Susan J H

Authentic dim sum - delicious food! Enjoy the atmosphere and embrace dining with others while choosing from a vast array of foods. Carts moving throughout at a steady pace so if the first doesn't have what interests you, just wait a minute for the next one! Great value too! A must try 😊

+3

Eddie Moy

I booked this restaurant for my grandmother’s 96th birthday. Ordered 18 courses per table and had 8 tables. They sectioned off 1/2 the restaurant for us which was great. Felt very private. They also accommodated our family picture taking. The staff was very good. Food was excellent. Authentic Cantonese cuisine. Next time will reserve the whole restaurant. We ordered a lot of seafood and a king crab for each table.

+17

Lily E W

Excellent Cantonese style cuisine - we had the double lobster, fried rice (ingredients include salted fish and grape bits which was surprisingly good), crab meat vermicelli noodles, tofu with conch, braised short ribs and lots of sauteed veggies. Everything was delicious. I thought perhaps I would be super thirsty afterwards because I suspected MSG contributed to the tastiness. No, I was pleasantly surprised that I wasn't. So I'm glad that there wasn't heavy use of MSG if there was any. I'm definitely returning to try more dishes. Addendum to review after 3 more dinner visits: I came back with my friends 3 more times since my first review. They were always on Thursday evenings. Anyway, every single time we've been back the food has been consistently good. The service was also excellent with attentive staff and servers. The prices are also very reasonable. It's great to order so much fine food (seafood, steak, fancy fried rice, steamed veggies, more) and be stuffed and yet still have enough for leftovers and to not have to pay more than $150 for a group of 6 people. I definitely still highly recommend this restaurant for dinner. I've yet to try the daytime dim sum service. I'll be back!

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Have been back many times, and the food remains superb, done just right.\n\nJust noticed that the place has very, very few non-Chinese people. That's a good sign that the food is really authentic. Of…

Have been back many times, and the food remains superb, done just right.\n\nJust noticed that the place has very, very few non-Chinese people. That's a good sign that the food is really authentic…

Always a go to spot for dim sum for my family and I! Gets crowded here fast and early so I'd recommend coming asap! Authentic dim sum as always, food comes pushed in carts, crowded atmosphere, shar…

Royal Seafood Restaurant is one of the best in the Chinatown Manhattan area. The food was delicious and authentic, service was top notch!! Highly recommend!! Thank you Keong Ko and Winnie!!

Royal seafood Restaurant is one of the best in the Chinatown Manhattan area. The food was delicious and authentic, Service was top notch!! Highly recommend!! Thank you Keong Ko and Winnie!!

My go to for dim sum in the morning and seafood for dinner. \nThe place is always fast pace and busy. The management staff are tentative.

Came here for an event and the dishes are definitely family style. The atmosphere can get kind of loud but the food is well served and has a good cadence. Sometimes can get on the oily side but it'…

Came here for an early Chinese NY dinner (because it gets real real trying to book a place in Manhattan Chinatown) and had the best Peking style pork in-town. They bread it like Korean-style wings.…

Best deal in NYC if you're in town for Chinese Cuisine! My dad and stepmom love this place for the food and the prices. My whole family and I love this restaurant for all the yummylicious dishes he…

Royal Seafood is my grandmother's favorite dim sum house in Manhattan Chinatown. Get here before 11am to avoid long waits for tables. \n\nFavorite dishes: ha gow (glass shrimp dumplings), Cheung …

This is basically a dim sum restaurant catering to locals in Chinatown. Everything is in Chinese and most of the staff do not speak English. You are seated as places open at tables based on the size …

This is basically a dim sum restaurant catering to locals in Chinatown. Everything is in Chinese and most of the staff do not speak English. You are seated as places open at tables based on the siz…

This is about as close to Hong Kong you can get without a flight. Traditional and authentic Dim Sum in New York City’s Chinatown. Big open restaurant with push carts full of food being pushed aroun…

Sean Michota

A authentic Chinese food experience. This place was recommended. But, if you don't speak Chinese or are not an adventurous dinner, you may be overwhelmed or want to skip this place. As soon as you are seated being servers with food carts depend upon your table with food options. The servers speak Chinese and understand little English. As previously mentioned this is an obstacle for the dinner that cannot speak Chinese or is not adventurous. This worked out for half our party. It was difficult for those with dietary restrictions & the dinners looking for Americanized-Chinese food. The service was super quick and friendly. The staff top to bottom was great! If you are open to it this place is wonderful! I'd recommend it to anyone open to an authentic Chinese dining experience.

Rovik Robert

Hearty Chinese food which is all you want sometimes. Service can be a bit hard to grab but they’re fast here. Soft shell crab was good, short ribs were a bit tough and the Siew Mai was comforting. Overall decent place for banquet dining.

Wil Yuen

During our trip to NYC we came here on 2 separate occasions once for dinner than later for dim sum. Food was pretty good, much better than at home.

+11

Kelly C

There’s not that many big Chinese/dimsum restaurants in Chinatown anymore. Glad this one is still around. I come here for dim-sum and dinners. Dim-sum are served in the mornings/early afternoons and then they serve dishes for lunch and dinners. Dim-sum is always yummy and dinners are yummy most of the times. When you go there when it’s too busy, the place always feels understaffed. Food takes a really long time to come out and the food isn’t as great and service won’t be so great neither. And they should fix up their restrooms. But my family is huge, 14 of us, so not too many places are still able to accommodate all of us in one table so we continue to come here and hope it’s not too busy.

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Headed here for Dim Sum with the family on New Years Eve Eve. \nWe waited awhile and even had to change tables once we were seated (not enough chairs for our party), but once we were seated the car…

I've been searching for an authentic dim sum place since Covid had shut a lot of them down. I saw this place called Royal seafood on Instagram. I was intrigued because it showed the ladies pushing …

We love dim sum. One of our friends suggested us to try this, since we were looking for a traditional dim sum restaurant. We enjoyed the food. Not many varieties, but the food was good. They still pu…

We love dim sum. One of our friends suggested us to try this, since we were looking for a traditional dim sum restaurant. We enjoyed the food. Not many varieties, but the food was good. They stil…

my mom treated my son and me to dim sum here. really tasty shiu may both pork and shrimp, shrimp toast as well as custard tarts

my mom treated my son and me to dim sum here. really tasty shiu may both pork and shrimp, shrimp toast as well as custard tarts

My wife and I were from NY now SC and while traveling to the northeast we stopped in NYC for a few days and on Sunday we went to Chinatown for Dim Sum and ate at Royal seafood and had an awesome ti…

Yesterday on the last day of March three of us went to Chinatown to have dim sum at the Royal seafood restaurant on Mott Street. Recommended by a friend who had lunched their last week we looked fo…

Solange Hansen

Here’s the good - this is a large space in Chinatown - lots of tables, seating for large parties. The restaurant was popular, had many full tables but no wait if you suddenly showed up with 20 people. They did not charge a corking fee 🍷🍷Lobster and crab are market rate and so we asked and learned lobster 🦞 was $25 which we thought was very reasonable and in line with other establishments in Chinatown. Royale offers a large banquet menu starting at $498-$900+ - which is on the table to consider, different menus to choose which level works for you (each was enough for 8 to 10 people) the banquet menus are in Mandarin so use your google translator to view. The not so great - we should have read the reviews and ordered dim sum. We ordered lobster with garlic and scallion, salt and pepper lobster 🦞 seafood soup and fried seafood basket. Lobsters were lukewarm, we strongly feel that our ginger scallion lobster - which came out first - was a send back order as it arrived quickly after we placed our order, before our soup and was only warm - also on the small size ☹️ the table next to us also ordered the same lobster 🦞 dish, it was almost double in size and we could see the steam and smell their ginger and scallion…not ours. The ginger scallion was the best flavored item. If you like it not spicy this is your place. The fried seafood basket was fresh seafood which we appreciated. The level of service also was just okay - we asked for hot sauce and soy sauce and never received the soy sauce. We couldn’t get soy sauce, in a Chinese food restaurant. I would say this was probably one step up from your neighborhood Chinese delivery, the seafood was fresh just not hot and if you have sauces you like at home, this would be a good take out and use your sauce at home place.

Jamie L

Coming back to this restaurant was such a nostalgic experience. As a little girl, I used to come here for dim sum with my parents, and now, returning as an adult and ordering whatever I want feels completely different. I can’t say the quality has stayed the same—or maybe my taste buds have just changed over the years. That said, they still serve decent dim sum, and the cart ladies are as warm and friendly as ever. If you’re planning a visit, it’s best to come early, though expect a wait. By the afternoon, they often run out of popular items like shrimp rice noodle rolls—one of my favorites!

This restaurant was around the corner from my hotel so I decided to stop by. Please be aware everything is a la cart so you have to order everything seperatly. I ordered the general tso chicken and t…

Get here early. The prices are very affordable. You can get full without breaking the bank. The bathrooms are also great--better than average.\n\nI've had better dim sum. The pork skin isn't prepar…

Get here early. The prices are very affordable. You can get full without breaking the bank. The bathrooms are also great--better than average.\n\nI've had better dim sum. The pork skin isn't prepar…

Classic dim sum place in chinatown. The staff were quite pushy to get you to order food they were pushing around but that is to be expected. The ambience is a hit or miss as sometimes you;re seated…

Classic dim sum place in chinatown. The staff were quite pushy to get you to order food they were pushing around but that is to be expected. The ambience is a hit or miss as sometimes you;re seated…

If you are looking for an authentic Dim Sum experience Royal Seafood in Chinatown NyC will give you just that. There is nothing fancy about the ambiance, lady's pushing carts of selections by your …

Ate dim sum with two friends here. The dim sum is ok. I truly miss Jing Fong. The pork bun was not filled with ooey, gooey goodness that a dim sum connoisseur expects. It was mostly air with a sad …

Sofia

Do not eat here if you want good food. Im not saying its not authentic food its just bad for my standards. Although the environment was fine, the overall experience was not. This place is quite literally a fast food restaurant, the moment you walk in "waiters" come up to you with carts of food like street vendors from who knows when it was cooked. Sure if you are in a hurry this place is at most acceptable but you are at the wrong place if you are looking for a traditional atmosphere. The only upside was that their tea tastes like one of the flavours of a famous milk tea brand in china.

L. Tran

The dim sum was cold. Service was bad. Not sure why crowded. Perhaps, there are few dim sum restaurants nearby despite being in Chinatown.

J Y

Came here because of the Google map reviews, but really disappointed by its obsolete dining atmosphere and not great dim sum. 😮

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Horrible experience. I was really exited to try this place because the menu looked so diverse and authentic.\n\nWe came at around 2. It was the end of the dim sum service, but we didn't want dim su…

Hire a good chef? Service staff? Lower the price? They need to improve the receipt of the dim sum items.

My family has been dining here for years but a recent experience has made us decide to never come back again. We asked for a table for 5 and was told to wait. The waiter walked away from us and con…

My family has been dining here for years but a recent experience has made us decide to never come back again. We asked for a table for 5 and was told to wait. The waiter walked away from us and con…

We are two ladies in our 60s and we were recommended this restaurant by our hotel concierge (a super nice guy). We wanted to have proper chinese food. Unfortunately the visit went wrong right fro…

The Chinese male server /waiter who usually calls out numbers at the front has a super negative atrocious demeaning attitude towards me and his customers. I witnessed him talking down to people as well as towards me. He should be fired as his customers come here for occasions and want to be treated with respect and kindness.