Treasure 中餐厅

So glad that there is a upscale Chinese restaurant right on El Camino around Belmont/San Carlos area. Treasure takes place in the old IHOP location - quite spacious lot - and builds up an open, clean, but not haughty environment. It is a breathe of fresh air when the other Chinese joints along El Camino are more traditional and worn down. Treasure on the other hand can be leveraged for business meals even. Again, it was quite difficult to find an upscale Chinese place other than Tea Palette at Hillsdale Mall and Treasure fills that void. The food is quite authentic and really tasty. But there's a bit of two tales here. It seems like there is the regular Chinese food, the dimsums, and then Beijing duck. We can attest that the regular Chinese food was really tasty - whether it'd be chowmein or lamb or even string beans. Fresh ingredients. Well prepared. And they are not stingy on portions. The issue was with the dumpling and dimsum section. Every dimsum and dumpling innards were bland. Almost as if the dimsum department forgot salt. Also, the bread for the chasiu bao was "dry" which was quite weird becaue it come steamed. Do not got to Treasure for dimsum. We did not get an opportunity to try out their Beijing duck but they carve the roasted duck by your table side which felt authentic. We'll have to return to check out the duck. So again, a great start. Doesn't hit it out of the park yet. And for dimsum, go to other places like Tea Palette. Our server didn't quite speak English and seldom came by so that was a bit of a minus but not enough to deter us to try again. 4 stars for now.

Fantastic new Chinese restaurant in Belmont, offering elevated traditional northern delight such as Peking duck (need to order in advance), spicy Sichuan classic Mapo Tofu, and must-try dishes such as scallops with vermicelli and dual-flavored braised beef ribs. Even the basic beef fried rice and stir-fried veggies were perfectly seasoned and cooked. Nicely renovated and decorated exterior and interior, along with fast and friendly service. Large free parking lot behind the restaurant. Great addition to the Belmont food scene!!

We ordered $200+ worth of food. Honestly only $50 was worth it. The rest felt super subpar. The roasted duck didn’t have crispy skin or tender meat. One dish was super salty and the other super under-seasoned. I do not recommend this place.

I was really impressed by the staff. They weren't haughty or aloof like you might encounter at other nicer Chinese places, but were just as detail oriented about the level of service. Overall it's a great place for a nice meal with a group. The larger the party, the more dishes you'll be able to try. And there's cute partitions that separate the larger round tables from each other. The private room really takes things over the top with a gorgeous automated lazy susan and a lounge area.