Phu Sam Restaurant

I am pleased that I stumbled upon this restaurant. It will quickly become one of my go-to Chinese places. The staff is friendly, the place is clean, and although not very spacious, it provides a relaxed and pleasant environment to enjoy your meal. Moreover, the menu is quite varied and offers more vegetarian options than you would typically find in Chinese restaurants. Try their food and enjoy a complimentary dessert of ice cream!

Visiting Ma's Restaurant after a long time and it did not disappoint us. The Mongolian Beef with a little chili oil was the stand out dish on this visit. The kids liked the chicken soup and the noodles and spring rolls. The lamp dumplings were great. Fried rice was good too. We will be back soon even though it is a bit of a drive.

This place is a legit chinese restaurant in the bay area. Food is halal and delicious, and service is also both efficient and attentive. Menu selection is also excellent. Try the beef dumpling or the chicken menu. They're good. Free ice cream dessert, which they don't really have to do it but yeah it wins the kids. Dining area is also spacious and there's a couple of large round tables to sit people with extended family or a medium sized group. Chinese tea comes complimentary with dining.

Everything we ordered was good. Oxtail was good and it was a good portion too. Everything was a good portion. I didn’t get to try to green onion pancake. Must have been good since my family finished it before I could try it. Nice touch to have a self serve soft serve machine. We will come back for sure. Parking lot has security and a police car parked. Don’t leave anything in your car.

I love Chinese Islamic food - great portions, diverse selection of amazing dishes, and abundant tea. It is a real treat to try different Halal dishes, especially in different cities. We flew in from Chicago just today - visiting relatives we have not seen in many years. Ma’s Restaurant was recommended by one of them. You MUST order the sautéed fish (not fried)!! This was the best fish fillet dish I’ve had - incredibly fresh fish, so tender and soft, WOW. Also, under cold dishes, order the jellyfish and cucumber dish - the jellyfish is so fresh and chewy! Loved it. I love chive buns and green onion pancakes, so we ordered them, but honestly, it fell short of expectations. The chive buns were beautifully pan fried, but that was the extent of it. Too hard of a shell with not much flavor, and the inside filling was a touch on the saltier side. The green onion pancakes looked so nice but was unfortunately too thinly made. It needs to have the right balance of thickness and chewiness, with flaky layers. At the end of the night when we got the check, there was a double charge of steamed rice when we only ordered one bowl ($3.00). So we just mentioned it to the waitstaff. Hurriedly, two other employees came over in a huff and argued with us, saying my brother ordered an extra bowl (which he never did). One aggressively even pointed at my brother. Look, my family has been in the restaurant business for many decades. We know the incredible stress, pressure, and challenges that comes with running a successful restaurant. Restaurant workers do not get enough credit nor praise. Yet they show up, everyday, feeding families and communities. However, why would we try to swindle a small business over a $3 bowl of rice? The attitude and level of disrespect from the two waitstaff was inappropriate and unnecessary. Minus 1 star for the accusatory nature of how the staff treated us re: the check.