Silver House — Restaurant in San Mateo

Every time we get together with families in San Mateo, we tried different kind of food. This time we visit Silver House, the restaurant that my mom used to like very much. It's on the main street, so if you're lucky you find a parking spot in front of the restaurant, if not there're a few spots in the back alley or you have to park on the street some how. The restaurant is clean and simple, it was a Sunday night so there're quite a few people eating. The chef name Wang came and help us because my sister has been coming here quite often. We ordered quite a few dishes, most of them are Cantonese style dishes, the fried eggplants are our favorite, very crispy and tasty, everyone seems to like it very much. I had a craving for Chow Fun and it was excellent too. Every Chinese restaurant I eat, I always tried the Wor Wonton soup, and this place does have good soup with plenty of meats of all kinds, the wontons are tasty, but the bowls they served are too small to hold all the wontons and soup. My nephews love the shrimp crispy chow mein and it's quite good, but the noodles are not crispy throughout but I think that's the way they cook it. The salt and pepper shrimps are crispy and excellent. The Beef with bitter melon is very delicious, not bitter at all, and great sauce. The eggplant hot pot is quite flavorful. The Kung Pow chicken was gone in second due to being to tasty. I didn't get any peanuts at all that I recalled. The price here is quite reasonable and one thing nice is the service, very attentive and fast. We had some leftover to take home for Monday's lunch and chef Wang actually put some more meats for me. Quite surprising. It was a great lunch for me the next day. Every time we want to go to Chinese restaurant in San Mateo, I always request this Silver House from my sister. It's...

Don't be fooled by the looks of this place, I almost left when I came in-- no staff in sight and the place looked unorganized and outdated. Shortly after a man came out from the back with some to go orders and seated my friend and me, took our orders and had the food out within 10 minutes. Ordered the Claypot chicken and the garlic onion beef, veery good, would definitely come back next time I'm in the area... price was a little steep though, $50 for 2 cokes, steamed rice and...

Very rude customer service!!!! The waiter told my mother to get her own dishes from far away. First, they gave us a table and while we were ordering, they moved us because they said the new customers that were coming had a reservation and we did not. The new customers were Asian and we are not. We felt discriminated against from the start. Plus we left from the back going through the kitchen, NOT a good scenery. Make sure you see the kitchen before you eat...