Delicious dim sum in Chinatown. Been going for years. Never disappointed. Not a fancy place... but the food & prices are good. Highly recommend. read more

Hunt for good dim sum take 2!!!! I went to this places competitor and was not very happy. Mind you I originally lived in Cali and our dim sum was BOMB DOT COM!!! So now I'm on the hunt for an authentic dim sum that has flavor! First off parking is street parking. There is a garage a couple blocks away as well. We got there pretty early because I didn't want to have the left over dim sums. We were seated right away and brought our menus. They don't bring the dim sum carts over but instead you pick from a menu that has pictures of the different dim sums. Which was fine, not a big deal. When the waitress came over, she could not speak English so we pointed to what we wanted. When she brought it out, it was wrong. We didn't want to return it, I figured I'll go ahead and try something new. It was ok. To make the long story short the biggest problem with this place is everything tasted exactly the same. Lol just different fillings lol The staff was really nice, the place was clean and the prices were really cheap. That's why I gave them 3 stars foodwise I don't think I would go back. So my dim sum hunt continues!!!! read more

Been going there for years BUT last take out came to $112 for 4 adults! Since I had to wait for the fried taro gok and custard tarts, I had a chance to look at the prices of the dim sum. Realized that the dishes were $4, $5 and $6 now! Wouldn't have minded IF the dim sum was tasty BUT the taro gok was shapeless because so little taro was in the mixture. The custard tarts were not smooth but had been baked at too high heat so had separated and was a chewy lumpy overdone mess. At these prices, we'll go to Jade Dynasty instead. Sorry Mei Sum you USED TO BE OUR GO TO FOR DIM SUM. But no more..... read more

I tried mei sum with a friend who has been many times before and highly recommend it. Very authentic dim sum all made by hand. We tried Shrimp dumpling, mochi rice in lotus leaf, chicken manapua, Shanghai dumpling, pot stickers, and Chicken feet. Three pieces in each. A lot of food for 2 people! And it was only $24 which is an amazing price! Everything was delicious, I just thought the chicken feet were underwhelming. There's parking right across the street! read more

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This is one of the best Dim Sum places in Hawaii. I would say the only thing that sucks is the spacing of the tables and chairs. They really squeeze you in and its hard with the carts. you have to make sure you keep up. But I would definitely head here if you want good, just be ready for a line, that is always there. read more

Kung hee fat choy! Dim sum for dinner since it's Chinese New Year this weekend. This was my first time to Mei Sum and it won't be my last! We ordered quite a few dim sum dishes plus a plate of noodles, and spent less then $40 for three people- bellies full! Service is a little chaotic & would definitely recommend making a reservation. Great tasting food for such an affordable price! Love the steamed egg cream buns too- they ran out of the baked ones. read more

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Usual bad service and filthy tables. Turnip cake undercooked and greasy. Wish we could find a really good place.

Mei Sum is my usual go to place for dim sum with my family. We love the wonderful assortment or tasty dimsums and the busy servers showcasing the containers filled with yummy porkhash, bao, shrimp shumai, and so many more morsels of goodness. It must have been a busy day cause the servers didn't rotate to our table as usual but the food that did arrive was delicious. I always love the porkhash, shrimp shumai, and custard tarts. We tried the seafood roll and minute chicken with cake noodle and I must say they are pretty darn tasty. I only have to dock one star because as I poured tea for my family, the waitress banged my elbow and the tea flew onto the table, into my water, and on my plate. I didn't mind since no one was hurt but the waitress noticed and just kept walking with no apology. Maybe the gal was having a bad day. There was a false alarm missile attack earlier in the day. Other than that, the other waitresses were on point and super friendly. Would I return to Mei Sum? Definitely. I just hope the food carts swing by our table more often so we can support local and feed our dimsum fanatic tummies like crazy! Happy eating! read more

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Not to offend anyone but I'm not normally a huge fan of Chinese food, mostly because it tends to be on the oilier side. But dim sum is a great option for me since most of it is steamed, eliminating that problem. But I'm always down for Mei Sum since it's one of the cheaper varieties that does t substitute on quality. Weekends are normally packed but weekdays are comfortable there. The only thing is the service can sometimes be inconsistent. I've come here where there are no problems whatsoever, and then there are times where i literally need to hunt someone down for a water refill. All in all, I'll keep coming back here for the food though. read more

Iconic, classic dim sum zone. Perfect location to get your fix of quality Siu Mai. Staff can be intense but this is appreciated, as this is an essential component of true dim sum vibes. MEI SUM FOR LIFE. read more

Not the best dim sum I've had. - The ha cao shrimp balls were aight. The meat inside was delicious but the wrap flour part was sticky and not my fav. - The shrimp rolls in the sweet soy sauce was probably worse. The flour was too thick, meat too sparse and didn't soak in the sweet soy sauce well enough. I did like: - seafood balls: shrimp and other seafood with celery and carrots. Weird. But they got this right. - taro with scallops: pretty good. They got their taro frying on point. - chicken dumplings were interesting but my bfs favorite. read more

My good friend, Darren, who was in town for a few days on business, decided he wanted dim sum before departing on his 2:50pm flight back to LA. It was now 11:30am, and I needed to think of a place quickly. Aha! Mei Sum! This place gets crowded real fast, so I knew we needed to hurry and get my car parked. After circling the block twice, we were fortunate enough to find parking a few steps away on Nuuanu Ave. The restaurant was already in full swing with dim sum carts and waitresses making their way through to tables. We were seated on one of only three tables left. Despite the lunch rush, we were served water and hot tea right away. We really appreciated not being overlooked, especially since we were sitting at the far end of the restaurant. After a few minutes, we gave our order to the waitress, who then came back with four bamboo steamers filled with piping hot dim sum. So hot, that I burned my tongue on the Mushroom Chicken Dumpling. Darn it! I blamed Darren for making me rush. The dim sum carts are on the floor from 11:00am - 2:00pm daily, and anything ordered outside of these hours are made to order. I have been a customer of Mei Sum even before they had made the move to their current location. The service is a hit or miss at times, but the food has always been consistent. We walked away content with custard tarts in hand. read more

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I ate here since I was a kid and I still like the dim sum here. Always very consistent and tastes as good as it did when I was younger. It doesn't break the bank and definitely a place I would take my bestie to get our fill of dim sum if we are ever in the mood for it. read more

This is a awesome restaurant the staff are friendly and helpful very fast service which I love. The food is so yummy their garlic fried chicken is to die for and I will always stop here whenever I am on Oahu. read more

Good place for dim sum would have got a 5 but it was a hair in our chicken they caught it when she brought order. Accidents happen

Years ago, this was another dim sum spot that we frequented. Stopped by to try* and was quite pleased! Tried all my favorites: pork shumai, char siu boa, shrimp har gow and custard tarts. It was really good. We got a box full of stuff to take home too. The place is clean and our servers were attentive enough and nice enough. I'm happy we have another great dumpling place! *We had gone to Char Hung Sut for pork hash and with my box, sat inside Mei Sum. Crazy, right? Can't have enough dim sum. read more

I didn't really expect much when deciding to dine here. I just wanted dim sum and this is definitely the perfect place for that. Not only do they serve dim sum, but there's a full typical Chinese restaurant menu. Honestly there's nothing super special to beat other Chinese restaurants or dim sum spots. What we did order was really good though. I have no complaints. We ordered with no problems, the wait wasn't too long, prices are decent, waters filled, etc... the one thing that annoyed me was after paying for the bill, our waitress flipped through the cash and quickly started pretty much coughing under her breath "*ahem* where 15%?" REALLY?! I have never experienced this before! Very rude and definitely not professional at all, but then again, what am I thinking? I'm in a Chinese restaurant in Chinatown after all. Left such a bad taste in my mouth, I couldn't stop thinking about this experience for days. The service wasn't amazing, I tip accordingly. The only good thing about the restaurant is the food. I'll probably avoid this place but if it's the only spot available for dim sum when the mood strikes, I'm only doing take out. I wouldn't be surprised if they hit me up for 20% tip next time. I don't know if it's just me, but tips should never be expected.... I work in the service industry, I should know just as well. read more

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My family and I decided to try this restaurant because we knew our favorite dim sum place would be crowded for Chinese New Year (and yes I took the holiday into account of this review). First off, there is parking in the basement of restaurant's location but you wouldn't know that until you get to the front door. We parked across the street for a flat rate of $8 (not bad considering it's Chinatown). The wait was surprisingly short (maybe 15-20 minutes). However, the dim sum carts didn't circulate much in the beginning (often being left in the middle of the aisle unattended). There were some customers that just went up to grab plates...btw don't do this because the workers got mad since they couldn't figure out how many plates the customers took. We also had to flag down workers every time we wanted to order something that didn't come around. The food was ok (some dishes better than others) but definitely not the best tasting dim sum my family and I have had on the island. Once the dim sum crowd died down (the carts only go around until 2 pm) the workers were very friendly and came around more often but never refilled water. read more

I have to thank a friend of mine for telling me about this place. She comes here every saturday with her family for dim sum. So when I was looking for ham Sui gok she mentioned to come here. So glad I did!!! I've been wanting this fried mochi dumpling for quite some time now and I'm always scared of trying new things at new places in fear that it'll taste different. I always used to get it at u-choice inn in town, but the past couple times I went they were out. I mentioned it to my mom and luckily for me my mom loves dim sum also. So off on a Sunday we went! Yahoo! This is the first time we actually sat down and ordered dim sum. It was great! It was busy but I don't mind busy... Busy usually means good in my book. We had a few dishes: Mochi Puff - exactly what I was looking for! It was tasty. Mochi rice - never had this before, but boy have I been missing out. This was delicious! I already declared this dish a must whenever I come here. Deep fried garlic eggplant- shut the front door! This was ammmmmaaazebbaaalllls!!!! This is another must. I wish I ordered some for home. And then the normal: pork hash, Manapua, and half moon... These were all good, I dont eat shrimp so I didn't eat the pork hash, BUT my son gobbled it up when I brought the left overs home. So it must've been good. And the Manapua was good, I'm really picky when it comes to Manapua, I'm usually a pink box eater. I don't think I'll order it next time, but it wasn't bad... It's just that I'm picky when it comes to Manapua. No big deal. Price was pretty decent too. We spent $22 for the 2 of us. Definitely will be returning. read more

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We stopped here on our way back to our apartment. Great dim sum. We had the steamed look fun, garlic fried chicken wings, fried turnip cake, custard egg tarts, shrimp dumplings, seafood dumplings, shrimp half moons, mochi rice, shrimp pork hash and the Chinese broccoli. It was all good! read more

Mei Sum, for Dim Sum, we all want some Dim Sum! While shopping in China town on sunday, we happened to be parked near Mei Sum, we were planning to go to somewhere in cultural plaza but since we were already parked and street parking is free on Sundays, we decided to just go with convenience. We must have come at an off time, or before the lunch rush, because they did not have the dim sum carts going around, just ordered and they brought it out from the kitchen. I actually like that set up better because you can just look at the menu and not have to wait for the particular cart that has the stuff that you want to come around. Har gao, seaweed roll, char siu look fun were among my favorites that we ordered. overall very good dim sum. While we were there Danny Kaleikini came in to dine too! Cool, even local celebs like this place! Mei Sum is just as good as the dim sum places in Cultural Plaza, good stuff! Tips better to come on sunday since street parking is free on sundays in the area, if not you'll have to hunt for parking and keep feeding the meters or park in a municipal lot. read more

Never have I walked out halfway through a meal. My wife said she read on Yelp (boo to you all!) that this place was pretty good for dim sum. We went here. We were thrown a menu with pictures on them. We thought we could use the menu the entire time while eating, but one lady was like "you done?" and grabbed it from us before we could respond. The people pushing around the carts dont even tell you what they have in their carts. You're supposed to magically know what is inside each little bin/tin. We got 2 or 3 dishes.. and then it seems everything we ordered after that was "still being made" and would take "10-15 min".. and no the place didn't just open. the restaurant was full. We waited about 20 min and never got what we ordered. We weren't the only ones upset. Another 2 tables were complaining. We were done with it. I took my bill and paid $8 for the 2 or 3 dishes that we ate and we walked out. no tip. screw this place. I do NOT recommend trying this place. read more

We got our table fairly quickly, but it went downhill from there. I've experience really bad service but this really takes the cake. 15 minutes being there, my bf and I left because within that time, this was what had happened: (1) When we were ordering, the waitress kept walking away. We didn't even finish ordering and she left. (2) They sent us a cold fried eggplant and when I told them I wanted it hot, the lady said to tell somebody else and she walked away. Another lady took it away after. (3) Waited for 10 minutes and while we were waiting, a couple came in and they were royally given everything upon order. (4) We were charged $6 and we only ate 3 shrimp dumplings. I didn't noticed they charged us the eggplant until we paid and left because my bf was wondering why we paid so much for the three dumplings. And yes, I told the cashier somebody took it away. I WILL NEVER, EVER RETURN HERE EVEN IF MY LIFE DEPENDED ON IT. NEGATIVE INFINITY STARS. read more

I came here for an awesome lunch with friends for my bday. It was my first time here, and luckily we got seated pretty quickly, no waiting, which was awesome for a Sunday dimsum run! They have the standard dim sum dishes, which in my opinion was all pretty delicious. The restaurant is fairly small, small enough for the carts to come by enough with out you getting stuck in the corner table and them forgetting about you. The service was pretty decent as well. A great choice for a yummy bday celebration! read more

My family loves Mei Sum and I love dim sum, so I'm lucky when I get invited. The food is great but the service is crap, especially when it's busy. I just went here earlier this month with the fam and bf for my little sister's birthday dinner. She just made 10 and is the pickiest eater I know.... Surprisingly she loves Mei Sum and has for years. We ordered a ton of food, a ton. Some of my favorites: +lemon chicken +fish with snow peas +Peking duck I will never forget my first time (at this new location). It was during my lunch hour at Queen's and I walked down there with several coworkers. Yes, we WALKED in the hot blazing sun... And I'm never doing that again in long pants and peep-toe boots (at least they were peep-toe though). Service was horrible. Everything we ordered they either forgot to make or forgot to bring out. But the food that we did have was great. I miss the old location--the service was a lot better there. Good service or not, I will be back. The food is tasty and Mark's Garage ($5 parking) is right across the street! read more

We visited Mei Sum today to join some co-workers in saying ALOHA to a friend that's transferring to our West campus starting next week. I asked my wife and daughters to join me. Since the girls are only 3 years old and haven't had dim sum before, I was naturally concerned that: #1 There wouldn't be anything that they would eat and #2 They might disturb the other customers with their toddler antics. Thankfully, neither of these materialized: #1 The girls loved the chow fun and, frankly, this might have been the best I've had in Honolulu thus far. They absolutely enjoyed it. #2 Since our meal was at about 4p the restaurant had very few other guests ( HINT: this is a great time to go). The girls were able to laugh and play without bothering anyone. PROS: 1. Service was fantastic. I've never had such a positive service experience at a Chinese restaurant. . . EVER. The servers were great!!! When they saw us come in with toddlers, they brought out smaller plates, forks and extra napkins right away. One even poured my wife some tea!!! 2. I'm not a dim sum expert, but everything that I tried was excellent. Hell I don't even know what I ate ( for the most part ) but it was all YUMMY. Here's some of what we had: look fun with char sui, beef chow fun, har gau, bittermellon with black bean sauce, gin dui, chicken feet, chicken wings, fried tofu, steamed fish, soft shell crab, fried seaweed (?), taro (?), custard buns... 3. They take credit cards: Visa, Master Card, Discover. 4. Comfortable environment, not noisy at all. (Granted, there weren't many other people there at the time). 5. Clean. 6. They have a restroom. CONS: 1. Parking, parking, parking. Although, there's a municipal parking lot around the corner, we were fortunate to find street parking. 2. Seemed pricey. read more

Been there twice last week. Okay, it's new, cleaner than the old location. Food, staff, price the same. Be prepared to wait if you go during the noon lunch hour. Deep fried eggplant is my favorite. dried scallop, pork hash, char sui look fun, country style rice noodle, chicken feet was our the meal on my last visit. $20 plus tip read more

Mei Sum is my favorite dim sum place in Chinatown. The food is DELICIOUS, service is pretty quick and the prices are good. They have really surprisingly good dishes at times, like their garlic chicken wings which would rival most chicken wings in town or their Char Siu Look Fun which is just heaven on a plate. read more

My S/O and I decided to have a late lunch following a semi-lazy Monday morning fixing our bikes and watching cartoons (how old are we now? Hahaha). We also decided that dim sum sounded appetizing, so we biked to Chinatown only to find out that Canton House was closed (my bf loves their chicken feet there). Fortunately, there is Mei Sum-- a dim sum place that my bf had been meaning to try a while. We were lucky to have our bikes because parking can be a total drag in Chinatown. There are no bike racks around the area so we locked ours on the gate in front of the restaurant. Keep in mind that because Chinatown is a lively community, the bike racks are easily filled and some bikes can be stolen so please be very careful. Upon arriving at the restaurant, we were greeted by two ladies sitting down and immediately directed us to sit on a table. They weren't demanding, unlike Fook Lam's ladies so I appreciate that. It was a slow afternoon, just perfect enough for them not to rush things. We got our usual dim sum which ranged from $3 and up. Chicken feet, look fun, shrimp shumai--you name it! Their tea was also delicious, we both finished the whole pot! They have really good price for such great food. The food that we thought was superb was the fried garlic eggplant; a deep fried eggplant with deep fried minced garlic on top! It was perfectly fried-- when you take a bite, it has that little appetizing crunch and when you get to the core, its a soft core of eggplant; the minced garlic just tops it off with the extra flavor! Yum! Our bill came out to about $26-$27. In conclusion, I would like to recommend this restaurant for those who are craving dim sum and are on a budget. Although parking can be a hassle here, you could always park at the municipal building by Smith Street and take a short walk to Mei Sum. Mei sum is open until 9pm, which is perfect for those night cravings of chinese food. read more

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Dear Mei Sum, you're like the blind date which start off with high hopes and then ended up being such a waste of a night. Seriously! The line outside was impressive considering that it was near 1 PM on a Saturday. But then when it took about 20 minutes to get my to-go order I was pretty turned off by you. I understand you were out of my taro gwok and had to make more, but honestly-did you run out of taro and have to sneak out to go buy some at the nearby grocery store? While I was waiting for my order, I witnessed a restaurant full of folks who were either hangry and waiting for a table or eating without much passion or happiness at their table. One table in particular was upset because the order they placed 30 minutes ago had never made its appearance-despite the fact that they had followed up with 4 different employees. Hmmm...seemed like what I experienced was the norm. Meanwhile the managers were running around frantically trying to turn those frowns upside down-but scolding their employees out in the open. The upset customer told the manager that his Trip Adviser review would read good food but "lousy" service. Sounds about right to me. Get it together, Mei Sum. You have the potential, but definitely have some kinks to work out in terms of staff communication, which ultimately affects your execution on service. read more

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I don't know what the hype is for Mei Sum Dim Sum. The only good things that came out of this experience was free almond float and their name. I love saying it! We went on a First Friday night, and Mei Sum was picked because dim sum was available and my friends didn't want to drink on an empty stomach. The hype was built from the reviews here and from my friends; it's cheap and good. Cheap is right, but good, not so right. The flavors were severely lacking. Flavorless and bland, the hot sauce and mustard combo couldn't lend flavor to the ha gao and shumai. There are no push carts with the bamboo steamers nor the grills where they'll sauté your dumplings. I'm not saying they're spitting in my food, but it would be nice to be able to pick and choose STEAMING dim sum instead of lukewarm dim sum. Service wise, it's really a pick and choose based service. You pick the right gal, you'll get good service. Pick the wrong gal, she'll glare at you and eye you down and take FOREVER with your food. I'd stick to my Legend Seafood or Panda for flavorful dim sum; albeit a bit pricey but it's worth the cost! read more

Mei Sum Dim Sum - Dim Sum Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

This is my favorite dim sum places from all the dim sum places I've tried here in Chinatown. It's cleaner than their old area, food is great and they also sell regular Chinese food. My favorites are the seaweed roll, fried shrimp gao, garlic eggplant with fish cake, seafood dumpling, shrimp and chives. Aside from the dim sum, I also like the Mei Sum house fried rice, green beans and pork. For the fried stuff, ask for their mayo. It's a sweet mayo if you taste it by itself. I mix the mayo with soy sauce & chili sauce, it's just my preference, but I think it's not the way to eat, so just try, see what you like. I use my sauce usually used for the fried shrimp gao, but I like it with the seaweed roll and when I order the deep fried soft shell crab, you bet I'm dipping it in there! So try the mayo sauce I suggested or plain sweet mayo...then you write your own review. They give a tapioca dessert during dinner only! read more

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You can find a dim sum all over Chinatown. Just feels weird they all act like they don't need your business. But we all know you come to a Chinese restaurant for the food not the service. Dim sum is not bad here. Reasonable prices. We ordered a bunch of stuff today and one of the items was a vegetable fried noodle. After taking a piece in my plate I notice something on the noodle. It looks like a worm...or something like that. (See picture). I know that kind of stuff happens but what happened after that is what got to me. She was standing there explaining to me why it's there. Then takes my plate away but ask if I'm still going to eat the rest of the noodles. Yeah I'm pretty much done at that point. Then says they'll take the noodles off the check but when I looked, it was still on the check. As you know, most times those receipts are in Chinese so had to check and ask. Someone else helped and took it off. Just a bad experience overall today. read more

Mei Sum Dim Sum - Found this guy right in the middle of the noodles. Wash your vegetables!! - Dim Sum Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

If i could this place zero stars I would This is a long time review coming. I went here with a group a friends to have lunch. While we were eating the waitress kept coming and asking if we needed anything else. We couldn't even eat what we had first like they were trying to rush us out. After we said we didn't need anything they brought us the check and kept coming around asking if we were ready to pay. Yet we haven't even finished yet. I decided to look at the check the lady came and asked if i needed help reading it which i did not. I just wanted to make sure it was correct. Once i looked it over I continued to eat my lunch when the lady kept coming over and asking if i was ready to pay. I will not be coming back to this place. There so many other good dim sum restaurants in such a close proximity. Do yourself a favor and get better service and dim sum somewhere else. read more

My personal dim sum rule is NEVER go to dim sum without a fluent Chinese speaker. Needless to say, I couldn't have been happier when my Chinese-speaking classmate/group project partner/new bff asked if I wanted to go eat dim sum for our post-presentation preparation meal. We walked over to Mei Sum from the HPU library on Bishop street (walking distance from school & downtown FTW!). The restaurant was nearly empty at 3:00pm, which was great for us because we got one-on-one service! Well...three-on-two...three servers, two customers...you get the idea. We ordered the following: Beef noodles: I give this dish 3.5 stars. I have a love affair with noodles. They are my FAVORITE thing in the world and I know good noodles when I see them. These fat, flat, and fabulous noodles were accompanied by hunks of beef. Sounds good, right? Well...the dish was greeeeeasy! Which can be expected...but the beef was pretty fatty. Would I get it again? Maybe. But I'm sure there were other great things that I would like to try instead. The Bean Curd dish was fab! That was my favorite dish we got today. Five stars! Shrimp: I can't remember what the dish was called but it was fried shrimp...not shelled, not beheaded...not de-legged...we had entire little deep-fried shrimpies staring back at us from the plate. I know I make that sound less than appetizing, but I popped each one of those critters in my mouth and enjoyed every last bit! (well...almost every last bit...I couldn't eat the head and I spit out the tail. I guess I'm not THAT adventurous.) Deep Fried Taro Things: These were interesting. Again, very greasy...but actually quite good. The taro was moist and the filling (some kind of mystery meat) was cooked in some kind of yummy sauce. (gosh...the culinary ambiguity is starting to make me anxious...what did I just eat?!) Finally, we got Shanghai Dumplings which are dumplings that are SUPPOSED to be filled with soup! I've had these in Shanghai and they were one of my favorite things! So I was beyond excited to see them on the menu! I was, however, sorely disappointed. These dumplings were not filled with anything but soggy meat. I choked one down and didn't touch the other two. My mission for authentic Xiao Long Bao in Honolulu continues! All in all, I've had better dim sum. I'd come back, but not before I try other places first. That's not to say that I didn't eat myself into greasy a food oblivion...because I did! read more

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If you're looking for a cheap dim sum then Mei Sum is your answer. It's ugly, it's old, but hey, you'll get plenty of food for your dollar. And when I say cheap, I'm talking "walk in with $10 and leave feeling fat" kinda cheap. Their dim sum menu is extensive, and if you're a veteran of the dim sum game, you're bound to find your favorites and go to orders available. Personally, I tend to gravitate towards the look fun and chive dumplings. But you really can't go wrong with an order of char siu bao or those taro puffs. Value aside, however, I don't wanna misguide you too far when it comes to the food. Yes, it's cheap and you'll leave full, but it's by no means award-winning dim sum. In fact, I'd barely list it in my top 10 dim sum stops on the island, and I honestly have to think long and hard to name that many. And the service can be a bit hit or miss sometimes. I don't believe for a second that it's intentional, but some of the workers can be irritatingly snappy. But, if you go to Mei Sum with realistic expectations, I'm confident that you'll at least leave somewhat satisfied. Because Mei Sum is located in Chinatown, across from Mark's Garage, parking could be an issue. But you can always leave your car at the municipal lot, or if you go there for dinner after 6 pm, you might get lucky and score some free street parking. read more

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This is our favorite dim sum place and we LOVE dim sum! A distant second is Tai Pan. This place just tastes the best and the prices are reasonable. We always order the mochi rice in lotus leaf. It's tasty and filing. Then my hubby's favorite, beef ball. We love the flavor of orange peel in it. The garlic eggplant is unique here, stuffed with fish cake and topped with fried garlic bits. Soft shell crab! Come on! Sooo good! Everthing is good and everything is available if you come in at 7am on a Sunday! read more

Mei Sum Dim Sum - Dried scallop, bean curd roll, mochi rice and beef balls. - Dim Sum Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

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Years ago, Mei Sum was the very first dim sum restaurant I had ever been to. I thought it was amazing, but I had nothing to compare it to. I started on a quest to try all of the top recommended dim sum restaurants. Even though the others were good, Mei Sum has always remained the best, and my favorite. They have a wide array of dim sum and other really good items on their menu as well. Aside from their fantastic dim sum, one of the stand out items from Mei Sum is their Garlic Softshell crab. It is DELICIOUS!!! I have never had anything like it before ANYWHERE. The service is always good also, but they already know me there. I am the food porn queen, so they always ask to see my photos and ask if they came out good. Mei Sum dim sum.... I love you!!! read more

Mei Sum Dim Sum - Garlic Softshell Crab - Dim Sum Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

Food was hot and came to the table fast. It was busy in the restaurant. All the food we tried was cooked well and tasted good. The tea I enjoyed. The AC I enjoyed too. Why only 4 stars? Because the Service is a little slow when you need questions answered or need to order something else. They did make a mistake with what we ordered but they changed it and we had to wait. It was still a great meal. We couldn't finish everything we ordered. We would come back but not go out of our way to come here. I believe we ate here before but it wasn't the best experience and so we didn't try it again till now. read more

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I've eaten at Mei Sum when they were at the corner of Pauahi and Smith Street...and I thought the food was pretty good....well....can't say that anymore...sorry. Went there today with my girlfriend...ordered the following: Black bean sparerib - very bland...hardly any black bean flavor Harn Siu Gok - tasted like the oil was old Pot sticker - nothing to write home about...kind of bland Siu Mai (they said they are famous for this) - very bland and uninteresting Fried soft shell crab - very oily and tasteless. Price is ok...about $18 for all of this, but it simply wasn't good. Service was sketchy...had a hard time "flagging" someone down. couldn't get them to bring us the check when we were ready to leave I was amazed that there are so many FOB looking Chinese people eating there....I was not impressed and probably won't bother going back... Give me Happy Day or Royal Garden anytime! read more