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| - Chinese restaurants/dim sum houses have their own criteria: expect noise, hustle, and brusque but timely service. Even then, Omei was downright bitter. Came here on a Saturday night for Grandma's 90th birthday, 13 people (including kids), and went hard-in-the-paint with lobster served 3 ways, shark-fin soup, abalone, and 5 kinds of dessert. Lobster was good (steamed with garlic, and another, sprinkled with garlic and spicy bits). Mango mochi brought the house down. AND YET...
While the food was premium, everything else was not. We were seated in a cramped corner (not atypical), but instead of serving out the food for each guest, the servers threw down the communal dishes and left us to fend for ourselves. "Pass the fish, please" becomes a war zone for 13 people stacked together like dominoes; I can't count the number of times I almost got a chopstick in the eye. By the end, I had my plate on my lap and was eating off of it as with street food. I'm surprised my grandma made it to and from the bathroom alive.
Other highlights: dirty dishes stacked throught the meal; servers clean up your utensils while you're still eating; and responses to "can you get more toothpicks please" include "can't you see those in front of you?". Meanwhile, the bill came to $100 per person and had service charges included in it as well.
Note the lack of photos because it was impossible to even wield a phone at my table. Overpriced food, disastrous environment....this was one bitter, bitter meal. While Omei's daytime dim sum may be a-okay, save yourself the family disputes, heartache, etc. that can result from throwing a celebratory dinner here. (Yes, parents refused to look each other in the eye the day after.)
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