Empress M

Ilaan Egeland -Mazzini

My mother organized a lunch from her husband‘s 80th birthday at Empress. Four large round tables were filled with delicious noodles, meat, dishes, vegan dishes, soups, and homemade desserts. Everything was tasty and disappeared quickly! The staff was so kind and thoughtful, providing cultural birthday hats, and a beautiful calligraphy scroll as gifts to the birthday boy. I can’t wait to visit Napa again and eat at this lovely restaurant.

Hannah Jin

I heard this is the best Chinese restaurant in Napa! The curry beef stew is absolutely incredible—definitely my favorite dish. I’ll be coming back on my next trip to Napa.

American Angler

Just out boppin around with my old pal Crossbow Kickinstick lookin for a place to eat that we've never been to, and then we realized we've been to every single restaurant in Napa. So we decided to go to Old Lady Clambanger's place out by Silverado, and as we passed by the Empress M Chinese Restaurant we looked at each other and said you ever been there? Well, we found a place...and what a great place too. The food was simply Amazing! It's the best Chinese food north of the Golden Gate. 5 stars all day long. ☆☆☆☆☆

Soumyodipta Mukerjee

Absolutely loved the food . Had ordered Sichuan chicken and noodles . It was tasty and I throughly enjoyed it .

Mike Harms

Terrific and creative Chinese food dishes with a beautiful outdoor seating area. The dim sum was great, green beans were great, craft beers too. I tried Hong Kong Chicken Feet, and they were good! I'd be happy to come back.

Chris #520REVS Wanstrath

Food was amazing. Very tasteful and not over seasoned. Duck was very good

Valerie Ho

Napa needs a restaurant like this! Dim sum was delicious, Spicy Sichuan fish was sufficiently spicy but not numbing. Wow definitely love to try more dishes. As they are still quite new, I hope they would take some guidance from Chinese restaurateurs on how dishes should be serve, bowls vs plates, soup spoons, chopsticks etc. Waiters are totally clueless on what to put on the table. We see some tables that don't even have utensils when their food arrived.

Anh Tinh

I would definitely recommend Empress for a first date atmosphere! The food is very authentic, fresh, and service is impeccable. The scene setting is peaceful, ambient music is just right, and the furnishings are meticulously chosen.

Open Christmas and they were in the weeds. The food was delicious! They were hustling with a smile and the stress was there but they did a great job. We aren’t from Napa and some of the locals should be ashamed how they spoke to those folks and behaved on Christmas!!! Empress M - go and enjoy the food and friendly staff!

One of my favorite Chinese restaurants in Napa! I’ve usually only gotten takeout although their courtyard is very nice. The beef chow fun is soooo good!

The food was really good! Everything tasted fresh and had a lot of flavor. You can tell the kitchen put effort into it. I liked every dish we tried specially the walnut shrimp and the lamb was delicious would definitely order again.

Spent a Wonderful evening dining at Empress M! It was exceptional. My favorites were the Spring Rolls and 4 count dumplings. However the duck, sweet and sour pork and fried rice were all wonderful. I’ve already been twice in one week. The ambience was magnificent. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND.

Deborah McDaniel

Spent a Wonderful evening dining at Empress M! It was exceptional. My favorites were the Spring Rolls and 4 count dumplings. However the duck, sweet and sour pork and fried rice were all wonderful. I’ve already been twice in one week. The ambience was magnificent. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND.

Fun Skate

Open Christmas and they were in the weeds. The food was delicious! They were hustling with a smile and the stress was there but they did a great job. We aren’t from Napa and some of the locals should be ashamed how they spoke to those folks and behaved on Christmas!!! Empress M - go and enjoy the food and friendly staff!

Kevin N

One of my favorite Chinese restaurants in Napa! I’ve usually only gotten takeout although their courtyard is very nice. The beef chow fun is soooo good!

Ying Bacon

The most authentic Cantonese dining experience in America, complete with a traditional Chinese-style ambience. I often come here when I feel homesick — it’s like taking a quick trip to Guangzhou without buying a plane ticket! The food is so good you’d swear you just flew to China. A perfect spot to enjoy a meal with family or friends — highly recommended!

Empress M is a food-lover's place. It's authentic enough to convince you that at the core it hasn't been westernized yet you aren't asking about a spice you never tasted before. I believe the balance is just right. The BBQ pork bun was heavenly and so was the sesame seed chewy balls. Based on this, I would presume the dimsum lineup would be fabulous. I was just a bit disappointed with the Peking duck, not seaparting the skin and meat when they served it. The bun was fluffy though. Chowfun was also done really well although a bit on the blander side but definitely enjoyable with the soft beef. Overall this is a great Chinese restaurant with love and care for food at the center. Great price point too. Will return!

Was here around 730 pm on a Wednesday night and I was one of two customers in the whole place. I took a seat at the bar and was helped by the awesome and friendly bartender. I had the soup dumplings and impossible wontons off the dim sum menu and both were fantastic. The Sunrise Over Hong Kong was okay, didn’t pack as much of a flavor punch as I would’ve hoped. My food and service experience here was great, I even got a free dessert. My only complaint is the place was absolutely freezing. The AC was on blast and the doors to the patio were wide open. It was super uncomfortable and I don’t know how the employees could stand it. Otherwise, I’d return for the food.

Delicious dim sum, what more could you need? One of the better Chinese food spots in Napa. The portions are medium size compared to the BayArea, but everything tasted really good. More photos @vin.foodjournal

Wook Chung

Empress M is a food-lover's place. It's authentic enough to convince you that at the core it hasn't been westernized yet you aren't asking about a spice you never tasted before. I believe the balance is just right. The BBQ pork bun was heavenly and so was the sesame seed chewy balls. Based on this, I would presume the dimsum lineup would be fabulous. I was just a bit disappointed with the Peking duck, not seaparting the skin and meat when they served it. The bun was fluffy though. Chowfun was also done really well although a bit on the blander side but definitely enjoyable with the soft beef. Overall this is a great Chinese restaurant with love and care for food at the center. Great price point too. Will return!

Stormtrooper 24

Was here around 730 pm on a Wednesday night and I was one of two customers in the whole place. I took a seat at the bar and was helped by the awesome and friendly bartender. I had the soup dumplings and impossible wontons off the dim sum menu and both were fantastic. The Sunrise Over Hong Kong was okay, didn’t pack as much of a flavor punch as I would’ve hoped. My food and service experience here was great, I even got a free dessert. My only complaint is the place was absolutely freezing. The AC was on blast and the doors to the patio were wide open. It was super uncomfortable and I don’t know how the employees could stand it. Otherwise, I’d return for the food.

Vincent Gano

Delicious dim sum, what more could you need? One of the better Chinese food spots in Napa. The portions are medium size compared to the BayArea, but everything tasted really good. More photos @vin.foodjournal

The food is really good, very helpful American waitress. The only down side is the very rude 2 chinese lady that taking the order and always yelling coming out from the kitchen bringing out the foods. It really makes the atmosphere negative.

Eka Wangsa

The food is really good, very helpful American waitress. The only down side is the very rude 2 chinese lady that taking the order and always yelling coming out from the kitchen bringing out the foods. It really makes the atmosphere negative.

My wife and I made reservations for 6:45pm on Christmas Day. There was no host when we arrived so we walked in looking for someone to help us. We could see all the tables in the various rooms had guests at them with the exception of one table for about 12 people. While waiting, one of the staff members yelled at another staff member as they walked past us. Neither was happy. After a 15 minute wait we were seated in one of the smaller dining areas at a table for two. We soon realized they were understaffed as water, tea, ordering took significant time. The "entertainment" in the dining area (15' large screen taking up much of the wall) was a BBC documentary of African animals killing other animals, such as leopards killing and eating gazelles, something that looked like a hyena killing and eating a young seal, plus more. It appeared to be in a loop as some of the video was in slow motion and repeated. Needless to say, not the best thing to watch while eating. When asked to turn it off, the request was ignored. Service was unacceptable given how long we had to wait and how many times we needed to get the attention of our servers for simple things, like forks and tea. The food was excellent, although priced higher than all other Chinese food locations in the area. We'll return someday but not in the room we dined.

Adam Littlefield

My wife and I made reservations for 6:45pm on Christmas Day. There was no host when we arrived so we walked in looking for someone to help us. We could see all the tables in the various rooms had guests at them with the exception of one table for about 12 people. While waiting, one of the staff members yelled at another staff member as they walked past us. Neither was happy. After a 15 minute wait we were seated in one of the smaller dining areas at a table for two. We soon realized they were understaffed as water, tea, ordering took significant time. The "entertainment" in the dining area (15' large screen taking up much of the wall) was a BBC documentary of African animals killing other animals, such as leopards killing and eating gazelles, something that looked like a hyena killing and eating a young seal, plus more. It appeared to be in a loop as some of the video was in slow motion and repeated. Needless to say, not the best thing to watch while eating. When asked to turn it off, the request was ignored. Service was unacceptable given how long we had to wait and how many times we needed to get the attention of our servers for simple things, like forks and tea. The food was excellent, although priced higher than all other Chinese food locations in the area. We'll return someday but not in the room we dined.

The portions are small compared to other places. The decor is nicely done but the chairs which I took a picture of is very hard to sit for any length of time. The service was slow and the chicken plate alone was $37 for this portion. Way overpriced and for the food you see it was bland no flavor and a total over $109 for this sub par experience

Robert H

The portions are small compared to other places. The decor is nicely done but the chairs which I took a picture of is very hard to sit for any length of time. The service was slow and the chicken plate alone was $37 for this portion. Way overpriced and for the food you see it was bland no flavor and a total over $109 for this sub par experience

We came here at 4:30pm as the first group of customers. Ordered and waited for 2 hours. Nothing on the table. I had to chase the waitress to ask about my order. I was told my order was never placed. No apology was made. She said” you can just leave”without looking into my eyes. This is a family gathering night on Christmas Eve. Never had any terrible experience like this. I don’t know how this restaurant can operate.

Ru Zhang

We came here at 4:30pm as the first group of customers. Ordered and waited for 2 hours. Nothing on the table. I had to chase the waitress to ask about my order. I was told my order was never placed. No apology was made. She said” you can just leave”without looking into my eyes. This is a family gathering night on Christmas Eve. Never had any terrible experience like this. I don’t know how this restaurant can operate.