Reviews for Purple Dot Cafe in Seattle, WA
Was here 3 years ago and back again for this same dish! Smooth steamed eggs with clams. May not be on the paper menu. If you... like bitter gourd they have it. Like dim sum they have them. Oh and their pea vines are divine! Simply sautéed with garlic. Read more
Service is sub-par, but manager and waitresses try their best. This was supposed to be a fatty beef hotpot ??? but it did not... have fatty beef nor did it taste like hotpot, it did not taste very good, nor did it look appetizing. We replaced it with thechicken hotpot which was slightly better. The Mongolian beef was good. My experience might be tainted after the bad healthinspection lead to a closure, inside feels clean and yet I cannot really trust the kitchen cleanliness. I prefer HK Bistro nextdoor but the line here was shorter. Read more
I have been going here for what seems like forever, but is probably the better part of 18 yrs. This is hands down one of the... best in the area. Food is always the star here with everything from Dim Sum to fresh seafood, and American Chinese dishes . Price is very fair for what you you get, and for the downtown Seattle area . Read more
Everything we try here exceeds our expectations. We went in blind and did not regret a thing. The wonton noodle soup was great,... beef chow-fun was great (a little bit oily), sui mai (a must get) was awesome, shrimp hakaws were great, salted egg custard werenot too sweet. Would highly recommend, especially at 10pm since the restaurant opens until 1am Read more
Tried some dimsum in Seattle Chinatown. This was one of the restaurants that was not packed on am Easter Sunday. Wanted to order... more but did not have the appetite. Service is ok and the food I ordered was above average. Read more
Outside looks dated, inside is clean and well maintained. The service was fast and dim sum was delicious. Ordered Pork & shrimp... shui mai, Sticky rice in lotus wrap, Five spice taro dumpling, Pan fried radish cake, Deep fried shrimp dumpling, Pan friedshrimp bun with chives, and Malaysia sponge cake. Read more
The food was excellent and the service was okay. The inside of the restaurant looked a lot better than the outside. I would... have given them a 5? but the menu's prices were lower than the actual prices. Each dish was. $1-2 more than the menu prices andthey didn't tell us until we asked why the amounts on the bill were different than the menu. They said that their prices havechanged. That's deceptive pricing. They should have at least warned us or changed amounts on the menu. They also automaticallycharged us an 18% tip for a group of 4. You need to check your bill so you don't double tip them. I did love the garlic salt &pepper chicken wings. I would have loved them even more at $8.95 price rather than 10.95. The beef chow fun with gravy was alsogood and it was also a nice size portion. The ginger beef and the sweet sour chicken were small portions though. Read more
Tried a couple dimsum plates for lunch and it was amazing. The shumai were bigger than other places and so delicious! Love the... tea they serve too. Read more