What happened? Pre-made potsticker wrappers? No chili oil? I'm completely disappointed, Mee Sum.

Everything about this place is life! Tasty savory and sweet pastries. Cheap and delicious! I personally love the steam hum bow and crab rangoon! So good! I try to stop by once in a while after getting off work to grab a snack or two. read more

Delicious and cheap eats down at the Market! The BBQ pork buns were delicious and the BBQ Pork kabobs were great also. This place makes a nice place to stop and grab a snack to go since they don't have any seating. Just remember, only buy what you can manage to carry and eat at the same time. It's so delicious you won't want to waste time meandering around looking for a place to sit! read more

the bbq pork bun is good.. but not as good as places in southern california.. overall.. it's not worth the abdominal real estate if you're on a pike place eating tour.. but if you want a cheap tasty meal.. grab one of these buns read more

The pork hom bow is very good. This was my first Mee Sum experience, so I didn't know exactly what to expect from the BBQ pork hom bow. Both the roll and the meat are sweet in different ways. I could eat one every day! read more

We stopped by this place just walking down Pike Place and all I tried was the Sesame Balls. Even though they have gotten spotty reviews here I really liked them. Matter of fact the last day we were in Seattle I made a special trip down there on the way to the airport to get some more. Personal preference I guess. read more

Yes Mee Sum Pastry with your staple dumplings, and almond cookies, you are a go to favorite.

The BBQ pork steamed Hom Bow is a delicious (and cheap!) snack to sustain an afternoon of wandering around Pike Place. Swing by the next-door truffle cafe to add a sample of white truffle oil for an incredible treat! read more

I like it, the buns were fresh and filled with pork and onions. I was craving these bbq pork buns, and this place hit the spot for my growling tummy! read more

This review is just for the char sui boa (baked bbq pork bun). They are the best I've ever had other than my favorite shop back in Boston Chinatown. read more

Girlfriend ordered the cold rice and beans wrapped in leaves. I ordered the steamed pork hombow. Hombow was good. My girlfriend literally got food poisoning and we were at the hospital it was so bad. She didn't have anything else to eat that day. read more

Excellent sesame balls that weren't overly greasy! The lotus moon cake was all right and I wasn't too fond of the wife cake mostly because I didn't realize it would contain so much egg but I would go back for the sesame balls and to try their other pastries if I have a chance. read more

Boo, the ham bao had barely any filling in it!!! It could have been good but this was totally a blank. Sad.

I only ever get one thing here, and I've been getting it since I was knee-high: the steamed pork hum bao. Warm, satisfying, grab it and walk with it while you go through the rest of the market. read more

This place has been an institution in my life for years. Of all the place I've gone, as soon as I get back to Seattle I scoot my buns right down to Mee Sum to get a steamed chicken bun and sometimes a pork stick too! It's comfort food to the max, and it's fun to people watch while you stuff your face! read more

After having their curry beef hum bow, with crusty sweetness on top, I regret ever having considered this place a tourist trap. It was a great counterpoint to the beef and onion piroshky we had. read more

this chinese bakery has some absolutely fantastic delicacies. their bbq pork hom bow is as best as you can get anywhere else, especially when you get it right after they bake it. their chicken and beef hom bow are yummy too. one of my friends always get the bbq pork on a stick. if u love a big chunk of meat, then this is definitely the right thing for you to order. the price is decent, service is fast, food is tasty, location is strategic. whenever i walk by this bakery, i just can't resist the temptation to stop by and get something. if you have not tried this, then you should. i bet it will awaken your senses :) read more

Mee Sum Pastry - ham & corn - Seafood Near Me - Seattle, Washington

I dream of these hum baos. I went to college in the Pacific Northwest and can't find anything similar back east. I will return! You MUST visit this place if you're in the neighborhood. read more

They carry both traditional and common pastries at very reasonable prices. On the decor side it's not so epic but taste is good. Line up are hit and miss. read more

The bread on the BBQ pork hom bow (in Hawaii, we called it Baked Manapua or Char siu bao) was perfect, but I prefer the filling to be a little more meaty and less sweet. Great deal for $2 something. read more

BBQ Hum Bow is the best! I always get two to go and eat them up while walking around the market. Would be nice if they had a sign that directs people where the line starts. It gets pretty crowded around the front and lines start forming everywhere. read more

Fair Chinese pastries and goodies. Have to say that if it's Chinese goodies that you crave... go to the local source - International District. Lots of little places to try. read more

The BBQ pork humbow is the thing to get, and it's gynormous. I'm talking freak of nature big, definitely enough to share. I'm not sure how...ahem, hygienic this operation is, so let your stomach be your guide. The service is a bit brusque, but that's probably as much a result of the long lines as anything else. read more

Got one bbq hombow to go. It was raining and very chilly, wind blowing all the strands of my hair to the every direction. I look like a complete mess. Nothing a hombow can't cure though. They were open at ~6pm when all of the other shops in PIke's Place was closing up. Asian determination! Some more, their hombows were still warm and soft like they just brought it out of the oven! Awesome! Saves me work from putting them back in my microwave to heat it up. I can't stand the anticipation, so I ate it on the way back, I had to find some cover because the rain was wetting up my baby. I dont' want a soggy hombow, do I? I really love the bread, it's so soft, a baked golden brown exterior on the top and it's chewy at times. Just a great bread to begin with. The smell of it makes my mouth water. My only complaint is for the bbq pork inside, it's just too salty, too much meat in there too. It's seriously sodiumed up my blood system here. So, I threw away most of the insides and then ate it, then it was the perfect meat-to-bun ratio. read more

Love this place, usually stop for sesame balls w/ red bean filling when we are in the area. Today they were sooooooo oily it was almost weird. I will be back but wanted to mention my surprise when they didn't rock like they usually do. read more

found this on some list of must try things from Pike Market. coming from NYC where there are tons of bakeries that sell yummy pork buns I went to Mee Sum Pastry with pretty high standards. and especially since it got tons of rave reviews on Yelp. there was a short line, waited about 5 minutes. ordered the bbq pork bun. yes, the buns are huge!! and cost almost $3. $3 for a pork bun? holy moly! bought it anyways since it's supposedly the best in Seattle. the bun is super warm like fresh out of the oven. the bread portion is so light and fluffy. the 1st few bites i was totally loving it. but bite 5 i had enough of it. the filling was flavorful but nothing too wow. and there is just way too much bread. and did i mention it cost almost $3? it shouldn't cost more than $1 (at least that's the price of it in nyc). try it if you must... but def share it w/someone. read more

They have a good bbq pork bun and other kinds too. It's good, and the bread/dough is very soft and the sizes are very big which I'll give them. But it still doesn't rival what they have in Asia. I just came back from China and this is good, but this didn't wet my appetite for more. read more

Mee Sum was a good inexpensive lunch. I was craving a pork bun and they came to the rescue. I am still on the hunt for the perfect bbq meat bun but as of right now this is my favorite one. The line moved quick- at first I was worried it was cash only but as long as you spend 5$ credit card is alright to use. read more

everything is quite cheap but the food were awful that I couldn't even finish. read more

Mee Sum Pastry - Seafood Near Me - Seattle, Washington

We got 2 fresh out of oven BBQ buns. They were oh so good!! And this comes from hubby and me who had BBQ bun every way n at lots of places. :). read more

Beef curry buns are great. It's a regular stop for me on my Pike Place Market food walks. Next stop: that Korean place next to the flying fish place. read more

HOLY POT STICKERS! If anything, you must try the pot stickers! Seriously the biggest and best pot stickers I've ever had. You gotta check this place out if you are at Pike Place Market. Super cheap and super yummy! read more

In the heart of Pike Place Market, walk up and grab a hom bow. There is no place to sit and minimal interaction with the staff other than grabbing a fresh-made daily pastry or lunch. My personal favorite is a meat pastry known as hom bow. The baked (versus steamed) BBQ pork hom bow, which sells for $2.75 and can be in your hands in 30 seconds is awesome. I am a frequent shopper here, and will continue to enjoy authentic street style food for many more years. read more

Was in the area so decided to stop by nad try some of the home bows. Ordered the curry home bow and bbq pork home bow. I liked the curry home bow way more than the bbq pork home bow. Then again I was never a bbq pork home bow type of gal. The curry one did have more robust flavors. The bbq pork was pretty lean and it was lean pork and sauce, no fillers. They are very generous with the filling and the home bows are really large! The curry home bow had great flavors and was filled quite plentiful within. I also got the red bean sesame ball. It was nice and crispy outside with sesame seeds and chewy, fluffly like a pillow, and delicious inside. The mochi part is really thick so be aware! I wish there was more red bean paste inside (all smashed no beans or partial beans inside). The red bean paste was on the slightly sweeter side but it was still yummy. What I loved is that all the buns went into my mouth nice and hot! Drool!! I want some just writing this!! read more

Mee Sum Pastry - Seafood Near Me - Seattle, Washington

Pork hombow so soft and fresh, bread was light and delicious. Filling was flavorful and there was a good amount of it. Short line that moves quickly on a Thursday around lunch time. read more

Horrible service! No respect for their customers. Ignore u when u ask questions. Discriminate against certain ppl. Ended up going to a European cafe. read more

Excellent bao buns. Get the Baked BBQ Pork bun if you've never tried buns like these before. But if you're like me, and you miss manapua from home, get the steamed pork buns...it doesn't quite taste like the kind you get from chinatown in Honolulu(the char siu flavor is not the same), but it's close enough. read more

BBQ Pork Hombow is amazing!!!!! Try it, you won't be disappointed. It's super cheap too. I took a friend here(who hates all asian food by the way) and he LOVED it. read more

My bf loves this place but BBQ pork buns and potstickers should only run a buck. All of the hum bow were around $2.25 and the potstickers were 2 for $2.25. I told him that I've had better in San Diego from a market but he loved the hum bow from Mee Sum. read more

Just like being back in Taiwan. Great bakery food at a great price! Very authentic!