Kevin M.

This restaurant was a super fun experience! So many types of food to try and enough to share for a table (party of four for our dinner). We had so many things but my favorite were the sticky rice in lotus leaf, salt and paper shrimp, and the baked egg tart. My girlfriend liked the daikon cake. All of the entrees were delicious, especially the chow main chicken. The service and ambiance excellent! I will definitely come here again!

Rachel M.

First time. Hard, uncomfortable chairs, but the facility is kept very clean, and the service is quick and attentive. Ordered three items off the dim sum menu - one small, one medium, and one large. I liked being able to circle them on the menu, and my table allowed for a view of Sandia. The seaweed salad was a saucy, generous portion (about a cup). Good texture, and I'd order again. For the medium dish, I tried chiu-chow dumplings for the first time and discovered I don't care for them. The filling is mostly ground pork, and the dumpling wrapper is too thick for the tablespoon of filling. Would not reorder. To complete the trifecta, I got the shrimp rice noodle roll, which I'd been craving...but it didn't hit the spot, unfortunately. It comes with three rolls (two shrimp each) but hardly any flavor. Without the sauce, it would've been a wash. Would not reorder. Think I'll try it one more time but order one of the noodle bowls instead, plus the daikon cake.

Lynn W.

I really wanted to love this place. It has been over a month since I've had real Chinese food. The last time was in Seattle Chinatown. I found this place on yelp and it had good reviews and the pics of the food looked good. The ha gow (shrimp dumplings) skins were gummy and bland. The shrimp were ok, not very flavorful. The feung tschow (chicken feet) were ok. But the texture was a little off and the flavor just wasn't there. The salt and pepper shrimp were the best thing that I had. The shrimp were fresh, the flavors were good. I would recommend this for sure. The steamed ribs with black beans were ok. Nothing great. But good. The daan tat (egg tarts) were just ok. The flavor was just not there. The crust was a little dense. The cha siu boas were the worse thing I had. The bread was bland, the cha siu filling was skimpy. But I didn't mind because I didn't eat them. I ended up throwing away two of them. The ha cheung (shrimp with rice pasta) was ok. The shrimp were not really great. Borderline mealy on the texture. The jasmine hot tea was so disappointing. It was a tea bag and even after steeping for 5 minutes, I asked for another one because it just tasted like hot water. Even after putting the second one in, it was barely tea. I noticed that it was very bad quality tea bag. Not even fragrant when smelling it dry. The tea bag was full of tea leave dust. Not even good quality. I know some people would have been ok with the quality, but I will not be going back.

Cheryl S.

If you want to try something new, dim sum is a great way to explore Chinese cooking! Smaller portions of a big variety of menu items allow for great sharing and exploring! The food came out fresh, relatively fast, and delicious from pork dumplings, chow fun noodles and chicken, seaweed salad, shrimp, etc. clean, nice staff, delicious! You won't be disappointed!

R G.

I miss the dim sum carts rolling between tables and explanations of items in carts. The food is flavorful. See photos.

Tom C.

We were excited to find a dim sum place in town and wanted to give it a try. We were greeted as we walked in and saw that half of the tables had asian customers who looked happy - all seemed like a good sign from the start. There is a good variety & selection on the menu. We ordered our usual go tos: pork shumai, shrimp har gow, pan fried chives, chinese broccoli, beef rice noodle, baked egg tart, mushroom shumai, steamed chicken feet, curry rice noodle roll, sweet tofu. The food was great and made us feel like we had made it back to Houston Asia town again. Our 2 honorable mentions were the baked egg tart which was crispy and the sweet tofu which was a perfect balance of sweet and flavor. This is the only place we've found so far that has these 2 items on the menu. There were many other items that we wanted to try but could not this visit because we were stuffed - next time. My only negative was that the shrimp har gow was a little bit on the gummy side. I would give a 4.5 star rating because of this, but since that's not an option I'm happy to give them a 5 star review because it was barely an issue. Everything else was good! We're so happy to have a place that carries some hard to find asian food items that we miss. The service was friendly and attentive and there was a good vibe. The restaurant looks well-maintained and clean. Highly recommend this place.

Stephanie C.

Everything I ordered tasted great! My favorite was the beef chow mein and pork dumplings. Egg rolls were crispy with great flavor. The prices were cheap and service was fast! I will definitely be back soon.

Joop V.

I really liked IT Dimsum! Being in ABQ where Chinese food options are a bit limited, I appreciated IT Dimsum offering certain dimsum dishes for me to enjoy. Sure, it's not a place that offered so many dimsum options. Sure, there's no push carts for you to see and pick what you want. However, at least there are some dimsum staple dishes like rice noodles, lotus wrapped steam sticky rice, egg tarts, buns, shumai, fried turnip cakes and hagao for me to enjoy...while feeling nostalgic about all the cool dimsums I could get in Chinatown of a large metro city. The place is clean, prices are decent and not decorated like a typical Chinese restaurant. But it's good that it had plenty of parking spots for all the shops in the same area and the staff was nice.

Clifton L.

Not sure where to begin with this review. I had been looking forward to trying the food here for some time now and upon arrival and reviewing the menu I was very impressed with their offerings. But one never knows if the menu descriptions match the actual food, so I decided to order a handful of items to try and perhaps add to the meal if the items ordered come out as described. I ordered the following: 1. Fried smelts - they were crisp. It lacked seasoning (which seemed common with all the rest of the order); 2. Chicken feet - a hint of sweet with some fermented black beans, but overall bland and lacked garlic and spices; 3. Shrimp pasta tofu - perhaps was supposed to be "Shrimp Paste on Tofu" also bland; 4. Two combo bbq plate - this one was the kicker! I selected the roasted duck and the poached chicken as my two meats, and just from the looks of it when served ... I already knew I wasn't going to be adding any more items to my order. The duck looked like it was taken from the refrigerator and thrown into a fryer to reheat ... dry and hard. Nothing about the appearance hinted that it was ever roasted. The cut of the chicken was part of its back bone with some ribs attached, so practically bone and some skin. I do t think I had ever been offered a plate of food that looked sadder than this combo plate of pieces of skin with bones and meat that was fried to death ... desert sand seemed moister than the violated piece of refried duck. Nothing on that plate even remotely suggested for me to attempt a tasting of it. I informed the server that I had no intention of paying for that sad plate of food. In all fairness, after voicing my disappointment of receiving a plate of chicken bones, dried duck (also mostly bones) and rice, I was asked if I wanted to order a replacement, but at that point I already sampled the rest of the order and didn't think that ordering additional items would improve the taste. So I kindly declined. Management may want to spend some money in researching - even traveling to places outside the state - to sample the flavors of real dim sum. If you're going to offer and call it authentic dim sum, then do it right. Just because the population in these parts don't know the authentic taste, doesn't mean you should take short cuts and offer substandard food. Ambiance is modern and fun, menu pictures look great, but the actual food is a sad representation of anything dim sum. Frozen generic dumplings from the Asian stores have better flavor. For those wondering if I left gratuity ... yes I did leave 20% for the server who was kind enough to ask if I wanted a replacement and was very attentive. But the chance of me returning ... very slim to none.

Tracia H.

Based on my personal flavor preference I would have rated this 4.5 stars but I had to take our entire parties opinions as well and it was an overall 5!! The size of this establishment, from the outside, looks small but it is a great sized space with plenty of room for all. We were greeted and served by the very friendly and helpful Icy. Exceptional customer service! Even at our visiting time of 2:30 there was a steady flow of people dining in or picking up to-go orders. We were given a laminated menu and a dry erase marker to circle which items we would like to order. We collectively decided to order Baked BBQ Pork Bun, Deep Fried Meatball, BBQ Pork Rice Noodle, Fried Shrimp Ball, Shrimp Fried Rice and Stir Fried Rice Noodles. I love that every item was brought out as it was prepared and there was plenty of everything and made sharing very easy. My absolute favorite was the Stir Fried Rice Noodles!!! I look forward to returning and working my way through the menu. There are quite a few more items that I'm looking forward to trying.

Jim T.

One of our greatest pleasures is to return to an outstanding restaurant repeatedly. Welcome to this week's report by Manana Cafe. The VA Creative Writing Group boys have returned to our favorite New Mexico dim sum restaurant. Some dim sum restaurants have the service staff wheel around carts, and the diner selects delicacies themselves. The server brings around a laminated menu and marker at IT Dim Sum. Patrons circle the items they want and the number of helpings. Magically, it all shows up. We love this place and know you will, too. Great food, helpful wait staff, and some attractive interior decor. We have been there for dance days and recommend them highly. Just click on the following YouTube link to see our updated report. https://youtu.be/OEkUajiRKOY?si=swaQAVK-ToBjKg7l