Wanhoi Yamch'a 云海小聚 — Restaurant in Pahang

Wanhoi Yamch’a is a restaurant catering to Malaysian Cantonese cuisine and located in Sky Avenue, Genting Highlands. Very popular among the locals, specifically Chinese during breakfast for Dim Sum or lunch for the uniquely signature dishes available such as the steamed chicken with goji berries or the deep fried tilapia fish in sweet and sour sauce.

More often than not, queues can be seen during rush hour and wait times may vary depending on the number of patrons seated per table. Service is to your table however, due to the large number of people, staff are noticeably less engaging or personal with customers.

In addition, some weren’t able to understand what we requested from them either. The interior design of the restaurant is a modern, classy, dark theme with chinese accents woven into its details. This makes for a relaxing atmosphere without the glare of bright lights. Tables and chairs are organised for maximum seating and the noise from surrounding tables will drift to yours quite clearly.

The restaurant is a popular visit for its animal shaped dim sum such as the birds in the cage, the swan puffs and the piggy bbq pork buns. We were disappointed with the birds in the cage which we tried, since it only contained two not three as advertised, and they were simply pineapple tarts. The tarts weren’t warm nor the pastry fresh either which personally was a negative.

I’m sure that this isn’t the case all the time though. We also tried the prawn chee cheong fun as well as the dumplings dim sum in spicy sauce. These two were delicious in comparison to the tarts with the flavours dancing on our palates. The dumplings were also thick and their skin not too thick with a generous amount of filling inside. Food portions are not filling and pretty average, certain dishes will not meet your expectations but still worth a visit for the restaurant-specific...

Genting Highland: Wanhoi Yamch‘a 云海小聚 Location: 
SkyAvenue Complex (a huge shopping mall);
 one floor above First World Hotel; one floor below Uniqlo;
 near the cinema, Swenson, 鼎泰丰…

When should you consider having a meal here: when there’s a big group when you like the ambience/environment when you don’t mind the usual busy restaurant noises

Notes/For your reference/info: We (6 of us) had a great brunch at this eatery and our meal included: delicious local dishes, various dim sum items, some dessert and hot/cold drinks. Average cost of a great/heavy meal per person: 
70 ringgit (S$20 per person). Do look at the menu (and food prices) displayed at the entrance. ✔️clean place; nice environment
✔️excellent service staff ✔️in general, you can trust the quality of food ✔️the place is great for group/family meal
✔️opens early, 830 am (do check before visit) ✔️for quality dim sum, some local dishes such as char kway teow

Other remarks: prepare own hand wipes/tissue paper/serviettes food prices are generally ok may not be suitable if u want a quiet place may not be suitable for a slow/relax meal
there are many, many more other eateries in Genting Highland for you to compare...

The food was bad unlike all the reviews and extremely overpriced (almost 60RM for 3 tiny pathetic dishes of dimsum)

Carrot cake was SO BAD. Worst carrot cake I’ve ever eaten. Wanted to order prawn chee cheong fun and they said they didn’t have, only have char siew one, just shows that it’s instant food and not fresh cuz how can a Chinese restaurant not have prawns? And the char siew one wasn’t very good anyway, the sauce is more oil than soy sauce. The siew mai was average, tasted like typical frozen siewmai.

When we asked for more chilli, we were not told that it would be an extra 3rm and they gave us a huge saucer when we only wanted a little more, only to see we are charged for it at the counter. Really ridiculous.

Restaurant was also really noisy from the events outside, not that it was their fault but it just made me...