Dynasty is easy to spot on Route-22 thanks to its tall sign with lobsters on it and the stone lions guarding the doors. The best to go is right when the restaurant opens at 11am to get a table for dimsum on the weekend, because this is a popular dimsum place with long waiting lines during peak hours. Newly renovated a couple of years ago, it now has a bar and a nicer, slightly more open dining area. Gone (unfortunately) are the big fish tanks by the door and the paper parasols that used to decorate the ceiling, but now part of the kitchen is visible through glass, which adds some entertainment value.
Carts are pushed around the dining area, but also sometimes waiters with trays of dishes will pass by. Service is usually quick, though during peak times it can be hard to get immediate attention. But the dishes are excellent. There’s hot and tender taro cake, plump chive dumplings, steaming and fragrant lotus rice, tender tripe, and those long steamed noodles wrapped around shrimp and basted with soy sauce. When we accidentally ordered a dish, thinking it was something else, they immediately took it back and crossed it off our bill without blinking. There’s a good variety of foods and they’re always hot and fresh.
100 U.S. 22 Green Brook, NJ 08812, USA
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