North Beach restaurant serves Cantonese cuisine including seafood, meat and vegetarian lunch and dinner entrees.
(415) 418-7934
1416 Powell St
(Broadway Street)
San Francisco,
CA
94133
37.7976
-122.4101
Neighborhoods: North Beach, Northeast
What People Are Saying About Lichee Garden Restaurant
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Lichee Garden Restaurant
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Lichee Garden has been open since 1980, serving the best Cantonese cuisine in North Beach. Chef Chak Siu brought what he learned in Hong Kong over 20 years ago to San Francisco. Seafood, and other dishes have the taste and style of authentic Cantonese cuisine. A few items served at this restaurant include Appetizers, chicken dishes, seafood dishes, beef and lamb dishes, rice dishes, soups, duck entrees, pork dishes, vegetarian dishes, chow-mein dishes and desserts.
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North Beach restaurant serves Cantonese cuisine including seafood, meat and vegetarian lunch and dinner entrees.
07/25/07
Great dim sum, great price
by carmari73
We wandered off the main drag of Chinatown specifically looking for this place. First, we were the only non Asians in the place, which I take as a sign of authenticity! You sit quickly, and then comes the food... We were hungry, so we didn't pace ourselves like we should have. It's probably best to finish one plate at a time and refuse anything else until you're done with the one plate. That said, we ate and ate and ate... half of what we ate, I couldn't tell you. But it was SO good! We had a steamed dumpling with shrimp, something fried with shrimp, this wonderful barbequed pork baked in a soft bread roll, a dumpling with sesame outside and lotus in the middle, and a few other things. When we left, expected about a $30 bill... it was under $15 for two! Great, authentic food, great service, and it's cheap, too? You HAVE to try it!
- Pros: exellent food at a great price, great service
- Cons: a bit of a language barrier, but who cares!
01/26/07
Average service for Average food
by jenntonic
I was referred to LGarden by a friend who lives in the city - he warned that the food was a slightly more expensive than the "usual" chinatown fare, but i was game since he said the food was "pretty good". Oh, how i was dissapointed by the food and by my friend. The service was average and the place is decorated to cater to "non chinese" speaking customers and they also get friendlier service! the food was brought out on trays instead of carts, the food was lukewarm at best and i practically had to flag someone down to refill my tea! The only positive is that it's not within the "heart" of C-town so the parking is a little easier to find.
- Pros: Parking easier to find than most Chinatown places
- Cons: food was mediocre, service was non existent
12/02/06
Peking Duck and Steamed Black Bass are good!
by foodielover
It's wasn't crowded here for dinner on a Saturday. Being close to the Green Street Mortuary, have been here a couple of times for the post-funeral dinners. What a relief to find a place where it's not noisy and the waiters aren't rushed and have time to wait on you. We didn't encounter any rude bus boys/waiters mentioned previously. The food is inconsistent. My family liked the Fukien fried rice, but I didn't. It was a mushy fried rice dish w/a gravy sauce w/scallops, shrimp, mushroom. The beef and broccoli dish was ok. The stir-fried pea sprouts was good, but oily. The deep-fried chicken with shrimp chips & Peking duck were good. The steamed black bass in green onion/soy sauce was cooked just right. They have a shrimp salad which was drenched with mayonnaise thus ruining the dish. I wouldn't order it again. The winter melon soup was bland. Their jellyfish salad, salted white chop chicken are good dishes to order. For dessert, there was slices of oranges and an orange tapioca cold soup which everyone thought was too sweet. It reminded me of a cloudy Tang orange-flavored soup. It seems their dim sum must be good and probably better than their dinner menu.
- Pros: Good steamed Black Bass and Peking Duck
- Cons: Soups not their strong suit. Skip the Fukien fried rice and shrimp mayo/fruit salad
The Details on Lichee Garden Restaurant
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Each morning servers go throughout the restaurant calling out the items they have to offer. To order, simply ask the food servers to hand you whatever you see on the tray.
Message from Lichee Garden Restaurant
- Cantonese cuisine
- Special $5 lunches
- Breakfast, lunch & dinner
Lichee Garden has been open since 1980, serving the best Cantonese cuisine in North Beach. Chef Chak Siu brought what he learned in Hong Kong over 20 years ago to San Francisco. Seafood, and other dishes have the taste and style of authentic Cantonese cuisine.
A few items served at this restaurant include Appetizers, chicken dishes, seafood dishes, beef and lamb dishes, rice dishes, soups, duck entrees, pork dishes, vegetarian dishes, chow-mein dishes and desserts.
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