Capital Seafood Restaurant

I invited a friend to Capital Seafood to celebrate his birthday. He opted for their Dim Dum. I was disappointed that they offer a generic selection of dim sum and though they allegedly specialize in seafood, none of their seafood offerings were exceptional. I have dined at other dim sum restaurants in Arcadia that are far superior in flavor to what this place has . I also ordered duck a non-dim sum dish and unlike the dim sum, was quite good. I have to add that the servers were not particularly cordial or friendly but I also understand that this is a Western expectation. I am not sure I will return to eat here.

First time trying this place as I was hoping it was seafood dim sum. It doesn't seem to be. They have an extensive menu with many traditional Chinese beef, pork, and chicken dishes as well as a plethora of seafood options. We saw king crab at Market price and were excited until we learned that they only sell the whole crab, it's $72/lb and it's 10 lbs. We were 2 for dinner and only one of us really loves crab so a $720 meat course seemed a bit extravagant. Opted for the Lobster at 3.5 lbs and $29/lb it seemed like a bargain. It was well cooked and nicely presented though the ginger preparation was a bit heavy and such a large Lobster has a tendency to have rather tougher meat in parts. Perhaps the house preparation would have been better or maybe I should have opted for scallops which I prefer to Lobster in any case. This is a very traditional Chinese restaurant with chandeliers and white tablecloths in a decidedly banquet hall style. Service was fine and I got a bit of a chuckle out o

Pretty packed place! Came on a Saturday noontime and there was a line out the door! Thankfully my relatives came early and got us a spot inside already. We had two big tables. I was looking around for a waiter cause we really needed water (100 degrees today) and I asked a worker nearby. He was awesome and brought water over after he finished the task he was working on! The food was delish!! Parking is plenty and there is even a shaded parking structure. I did see some flies roaming around but those are inevitable.