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Neighborhood: International DistrictMon-Thu. 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.
Fri. 9:00 a.m. - 3:30 a.m.
Sat. 10:00 a.m. - 3:30 a.m.
Sun. 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.
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Um can you say sweet and sour chicken 10x fast? Best fusion in town! So not close to my house but totally worth the drive! Yay for honey walnut prawns.
My roommate kept bringing this stuff home and I would stare and smell and stare again until I finally stole some. SO GOOD! They are kinda more expensive than I like but sacrifices must be made sometimes.
Weird name, I kept confusing it with the Purple Cafe and Wine Bar on 4th (also a good place) but better they do that than name it something like pho-yu or what the pho ( I know its not vietnamese but you get my point).
Go there. Eat ALOT. Be happy. Roll yourself home.
So I was on the search for Dim Sum yesterday and for some reason I decided why not try a new place, even though I absolutely love Harbor City. Anyway I saw Purple Dot Cafe and remembered hearing people talk about it, so I figured I'd give it a shot.
Walked in, wow kind of a cool trendy looking Dim Sum place. They are pushing carts of fresh Dim Sum around, the place wasn't full of white people. Probably decent right? Anyway I stand in front of the door (even though the restaurant is only half busy and many servers buzzing by me, as well the manager is currently ringing up someone else but does see me standing there alone) for like 5 minutes before a server finally seats me. About three times I debated walking out, that's probably three times too many.
I finally sit, they ask me for tea or water, I ask for both. Then the waiting game continues. I sit for like an enternity wondering if any cart lady will come by to give me some DAMN DIM SUM. I ask the server for my tea that she forgot, and she gives me a real sh*t look, which makes me think I have *special* tea coming my way. I finally get some Dim Sum what feels like an eternity later.
Dim Sum was actually pretty good. Shumai and Hagao were plump and juicy, very fresh, practically burned my damn tongue, but I was hungry. Pai Gwat can be found better somewhere else. The Lo Ba Goa had a nice fried crunchy exterior, compared to other places. I liked it. Then I got the bill...four Dim Sum items for almost $15?!? I didn't even order any ala carte menu items...WTF?!?
Oh, but they were very nice and quick when it came time for ringing up my credit card right?
I don't expect great service at Chinese restaurants, but this place was just terrible. The food was good, but the price makes it totally not worth it. When I left I just remembered why I do not visit trendy looking Chinese restaurants.
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This place is only good after a fun night out in Belltown or wherever. I remember hating it but two weekends ago, we went here after clubbing and the food was AMAZING.
My friends ordered honey walnut prawns, some tofu dish and mongolian beef. Wow, the beef was GREAT. And you know what, they also ordered french fries... super random. I don't know what they were thinking but supposedly they weren't bad? No clue. I only eat Chinese at Chinese places.
To be honest, I really just don't like the name of the place. The baby dragon on the sign is also very random and weird.
I've only been here for late night weekend meals (aka post-alcohol consumption), and there's a lot of factors I like about it. However, for some reason, it's not a place I yearn to return.
Parking situation is easy--granted, it's located in the middle of industrial NOWHERE, but it was nice not to have to walk a mile. We're usually seated right away, even with 6 people. The atmosphere is bright; white and purple (obviously) and other shiny colors.
The food is family-style, which is helpful if your group wants to try a little of everything. My (expert) friends had us order the prawns (supposedly the best thing on the menu), general tsao's chicken, fried rice, the sweet/sour soup, and beef with broccoli. A lot of the food was TOO spicy--the beef and chicken left a hot taste on your tongue. Not necessarily favoring that. Service was quite good--accommodating, well-dressed and fast.
SO here's where I felt a bit uncomfortable... I'm just going to come out and say it. If you're not Asian, get ready to feel outnumbered big time. And normally, that wouldn't bother me whatsoever, I'm a girl who loves culture (come on, I'm from SPANAWAY)--except normally I don't walk into a restaurant with Asian friends and patrons literally STAND from their tables and say "White girl! White girl!" Then others say, "where's the white girl?" and my friends love pointing and laughing. I laugh too, but inside I want to hide behind the soup bowl. It's even worse when the few white guys in the establishment lock eyes with me, smile, throw a little thumbs up or whatever. Are you kidding me??? Is it that rare? However I do want to mention the group of people eating nearby are always friendly and talkative.
Even this is not a deal breaker; I would definitely still go here--but 3 stars also because it's too bright and feels cold for some reason, sort of like a hospital. They should seriously dim the restaurant and it'd be 1,000 times better. (Haha... in addition, maybe it wouldn't be so obvious I am white.)
Great place to go to after the a night out on the town, clubbing or just feel hungry and don't know where to go. Atmosphere is good. Love the food. Fried rice, spring rolls, chow mein, honey walnut shrimp, chinese broccoli, mongolian beef and fish maw soup are great dishes to try.
They have family-dinner or Individual plates, if you prefer it that way. I always go here after a night of clubbing or around the area late nite.
We were very disappointed with this restaurant. The food was okay, nothing special. However, the waiter there was extremely rude.
We will never go back there again. We rather spend money somewhere else where we are treated with respect and given at least a standard quality service and an appreciation as customers. The waiter treated us like he did us a favor by taking our money.
Why after yrs & yrs do i still go back here? I avoided this place for almost 2 yrs!!
So the bf and I were driving home from Georgetown/Dead baby downhill bike race party-and since it was on the way, the genius I am was like "hey lets go here!" WRONG.
The food is sooo damn salty, and I like salty. I know I can't be complaining about the quality of the food, being that it is chinatown and it is opened for a bunch of drunk clubbers- but still, please don't give me a partially frozen egg roll!
Ehh, there is really no use in complaining about this place. Throughout the years I have had so much of the food there, and seriously there is no consistency, one day something will be pretty good, and a month or two later it's awful. But it's chinatown.
Single woman seeking vegetarian dim sum on a Sunday evening in the International District. Radish cakes alone refuse to hold my interest. Already in the mood for vegetarian food, I go in for a feast at Purple Dot Cafe.
Purple Dot Cafe is a comfortable and brightly colored like those restaurants on the Travel Channel. They offer an extensive menu with just about a little of everything. So there is a decent vegan/vegetarian selection.
Vegetable broth was served alongside the Ramen-style LoMein. And the Ginger & Green Onion LoMein came with Chinese Broccoli. The Buddha's Delight and Coconut Bubble Tea is fit for royalty.
The meal lacked a little in the flavor department, but they substituted with mega-nutritious portions. So there's no reason to complain about Purple Dot Cafe. Satisfied with leftovers.
Like others have said, the dim sum at Purple Dot is loaded with MSG and sodium, but it's still pretty damn good every once in a while.
To me, the best things they have are their honey mustard shrimp and the lemon custard kinda thing. But really, everything is at least pretty good, if not delicious. The atmosphere is also pretty cool, and the service is good. Little Chinese women run up to your table with carts throughout your meal and ask if you want this or that. It's fun.
Recommended if you're in the area and want an affordable meal with a lot of variety.
Stopped in here for lunch after some shopping at Uwajimaya for some Dim Sum. I was not impressed by the quality of the dim sum or the selection. They had one little cart, for a fairly busy Sunday afternoon. It was obvious we were being offered the leftovers: chicken feet, beef stomach, and congealed mystery dumplings. The "vegetarian" dim sum we were offered had been dyed with blue/green food coloring, and was stuffed with shrimp- not vegetarian!
I ordered the vegetarian noodle soup from the menu which featured dirty bok choy stems and other kitchen scrap vegetables, and beef broth. More non-vegetarian, vegetarian food.
The waitresses hardly spoke English. No tea refill, even though we killed the pot. I asked for an extra napkins, which never came.
Over priced. Dirty. Lazy service. Bad food.
How is this place even open? Can someone please tell me where the good dim sum is in this town?
P.S. I had a stomach-ache for almost 2 days after eating here. Ugh.
POST-FUNK PLACE TO BE.
Need some food at a sit-down place to sober up after a night out? Sick of pizza, Denny's, or Dick's hamburgers? Plain old late night hunger pangs?
Purple Dot to the rescue! Open until 3:30AM on Friday and Saturday.
FRENCH TOAST. It's not exactly what you might think would be good at a Chinese restaurant in Chinatown, but trust me. It's wonderful. Thick, toasted bread with sweet condensed milk deliciousness. I love syrup, so naturally, I pour it on. Sugary and guilt-laden, I can easily finish this dish at 2:00AM. Totally worth it for $3.50. For the more practical, order to share.
BAKED SPAGHETTI. Served with meat sauce and covered with melted cheese, this dish is delightful! Americanized Italian food with a Hong Kong twist. Me likey.
Everything else we ordered was good: salt and pepper pork chops, walnut prawns, the stair thick-cut french fries, assorted congee, and some other beef dishes. Fun atmosphere, fast service, tasty food, and great prices.
To clarify: I would never come here for dinner or even during the day, but late at night, it hits the spot. Oh, and expect lots and lots of drunk and boisterous Asians :)
I came in for a late bite and we got the French Toast, Club Sandwich, Lo Mein, and Century Egg and Pork Congee. Everything sucked.
EXCEPT THE FRENCH TOAST. I know, shocking right? The French toast is made with thicker bread, which is always good. But also, they put a layer of coconut jam in between the slices of bread. The coconut jam provides that extra something that sets it apart from other places. When the syrup is drizzled on top, it is heaven! Who knew, I'd find one of the better French toast I've ever had.... at a Chinese restaurant?
I'm sure if I had a few drinks before dinner (like the rest of the patrons here that night), everything would be amazing. But since I was sober, everything was less than mediocre EXCEPT THE FRENCH TOAST.
French Toast = 5, Everything else = 2, Service = Alright.
Purple Dot is the place to be! ...if you want to 1) Wait a while to order and receive your food 2) witness a fight/arrest on the street 3) get locked in because there's a fight outside 4) be surrounded with young, drunk Asians.
Sadly, I am not even exaggerating.
Since this place is open very, very late, thus making it popular for people who have drunk-chies or munchies, most customers have to wait a while before being seated. You will normally find girls stumbling in and out of this place after a night of drinking (Girls: this is not attractive. Please refrain from copying late-night-International District-roamers' actions). I've been here a few times (my friends chose this place, and I had no control over deciding), and there have been two incidents where we have heard gunshots right outside the restaurant and had been locked inside while the police investigated the place.
The food is okay; it is definitely not the best Chinese food you would like to scarf down when you are looking for a good place to eat. Usually, it's quality over quantity, but with Purple Dot, that is definitely not the case. They can't even deliver the quantity part either! The dishes are small, and the food is mediocre.
NOTE: If a Chinese restaurant is willing to sell more than just Chinese food, AKA steak, fries, and gravy, I suggest this is not a good candidate to feed on good Chinese food. I believe a chef should focus on certain dishes that he/she excels in making. Why do you think most of the top/fancy restaurants only have 8-10 different entrees as opposed to 50-60?
Lastly, I did not know tea could taste so weird. I wonder what kind of tea it is..hmm..
During these late-night cravings, I usually choose a 24-hour Jack in the Box drive-thru over this.
Purple dot gets a meh plus.
I've been several times before and it was ok....tonight was the last straw, however.
It's not that I hate this place, because I don't. It's just that it's dirty, as others have said, the food is barely just ok (I think the veggies and the fries they use are frozen), and the service is barely passable. (but to be fair, I think they've laid off employees)
Come here if you're drunk and it's 2AM; you won't notice the above noted things. If you do, get the chow mein; it's some of the best around (the crispy noodles kind).
A generous 1-star.
Other than a last-resort spot to go after a night of clubbing with asian people, this place sucks.
The last time I came here, a cockroach fell from the ceiling onto my plate (which I was nearly done with). A waiter saw all of this happen and smiled at me as he picked up my used napkin and crushed it between his fingers. He kept his smile while cleaning off my table and didn't say anything. After mentioning it, he called over his manager who offered 10% off my 8 dollar meal.
Really? 80 cents off and a cockroach for dessert? I know there are bugs everywhere but I prefer not to see them during my meal.
I usually go there during quiet hours (e.g. 10:30am on weekdays), as it doesn't have tons of people, so the service is pretty good. On weekdays, after 11am, try out their lunch special (they are in different menu, you might need to ask the server). For $7.00 (actually is about $6.xx), you get a bowl of soup plus the main course (they have about 7-8 items on the menu for you to pick one). The portion is in good size as well.
Also, check out the Dim Sum. My friend and I both like the giant Shrimp Dumpling as the Shrimp is so chewy.
Eh, I'll be honest.
This is NOT my style! If you walk into a Chinese spot and you see Spaghetti on the menu, Houston, you've got a fucking problem. And what's worse, is the best time to eat here is late at night; well, that'd be all good and fine except you can rest assured that you will likely be a witness in an attempted murder trial if you go on a Friday or Saturday night. There are usually a whole bunch of wannabe Asian Pop singer looking guys who think they are tough; and find solace in beating the snot out of each other here after the clubs get out.
Keep in mind, Purple Dot is used to this kind of thing, and it is not uncommon for them to turn off their outside lights and lock the doors in the event of a royal fumble outside. But, it is quite the safety issue. When I go here, I make it a point to call the biggest friends I've got to roll with me. Lucky for me most of them are either security staff at clubs or professional fighters- so I'm pretty well covered. But I do bring in the cavalry to say the least!
The food here is mediocre at best, but there is a drink here that is non-alcoholic that is AMAZING, it's called "magic ocean"... And is AWESOME! I would try to guess what's in it, but I would fail miserably. My guess is whoever came up with this drink had a degree in chemistry.
So try your luck if you want to, but come armed; the theme for the night will be Magic Ocean's and Brass Knuckles!
Rating is based on the Lunch Dim Sum that I had today.
OMG YUM! Terrific ingredients (uses of herbs and spices in the shrimp dumplings were extraordinary). Not greasy and very flavorful dim sum items.
We even special ordered the beef tendons. SOOOOOOOO NOM. I can eat 2 plates of this by myself.
It's clean and has modern decore. The staff is very friendly and speaks English, Cantonese and Mandarin. I will definitely go back!
So I came here about 2 months ago on a late night, and I thought the food was horrible. I had some noodle thing with duck. The duck meat wasn't really duck meat, it was basically just duck bone. The noodles had no flavor at all. And all this for 6 bucks or whatever. I should have gone to Jack in the Box.
So about 2 weeks ago, friends wanted to come here for another late night snack. I was a little hesitant, but decided to go anyway. I ordered some lo fun noodles and dumplings. The dumplings were OK, but the noodles were kind of hard to swallow. They gave me this sauce for the noodles that was basically hoisin sauce. So all I could taste was the sauce and nothing else.
As for service, we didn't really get any. Wow they refilled our waters, big deal. And one of the servers originally gave me someone else's food, and I was like, "No that's not mine." And he looked at me like I was an idiot.
I'm NEVER coming back here.
FIVE STARS!
YES that's what I said FIVE STARS!
Is it the quality? The service? The authenticity?
NOPE, NONE OF THE ABOVE.
It's the experience!
Around 2 am on Friday and Saturday nights, dozens and dozens of sloppy drunk people lacking the good sense to call it a night CONVERGE at this one spot. After witnessing a scene in which a very angry (and probably very drunk) female sucker-punched a guy square in the face, I knew this was a place of legend.
You know that Garth Brooks song, "I got friends in low places"? Well were Garth Brooks an alcoholic Asian American from Seattle, he'd totally be talking about the Purple Dot. Only instead of drowning your blues away with whiskey and beer, make it tea and noodles. (and yeah, it's cheap)
This spot is a great place if you want to see a fight. Food is bad, service sucks, and the food ... I've had better. They over load there salt and pepper squid with alot of MSG .
And for someone to ratethis a 5star, you are out of your mind. This place is GHETTO
I have been here a few times and each time I went the quality went from decent, to eh...OK, to bad. I don't know why some people rate Purple Dot so highly...I mean the food doesn't even taste that good unless you consider salt and MSG good. (And if that is you...oh I feel SO bad for you and your past food experiences.)
The menu has your typical Asian food...I do say Asian because they advertise dishes other than just Chinese on their menu. Items ranging from Won Ton Noodle Soup to Pork Cutlet with Spaghetti. While you might not think Pork Cutlet with Spaghetti is Asian...well, you will if you ever eat it here. Yes...I said Asian.
The first time I went I ordered a noodle soup dish and it was salty and had way TOO much MSG. Noodles were not cooked correctly but it was OK...but I could have thought it was decent because I was mildly drunk.
The 2nd time I went I was with my sister who is a vegetarian. We asked if the tofu was vegetarian and the waitress said yes. As my sister took a bite we found it was stuffed with shrimp?!?!?!
The 3rd and final time I went for dim sum. I got there late and there was a sad selection of mildly warm food. The cart came once and we only got 1 order of shumai as that was the only thing that looked OK. One bite and we found that it was cold...we asked them to reheat it and it came back less than a minute later boiling hot...because they freakin microwaved it. No...don't go through the trouble of getting me a fresh one or telling me I have to wait a few minutes while they re-steam it...no they decided to be lazy and microwave it. Then while waiting for another cart to pass the waitress comes by and curtly states, "Are you done now?" Sure...I only came to your restaurant to eat one dish of dim sum.
Purple Dot I gave you 3 chances and you failed miserably. Luckily it would appear there are plenty of people who like your horrible food so you won't miss me at all.
Federal Way has better implementations of the late-night Asian cafe thing, but Purple Dot's the best I've been to in Seattle. The ambiance is pretty damn good but none of the savory stuff I've had has been worthwhile, and likewise for the desserts. The drinks are good, though.
I must rate it only on drinks, as it's the only reason I go. Get a cold lemon water or a hot lemon honey and talk loudly with your friends and be happy. Go next door for anything that requires chewing.
I have been here for dim sum a couple times. It is adequate. Sometimes a little cold, and usually pretty greasy, chopped full of MSG and salt, but enough choices and quick service to get you full and out the door satisfied.
Usually not big on Chinatown's restaurants, but Puprle Dot's one of the few exceptions.
There are a few regular items I always get. Their pork & preserved egg congee is my favorite in the Pacific Northwest. "8 treasures seafood hot pot" is a must have everytime. They also make the best Hong Kong style Cajun chicken wings in town. for dessert, try the Mint 7 tea, pretty sweet stuff.
But it's the atmosphere that sets it apart from the rest of Chinatown's restaurants. No other restaurant in the Seattle Area is more lively at 3AM than it is at 7PM on weekend nights. This is the place to enjoy the company of all the drunken club goers after the Seattle clubs close around 2AM. It also offers instant relief for the guys who had a disappointing night at the dance floor, with some yummy, greasy chinese food, hot tea, and good company.
GEH. TOE. It is 4:15am and just got home. Visiting Seattle, partied it up and explored for a packed late night food place. We sat down and was able to order quickly.
CHAIRS STARTED FLYING. Plates and silverware being thrown. All out fight.
I gave them 1 stars because of the ONE salt-and-pepper (MSG) chicken wing I grabbed as we quickly evacuated the restaraunt. It was fresh, hot and tasty.
1 star for the cops who showed up promptly after the altercation.
I would have given them more stars if I was able to swipe more of the MSG chicken to-go. Damn. I was hungry too. And yes, the fight was over a girl.
"Not real food, it's just not real!"
Not sure why people eat here. The service is the worst you will find anywhere, and the food is mild at its best.
Good luck getting a fill up on water, heck, you'll be even lucky to get your food before it is cold.
The most redeeming thing on the menu is the Malay fried rice with an egg on top. Other than that, it's more often a miss than hit with anything else on the menu.
I never thought being open till 2a.m. was a defining factor in whether a restaurant was good or not.
The smokers in front, and sometimes the smoker inside, lack of street parking and homeless folk out front all provide for a wonderful experience.
Sorry club kids this place isn't good, it's not even remotely good. You'd have a better chance of food and some service at Honey Court across the street.
I went here on Thanksgiving day and got stuck into some dim sum. it was pretty tasty and SUPER cheap.
Food was good- we were the only white people in the place and that's generally a good sign for authenticity.
Not sure if I'll be back in hurry though- there are lots of others nearby to try,
For late night food Purple Dot might hit the spot. For lunch however, it's a different story. If you want something other than dim sum be prepared to wait. We were seated immediately but it took a while to get menus and then even longer for someone to take our order. Then there was the wait for food. Then for the bill. It shouldn't take an hour and half for lunch.
The food itself itself was okay. Nothing to write home about for sure. I had one of the soups and it was very bland. No one seemed that impressed by the food or the service. There are many other better lunch places in the ID.
I don't know about quality but it's a definitely a great place to go with big groups, late at night. Of course, a lot of times when you go at night, you will see people who are still tipsy or drunk.
I still remember a time when I saw a crazy scene outside Purple Dot one night... a barefoot Asian girl wearing hoochie clothes was carrying a hugeeee chunk of broken concrete. I was wondering what she was doing til I saw her lift it a little higher then in slow motion, chucked it at the windshield of a nice BMW. OUCH! The bastard must've cheated on her hahaha - she ran off with her friends as a cop came driving to the scene.
The crazy things that happen in/near Purple Dot at night...
Bahn was set on showing me the JJs of Seattle.
I realized why Bahn called Purple Dot the "JJ's of Seattle", instead of calling JJs the "Purple Dot of LA".
To paraphrase Lloyd Bentson:
"Purple Dot, I was served with JJs. I knew JJs. JJs was like a friend of mine. And Purple Dot, you are no JJs."
This place just doesn't feel right. The fob waiters don't even act all that fobby. There's no hk-tinged English - it's straight up perfect English. And where are the girls and the gangs?
Also, at JJ's on a Saturday night, it's like the massage parlor in rush hour - girls of all types stream in and subconsciously dare you to pick them. At Purple dots, it's like a Marco Polo expedition - people of all types - and they're consciously begging for you to feed them.
Business tip for the wise - Seattle's starving for some better late night options.
I had gotten off late from work and was hungry. But around the downtown area, there are very few places open for a nice sit-down meal that's not in a bar. My partner picked me up from work and we tried to figure out what to eat at 10pm that was good and, most importantly, open.
With the help of Yelp on my iPhone and recalling rumors that there are lots of Chinese restaurants in the ID that are open past bar time, we agreed on Purple Dot. When we found it, we were impressed by the cleanliness of it. It's clean, modern, and has the feel of what I'd always imagined as movie Hong Kong - bright colors, modern tables and chairs...all which looked like Ikea might have thrown up Asian-style.
We were immediately seated and brought hot tea served in plastic tumblers. I wasn't too impressed with the tea. I asked for ice water, but our waiter never returned with any. And when he came back to take our order, he was sans water. We placed our order of General Tso's Chicken (because you can't almost ever go wrong with General Tso's anywhere you go) and the Yang Chow-style Fried Rice. After taking our menus, we waited nothing more than 8 minutes before he brought out our General Tso's. Still no water. And where was my fried rice?? It followed pursuit about 5 minutes later. But no water followed it. So I waved him down and kindly reminded him I had asked for water. He acknowledged. But none came. And by the time we were almost finished, I just decided to screw it and wait to go across the street to Gossip and treat myself to bubble tea.
Now for the food, I was quite satisfied. The GT Chicken was nice and crunchy and the sauce was not overly sweet or spicy. It was good considering my partner doesn't like spicy. And my fried rice was really good as well. Lots of veggies and meat! Just the way I like it! It would've been better if they brought out both of our meals at the same time, but my partner and I have no qualms about sharing each other's meals. So that saved them some of my bitching.
We love the fact that it appeals to a younger crowd and seems much hipper than the other surrounding more traditional-style Chinese restaurants. It was a fun atmosphere and it's nice to know there's other options to late-night nosh rather than Dick's, fast-food drive-thrus, or Denny's. I also did find it odd that you could find items like pork with spaghetti or rice. There were quite a few menu items where you had the option of spaghetti or rice. I'm not sure spaghetti is quite Hong Kong, but somebody has to be ordering it since it's still on the menu (along with clam chowder, burgers, club sandwiches, etc.). Maybe I'll try it next time. And yeah, I'm a little peeved I never got my water. But that fact didn't completely turn me off Purple Dot. It just means that's something they can work on and I can treat myself to a bubble tea across the street anytime it happens. It's definitely worth going again the next time I have to work late or have a late night out with the besties.
Cool late night spot for HK eats. I liked my won ton beef brisket noodle soup and had a taste of the baked spaghetti. Definitely comfort food when you need it. The salt and pepper fried items looked good too.
This review is overdue.
My parents came to town to visit their elusive girl - moi. They wanted Chinese food, so I brought them to the I.D. My dad chose this place for its name. We ordered some dim sum fare. I wanted them to enjoy their food and show them a nice time, but then the one dish that set off the defining experience for us was the shrimp dumplings ("har-gow" for those of you that would like Chinese clarification). One bite of it automatically induced the terribly ill-mannered manuever of oral rejection. The shrimp was spoiled. We informed the owner of this, and she nearly denied it. She took the shrimp dumpling dish away, and there wasn't even a smidgen of apology or humility.
F*ckin digusting! It should be negative 2 stars.
This rat hole gets a "Hell NO!!" 'nuf said.
Um...WTF? The food may have been passable, but the dreadful service made me depise this place. Although I was seated immediately, no one came to take my order for over 25 minutes. THIS IS NOT AN EXAGGERATION. I kept calling people over, who would nod as if they understood and hurry away. I was so pissy by the time I actually ate my meal that there was no way I could enjoy it.
By the way, do NOT order the lychee drink -- it is an artificial, sugary mess.
We came around 11:30 right before the lunch rush hour. I felt good about eating in a place like this when there are Asian people who do not speak English eating the food- to me- that means the food is good!
I was quickly seated. They brought me water and tea soon after I requested it. Dim sum was hot and fresh! We were warned to go early before the good dishes are gone! The ladies serving the food came around with their trays asking and showing the food on their tray. We just picked what we wanted. I thought the wait staff was very nice even though I did not understand some of them:-)
I did ask one staff why the place was called "Purple Dot"- she said the former owner named it purple dot and the current manager kept the name.
Ok the people giving this place 5 stars must be intoxicated. The food is ok, just ok. The service is not ok, it's bad. The prices aren't cheap, either. If you think a can of coke for 2.25 is cheap, then this is the place for you. They bring tea to your table and charge you 1.60 without asking you if ya wanted the tea. The lady @ cash register gave out dirty looks and was unfriendly. Won't be going back anytime soon.
I went there 3 times within a week. ordered from menu one time and two other times were dimsum.
DIMSUM were very delicious. congee taste like MSG in it but not sure.
Yes, they probably do have an attitude. Not because they are rude, that is the way people are in HongKong and many asian cities. They are just fast paced.
Imagine a food truck parked within a building and, of course, open late during the weekend. That's it. Portions are good and flavor-wise I really had no complaint, I guess because I walked in with no expectation. Ambiance is fun too, probably the best part. It's a lively food court with loads of tipsy late night out goers. Me likey!
Food's always great, servers always try to be nice and polite. Dim is delicious and the their menu has a variety to choose from. I like it there but every time I have gone at night it gets a little crazy and there always seem to have a fight in front of the restaurant.
Hey it's chinatown what else do you expect after club hours!
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