Mingyue Garden Restaurant (明月居花园餐厅)

Mingyue Garden Restaurant (明月居花园餐厅) is a morning-only dim sum restaurant at 1 Shesheyong Commercial Street in Wanjiang Subdistrict, Dongguan, Guangdong Province, China. It operates from 08:00 to 14:00 daily, which places it firmly in the Cantonese tradition of yum cha as a breakfast-to-lunch meal rather than a dinner venue. The restaurant is best known for one item: an oversized shrimp dumpling marketed as the Mingyue supreme shrimp dumpling, noticeably larger than the standard har gow served across the Pearl River Delta. Alongside it, the menu lists a Portuguese-style egg tart, a Macau-influenced pastry that has become common in Guangdong dim sum houses, and a set of creative filled dumplings that adapt the traditional steamer format. No chef lineage or Michelin recognition is documented, so the appeal is practical: solid Cantonese dim sum, a garden-style name and a location in the Wanjiang residential and commercial area. The dining room follows a typical local pattern of shared round tables, steamer baskets arriving in quick succession and a busy, conversational noise level around mid-morning. Dress is casual and there is no formal wine or beverage programme; tea is the expected drink. Reservations are not usually required for small groups, and the venue is treated as walk-in. Visitors who want a current phone number can search 明月居花园餐厅 on Dianping (大众点评) or Amap (高德地图), which list up-to-date contact details. Prices sit in the mid-range ($$) for Dongguan, so a shared table with several baskets and tea is an affordable meal. Because service ends at 14:00, the practical window is morning to early afternoon, and the kitchen tends to be at its liveliest on weekends. Wanjiang lies west of the old Guancheng district, and the restaurant is an easy stop for travellers combining a morning-tea meal with a walk around this part of Dongguan. Visitors comparing several Wanjiang teahouses often treat Mingyue Garden as the choice for the giant shrimp dumpling specifically.