Hong Kong Saigon Seafood Harbor Restaurant

Saigon's food is highly recommended. But their services are rude.

If you are looking for a good dim sum place, you can try Hong Kong Saigon Seafood.

Saigon just opened couple months ago. I was told it was initially in Berkeley. The original one got burned out. So, the owner decided to move the new Saigon to South bay. South bay has had some dim sum places already. However, since South bay is quite diverse, people like to try different cuisines, a new dim sum place can always find a niche on any competitive market.

Totof and I have been there three times. We always felt very satisfied with their dim sums. However, if you have not been there and you want to give it a try, then you need to be prepared. Their services are rude and you may feel uncomfortable. Some waitresses would just force you to get some plates. If you refused, you would see a very nasty look. I hate going to a place with rude services. Don't know how other people feel. But I think a dinning place without good services like Saigon will fade away soon. Saigon indeed provides better quality dim sums. However, if Saigon does not improve their services, customers will walk away to another dim sum place if there is a comparable rival coming.

Little delight

Unlike other dim sum places, you can always have fresh and warm dim sums any time you walk in. We got some seafood based dim sums. Shrimp dumplings, scallop dumplings, shrimp with pork dumplings, Shrimp rice ball. All of them were excellent. We ordered Turnip cake since Navaline and I like it very much. Unlike other places, the Turnip cake at Saigon is made of real Turnip. Not the flour. The pan friend chive bum was tasty and juicy. We had the shrimp with wide noodle wrapper too. The sauce was fantastic. We did not know what Saigon put in dim sums. They must have some secrets in making them. So, with similar looking, their dim sums were 2 times tasty than others.

We ordered Sesame balls as dessert. I normally do not like sweet dim sums. But this time, the sesame balls totally blew me away. Others agreed with me, this sesame ball was much better than those from other dim sum places.

Saigon can be more successful if its staff respects customers more. I like food there. However, the services hold me back sometimes.

Location: 1135 N. Lawrence Expressway, Sunnyvale, CA