Snug, unassuming venue serves familiar à la carte Chinese dishes, plus dim sum for lunch & dinner.
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I went for dinner and dined in. They didn’t have the dim sum carts, and it was super busy — you might need to wait a bit.
Visited Hong Kong Dimsum in Durham for my very first dim sum experience, and it absolutely delivered. Every dish was a hit — from the savory turnip pudding , delicate shrimp dumplings , and classic sui mai to the comforting congee and even the adventurous chicken feet (yes, I tried them ).
Favorites included the coconut pudding , vegetarian bamboo rolls , steamed shrimp rice noodle rolls , stuffed jalapeño peppers ️, and the sweet rice with chicken wrapped in lotus leaf — so flavorful!
The egg tart was a tad softer than I expected, but that’s just a minor note in an otherwise delicious lineup. Can’t wait to go back for round two!
To me it was a total disappointment. Nothing impressed me at all. I’m a big fan of Har Gow but it was just sad here. The shrimp roll had nothing special in it. They just put shrimps in a roll and pour some soy sauce on it. Shumai were meh. They also don’t have dark sour sauce which was like a must have in dim sum restaurants. I had to ask for dark vinegar and mixed it with soy sauce to create my own sauce
We ordered congee and I was super excited to eat since coming from Thailand congee was one my favorite dish. But it tasted so bland. There was no taste in the rice it was like they boil rice in water not in broth. Pork came in strips not pork ball and of course there was no taste.
Service was mediocre. I pointed out at the shrimp roll and asked what it was. The old lady said something I didn’t understand but I caught her saying shrimp so I pointed at the other plate (which was also shrimp) meaning to order. She picked the plate up and poured soy sauce over it and handed it to me. Then she did it again on the first plate I initially pointed. I think she misunderstood I wanted two plates. I told her I just wanted one. She scolded me back saying “but you said two”. I was like lady I didn’t say it you misunderstood. She gave me the look and walked away.
I’m 75% Chinese and I’ve lived in Chinese oriented environment all my life so I know how older Chinese people behave and I usually let it go because I’m used to it. However, from where I came from if you’re in a service industry you don’t usually scold back to customers so I’ve never experienced something like this in my life. I wasn’t mad at her but I felt like she shouldn’t do that to anyone.
We got seated on the left side of the restaurant and it’s near the kitchen and bathroom. However, the push cart rarely came to our side. The first time the dim sum cart came to us was when we first sat down and another time when we asked for the check. Of all the time we sat there, the fried stuff came out the most and a lot of people complained they haven’t had any dim sum at all.
The egg tarts were also sad. I couldn’t finish it. To be honest, egg tarts from Lidl was better. The only thing good here was the rice on the leave.
We spent around 50-60 and it wasn’t worthwhile at all. We will not come back.