Ocean Star

I will give this place a zero star if I could. The food was not fresh and tested really weird. And I feel like the tea pot is not even washed. Anyway there have a lot of dim sum restaurants around the area. You have so many choose but I don’t recommend this place.

My family and I went to Ocean Star on our first night in Seattle expecting authentic Chinese food. The restaurant had decent reviews. We came in and there was no one at the restaurant and we thought maybe it was later in the evening. One of the tea cup was served had lipstick stains on it. We ordered shrimp fried rice, roasted duck and chow mein with prawn. All the food was so bland and just buttery. It tasted like bland American buffet food and not what I as an Asian person expect Asian restaurants food to be like. They charged us 80% of our bill even though we left the restaurant with full dishes and found a lipstick stain on a cup.

We went for my grandmothers birthday and had a blast. Dim sum is great to share and they also have full size portions of things on the dim sum menu. We should have kept better track of what we got but it all worked out.

Very friendly service and nice atmosphere. Free parking lot with like 20 spaces which is amazing for being in Chinatown! Tons of seating and good for large get togethers or events.

All the food was pretty good and had a standard type of flavor. No big downsides. They have all day dim sum to order along with their other normal dishes. Some items were priced a little higher than normal, but there were some good deals as well. The duck was a fair portion for a fair price ($8.50). It did seem a little old, but it was still yummy. The tripe was somewhat muted in flavor, but we finished it all. Green beans had a nice flavor and a fresh crunch to them. Good portion. Rice was $1.50 per small rice bowl, which might be my only complaint.

They do give you complementary hot tea.

Credit cards are accepted.

We enjoyed a fabulous lunch here, sharing our dishes, and boxing up what we couldn't finish. The portions are huge, colorful, and beautiful. The soup was outstanding and very spicy! Yum!

Fresh taste. Nice quality Dim Sum. Only order by item selection at the moment. The menu has a majority of the items but missing some of the items we like. Overall enjoyed our meal and would come back.

The first time I came here was when I took my grandmother out to lunch (Dim sum) - the moment she told me it was her favorite place, I knew I was going to love it. The second time I came through was with my driver and his large Lincoln Navigator - we tried going to there other restaurants before I remembered Ocean Star has a ginormous parking lot! Who has parking in Chinatown?! Ocean star does. Now I returned for a sounders game and it’s still wonderful. Great food, extremely attentive and helpful staff, and I’ll go ahead and repeat the great food again! I had the Veggie foo Yong (thicker and tastier than others), veggie fried rice (tastier than others veggie FR), and honey walnut prawns.