Yank Sing (Spear St.) — Restaurant in San Francisco

[Concept] This place is an interesting concept. As soon as you get seated, you'll be surrounded by a barrage of trolleys carried by servers to keep dumplings at your table. I was slightly confused and overwhelmed at first because I started to think it was a buffet style (someone else on my table thought they were serving first few dishes complimentary). It's only later we understood that they'll keep bringing and you can 'choose' if you want it or not (because you're going to be paying for it later!), plus you can also order from the menu if your dish doesn't get served. So they could do a better job at explaining this to newbies!

[Service] The servers sometimes seemed pushy to keep things at your table initially even before explaining what it was. Now what was funny was after about thirty minutes, all servers with trolleys disappear - probably because they're surrounding the newer tables. And we ended up ordering then from the menu which would take really long to come. So what seemed like a fast service originally, died down quickly. It almost made us believe that they have a strategy to capitalize on the hungry people on new tables to quickly empty their carts as soon as they get seated!!!

[Price] Anyway, we were a party of 7 and are bill was enormous! So yeah fairly pricey compared to other SF places too. A box of dumplings with three to four in quantity would cost about 8-10USD before tax.

[Food] For vegetarians, limited dumplings options as you'd expect. There's three types of veg dumplings - curry, pea shoots, mushroom. And there's some other dishes with peas and tofu. My favorite was curry dumplings, which on the menu is named as something like a 'veg dumpling' - it's yellow colored and must try! We ordered a lot of repeats of this.

Overall, I give this place 3/5 for high prices, confusing service times, and even after you'll eat lots of dumplings, you won't leave this place feeling full like having a...

Yank Sing Restaurant is a popular and award-winning dim sum place located conveniently, a 4 minute walk from the Embarcadero Station and close to the Ferry Building. Restaurant is known as a more upscale dim sum spot in San Francisco. Street parkings and free validated parking available. Note that the parking garage is tiny so beware if you have a large vehicle. Yank Sing is located inside the Rincon Center (part historical art museum, part offices and Post Office). We made time to walk around the lobby area to see the San Francisco history art murals. Yank Sing was situated in the middle of an atrium of an office building. We had lunch reservations for a group of 10 people on Sunday morning around 10am in December. We were seated immediately by the hostess. This dim sum place was chosen primarily for their vegetarian dim sum dishes for some of our group members. The ambiance of the restaurant was the old school banquet style Chinese restaurant. We ordered lot of the familiar dim sum dishes such as , shrimp har now, egg tart, she mai, chicken feet, curry dumplings, scallop dumplings, lotus rice wrap, Xiao long bao, rolled rice , etc. Special items can be ordered via QR code. There were no standout dishes, however, dim sum dishes were piping hot whether from the rolling push cart or from the kitchen with the exception of the cold Chinese broccoli. Waitstaff was efficient, responsive and impersonal. Overall, Yank Sing has decent dim sum dishes but definitely isn’t the best bang for your buck, so expect to pay premium prices for your...

Founded in 1958 with two locations Yang Sik remains family owned today, Vera Chan Waller and husband Nathan continuing a proud heritage began after Vera’s grandparents George and Alice Chan immigrated to San Francisco during the Communist Revolution.

Moved around a bit across 60+ years, the location inside Rincon Center on Spring Street a flagship for locals and tourists since 1999, Christmas Day finds Yang Sik at overflow capacity with a somewhat truncated menu and service barely equipped to serve over a thousand guests.

Normally offering cart-service Dim Sum amidst contemporary confines, the same signature Chili Pepper Sauce created in the 1940s available on every table, Lunch began from the first of several push-carts with traditional Siu Mai plus baked BBQ Pork Buns that are fluffy and full of Meat.

Slow to refill Water or Tea, though the limited Holiday menu stays away from spicier selections, Lotus Leaves filled with Rice, Pork and Mushrooms have a lot to offer while Spring Rolls and fried Shrimp were each fairly bland.

Ordering Noodles via QR Code, this and a few other items made fresh at premium prices, Taro Dumplings were crisp on the outside but undercooked at the center while Potstickers and $3.50 each Dan Tat are no better than those found in Chinatown at...