Aquarius Restaurant Review

The food is delicious. You need come in earlier. Otherwise you will need to wait for a long time.

With Lan Garden gone, Aquarius is the undisputed best Dim Sum in the area. And rather than sitting on their laurels, their food quality has improved since Lan Garden's demise. The only reason I am not giving 5 stars on this review is their ordering website. The site is poorly made, and is not secure. In this day and age, internet security is of utmost importance, and running a site that takes credit card orders over an unsecured link is a big minus. I hope the management reads and reflects on this and make the necessary adjustment.

I came into the restaurant on a Sunday during peak dim sum time and the restaurant was packed. Every table was occupied and there were large groups of people crowding the foyer entrance and cashier area waiting for a table or pickup order. This place was packed to closer to 80% and definitely breaking the NJ indoor dining capacity rules. I don t know how this place has not been fined for this because it s definitely a Covid super spreader waiting to happen. The owners obviously care more about making a buck than the health of their customers.

The best authentic Chinese restaurant bar non. Unique cuisine like snow peas with century egg. Love it. The service is quick. Ambiance is perfect for lunch and dinner. This is my seventh time. I highly recommend this place.

while the food and the decor were great, the service is not. We got there at 9:50, even though they close at 10:30, but feel like we were hurried along to finish our food and leave. they count all the $ from the registers out in the open on a table in the middle of the restaurant. not very professional at all. on top of this, they have the nerve to give us the check and expect us to pay it, while we were still eating!! have never seen a restaurant do this!...found it kind of rude...if they want to close by 10, they should change their hours to 10 and not 10:30...otherwise it doesn't make sense... would have given 4 stars, but they lost 2 because of the poor service... would not return!!

Solid Chinese food in the area. Yet to try their dim sum (supposed to be the reason of fame). Will report back!

Food is awesome. Not to salty and very fresh. Service great and very clean place.

Great dimsum.. stay away from soup dumplings from this place. I made a mistake of ordering one and dumpling skins were broken and soup had leaked out which left dumplings tasting dry. But dimsums were great.

Good food, good and fast service. Reasonable prices.

Great dim sum! An art piece. Every time I go there, it has a long waiting line.

This is a good alternative restaurant for dim sums if you feel like staying local and not venture into the city fighting the weekend traffic and parking spaces.

The food is fresh, and the place is clean, at least by far. I haven't had a bad dim sum dish from this place yet.

The wait time can be long. I mean, really long. We aimed to get to this place at their opening time of 11 a.m. on a Saturday, and we got to this place at 11:15, the place was already packed in full. We waited about 20 min to get seated. When we were walking out around 12:30 p.m., we heard the waitstaff notifying the expected wait time to the customer who just walked in: "1 hour and 30 min to 2 hours!"

A random note: We noticed that no one ever comes to dim sum alone. I challenge you that.

Authentic Chinese cuisine dim sum styles. Ready made small plates on pushing carts to choose from. Or order from menu. Usually very crowded and noisy. Many dishes to choose from.

Excellent dim sum. Crowded. Waiters speak minimum English

Great dim sum and clean environment. Get there early for large groups!

What a disaster of waiting for food and customer service.

Poor value for the prices. Small portions. You re better off sticking to Korean places in the area, and doing Chinese elsewhere - in the city or Parsippany.

Took a flyer when we were in the area for Korean food and got $60 worth of takeout to eat later. Totally unfulfilling. Was sorta shocked at the small quantity of food for that $$.

Great dim sum. Had to wait for table but less than 20 minutes.

We had a party of ten for dim sum on a Sunday at noon. This place is sure popular with people eating outside for tables. We enjoyed a number of the dishes off of the carts as wellsome that we ordered of the menu. The duck was particularly good with nice flavoring. In the end the price per head was quite reasonable and there were leftovers to take home.

The dim sum here are really great and there are a lot of choices. Probably the best around that area. If you love dim sum and wants varieties, this place is the one.

We were craving for dim sum and ordered takeout from this restaurant for the first time on a Sunday. They were pretty busy and it took more than 30 minutes to get our order.

We liked their Shrimp dumplings, Sui Mai, Bamboo shoot rolls, and Steamed pork buns the most. Turnip cake, Shrimp stuffed hot pepper and Chicken feet were good too. The only dish that I didn't enjoy as much was the Leek dumplings.

Overall, the food was good and price was fair.

Great service and good Chinese food! Came here with group of 7 people. We put in our order and received the food in short order. The birds nest seafood dish and fried pork were really good as were the peking duck buns.

Nice food. Best Dim Sum I've had in Jersey. The seafood selection for dinner is great too. Easy parking across the street.

The dim sum were delicious, but the service was slow. Trying to get the wait staffs attention were not easy. They tend to stay in the back, but once you get their attention they do tend to you quickly.

Always fresh, delicious and great variety of food! I've been coming here for decades since they were called Silver Pond. Love their Dim Sum!

We had trouble figuring out the Parking, but other than that, had a great experience. Recommend for lunch and dinner.

Beautiful decor and huge menu with a twist to some dishes. Beware the chicken casrole has small bones but the orange chicken was amazing. Waite staff was good and swift, bit of a language barrier

I recommend this restaurant. The food is great, and of really good quality.

Great food with great price for dim sum! Three people ordered 11 dishes and cost only 60 dollars including tips. We ate a lot.
There is a valet parking especially for this restaurant. A large parking place after the restaurant. No worries for parking if you drive here.
Get here on Saturday 1pm and wait for around 10 minutes in line.
Decoration is nice, service is also good.

Foods are nice overall, prices are also reasonable.

They have a very nice atmosphere inside, everything is done professionally. Their selection of vegetarian options are quite delicious

This is my go to place for dim sum. Their take out is almost as good as eating at the restaurant. But, eating dim sum seems wrong if it s not coming right off the cart.

Don't order anything battered. All the same sweet thick batter. Didn't cook up properly and was still wet inside. The seafood dishes were excellent. Attentive service.

Best dimsum I ve had in the area, though a bit on the pricier side.

Today I ordered on phone dim sum dishes for a pick up. The person who took the order told me to come in 30 minutes. We went there 35 minutes later and got yelled for asking if it was ready. The person kept screaming "We are busy." 3 times. I finally got enraged by her rudeness and yelled back, "When you are late, you are supposed to apologize not yell at your customers." She repeated, "We are busy." Finally I was so upset, cancelled the order, and left the restaurant. I will never go back to the place to be treated with utmost disrespect. I wish I could give zero star or minus stars.

This place constantly delivers. They serve awesome food for reasonable prices, there is no waiting time even when the spot is busy.

I think this might have been the first time that I've had dim sum in a non-Chinatown area. It's always been Brooklyn, Queens, or Manhattan. To my surprise, they actually had a pretty large variety of plates here. Most of what I ate (shrimp dumplings, shumai, churng fun) was just okay - maybe it was just different from what I'm used to eating.

Prior to this, I've tried dinner here and really enjoyed their fish and tofu. It was empty for dinner but it was also a Wednesday night. Dim sum is definitely the more popular option. Might also be due to the fact that there probably aren't a lot of options for dim sum in the area.

The food is unique due to minor but interesting tweaks of common dishes, with very delicious, well prepared food.

Real dim sum, Cantonese style! Amazing dinning room, neat and tidy. Best dimsum place in NJ I had been, in last 8 years!!

Best Chinese restaurant in Fort Lee. Dim sum is great and their entries were also great.

The worst Chinese ever. Fish taste from all our dishes with beef, shrimp, and pork. I suspect they used the same work right after cooking some fish. As a frequent Chinese food consumer in the city, I am sure their food is one of the worst. So weird why there are always many customers.

One of the great Chinese (Hong Kong style) cuisine restaurant, the dim sum are delicious. Nice dining environment and clean. Overall the price is reasonable.

Food is very good but the kitchen is way too slow. We had to wait ridiculous amount of time for our food. They were doing too many takeout orders and prioritized that over people eating in the restaurant! It seems like this restaurant was not well managed. No apologies from the manager or ownership.

The best dim sum in all Bergen County. My sister and I always order tons of siu mai and ha gow and they are always consistent. Juicy, flavorful and freshly made. And the taste is always consistent. You don t have to go to China town. Just come to this place. It is the best Hong Kong dim sum. Awesome job guys. Thank you for making us so happy on weekends. You also have the best customer service. Staff and boss are always welcoming and nice

Clean and delicious. Chinese and English. The ordering method is a little different. Every time a small plate is picked up, the amount is added.

Fantastic dim sum. We live just right across the bridge in Washington Heights and this place is the perfect quick go to for high quality dim sum. Great prices and service too!

An overpriced and underserved place with mixed reviews. Weekend dimsum was better. Their Ha Gow ( ) & bean curve wrap ( ) were excellent. It locates on the busy main street but they provide the valet parking in the evenings and weekend. I like to park in the near by Hudson Lights building that gives you first 90 minutes free parking garage.

Great dim sum. Great price. Fast service. And the bun lady doesnt avoid me and go to every other table!

When you re Fort Lee, NJ come and visit Aquarius Seafood Restaurant

This restaurant serves a wide variety of dim sum and Chinese food Specialties. We ordered fresh lobster and they cooked it according to our our preference. The food was great and was not disappointed. Their customer service is also top notch!

Experience Aquarius Seafood Restaurant and you won t be disappointed!

Not great if you go for lunch. Especially on a slow weekday. Barely any dim sum and they just try to push all the stuff they already have on you.

Good food. Service is exceptional. Today was super busy but not one person forgot to smile as they serve the patrons.

Beats driving into the city.
Plating is on the small side on huge plates.
Staff has to be more attentive.
Valet parking a plus.

Awful, terrible, disappointing. I have been to their other restaurant, Joyce, in Riveredge. It was quite good. Aquarius was bad food and terrible waiters.

I ve been there many times before and their food is good, but last time I m very disappointed with their discriminating behavior.