“ Shame on us for stupidly partaking in dim sum or yum cha at this popular and former Michelin-star-awarded Chinese restaurant on Saturday, a typical Chinese Family Day, without making reservations! Our December vacation was quickly ending , and after stuffing ourselves with Taiwanese, Mexican, Spanish, Italian, Thai, Vietnamese, and modern Chinese cuisine, my husband and brother-in-law, who can eat Chinese food seven days a week, convinced me to agree to have dim sum or yum cha at Sea Harbour Seafood Restaurant. Admittedly, I've had Sea Harbour restaurant bookmarked for several years and it didn't take much to "twist my arm" into agreement. I mapped our course and found that it would take us less than half an hour to travel 26 miles. Upon approaching Sea Harbour Seafood Restaurant, we noticed the outdoor walkway lined with people, but we still turned into the crowded parking lot, even though we suggested going elsewhere. However, we lucked out and got into a parking stall that someone had just vacated. We made our way to the restaurant's entrance. We felt like we walked through a gauntlet of hungry and patient customers before reaching the receptionist desk, where we checked in on the waitlist at 11:15 AM. The huge restaurant, with a capacity of nearly 300, looked like it was completely filled, and the staff expertly weaved and bobbed their way through the crowd, taking and delivering food and beverage orders. After waiting 30 minutes, we noticed there didn't seem to be much movement in the wait list even though several tables cleared. I noticed that I could have downloaded their reservation app but found that there wasn't anything available until 1:30 PM. We still maintained our positive outlook as we did see several parties who had checked in before us get seated. We liked their seating wait list and reservation process as we patiently watched the digital display while a female worker called out the wait list numbers by group size and check-in time. We waited slightly over two hours before our number was called, but we felt pity for the groups that had checked in after us. As soon as we were seated, our server, Gina spoke Cantonese, introduced herself, and asked us for a tea selection. I replied with our tea choice (heung pin or jasmine) and asked for glasses of iced water and Tsingtao beers for our group of three. She gave us the order sheet and pictorial menus and scurried to a workstation with our teapot, cups, and glasses of iced water. The menu featured famliar steamed, baked, pan-fried and deep fried dim sum dishes. We would typically order the "four Heavenly kings of dim sum," which are siu mai 燒賣, char siu bao 叉燒包, har gow 蝦餃, and daan tot 蛋撻. However, even though the menu and food photos distracted us, we still got them but enhanced by Sea Harbour restaurant. FOOD: - Jelly Fish Salad with Spicy Sauce -Deep Fried Smelt in Spicy Salt -Sticky Rice with Preserved Meats -Poached Chinese Broccoli with Oyster Sauce -Bean Curd Skin Roll with Seafood in Abalone Sauce -Shrimp Dumplings (har gow) -Pork & Shrimp Dumplings with Truffle Sauce -Ginger Chicken & Pork Bun -Deep Fried Pork Sticky Rice Puff -Assorted Seafood Fried Crispy Noodle Our food and beverage bill came up to nearly $150 with tax and tip but the flavors, varieties, and amount of food that we ordered were well worth the nearly two hour wait. Gina made us feel welcomed and was very attentive without being intrusive. She provided us with service that we're not usually accustomed to at Chinese restaurants in Honolulu, elsewhere on the Mainland, or abroad. We'd gladly return to Sea Harbour Seafood Restaurant, but when we do, I'll make dining reservations. ”

“ Great food They made their own dim sum with delicacy unlike those quick and frozen ones. The quality is still good standard overall, very authentic Cantonese Style. Quick service Despite business, the food comes out very quickly and service is excellent. ”

“ Just for awareness, do not go if you're starving or in a rush. This is a place where you will wait some time, but it's all worth it. Parking may be limited in the parking lot but residential parking is available. Also, you will be happy you parked further after the big meal you have. I went on a Sunday afternoon (12:30pm) with a group of 8 we got seated about 1:40pm. We tried a variety's of dishes. I have to say my top favorite included: long noodle with shrimp, sesame balls, minced pork sautéed green beans, lotus leaf wrap, anything baked in puff pastry, and the pork and shrimp dumplings with truffle on top. They brought out our order steaming hot and looking tasty. The ambience is very pleasing, it's not too loud where no one can chat. I had a great group experience. This is a great place to try with a group of friends or family. Read the menu prior in case anyone has dietary restrictions. ”

“ It's as good as they say. First of all, can we talk about the interior of this restaurant? It is niceeeeee. Fitting for a wedding. Second of all, at 10:30 in the morning, you're not seeing any non-Chinese people here. In fact, the two grandmas next to us brought their own tea mugs because obviously that's the move for some serious dim sum. The dim sum at Sea Harbour is elite. Take for example the pork & shrimp dumpling with truffle sauce ($7.38). It is not only beautiful in presentation, but stupidly good. Who would have thought truffle sauce belonged on a shiu mai? The truffle sauce really enhances the mushroom taste to counterbalance the pork. Whatta combo. Other things we ordered and deeply enjoyed include: -shrimp dumpling ($7.38) -spare ribs in black bean sauce ($6.38) -deep fried pork dumpling ($6.38) -deep fried shrimp spring roll ($7.38) -egg tofu with abalone sauce Honestly, I don't think you can go wrong with anything on the menu. Order all your favorites. If you love LA and dim sum, Sea Harbour is worth the trek. ”

“ We had reservations for my father's birthday and the restaurant made it very special for him. We were a party of 13 and received the most generous service. They were kind and happy to help with anything. The steak and mushroom was my favorite dish. It was savory and seasoned well. We also had salted fish fried rice and beef chow fun that did not make it into the photos but were good too! Seafood was very fresh, they even brought it to the table to make sure these are the items we would like for dinner before. The only down side about our dinner was that it took a very long time for each dish to come out. Our reservation was at 5:30pm and we didn't leave until almost 8:30/9pm. Dessert was delicious, along with our egg custard buns and sponge cake, there is complimentary black bean dessert. ”