Emperor's Dimsum & Teahouse — Restaurant in San Juan

Went here on a weekend lunch with family. Food was pretty good. We ordered a lot for sharing, but possibly the only thing that we didn't like much was the chinese tenderloin because it was so chewy.

Service was pretty good as well, staff was attentive and water was regularly topped up. They were also proactive and transferred food into smaller plates as soon as more food arrived.

Ambience wasn't much, The space was an okay size but there weren't any rooms for reservation. You know that the decor needs updating as the area going to the comfort rooms generally looked in chaotic order --- there were stacks of boxes and stuff around meaning there wasn't any proper space to put them out of eyesight.

However, these are pretty much nitpicks as you go here for the food and the food is really great.

Parking is available but limited. Despite the hear, the security guard was pretty proactive with managing customers how to park and was...

Emperor's has always served good food for as long as I have eaten or ordered here, and this remains to be the case when I ate here 2 weeks ago. However, I have 2 major gripes with this restaurant.

The first is the entrance to the restaurant. There seems to be a reflective screen or a mirror that coats the main entrance. I've seen people bump into each other on more than 1 occasion in the many times I've eaten here. I narrowly avoided hitting someone on my way out once last year as well.

The second irritant is the restaurant's lack refusal to use gcash, which in 2024 is quite irritating if you don't bring a lot of cash around and just use gcash or credits cards. So, if you plan to eat here bring cash or card, gcash was not an acceptable mode of payment during my last visit.

Other than that the staff is excellent and the food is as good as it ever was, which...

First, there were about 8 parking slots so parking is not a problem.

Second, food serving was huge and tasted pretty okay👌. The Salted Fish fried rice presented to us was a lot that I asked if that was the small size that I ordered 😂

Asado siopao was filled with fatty cuts so don't order that. I love their Hoisin sauce and their free soup 👌

Everything you see on the photo looks at least 1.5 more or 2x than regular serving in other Chinese restaurants.

The dishes I ordered can easily fill 3 to 4 persons.

I was just craving for dimsum today. Next time, I will order main dishes to try.

Only 3 staff - cook, cashier and waiter were working at a time, 4 including the guard. All very efficient...