The Best Dim Sum or Yum Cha Places in Hong Kong

With the experienced chef Siu at the helm, this well-known high-end Cantonese restaurant offers meticulously crafted dim sums that blend traditional techniques with innovative elements. Combined with the use of premium ingredients, its dim sums wow diners with both their taste and presentation. For a fresh take on Cantonese delights, try the whole abalone puff with chicken, and the mushroom dumpling with black truffle and beetroot.

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Serving consistently exceptional Cantonese dishes and dim sums since its opening in 1948, Fook Lam Moon (Wan Chai) continues to attract a steady stream of patrons to this day. There is a diverse array of dim sum options here, with signatures including crab roe siu mai and deep-fried glutinous rice dumplings.

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Nestled within Hong Kong’s most historic hotel still in existence, Spring Moon delights diners with its elegant and luxurious decor. The dim sum chef’s exceptional skills are showcased through a selection of refined and delicious dim sums crafted with top-notch ingredients, such as the intricately sculpted swan-shaped baked turnip puffs and fresh shrimp dumplings with bamboo shoot. Its exquisite steamed lobster dumplings and steamed Sicilian shrimp and minced pork dumplings are also not to be missed.

Tucked away in the basement of Eaton hotel, this Chinese restaurant offers refined Cantonese dishes in addition to an array of traditional dim sums crafted using premium ingredients. Must-try items include steamed scallop siu mai and prawn dumplings with bamboo shoots. All made to order, each dish is tasty and beautifully presented.

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Located in Tai Wai, this Chinese eatery is very popular with gourmets, and queues are commonly spotted outside the restaurant. The lunch menu primarily features steamed-to-order traditional handmade dim sums. Rare and classic items such as quail egg siu mai, ying yang Chinese preserved sausage rolls, and pan-fried glutinous rice with chicken can also be savoured at Tai Wai Dining Room (Tai Wai).

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This bustling Yuen Long institution offers a selection of almost a hundred authentic walled-village-style dishes and classic Cantonese fare. Many flock to the restaurant for the traditional dim sums available during lunch, with highlights including the steamed custard cake and steamed Chinese sausage bun.

The owner of the Sham Shui Po branch of Tim Ho Wan has extensive experience from his previous role working in the dim sum department of a high-end hotel’s Cantonese restaurant. Inside the restaurant with a bright and minimalist decor, diners can order from a menu of over 20 styles of dim sum, all steamed to order and at affordable prices. The baked flakey char siu bun is the eatery’s highly popular signature dish. Tim Ho Wan also regularly introduces innovative dim sum creations, ensuring a delightful surprise for yum cha goers.

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Named after Lu Yu, the revered Sage of Chinese Tea, this tea house in Central, with interiors exuding old-world charm, offers a Hong Kong-style yum cha experience featuring classic dim sums made using traditional methods. The menu also features some rare and notable items that require laborious preparation, such as the stuffed pork liver siu mai and chicken buns, which are well worth a try.

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