Recently? It's been closed for at least 2+ months.

I agree with Out of date, it has been closed for months. In fact I want to say it closed around Christmas so this info is just a little late to be useful.

@Brian - since it going to be closed for the next ~5 months, it is still going to be useful information for a while.

They had posted about expanding the second floor. I was hoping that meant more seating for dim sum but it sounds like it means less seating overall. I hope I can get a dim sum table when they reopen!

Who cares? At the rate restaurants come and go these days in Mountain View, I hardly find this news, or useful.

That means the open air eating area and decorative wall will be gone. 8 month is a long remolding time.

@Elliot:

Well, the employees certainly care and I'm guessing the ownership does as well.

Also, this restaurant is fairly busy, so I'm guessing a lot of diners care. If you don't care, that's fine, but others do care about things that you don't care for. And not just restaurant closures.

Just look up the building permits for the details...

Web Link

Project #
Address
Permits Const.
Type
Description
Status Complete
Date

2017-1417 153 CASTRO ST FPCH OT F/S INSTALL T.I. INFILL MEZZANINE ON 2ND FLR TO CREATE NEW FLOOR AREA (2,335 SQFT), AND (3) NEW HVAC UNITS, MARKET READY "NO TENANT" AC

2017-0280 153 CASTRO ST BL TI INTERIOR DEMO ONLY (COMM T.I. UNDER SEPARATE PERMIT) "NO TENANT") AC

2016-3327 153 CASTRO ST BLELMEPLCH TI COMM T.I. INFILL MEZZANINE ON 2ND FLR TO CREATE NEW FLOOR AREA (2,335 SQFT), AND (3) NEW HVAC UNITS, MARKET READY "NO TENANT" AC

man i miss that place they make the good foods

Congrats to the owner, it's easy money to rent the second floor than the restaurant business. Imagine how many dim sum and stir-fry dishes they need to sell for the same amount of profit!

Hopefully a remodel will include an upgrade in quality of food. We were ashamed and embarrassed by the last meal we had there when we had guests. Soup seemed to be made of leftovers from the compost bin. Rest of meal was also very poor and skimpy.

Sandy, what did the management say, when you brought that complaint to their attention in person? Which is the principled, responsible, proper thing to do, if you ever have a seriously disappointing experience in a restaurant. Reporting it to someone who can do something about it, and who may also try to make amends, also helps to distinguish you from the passive-aggressive-disorder customer types who say never a single word in person, instead saving, even (as it were) cherishing, their resentment to later spout off online, even if the act of doing so conveys much more about themselves than about the restaurant.

Also, many restaurant kitchens have "off" days, of no significance to a typical experience or trend. All the more reason to report them to the management.

Are they downsizing?

Sandy is spot on. I used to eat there or do take out 3-4 nights a week. In the year before they closed to remodel, their food quality steadily declined, they cut back on their hours, raised their prices a few times, and instead of being busy they were often empty. Hopefully they will improve their kitchen and bring back the good prices and the good food.