Crystal Lotus

he restaurant serves typical Chinese food in the ambience of modern contemporary zen. This resort only has two restaurants and this is the fancier one. The portion sizes are reasonable/​European sized. My family ended up getting a dinner set for around HK $ 500. It was a little on the pricier side but compared to all the nice restaurants in Disneyland Anaheim, this one was by far the cheapest high-​end restaurant.

When my 12-​year-​old brother heard about the Signature Disney Dim Sum Lunch at Crystal Lotus, I knew we were all doomed to go at least once during our visit in Hong Kong. We were staying at Hong Kong Disneyland Resort, which just happened to be the home for it. Be sure to book it as early as you can, as the restaurant requires you to book at least 48 hours in advance and it fills up quickly.
You also have to order the food you want in advance, so upon booking, we decided to just get enough food so that each of us could have at least one piece of every specialty dim sum. My favorites were probably the Mickey’s Double-​Layer Turnip + Taro Pudding, Mickey’s Seafood Glutinous Pancake and the Three Little Pigs Barbecue Pork Buns. All of them were savory and delicious.
We also ordered the Duffy + Shellie May Steamed Sweet Buns, Little Green Men Pork + Vegetable Buns, «Olaf» Steamed Red Bean Buns, «Mushroom» Buns and Minced Chicken + Shrimp «Mike» Buns. While these all tasted fine, they were nothing amazing. I felt like each of them had too much breading for my liking. I was definitely not a fan of the bread: filling ratio, which in my opinion, is quite important when it comes to dim sum.
While I may not have enjoyed the actual taste of everything, I have to commend Crystal Lotus for their presentation. Everything was so cute and unique and it was obvious that a lot of time had been put into making each and every dim sum. Definitely a fun lunch to have with your children at least once.

I can’t say enough good things about this restaurant. At first I was just hoping to see all these fun dim sum without much hopes up for the quality of food. Turns out, they have some of the best dim sum I’ve had in Hong Kong. Yes, it comes with a price and a 48-​hour advanced booking, but you’ll very likely have a pleasant, unforgettable experience! Take your kids and your parents here. Everyone will have a great time.
I was looking for a fun restaurant to treat my dad to, and I picked this one (although at the end he treated: P). My family and I, six of us, came here one weekday afternoon. The place was pretty full! Most of the diners were tourists from Mainland China (they were speaking Mandarin). There were some tables occupied by locals too. I didn’t really see any English-​speaking tourists/​locals. Anyway, even before we started eating, we were already dazzled by the décor, from the train station, the hotel grounds, the sea view, the maze, to the mirrors in the bathrooms, the lotus chandelier, and the detailed glass wall, everything was just photo-​worthy. And the meal hasn’t even started yet!
The service was excellent. Servers were attentive, polite and professional.
I’m not going to talk much about food, because honestly, EVERYTHING WAS DELICIOUS. Just pick what you normally like in the menu and I believe they will make it well. On top of that, make sure you take photos of the pretty dim sum. You can tell each piece is a piece of art!
My top recommendation is the Duffy red bean buns, the swan taro puffs, and most of all, THE BEST SHRIMP DUMPLINGS EVER (Jack). Why? Can you tell from the photos that the dumplings are densely packed with filling with no space and loose skin left? The skin has a perfect thickness and chewiness, not dry but moist. They seasoned the shrimp well too. It’s just heaven when you take a bite of that shrimp dumpling! On top of that you get to eat Jack… haha.
I would definitely go back again when I visit HK. I can’t wait to try the other items on the menu!