King Valley Tea House - Pinole

The food simply amazingly very authentic! If I go back to visit in August, I'll go through the city next time.

This must be Pinole's hidden jewel, because I've lived my whole life here and never saw this place. Today was my first time looking for a new Chinese restaurant on Google Maps. This place is expensive, I won't lie. I was a big shock when I saw my check after I had eaten a few plates from her little car. They're going around and offering you food. It was very authentic and a nice restaurant, but if you are like me, not to follow how much food you can grab it quickly stack it. If you asked me if it was worth it, though I would say yes. Portions are good, lots of taste and even the tea had still tea leaves inside (real good) I would definitely recommend it to her dumplings.

This place has great dim sum. This place still has the carts so you can see the food paraded around. Other places have started requiring you to place orders. The staff is very nice and accommodating. When we didn't see something on the carts, we were able to quickly get their attention and they brought it out. They have a large parking lot that's almost always full because they share it with other places, but it won't be too long before you find a spot on the street.

Ordered takeout dim sum on a Sunday morning. There was a steady stream of people waiting for takeout orders. Food was good, especially given the price. We ordered using the online system but lady said that they don't use it! So had to wait another 20 mins for them to fulfill our order. Lady was not sympathetic. The online order was actually sitting at their fax machine. I think it would be great if they used the online system since it's much easier to order dim sum, especially trying to accommodate requests for a family order. It's also easier to see the total charges. If not a full online ordering system, consider just a list to select items from so that people can have a full list before calling. We usually go to the restaurant at Ranch 99 but saw that this one has an online ordering system.

A good place for lunch. The dim sum is made fresh daily and is better than most tea houses in the SF area. I had lunch there about 8 times in the last two months and the food was always good.