We have not been to Ocean Palace in a few years, and it is a pleasant surprise to see that the place looks great - clean and well organized! We went on a Friday dim sum lunch. We ordered six items, and they were all terrific - cuttlefish with curry, chicken feet, beef tripe ginger, rice roll with bbq pork, fried taro puff, and shrimp pork shu mai. On this day, we placed the order on a piece of paper, and they brought out the dishes. I'm not sure if they have the dim sum carts on the weekend as many places do. Anyhow the food was excellent. We will go back here more often than a few years!
My new favorite dim sum place!! When we arrived, the wait was 1.5 hours and it was worth the wait! I don't even think I got a picture of all the food because it looked so good, I just ate it right away. Service was excellent - prompt, attentive, and polite. The dim sum quality and variety of Ocean Palace is top notch - first place I've been to in Bellaire where the rice rolls actually stay together while I'm eating, they offer my fave pork Xiao buns, everything was so flavorful, but I didn't go into a high sugar food coma immediately after like at some other places I've tied in Bellaire. I will definitely be back.
Their Dim sum was so good and other foods too might be little wait but it totally worth it
Came back here after our disastrous visit at Golden Dimsum. This place never fails to satisfy and impress. Should have gone straight here in the first place. Fast service, delicious food and the place is just well organized in their processing and delivering of orders. Very short wait times while you're seated and the prices are quite reasonable. I miss it already.
We stopped for early lunch on Sunday. They had a 30-minute wait at 1030am. There is no waiting area but they have phone paging. Once we were seated they took our drink order and we were off. Since this was our first visit we observed that there were 3 options to each...Dim Sum cart, expanded Dim Sum menu from kitchen, and regular menu. We actually did all 3 to get what we wanted. The food was overall fairly bland especially the kitchen dishes. We did not eat much of the Beef and Broccoli dish. The noodle dish did not seem as fresh as we expected coming straight from the kitchen. The Dim Sum dishes were tasty. Unlike other reviews that talk about the waterscape outside...yes, it is winter but the ponds had a significant amount of trash floating in the water. Overall, we will pass.
Such a wide variety of dim sum and affordable with quick friendly service. The ambience as well as everyone else around really feeds into the motivation to order and eat more.
A must go to for people who want to try real Chinese food. I suggest getting a reservation for Dim Sum for 10:00-10:30. The dan-tan (egg custard tart) sells out quickly so, order it first.
Great dim sum, atmosphere is nice and clean, just wish there were more carts going around but I guess that's because we went there on a Friday. The dim sum is made to order. Loved the scallop rice rolls ($5.35), tofu pork roll ($4.25), ginseng shrimp dumpling ($8.75). I really wanted to like the panfried turnip cake since I grew up eating it prepared by my grandma and usually the dim sum places I've tried make it quite good, but it was a bit bland for my taste here. If you are not there for the dim sum and are present with a few people in your party, I'd highly recommend the family pack where you can pick 4 dishes for $36! It's SUCH a good deal. My family got the clams with black bean sauce, salt and pepper squid (which I enjoyed), beef and Chinese broccoli, and house special noodle. Not bad for $36. I'd definitely come back, just not on the weekends since I hear you have to wait like an hour for some dim sum.
Very delicious dimsum in town and reasonably priced! Enjoyed their rice noodles the most. Siew mai was also excellent. They also carts of dimsum going around if you feel like having more. It’s my second time here and will definitely be back for more!
I come here EVERY single time I'm in houston. I absolutely hate that changed their hours. I would take away a half a star but I can't. Getting there by 5pm is soooooo hard. The food is consistently amazing and prices are phenomenal. Salt and pepper shrimp, Peking ribs, lobster (black pepper or tamarind), fried noodles with beef, Chinese Broccoli and green beans are just a few of my favorites ???. The menu is extensive so you can't blame me for liking so much. Staff here are very friendly.