留湘小聚店 Ping‘s Bistro | San Mateo

We had a group dinner of 10 here tonight, and honestly—hands down—this is the best Chinese food I’ve had in the Bay Area. > Every single dish at Ping’s Bistro (留湘小聚店) was unique and packed with incredible "Wok Hei" (锅气). It has that perfect smoky, fiery flavor you just can’t replicate at home. I lived and worked in China for about 10 years, so I’m super picky about Chinese food, but they completely nailed it. The Yunnan dishes here are legit. > Of course, a 5-star spot isn't just about the food; the service has to be on point too. Big shoutout to our server, Xiao Hai (小海). He was incredibly friendly and kept our whole table laughing all night. > The owner clearly has great taste and runs an amazing team, from the kitchen to the floor staff. 100% recommend. Well deserved 5 stars!

The Yunnan cuisine was really delicious. I enjoyed every dish. Every one has olits own special flavour. Truly amazing.

Have come here many times but only have these 2 pics bc I always start eating before rembering to take pictures. Really great appetizers and mains, always lively so be prepared to wait a bit if you were not there when they open. Havnt been to the location in Cupertino so I cannot say which one is better.

Wonderful service and traditional Yunnan food at reasonable prices (each dish is around $20). Yunnan is known for their mushroom dishes, so be sure to try one of those! They have good flavor and plenty of spice options (they have chili peppers next to the items). You order on a tablet where they have pictures of all the foods, but there are possibly too many choices to make! Seating can be tight and they're usually quite busy before 7 PM and then the restaurant starts to clear out. They also offer some nice lemon mint water!

Nice restaurant with a a lot surprising meal such frog, snake soup on the menu. We ordered the chicken and the rice noodles. Very generous amount, however not on our taste. Quite expensive, and have to order rice separately. Probably will not come back.