Emperor’s Garden (a/k/a Empire’s Garden)

Huge, somewhat impersonal, but very handy dining rooms serving dim sum (teahouse snacks and dumplings) every day through lunch, and shifting over to fine Cantonese dining (with a few Mandarin-Szechuan dishes) at night. Soups are great, and so are clams with black-bean sauce, vegetables with fresh squid or real crab sauce, and a comfort-food version of beef with broccoli.

Price range for entrées: $6 - $14.