My friend and I were on a mission to expand our taste palette and took a trip to this place.<br>We shared pork dumplings and ramen, really tasty lunch. Will definitely come back!<br>Also very clean and quiet, it was a lovely experience.
Hong Kong style fast food restaurant
Dim Sum Sam
Flatiron DistrictManhattan
Flatiron District
Manhattan
The brief
About Dim Sum Sam
Dim Sum Sam is a popular Hong Kong style fast food restaurant located in the Flatiron District that serves authentic dim sum and traditional Cantonese cuisine. The restaurant focuses on fresh, quality ingredients and offers options suitable for various dietary preferences, making it accessible to health-conscious diners. With its vibrant and casual dining atmosphere, Dim Sum Sam provides a lively yet comfortable setting where customers can enjoy quick service without sacrificing flavor or authenticity, earning its impressive 4.7 rating from nearly 2000 satisfied patrons.
Health inspection
NYC DOHMH Grade A
Score11(lower is better)
Inspected1/30/2025
Grade A is the highest mark from NYC's Department of Health — about 90% of restaurants earn it.
Community Rating
4.7
out of 5
1,940 community reviews
Rating aggregated from community reviews across platforms. Read full reviews on Google or Yelp for detailed diner experiences.
Reviews
What diners say about Dim Sum Sam
15 verified Google reviews · 2 with owner responses
4.3
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Roast pork and duck are so juicy and delicious. The crisp of pork belly is phenomenal. Egg tart is very good as well. I’ll just come again for those food. Not very big fan of drinks just because of not enough sweetness for me.
The food was decent and the staff were friendly. However, I just don’t like using the machine to place my orders. It’s annoying to scroll back and forth just to find an item.<br><br>I got a beef/wonton egg noodles, and roast pork/beef rice noodle roll, and BBQ roast pork belly.<br><br>The noodles have a nice bouncy texture. The shrimp wonton was superb. The beef wasn’t tender enough and was a bit hard to chew. The broth was a bit too light as well. I was hoping that it would have been having a strong umami flavor, but I’m also glad that it wasn’t loaded with MSG.<br><br>The rice rolls were pretty good. The sweet soy sauce really made it so yummy. I also put some chili oil on top, and it brought it to the next level. The chili oil wasn’t spicy, but more for the fragrance.<br><br>The BBQ roasted pork belly was also pretty good. The skin was crackling, but some piece was a little too fatty to my liking. The sweet sauce made it tasted less greasy.<br><br>Overall, it was a nice meal. I do hope that they can use less plastic containers. It’s nice of them to put the side dishes in takeout containers already, but I’d rather asking for them when I needed them than just throwing them away.<br><br>The dining area was bright and clean. The prices were acceptable, too.
I ordered the rice combo with char siu and roasted duck, but instead received roasted pork. I paid $15 for a portion of roasted pork that was mostly fat and skin. There were also no utensils included with my to-go order. Overall, this was a very disappointing experience and the worst food I’ve had. I would not recommend getting food from here.
Response from the owner
Dear Trinh, We are sorry to hear that you had an unpleasant experience in our restaurant. We understand your frustration regarding the quality of the roasted pork you received; we strive to provide high-quality cuts and regret that your portion was unsatisfactory. Your feedback has been shared with our kitchen team to ensure better order accuracy and quality control moving forward.<br>Please email us your receipt via dimsumreservation@gmail.com, we will investigate your order with our kitchen team and update you ASAP. Thanks.<br>
As someone who is into a quick bite and real authentic Chinese cuisines and food. I’m Macanese (Chinese + Portugese), this place has it all, with foods authentic to Hong Kong and Macau natives. Taste is on point and the price is very decent for Manhattan standards. A definite recommend if you want a bit of home tasting growing up eating in Chinatown/8Ave/Flushing!
This place serves food that looks great in photos, but has absolutely no flavor in real life.<br>The duck was mostly bones and skin with barely any meat, and the beef tasted old and dry.<br><br>You might get food poison if you ate all cuz meats are really really dry and hard to chew.<br>The dishes looked nothing like what was on the picture, honestly felt like a scam.<br>Definitely not worth the price, and the ratings are completely misleading.
Response from the owner
Dear Hayeun, We are sorry to hear that you felt unhappy for your dining experience with us. Just wondering if you can send your receipt to us via dimsumreservation@gmail.com. We will review the foods you ordered with our kitchen team and figure out if there's any issues. Thanks for your feedback which is very important to us.
I was around and saw this place.<br>Had a few dim sum items with duck and rice and a beer.<br>Overall the food was good but not the best dim/sum- HK dishes Ive had.<br>It’s good for a quick meal if you are around the area.<br>Service was quick.
Got Roasted pork over rice and roasted duck noodles 10/10. The roasted pork came with a drink and an egg tart. Would definitely come back again.
My partner took me here for brunch since we were craving some dim sum. We ordered the crystal dumplings, duck, rice rolls and soup dumplings. They were all amazing. Definitely going to come back, would recommend!
Lovely cute hands down Hong Kong style local food. Many choices and good prices.
My family went here 2 days in a row. Food is authentic. Feel like i took a flight back to China. My favorite is the duck noodle soup and beef congee. Roast duck is cooked to perfection. Service is fast and efficient. Environment in the restaurant is very clean. Highly recommend this place for authentic chinese food!
One of the best har gow I’ve had ever. The dough isn’t too thick; I love it. The congee isn’t watery. The noodle soup was flavorful and clean. The chicken dumpling was my daughter’s favorite. The tea and fresh soy milk was not too sweet — it was perfect! Highly recommend!
Delicious and reasonably priced Cantonese food near Madison Square Park. We got the roasted duck with rice and beef noodle soup and left happy and satiated!
It's easy to miss this store when wandering past this street, but you better not miss it. I got both takeout and also dined in, and one small tidbit I liked about the vibes here was the roast duck and pork belly I could see hanging from the kitchen. Onto the food!<br>The roast duck is great, tender meat and crispy skin. I usually got it with the noodle soup, and something I like is that they have really good Hong Kong egg noodles! (I think they're also called soba, not that sure.) The broth for the noodles is also really good. After scrounging around a bunch of locations, I'm so happy I found a place with rice noodles! The sauce they also give you for that is great. What I do like the most is that although it's not on the menu, they can give you a helping of the gai lan you see accompanying each dish on the pictures.<br>One more thing: make sure you have room in your stomach for some dessert! Not only are they priced so great, but I've gotten not one, not two, but three amazing egg tarts, pineapple buns, and egg yolk buns! They're all amazing. Let me ramble about their amazingness for a bit. The pineapple buns are all filled with taro paste, and I popped them in the microwave when I was home to get them nice and warm. The shell is crispy, and I don't know how it's also so satisfyingly round. The egg yolk bun was my personal favorite; it was so deliciously sweet and filled to the brim. I can't describe how it tastes; you have to try it yourself. Lastly, the egg tarts. When I came here with my mom and she tried one of those, it resulted in us getting egg tarts every time we passed by. See, my mom isn't a huge fan of sweet stuff, so I was shocked that she loved these so much. She says she hasn't had this good of an egg tart for a very long time, and I gotta agree that these egg tarts are so good with a soft tart and a pretty good shell. (Heck, when we went to Chinatown I feel like Dim Sum Sam did it better.)<br>Sadly, I don't have many pictures from my camera roll of this place, but whether you want to stop by here for some take out, a nice meal, or some desserts, it's worth a trip.
Top marks all around. Great menu options and phenomenal pricing, especially in the city, is always a win.<br><br>We got chicken dumplings, pork steamed buns, Shanghai pork juice dumplings and a roast pork that came in a dumpling fold. I don't know hiw to describe the last other than roast pork meets wrap.<br><br>The flavors were so good and all the dumplings held together so well. If you haven't tried a soup dumpling, I recommend the Shanghai juicy.<br><br>Very excited to come back here, one of my new favorites in the city.
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