Did I expect to eat really good and authentic but expensive dimsum in Amsterdam? Well... Yes and and no. Having been deprived of good dimsum in Paris, my friend highly recommended one of her favorite places to eat as a local and we were impressed! Three floors to sit, endless books of menus of Cantonese food, good service, and great dimsum. It almost felt like I was back in London again. If you're in Europe and craving good dimsum and just happen to be in Amsterdam, you have to come here! Sounds very situational but the restaurant was packed with locals and tourists alike, so that says something! read more

Never thought we'd have Chinese food in Amsterdam but we did, and we were pleasantly surprised how good it was. Unlike many Chinese restaurants in the States, this place was clean with great service and un-greasy food! Their wonton soup was probably one of the best ones I've ever had in non-asian territories indeed :) The scenery from the restaurant is also beautiful and calming. It's a great place for couples, friends and families to get together! P/S Their turnip cake was probably homemade (or unless they have a really good vendor). I make turnip cakes at home, so I can taste the difference between homemade ones vs. commercial brand ones. So yea, order their turnip cakes and you won't be disappointed! read more

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Restaurant is quite attractive inside with wonderful views from many of the windows. Everything we had there was excellent, if priced towards the high-end. Can get quite busy at peak dinner time and service can be variable then. Recommend. read more

Very good "dim sum" here. We had the "lo mai kai" or sticky rice with pork and egg yolk, "shumai" or steamed dumplings, "chee chong fun" or pork wrapped in rice pancakes, steamed chicken feet, spring rolls, Chinese "gyoza" or dumplings, and fried meatballs dumplings. All came in big sizes. In fact it's the biggest "dim sum" size I have ever seen. Very delicious though. Good and prompt service. read more

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Oriental City is in my opinion the best dim sum restaurant in Amsterdam and even in the Netherlands! No wonder that all the local Chinese people do want to enjoy the delicious dim sum here in this venue. I already came to this place since I was a baby... The service is really great/kind and very fast! And the people who work there still know me because I came there almost every weekend, which means the people there work already many years at this place. The owner of the restaurant even still work in the restaurant, which means he still put lots of effort in while it is very busy every day! So how is the food? Please do not choose from the Dutch/ English menu, but only try the diverse Dim Sum menu. Lots to choose from and the most popular ones are: Sieuw Maai, Haa Kauw, Haa Cheung, Cha Sieuw Pao. Also try the traditional Chinese tea or their own-made Iced Tea which is amazing! Next to the upper 2 floors which is the Dim Sum restaurant which also serves dinner, you can also have a quick lunch or dinner at the first floor. The first floor is more casual lunch/ dinner where they also have noodles soup! One of my favorite rice dish is Siew Je Fan which is served with roasted Duck, cha sieuw and pork! The prices are reasonable and if you with 2 persons it is common to have around 6 dishes for around 5 euro per dish. And yes: you can of course ask for a doggy bag if you want to bring the left overs at home! TIP: Please do go there in the weekend before 12 or 1 PM, because otherwise you need to wait a long time to get a table. read more

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Yum! Can I leave a one-word review? Nah, I won't do that! Want some dim sum? Visit Oriental City. There is so much to choose from. We ordered from the a la carte menu, but there is also the option of getting a group of dim sum for 2 or 4 people (but you aren't able to choose which dishes they include). My favorite was the steamed pork buns. I wish I got more than two per order, but it's probably best so that I could have more variety. The prawn and pork steamed dumplings were quite good and would have them over the beef dumplings, but that's just my preference. Want a sweet ending but not too sweet? Get the sponge cake, it's the perfect balance. My friend and I were extremely satisfied with our meal and are certainly glad we ended up here! In case you are wondering, English is on the menu. But you still have the problem of deciding which dishes you'll choose! Good luck with that ;) Oh, and get the Chinese tea. read more

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Had a very satisfactory experience here. I didn't plan to eat Chinese food in Amsterdam but the dim sum was surprisingly delicious. No wonderful my local friends only have their weekend tea time here. It is obviously a popular place. We got there at 2pm but still had to wait for 20 minutes to get a table where oversaw the bridge over the canal. I went for my usual staff like Congee, dumplings, chicken feet etc. The price was a bit higher than we pay in Chicago. The food was very authentic which was absolutely perfect for me as I missed the real Chinese food for about two weeks. The service was quick and friendly. And I was told it is no necessary to leave the tip. Also try out the Chrysanthemum tea if you could. It goes so well with the dim sum. read more

Review is for dim sum. Amazingly deceptive. Looks average but the flavors, balance, and quality of ingredients are out of this world in terms of quality and taste. Could easily compete and hang in Los Angeles' San Gabriel Valley and that's saying A LOT. Better than anything San Diego and SF has to offer. Better consistency overall than Kirin in Vancouver (but more homestyle in flavor than high end-ish Kirin). Better than some dim sum places in Hong Kong I visited. Amazing find! Anyone who doesn't realize what this place is... their loss. read more

So, I know, eating Chinese food in Amsterdam! Really?! Yes, really. This place is a stalwart right on the canal, easy access to the Red Light District (now with gentrification) and Dam square. The food was excellent and service good. The multiple stories allows you to almost guarantee a window view of the wonderful canal. I will return to this place the next time we enjoy Amsterdam. read more

Awesome chinese food. Oriental city restaurant offers nice variety of menu. Shu mai was really good and juicy. It did take some time to be served, since it needs to be steamed. Definitely need to order first. Their beef fried rice was amazing. Building is in circular shape that reminds me of china. I will definitely come back again. Keep up the good job ORIENTAL CITY! And this restaurant is just couple blocks away from dam square. read more

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Staff are extremely friendly and welcoming at Oriental City. And was seated immediately. Food is nice and comes out piping hot. We had dimsum sharing plater, fried rice with prawns, pawn and egg. Also sweet and sour chicken and egg fried rice. Drinks: Chinese tea and coke. Bill wasn't pricey at all€48 for two people. read more

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Great view of the City Fast & Friendly service Food was excellent prepared. We had the duck & chow mei / beef in black bean sauce. Really enjoyed the food and the ambiance read more

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Great dim sum out here, and this coming from a California bay area resident with access to some of the best dim sum stateside. We came here as a party of 5 and way over ordered, lunch ended up being dinner as well. They make their own chili oil which is delicious, we put it on almost everything. High lights were the scallop/ shrimp dumpling, the spicy cold beef appetizer. Low lights would be the spicy wontons, but everything else was pretty good. Expect a good wait if you don't get here before 12pm though as this place is packed, even with two levels of dining area. We came at noon on a Saturday and waited an hour to be seated, but did some shopping in the area. read more

It's next to China town and red light district. It looks fancy from outside, so we decided to eat there. Among all the dishes, I like mussels most. It's so fresh and juicy. read more

Good dim sum. After a few weeks here, I just got a hankering for Chinese. This place was recommended, and it's been good on all my visits. It's not at the caliber of the best in major US or Canadian markets, but it's a solid effort. Even when I brought my Wife to Amsterdam for only 10 days, we ended up here. It's always on my short list of places to go. read more

This restaurant is probably a lunch / dinner pit stop for many tour groups. And of course, I'm one these people in the tour group. So, the tour coordinator arranged dinner for us here during our 1 day visit and stay in the Netherlands. Everything was already setup for us and we didn't have to place our own order. The food was pretty good. I remembered having hot & sour soup, mixed vegetable dish, a fish dish (probably salmon), and other dishes too. I didn't take pictures of the food. (Sorry yelpers, I was just so hungry. I dived in and ate!). I also remembered that the service was quick. But, the service felt kinda rushed because I think that the restaurant was trying to accommodate more tour groups after we were all done eating. Overall, good food and quick service. read more

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Gosh when it comes to Chinese food there is no shortage in the States. But it's pretty much the opposite in the Netherlands. Finding a good Chinese restaurant can be difficult. Only the big cities in Holland like Amsterdam and Rotterdam has some of decent Chinese joints. Oriental City probably one of the few favorites. Though, there some pretty good dishes, oriental city has its shortfalls. We ordered the Fried Taro Pork ball, the two orders that we got wasn't freshly fried they might even have microwaved or kept the balls in the oven. It just wasn't freshly fried. We picked it up and found that there was a tiny pool of grease just sitting underneath. Na-uh... I don't want to see that. Even for a food junkie like myself. ----- + Pro: Decent Dim Sum - Con: Inconsistent quality control ( @_o)k Overall: Decent food and quick service. read more

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When in Amsterdam and you're in the mood for elegant Chinese food, Oriental City has got you covered! The casual white table cloth dinning had lots of floors so we chose the highest one. They were a sharply dressed staff carrying dishes full of aromas from the south seas. The hot jasmine tea came first with a pitcher of ice cold water and continued to top it off as we ate. We ordered the large Wonton Soup for the table. It was made with yellow egg noodle wrapping paper, like my grandma used to make. Then we ordered the Orange Chicken, Beef & Broccoli, Pan Fried Noodles, Combination Fried Rice and the lovely Spicy Shrimp. It took us a few hours to indulge all the goodness. read more

Oriental City - Dinner with Tea. Photo by Nancy - Dim Sum Near Me - Amsterdam, New Hampshire

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I thought this place was initially pricey. However, I was pretty surprised by their food portions and they turned out to be pretty reasonable at the end. We ordered the crab with glass noodles and green beans. Tasted good and the service tax is inclusive . Tip: you don't have the option to order tap water, so order beers, soft drinks or even a glass of wine to go along with your Chinese food. read more

This place gets very busy and has multiple stories. We really expected it to be fantastic with how packed it was with Chinese. Unfortunately, the dim sum was just average, and the service was more than below average. Oriental City won't straight out disappoint you, but it won't delight you either. read more

For some reason my wife wanted to eat Chinese food in Amsterdam, which was a little off by me. We saw good reviews and a long wait, so it seemed appropriate to eat here. It's OK, nothing to write home about. There's much better Chinese food in other places and the prices are not cheap. If you want to try some Chinese in Amsterdam, it's OK. You'll get about that, Chinese food from Amsterdam, nothing spectacular. I don't think I'll be coming back. read more

A great dim sum place in the middle of Amsterdam. They do all the classics well and service was pretty good. The roast pork stood out. I'm a huge lover of Cantonese roast pork and frankly was not expecting much but this place did it justice. The rest of the dim sum was all just well executed. Would definitely come here for brunch. read more

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This was hands down the best tasting Chinese/Asian food I have ever had. My wife agrees and she's picky. Right on the out skirts of the Red Light District, so if you work up an appetite banging broads I suggest hitting this place up. It's amazing how much better things taste when they can't pump all kinds of preservatives and other shit into your food like here in the states. read more

Dim Sum rocked!! The service was fast and the food was hot. You definitely need reservations and preferably early because there were plenty of people waiting. I think our reservation was for noon for eight of us, maybe more. Our host who arranged the gathering kept ordering so the food kept coming. It was great. All of us had plenty to eat. We each paid separately which really didn't amount to much considering how much we ate. I'll have to go back and try them out for dinner or lunch. read more

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ME LOVE DIM SUM LONG TIME!!! Yeah you hear me - at Oriental City, every day with HAPPY ENDING! I come to Oliental Shity with happy moon smile on face. Sooo good food, make me come back fo' mo'! You must come befo' 4 and get you Dim Sum. NO GET REGULAR FOOD or you bad white people!! Eat DIM SUM and you be lucky dragon! You no know Dim Sum?? What wrong you?!?! I, dimsum-sensei, teach you some tings... My favolite dish for you: Turnip/Radish cake - my numba' 1 favolite!! Sui Mai - all yellow peopl' eat dis Shanghai Dumpling - This filled with meat AND juice! You be ca'eful or juice squirt on yo' face like lucky cat scratch! Tee hee hee!! Lotus Wrapped Sticky Rice - Rice soaking flavor of leaf! Dericious!! Shlimp Dumpling - So flavo'full from ocean deright! Sesame Ball with Lotus Filling - Put balls in mouth and HAPPY sweet surprise fill yo' mouth! Hee hee so dirty hello kitty!! You look for adventure? You trying chicken feet in brack bean sauce! Flavo' good, but you eat skin off unlucky foot of chicken. Then spitting bone back out. You eat this and you be asia kung-fu masta! Hiiiiiiiyaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!! Pig intestines and beef tripe also derisious if you daring eater with strong dragon spirit!!! So, what I say in bloken Engrish... you come here eat Dim Sum and you good fortune for rest of day! Maybe all of year!!! Oh and price cheaper than Sea Parace so you save money happy time for Dutch peopl'!!! Oh and you no fo'get to making resa'vation or you be wait line for loooong time! NO HAPPY DRAGON!!!! All of yellow peopl' come here to eat so you must quickly and ploactive!!! read more

So one day I was feeling adventurous and decided to order someting from the special menu where the dishes are only described with chinese signs and all you're left with is pointing to the picture and having to wait for your dish to reach your table and taking a 1st bite to find out whether it's a hmmm or a huh. A dish on this menu really caught my eye, having an almost flourescent greenish hue to it. So, I asked the woman waiting our table what it was. She said: no, that's no good for you! Me: why is it no good for me? Her response: it's spicy. I decided to ignore her warnings and go for it and order it anyway, which resulted in her smirking almost like she was impressed. Was this good or bad? Have to admit, a little fear was creeping up. But after I took that first bite, it turned out to be a durian puff pastry. I realize that durian is an acquired taste for some individuals but this dish was completely harmless, dare I say even scrumptious My advice: Go ahead and order something that's no good for you!!! read more

After hearing all the hype about this place and my undying love and passion for all things dim sum, I had to try Oriental City. We waited ages for a table which I typically take as a good sign. We ordered a variety of dim sum and I found all of it mediocre to inedible. The fried items we're just fried, they were fried and then swimming in grease, the steamed items were mushy and some of it just didn't taste good at all! Maybe it was just a bad day but I've experienced better dim sum in Amsterdam. read more

The place was packed with Asians and the long waiting line gave me the comforting feeling that this will be good. As the minutes of waiting passed by my expectations went through the roof. Did the dumplings meet my expectations? Well, I have to say almost. They were handmade and tasty. I would almost dare to say that this is as good as it can get in Europe. The assortment however wasn't big and I would have liked to see a bigger variety to choose from (or maybe I'm just spoilt from my travels). Also, I would have liked to at least have the option to get a dip sauce to some of the dumplings and some of dishes had too thick dough. If you are used to the big dim sum houses in Asia or in the US for that matter, you might be in for a disappointment. There is however nothing to complain about regarding the taste here. The service was a bit poor and slow, but if I ever go to Amsterdam again, I will definitively go here again. Simply because I love dim sum and there aren't that many good places around. read more

Some of the best Chinese food in Netherlands. Bit pricey but portions are healthy and quite delicious as well. Tipping is optional. Great place for large groups as it's right next to red light. read more

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Make a reservation on weekends! Got here 10 min past opening and still had to wait as a lot of the tables were being held for reservations. Favorite dish was the duck wrapped in rice noodle. Soup dumplings were also very juicy full of HOT soup (burned my tongue like always.) Service was quite efficient. Nothing bad at all, pretty standard dimsum. Satisfied my craving :) You can also order from regular menu if you'd like, many parties do. But I got the feeling that dimsum orders ended around 3ish in the afternoon. read more

Waiter was super pushy in trying to get us to buy Coca-Cola (I almost wrote coke, but didn't want anyone to get confused -- welcome to Amsterdam) when we sat down, which was really annoying. The food itself is ok, about what I was expecting for Amsterdam dim sum. The dim sum menu is more complete than I thought it would be, which is nice. An item we ordered failed to materialize but they were quick about removing it from the bill (I would've preferred that they served it, but we weren't asked). read more

oriental city is bustling old school chinese restaurant in the center of amsterdam serving cantonese food and popular with cantonese families. eating at this restaurants feels like going back in time, where food is great, interior is a bit old fashioned and service is just typical cantonese style (not rude but not friendly either). we went there for the popular dim sum. you can get dim sum there daily from 11:30 to 17:00. we were glad that we went early right at 11:30 because after 12 was a long waiting line for dim sum. they have a big selection of dim sum and it was delicious. read more

Oriental City - a wide selection of delicious dim sum - Dim Sum Near Me - Amsterdam, New Hampshire

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Ooh, I get hungry just thinking about this restaurant. Dimsum and dinner are both good and was never disappointed. Service is as all other Chinese restaurants in Amsterdam (or worldwide), but hey... They have good food! When you plan on having dimsum on Sunday, make reservations! It gets superbusy, people waiting in the staircase, etc. You'll be laughing when you pass all of them and be seated immediately. read more

"One of the best dim sums in all of Europe. The building is very noticeable. Beware of wait times upon arrival during peak hours. The wait is well worth the food though. 10/10 I will go back to this dim sum" - Ansel Ponce Diama read more

Without a doubt the most authentic and best dim sum place in town. They have a special menu if you know Chinese (so bring your asian friends;-)), which features the good stuff. The food simply delicious, subtle and the prices are more than reasonable. We had 8 different plates, a load of beers and delicous jasmine tea and total was below EUR 80. Just thinking of it makes me want to go back. Although its not for the glutenfree maffia, its worth cheating here ocassionally. read more

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It was everything I expected, plus since I made a reservation ahead, my group got a nice seat on the second floor next to a window. The shu mai were my favorite thing that I tried. I didn't care for the texture of the steam buns, but I was there to try new things, so no regrets. Note that many items come in sets of three, so keep that in mind when going with a party of a different size. read more

Very lovely place with 100% oriental cuisine. Strongly recommended for late lunch with friends or with your family. read more

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favorite dimsum and canonese restaurant! If you go for dimsum on sunday, try to reserve a table, or go early read more

After a disappointing weekend of fancy dim sum (see my review here: http://www.yelp.com/biz/ron-gastrobar-oriental-amsterdam?hrid=2Yx30Z0LqNHmvG-B42MCag&utm_campaign=www_review_share_popup&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=(direct) ), I'm glad my colleagues suggested a visit to Oriental City. Now THIS is what I've been looking for in Amsterdam! We went on a weekday for lunch and were seated immediately but I hear that this isn't the case on the weekends. Your typical dim sum ordering system of ticking off how many of each dish you want (a massive list with pics included) and dishes were brought out fast and piping hot. In fact, we ordered so much for our little group that the waiter found it necessary to tell us this and suggested we downgrade our order, oops. I found everything to be tasty and unchanged from typical recipes, nothing disappointed me - and even though I ate so much, I didn't feel gross afterwards. This is a solid authentic dim sum spot and warrants repeat visits! Only strange thing is that upon paying, the waiters brought out the PIN machine and blatantly asked "how much do you want to put down for the tip?" - this is the ONLY restaurant in Amsterdam where I've heard this. read more

Great dim sum restaurant in the middle of the city, be prepared to wait though, took 30 mins to get a table for two. We didn't mind though, we grabbed our ticket from the lady and wandered around dam square and came back just in time. Of course we over ordered and rolled out of there but it was worth the food coma all afternoon. Split 8 dishes between the two of us and it came down to just under €50 including tea and rice. Must order the prawn blankets, prawn dumplings and prawn dim sum with scallop - basically anything with prawn in it and you'll be set ! Cheeky that the waiter asked for a tip but he did give satisfactory and quick service. Will be back soon for sure ! read more

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