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Top Island Seafood Restaurant

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Traditional white-tablecloth eatery serving dim sum & Chinese seafood dishes in a roomy space. People often mention dishes, restaurant, good, Chinese, table, dish, service, people,


Address

740 Valley Blvd, Alhambra, CA 91801

Contact

(626) 300-9898

Price rating

$$ $$

Rating on Google Maps

4.00 (947 reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Friday: 9 AM to 2:30 PM, 5 to 10 PM
  • Saturday: 9 AM to 3 PM, 5 to 10 PM
  • Sunday: 9 AM to 3 PM, 5 to 9:30 PM
  • Monday: 9 AM to 2:30 PM, 5 to 9:30 PM
  • Tuesday: 9 AM to 2:30 PM, 5 to 9:30 PM
  • Wednesday: 9 AM to 2:30 PM, 5 to 9:30 PM
  • Thursday: 9 AM to 2:30 PM, 5 to 9:30 PM

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  • 4/5 JohnB 0. 4 years ago on Google
    We had dinner here on Christmas Eve. We ordered 3 dishes. They were: Yang Chow fried rice, Pork chop with Peking sauce and Walnut mayonnaise shrimp. All 3 dishes were very good. The fried rice dish may have been the best. The food was better than I thought it would be. The place is ok from the outside, but actually much nicer inside. These big Chinese places are not known for their attentive service and this place was no exception. It was sometimes difficult to find our waiter. Yet the waiter's food suggestions were excellent. The food is very good and the atmosphere nice. I would come back again. Portion sizes were also generous.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 regis k. 3 years ago on Google
    Update: Opened for indoor dining today. We were one of the first ones to patron this restaurant. The restaurant has taken all COVID-19 measures to ensure the safety of their customers. I felt safe to dine here. The waiters seemed to be eager to please their customers and we got very good services from them. Foods came out very fast. We ordered our dim sum and the they came out in less than 5 minutes. This restaurant had mediocre dim sum as I remember it before the pandemic. Today, the dim sum seemed to be outstanding. I think they have changed their dim dim chefs. The steam BBQ pork buns were exceptionally tasty with the fluffy buns. I also like their egg tarts which offered flaky crust and soft egg custard fillings. The best one we had today should be their Chinese sponge cake. Besides dim sum, the restaurant also offered lunch special dishes which included all my favorite Chinese foods such as Kang boa chicken, sweet and sour pork, string beans with minced pork and more. The prices were very reasonable ranging from $7 to $10. I understand they also open for dinner indoor dining. We will be back to try their dinner dishes soon. “End of the update” Good value food. Typical Cantonese restaurant with good dim sums and ok banquet dishes. Typically we come here for dim sum. This time, we had our early CHINESE New Year celebration banquet here. There are a few dishes on special promotions. For the Crab and lobster, you can a dish of one of these seafoods for $6 a pound if you spend over certain amount in the restaurant. The crab is very tasty with garlic in steam. All other dishes are the usual Cantonese style. For banquet, you will get a good value out of this restaurant.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Allo C. 4 years ago on Google
    One of the best authentic dim sum in Los Angeles area. Located in Alhambra 28 minutes away from downtown LA. Prices are affordable and they usually a long line during weekend. It's combination of authentic Chinese and Taiwanese food. From steamed chicken feet to toffu dessert they have it all.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Willahelm W. 1 year ago on Google
    One of my favorite places for dimsum. I've been coming here since I was in high school. The place hasn't changed a bit. Still the same taste. They do tend to be a little pushy with dishes that doesn't sell well though which is why I give it a 3 star for the service. Other than that, I love the place. I recommend the steamed pork ribs, chicken feet, shrimp dumplings and egg tarts.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Moe A. 1 year ago on Google
    First off, I went to this place with an open mind. My wife and I had past by many times and always wanted to give it a chance. Yesterday morning, my wife, son and I decided to finally give it a chance. When we first walked in, we were seated right away, which was pleasant. But after that, it was a negative experience. Our server, a middle age man never came to our table to clear our table whenever we finished a dish. If you are familiar with dim sum, whenever you finish a dish, it is always cleared from your table. At first, I thought maybe they did it different here, but noticed that all the other tables were cleared when a customer finished, leaving room for more to be served. Also, we always had to flag a worker down whenever we needed more food to eat. A couple of times, we were ignored. I hate to say this, but I know it was because we were discriminated. We are a Mexican/American family, and everyone there were Asian, mostly Chinese. I am not one who finds humor in putting any business down, but it wasn't a pleasant experience at all. I will never eat here again. If you don't believe me, and are not Asian, give it a chance and see for yourself. You will be treated with such disrespect.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 kal v. 1 year ago on Google
    If there's a 'zero' star, this is it, very unhappy service people. Felt like we're begging for food there. Good Chinese friends recommended this place so my wife and I stopped by on our half-way home from a long road-trip for Dim Sum today. Disappointed at the services there and felt discriminated against non-Chinese speaking folks. Big boss, manning the register at the back with an attitude, set us down at the very back corner table (out of site with many carts blocking our table). (1st sign) He simply toss the ordering ticket like it was a dirty napkins onto the table like not wanting us there. (2nd sign) No service cart came for over 10min then finally one showed up but lady left her cart next to our table after being upset. 2nd cart lady didn't want to show us what dishes she had...she got mad at us when we ask to see since we didn't speak Chinese. (3rd sign) I asked the young waiter, who don't speak much English, for a rice dish since no more cart came. He brought the 'big boss'...big boss was upset and ask rudely..."What do you want?!" So, I request him for the rice dish but decide to get it as take out since I lost my appetite at this point. I noticed the workers were upset but I didn't expect the big boss to be so rude also. This is what I called "First and last time" place. >> To Top Seafood Island Restaurant: If you don't want my money...there's many places that does... I'm not Chinese but I'm Asian also.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Master-D 1 year ago on Google
    One of my favorite Chinese seafood restaurants. The king crab, lobster and steamed fish are to die for. They are fresh from the tank. Food is delicious and service is great. Be sure to ask for the chef special dessert. The special clam and geo-duck stir fry with snow peas is another to-die-for item. Dim sum is tasty and available until late afternoon. Nice restaurant for wedding banquets, birthday parties or other events.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Charlie M. 2 years ago on Google
    Food was good, came out quick, we ordered 8 dishes, forgot to take pics for other dishes, great service, restroom 🚻 was clean, not crowded (3 other groups) roughly 10-15 ppl

  • 5/5 Karl A. 8 months ago on Google
    My gf's family has been going here for years and I've only experienced this place pretty recently. I've been living in the south bay all my life thinking that any dim sum there was good. This place is on anther level. It is legit. Can't go wrong. Go eat here now for good authentic dim sum!

  • 5/5 Avo C. 5 months ago on Google
    So crowded on the weekends, it’s a huge restaurant though so waiting for a table wasn’t so bad. 2 people table wait was really fast but unfortunately we got sat next to where they clear plates so it was loud and smelly. Good dimsums: tripe in the gravy, shuimai, rice rolls, chicken feet were not bad Not worth getting was the pineapple chaoshao bun because it was so dense and the chaoshao was really fat.

  • 5/5 Matthew G. 11 months ago on Google
    The food is great, the service is also pretty quick, the ambiance is nice. It seems most people have come for the dim sum, we came for dinner and would definitely come back for those dishes (the baked pork chops with Peking style sauce & the Yee-Fu noodles were standouts). This restaurant is a classic Chinese restaurant, I would recommend!

  • 5/5 Claribel G. 9 months ago on Google
    Super delicious...if you want the real deal this is the place to go. Authentic.

  • 5/5 Chan C. 1 year ago on Google
    Ate here Saturday with 7 others. Great value for the food and venue.

  • 4/5 Raymond C. 1 year ago on Google
    Delicious yum cha! It was packed today, of course, Thanksgiving. Don't usually pay attention to the prices here, but 2 people for dim sum cost $77! Not sure I'd there was a Thanksgiving surcharge...

  • 3/5 May Y. 1 year ago on Google
    Dim Sum is good but it is lack of variety dessert. Mainly this restaurant has more salty food than sweet stuff. Today's dim sums either are too salty and too fishy. The fried toro dumplings are so fishy that I couldn't eat them. Shrimp and chives dumplings are salty. The char siu bao which the filling tastes dry n not juicy.

  • 5/5 Joshua Caleb D. 4 years ago on Google
    Come here with larger groups so you can order a variety of different dim sum options and try them all. My group ordered the go-to selections - hagao, shumai, etc. Dimsum is delicious, nevertheless pretty standard as you'd find anywhere. The venue is nice and was packed with people, and we had to wait 20-30 min to be seated since we came at peak lunch hour. I'd say it was worth the wait, because we ended up only spending $80 for 6 adults!

  • 4/5 Sunshine 2 years ago on Google
    Food was great just miss the food carts. DON'T like how they have a check list as a menu. I am sure when covid is over the food carts will comeback.

  • 4/5 Kate 2 years ago on Google
    Went for a dinner with friends around 7pm... No waiting.. Dishes are tasty and hot . 🔥Love it!! Every dish is all in party size so it's good for to-go, but not cheap!! Will come back for their Lobster dishes next time!!! 😋 🦞🦞🦞

  • 5/5 jicghd 1 month ago on Google • 2 reviews New
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Amenities


  • Parking
    • ✓️ Free parking lot
    • ✓️ Plenty of parking
  • Payments
    • ✓️ Debit cards
    • ✓️ Credit cards
    • ✓️ NFC mobile payments
  • Offerings
    • ✓️ Beer
    • ✓️ Wine
    • ✓️ Alcohol
    • ✓️ Comfort food
    • ✓️ Small plates
    • ✓️ Late-night food
  • Popular for
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Breakfast
  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible toilet
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible seating
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible car park
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible entrance
  • Dining options
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Brunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Dessert
    • ✓️ Seating
    • ✓️ Catering
    • ✓️ Breakfast
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Dine-in
    • ✓️ Delivery
    • ✓️ Takeaway

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