty good, price wise they’re slightly above other spots in surrounding cities, but the quality of the food is well worth the difference in cost. They have a variety of options for all budgets, especially their dim sum offerings during brunch/lunch that can feed a large family for cheaper than most places in town.

I’m glad they decided to invest into Castro Valley, there is nothing like it anywhere nearby, it’s a great spot that we’ll visit frequently to have dim sum and large family gatherings. Even with the chaos of it being the grand opening night, the service, food quality, and atmosphere were fantastic. I’d highly recommend trying them out!

Food we ordered:

Peking Duck – 8/10, good crispy skin and juice meat, one of the best Peking Duck options in the east bay

A4 Australian Wagyu – 10/10, tender wagyu, a large variety of vegetables (onion, mushrooms, peppers, etc), great flavor

Cucumber Salad – 10/10, couldn’t think of a way to improve it

Blackened BBQ Pork – 10/10, good balance of meat to fat, great flavor

Fried Shrimp w/lime wasabi mayo – 10/10, such a creative delicious take on the standard honey walnut shrimp, this was my favorite bite

Peninsula Fried Rice – 7/10, lots of proteins (shrimp, pork, veggies, etc), just slightly on the dry side, but massive portion and good flavor.