Vip Coffee And Cake Shop

They are way under staffed, too many uncles and aunties are sitting eating inside. So service is really slooooow. If you are in a hurry this place isn’t for you. The food is basic low end Hong Kong old school style. It’s simple basic foods, not fancy or trendy. Like the thousands years old egg and salted pork congee. Pineapple bun was ok. Super nice but busy ladies.

This has been a vital Chinatown neighborhood coffee shop and Chinese-American diner serving the local community for well over 40 years. A true old school diner, the service is rude but fast with cheap prices and the food, while not even close to gourmet, definitely delicious to the loyal customers they serve. Pictures on the wall are helpful for tourists but the regulars already know what they want walking in the door. No real ambiance since locals don't want the prices to go up because of that. Everyone who comes here has their standard favorites with mine being the Sultan double pork chops smothered with orange sauce over spaghetti paired with a coffee or milk tea. While copy cat restaurants have popped up around the area, this has and will always be my favorite original old fashioned Chinese-American diner in Chinatown.

VIP Coffee Shop has been on my list of restaurants to revisit for a long time. They close at 6pm and I can't make it to Chinatown until after 6pm on weekdays. I had a day off today and it took over 25 minutes for them to make my baked pork chops spaghetti $14 at 11am. There's this single waitress that handles the dining room orders, phone orders, bus the tables and the bakery take out counter. Obviously they are short handed. The pork chop spaghetti tasted OK. It was slightly burnt on top to infuse the tomato taste onto the dish. It would have been nice if there were cheese or chopped onions in there. It was missing that wow factor. With Washington Bakery gone, this might be the next best option for HK style tea cafe food in Chinatown.

Great place for authentic Hong Kong style breakfast. When I showed up, there were only a few patrons but after I was seated several large families came in and sat down. This place is clearly not ready for large crowds. The waitresses are scrambling and these large tables have to share one menu. One table, which had not ordered yet, got a dish delivered. They told the waitress it wasn't theirs but she left it there anyway 😂 Many of the patrons are elderly and obviously spend a lot of time here. They're helping themselves to more tea, napkins, etc from the waitress station. It's total chaos...you don't really know who works here.LOL. Fun experience.

Ok. Its not fancy. Steak for $15 with the best Hong Kong tea. The peppery gravy is the best. Baked tongue spaghetti (too rich spaghetti sauce) $16 (price increase, not on menu). Please skip this. Not worth it unless you want 3 cups of spaghetti. Only 3 big slabs of tongue. Come during week for their specials, M-F.

This is a great place for HK Style 'western' food. It is not pretentious, you get what you order and the food is almost always delicious. I've eaten here for about 20 years now and we always go back on the weekends. The prices are definitely reasonable. A good alternative to dim sum. Long lines sometimes, but worth the wait. Don't expect a smile from the waitresses - as you don't at most chinese restaurants in chinatown. Anyways, I understand it has since changed ownership. I have yet to try it out since then. What I like is the curry beef spaghetti, baked pork chop over rice, beef fried rice, pineapple bun with butter, curry beef pockets, fish chowder soup, vip macaroni soup, etc... Worth a try!