Dimsum Asian Bistro

5410 NC-55 Y, Durham - 27713
243 reviews
Asian Dim Sum
(919) 806-8899

Lots of good reviews perhaps not many in the area? The dim sum dishes that I got are average at best. The tea is per person as usual, but one tea bag for two people? so 1/2 tea bag if only for one? Dim Sum is ordered as you go style with family gathering. This place only allowed you to order once, if you want more, they will say "no, you can't".....Imagine if you go to a bar, you have to order all your drinks at once for the whole night.

Dim Sum served ALL Day? This is unheard of. When I read my fellow Elites reviews I had to take their word for it. I had been raving about my first dim sum experience to my friend/ fellow yelp elite at another establishment in Morrisville and we decided to feast on this reserved Juneteenth holiday. Upon arrival I began perusing the reviews on yelp/ Google. My friend convinced me to take the reviews with a grain of salt and try the business for myself. I'm so glad we did because we loved it !Service was wonderful and we were seated quickly for a Monday after 2:00 pm. We decided on the steamed BBQ Pork buns, Green Chive and Pork dumplings in chili oil, pan fried turnip cake, crispy sticky rice dumpling with chicken, chicken spring rolls, cheese Rangoon wontons, and my favorite the creamy salt egg bun ! My favorites were the green chive and pork dumplings, bbq pork steam baos and cream salt egg buns. Everything was extremely tasty, those listed were excellent. The prices were excellent and we really enjoyed our meal. I was happy that my friend's first experience could be memorable and well enjoyed.I can't wait to return to try the weekend menu. Unfortunately they did not serve the Hong Kong Egg Tarts which I always look forward to. The creamy salt egg buns made up for it

To be honest, the two dishes we had were authentic (i.e. non-Americanized) home made dumplings and noodles. They were fresh, hot and tasty.. not from an H-Mart frozen bag. That is where the positive part stops.It was a Monday evening, the restaurant was not busy but we were seated right next to another couple. We asked if we could move to another seat and were told there were too many flies at the other seat. I suspect that was true but also the table was an extra twenty feet away from the kitchen and would involve too much walking on her behalf.The kitchen / prep area of the restaurant was a mess and they never cleared (bussed) any of the tables when people left. There were several dirty tables when we got there and when we left I think there was maybe only one clean table left.. it was very uncomfortable.Low service in general and not a place we will return to even though the food was very good.

Decided to eat her even though it was mixed reviews. We had a great time. The food was great and we enjoyed everything. My favorite was the shrimp noodle crepe, followed closely by the spring onion pancake. We got the fried rice as well, and it was by far some of the best I’ve had. It was really crowded when we got here and you could tell the two ladies were rushing around to make sure that everyone was served in a timely manner. I didn’t experience any rudeness from the servers that was stated in other reviews, the two ladies were very polite and kind. I would definitely recommend and come back.

Anyone seeking authentic Asian dim-sum should come here. The dim sum had the homey feel of true Chinese food. The only problem I had were with its small portions - we had to order several dishes for a full stomach. The rice noodles we had was fine, it was pretty bland. Otherwise, it was a great dim sum dinner!

We were told it was a 15-20 min wait for a table. She told us to wait outside and she would call on our cell phone. We stood just outside the restaurant waiting. At 20 min, a group walked up and said they were not really sure they would get a table after seeing how crowded the place was. The hostess came and took this party before us. They were seated with a 1-2 min wait. They had the same number of people and obviously had no reservation, but she seemed to know them. When I asked her about it, she said she "did not know" but was busy right now. We left. We kept checking the phone for the call from her...never came.

A nice place for authentic (I guess) Chinese food. Tried few of their chicken items and all of them were tasty. Service was good and fast too. I’d definitely return.

I hate leaving bad reviews. But sadly I was very disappointed by my first and last visit to this establishment.The main problem is they were extremely understaffed during my visit this past Sunday. I can’t support a business that would allow their poor waiters to take on more take out and sit down orders than they can handle. I’ve worked in food, maybe the waiters chose this, maybe the owners forced them to work all these tables but honestly I’d rather have been turned away at the door.Had to beg my waiter to take my paper with our order.Not one water refill during our 40 minute wait.Never received our tea although others around us did.When I told the waiter we were leaving she said wait one second and then magically our order came out.Half our food came out cold, which is a shame because it ruined the texture of the buns.Had to again beg for someone to check us out.It seems like all the customers were suffering from the lack of staff. My vote would be to flip some chairs and limit your customers and refuse take out orders unless you can handle them. But someone in the business was putting money first and sadly the customers and staff suffer. Like please just admit you can’t handle me so I can go somewhere else and get food. Very disappointed, was hoping to find my new dim sum place :(

The young waitress there was really rude and ignored us all the time. We just seated and realized that the door is open and wind blowing to us so I asked to switch table, but she said no without giving us any reason. We had to eat in the cold for an hour.Also the waitress took orders from ppl who came in after us first and we had to wait much longer to get our food. She took the sauce from our table and gave to another table without even asking if we need it. Super rude.The dim sums are really small sizes compared to other dim sum places and taste just below average. (The shumai is the worst). First time trying here and wouldn’t come anymore.

Very good Dim Sum. We got takeout here and the shrimp dishes were excellent. Also enjoyed the crab ball and beef. The egg tart and pork rolls were OK. Overall very satisfied and will return.