Won Kok Lunch Dim Sum Restaurant Review, Millbrae

Reviewer: Foodnut.com Won Kok Millbrae 1671 El Camino Real (Near Park Place) Millbrae, CA 94030 650-616-8288 650-616-8282 (Fax)

Won Kok Millbrae opened in November 2025 where Asian Pearl was last. Won Kok has had a location on Monterey Blvd in San Francisco for many years. This spot has updated decor from the previous restaurant along with a temporary wall to sub divide the room.

The menu is pretty straightforward old school traditional Cantonese dim sum. Not a lot of modern or cutesy dishes.

Be sure to read:

• Foodnut’s Beginners Introduction to Chinese Dim Sum
• Best Chinese in San Francisco

Decor, Vibe – Big seafood tanks by the kitchen. Fancier interior with big decorative light fixtures and recessed ceiling. Loud, busy, lots of large table get-togethers. Majority of folks were Asians. It was still packed around 1:45pm.

Millbrae has a number of decent dim sum spots within a couple miles, far more than most regions. Always wonder why someone would open another spot in such a saturated area. I’d rank this spot above nearby Hong Kong Palace but not as good as HL Peninsula. Service was about average for Chinese restaurants. Although the food is decent for Millbrae, it is probaby better than most elsewhere.

Won Kok is worth a try if you are tired of going to the usual spots like Yan Peninsula, Hong Kon Palace or the Kitchen.

Safety Pluses – Online menu, Delivery services available, online ordering.

Food Review:

Shrimp dumplings or Har gow ( Large) had 4 small ones. Not a lot of flavor and the wrapper broke taking it out. 8/10

Steamed BBQ Pork Buns ( Med) are very large and very doughy. Not great. 7/10

Purple Rice noodle roll with Shrimp ($9.20) are not as modern as HL’s but still had a nice crispy texture and color. 8.5/10

Deep Fried Scallop Turnip Cake ( Med) are a fried version on the classic. Couldn’t taste that much scallop. 7.5/10

Portugese Egg Tarts (Med) had 3 small ones. 2 lacked much torching. 7.5/10

Deep Fried Sesame Balls (Med) had 3 smaller ones. Lots of filling but not too sweet. 8/10

Fried Glutinous Rice Dumpling (Med) were large and hot out of the fryer. Not enough meat inside. 8/10

Won kok signature empress chicken ($25 half) was large but on the bland side. Even the dipping sauce was subdued. 6.5/10

Beef Chow Fun was of decent size and had a good amount of meat. Not overly greasy. 8/10

 

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