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| - I struggled with how many stars to give Kwan. Typically I take into account the aspirations of a restaurant and "grade them on the curve". I don't compare the food quality of a high-end expensive seafood house with an all-you-can-eat buffet, for example.
In the case of Kwan, their decor and pricing suggest they want to be at the high end of Asian dim sum restaurants, but given that aspiration, I think they fall short.
While the decor and food quality of Kwan is certainly better than your average 'down and dirty' dim sum place, their pricing, and therefore my expectation, is elevated, and unfortunately, given that expectation, they fail to impress.
Maybe I've been spoiled by visiting places like Dragon Boat and Skyline, but Kwan didn't blow me away, UNTIL I got the bill, with $2 per person tea charge as well as most popular dim sum dishes at $5 or typically $6 dollars, we ended up spending about $38 PER person including tea, tax and tip.
That's about 33% more than we spend at Dragon Boat, for a product that is not nearly as good as Dragon Boat, plus everything is smaller-sized, with smaller portions as well.
The quality is pretty good, but not impressive, the decor is quite nice for a dimsum restaurant, the service is efficient and absolutely fine, parking is equally crowded and problematic, and the prices are much too high, so 3 stars it is - everything is acceptable, but I won't be in any hurry to return.
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