Location: Colma
Top Restaurants in Colma
Most Popular Asian food in Colma, California, United States
Find out what Asian restaurants to try in Colma. Colma is a small incorporated town in San Mateo County, California, near the northern end of the San Francisco Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area. The population was 1,792 at the 2010 census. The town was founded as a necropolis in 1924.
Things to do in Colma
10. Ben Tre Restaurant
Overall Ratings
4 based on 136 reviews
Reviewed By 81970
They're always crowded so that should say something! Usually the wait isn't long, but be sure to put your name on the list. I always order their cold noodle BBQ Chicken and it never disappoints! Everything is fresh and tasty. My bf orders their beef pho and enjoys the rare beef. Parking can be difficult since there are so many restaurants on Grand Ave.
9. Manila Bay Cuisine 2
Reviewed By patsyw789
A most quirky located hotel in the middle of a water theme park. Really helpful staff, the breakfast variety is poor, the evening menu is excellent, but what makes this hotel so special are the magnificent view once you open your bedroom blinds of the bay which is ideally positioned to sit and watch the sun go down.
8. Oriental Kitchen
Reviewed By Gaakin
FOOD: If youâre looking for authentic traditional Japanese cuisine, this may not be the right place for you. But if you like creative, scrumptious, and reasonably priced sushi, give this place a try. We particularly enjoyed the lion king roll, the dynamite roll, and the scorpion roll. Also, the yuzu chicken wings were fantastic.SERVICE: Service was simply superb. The chef presented each dish with enthusiasm and thoughtfully explained its composition in great detail. Itâs evident that heâs passionate about his craft and deeply committed to pleasing the customers.PRICE: Our bill averaged out to around $26 per person.
7. banana island
Overall Ratings
4 based on 70 reviews
Reviewed By Luis M
The place is a bit hidden from the main Lake Merced Blvd. It is behind a parking lot.Nice and clean entrance. The food was OK. I have tried many other Thai-like restaurants and I think the flavor could be much better. There is a lot of room for growth.Prices are OK as well.
6. Barracuda Japanese Restaurant
Reviewed By Melissa M
A friend and I went in a few weeks ago for dinner. It was nearly empty and we were seated right by the entrance to the kitchen door. We kindly asked to be seated somewhere else since the restaurant was practically ours for the taking! (We also noticed an overwhelming smell of cleaning solution throughout our meal, not pleasant.) The food was average and it was rather annoying because we were never able to get a refill on our beverage. Needless to say, we did not linger. We won't go back, the food was fine but the service was lousy.
5. Dim Sum King
Overall Ratings
4 based on 43 reviews
Chinese Dim Sum and Seafood restaurant. We're only one in the bay area served all day dim sum, over 100 different items. Fresh and hand made, cooks when you order. Steamed seafood at the dinner time, served live lobster, crab, geoduck and sea clam.
Reviewed By EuForia_01
Eight adults came for dinner on a Monday night. We asked for a quiet table so we could talk but were placed next to children playing very loudly. Thankfully they left after packing up their leftovers. All guests were seated in central area outside kitchen.The waiter that served us could barely speak English. So I ended up translating for my host in Cantonese.Since this is a seafood place, we tried to order seafood. Our host went to check on the "Fresh fish in the tank" but they looked pathetic and listless, so we skipped that. The waiter kept pushing river prawns as special of the day, how it was $25 here but the store was selling them at $28! My host wanted wasabi prawns, which they do not cook. We compromised on salt and pepper prawns but the taste and texture were mediocre, not fresh.We wanted to order scallops with asparagus- a fairly common dish. They only had scallops in the shell at $10 per piece so we skipped that.The Peking duck (skin and drum sticks) was good, as was the side dish( rest of duck with tofu. The beef with mix of mushrooms was ok, too thickly covered with caramelized hoisin sauce. To miao or young pea shoots were not young or tender but they were cooked nicely with a little garlic.The soup with real crab meat was a disappointment, it had something crunchy in it we could not quite identify. And as soon as it cooled down a little it tasted very fishy!I was someone's guest so no complains from me there and then but I would not consider this a good seafood restaurant.
4. Burma Cafe
Overall Ratings
4 based on 29 reviews
Burma Café is open to serve Burmese street food to a large Burmese community in Daly City. Burmese are used to eating a variety of street food throughout the day. Popular dishes include Tea Leaf Salad, Fried Chayote, Nan Pya Dok, Coconut Chicken Noodle So
Reviewed By travelagentreplies
Cute little restaurant with great service. A few beers to choose from and cold sake. Tea leaf salad was so fresh compared to other restaurants. Noodles and turmeric chicken fried rice were so good. Chicken curry was tasty too. Great place with reasonable prices.
3. Moonstar
Overall Ratings
3 based on 98 reviews
Reviewed By Neoscona
I had some misgivings about this place when I agreed to come with a bunch of my wife's friends for lunch. This is a huge place that easily accommodated our group of 10 people. The food is all served buffet style, and the selection has to be seen to be believed. We started with sushi and some dim sum dumplings before moving on to shrimp (several different kinds), chicken (ditto), and noodles (ditto again). You get the picture.Frankly, I found most of the dishes mediocre. The pot stickers, for example, were doughy and suffered from sitting around on the steam table. This is a very popular place for lunch, particularly among the elder component of the population. Lots of gray hair.The table service, consisting of water, tea, and cleanup, was superb. I discovered more tea in my cup without asking and wondered when that happened.The price of this feast is certainly reasonable. Each share came to $18, complete with tip, after rounding up. Not bad for enough to last for quite a while.So long as you know what to expect, you'll enjoy this place.
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2. Koi Palace
Overall Ratings
4 based on 248 reviews
Reviewed By ro1655
As always the place is like a zoo. As soon as it opens, a lot of people are already waiting. Unless you know someone inside which a lot of patrons do, they get special treatments and bypass the long line which makes waiting even longer and UNFAIR. I donât like coming because of that. Luckily we have a friend that knows someone inside. Food is still good. Worth coming (if youâre patient!), but waiting for 2 hours, youâd be the judge and find out. Service is HORRIBLE! Getting someoneâs attention is another big problem. Getting your request fulfilled is another matter that the management needs to improve upon. Donât hold your breath, it wonât improve. When requesting a glass of water plus other things, a lot of times the waiters walk away without listening to your entire sentences, thus, you end up requesting multiple times. Donât come here if youâre not patient.
Colma Food Guide: 10 Must-Eat Restaurants & Street Food Stalls in Colma
1. Dim Sum King
Overall Ratings
4 based on 43 reviews
Chinese Dim Sum and Seafood restaurant. We're only one in the bay area served all day dim sum, over 100 different items. Fresh and hand made, cooks when you order. Steamed seafood at the dinner time, served live lobster, crab, geoduck and sea clam.
Reviewed By EuForia_01
Eight adults came for dinner on a Monday night. We asked for a quiet table so we could talk but were placed next to children playing very loudly. Thankfully they left after packing up their leftovers. All guests were seated in central area outside kitchen.The waiter that served us could barely speak English. So I ended up translating for my host in Cantonese.Since this is a seafood place, we tried to order seafood. Our host went to check on the "Fresh fish in the tank" but they looked pathetic and listless, so we skipped that. The waiter kept pushing river prawns as special of the day, how it was $25 here but the store was selling them at $28! My host wanted wasabi prawns, which they do not cook. We compromised on salt and pepper prawns but the taste and texture were mediocre, not fresh.We wanted to order scallops with asparagus- a fairly common dish. They only had scallops in the shell at $10 per piece so we skipped that.The Peking duck (skin and drum sticks) was good, as was the side dish( rest of duck with tofu. The beef with mix of mushrooms was ok, too thickly covered with caramelized hoisin sauce. To miao or young pea shoots were not young or tender but they were cooked nicely with a little garlic.The soup with real crab meat was a disappointment, it had something crunchy in it we could not quite identify. And as soon as it cooled down a little it tasted very fishy!I was someone's guest so no complains from me there and then but I would not consider this a good seafood restaurant.
