Simple place with a simple menu, but boy did it hit the spot. Definitely will come back. An easy place ton get full or to have a snack.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Carter
This is the worst restaurant in Chinatown. In fact, it might be the worst restaurant I've ever been to in my life.
I walked in and they barely acknowledged my presence. This was actually the second time I've been here--the first time I went here, I waited several minutes before they even offered me an empty table. I sat for 15 minutes while no one took my order, then left. This time, I walked in at 7am with my girlfriend. There was hardly anyone else in the store so they had to serve me this time.
My girlfriend ordered a coffee and I ordered a coffee + milk tea. The coffee was literally the worst cup of coffee I've ever had in my entire life. It didn't even taste like coffee. It tasted like hot water + milk. Like it hadn't even seen a bean. For the coffee + milk tea... when I order this drink I expect the milk tea to be the rich, silky HK style milk tea (this is a HK style cafe). What I got was the same crappy coffee with a bag of liptons in it.
We had to wait for the buns we ordered. While we waited, we asked if we could have our coffee. Sure, the lady said. The coffee had just been sitting behind the counter the whole time, she hadn't even thought to give it to us while we waited.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
ChuckT
The dim sum of this restaurant is reminiscent of the old Toisanese cuisine of the 70's. I ordered shrimp dumplings (har gow) and the shrimp was fishy and the dumpling skin was overly thick. The cheung fun (steamed rolled fun) was bland and thick. This place is only still in business because of it's iconic status. If based just on the food, it would have been out of business long ago.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 4
Lina Huang
Shut the door in front of customers! Worst service we’ve ever seen!
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Ji Liong
i used to go here getting breakfast at 5am,,Amey is a lady server i known her many year,she is very nice ask for Amey,if you are happened to read this review.
and order Shrimp fried egg,(cook to order) and a glass of Coffee
it's cheap and they also got other fresh steam buns,Zhong Zhi,
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Patsy
Food taste is not good at all, and it was not value for money. The wanton noodle is using instant noodles, not wonton.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Jon
Came here for a hole in the wall dimsum experience. I was hoping for a no frills place, cheap price, and good food. However the price isn't that much cheaper than the dimsum restaurant next door and the food is significantly lower quality. Also I bought some Chinese rice tamales to go and they charged me more than the price tag. They explained that they didn't have any of the cheaper ones after I noticed the price discrepancy and they just conveniently kept quiet... As a plus the zhongzhi turned out to be pretty good.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 2
whitney sol
my favorite diner ever. the vibes are so great, prices are so cheap, staff really nice. great vegetarian options!
Last Sunday I went to Mee Sum and bought 9 pcs of 糉. For some reason, all the 糉 so salty that I couldn't eat them at all. Then I called them and heard that they had different personal tastes, so they hung up after that. , there is absolutely impolite at all. I do not recommend this cafe.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Hi There
This place is a complete scam, we should’ve turned around and left once we saw the C rating from the health department. The waitress who also comes across as the head of the place was about 50+ years old. She asked if we would like to try the noodles which was not on the menu. We said ok since she was so excited about it. Mind you the prices for everything was under $10 a dish. When we finished our meal of rice, noodle and drink we were presented with a hefty bill of $33. Adamant I asked how much was the noodle. She said $18! Being a local, there was no way that dish which consisted of subpar undercooked bag of ramen with a few slices of ham and lettuce was anywhere worth $18. I then asked why the bill was still so high.$18+$6.25 rice +$2.75 drink = $27. She then said they charged $0.50 per cup of water. I was indignant. She also charged us a whole extra order of rice. If she’s not scamming us, I don’t know what it’s called. The table behind us heard our commotion and spoke up that their bill was also too high. Wow the audacity and dishonesty of this place. STAY FAR FAR AWAY. The food wasn’t good either.
Louis (ahluu)
My second time patronizing them in new york city chinatown. The salted chicken rice is damn damn good. Will definitely get them again when im back in newyork. The meicai kou rou is decent and the steamed pork spareribs is exceptional too! The flavour is marinated enough and the meat is soft. Prices for meesum is absolutely fair and please head over if you are around the vicinity. They have been here for a very long time if you look at the furnishings in the store. Highly recommended for e fresh food and old school vibes! :)
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Salted Chicken
J L
It is a hole in the wall, and the dim sum is some of the best I've had. The best part is that they are open very early compared to other cafe shops in the area for the early birds. Atmosphere is very old school and basic liken to the olden days.
Parking: Paid street parking is hard to come by. Garage parking is nearby but fairly expensive. (All garages in the city are)
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Steamed Spare Ribs with Egg Rice, Shrimp Dim Sum, Rice Noodle Roll, Beef Balls
Javier Kohen
This hole in the wall serves good dim sum at unbelievably low prices. The food is not amazing, and there isn't much service to speak of, but it makes up for it in speed, price, and selection.
They don’t accept credit card
Simple place with a simple menu, but boy did it hit the spot. Definitely will come back. An easy place ton get full or to have a snack.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
This is the worst restaurant in Chinatown. In fact, it might be the worst restaurant I've ever been to in my life.
I walked in and they barely acknowledged my presence. This was actually the second time I've been here--the first time I went here, I waited several minutes before they even offered me an empty table. I sat for 15 minutes while no one took my order, then left. This time, I walked in at 7am with my girlfriend. There was hardly anyone else in the store so they had to serve me this time.
My girlfriend ordered a coffee and I ordered a coffee + milk tea. The coffee was literally the worst cup of coffee I've ever had in my entire life. It didn't even taste like coffee. It tasted like hot water + milk. Like it hadn't even seen a bean. For the coffee + milk tea... when I order this drink I expect the milk tea to be the rich, silky HK style milk tea (this is a HK style cafe). What I got was the same crappy coffee with a bag of liptons in it.
We had to wait for the buns we ordered. While we waited, we asked if we could have our coffee. Sure, the lady said. The coffee had just been sitting behind the counter the whole time, she hadn't even thought to give it to us while we waited.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
The dim sum of this restaurant is reminiscent of the old Toisanese cuisine of the 70's. I ordered shrimp dumplings (har gow) and the shrimp was fishy and the dumpling skin was overly thick. The cheung fun (steamed rolled fun) was bland and thick. This place is only still in business because of it's iconic status. If based just on the food, it would have been out of business long ago.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 4
Shut the door in front of customers! Worst service we’ve ever seen!
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
i used to go here getting breakfast at 5am,,Amey is a lady server i known her many year,she is very nice
ask for Amey,if you are happened to read this review.
and order Shrimp fried egg,(cook to order)
and a glass of Coffee
it's cheap and they also got other fresh steam buns,Zhong Zhi,
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Food taste is not good at all, and it was not value for money.
The wanton noodle is using instant noodles, not wonton.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Came here for a hole in the wall dimsum experience. I was hoping for a no frills place, cheap price, and good food. However the price isn't that much cheaper than the dimsum restaurant next door and the food is significantly lower quality. Also I bought some Chinese rice tamales to go and they charged me more than the price tag. They explained that they didn't have any of the cheaper ones after I noticed the price discrepancy and they just conveniently kept quiet... As a plus the zhongzhi turned out to be pretty good.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 2
my favorite diner ever. the vibes are so great, prices are so cheap, staff really nice. great vegetarian options!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Food tatse so bad
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
Last Sunday I went to Mee Sum and bought 9 pcs of 糉. For some reason, all the 糉 so salty that I couldn't eat them at all. Then I called them and heard that they had different personal tastes, so they hung up after that. , there is absolutely impolite at all. I do not recommend this cafe.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
This place is a complete scam, we should’ve turned around and left once we saw the C rating from the health department.
The waitress who also comes across as the head of the place was about 50+ years old. She asked if we would like to try the noodles which was not on the menu. We said ok since she was so excited about it. Mind you the prices for everything was under $10 a dish. When we finished our meal of rice, noodle and drink we were presented with a hefty bill of $33. Adamant I asked how much was the noodle. She said $18! Being a local, there was no way that dish which consisted of subpar undercooked bag of ramen with a few slices of ham and lettuce was anywhere worth $18. I then asked why the bill was still so high.$18+$6.25 rice +$2.75 drink = $27. She then said they charged $0.50 per cup of water. I was indignant. She also charged us a whole extra order of rice. If she’s not scamming us, I don’t know what it’s called. The table behind us heard our commotion and spoke up that their bill was also too high. Wow the audacity and dishonesty of this place. STAY FAR FAR AWAY. The food wasn’t good either.
My second time patronizing them in new york city chinatown. The salted chicken rice is damn damn good. Will definitely get them again when im back in newyork. The meicai kou rou is decent and the steamed pork spareribs is exceptional too! The flavour is marinated enough and the meat is soft. Prices for meesum is absolutely fair and please head over if you are around the vicinity. They have been here for a very long time if you look at the furnishings in the store. Highly recommended for e fresh food and old school vibes! :)
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Salted Chicken
It is a hole in the wall, and the dim sum is some of the best I've had. The best part is that they are open very early compared to other cafe shops in the area for the early birds. Atmosphere is very old school and basic liken to the olden days.
Parking: Paid street parking is hard to come by. Garage parking is nearby but fairly expensive. (All garages in the city are)
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Steamed Spare Ribs with Egg Rice, Shrimp Dim Sum, Rice Noodle Roll, Beef Balls
This hole in the wall serves good dim sum at unbelievably low prices. The food is not amazing, and there isn't much service to speak of, but it makes up for it in speed, price, and selection.
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