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ultraviolet Aug 8, 2009 09:51 AM

dim sum at Elite

I'm going to Elite tomorrow (Sunday), for the first time, for dim sum.
What is the best time to get there in the morning to avoid a big line?
Thanks

  1. wilafur Aug 11, 2009 11:30 AM

    agreed, get there at (or by) 9:45am and you will be seated almost immediately. anytime after 10am and you will be waiting in line.

    i just went to elite this past saturday at 9:45am and there were 3 open tables.

    elite offers sup some dame good dim sum! mm!

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      blippy Aug 9, 2009 09:34 PM

      I hope you had the snow buns. Second the Macau style roast pork.

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        QualityMart Aug 9, 2009 08:52 AM

        Gah that place is sooo good.

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          ultraviolet Aug 8, 2009 03:30 PM

          Thanks everyone!. I can taste it already, Yum!!

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          1. re: ultraviolet
            Das Ubergeek Aug 8, 2009 05:02 PM

            Get the roast pork Macau-style. Y. U. M.

            Also, they have outstanding juk.

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              J.L. Aug 8, 2009 05:37 PM

              And their house special pancakes, and the turnip cakes, and the char siu bao (both bakes & steamed) and lotus leaf sticky rice, and their mango pudding.....

              What a feast we had today....

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                JAB Aug 8, 2009 05:41 PM

                Yes, I like their juk with meatballs.

            2. J.L. Aug 8, 2009 02:19 PM

              The earlier the better. Mrs. J.L. & I went to Elite today at 11AM, and the wait was around 20 minutes for a table. By the time we left (around 12:30PM), the wait appeared to be around 45 minutes. It's not a big dining room, by dim sum standards.

              1. Pigeage Aug 8, 2009 11:00 AM

                Agreed - the earlier the better. Enjoy!

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                  xoxohh Aug 8, 2009 10:46 AM

                  In my experience, try to get there by 9:45.

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                  1. re: xoxohh
                    choctastic Aug 9, 2009 06:04 PM

                    at the very latest

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                      wakko11 Aug 11, 2009 09:13 AM

                      You'll beat the lines, but they may not have all of the dim sum selections available.

                      Last time we went there at 10, some of the items such as a water convolvulus was not available yet/

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