Empress Pavilion Restaurant
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988 N Hill St Ste 201Los Angeles, CA 90012
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 | Insulting service, blah food 2009-12-25T19:20:22-08:00 I will never visit this establishment again. The dim sum was sub-par. The BBQ pork was cold. The atmosphere is very Holiday Inn conference room. But the deal breaker was the poor service. Our server was exasperated by having to bring us… |
| it's just getting worse 2009-08-23T09:51:40-07:00 This is my second time here, last time about 10 years ago, a friend took me there, I really forgot what it's taste like, but no bad memory, after today, I don't think I will go back there. Everything just taste not that good, I can see… |
| Empress not so Impressed 2009-02-08T13:17:00-08:00 Gone are the days of variety and plenty of dim sum carts. Early birds must wait longer for the popular dim sum dishes to roll out of the kitchen after 10. Patience is tested here on weekends. Waiters and bus boys do what they can to… |
| More than just Dim-Sum! 2008-07-29T04:11:13-07:00 This is one of the best Chinese places I've ever been, and I know everyone is crazy about their Dim Sum, but their dinner is just as good. The Peking Duck is almost too good. By far the best Peking Duck, I've ever had. We're talking… |
| Great dim sum, other dishes pretty good too... 2008-07-01T13:08:48-07:00 Brought my parents here for a weekend lunch. They're not much into dim sum like I am. We had the sizzling beef plate (very tender), the lemon chicken (best I've ever had), prawns (a little small, but delicious anyway) and chicken fried… |
| Shark fin? 2008-05-05T06:10:01-07:00 I noticed the extensive menu items with shark fin and have to comment on the inhumane act of slicing off shark's fins and throwing them back in the water. They drown because they can no longer get oxygen through movement in the water. … |
| Delicious dim sum, really great experience 2008-03-01T11:17:24-08:00 OK, everyone complains about the service. I don't get it. We got a table on a Saturday afternoon dim sum service in about 10 minutes. We sat down and within minutes we were offered so many different delightful dim sum: baked pork buns,… |
| terrible ! 2008-01-20T04:26:45-08:00 I used to go here about once a month... But the service has degraded and so has the quality of the food. I'm utterly dissapointed with Empress. |
| Avoid at all costs! 2007-12-29T06:03:13-08:00 I hate to say it, but I certainly concur with the negative reviews after my husband and two sons tried the Empress dim sum on Friday December 28th. Things started out okay, but after receiving some 5 dishes, the carts just stopped coming… |
| HORRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE AND FOOD!!! 2007-11-13T12:17:00-08:00 I had the worst experience at the Empress Pavilion Restaurant. The service was horrible. My friends and I were there for 40 minutes and did not receive any decent service or food. One of my friend tried to speak to an employee and was… |
| Dissed at Dim Sum 2007-11-11T18:33:00-08:00 Worst dim sum experience ever! I had been to Empress Pavilion one time before, and it was a horrific experience. Waiting for more than an hour for the har gow and siu mai once before, I stupidly decided to go back and give it another… |
| Authentic Chinese Dim Sum 2007-11-07T19:38:27-08:00 It's noisy, it's crowded, it's often pure mayhem. It's one of Los Angeles' best kept secrets. Huge, but... |
| Authentic chinese dimsum?!?! Ummm.....no 2007-10-19T17:37:51-07:00 China town restaurant that is very average. I am from Hong Kong and must say that the dim sum is marginal at best. The service is poor, but then again generally restaurants in Chinatown had mediocre service. Still looking for a better… |
| I won't go back to this place again! 2007-09-03T10:21:00-07:00 After reading many good reviews about this restaurant, I decided to give it a try, and I was very disappointed. I ordered seven dishes, and one of them was spoiled. I complained this to the manager. He just crossed this item out from my… |
| A Great Place To Eat With Others... 2007-08-19T02:38:42-07:00 I think the best way to dine for dim sum is to take along a boyfriend or go with friends, that way you get to try more! I went to Empress Pavillion with my boyfriend who was a first timer. He was really 'wowed' by all of the waitstaff… |
| excellent dim sum 2007-06-17T16:40:31-07:00 excellent dim sum |
| what? Good Service? Best? hmm... don't think so.. 2007-04-23T08:23:52-07:00 I don't really understand why this place got high ratings because -WHERE IS SERVER? - where is all choices of dim sum - as well as terrible service -You have to wait and wait to get food also even for someone to tab out your bill.… |
| Bad Dim Sum 2007-01-13T14:01:16-08:00 I've gone to Empress Pavilion a few times. And everytime I went there, I hated it. It's huge, so service isn't that great. It's crowded! Don't go on weekends, you just end up waiting for atleast an hour just to eat. The food isn't that… |
| bland food 2006-12-18T08:43:34-08:00 i arrived at 1:15 on a monday. i was seated quickly but the food turned out to be extremely disappointed. most of the stuff tasted bland (pork and thousand-yr egg congee, radish cake, shu mei) and the steamed bbq-prok buns were over… |
| Great Food, Service and Price 2006-12-06T03:39:17-08:00 This restaurant is a Dim Sum favorite. The food is delicious, the choices are endless and the service is quick, once you actually get a table. The line to get in is so long you'll wait at least an hour, but there are lots of great shops… |
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