FIFTY BAY

Food was bland. Went here on a Thursday for dinner and it was a bit quiet with about 4 tables total. The manager or whomever came over to take our order keep pushing us for live fish and king carb. We knew we weren't getting so he just kept wasting our time. In total we orders about 9 dishes and we had a lot of leftovers. Compared to the other restaurants on Northern, you're better off at canton manor or golden wonton. Btw service was good and tentative.

We went there at 2pm on Saturday after the peak hours, so most dim sums we got weren’t hot enough… I looked forward to trying the green tea salted egg yolk bun but it was meh. The green tea flavor didn’t stand out, and there weren’t enough lava fillings imo. It was indeed less greasy than regular salted egg yolk bun so still worth a try. Only the egg tarts were fresh out of oven, but the custard part was bland and the shell wasn’t flaky. The black sesame balls were cold so the crust was no longer crispy. My favorite dim sum was the pan fried chive dumplings. It was the safest savory dimsum and hard to be messed up. Spring rolls also lived up to standard. ＊Shu Mai 燒賣 ＊Shrimp Dumping 蝦餃 ＊Crispy Spring Roll 春卷* ＊Chive Dumpling 香煎韭菜餃* ＊Egg Tart 蛋撻 ＊Fried Black Sesame Ball 黑芝麻球 ＊Green Tea Salted Egg Custard Bun 綠茶流沙包*

Great place for Dim Sum! We came here on Sunday during lunch time for dim sum. We had a large group and had to get split up between 2 tables which were right next to each other. We got seated pretty quickly. However, soon afterwards the wait got longer and longer and the restaurant was pretty busy. The food was great! The dishes were nicely flavored, but not over bearing and not too oily. They had a lot of unique takes on dim sum dishes and desserts. The food was all pretty fresh. I would definitely recommend this place and want to return for dim sum as well as try their dinner menu. They have valet parking in the back, as well as street parking which can be a hit or miss depending on the day and time. The service was decent, nothing special. Price was average.

Food was average -- nothing special, but our experience might have been affected by our timing. We came here a little after 1pm, and it was still very busy, but a lot of the food we got was cold/lukewarm. We tried the spring rice rolls, steamed shrimp dumplings, pineapple BBQ pork buns, snow mountain oatmeal buns, spare pork ribs, lotus wrapped sticky rice, and pan-fried chive dumplings. I liked how for the most part, the food wasn't overly sweet or salty. Everything tasted alright, but the temperature of the food was just not ideal. - The pineapple roast pork buns were good -- both the bun and filling were not too sweet, and the buns were soft and fresh. - The snow mountain oatmeal bun wasn't bad either (also not too sweet). The bun and eggy cream was cold though, which I didn't mind, but we weren't sure if it was supposed to be chilled like that. - The pan-fried chive dumplings tasted good too, but the plate we got was already cold. It was pretty greasy, but I like that it had a lot of shrimp in the filling and that the skin wasn't so thick. - The shrimp rice rolls we got were lukewarm. I didn't like it as much because there was too much rice paper and not enough shrimp. - I only tried a little bit of the spare pork ribs and lotus wrapped sticky rice, but I thought they both tasted good. The servers are nice. I've been to busy dim sum spots where servers would just be dismissive and rude, but no one here was like that, despite how busy they were. I wouldn't come out of my way to visit this place, but I think down in the line I wouldn't be opposed to coming back here at an earlier time in the day to hopefully catch them when most of their food is fresh.

Classic Chinese restaurant. Service is kind and the dishes are as great as I think they can be. I get special service because my in-laws are regular clients. The crab is usually marvelous, order it. We had a special celebration once and it was fine. Bathrooms are alright.