The food was had it's ups and downs - overall kinda mediocre. Pancakes were dry and quite tasteless, though dumplings were above average - wouldn't persuade me to come back, though. The staff forced us to pay 18% "service fee" which was actually supposed to be a "Gratitude" - we gave them around 14% cash at first, seems it wasn't enough ?♂️Maybe this place was good a few years agobut now it's just subpar food and super touristy ambience. I'd recommend to this one.Ah yes, don't go to the restrooms.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 1
Vojtech Mašek
The food was olily and not very tasty. Toilets are bad, and you will be forced to pay tip by very rude staff member. Skip this place.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Patricia B
GREAT DIM SUM! Cool location and I love the diner ambiance.*edit: visited again, always lives up to my high expectations
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Sage Chaffin
The best! Service was fast and the food is incredible.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Roll, Fried, Soup Dumplings
Maddy Miller
Classic dim sum place!
Liron Torres
Food was incredible. We came with the kids around 3pm on a Monday. Place wasn’t empty but plenty of seating and no wait. We ordered the chicken and pork soup dumplings, the noodles, the fried shrimp, fried rice, and beef soup. All was great and we were stuffed when we left ($100 total for 4 people and we came very hungry). Service was quick and everything looked clean.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Soup, Noodles, Soup Dumplings
San Jose P.
They don't take Visa credit cards. Need cash. Brought the bill to the table and circled "suggested tip" so I would notice. Then the server came by shortly after, stopped and put his finger on the bill pointing to "tip" and said "tip." That was so irritating someone would pander for a tip. At that point I removed the money I had left on the tray for an intended tip.... leaving nothing. Call me cheap, but I was so put out by the way they pressured me at that point. When we stood up to leave, the server stopped us, blocking our exit, and was like "hey you didn't leave a tip." We squeezed our way around him and left. That was so uncomfortable. We would never go back. Too many other restaurants to choose from.
Aude Guiraud
Mmmmh! Too good and authentic!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Benjamin B.
Mostly pretty old old school style dim sum. Scallion pancakes were super good, very flaky and crisp. House special pork bun was super flavorful and mildly sweetened with caramelized onions. The bun itself was fairly light and fluffy although other in the party bemoaned the bun to meat ratio, felt very home-style. Soup dumplings were okay but unremarkable although the soup itself was quite nice. Har gow was bad, skin was dried out. Granted we came for dinner but the fact remains that they still sold these and they skin texture was dreadful. I definitley think this is worth a visit, especially if you're able to come by at normal dim sum hours but don't expect anything besides fairly well executed versions of classics (although who knows what happened to the har gow).
Falguni T.
This is the oldest first dim sum place, so we had to check it out. This place has good seating space. The restaurant was nothing fancy, but it gave a nice cozy vibe. We ordered shrimp dumplings, and chicken and cabbage dumplings in soup. The shrimp dumplings tasted like any other shrimp dumplings I've had. There was nothing special about them. But the soup dumplings were a little bland for my liking. The dumpling dough was a little thick and the soup didn't have much flavour to it. I'm sure anyone who eats other kind of meats, this place will be a better experience.
It has a Chinese feel and the taste and price are good. They only accept AMEX or cash.I felt Chinese atmosphere staying there. Reasonable price and quality taste. They only take cash or AMEX though.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Bao, Soup Dumplings
Aiden L.
The food was the best dim sum I have ever had. The service was quick and efficient. The inside is old looking but it is the oldest DimSum restaurant in the city so the atmosphere is cool.
Kat Meow
Best Chinese food I have ever had, it is so good. Food came out super quick and super cheap! There was a 20 min wait but it was a nice night so it was fine. My favorite thing there had to be either the pork buns which is one of the most delicious things I have had in my lifetime or the chicken soup dumplings which are also very good. So if you are in the area definitely go.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Dim Sum, House Special Pan Fried Dumplings, Bao, Soup Dumplings
C Chan
Worst dim sum experience to date! If you want to pay for a tasteless, expensive dim sum experience, then by all means.I was told it's the oldest dim sum place in NY and that it was tasty so I went. Every dish was flavorless and a waste of money. I also noticed there was a 1:9 Asian to non-Asian ratio; That should speak volume.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 2
Mattia Martinelli
Very popular place. We got there early for lunch and waited in the line for just a few minutes. The food is very good and to be in NY very cheap. They only take cash or American Express.
The food was had it's ups and downs - overall kinda mediocre. Pancakes were dry and quite tasteless, though dumplings were above average - wouldn't persuade me to come back, though. The staff forced us to pay 18% "service fee" which was actually supposed to be a "Gratitude" - we gave them around 14% cash at first, seems it wasn't enough ?♂️Maybe this place was good a few years agobut now it's just subpar food and super touristy ambience. I'd recommend to this one.Ah yes, don't go to the restrooms.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 1
The food was olily and not very tasty. Toilets are bad, and you will be forced to pay tip by very rude staff member. Skip this place.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
GREAT DIM SUM! Cool location and I love the diner ambiance.*edit: visited again, always lives up to my high expectations
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The best! Service was fast and the food is incredible.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Roll, Fried, Soup Dumplings
Classic dim sum place!
Food was incredible. We came with the kids around 3pm on a Monday. Place wasn’t empty but plenty of seating and no wait. We ordered the chicken and pork soup dumplings, the noodles, the fried shrimp, fried rice, and beef soup. All was great and we were stuffed when we left ($100 total for 4 people and we came very hungry). Service was quick and everything looked clean.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Soup, Noodles, Soup Dumplings
They don't take Visa credit cards. Need cash. Brought the bill to the table and circled "suggested tip" so I would notice. Then the server came by shortly after, stopped and put his finger on the bill pointing to "tip" and said "tip." That was so irritating someone would pander for a tip. At that point I removed the money I had left on the tray for an intended tip.... leaving nothing. Call me cheap, but I was so put out by the way they pressured me at that point. When we stood up to leave, the server stopped us, blocking our exit, and was like "hey you didn't leave a tip." We squeezed our way around him and left. That was so uncomfortable. We would never go back. Too many other restaurants to choose from.
Mmmmh! Too good and authentic!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Mostly pretty old old school style dim sum. Scallion pancakes were super good, very flaky and crisp. House special pork bun was super flavorful and mildly sweetened with caramelized onions. The bun itself was fairly light and fluffy although other in the party bemoaned the bun to meat ratio, felt very home-style. Soup dumplings were okay but unremarkable although the soup itself was quite nice. Har gow was bad, skin was dried out. Granted we came for dinner but the fact remains that they still sold these and they skin texture was dreadful. I definitley think this is worth a visit, especially if you're able to come by at normal dim sum hours but don't expect anything besides fairly well executed versions of classics (although who knows what happened to the har gow).
This is the oldest first dim sum place, so we had to check it out. This place has good seating space. The restaurant was nothing fancy, but it gave a nice cozy vibe. We ordered shrimp dumplings, and chicken and cabbage dumplings in soup. The shrimp dumplings tasted like any other shrimp dumplings I've had. There was nothing special about them. But the soup dumplings were a little bland for my liking. The dumpling dough was a little thick and the soup didn't have much flavour to it. I'm sure anyone who eats other kind of meats, this place will be a better experience.
Restaurantji Recommends
It has a Chinese feel and the taste and price are good. They only accept AMEX or cash.I felt Chinese atmosphere staying there. Reasonable price and quality taste. They only take cash or AMEX though.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Bao, Soup Dumplings
The food was the best dim sum I have ever had. The service was quick and efficient. The inside is old looking but it is the oldest DimSum restaurant in the city so the atmosphere is cool.
Best Chinese food I have ever had, it is so good. Food came out super quick and super cheap! There was a 20 min wait but it was a nice night so it was fine. My favorite thing there had to be either the pork buns which is one of the most delicious things I have had in my lifetime or the chicken soup dumplings which are also very good. So if you are in the area definitely go.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Dim Sum, House Special Pan Fried Dumplings, Bao, Soup Dumplings
Worst dim sum experience to date! If you want to pay for a tasteless, expensive dim sum experience, then by all means.I was told it's the oldest dim sum place in NY and that it was tasty so I went. Every dish was flavorless and a waste of money. I also noticed there was a 1:9 Asian to non-Asian ratio; That should speak volume.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 2
Very popular place. We got there early for lunch and waited in the line for just a few minutes. The food is very good and to be in NY very cheap. They only take cash or American Express.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4