Locals line the streets early for a seat at this Chinatown dim sum emporium. Ocean Seafood redefines lively: Waiters swirl around the 400-seat dining room with carts of Cantonese delicacies, while aquariums filled with nautical delights of all types line the walls. Though dim sum options are too numerous to count, favorites include incredible lobster rolls, shrimp dumplings, bell peppers stuffed with squid, and shrimp sautéed with honey-glazed walnuts. Dinnertime offers more traditional table service. Begin with shark’s fin soup or deep fried scallops with bacon. Fresh seafood — take a look around if you need a reminder of just how fresh — is the main attraction here. Pan-fried lobster, steamed live fish, and braised abalone with black mushrooms will leave you stuffed to the gills.
Full bar. Serving during breakfast (from 9 am weekdays, 8 am weekends), lunch and dinner hours daily.
Zagat 2011: 21 food rating (very good to excellent)
“One of Old Chinatown's premier seafood houses, with a dim sum lunch some say is the best in town.”
— Los Angeles magazine
Locals line the streets early for a seat at this Chinatown dim sum emporium. Ocean Seafood redefines lively: Waiters swirl around the 400-seat dining room with carts of Cantonese delicacies, while aquariums filled with nautical delights of all types line the walls. Though dim sum options are too numerous to count, favorites include incredible lobster rolls, shrimp dumplings, bell peppers stuffed with squid, and shrimp sautéed with honey-glazed walnuts. Dinnertime offers more traditional table service. Begin with shark’s fin soup or deep fried scallops with bacon. Fresh seafood — take a look around if you need a reminder of just how fresh — is the main attraction here. Pan-fried lobster, steamed live fish, and braised abalone with black mushrooms will leave you stuffed to the gills.
Full bar. Serving during breakfast (from 9 am weekdays, 8 am weekends), lunch and dinner hours daily.
Zagat 2011: 21 food rating (very good to excellent)
“One of Old Chinatown's premier seafood houses, with a dim sum lunch some say is the best in town.”
— Los Angeles magazine