Hong Kong Snack House — Restaurant in Richmond

Little hole in the wall Cafe that serves what essentially is asian street food. They have vietnamese sandwiches, Boba drinks, sweet ginger tofu, crepes, egg buble waffle, and some other sweet and savory offerings. You can easily find this shop by following the loud techno/club/dance music they play on the speakers. The workers are really nice and explain what they have to offer and what it is if you don't know. It can get a bit overwhelming if there are lots of people waiting since the menu is so diverse. The entire shop looks like someone just crammed lots of signage and decorations in the tiny space to make it look busier and fuller. I don't even know how the people that work there get behind the counter. Haha.

When we came for a weekend late night snack/dessert run at close to 8:40pm there wasn't too many people but within 5 to 10 minutes more people started to come by to buy stuff. We ordered a crepe that had fresh mango pieces, ice cream and whip cream; a crepe with fresh strawberry pieces, ice cream and whip cream; thai iced tea with Boba; and a warm silken tofu with ginger syrup. The mango crepe was delicious and not too sweet. The strawberry crepe was too sweet since they used strawberry jam while the mango crepe had a drizzle of mango syrup. I couldn't taste the Thai ice tea until we got home and ate something salty to counter all that sweet stuff we ate. I didn't even attempt to try the warm silken tofu since I was eating the crepe and I wouldn't have tasted anything anyways. We will be back to try the other stuff they have. Everything looks delicious.

Update 10/15/23. Came here for a little treat because of my son's birthday. We noticed that they had signs advertising 20th anniversary buy 2 get 1 free deal. Honestly I don't remember them being there for 20 years but whatever... We ordered Thai teas, fish curry balls, and bubble egg waffles. The Thai teas were good, the curry balls were pretty flavorful and firm with a bit of chewiness but I had to take them off the stick in order to coat them in the curry sauce at the bottom of the tray. The waffles were hot with a good vanilla flavor. They were crunchy on the outside with a chewy mochi like interior.

Update 3/9/24. Came here for an after dinner treat and got ourselves some crepes. Super yummy as always and friendly owner. They still have a special buy two get one free deal. We ordered three crepes, and the...

It’s a bad experience to me. In HK, when you order fish ball and HK style egg waffle, the sauces is included without extra cost and the seller knew the HK style very well.

In this shop, you found the price list : HK style egg waffle is 2.45 & fish ball is 1.75 with buy 3 get 1 free. And they also list the sauces for waffle you can pick with no price.

I ordered a HK style egg waffle & 3 stick fish balls , and then , the lady ask if I want add the sauces , we said just normal HK style. The final bill is 11.9 , the food we ordered should be 7.7 , then I asking why so much !? you know what? The lady said it is not HK, all sauces had to be charged!! What? the sauces is costed 4.2 !??? Why not tell in advance!???

I double check all the price list and the Food’ photos show in the shop, it never show the price of the sauces!!! and , the lady do not tell the price when she asking me if need to add any sauces.

The food was prepared, I had to pay . Ok, I’m fool! But, who will ask how much for the ketchup when you order a fries in any restaurants in US? same reason. It’s not make sense! It is a scam for me :(

I don’t mind to pay more for the sauces to make the foods tastes better but not in this way .

The fish ball taste is bad, the waffle is...

I love this little hole in the wall! Everything I've ever gotten here is great, and it's one of the only places I've found that my mom approves of their tofu pudding / tofu "flower".

I can't believe some folks are giving low ratings for rising prices... It's the bay area! Everything's expensive and I'm sure his rent has been going up too. Have some empathy for independent shops! No, I've never thought this place was cheap but boba/bubble waffles aren't cheap anywhere else, especially at the large chain boba places.

Go here. The owner(s) are awesome (I think it's run by a couple - it's the same guy everytime I go) and the food and drinks are great. And the vibe is always right. Last time I went they were playing Cantonese Bon Jovi. Support...