Yee's Restaurant

We were on our way back to Hong Kong which is our hometown and dropped by this canteen before on boarding the 14 hrs long flight. We were thrilled at the taste of the food we ordered, esp soy sauce chicken and beef noodle soup. The waiter was patient in serving us, incl adding hot water to our teapot many times, don't forget hot tea is not free elsewhere. They accepted credit card, with a fee of $2 which the waiter kindly reduced to $1 and accepted tips of less than 10%. The canteen enhanced our general impressions towards Chinatown in San Francisco.

This place reminded me of Hong Kong, no service quality but have good food. I think their roast is pretty good, the portion is so generous that you will get two meals out of one plate. Don't expect it to be very clean and nice service like those fancy chinese restaurants, look at the pricing they are charging! But it is difficult to come here during lunch time because they took 30 mins to serve a dish, we had to rush to finish our food and get back to work. Their roast is cheaper than 99 ranch, fresher and leaner which I really like.

This might be the best restaurant I’ve ever been to. I went here and was immensely satisfied with my experience. I walked in here and was seated right away at a table for two near the kitchen. It was a little busy when I got here, but most of the crowd cleared out while I was waiting for my food. Since it was busy when I got here, it took a few minutes to be given a menu. This restaurant has a large menu, with things like noodles, duck, and pigeon. I came here because I wanted to try one of the ducks that was hanging in the restaurant’s front window. However, I ended up getting the roast pigeon instead because I wanted to give pigeon a try. A waiter walked up to me and directly asked me what I wanted to order, not asking how my day was going or if there was anything I wanted to ask him about, which was awesome because I prefer this type of service. While I was waiting for my roast pigeon, my waiter gave me a complementary teapot and two cups since I was with another person. The tea tasted pretty good, but it was hot so I didn’t drink it until it cooled down. After waiting for a moderate amount of time my food came. The person I was with got some noodles for $9, and the bowl they were in was large enough to feed two people. My pigeon cost $13, and it was an entire pigeon, bones and head still intact. It tasted great and it had a nice amount of sauce. While I was eating it the skin peeled away from the meat, which was surprisingly tasty. I used a fork to break the pigeon’s head, which still had its brain and eyeballs inside. The brain was actually pretty tasty, but I didn’t like the eyeballs that much because they had the same texture as gummy bears, which I don’t like that much. This pigeon was kind of large, but I finished the entire thing because it was that good. Once I was done, I left the restaurant, immensely satisfied with my experience. I gave this restaurant five stars because it has amazing food at a reasonable price for San Francisco, and I received great service.

The family was exploring SF Chinatown and ended up choosing Yee's Restaurant for dinner. The menu was your typical HK style Chinese Restaurants, price was average compared to the other restaurants in the area. The server was nice and accommodating with our toddlers. The food tasted great but it was very greasy (lots of oil left on the empty plates). They only accept Cash as far as I know.

I know I cannot expect good service at a Chinese restaurant but the gentleman who was serving could not figure out a way to get roasted duck over fried rice because... kitchen is the kitchen and the roasted meats are at the meat counter and they cannot work together. This is the most inflexible Chinese restaurant I've ever ordered from. Food was sufficient but the atmosphere was nothing to write home about, actually pretty busy and the restaurant looks like it's been around for at least half a century with not much cleaning. Their budget meals aren't bad but I think they can do much better when there's lots of competition nearby. I'd recommend it if you'd like a cheap Chinese duck with rice to fill your stomach but I don't see any other reason to visit.