852 Cafe (Inside Chasu Kitchen)

I couldn’t believe you can get HK cha chaan teng food in Dallas this authentic! The beef hor fun noodles are maybe the best in town, and the unique HK cafe fare like the french toast, pork chop, and milk tea are really excellent.

UPDATE: as of July 2024 852 Cafe has merged into Chasu Kitchen. While they gradually bring back more of their items to Chasu, please continue to provide support and patience as we can finally enjoy HK cafe foods in a dine-in environment! === Another milestone for Hong Kong cafe food & drink in DFW! 852 Cafe is part of the Legacy West Eats ghost kitchen (pick-up or food delivery service only) recently opening with a small but impactful menu of Hong Kong cafe food & drink. Overall Impression: Nostalgia for Hong Kongers craving HK food & drink in DFW and new intriguing flavors for those new to HK cafe food. Food was pretty filling for the price point. With continual support and constructive feedback, it can only get better and better.

This is a togo only place and they're probably experimenting with their menu before opening a real restaurant. Their food were really authentic Hong Kong Cafe food. I've tried their Fried Chicken Wings with Garlic Butter Sauce, Hong Kong Style Curry Fish Balls, Hong Kong Style Satay Beef Over Rice with Scrambled Eggs, Hong Kong Style Baked Pork Chop Rice, Comfy rice plate (2): Spam, Franks, and Fried Eggs, Hong Kong Style Milk Tea (COLD). All the foods I tried so far are very authentic and nice Hong Kong Cafe style food and I highly recommend this place to anyone who missed Hong Kong Cafe style food.

Terrible customer service. My family was excited to try their special limited-quantity menu, but with a toddler, it’s hard to time our arrival perfectly. I called ahead to see if I could place an order in advance and dine in when we arrived. The staff member was incredibly impatient, repeatedly saying she couldn’t understand me and quickly dismissing my request. When I asked how many portions would be available for Saturday lunch, she refused to answer and abruptly passed me to the manager—who was just as dismissive and unwilling to listen. This experience completely ruined our weekend plans, and we had to find another restaurant. If you enjoy being treated poorly and feeling like the restaurant is doing you a favor by existing, this is the place for you. Otherwise, plenty of other places actually WELCOME their customers.

Flavor is 10/10. Beef flat noodle was served with too much bean sprout and onions, and not enough noodle and beef. I give five star hoping this is just a one time issue. But if the next time I feel like I'm eating stir fry vegetable with noodles and beef sprinkled as garnish again it will be difficult to keep it at 5 star. Beef flat noodle should be mainly noodle and beef and only a touch of bean sprouts and softer onions. Each bite should be soft and beefy with soft notes of crunch from a limited but appropriate amount of bean sprouts and onion. The flavor was so good I didn't mind as much as I would normally, but it definitely felt like I was eating stir fried flat onion not beef flat noodle. Rice noodle is not that expensive please don't skimp. EDIT: on subsequent visits 852 has served better proportions of noodles meat and veggies. Highly recommend.