The food was yummy with a large selection. The waiting staff was great even with it being so crowded. I would recommend this restaurant!

4.5 stars! We travel over 25 min for dim sum at Empress. We've only gotten dishes from the dim sum carts, so this review is specifically about that. Dishes I won't list all the dishes we got because the beauty of dim sum is the extremely wide variety of things you can eat in one sitting. All the standard dim sum fare is great - shumai, bbq pork buns, har gow, radish cake, etc. I have to give a specific shoutout to their stir fried rice noodle rolls - wow they make it so delicious, cooked perfectly, and not too salty. Service Almost all of our interactions were very pleasant. Carts started rolling by within minutes of sitting down and they were great at offering recommendations to get us started. This is super helpful for folks not familiar with the offerings. I have to knock down to 4.5 because the service can be a bit persistent at times. We need to repeat ourselves that we don't want a dish, sometimes more than 2 times before they move on. Space The restaurant has so much space. Despite dining at lunch on a weekend, there was lots of space not just for seating (we had no wait), but for the carts to move around without interfering with our space.

Federal Blvd is home to a host of great, local Asian restaurants, especially dim sum. If you're in the mood for dim sum, check out Empress! The service is quick, food is fresh, and prices are reasonable. Some of my favorites include: pork shumai, steamed bbq buns, any of the shrimp dumplings, shrimp rolled noodle, turnip cakes, and sticky rice. Some dumplings they'll even fry up right in front of you! Dim sum and a show? There's nothing better.

First time coming here and I was impressed with how big this restaurant is. There's no shortage of seatings and great for big groups. Overall, the food was pretty good and the service was excellent!

Came in to this location twice on a one week vacation to the area. The food was so good and fresh! The service was great and the location was great with their own parking lot. I felt like I would be happy to come back. I did feel terrible as half my daughter's rice ended up under her chair but the team was so kind and helped clean.

Had a great experience at Empress today! They have a lot of space for big groups and they quick to bring you out your food. We ordered a mix of mostly appetizers and dim sum and we were worried it wouldn't be enough food . Spoiler alert : it was very much enough. My top picks: the potstickers were easily my favorite! They had a little bit of sweetness to them, but were overall a really well-rounded flavor, and also quite filling for a small plate. I also loved the chicken buns which were maybe the softest most pillowy thing I've ever eaten in my life. As someone who isn't a big seafood fan, it was awesome to have jalapeño cream cheese wontons on the menu. They were delicious and I definitely recommend. Staff was so kind and super attentive. They also took a great picture for us at the end of the night, which was very much appreciated. My only feedback is that it would be great to have a little more description on the menu for folks who aren't as familiar with the food. a few things that seemed vegetarian like the stuffed mushrooms came with shrimp which was unexpected( though to be fair, it is a seafood restaurant!) But overall, I definitely recommend going to Empress and we will be back!

We love coming here. Ate here again for lunch and got lots of dim sum. We always order enough to have leftovers for dinner. So having twice in one day is such a treat. The staff is always so great too. They just adore our son. See you guys next week!

Ah I always crave a good Cantonese Style dinner and this meal was delicious! We ordered all our favorite go to dishes: Ginger Scallion Crab, Green Beans with Pork, Roast Duck, Cantonese Style Chow Mein, Shrimp with Lobster Sauce, and Potstickers! I enjoyed the Green Beans dish. I was so excited to see chung choy in it, which added to the flavor profile. The combination Chow Mein was perfectly crispy with plentiful amounts of tender meat and veggies. Ginger Scallion Crab and Shrimp with Lobster sauce was what we expected and executed well. Some of the end pieces of duck were a bit salty but overall was very good. I'd love to try the Peking Duck next time with the buns and the crispy roast pork. I felt the cost of the food was very reasonable with the amount of food given. I love the fact that you can order dim sum at any time. But makes it hard to choose what to order because everything sounds good. The servers were so nice and had very fun personalities, always with a smile on their faces. They made our meal really enjoyable and did a fairly good job keeping our water cups filled. The restaurant was spacious and appeared tidy. We went there on a Saturday night and there were people setting up for likely a wedding event. I'm sure Empress is a place where many Asians have their reception meals and events. The neighborhood is a bit sketchy and was happy to see that they had their own parking lot. We were only visiting, but we'll definitely be back to try more items in the future and would recommend others to give it a try!

Brought my friend for her birthday celebration. She was excited and I was happy as her eyes lit up at all the dishes. She listened to the descriptions, mine were bad, and selected dishes. We ate and ate and then took leftovers home for her hubby and for myself. She enjoyed the experience and that's one of the reasons I like bringing people here. It's not intimidating and they welcome you. Definitely amazing service and great vibe.