海记Hometown Kitchen — Restaurant in San Leandro

I don't know why this shows up as a Thai restaurant when I did a cuisine search nearby. The owners are Cantonese Chinese, so are the waitress and staff. I think they inherited this old restaurant from the previous establishment, which used to be Thai, as seen from the old signage on the wall that clearly says Thai cuisine and they are covering it up with posters. The New Management tries their best to disguise themselves as a Thai restaurant or some sort of authentic South Asian cuisine but in reality they are anything but... and I think this is hurting them. They should just remove all the quasi Thai stuff from the menu and go full Cantonese.

I ordered their tom yum and their signature beef organ noodles (in reality it's just cubes of beef briskets, commonly seen in Cantonese dishes). I was so lost looking at their menu for 10 minutes due to the reason above and gave up and just asked their staff what they would recommend and what their signature dish was. I ordered what they recommended, and I'm whelmed. Not overwhelmed or underwhelmed, they are just ok. You get way better stir fry flavors from a real Cantonese wok place that doesn't have their fusion branding holding them back. The prices are so so, not as affordable as some claimed. The noodles were $17. The tom yum $15.

The service was ok... They have the QR code for scanning to order at each table but they don't really use it they just bring the physical menu to you the moment you sit down. Interior is cozy but has the worst kind of kitschy Chinese tiktok decor style that infested most Chinese restaurants these days. Of course that's a personal opinion. Over all the experiences quite average and somewhat confused. I won't be...

2 table come 5 mins after me they decided to served them first also when we came in no come come over offered us water or anything. Food is mediocre service is just awful. Same price I rather go to other pho place. Just...

This place is NOT Thai Food. Low grade Chinese food at best. The seafood noodles smelled and tasted really bad. Pricy for what you get also. Sorry, but i suggest you...