Yue Hai Restaurant — Restaurant in Hacienda Heights

Pleasure Ocean offers traditional Cantonese seafood and dim sum in a pleasant atmosphere.

Their dim sum selection is extensive and includes both traditional favorites as well as several items that are not commonly found in other restaurants or are unique to them. Unfortunately this visit, a few items that seemed interesting were lined out on the order form and were unavailable. That said, the dishes we ordered were excellent across the board. Among the traditional items that are really well done: char siu bao (steamed and baked), pork with black bean sauce, pork blood with green onion, roast pork (on the expensive side but absolutely worth it), baked pork buns, choy sum, coconut and black rice pastry, egg tarts, and more. To begin with, the quality of the pork and other meats is readily apparent; the BBQ pork used in the char siu bao and other dishes is neither too sweet nor salty. The roast pork, while more expensive compared to elsewhere, is equally well done with a nice, crunchy skin and good balance of meat and fat. The plating shows they take pride in their meat. The dough in their dim sum is among the lightest I've ever eaten in any Cantonese restaurant. We ordered over ten dishes and while we did pack a few to take home, we did not leave the restaurant feeling heavy and bloated.

Service is very good and staff are fairly easy to get hold of. Granted it gets a little hectic during peak times on a weekend, but still we did not encounter any issue when we needed service. As said earlier, prices are a little higher here, particularly when ordering certain dishes. However, the overall quality of the food, the ingredients, plus a nice somewhat luxurious atmosphere make...

Unlike many of the dim sum restaurants I'm accustomed to, this one doesn't have the carts going around. The menu has everything you want to eat and it comes with description & pictures for everything.

So, like many of my lunches with my boyfriend's family, his Mom always puts us in good hands by ordering nearly one of everything. The only items I was really looking forward to eat were the steamed shrimp in rice rolls, chicken feet and Chinese broccoli. Those are typically my staples every time I eat dim sum. You just gotta have them!

On the table: 2 orders of steamed shrimp in rice rolls, chicken feet, Peking duck, duck lettuce wraps, braised spare ribs, 2 orders of shumai, crispy taro dumpling, Chinese broccoli, 2 orders of hargow and 3 orders of mango pudding.

I was pleasantly surprised by how the duck was prepared. They presented all the crackling skin to be wrapped in a bao with scallions and hoisin sauce, and then the rest of the meat was made into a stir fry for lettuce wraps. A new experience for me and it was really good.

The only downfall of this restaurant was lack of service. We asked for water three times and tea wasn't promptly refilled either. It was really hard to flag someone down to so his mom basically yelled at them to get their attention. Food overall was average and nothing spectacular stood out besides the duck. If I had my choice, I'd rather go to Seafood Village for dim sum. At least the wait...

Went here on the strong suggestion of a friend. We were seated immediately but had to figure out their ordering system on our own. Once we figured it out we ordered only 1 of each dish desired. We ordered 7 dishes. When we recieved 2 servings of the same thing we had to argue with someone. Once they realized their error they adjusted the bill. When the final bill arrived there was a total of 8 charges. When we finally got someone's attention to question the unknown 8th charge we were told it was for hot tea which we did not have. Again they reluctantly removed it only to explain that in "Chinese restaurants like this" it's a standard charge for setting the table. They set the table with tea cups just like one would set their own table with glasses. So they tried to charge us for taking them away when they removed the fourth setting that was unnecessary. WON'T EVER GO BACK. Being Chinese I grew up spending many years in Chinatown and have never encountered being charged for a tea cup that went unused. Tea is the customary tea with dim sum but not everyone drinks it. They tried to receive to get paid for something that wasn't provided but it didn't work. If you choose to go check your bill very...