Silver Fountain

Dined here meeting friends for Dim Sum. The staff was overwhelmed and service quite slow. On one hand Yee Assoc of DC entertainment for Chinese New Year was quite interesting. However, it was excruciatingly loud, so much so I think it was harmful to everyone's auditory health. Seriously the drummer needed to tone it down more than half! It was deafening. Friends reported the restroom had leaks and was in disrepair. Not high on list to return to due to service, atmosphere and environment. The menu is heavily into seafood and shrimp. Fine if everyone can eat that; not so much with allergies or restrictions.

The place was packed! We had a table for 9 and sat 11, as two were lap babies. We ordered about 11 dishes and all were fantastic. I had the baby in my lap so couldn't take photos of everything. But recommend the crab, anything with shrimp in it and the pork bun. Will be back.

Traditional Cantonese food and a great selection of other regional cuisine. My wife was born and raised in British Hong Kong so it’s a special place for us! We always go for the Dim Sum which is the best in the region! Owners treat us like royalty and all the staff greet us and treat us like family! Each Lunar New Year they host the traditional Lion Dance-great fun and we always go with our children and grandchildren to celebrate that part of their heritage Best recommendation from us?…We drive two hours each way, 3-4 times a month to go to Silver Fountain! You’ll love it

We know that authentic dim sum restaurants are not known for good service. In fact its well known that the ruder the service, the better the food among dim sum circles. However there is a tipping point in this theory, and we finally reached it today. We patiently waited for over 30 minutes at our table with no food carts in sight, no water, no tea, nothing except garbage carts flying by. We just sat there and considered getting up and leaving on 16 June Father's Day 2024. We had to get up and ask for water at least 5 times, from one of the servers who always succeededin failing to bring us water, tea, or even call a food cart lady over. When I brought the issue to the attention of management, The Boss Lady in the green shirt was completely unapologetic with her "sorry(not sorry)". We highly suspect that they ran out of food. The dim sum was mushy, not the best but tolerable. Char siu bao meat wasnt great quality, while the bun was good, it was soggy from being oversteamed. The Shrimp Har Gau was decent, but wasn't enjoyable because we had no water to drink with it. The Pork Hash wasn't bad, but oversalted and other places do it better. The Jin dui was almost pure mochi and had little, if any bean paste. They were also the smallest Jin Dui I've yet seen without being micro Jin Dui. We won't be coming back given other choices in the area. The below pic of a plate and no water was my view for 30 minutes while we just sat there. However, when it came time for them to collect their money, they were quick to do that.

Dim sum dishes are delicious as always. We have been come here for dim sum for over 20 years. However, it seems like they are short of staffs today. When we asked for adding hot water to our tea pot the service person said that she doesn’t have time to do it. We didn’t get angry but we felt so funny. We still paid 20% tips just for supporting the business. Hopefully they hire more staffs and improve the service.