Authentic Cantonese food, you don't have to go to NYC anymore.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Shrimp Stuffed Eggplant, Beef Balls, Beef Chow Fun, Salted Fish Chicken & Eggplant in Casserole, King Crab, Pork Chop with Peking Sauce, Hot & Sour Soup, Egg Drop Soup, Sauteed Silver Anchovy, Steamed Flounder, Sticky Rice, Seafood with Wasabi Rice Noodle, Chicken Feet with Black Bean Sauce, Walnut Shrimp, Razor Clams, Steamed BBQ Pork Bun, Turnip Cake, Steamed Dungeness Crab w Sticky in XO Sauce
Christine Michell
The restaurant was beautiful, I meet a gentleman named Jimmy, we talked about the king crabs in the water tank! There was a blue king crab live which I’ve never seen before! Jimmy, explain to me about all the other shellfish and fish that was in their tank. I’m diffidently celebrating my birthday here! So, serving was wonderful!!! But!!’ The food was outstanding! I can’t wait to go again and before my birthday !!! Thanks to jimmy and the wonderful staff. ❤️❤️❤️
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Hpon
Very good authentic Chinese food. Best dimsum by far in the area with a friendly staff. The interior of the restaurant is very nice as well.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Beef Chow Fun, Assorted Dim Sum, Canton Palace Shrimp Dumplings, Chicken Feet with Black Bean Sauce, Steamed BBQ Pork Bun, Garlic Chicken
Florence C.
Stopped here to meet with family. Their dim sum was reminiscent of NYC China Town back in the 90's. Everything was wonderful and fresh!! Can't wait to go back again!
Ashok kumar karnati
Chinese food for only
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
Henry Chan
The head chef is also the owner of the restaurant, so the quality of food is good and authentic Cantonese cuisine. The service is great. Years ago they expanded from one store to two stores so there’s plenty of tables available. Prices are reasonable.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Assorted Dim Sum, King Crab, Walnut Shrimp, Garlic Chicken
Tony Yang
Food was ok overall, nothing spectacular, but disappointing given the reviews. The beef chow fun was very bland. The Golden Sand Pumpkin Shrimp seemed enticing since it's fried pumpkin and shrimp in a salted egg yolk batter, but it was just ok as well. The snow pea sprout was good however.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Liuli Chen
Authentic food and good service.One minor issue is the wait-list is unorganized so you may be seated after someone came later than you. But the line is short so there isn't much difference.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Assorted Dim Sum
Ronni S.
We having been coming to Canton Palace for years. Their dim sum is consistently delicious. We ate here at 1:30 pm on a Sunday so we luckily missed the lunchtime crowd. Everything was hot and flavorful, such as pork su mai, turnip cake and tripe.
Dan M.
This was a large location with lots of tables and a large menu. They had lots of intriguing choices along with "American options" too. The service was not bad, and the food came out in a timely manner. For appetizers, the soup dumplings ($7.95), scallion pancake ($7.95), and assorted dim sum ($18.95) was ordered. There were four soup dumplings to an order, and they were the best dish of the night. The dumpling had a nice texture while the filing comprised of pork and soup was tremendous. The scallion pancake was solid. Some pieces were a little tougher than I would have liked, but the flavor was there. I would have liked to have seen better consistency on the texture. It did go nicely with the sauce that was present. The assorted dim sum had a few different options such as shumai and other types of dumplings. All of these were very solid. They were filled with shrimp I believe. Some also had greens present. I would have liked to see more variety, but they all tasted good. For an entrée, the crispy seafood roll ($16.95) and shredded pork with Chinese greens ($17.95) were ordered. The seafood roll was mistakenly ordered as the waiter came back asking if that was what I ordered after taking our order and I knowingly just said yes not knowing I went with another item so unfortunately that was my mistake and I suffered. The roll was okay at best. It was just fried with a variety of seafood stuffed inside. It also came with a Japanese mayonnaise I believe. The pork was not that great either. It did not have a ton of flavor. The greens were the best part of the dish, but that was not saying much. Would I go back? Probably.
I just have a beautiful celebration party here. The room is nice and big and the food is delicious. The servers are awesome and I definitely recommend this restaurant to everyone.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Beef Chow Fun, Dry Scallops Crab Meat & Fried Rice, Assorted Dim Sum, King Crab, Hot & Sour Soup, Soup Dumpling Dim Sum, Peking Duck, Fried Fish, Shrimp Dumplings
Steven Kolln
Authentic dim sum experience! What a nice treat, I had no idea this was in Somerville!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Huey T.
I always stop by here for some good Chinese food. Very authentic taste. However, I find it a bit pricey per person.. as prices goes up every year.
How restaurants change over time?? We went yesterday to eat with some friends and starting that the waiters can’t seem to understand you, so if you ask for something be certain, as if you ask for an exclamation they will mostly not tell you.Food in past times has been good, but not yesterday, some shrimp in a lobster sauce, tasted like nothing, a pork roasted, no sauce or whatsoever to accompany the dish, just like eating fried chicken of pork.As in general, not a very good experience of a place that has been good before
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 3
Dwight Godwin
Food is quite good here. Definitely more traditional Chinese than American Chinese.Service, not so much. We were a table of 2, out of 3 other tables. Took way to long to place our order and get any kind of follow-up service. At one point I literally had to start waving my arms in the air for 4 minutes before any servers noticed.I would go back, but would not expect good service. The food is worth it
Authentic Cantonese food, you don't have to go to NYC anymore.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Shrimp Stuffed Eggplant, Beef Balls, Beef Chow Fun, Salted Fish Chicken & Eggplant in Casserole, King Crab, Pork Chop with Peking Sauce, Hot & Sour Soup, Egg Drop Soup, Sauteed Silver Anchovy, Steamed Flounder, Sticky Rice, Seafood with Wasabi Rice Noodle, Chicken Feet with Black Bean Sauce, Walnut Shrimp, Razor Clams, Steamed BBQ Pork Bun, Turnip Cake, Steamed Dungeness Crab w Sticky in XO Sauce
The restaurant was beautiful, I meet a gentleman named Jimmy, we talked about the king crabs in the water tank! There was a blue king crab live which I’ve never seen before! Jimmy, explain to me about all the other shellfish and fish that was in their tank. I’m diffidently celebrating my birthday here! So, serving was wonderful!!! But!!’ The food was outstanding! I can’t wait to go again and before my birthday !!! Thanks to jimmy and the wonderful staff. ❤️❤️❤️
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Very good authentic Chinese food. Best dimsum by far in the area with a friendly staff. The interior of the restaurant is very nice as well.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Beef Chow Fun, Assorted Dim Sum, Canton Palace Shrimp Dumplings, Chicken Feet with Black Bean Sauce, Steamed BBQ Pork Bun, Garlic Chicken
Stopped here to meet with family. Their dim sum was reminiscent of NYC China Town back in the 90's. Everything was wonderful and fresh!! Can't wait to go back again!
Chinese food for only
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
The head chef is also the owner of the restaurant, so the quality of food is good and authentic Cantonese cuisine. The service is great. Years ago they expanded from one store to two stores so there’s plenty of tables available. Prices are reasonable.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Assorted Dim Sum, King Crab, Walnut Shrimp, Garlic Chicken
Food was ok overall, nothing spectacular, but disappointing given the reviews. The beef chow fun was very bland. The Golden Sand Pumpkin Shrimp seemed enticing since it's fried pumpkin and shrimp in a salted egg yolk batter, but it was just ok as well. The snow pea sprout was good however.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Authentic food and good service.One minor issue is the wait-list is unorganized so you may be seated after someone came later than you. But the line is short so there isn't much difference.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Assorted Dim Sum
We having been coming to Canton Palace for years. Their dim sum is consistently delicious. We ate here at 1:30 pm on a Sunday so we luckily missed the lunchtime crowd. Everything was hot and flavorful, such as pork su mai, turnip cake and tripe.
This was a large location with lots of tables and a large menu. They had lots of intriguing choices along with "American options" too. The service was not bad, and the food came out in a timely manner. For appetizers, the soup dumplings ($7.95), scallion pancake ($7.95), and assorted dim sum ($18.95) was ordered. There were four soup dumplings to an order, and they were the best dish of the night. The dumpling had a nice texture while the filing comprised of pork and soup was tremendous. The scallion pancake was solid. Some pieces were a little tougher than I would have liked, but the flavor was there. I would have liked to have seen better consistency on the texture. It did go nicely with the sauce that was present. The assorted dim sum had a few different options such as shumai and other types of dumplings. All of these were very solid. They were filled with shrimp I believe. Some also had greens present. I would have liked to see more variety, but they all tasted good. For an entrée, the crispy seafood roll ($16.95) and shredded pork with Chinese greens ($17.95) were ordered. The seafood roll was mistakenly ordered as the waiter came back asking if that was what I ordered after taking our order and I knowingly just said yes not knowing I went with another item so unfortunately that was my mistake and I suffered. The roll was okay at best. It was just fried with a variety of seafood stuffed inside. It also came with a Japanese mayonnaise I believe. The pork was not that great either. It did not have a ton of flavor. The greens were the best part of the dish, but that was not saying much. Would I go back? Probably.
Restaurantji Recommends
I just have a beautiful celebration party here. The room is nice and big and the food is delicious. The servers are awesome and I definitely recommend this restaurant to everyone.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Beef Chow Fun, Dry Scallops Crab Meat & Fried Rice, Assorted Dim Sum, King Crab, Hot & Sour Soup, Soup Dumpling Dim Sum, Peking Duck, Fried Fish, Shrimp Dumplings
Authentic dim sum experience! What a nice treat, I had no idea this was in Somerville!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I always stop by here for some good Chinese food. Very authentic taste. However, I find it a bit pricey per person.. as prices goes up every year.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Beef Chow Fun & Steamed Beef Rice Rolls, Dry Scallops Crab Meat & Fried Rice, Assorted Dim Sum, Shrimp Dumplings
How restaurants change over time?? We went yesterday to eat with some friends and starting that the waiters can’t seem to understand you, so if you ask for something be certain, as if you ask for an exclamation they will mostly not tell you.Food in past times has been good, but not yesterday, some shrimp in a lobster sauce, tasted like nothing, a pork roasted, no sauce or whatsoever to accompany the dish, just like eating fried chicken of pork.As in general, not a very good experience of a place that has been good before
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 3
Food is quite good here. Definitely more traditional Chinese than American Chinese.Service, not so much. We were a table of 2, out of 3 other tables. Took way to long to place our order and get any kind of follow-up service. At one point I literally had to start waving my arms in the air for 4 minutes before any servers noticed.I would go back, but would not expect good service. The food is worth it
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Hot & Sour Soup