Imperial Tea Court - Berkeley

Authentic noodles. I wish they had Bok Choy or another traditional filling for vegetable balls, as I did not like the crowned greens filling (bitter and rough). relatively expensive.

The dumplings were good, and the service was fantastic. Only complaint is that the grating in the table was gross. We especially enjoyed the organic greens, and green tea dumplings. Nice outdoor seating and kid friendly.

We only had tea and cookies, but the flavors and the outdoor garden setting were lovely. Jasmine flavored cookie rocked.

While the food is fresh and made with healthier oils than standard Chinese joints, the prices are just too high and portions too small for it to be a good value. I want to come back but probably won't because it's just not a good value. They also forgot about our order so it ended up taking awhile to get our food. Since it's a counter order joint, we wished we hadn't tipped up front.

Service was good! Very attentive. However sadly the menu changed and the item name is the same. I ordered the tea house noodles expecting it to be the same as before. However this was a dry version. It was also infused in some strong star aniseed and had no spicy broth to the whole meal. The tea house noodle used to be in spicy broth and now it’s a dry version that’s not good. Disappointed for the changed recipe and taste. I loved the original version and ate that at least 20 times. Now I will not come back here because it’s not good anymore. Sad Adding the dry version I had today photo and the original version photo for comparison.