Steam

The spicy chili sauce on the table was really good! We enjoyed eating here for the first time, and will return. Fine service, great food, and a good value .

Very good dim sum . The service from order to arrival is a bit slow but its still worth it. Go there ready for conversation and also get the damn lemon spare ribs !

Egg Tofu w Mushrroms, Clay Pot Chicken Buns , Sticky Jasmine Beef Fried Rice were all awesome.

One of my fav spots in Palo Alto! The seafood fried rice and the spinach shrimp dumplings are on point!

Szechuan Spicy Chicken is good. Pretty rare for a Chinese restaurant to have an open kitchen . Loud atmosphere and small. For the price and quality, I'd go to a more authentic Chinese/dimsum place.

Vegetarian Five Crops Rice with Egg , salt and pepper tofu and all the dumplings

The hot and sour soup is great (and huge), but very spicy . The BBQ pork buns and pot stickers are also really good.

Great Hong Kong food . Taste just like it tastes there (lived 6 months in HK) although obviously a bit more expensive .

Beef and Basil in clay pot tasted wonderful. It's too bad the Steamed Shanghai dumbing were sticked to the paper. So all juices were gone.

Steam redid the menu sometime in the past 2-3 weeks. Pro: more items, including more vegetarian options . Con: prices went up (dim sum from $3 to $4.80+, some noodle dishes from $8 to $10).

Salt and pepper calamari and szechuan chicken are awesome!

The dim sum is good but takes a while. Sit outside and enjoy the Palo Alto weather!

Very tasty food and good service ! Szhechuan chicken is really good!

Food is great! Calamari is on point and the basil beef in the clay lot is delicious

Make sure to order their braised beef noodle soup ! It's probably my favorite item on their menu!

Staff kinda serious, but all the food is really delicious!

Great value for dim sum , especially for University Ave. Very good food too.

New Dim Sum place on University ! Opens Feb 2013 and there'll be Dim Sum 12 hours a day!

Dumplings were a fail -- undercooked the first time then overcooked the second. The sesame ball desserts were untraditional but delish!

Steamed BBQ pork buns . They alone are worth the trip.

Mapo tofu to die for ????

Fun fact: sister restaurant of Tai Pan

Sit outside if you get the chance!

Saw one cook taste with the cooking spoon then stir the soup . Saw another cook eating dumplings with his bare hands and return to food prep. Ew!

Noodle in beef noodle soup is always soggy.

Main dishes are a bit too greasy, but the dim sum is delicious.

Not the most authentic place in the world. But I'm just glad that I can get dim sum so close to work!!

Shanghai dumplings are the best

Black sesame balls , hmmm

Delicious and cheap

Food is good, service is mixed

Dim sum is average, pricy for the quality. Great ambiance, slow service. The cashier did not give me any change back when I paid at the counter. He looked at me in the eyes and said bye.

Some good decent Chinese food here!

Dim sum rocks :)

BBQ pork buns all day

The service staff need to iron out some glitches, but the food was pretty good.

Okay Cantonese/Chinese food in Palo Alto. Some dishes come slow though.

Noodles and dim sum

Good food but super slow service

Slow service! Beware of getting chef special for lunch . Waited 45 minutes and still no food. Tastes good though.

Slow service, charged me for a dish that they forgot to deliver . Skip this place.

Si vas acompañado pidan al centro y disfruten de dos o tres platillos ¡todo sabe muy rico!

O verdadeiro sabor da comida chinesa . A berinjela é pra vc Rosana Mansperger.