Lake Pavilion
“First off, I have to admit that I was not happy when I heard this place was being converted to a Chinese restaurant when it used to be Palace Diner back when I was a Flushing resident.”
“If you go with a large group they give you multiple tea pots and come often to change your plates.”
“My only minor critique is that the dishes of fried rice and longevity noodles (yee mein) were too small to serve a table of 14 people.”
Lake Pavilion
Takes Reservations: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Has TV: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Caters: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
8 reviews
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Man, Flushing is the CHINA in New York.
The moment when I walked in, I knew the dim sum here was going be delicious! This place is packed with Cantonese, and the decoration as well as serving method is the authentic traditional style. No matter you are alone or in groups, those moving carts loaded with various warm and tasty dim sum will definitely serve you well.
One more tip before you go: don't forget to order some authentic Chinese tea. That's the way to do it!
The only thing is the waiting line might scare some people off. Might need to wait for quite a few minutes to be seated if you hit the peak hours.
Came here for a family birthday. Chinese banquet style. Mainly seafood centric but most of the dishes were pretty great. The cold cantaloupe lobster salad with mayo was a great start. Followed by a generous abalone and bok choy dish. The sweet and sour crispy shrimp was a unique change from the traditional steamed sea bass. And the crispy dungeness crab, while messy, was totally worth it.
The crispy shrimp was forgettable as was the e-fu noodles. The fried tofu, seafood soup, and crispy chicken were standard. The fried rice was ok, although it includes raisins, just an FYI.
Overall a great banquet option for those who want more seafood centric meals. Will definitely come back again to try more of the menu.
My family pretty much exclusively goes here for dim sum and the occasional family dinner to avoid the traffic mess that is Main Street. Pretty decent food. Nothing to complain or write home about. I do enjoy the stuffed spicy green peppers which apparently aren't a staple at every dim sum place. Sometimes they're spicy and sometimes they're not – it's like playing Russian roulette.
We had one bad dinner experience a couple years ago. We ordered fish and they even brought the live fish to show us and then our order never came. I think they accidentally served it to someone else. When we finally got our fish it was a noticeably smaller one.
Usually come here for dim sum and it's always packed but the wait's totally worth it! The food here is delicious! I've been here for dinner as well on my birthday and everything was prepared to my liking. Definitely will be coming back 🙂
Wow what a difference the food was this time! So much that I'm only going to do a review on the food.
My family and I came here for a pre Mother's Day dinner. Out of all the food we ordered, our favorites were the shell steak that came with waffle fries and the golden fried rice. The steak was really tender and flavorful. And the au jus was so good I poured it on everything. I don't normally like steak, but this was just so good!! Unfortunately, the waffle fries were cold and tasted stale. The fried rice was really fluffy, the golden raisins added sweetness against the salty shaved cured eggs. And sliced broccoli stems added great crunch.
The service was unfortunately non existent. No one came to change our plates or portion the fried rice for the guest, like most Chinese restaurants do. I personally don't mind, but if I have to tip, I'd like some kind of service. Even after they brought us our bill, they forgot to take our empty places and bring us our complimentary desserts until we mentioned it.
The place was recommended by my aunt, which food was decent. There was a lot of the people, so I assumed the food has to be good since all the locals eat here. The food for my taste was too sweet, but if the majority likes the taste who am I to singularly dislike it. For a dim sum place it was crowded, loud and noisy and if that is not your scene, don't come. However, what made me rated this establishment this low was the sanitation… Yes, yes, I know eating dim sum, sanitation is not the first thing you will think about….maybe dead last for me.
Unfortunately, it was a situation I witnessed. I was in the restroom washing up for round two of dim sum, until I saw a fleek of waiters and employees who were moving the carts coming out of the bathroom stalls going to straight out the door, without washing their hands. Some of the employees just wet their hands, well I guess that's better, but I was extremely appalled by this experience. I dare not said anything to the table I sitting since my aunt ordered a plethora of dim sum. In the end was no round 2, just game over……Well, what doesn't kill you, makes you stronger.
Love it here. The dim sum is better than heart of flushing and traffic is not as crazy. The dim sum is always fresh and tasty. Dinner here is also delicious. The only down side is the parking lot can get crazy so I normally look for street parking.
According to the thesaurus, there are 43 synonyms for ok. You can add Lake Pavilion to the list because for traditional Chinese cuisine in a banquet setting, Lake Pavilion was acceptable, average, common, fair, moderate, okay, standard, adequate, all right, copacetic, decent, fairish, goodish, and hunky-dory.
My wife and I joined a few friends from China for dinner at Lake Pavilion. Luckily, the food didn't distract from the conversation and stories. We started with some Hot & Sour Soup and then a stream of items to share including Steamed Whole Fish, Chinese White Broccoli, Beef Steak and Waffle Fries, and Fried Rice. Sweet Red Bean Dessert Soup and Fresh Orange Slices closed the meal, but not the banter.
Lake Pavilion is about a mile from the Flushing train station if you are walking, but the large (and packed) parking lot makes it a convenient choice next to the highway. Service was like the food: a-ok, but uninterested and tired after what must of been a long day at work.
Ok is A-OK. I'd go back to Lake Pavilion when in need of a Chinese restaurant for a feast with family and friends that is passable, peachy keen, sufficient, tolerable, unexceptional, unobjectionable, yet generally up to snuff.