Highly recommended by our Hotel staff for Dim Sum, and it did not disappoint. We arrived after lunch rush, and we're seated fairly quickly. Our orders were taken, and in no time, out of the kitchen arrived our meal, savory, hot, and flavorful. It was not too expensive, and we enjoyed the friendly waitstaff and knowledge of certain items on the menu for questions.

Begoni huddles up together with many other dim sum, bakeries, and Chinese restaurant at the heart of Chinatown. And quite frankly, it is difficult to stand out. To sum it up, Begoni runs a middle line, but manages to bring it the home style love into their food, and serves this in a reasonably sized establishment for group dining. The atmosphere is a typical Chinese restaurant. Nothing special. Paper table covers. A classy but dated bar. Plenty of red tones. It's quite spacious and our group of 10 had no problem finding a spot. The server was super friendly and felt like he was part of the owner's family. Very welcoming. Begoni is classified as a dim sum place so that's what we went for. What really makes their dim sum stand out is that every one of the pieces feel like it was hand crafted. Definitely not your commercial mass produced dim sum. And yes, because of this, some are not perfect. But these imperfections actually add to the authenticity and the love your uncle might put into preparing dim sum for his family. The taste is plentiful and bold. The siu mai was bursting with flavor. The pork bun was fun. And the sticky rice wrapped in lotus leaves really rung nostalgia from my grandmother. Begoni isn't perfect. But it was never meant to be. Begoni is family love turned into a restaurant.

We dined for brunch and had Dim sum. We ordered 6 items of which two were not available. The service was ok but the server was quiet and not very helpful, perhaps if could have been a language barrier. However, what we did order was delicious and fresh. The only thing we didn’t like was the state of the restrooms which were dirty and gave us a yuk feeling. A shame because the Resturant itself was fairly clean and tidy.

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Upon arrival our party realized we made a reservation at the other Z&Y. However, the host was able to help us out and get us seated as quickly as possible before the kitchen took their last orders. The presentation of the food was attractive. Some of the standout dishes were the stir-fried crab, cumin lamb and the almond cream dessert. Loved how the crab & lamb were just sizzling on the hot plate when they came out! The soup dumplings were also a solid order with awesome texture and flavor, but the cumin lamb was my favorite. If you can handle lots of Szechuan peppers then you’ll love the crab as it’s quite numbing. The mung bean flour noodle in that dish was the intriguing part for me with their unique texture and color. There were subtle areas of service that could be improved. For example, leaving the bottle of water on table so that we didn’t have empty glasses. Secondly, there was a server that was rushing to drop the hot plate for the crab and spilled our sauce for soup dumplings. Other than that they were efficient and gave us great recommendations and stayed on top of waters for most of the dinner. Our favorite part of the experience was our server, Jake! He had told us he opened the location and was at the other Z&Y for 10 years. Jake was great with recommendations and had a fun sense of humor ;) He let us see and use his POS, as we were needing out since we’re all hospitality professionals. He introduced us to Chef Han, and we had an awesome time getting to know him and learn about his journey. It was a memorable experience, and well definitely be back for the Peking Duck!

We were lucky enough to get a last minute reservation. Coming from Hong Kong, it’s safe to say this is truly an authentic culinary experience. It’s recommended to pre-book the peking duck, and its 100% worth it! We’re looking forward to coming back.

Z&Y is a must for anyone who lives in San Fransisco or is visiting! My favorite part of the meal was the orange chicken and the steamed pork dumplings. The food came quick and the restaurant was so clean. One thing is the Dan Dan noodles are a bit spicy. If you can handle spice, get them. The flavor is good but the spice is high. My family is visiting and it has been our favorite restaurant. (Above is a genuine review by my 11 year old son - the rest of us also loved the mu shu pork and vegetable delight, and agree that the service was fantastic. Definitely recommend to anyone!)

We were in the area and saw the restaurant was fairly popular. Turns out it's a local favorite. The Michelin guide has recommended the places a few times over the years. We ordered dumplings, egg fried rice and twice cooked pork. The rice and dumpling were excellent. The twice cooked pork was mostly good, just a few pieces that were dry or tasted less seasoned than the rest. Overall the experience was great. We came on Saturday night and only had to wait about 20 minutes.

Was recommended to point out that they mentioned it was one of the few chinese spots that had served food with a Hong Kong style flair. They had such great service that they catered to our every need. The lady who waited on us was attentive and kind. Her helpers were prompt and served us well. Our orders were... The chicken fried rice plate. From the lunch special menu. The roast duck over white rice. Roast pork with bean curds over white rice. Chicken cashew with vegeys over white rice. And Asian noodles with mushrooms. It was nice. I would recommend it.

Fun atmosphere...the food is wonderful. We had Orange Chicken and the Tomato Beef Chow Mein. Both dishes were very tasty!!! The Potstickers were really good too!!!

Really authentic Shanghai flavor with affordable price. We ordered the fried horsehair crab with topokki and it is the best I ever had in the US. Highly recommend!!

Good Shanghai fare, especially the gong pao chicken and the string beans. The food is pretty salty, which I like. Some of the dishes were not as flavorful as I hoped. Friendly service.

So many old school restaurants in Chinatown and this was one of the best - Family lunch - 3 of us have been here and two had not. We had so much fun and the food was super good. Love the sisters who took care of us especially Annie the younger sister LOL. Celebrating our sister C bd. Thank you best part of our day.

This is a a 50-year old SF Chinatown restaurant serving wonderful Cantonese food. It is know.l also as the Pork Chop house. Its most famous dish is the Roast Pork Rice plate. They have perfected it! Don’t be fooled by its unassuming decor (one can easily miss the place). The people there are friendly and often throw in 1-2 fried dumplings for you! Recommend! Update: 11/10/24 Their 3-dish meal with rice and soup is delicious and very reasonable. A lot of times, the owner provides free dessert or a potsticker. They are super friendly too! I highly recommend anyone to give this restaurant (also called Port Chop House) a try

This place is amazing! We ate here on our first night in San Francisco and we were really tempted to go back, but we had to try some other places while we were in town. We ordered the Spider Pan Fried Bao, Green Onion Pancake, Crab Puff, Steamed Pork Bao, Shrimp and Pork Dumplings, Kung Pao Chicken Bao and the Ghirardelli Chocolate XLB. Everything was great. We liked the Steamed Pork Bao the best. I would highly recommend checking this place out.

The food was delicious and beautifully presented. Although some dishes were a bit too salty for my taste, they still had great flavor. I particularly enjoyed the fun presentation of the noodles. Friendly staff. Fairly priced. We visited on a holiday weekend, so the restaurant was quite crowded. We had to wait about half an hour for a table. This place appeared cleaner and more modern than many of the nearby restaurants, which is why we chose it, and we're glad it lived up to our expectations. The toilet was clean as well.

Super yummy dim sum and incredibly inexpensive… no place to seat and eat it’s more of a gab and go.

We always know DELICIOUS dim sum will have FRESH made dim sum. We take it to go. My favorite is the shrimp dumpling but we love everything. It's probably easier and quicker if you know what you want. I take screenshots😊 ENJOY!!!

Very cheap. $10 for dim sum for two people. Medium quality only. One of the three steamed dumplings I had was good. The turnip cakes were OK. Counter service only though they have one table to sit at.

They offer a great selection of dim sum on-the-go. First off, they weren't busy when we arrived around 1pm on a weekday, so that was nice. The lady serving us didn't speak English so we basically had to point at what we wanted. Luckily she had some trays out, otherwise I don't know how we would have been able to tell her what we wanted since there wasn't a menu in English. We ordered 2 steamed buns and 8 dim sum all for $9.80. Such a great deal! We ordered to go which put our whole transaction under 5 minutes. Definitely worth a visit!

Lots of great food at a great price! My daughter has raved about this for years and it didn’t disappoint. I was thinking the place looked sketch but that’s where the food is always good. Best lo mein I’ve had before. Vegetable fried rice actually had vegetables and they were fresh! Sweet and sour sauce was blah but the order was ready quickly and the people there were kind. Gave us lots of extra duck and soy sauce.

Food was good but be warned this is a take out, you don't want to eat inside. Very reasonable prices, a ton of food.

Hole in the wall you would definitely miss it if not familiar with the area but it’s some of the best Chinese food I have ever had. Very generous portions and the food comes out quick. Largest spring roll I have ever had in my life also. They also provided complimentary soup.

Service 5 star FOOD 5 star Atmosphere 4 star Place has great service there quick to attend you, food has flavor and there is a lot of food, prices are vary low especially for the amount of food they bring out I recommend they raise there prices as I eat in the streets all the time and there prices are vary low, you can difinetly fill up and feed many with 2 or 3 plates, the Atmosphere how ever is below average if they change there lighting they would improve Atmosphere, place is a good spot to eat a lot with flavor and for a few bucks!! All in all it's a great place for a full quick grab and plenty of food!! Can't beat that!