Tai Wu

With so many places in Millbrae for dim sum, it can be hit or miss. While you’ll never get a five star dim sum place, the quality of the dim sum here would make it one of the best in the area. What I don’t like:
Don’t Like
— bad parking situation
— service can be very spotty
— prices (a medium plate elsewhere is a large plate here)
— slow kitchen
However, I do like:
Like
— quality of all of the dim sum like har gow, char siu bao, cheung fun, tripe, siu mai,
— spacious on third floor
— selection
Overall, this is worth a visit if you can brave finding a parking spot and potentially a long wait.

Our first time visiting this restaurant. We went for a baby 1^st birthday celebration. Our first impression, was WOW, the place is beautiful. It was a large party, so we were directed to the 3^rd floor banquet room. Who would have known the place could seat that many people. There were 20 party tables which took half the room and still another half for their other guests. All the dishes that was served was tasty and delicious. The food dishes gets 5 stars and finding parking gets 3 stars. Thank you Wong family for a great birthday party.

Attended a great banquet style wedding this weekend and was very impressed by the consistent quality and pacing of dishes for all twenty six tables over all eleven courses. Highlights were the house special smoked sea bass and the abalone with Bai Tai mushroom, but even more customary dishes like roasted chicken or even the fried rice were quite good! The décor in the third story banquet room is pretty nicely appointed, featuring both chandeliers and windows that look out onto the hills of Millbrae.
Would definitely be back to try out dimsum or dinner here, as I’m excited to try out their day-​to-​day menu.

The best dim sum in Millbrae. Place is huge but still prepared to wait for a table on weekends.
They have a parking lot next to it.
Pricing is on the higher end for dim sum but by no means outrageous.
I have come here servel times for dinner

We went recently to Tai Wu again on 5÷8÷16 because it was good the last time, but we noticed it wasn’t as good as the previous times.
Service: Decent
Food was served pretty quick and we got our check quickly.
Food:
022 — Steamed Egg Yolk Bun ($ 4.20) — Very oily inside (see picture) and has decreased in quality.
019 — Tom Yum Gong Shanghai Dumpling ($ 5.80) — No different from the regular XLB (shanghai dumplings) and not worth the extra cost
080 — Mung Bean Coconut Flavor Pudding ($ 4.20) — OK — refreshing coconut taste
004 — Beef ball with tangerine peel ($ 4.20) — Always yummy
100 — Deep fried pumpkin with salty egg yolk ($ 6.90) — Salty with the coating of egg yolk coating around the pumpkin — very blah. I wouldn’t order this again.
052 — Baked taro bun $ 4.20 — This was OK.
047 — Pan fried chives dumpling ($ 4.90) — Always a must-​order item. Good shrimp and chives inside and nice crispy pan fried outside.
115 — Home Style Fried Vermicelli ($ 6.90) — Very blah — I would skip ordering this item.
The last time I was here was in October, and the prices of the items have increased in price just 7 months later. I’m not sure when they increased in price, but the price changes are as follows with the old prices listed first and the current prices second:
Small: 2.80 =} 3.00 (increased 20 cents)
Medium: 3.80 =} 4.20 (increased 40 cents)
Large: 4.60 =} 4.90 (increased 30 cents)
T Special: 5.80 (no price change)
Kitchen: 6.80 =} 6.90 (increased 10 cents)
Rating: 2.5 stars rounded up to be 3 stars.
Bottom Line: Would I come back again? Probably, but if the quality is starting to slip, then it’s time to look for a new place…

Dim sum on weekend due to other places too busy. Mediocre dim sum not up to par with other spots. Decent but not by choice. Slow output of dimsum from the kitchen. 20 mins and haven’t received one item. Also, if your a lava bun lover skip it otherwise you will just get mad.

My sister was in town over the weekend and we opted to have some dim sum with the family. I was surprised that we were immediately seated upstairs when we arrive at 11:30 on a Saturday. We selected our dishes and they all came to our table hot and fresh about 10 minutes later.
Parking is not the greatest as we parked at the lot next to the Burger King down the street.
Overall good food, decent service and reasonable prices.

Oh my godness, this place is sooo great!!! There is nothing on this menu that is disappointing! I love the service, and for dimsum you get to pick which one you want as the waiters bring food in a cart. The best thing you need to try is the Liu Shao Bao, which is like a round, white steamed bun. In the inside it is sweet and a bit salty with an egg yolk. It oozes out when you break the bun. The picture I took is of the durian and egg tart pastry. They are all soo good.

This is the pre-​event review.
I decided to throw my daughter her 100 day celebration at Tai Wu and made the mistake of booking with the old school Chinese manager (there are several here and a few that speak English).
After I put in my deposit two months earlier, the manager called me repeatedly to come in to select my menu. Fine, I did that after 3 weeks of relentless calls from him and you’d think that’ll be it. When I came in, he kept on asking me where my husband was, I’m a single mom and I’m paying for it so what does it matter anyway. Annoyed.
Then two weeks leading up to the event, he calls me to confirm. Yes! How many times do I have to confirm and why do you need to keep calling me??? The week of the event, I received 10 calls from him. I can’t imagine what you have to say to me. When I finally took his call, he just wanted to confirm, again. I already regret hosting my event here. Should’ve went to grand palace instead.

Came here on my day off, brought along #2 for the adventure, she was sleeping for the first 20min then the fun began of eating while holding a baby using chopsticks and having everything more then arms length so she would not drag it to the floor. Hahahha
I was able to sample these dishes and I got to say all of them were good.
Shu mai– standard piping hot, fresh made not rubbery tasting like some dim sum places, actually fresh made
Spicy shu mai– different with a kick I would order these again
Bean curd — sounds unappetizing but in reality it is delicious, not slimy like some places, piping hot, when biting down the crunch of the veggies inside were fresh
Pork bits (with tendon, soft bone and hard bone) bits of the rib– portion of meat to bone was excellent more meat then bone then most dim sum spots, piping hot, not to salty, not hella fat, also recommend this dish
Chef special pork skin & meat — the skin reminds me of lechon (roasted suckling pig), slightly salted semi sweet in taste, it is a $ 19.95 plate but I recommend it, comes with a side of dark sweet sauce which makes the dish even sweeter, oddly it was served luke warm, but it was still delicious
I will have to come back with more folks to try more on their menu, price wise it is comparable to most dim sum places, parking is hectic, park at the burger king down the street, if you need that fix of dim sum and have time to wait definitely a place you want to try out
dim sum **** pretty dam good considering the things I tried
price $$
service ***** maybe it is cause I had a baby as my dining mate but they were very helpful
ambiance ***** it’s fancy in there, only stayed on the 1^st floor, I was told there are 3 floors

I’ve been here numerous times with my girlfriend and her family for brunch and I’m always pleased with my meal. I have never had to wait for a table, the food always comes out quick, the food is delicious and the prices are very reasonable.
Ambiance: Typical nice dim sum restaurant with fancy asian décor and lots of lighting. High ceilings, spacious floor and seating areas so there are plenty of tables and people around you. Definitely fast paced, loud and fun like all good dim sum places should be!
Food: I’ve always enjoyed the food here, it comes out quickly and I have had no issues with quality or consistency. Typical dim sum menu so nothing super special or different here. A personal favorite of mine is the chicken feet.
Service: Typical service for an asian restaurant so nothing new here.
Overall Experience: One of my favorite spots for dim sum in peninsula out of all the other dim sum places on El Camino. I would definitely recommend this to anyone who is looking to go for a nice dim sum meal with a big party or family.

Open early during the week. That’s when everything is the freshest and there is zero wait. There’s 3 stories of dining area, so plenty of room. Servers distributing menu items are friendly and there’s not too much of language barrier. The floor managers are friendly and attentive. Everyone is quick to help you. Service is quick. I really enjoy this place!

This place is usually for banquets and group gatherings or it is empty. Start with any of the soups, but order their oxtail claypot, yin yang fried rice, dried/​sauteed string beans, and whatever you feel like trying.
Service is decent for a Chinese restaurant. Parking is ample on the street or nearby lots. You’d think this place would be packed, but I think the local, cheaper restaurants have stolen their thunder from this location unlike their other chain in San Mateo.

I went here for my birthday a year ago. We made a reservation, but still had to wait over one hour for dinner. The servers were rude and did not care about our well-​being. Definitely the worst birthday celebration.

We’ve had decent dinners and luncheon dim sum here in the past, so this let down was quite unexpected. We went today (tuesday) around 6pm for dinner. The place was relatively empty and we were seated along the south /​west wall, which by the way can get pretty cold with cold air coming through the wall/​windows.
I was pretty impressed with their Peking Duck the last time I came, so we ordered one today. Unfortunately, the meal today was quite miserable:
I expected the duck with the steamed bun to be served right after our soup. Instead, it seemed like the kitchen was in a rush to get all our dishes out as quickly as possible: all our other dishes came before the duck finally arrived. The problem is this: with everything on the table, our table felt uncomfortably crowded and the dishes got cold quickly. Plus, the duck was not crispy at all and the skin was not trimmed properly (too thick) — it had a lot of fat still attached to the skin making it soggy and very greasy — a total disaster.
The daily soup special was decent and the sauteed vegetable dish we ordered was OK. However, the scallop and shrimp dish we ordered looked nothing like the picture on the menu.
Overall, this was a dismal meal and has me wondering if there had been a change in ownership recently? The restaurant never got crowded, so there shouldn’t have been any pressure on the kitchen staff. At this price point /​quality of food & service level, it would be hard for them to stay in competition with all the other decent restaurants in this neighborhood IMO. We probably will not be going there again.

I’ve been here a couple times and also Tai Yuan in Daly City. Honestly I feel like that location is more consistent as far as food quality.
PROS:
1. There is a decadent interior atmosphere. The ceilings are really nice and I love the wall color scheme. *See #4 in cons
2. The lobster hand pulled noodles were really good for $ 15.95 if I’m not mistaken.
3. I can see this being a good place for a banquet because they have a huge dance floor and there’s no column support, so people in the back would still be able to see.
CONS:
1. If you come here on a weekend, parking can almost be impossible to find. I suggest looking on Broadway or anywhere hear by.
2. We ordered this pumpkin dish where it’s like fried pumpkin wedges coated in a salty egg coating. When it first came, it smelled funky af. We could not make out what it was. To our surprise, despite the funk, it didn’t taste like anything. Usually we would take leftovers home cause we don’t waste, but we had to leave this one behind.
3. Depending on your server, this lady who took or special orders, I’m pretty sure she wrote down the wrong table number cause we saw our dishes come out, but it was always being brought to other tables and being denied since it wasn’t theirs. She seemed kind of rude too.
4. You know how I loved the interior wall and décor, well the chairs and carpets are hideous. The carpet is like movie theater carpet. Like wtf. And the chairs are these cheap red chairs. I just don’t get the color scheme of this place. On the third floor, they have this purple I don’t even know what to call it, but yeah it just throws the whole coloring off.
5. When we came in, the girl at the front told us to go upstairs. Nbd, but when we got up there, we had to wait like 10 minutes by the entrance of the 3^rd floor where there is no waiting area since it’s right near the checkout/​tea area. I kept having to move for the workers and shit because there were so many people waiting and no where to stand. Not fun times. Maybe they can improve by having us wait downstairs or something beforehand and calling us up when a table is ready.
It’s not all bad here, but if I had a choice, I would go to Tai Yuan.

Bad attitude. They overbook and don’t provide proper seating. Mediocre food with lots of msg.

Came here for a wedding banquet. The interior is really nice, i was quite surprised at how elegant it was. The service was also very good from the staff that attended to us.
A couple dishes missed the mark for me, but that’s because I’ve had all sorts of Chinese banquets and I’m picky about what dishes I classify as good. Overall the food is solid quality and tasty. I’d definitely want to return and try their regular menu if I’m in the area again.

My family and I always come here for dim sum. We come during the weekends around 12 in the afternoon and normally don’t wait more than 20 minutes. They have a ton of seating (3 floors) and many workers so the wait is food is normally quick as well. For some reason, I feel like the food here tastes better than when Tai Wu was located in Daly City.
Like most dim sum places, you can order from the menu (which has Chinese and english) by writing what quantities you want next to the food. You can also order from the workers with food carts walking by. Food is priced depending on what size (S, M, L) the dishes fall under. Prices aren’t bad compared to other places and the quality of the food is good.
There’s always parking available! They have two private lots down the block (one near burger king and another one behind an auto shop garage).

We went on a Sunday afternoon (probably around 1:30−2pm) and didn’t really have to wait and was seated quickly. Menu items are listed as Small, Medium, Large, Special or Kitchen, with the prices on the bottom of the menu.
Service:
We were seated and served pretty quickly. They came and checked if we needed tea often so we weren’t dying of thirst.
Food:
Some of the items we got were:
+ Steamed egg yolk bun — was OK, and a little leaky
+ Dai Liang fried milk ($ 6.80) — came with some condense milk sauce on top and was pretty good. It was crispy on the outside and soft on the inside with a bit of sweetness being lent from the sauce. You get a bunch of pieces so plenty for a few people.
+ Deep fried shrimp ball ($ 4.60) — You get four, which is typical. It tastes pretty much like other places, but with bigger pieces of shrimp inside. Was pretty good.
+ Pan Fried Chives Dumpling — Tastes like other places that have this, but with bigger pieces of shrimp inside. You get four pieces.
+ Beef Rice Noodle Roll ($ 4.60) — This tasted good, with good beef inside.
+ Pan fried rice cake ($ 6.80) — This tasted pretty good — not too salty or bland.
Overall:
Decent place to eat at.

They moved from Daly City, now expanded to 3 floors. Very crowded on Sat 1pm, I waited for 40 minutes for a small table.
The food is still good in general, we got the fish head clay pot (it was a different recipe compared to my favorite one when they back in Daly City, but it’s still tasty),
egg tart is a bit too sweet,
Cheung Fun with deep fried dough twister: their yau tiu can be less deep fried, now it’s too crispy and hard.
the fried stick rice chicken (nuo mi ji) is just so so,
Tung Yum gong xiao long bao is the worse one because there is no spicy flavor and the skin was very thick.
Since they are so busy, the service is not so great. So you really just go there for food.

We went to Millbrae on a Saturday at prime time dimsum time (just before noon) intending to eat at The Kitchen. However, the wait was over 45 minutes, with the crowd overflowing into the sidewalk, so we decided to try Tai Wu. I was very hesitant to try Tai Wu since it only has 2.5 stars, but it the food was really good, the service was fine, and I didn’t get sick afterwards.
Tai Wu is hardcore Chinese, as in every table consisted of Chinese families taking their grandparents out for weekend dim sum. Although my wife and I are Chinese, we were the only table that wasn’t speaking Cantonese and without the extended family tagging along.
Although they have people carrying food around, you’re expected to mostly order from the menu. The menu is very extensive with clear English descriptions. I was actually quite happy to try many dishes that aren’t common at other dim sum restaurants.
I started off the the sauteed duck jaws, which was a plate of about 15 duck lower jaws, including the tongue and the gristle between the neck and the throat, in something called «maggie» sauce. The duck was very sweet and tongues were quite tasty, although the neck gristle was super fatty. The serving size was very generous, about 2X as much as I was expecting.
Next I had the pickled chicken feet, which was served cold. It had the same texture and flavor as pickled pigs feet — slightly sour, kind of salty, with a star anise overtone. The tendons and cartilage were nice and crunchy with excellent mouthfeel. The serving size was also very generous, with about 10 chicken feet in total — again it was about 2X the size that I was expecting.
I also had an order of Portuguese style egg tarts, which are like normal egg tarts but scorched on top. I also had the house special spicy siu mai, which was like normal siu mai but mildly spicy, and the ha gao, which was nice and plump with lots of shrimp in a thin wrapper.
The service was also quite good. The chicken feet and duck jaws make a big mess, and the attentive waitstaff switched out my plate of chewed up jaws and bones with clean plates several times over the course of our meal.
Altogether, I thought the food and experience was quite good, and we didn’t have to wait. I really don’t understand why there are so many poor reviews. The dim sum was good, and I’m definitely coming back.

A review for their dim sum.
I came here on a Wednesday for dim sum. Seated upstairs quickly and served tea. Tea was $ 1 per person I think. Small plates are $ 2.80, Medium $ 3.80, Large $ 4.60, Special $ 5.80, Kitchen specials $ 6.80. You can choose from the menu and wait for the ladies to come around.
I thought dim sum was pretty good. It came at a nice pace and they were all cooked perfectly. Tasted fresh and were all hot. Nothing was overly sweet, salty, or oily, thankfully. Prices are decent. I expected it to be more expensive since this place looked so fancy. Will come back in the future.

We came for my Sister-​in-​laws Chinese wedding banquet. Prior to this, we have never been. The décor is okay, your regular Chinese restaurant. We arrived a couple of hours before the guest to set-​up. They gave us free reign to the third level of the restaurant.
Now this is your standard, traditional Chinese restaurant. That means you don’t expect either great service or wonderful décor. You do expect great food. Now at our 200 person banquet, amazingly, the service we had that night was very good as well as the food! They were accommodating and attentive. The food was really good (again, … traditional Chinese dishes).
We had a great time and will try to come back when we are in the area and try their regular dishes since we only had their special banquet dishes.

From the OG Mr. Fong’s in Foster City, they’re built a mini-​empire of decent enough (but not as good as Kitchen/​Oriental Pearl/​etc) cantonese joints. This is a good enough option if you don’t want to deal with the lines of it’s better, though more expensive competitors. Sometimes you just want some har gow.
Try the spicy shumai. They’re pretty interesting.

Great décor! Had high hopes for this place. Too bad the horrible service overshadowed any positive points I can say about Tai Wu. The layout of the restaurant is also somewhat unusual. The elevator is in the «back».
Came on a Sunday evening and there was a small wedding banquet being held on the third floor (about 13 tables). Walked up the stairs not knowing this and was greeted by the wedding guests. Our table was in the back behind a partition. Who decided on THAT layout!!! When we finished dinner, we sat around for another 30+ minutes trying to find a good opportunity to leave without disturbing the wedding festivities. So awkward!!!
Service: either the A-​squad was dedicated to the wedding or they just have shitty service! Our waiter was taking our food order and just walked off to another table before we finalized and confirmed any dishes. I even saw him roll his eyes at me… mutha f*cker! Sure enough we didn’t get one dish that I ordered and another one was charged but never delivered. The fumbling host was just as bad. He was running around like a chicken with its head cut off.
Food was decent. Nothing bad to say here.

Mixed reviews all around scatter this restaurant’s listing. And, it generally sums up the dining experience here. I have good memories from their original restaurant in Foster City, known for simple country style dishes, when they were only game in town. As they expanded to larger digs and then moved to Daly City, the menu changed as did their reputation. Adding dim sum and banquet menus were a new challenge for them. Really miss reading Ken K. (
), the touted King of FOBonese food, and his reviews of the various Chinese cuisines in the Bay Area. Still don’t really understand why he was stripped of his Elite status (De-​Elited?!). Wish that I could hear his take on this place!
Back to this place, my cousins organized a small private party (three tables) for my aunt’s 96^th birthday (hope I’m that lucky) on a recent Saturday. Hearing from friends and business associates how difficult the parking situation is here, we arrived at 6 pm and used my mom’s blue placard to score the first parking space in their private lot (reservations were for 6:30 pm). It was great to be early and not have to compete with other diners in maneuvering my mom’s wheelchair and hailing the elevator to access their 2^nd floor room. As cousins, uncles, and aunts flowed in, I heard their complaints about how far they parked or how long they waited for parking spaces. When the guest of honor and our hosts arrived, the kitchen started service. The servers and waiters were actually very cordial and responsive throughout the night. Just don’t expect Danko like efficiency or presentation.
Here is a summary on the food:
Hits:
1) Roasties appetizer — A tasty mix of BBQ pork, roast pork, marinated beef shank slices, jellyfish, marinated octopus and seaweed, and jellyfish gave us a nice start.
2) Green onion and ginger lobster — Two chopped up 1 to 1.25 lb. lobsters nicely seasoned and served hot.
3) Fish maw soup (
) — For foggy Bay Area nights, slightly warmer than lukewarm soup does the trick.
Misses:
4) Steamed fish — It wasn’t that the fish was bad or not fresh; no one could identify what type of fish it was… my guess was catfish but the head seemed a bit flatter than usual.
5) Longevity noodles (
) — Again, not that it was bad, just that there wasn’t anything else but noodles (shiitake slices, chives, or a big dab of hot sauce would have helped).
6) Peking duck — Well, most Cantonese restaurants cannot properly prepare this as it is more of a roast duck with buns. The skin is not crispy good nor is the meat sliced properly, served in chunks and pieces.
By the time we finished dinner, it was around 9:30 pm and the restaurant was winding down. During a few trips to the loo, I noticed a mix of Cantonese speaking locals and Filipino families scattered downstairs and in the upstairs dining rooms, a big birthday party taking the ground floor. As we worked our way out, I couldn’t help noticing the crowd in front; think of the Chinese movie, «Young and Dangerous». Let’s just say that I didn’t want to hang around this crowd late at night. Overall, glad my parents and family members enjoyed a celebration with many relatives that we haven’t seen in ages. Just an okay experience here though.

I noticed the reviews for Tai Wu have been quite mixed. As a Millbrae native, I think the mix might have to do with the early experiences when they first opened. Like all large new restaurants, there are always kinks to work out. Just my two cents on that.
I come here at least once a month so my review is based on how they’ve progressed since opening.
Most importantly, the food has been consistent each time I’ve come. I haven’t experienced cold dishes as I have at other large dim sum restaurants. I’m a fan of their sticky rice in lotus leaf, spare ribs in black bean sauce, steamed and baked pork buns, rice noodle and sesame seed balls. I have yet to order off of their regular food menu so I can’t comment on that.
The service is what it is. I’m not Chinese and only know the Chinese name of half the dishes I order. Even with that, I feel the level of service is on par with every other large sized dim sum establishment I’ve been to in the Bay.
Prices are reasonable and again on par with the norm. I actually feel they’re a little bit less than Koi Palace.
Pros: Consistent good dim sum, average to good service
Cons: Parking. Most people park at the Burger King a block away or across the street and play Frogger crossing El Camino Real. I don’t recommend it.
Bottom line: Good dim sum with average wait times.

Reading the reviews. I may give this place another try for dim sum but forget the dinner. I am beyond disappointed on their food menu.
First– there is a small lot further past the restaurant. I didn’t notice it till I drove past it so I came back to park in it.
Second — expensive. For the quality I would have expected to be better.
Décor of the place is nice. Dinner menu even looks like it came straight out of a restaurant in Beijing (oh how I miss Beijing). Given how the photos and menu looked. Even the description I would assume it would taste as authentic with the price in mind too. Did I mention $$$?. I really wanted to try the duck. I’m glad I didn’t order it because it might have been a waste of my $ 26. I’m better off flying to Beijing for that crispy duck then ordering it here –_​-​.
Fungus Salad–
Description said spicy. Was not spicy AT ALL. Had a different and funny taste to it like they used soy sauce instead if marinating it a different way. I had one of these dishes in Beijing and it was delicious. So ordering this was like a slap in the face at how horrible this dish really tasted.
Pickled Cucumber–
Again with the soy sauce. I didn’t realize Chinese people ate so much soy sauce. The pickleness of it wasn’t even good. Quite disappointing. Better off going to dumpling empire in south san Francisco for the good stuff.
Fish in sour soup–
Forgot what this was called. Probably the only good dish besides the noodles and peanuts worth ordering. Sweet and tangy. I have to admit the cabbage threw me off a bit given how sweet it was. But the soup was a little spicy and tangy. I like it :)
Chow Mein–
If they messed up on the chow mein then that’s beyond disappointing. This came out good as well but I noticed a ton of bean sprouts. Probably a lot less noodles and more bean sprouts then it should be.
Overall. Food was just ok. Not worth the price you pay but disappointed. Reading everyone’s else reviews I might have to try the dim sum to see if it’s any better. Otherwise I doubt I would be coming back.

In our ongoing tradition of taking out new coworkers for dim sum, Monday morning brought a group of 7 to Tai Wu, the great palace nestled ever so conspicuously near other fine eateries such as Burger King, Quickly, and 7 – 11.
The bleak ratings and even grimmer anecdotes had me worried (nasty lobster noodle dish! digestive woes! poor service!), but didn’t keep me away. After weathering the Flower Lounge up the street, I feel like a calloused and decorated veteran of Millbrae dim sum. Bring it on.
Surprisingly busy on a weekday at 11:30, we were ushered upstairs to a large table on the second floor. The shimmering chandeliers, jade statuettes, and tacky movie-​theater carpeting did not go unnoticed. The tables leave a decent amount of space between you and the lazy susan, and tea is brought immediately by a friendly server wearing a jacket and bow tie — before noon. Classy.
Unlike other dim sum restaurants, where I have no idea *what* is going on as far as pricing and individual dishes go, Tai Wu makes it fairly easy by handing you a menu and pencil, and dishes are priced by size — Small ($ 2.80), Medium ($ 3.60), Large ($ 4.50), Special ($ 5.80), and Kitchen ($ 6.80). Most of the dishes you’d want to share with a group are Mediums or Larges, and have a decent amount of food on them.
I made a point of eating at least one of everything we got, and didn’t feel the need to reject anything. Standouts included the Shrimp and Pork Shiu Mai, House Special Fried Tofu (a breaded layer gives way to silky tofu), and the Mushroom Rice Noodle Roll. Chili and soy sauces on the table allow you to adjust seasonings.
Feeding a group of seven 20-​somethings brought a bill of $ 83 (~$ 14 per person after tax and tip) — a pretty solid deal if you order right and rotate the variety of items on the table.
Not too shabby for a Monday morning. If you’re searching for dim sum in the area, give em’ a shot.

Unilocal reviews in California continue to confuse me. Some truly average and even sub-​par places have 4+ averages. And then places like Tai Wu have a 2.5 average.
Dim sum here is solid– maybe a 3.5, but bumping this up to a 4 because this place is classed up compared to most other dim sum spots. While the chandeliers are a bit over the top, the relatively clean carpet, tables, chairs and utensils are a welcomed change.
We had all the usual dim sum suspects here– the shrimp dumplings, shu mai, chicken feet, baby spare ribs, beef rice rolls, turnip cake, egg tarts. Everything was solid. There was a hearty helping of shrimp and meat in the shrimp dumplings and Shu Mai– they don’t skimp! The Shu Mai even come in a half spicy half savory variety. My personal preference is to dip the savory variety in their house chili sauce (which tasted slightly fermented– extra umami!). I thought it’d be interesting to try the Japanese fried turnip cakes (as suggested in some reviews). That was the only item I regretted ordering. The batter was too thick and you don’t get any of the crispy fried texture of a regular fried turnip cake sans batter.
The servers don’t do the carts here– I recommend ordering off the paper menu (which contains English and some pics), as the items will come out fresher. Dim sum ladies walk around with trays of items (in lieu of the carts) — but be warned they mostly speak only Canto.
It gets crowded on the weekend, but there is usually only a short wait and they don’t seem to make folks share tables. Extra parking down the street at the Burger King– as noted by others.