Peony Seafood Restaurant

Peony Seafood Restaurant reviews from people who’ve dined at this restaurant. Based on recent rating.

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   Grace

   San Francisco5 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on April 27, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Peony is a great OG choice for dim sum in Oakland's Chinatown. There's an underground parking garage in the complex so it makes for easy parking, and access to the restaurant. Parking fees and overall ease to find parking were typical of a metropolitan city, in my opinion. When we arrived the restaurant, we were greeted by staff and promptly seated at our table. Ordering was a breeze through a QR code. In addition, staff also walked around with trays of various dishes that you could order right then and there. Service was attentive without being overly so, or fussy. Peony offers a number of typical, traditional dim sum plates, but also has a variety of creative, new dishes too. Best of both worlds. We will be back!
   

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   Alissa

   San Francisco1 review

   1.0

   Dined on April 26, 2025

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 4

   My sister and I bring our brother here to eat every time he visits from out of town. This was the worst service we have experienced. We will not be returning. We were here 30 min and the hostess continued to seat other people ahead of us. She said no room for party of 3 but then they seated multiple 3 parties. My sister went and complained in Chinese. She said the other people had Open Table so seated quicker. I used the Open Table app and did a reservation and went back to her (because sister needed to calm down lol). I returned my ticket and Open Table to seat me. She was shocked. Asked me which one to use. I said whichever gets me seated we have been here a long time. She said but now all the 3 tables are empty. I said they need to make it work. So we were seated quickly Then, they left the servers iPad at our table to look at the menu. But they never came back to take our order. I found a QR code on our table and placed the food order through Open Table. Someone brought our order ticket to our table and it showed everything twice, like a duplicate order. So we had to tell them to fix that. She seemed annoyed that we used the QR code to order. We ordered 5 items. It took 30 min to get first 2 items. Another 30 min for the next 2 items, and never received our 5th item, even after asking multiple people. We ended up cancelling our 5th item and was another 20 min to get our bill. Food was delicious. Would have ordered more if we thought we would actually receive it. We left hungry, so we ended up going to another restaurant afterwards. This was disappointing, especially as a returning customer, with out-of-town visitors.
   

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   Rosanne

   San Francisco13 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on March 31, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Great place for dining with a group. Food is delicious and good value.
   

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   Vicki VIP

   San Francisco54 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on March 26, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   Seven neighbors ventured over to Oakland for a delicious dim sum lunch. We enjoyed sharing a wide variety of plates and especially liked the calamari, green beans and adorable pig egg custard dessert.
   

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   Sue VIP

   San Francisco123 reviews

   4.0

   Dined on February 9, 2025

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   Delicious dim sum. Everyone is very nice who works there. Great experience. Can’t wait to go back.
   

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   Pamela VIP

   San Francisco2 reviews

   4.0

   Dined on January 27, 2025

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 3

   Celebrated Lunar New Years with my family and had a wonderful dinner. We found plenty of dishes for everyone's palate and food sensitivities. The fave dish was the peking duck. Only issue - wish the restaurant was warmer. It was COLD. That aside, it was a great meal.
   

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   Dale

   New York City21 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on January 23, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 5

   Lunch dim sum was outstanding. Best I’ve ever had with many unusual offerings. Just be prepared to pay a premium for this outstanding food.
   

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   Sunni

   San Francisco2 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on January 2, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Would definitely return. Wonderful ambience and selection.
   

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   Patricia VIP

   San Francisco31 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on December 22, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Great experience. Delicious food and professional service. Will be back soon!
   

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    Richard

    San Francisco22 reviews

    5.0

    Dined on December 20, 2024

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5

    Excellent authentic taste on Dim Sum, offers more selections of unusual Dim Sum than even popular dim sums in Oakland Chinatown, service very prompt. Atmosphere very clean
    

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