Great food! Go-to cantonese comfort food and friendly service. Authentic clay pot rice that is reasonably priced :)

It looks like this place got a new owner since the last time I came here. We bought some pineapple and cocktail buns. We also got the green onion buns. The lady behind the counter talked us into getting a green onion roll (tastes just like the bun but is shaped like a small jelly roll). All bread for 60 cents each. The rolls are huge! Cocktail buns are good. I do not like the green onion bun. The Kid didn't like the roll either. The shredded pork is a major turn off. I don't care for it. read more

..my friend and I have been to Sun Maxim a total of two times and both have been together for lunch (+ we also did take out some mochi and dim sum for dinner). When you walk in, you are met with the take out counter which houses the mochi, dim sum, baos, and so forth but as you walk further there are tables and chair for a sit down meal - and I would say for around $7-$11 you can get a pretty good meal. Ordered: Baked Pork Chop with Cream Sauce (they also have Red sauce) over Rice I enjoyed their baked pork chop and the cream sauce had chunks of mushroom, even though I do think that the baked pork chop was a bit too salty for my taste but good thing the rice did not contain that much salt (but the rice did have egg mixed in). I also ordered spinach shrimp dumpling and chicken siu mai to go and they were pretty good portion sizes, I don't think they are anything to write home about but if you are in the area you can definitely get some to fill your hunger, you definitely don't have to drive far just to try this place. Also, the last time I had come, I ordered the mango mochi and what is good about their mochi is that they contain real fruit chunks inside which was a surprise for me. EDIT: oh and the people that work there are pretty nice and one of them speaks English pretty well :) read more

Sun Maxim's - 1. XO Shrimp with Pan Friend Noodles 2. Baked Pork Chop over Rice with Cream Sauce - Bakeries Near Me - San Francisco, California

The dim sum here is cheap yet delicious! I had major cravings for siu mai and har gao, so I made a quick stop here for lunch. For under $4, I got six huge pieces total of yumminess! :) read more

Sun Maxim's - HUGE - Bakeries Near Me - San Francisco, California

Best place to pick up quick dimsum to-go around Irving street. Claypot is a must try if you have time. They also have great congee. read more

Sun Maxim's - Beef and egg claypot. Delicious. Enough to easily serve two people. - Bakeries Near Me - San Francisco, California

Great service but a little slow if you order the Claypool so be aware of that. The lady is extremely friendly and helpful with trip advise too. The dim sum and buns were really tasty and served very quickly. read more

I didn't like that they had to microwave my ha gao or siu mai when I stopped by this morning for a snack. Did that mean it was from yesterday? did that mean it was luke warm? the dim sum itself was fresh tasting, but the microwaving was off putting. read more

The minced pork with salted fish clay pot dish was very tasty and would order again. It was hot and fresh tasting. We also had watercress soup. Good flavor, perhaps a bit tangy from the tangerine skin, which should be more subtle. The egg and pork jook was also good. All in all, would go back. read more

Decided to try this place since I was on Irving and Good Luck Dim Sum on Clement is closed on Tuesdays. So, anyway, I gave this place a shot and their dim sum is just ok. I got one order of regular shrimp dumplings and they only had 2 left and because they sell them in 3 pieces each, the girl asked me if I wanted to try the shrimp and corn dumpling and I said ok fine. Then I bought an order of shrimp and spinach dumplings. My total came out to $3.80, which was pretty cheap. The plain shrimp dumplings were a disappointment. They really lacked flavor. But, the spinach and shrimp dumplings were actually pretty good and I had never had them before. If I come back here, I'd get them again. The shrimp and corn dumpling was just ok. It tasted doughy though. The girl working at the time was pretty nice even though she didn't speak English that well. She tried her best to explain to me what they had to offer. FYI: they do accept debit/credit cards, but with a $10 minimum. read more

I don't know what it is about this place, but we just keep coming back. We went with all sweet last time so we went with 67% savory this time. The Steamed BBQ pork buns were find according to the boy. The Baked BBQ pork buns had less filling than the steamed ones & the bread was way too sweet. The Custard pancakes I thought were going to be seared since that's what the Chinese name says. Unfortunately, they were not crispy @ all. IN fact, they were really doughy & chewy. There was a good amount of custard filling but not much flavor though. I think we've tried almost every sweet dim sum in the store; guess the next trips are ging to involve more traditional Chinese savory treats. read more

Super tasty stuff at super good prices. This is the sort of place I love to do my "San Francisco grocery shopping" - get lunch for the next week for less money (and a lot less time!) than it would cost you to make it yourself. While dim sum places are a good option for this, some dim sum bakeries have started charging for pork buns by the each (instead of by 3). Not here! And oh btw did I mention their steamed pork buns are delicious? The bread is so soft and just a little bit sweet. Perfection in small doughy form. The only thing I dinged a star for is that the pork buns are very bread heavy. Not much meat. The pot stickers and dumplings are better values. Overall I would say this is tastier than the other dim sum I've sampled nearby, but not quite as good a value. Which...it's still excellent! The owners are very very nice and friendly. They also take card, too, which is pretty uncommon at this type of place! read more

This place has the best of the best Chinese yellow noodle with soy sauce. There is absolutely nothing to compares with around this area. they have may other finger food as well. The clay pots are also to die for but I'm not into sweet stuff so I can't say anything about that. read more

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Hidden Gem! Heart warming food as well prepared it gets. Best lap mei rice pot in town. Don't forget to save the toasted rice for perfect finishing cilantro infused rice tea. read more

Amazing food by Chef Tony! Great Pan Fried Sticky Rice, Potstickers and Egg Rolls! 10/10

Cheung fun fresh was outstanding, worth a destination trip, tried the seaweed siu mai, was ok, probably better hot. Their claypot rice is one of their signature dishes, excellent. Service by Helen was outstanding, owner-chef came out to personally to greet guests. read more

Authentic Cantonese food! Watercress duck gizzard soup is amazing! Love their clay pot!

Recommend by some friends. Tried a couple the clay pot rice and the soup. It's delicious. Will come back again. Definitely will recommend to others. read more

We've been to the restaurant many times over the last decade. Authentic delicious dim sum! Highly recommend

This place might have the best cherng fun in sf, very silky and smooth. I think its better than Joy kitchen. We ordered beef cherng fun, shrimp cherng fun, salted fish pork clay pot, siu mai, egg pork juk. Everything else was good but the cherng fun stood out. read more

We had dim sum here on a Sunday afternoon and it was quite good and very affordable! We ordered a clay pot, which they said was their signature dish, and all liked it (lots of crispy rice on the bottom), some congees, shumai, turnip cakes, steamed short ribs, chicken feet, and more classic dim sum dishes. They mentioned making the congee and fritters fresh. The service was very attentive and the waitress gave us some sesame balls at the end on the house! read more

Excellent service , exquisite dim sum it's a must! The waitress Helen gives the best service you can find in this restaurant

Love the dim sum especially the shrimp rice shape wraps, the congee & Chinese donuts, and Claypot rice dishes. The service is great and food is excellent! I would totally recommend to all my friends. read more

When I was a little kid, my mom n pop used to work next door at the Shangari- La. You know that chinese vegetarian restuarant next door? ok well I used to come in here and buy a bun and eat that for breakfast. I havent gone back in a while but I walk by this place a lot and it brings back memories. hahaha I remember I had to tip toe to give the cashier money.. read more

Not the best to-go dim sum place but it's still do-able. They do serve congee but not spareribs over rice. Oh man how can you not serve spareribs over rice?! It's like a best seller in any dim sum shop! Anyways, they have shrimp in rice noodles, beef in rice noodles, sticky rice in lotus leaf, chicken buns, shrimp dumplings (ha gow), Siu mai, chiu chou dumpling, Chinese tamales, and much more! Drinks are on the expensive side. They charge 95 cents for a box of Vitasoy! Wow I could get it for 50 cents right across the street. Like all to-go dim sum places....CASH ONLY read more

EVENT: Going to visit some family members for Christmas... so went to buy dim sum... and it was the best idea ever! Old Chinese people loved it! (that's a good sign!) Here's what I got: 12 Shrimp dumplings - 5 stars. 6 Pork dumplings - 5 stars 6 Pork dumplings wrapped in seaweed - 5 stars 3 Pineapple bun - 4 stars 3 Chive dumplings - 5 star 6 BBQ Pork buns 3 Taro cake - 5 stars 4 Boxes of Stick Rice Price? $45!!!!!! **OVERALL: cheap and good! My old Chinese family members loved it... no complaints! read more

"grand opening" exclaims the banner. certainly the premises looked new. the take out section is in front. once must walk past the cashier to enter the dining area. only dim menu visible. plastic case with dim sum steamed over. couldn't see. eats: pork siu mai (3/1.85) -meatball texture, dry, msg taste -chicken bun (3/1.80) nice bun denseness, dry chicken taste leftovers: -probably the most expensive dim sum and (worst tasting) on irving -service cordial.. -msg aftertaste -cash only read more

My mama told me to write this. Why so? Because she has a love-hate relationship with this place. And I completely agree with her on this. Here's the love - they have the best black sesame rolls and water chestnut goh in the city. They are smooth, light, and flavorful. It's like eating jello. Nom. Here's the hate - their fruit mochis have passed their expiration dates. My mother have order these mochis on three different occassions, and she has been duped. The go straight to the garbage can because no one in my fam bam wants tummy problems. So, be careful what you order here. You may leave happy as a clam or frowning like a sad clown. read more

They changed owners, they fixed up the place, raised the prices and the food sucks now :(. They used to have the best dan tats (*sp) ever and never run out always ho and fresh. Now they are tiny burned and cold and they run out of them at like 2 in the afternoon!! WTF. ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` I usually get my lazy weekend morning breakfast here. Its really good stuff when your strapped for cash. $5 can get you far!!! Hey, 50 cents can feed me there just get a chicken bun. I love love love the egg custards there! I think its their number one seller too! Once they bring out a fresh trays it dose not take long for them to be sold out! I like it, it convenient for me, really is my favorite bakery in the city. But of course a couple of food items such as the barbeque pork buns, egg rolls are not all that good and are better in other bakeries. ~~ :( the 50 cent chicken buns that where quite large in the past are now much smaller :( same price, so now they are the same sized buns as they have in almost all other bakeries. I read more

60 cents for a slice of pineapple cake (BO LO DAAN GOH). Hm... how do I describe the pineapple cake? It's a spongy cake with a thin layer of pineapple filling/sauce inside. On the outside, it's baked with the same crumbly layer that's on a pineapple bun. You just can't go wrong with that! These were a big hit at my bro's party. You need to special order these because they are THAT good! =D read more

This place is great! They have super fresh Chinese pastry and the dim sum and buns are great and CHEAP! The staff is always friendly and ready to make a suggestion if you ask. The green onion bun is out of this world! Only a few tables so not a sit down friendly place, but take out is fast, easy and delicious! Just thinking about it makes me hungry! YUM!! read more

Since this place opened over a year ago (or remodeled- I'm not sure) I can't stay away. Best walk up dim sum. When you just want a snack or need to bring a dish for a party definitely put this place on your short list of must try. Beware: parking isn't the easiest in this neighborhood. read more

I have mixed feelings about this place. On the plus side, everything is super cheap. I LOVED the shrimp and chive dumplings. They were huge and filled beyond belief with shrimp and huge pieces of chive, not tiny slices you get at other places. However, I really did not like the BBQ pork bun. Mine was filled only with fat, not one piece of meat. It also tasted like cinnamon apple sauce, no BBQ flavor at all. And, I had to first ask for chopsticks. Then, I looked in my bag and had to ask for soy sauce. After double checking, I then had to ask for hot sauce. Yeah, I'm the white girl, but still know what condiments I like, so hand them over. read more

-new kid on the block? "Grand Opening" -apartment hunting interim, meaning Lunchtime before crossing back North to the Richmond for an 2 p.m. open house. Hong Kong ladies in snappy pink shirts & matching cap . . . cheerful and attentive, one particularly helpful & encouraging, I ordered my Taste Test Sampler- one each of the Chives dumpling, Woo Gawk, Jow Hom Gawk, Naw Mai Fon; all larger than life sized at a fraction of sitdown Dim Sum experience. Steve, dessert mochi custard-filled pan fried patty. & to sweeten the deal, she threw in an almond tofu drink (hot)! All the while explaining the HongKong style casserole plates ("dine-in"). All this for UNDER $8.00. DRAMA! Circling indefinitely on Irving for Mother's Day "out", there WAS road rage among the Chinamons. I parked in the Walgreens lot. read more

Don't know what the haters are talking about. Dim sum is more a breakfast food, so yeah if you get there in the late afternoon they run out of stuff. My roommates and I are regulars here. The shrimp dumpling alone and with spinach are my go-tos; I also love the giant pot stickers and turnip cakes and the rice wrapped in lotus leaf. Prices are cheap, as I always end up getting more food then really needed. The workers are nice, haven't had difficulty communicating or anything, and if all else fails just point at the stuff you want. We've tried some of the other dim sum places around (Happy Bakery, TC, etc) and we always end up back at Sun Maxim's. I think it's the best around the area. read more

I am obsessed with the steamed pork bun, and this is where my obsession was born. I didn't even EAT pork before this, but a friend convinced me to try it, and I fell in love. I haven't found another place that makes them THIS yummy. I even have my boyfriend hooked - I drive them out to Reno for him! Now, the staff here can be a little mean, especially when it gets busy, but I almost look forward to the abuse now. I wish I could find a place like this that's closer to my apartment. It is so cheap and yummy and cheap. Mmmmm. Oh, their other stuff is good too. read more

Very friendly staff, fast service, and inexpensive food! This experience costed a total of $8.10 =) Taro Pancake ($1.85_3 pieces) I've never had Taro Pancakes before but I thought I'd try it out. The taste reminds me a bit of dark jasmine tea? I love tea so I'll buy this again and share it with my dad...tea addict and see what he thinks. But it's soft and easy to eat I think there's chunks of taro inside too? I don't know but I'm going to semi pan fry one of the pieces to see how it tastes crunchy on the outside later this evening. Shrimp Dumplings ($1.90_3 pieces) I've always ordered shrimp dumplings every where I go, it's one of the best things for dim sum in my opinion. What I like about this store's version is the size isn't huge but it's not tiny either. Also the flour wrapper isn't really thick or too thin that it breaks when it's steamed and just looks ugly. The inside is good because they don't use huge pieces of fat as stuffing instead of shrimp like some places, I can actually taste shrimp and when I open it up there's small shrimp that aren't tiny tiny. Chive Dumplings ($1.90_3 pieces) I got addicted to chive dumplings because of my sister...these ones are a bit different to what I'm used to, they're wrapped flat instead of like a potsticker. It has lots of chives and the wrapper isn't chewy, however the one thing I noticed is it's a bit oily so think just one order (3 piece=1 order) is perfect. Chicken Siu Mai ($1.80_3 pieces) I've also never tried chicken siu mai, I've always had pork so new experience! It's interesting, it's chicken and ginger, I love ginger so definitely a plus! I'll order this again to have my family try since the other places we've been getting our siu mai are failing our expectations. Conclusion: I will order again for myself 100% shrimp dumplings, chive dumplings, chicken siu mai! Not too sure about the taro yet it might be because I didn't grow up eating it so it's a bit different but I guess for those who've had it before can do a better review on that than I can. read more

We had high hopes since this was a take-out dim sum joint. So we looked at the menu and made our choices as we waited patiently on line. It's our turn and my BF says, "An order of the pot stickers." They were all out. Order of the shumai? All out. Order of the BBQ pork buns? All out. The person behind the counter gestures to the display and says, "We have chicken buns and dessert." How about the claypot rice? That will be 20 minutes. Now maybe if the person helping us were a bit nicer, we would have had a pleasant experience. Because that couldn't possibly make up for what we did end up getting. Steamed rice with a few mushrooms, red bean pancakes, some kind of fried meat dumpling, and chicken/veggie steamed buns. I haven't tried the steamed rice with mushrooms just yet but I'm not sure if I want to. The red bean "pancakes" were actually just mochi and they were good. But the fried meat dumplings were cold, oily, and terrible tasting. Not sure how she convinced us to get in lieu of the potstickers that they were all out of. The chicken and veggie steamed buns were the only redeeming factor but would I come back? No. Would I ever come out of my way to get here? No. Also, I wish that when the person selling us all of this stuff signaled that we took a closer look at the displays to see what they did have left that everything was label. There were no labels in the displays so we had no idea what was what. Also, maybe consider taking down things from the menu if you don't have them anymore. One naturally assumes that if you have a kitchen in the back and a menu on the wall that the items desired may still be in stock. read more

Used to be my favorite for dim sum on Irving st, had re-opened after the fire but is a shadow of its former self. Much less selection. In particular they no longer serve ham sui gok which they used to make better than anyone else. Honestly I can't see a reason to go there any more. It's too bad they used to be so good! read more

One star bc I actually like the baked rice. Do not ever dine in unless you want to be ignored. They have a decent sized dining area but NO WAITER! ORDER TAKE OUT ONLY! read more

Great service! Wish the dim sum was warm when served. The restaurant is suuuuper clean compared to other cheap dimsum spots. Steamed buns are so soft and yummy! Strawberry mochi is filled with fresh mango 3/$2! They also have green tea mochi filled with red bean paste rolled in coconut :) will be back! read more

Sun Maxim's - Happy customer with soft fresh mango mochi! - Bakeries Near Me - San Francisco, California