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| - Bring your big wallet or have someone with a bigger one pay :) If you can get past the gaudy Hong Kong decor, the food is awesome but dim sum is definitely the better value but if you seek fine Chinese cuisine and for special occasions (birthday, anniversary, etc.) or you want to impress with the banquet then this is the place. We have celebrated banquet functions at all the top tier Chinese restaurants in the city. Lai Wah Heen, Dragon Dynasty, Dynasty Chinese Cuisine and Casa Imperial (big brother to this location). Our family (including wealthy relatives and friends) loves dining out and Chinese cuisine is our specialty. So the good and bad of this type of dining is the owners, hosts, wait staff and even the janitor knows us by name and we don't wait for tables even when it's packed. I think we tip too much :P
For top notch places there are only a few restaurants that truly offer the emperor's meal and this is one. We celebrated my mom's birthday here in May 2010 and for political (family politics) we chose their top menu $1400 per table of 10 (yes, that's not a typo) includes tip and tax but BYOB which unbelievably means pop too.. we're lucky they didn't charge us for water! When it comes to mom we won't go cheap but this was quite over the top. Shark fin soup, abalone, lobster, fish, fancy desserts and all the regular dishes of a 12 course banquet meal. All very nice but I prefer a much simpler production as you can eat well for a month elsewhere. not quite a full 5 stars overall but if you plan to do this type of dining it's near the top.
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