Pacific Lighthouse

I tried a lot if dim sum places in the bay area, but Pacific lighthouse is outstanding. Dim sum is bigger and taste is amazing. Very friendly atmosphere. Also important to notice, this place has good air inside, whereas most of oriental restaurants has that musty smell. I highly recommend to try it. By the way, dimsum here is bigger than in SF places, also price is lower.

We did not eat anything. Dietary restrictions: The is restaurant does not do gluten-free. The wait staff did not understand the meaning of gluten free, even when translated to their language. They recommended several dishes that had “just a little bit of gluten.” Maybe the food is good, but it would not have worked for me.

Love their Dim Sum and loved eating on the water right next to the estuary! Really loved their dim sum order menu. It shows a photo and name of each dim sum you can order! First time I’ve known the names of what I ordered!

This was our first time here for dinner service on Chinese New Year Eve. It was quite an uncomfortable experience. I wonder if it’s because my family and I are not native Mandarin or Cantonese speaking. My party of 6 adults and 1 baby were not greeted upon entering the restaurant, so we decided to take a seat at an unreserved window table. Upon seeing us after we were clearly settled in, we were asked to move to an undesirable table although we were one of only 3 parties in the entire establishment. Thankfully we did not have to. After the host and servers finally realized we were here for dinner, we only received the banquet menu ($600+, 10 course set meal per table), which is obviously way too much food for our party. We had to ask two different employees before we were able to get a standard dinner menu. After ordering, the meal service went smoothly enough. The servers and host assigned to our table were kind enough. Unfortunately we ended on a sour note as the cashier visibly threw her head back and rolled her eyes as we asked for an itemized receipt for our dinner (isn’t this standard?). Pros: standard banquet hall style food, lots of seating, easy parking Cons: some employees’ attitudes can really dampen what was supposed to be a good time, which IMO is more important than the food on certain occasions.

Should never have carpet in a restaurant, desperately needs to be removed- it's beyond cleaning. You order by filling in an order menu sheet yourself. Somehow they managed to miss about 4 dishes we picked (all small plates). So we got about 75% of what we ordered. Turned out it was enough food anyways, so we didn't bother to say anything and just made sure we were only charged for what we got.

Alright dimsum place, pretty alright food quality, scenery, etc. Would recommend to someone in the bay area. Parking: Free parking lot, easy to find parking. Kid-friendliness: It is kid friendly.