Monterey Palace Restaurant, Monterey Park CA

This is a good place to have authentic southern Chinese cooking and they have great BBQ items as well.

Though they're price is not on the economy side but their ingredients are fresh and high qualify. The serving portions for dine in items are generous as well.

They also have Dim Sum as breakfast items. Services are great and attending. Would definitely return to try the other items on the menu the next time.

Good place for family Chinese meals with a large party group. The parking lot is small for the seating size but you can find plenty of parking near by on the streets as well.

Great dimsum. Don’t forget they have 2 lots: 1 in front and 1 in back. Street parking is also widely available. No reason to wait forever for parking!

Dim sum was great! You ordered dim sum on a piece of paper and they'll bring the dim sum to your table. Lunch specials are also great. The only thing is parking, if you get to the restaurant after 12 noon, you need to park your car on a nearby street.

Excellent service. Loved the stuffed eggplant and mixed mushrooms and veggies. Stir fried lamb was ok. Tapioca dessert was nice.

PreCovid this was premium premium going back years. I remembered returning from ski trips at Big Bear or Mountain High and this place is a must stop en route to our west coast home.
Not only do we eat there, we ALWAYS
Ta pao the most delicious salted chicken and roast duck! So this is a birthday dinner for our 21 year old niece. Crab was freshest and steamed perfectly. If you want to impress or indulge this is the place to go to!
This is the spot for our Mother’s Day, birthdays, weddings and treating any overseas visitors. The best!

This place was excellent for many years, went there every other week. This Thursday, first time out for dim sum after COVID, we got served stale almost spoiled dim sum. What a disappointment!
However, dinner is still very good.

Very salty, and that’s speaking as a person who doesn’t really mind salty foods. Condiments like chili/mustard are $1.00, which I’ve never been charged for at comparable dim sum places. Not as good as Five Star Seafood Restaurant dim sum.

Delicious things to order
Chasui rice paper roll huge
Chung phan
Egg tart
They have durian puff is decent.

Food and prices were pretty good. They sat us by the open back door where people were smoking. We had a pregnant person, child, and a newborn at the table. You’ll have to wave down staff if you want help.

Generally, taste well above the average
(the egg tart, however was one of the bests I've ever seen in WA & CA),
and the cost was considerably lower than other similar ones~

Very loud and noisy place during the meal. Very hard to carry conversations. The dim sum is average. But their BBQ porks and roast ducks are famous and excellent. Many people just come here to buy the BBQ porks and the roast ducks.