No, I haven't been to every dim sum restaurant in Seattle, but how could anything be better? Start with the valet parking - not the most confidence - inspiring valet, but my car has never been damaged, so it's cool. You probably take more of a risk parking on the street.
Next, I have never gone to Sun Ya and waited for a table - always immediate seating.
As soon as you sit down, every cart is headed your way. In other places I've been to, the warm cart might come to you early on, but you're done with your sticky rice and fried seafood salad before the steam cart even makes it around. At Sun Ya, you often get all the food you want before you even get water and tea!
The food at Sun Ya is also superior to anywhere else I have been, including a couple of highly-rated places in San Fransisco. My favorite is the shiu mai - unlike other places where the filling is ground up into mush, at Sun Ya, you can see and feel the whole or large chunks of shrimp! I also recommend the shrimp on green pepper, sticky rice in a bowl, and calimari.
The price is right as well. My wife and I can go into Sun Ya on a Saturday around noon, after having not eaten breakfast, and load up with everything we want. We still get out for under $20 with tax, tip and a buck or two for the valet.
If anybody has been to Sun Ya for dim sum and knows of a better place, please send me a message and I will try it out!
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