Da Fu Seafood Cuisine

My mom likes to have dim sum with her siblings on weekdays, and since my son's doctor is on the east side and he was scheduled for his four month checkup, I decided to join her.

Restaurant: Da Fu Seafood Cuisine
Location: Milliken
Meal: Brunch
Day: Thursday
Son's Age: 17 weeks

I feel the need to note that the restaurant is actually called 大福, so technically the phonetic spelling should be "da fuk". Just putting that out there.

Accessibility: ⭐️⭐️
The good news is that this restaurant has a parking lot, so it's not necessary to bring a stroller in. I brought my son in his car seat and put him on a chair.

That is about as far as the good news goes. The washroom does not have a change table, not is there enough counter space to change a baby if necessary.

There are two stalls, one of which is wheelchair accessible, so I was hopeful that there would be a change table in there, but this was not the case. If my son had needed a diaper change, I probably would have had to take him outside.

Service: ⭐️
I admit, I crashed the party late. My mom and uncle had already ordered before I arrived because I was invited last minute and needed time to get there. They had only ordered a handful of dishes, and once I got there, we quickly put an order in for more food. In dim sum restaurants where you order your food (versus the ones with carts), they usually leave a copy of your order at the table and mark off whatever had been served. When we ordered more, the server picked up the paper with the original order and walked away without bringing back another copy. After an inexplicably long wait, we inquired about the next round of dishes and our concerns were dismissed, because obviously the food was on its way. We had to ask a few times before one dish was finally served. The next one didn't come until we were about to cancel it since we were running short on time - I was taking my son to a doctor's appointment afterward. They proceeded to present the final bill, removing any opportunity to order any more dishes - not that we would have, but I would have preferred to have had the option. As far as dim sum restaurants go, the service here was extremely poor.

Food: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Despite the slow service, I must admit I have an unreasonable love for dim sum. The food here was quite tasty - not the best dim sum ever, mind you, but I was happy with the food. As I mentioned earlier, my family had already started without me.

They had ordered Chinese beef balls, beef cheung fun, sticky rice, and egg tarts. Even though the food had been sitting for a bit, everything still tasted good. We then ordered siu mai and pork ribs.

The siu mai came out piping hot. I wouldn't say they were worth the wait but they were delicious. I did not get a picture of the pork ribs since they arrived at the very end and I was getting ready to leave. I'm so glad I got to have some though - they were so good!

Overall: ⭐️⭐️½
As far as dim sum goes, the food meets expectations, but does not outweigh problems with accessibility and service. I have never had such slow service for dim sum, and it's not particularly convenient to bring a baby here.