Yumcha is a favorite way of eating and sharing Chinese cuisine. Imperial Palace is a great way to enjoy a Sunday brunch with friends and family with large tables and plenty of space.
There are plentiful dishes to choose from and the staff even comes around with carts like you find in China. The food is delicious and make sure you order tea as it is a must.
It was pretty good. The shrimp dumplings were plentiful, and the rice noodle rolls were tasty. The service was attentive too.
My daughter was wanting chinese food for dinner so we thought we'd try this place. We didn't have a booking but they were more than happy to accommodate our table of 4. We bought sweet and sour pork, chicken with cashews, spring rolls and vegetarian delight fried egg noodles. All the meals were very fresh and tasty. The spring rolls were cold in the middle and they could not have been more apologetic...replacing them and providing us with free drinks. They checked our food was fine and if we would like more drinks a couple of times. Very attentive, obliging and friendly we will be back.
No rush, order what you want, receive some pretty good service as far as yum cha places go. Food was all pretty good, though a tad salty today on their har gow.
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Dimsum: The wait here in general isn't as long as many others, quality 4/5. Selection isn't as impressive as some others, but still with sufficient options for an enjoyable dimsum session. The dimsum doesn't come around a trolley service and you order using a form after arriving at the table, so it's less fun but more efficient. We visited most recently on mother's day 2023 around 12pm, ie peak timing, the wait was only 30 minutes for a table, our order was taken within a minute of our form being ready, and started coming out within 10 minutes - very decent performance on a busy day. Of the 8 dishes we wanted, they were sold out of one ordered dish (baked BBQ buns), and had one further dish marked as unavailable on the menu (durian pastry). One dish arrived incomplete ( no peanut mix sauce for the rice roll with dough sticks and prawns). They had correctly removed the unavailable order from the bill without any following up from us. Parking can be difficult. Overall, would recommend, one of our go tos in East Auckland.
Very nice food, good service and friendly staff. Definitely go back again.
The food was very nice.. easy to order. The food comes in 5 to 10mins. I the lady gave us 10% discount.. very nice
The food was great at Imperial Palace. We were a group of 12 of us and they took our order and within 10 minutes our food was served. Everything was fantastic, fried squid, dimsum, etc etc, however the chicken feet was quite tough to eat and not falling off the bone as in some other places. Other than that the service was great.
Normally come here for yum cha. It gets quite busy so parking is hard to get. I aim to get there before 11.30am on a Sunday to be sure to get parking and a table without booking. Have come here at night as well and the food is decent. Menu has plenty of options.
Really good customer service. Slightly on the expensive side for the quantity, but quality was worth it. Meals came out fast for a busy Saturday night.
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Imperial Palace is an odd place. The architect was high when he drew its plans, wasted spaces and funky corners. That being said, the food is stupendous. The staff is friendly, but you could see they where weary as our party of 7 was non-asian. Everyone else seated was asian, and apparently all having feasts. That is usually a good sign your gonna get served authentic fare.
I've tried many Chinese places all over Auckland, and this is the only place where you can feel a unique sense of pride infused in the delicately crafted dishes. The seafood was clearly fresh, and the balance in the sauces all had a unique zing.
For example, the stir-fried shrimp with garlic and chilly, that every single chinese restaurant apparently has to have in its menu was unique. For starters the shrimp where peeled. The finely sliced garlic covering the shrimp was toasted to a light brown crisp, with a touch of sauted scallions and other spices. This made the classic dish refreshingly new.
Anyhoot, in my book this place is top of my short list for Authentic chinese in Auckland.
Tommorrow I'm trying their Yam Tcha.
A very amazing Yumcha place! We had to order everything vs the trolley coming around but helped us find some goodies.
Great for new people intro into Yumcha, would recommend the crepe cake!
Can't complain especially when getting treated to a free banquet for a friends and family event. It was an extreme amount of food for our party and in general was all pretty good, some dishes definitely better than others (peking duck was great but tofu soup smelled like a clean port-a-loo for some reason?). Definitely well suited for large parties for either dinner or group dancing and such too. Plenty of parking and may even have had parking security.
Haven't been here for yum cha for a while now, so was pleasantly surprised with how you have to order from a menu, rather than wait for the trolley. It used to always run out of food before it got around. Most of the savoury dishes were delicious, but I would have to say I was disappointed with the sweet ones, which were bland in flavour.
Went here for several times. It's always packed so better book first.
Try the prawn toast (the best one), and the dumplings are great as well.
Apparently the beef tripe and chicken feet were just average for me.
Came here as it is a yum cha place that is opened to 3pm. Service was nice. Food was hot and fresh. Still prefer other places like yacht in Avondale (cheaper) or enjoy inn (closer to home).
A few years ago it was the best, then 1 year it sucked, then just recently it was better, still not the best. Overall not disappointed.
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