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It's popular indeed and we had to wait for about 15 minutes outside as we try to get seats from the outdoor sitting. We ended up going to their second floor dinning.Here's some observations while they were serving outside. I did see some (maybe one) of the dim-sum trays uncovered as they walk from kitchen, cross the sidewalk, and walk towards the street dining area, which was covered. Majority though had another top tray covering the food. So, maybe that was just one odd incident and it was one of those fried balls with no cover that I saw exposed. We finally were send inside and took the elevator to go to the second floor. At one point, the lady was going to set up a table BY THE ELEVATOR and told us to wait and she will set up a table for us. Hmmmm. Eventually after five minutes, no tables or chairs, and we weresent upstairs for a more comfortable way of dining.I've been a dim-sum consumer all my adult life. Almost like a Sunday go to after church. Hence, I'm a very experienced dim-sum consumer and have personal insight to share.Service is always fast-paced when you go for sum dim-sum. LoL! Maybe because of Covid restrictions, they only have three carts roaming and the rest, you mark on the menu and they bring it over. There were no clear explanations when we sat down, I just found a pen and tons of this colored menu. Then we ask, ahhhhh.. I was right.We marked our orders, gave the paper menu and it all arrived together. Fun times!Why I gave them a three star rating: The shrimp was not cooked well. The wrapping was not as fresh as I would like it. Folks, I had better ones where I can tell the difference. To me, it was too pricey too. It was $5.98 for three pieces of dumplings where some house would price it at $3.75 for the exact same items.It's good, but there are tons of dim-sum restaurants to choose from. I'd probably not come back to this place once I travel to NYC for some dim-sum solely because I want to explore more in Chinatown.

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Going on Sunday morning we expected a wait but the system they used made the process hectic. We got there and asked for a table for 6. They said the wait is 20 mins and we said okay. After 20 minutes we asked them how long the wait would be... 20 more minutes. After we finally got a table the food was pretty good. We were served some RAW shrimp har gow. So that was pretty disappointing.

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