Dim Sum House

Came by here about a month ago.

Had the beef chow fun, was decent. The bao was good and so were the dumplings, and the wonton soup.

The restaurant is a decent size and they have a lot of to go orders. Downside is that there is only one waiter! He takes care of everyone inside the restaurant and everyone who is picking and placing orders. The food is pumped out pretty quick so i did like that.

The way you order is by marking it on the paper menu with red marker which is odd but it's their system lol.

Will be back for more.

We were craving dim sum on the way to a museum and this restaurant was on the way. The parking lot was small, compact spaces only, and completely full, so we payed meter to park on the curb.

We arrived around 1:45 for lunch. There was only one other table. It is a nice sized restaurant with a lot of seating. Appeared clean and recently remodeled. The gentleman that sat us, took our order, and brought our food was very nice and quick. He gave our little 3-year-old extra fortune cookies!

Shumai: larger than your average dumpling. Seemed freshly made, with lots of ground pork and shrimp. A little bland, but still okay.

Har gow: also larger. Maybe 3 large shrimps in one dumpling. Very good! Cooked perfectly.

Peking pork chops: I always order at dim sum because it was my late grandma's favorite and I want to share it with my girls. The dish was yummy. Tender pork chops, crispy, with flavorful sweet/sour sauce.

"Baked Egg Custard Bun" and "Egg Custard Bun": I think supposed to be bo lo bao and nai wong bao. Just ok. The filling was too yolky and runny for my taste, but my kids like it.

Steamed chicken feet: I did not try, but my daughter liked it. My cousin said too much white pepper.

Sautéed baby bok choy with garlic: overall good dish. My only problem with it is the cost, $16.99!

We also got egg tarts and beef chow fun. Solid dishes. No complaints.

Overall, my family of 6 had a good lunch here and would come back if we are in the area again.

Overall: ingredients taste fresh and food is flavorful!

Food: 5/5
Stir fried noodles had super tender beef and a nice wok flavor. Dim sum had PLUMP shrimp and were nicely dressed in sauces. Fried green beans were crisp and tender.

Service: 4/5
Food came out super quick. I wish they asked more about refilling waters.

Ambiance: 3/5
On par for most strip malls. You come here mainly for the food and price.

Not fancy inside...very kitchen-ey feel.... NICEST employee that works there ..,I don't know his name but he's so friendly and in a good mood both times I've been there! Very authentic won tons (unlike my old fave restaurant that started using frozen won tons) ...great experience and THEY OPEN AT 9am!!'

The food is so delicious and it's a very fair price! It's not too far from UCLA (a short bus ride) and the owner is so silly! You can tell he cares about his customers and making sure they enjoy their experience. It also wasn't a long wait for the food seeing as there isn't many people here. Overall, I would come back again!

Some of my favorites were the shrimp dumplings, egg tarts, shiu mai, and juicy pork dumplings

I really like Dim Sum House as it's hard to find good dim sum on the Westside. I usually go to the SGV but heard about the third-anniversary promotion where they are offering 50% off dim sum throughout the month of September, so I decided to check it out.

I called on the phone and asked about the promotion, but decided to come in person to order the dim sum. The lady seem confused and said it was only for dine in, but there was so much signage everywhere and flyers that said, "dine in, store, online order, and phone order." We were literally in the store, so I don't know if i had to call again to place the order to get the 50% off. Just doesn't make any sense. She said she had to ask the manager and the manager said it was fine to get 50% off. So I was kinda irked because they were pretending like it wasn't a thing when the storefront had a huge sign and the table was literally covered in flyers. I felt like we had to get fake "approval" from the manager.

So we ordered a bunch of stuff and there were so many people coming in after ordering the dim sum and they clearly didn't have an issue getting the 50% off. So it was a bit annoying where they clearly have a promotion, so I don't know why there are pretending LOLOL! I don't get it. In any case, we ordered a lot of dimsum and it was all made quite fresh. It was a bit of a wait, but not terrible. Everything was quite tasty and comparable to the quality in the SGV. Overall, for the 50% off, I thought the prices were reasonable and on par with other options in the San Gabriel Valley. For this promo, I would recommend the place!

Decent selection of options and the prices are big too! Good and tasty and left me really full. Parking is easy with a shared lot.
You order and mark on the menu so it's easy as there are photos so you'll know what you get. Everything was great and it's a pretty casual place with lots of seating. The only negative was that it was really slow and I think that just had to do with kitchen. They take a lot of take out orders too and I'm sure they're short staffed. They tried their best so that's really nice. Also they're having a special until end of September where dim sum is half off so it was super worth it even the wait!!

Dropped in this morning because my kid wanted xiao long bao at 10am. The food is good and they have a parking lot. Nothing fancy but we liked the food and the service. They are running a half of dim sum deal this month too

** came back again and it's truly a great value right now

Highly recommend the beef roll

Meh. It was overall bland and blobby. We liked the thinly sliced steak rolled in a flakey pancake. But that was about it. Everything else either lacked flavor (e.g. soup dumpling with its too thick pasta and poorly flavored meat) or was overcooked/needed searing (shrimp wontons). Also despite being one of the only few tables that were full, it felt like no one was paying attention to us at times. Disappointing.

Delicious. Lots of variety including specialities like running egg yolky bun (lao sa bao), Mochi pan fried red bean, yam bun even though I prefer the custard buns more, coconut cocktail bun, Cheung fun, porridge, Lo mai gai lotus wrapped sticky rice, egg tart.

Finesse wise, sometimes the items were a bit lacking (Eg. Thick hagao skin, thick cheong fun wrapper). Still highly enjoyable and hits the spot.

A bit pricey Eg $8.99 for 3 pieces of hagao.

Huge parking lot in front of restaurant. I'd come back because of west LA proximity To my home, variety and decent quality. Capital seafood dimsum in Beverly Hills has slightly higher quality but less variety so I would still prefer this spot.