Maxim's Palace — Restaurant in Kowloon

This place is famous, so expect a huge queue. We didn’t know there was one and just went in and waited about an hour. It shows how popular it is. There’s an app called Gulu that lets you order your queue number online and save time.

Once you’re in, ordering wasn’t easy. The QR menu didn’t have photos of the food or descriptions, so it was hard to decide what to order. We realized that we could order directly from the trolleys, which was much easier.

If we come back next time, we’ll try ordering from the trolleys again and make better choices. It wasn’t a great first experience, but it did give us a truly local experience.

The food was okay, but the steamed dumplings with the conpoy in the soup were the best. The service wasn’t cheap, though. We spent around $150. If you’re planning to visit this place with a toddler or infant, I recommend trying...

To be honest, I'm a fan of Chinese food particular the traditional style which this is the perfect example of it. If you're visiting Hong Kong, Maxim Palace is the place to go. You can taste good quality food and experience the tradition first hand. Don't get me wrong, it's a fancy chinese restaurant. Just the food don't need to be ordered by a menu, you can just sit in and wait for trolley of food pushed and...

Food is general, but lot of choice on dim sum. The restaurant is large, able to handle lot of customers during lunch and dinner, even ready for banquet. Just like another other Chinese restaurants, it's noisy and packed. Interesting that the staffs will still using their trolly to sell the dim sum around the restaurant. Price here is reasonable, and be expected to queue...