| Harbor City Restaurant | |
|---|---|
 The restaurant's exterior, 2023 | |
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| Restaurant information | |
| Food type | Chinese |
| Street address | 707 South King Street |
| City | Seattle |
| State | Washington |
| Postal/ZIP Code | 98104 |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 47°35′53.2″N122°19′24.1″W / 47.598111°N 122.323361°W |
Harbor City Restaurant is a Chinese restaurant in Seattle's Chinatown-International District, in the U.S. state of Washington.
The Chinese restaurant Harbor City in Seattle's Chinatown-International District serves dim sum; the menu has included chicken feet, Chinese broccoli, egg tarts, har gow, Peking duck, [1] shumai, and turnip cakes. [2] [3] According to Northwest Asian Weekly , the restaurant is popular "among the young and old for dinner and lunch." [4]
Harbor City was founded in 1988 by the Ngo family, who ran the restaurant until its closure in 2008. [5] Han Ma is the restaurant's owner. [6]
In 2013, Julia Wayne of Eater Seattle wrote, "Dim sum, and the offerings at Harbor City are among the best in town. With plenty of salty, sweet, meaty, bite-sized delights, even the more indecisive among us can find satisfaction." [7] The website's Leonardo David Raymundo and Ryan Lee included Harbor City in a 2021 list of 14 "delightful" dim sum establishments in the Seattle metropolitan area. [2]
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