The best thing about this place is how convenient it is. It's right in the corner of the Chinese cultural plaza and easy to find and they validate parking. This is a good place to stop by when you have a dim sum craving but the quality of the food isn't always consistent and on weekends they get really crowded. They pack in the tables there so atmosphere isn't always great. The service is also terrible, but that's to be expected at any fast paced dim sum joint. Let's just put it this way, when legends is crowded I come here instead. read more

Our go to for dim sum. If you like chicken feet, they make the best!! If you don't like chicken feet, all the other stuff is good too. The service is fast paced but the food and price never disappoints. Don't forget your parking ticket, they do validate. read more

Locally owned. some of the best shiu mai and har gow you can find. But what really stands out is their "pineapple custard buns" these are basically a crumb topping baked bun filled with delicious custard. They temper the custard perfectly so you aren't eating scrambled eggs. It's so important to support a small local business like this especially during the pandemic. Try their stir fried noodle dishes also. They have a super high btu wok that imparts a flavor that cannot be achieved with the home stove. I usually do take out and am in and out of there quickly. read more

Came here for dim sum this morning. Not a good experience at all. Upon arriving to the restaurant that only had one other party there, nobody greeted us. My bf and I ended up just choosing a 2 seated table along the wall and the waitress later just walked up to us and plopped the menu down on the table and left. We looked over the dim sum choices and decided to order just the staples to try because this was our first time here. We ordered the shrimp dumpling (hargow), pork hash (shumai), xiao long bao, turnip cakes, shrimp look funn, and spare ribs. We got a few dishes before the other and as we were eating, we saw a cockroach climb out from the cabinet that our table was against!!! Me hating bugs and even more so while I'm eating was freaking out. Even so, I kept my composure and being in Hawaii, and especially Chinatown, bugs happen. So we ended up moving one table over away from the cabinets to finish our meal. The waitress saw us moving and questioned us so my bf pointed at the cockroach that was just straight chillin looking out from the cabinet. She just said "oh, sorry" and went about her day. So by this time I really just wanted to get out of there. But we still had a few dishes that never made it to our table. Finally we got all our dishes and just wanted to finish our meal and leave. After paying for the bill, we were headed out the door when our waitress came by and was saying something to my bf. We didn't quite understand what she was saying because of her accent so we asked her to repeat it. She repeated it twice in front of the entire restaurant (only another table of 8 or so present) and what I thought she said was "the bill didn't go through." So we went back to the cashier thinking the card didn't go through and that's when the cashier said "The tip isn't included." That's when it dawned on us that through all the craziness we had forgot to leave a tip. So we tipped and left. We always tip even if service was bad, but that was the first time I've ever had anyone point blank ask for a tip. That was rude of her, even after she saw how our dining experience went and she never did anything to accommodate the situation. Even if the food had been memorable and we didn't have an unfortunate cockroach encounter, I don't think I'd ever come back just because of her rudeness. So review of the dishes, don't come here. Wayyy better dim sum choices in the area. I would not come back here even if it weren't for the cockroach incident. The shrimp dumpling, shumai, and spare ribs were just ok, I've had better. The look funn was probably the best out of all of the dishes, but for $6.50 a plate, way overpriced for look funn rolls compared to other places that serve better dim sum in the area. The xiao long bao were dry and disappointing. The turnip cakes were the worst! My bf loves the turnip cakes we get from Canton House (no frill hole in the wall, but definitely tastier and cheaper) so he was really excited for this dish. Upon receiving it, the cakes looked mushy with barely no pan fry on them. He took one bite and said it was super fishy. I picked up a piece and just smelled it, and it smelled of pure fishiness. So much that I didn't dare taste it. We didn't eat that one at all. So much for wanting to try new dim sum places. After that experience, we are kind of scared to try other places and might just stick to the ones we already like. Price: they were around $3.50 for the regular dishes and upwards of $6-8 for the larger plates. Like I mentioned above, the look funn rolls were priced at $6.50 which is normally around $4-5 everywhere else. I'm more than certain they overcharged us as well. We ordered 6 dishes total, 5 of the small plates at $3.50 each and one look funn at $6.50. By my calculations including tax, our bill should've been just a little over $25, but we were charged over $30! My bf didn't show me the receipt until after we left and I was baffled by the price. We usually order the same dishes, if not more at our other dim sum places and the bill is always less than $30. I thought maybe their prices were just higher here, but once I did the basic math, I knew we were definitely overcharged based on their menu prices. Lesson learned. Will not be back. read more

Tai Pan Dim Sum - Very disappointing from start to finish. - Dim Sum Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

Love the food, but don't get this server. Really rude didn't get our food on time. I had to cancel all my food because it wasn't even worth it anymore. She is the worse. Make sure bring someone who can understand Chinese it'll help read more

Tai Pan Dim Sum - This is the rudest server ever! - Dim Sum Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

Located in the center of the Chinese cultural plaza, this location is one of Chinatowns popular dim sum places. I would say that this place is just OK regarding food, staff and location. I always determine the quality of a dim sum place based on their chicken feet and it didn't have enough flavor as I would have liked. Also, the prices are a bit higher since their bok Choy was around $10 a plate. Not sure if I'll be returning but the overall experience was decent. read more

Tai Pan Dim Sum - Outside - Dim Sum Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

Getting take-out was nearly impossible today. No order inside the restaurant. Called in an order at 9:45am, was told it would be ready in 20 minutes, arrived to a 20 person line wrapping around the plaza. Went straight into the restaurant because we called, our order was non existent. If my mom wasn't aggressive enough we would've walked out with nothing. The line outside was getting shorter only because people were giving up waiting. We left the plaza with 75% of our order about 45 minutes after arriving. Food was good not worth the trouble. We found street parking. read more

Tai Pan Dim Sum - Dim Sum Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

Ok I grew up in Hawaii but have not eaten Dim Sum until now or I just don't remember. My best friends took me here. No carts, order by menu. Service was good. They offer items that I don't see in Southern CA only because I haven't eaten at all the Dim Sum places yet. Make reservations. Onolicious read more

My friends have a love/hate relationship with Tai Pan Dim Sum in the Chinese Cultural Plaza. I however, love this place. Although it's a walk from work especially on these hot summer days, it's worth the trek for some quality dim sum. The pros: Some of the best shrimp look fun rolls on this island. Nice sized dim sum portions (prices are a little higher to match). Good for groups. Great fish balls. It's in the Chinese Cultural Plaza rather than in Chinatown so parking is easier. The cons: Service can be slow at times. Bring your Chinese speaking friends, it makes everything that much easier. It's busy! Most times I'm there, I feel like one of the few English speaking tables. With all the dim sum spots in Chinatown, Tai Pan is my favorite because of their nice sized portions, good flavors on my favorite dumplings, look fun, mochi rice in lotus leaf and fish balls. I'll definitely be back (with Chinese speaking friends) to satisfy those dim sum cravings even if it strikes me in the middle of the work week! read more

I think, like at most Dim Sum / Chinese restaurants, you have to know what to order. Luckily, we were with a "regular" who could speak and understand Chinese. He was familiar with the dim sum options and had the inside scoops on what to order. We were even given the "good" tea as opposed to the watered down version that's given to most locals. Shrimp look fun Shrimp har gau Chives Chicken feet and more! The food was hot, fresh and tasty. No gooey grossness, no crusty crud, etc. Well, the sauce bottles could have been cleaner... Anyway.... What a great dim sum experience. I will be back, with a Chinese-speaking friend! Never again shall I eat local Chinese! read more

When it comes to Tai Pan, I usually just get dim sum to go to avoid waiting for a table. It's always so busy/crowded here--a sure sign that it's a happening place. Here's a typical visit to Tai Pan is like for me: As I wait in the to-go line (usually for around ten minutes), the thoughts that go through my head are usually... 1. Do I know any of these people sitting at the tables? *Quick glance around* When the answer's no: Doesn't look like it. Oh good! I don't have to get out of line to pay some kind of social niceties... Now I can watch those people as much as I want because they don't know who the dim sum-craving girl staring at their food is... When the answer's yes: Um...have they spotted me? No? Okay, look away QUICK and pretend I am too busy pondering the plates of dim sum inside the glass display. Yes? Well, I should show that I am a properly brought-up Chinese gal, no? Okay...wave hello, smile, and gesture helplessly that I can't go to them because I am in line xD 2. Why is it taking so long? I want those delicious fried seaweed rolls NOW! There are a few plates left in the display--plleeeeaaaase don't let them be gone by the time it's my turn... 3. *Glances at the menu board up top* Hmmm...what haven't I tried here before? Is it worth trying? Maybe I should Yelp and see? When it's finally my turn to order... Dim sum lady: (in Cantonese) What would you like? Me: *Blinks and thinks: She could tell I knew how to speak Cantonese? Hmmm...* (in Cantonese) Three orders of seaweed roll, three orders of har gau (shrimp dumpling), one order of siu long bao, etc.... Dim sum lady: (in Cantonese) Anything else? Me: (in Cantonese) No...but could I please get some hot sauce? (The hot sauce makes har gau and the seaweed roll all that much yummier!) So I am seriously considering answering in some strange dialect of Chinese or replying in Japanese the next time the dim sum lady asks me what I would like in Cantonese. You know, just to keep things interesting. read more

Sure I get racially profiled every time I'm here, and ignored, and forgotten about and pretty much every other minor inconvenient injustice a customer at a chinese restaurant has ever had to suffer, but it's possibly my favorite place. Good har gao, siu mai, chives, baked bbq pastry. Not everything is great, but it's okay. I find the best way to do dim sum is to go on a rotating schedule. That way when you get fed up at being abused by the wait staff at one place, you go to the next place, and by the time you cycle back to the first place- you've either forgotten how bad it was or have cooled down enough not to get fed up with them. Tai Pan has no carts, they don't really take great care of -ahem- "non-asian looking" (aka haole) customers the way they do of asian looking customers, and they tend to forget about me often. I go there frequently enough that at this point I'm certain they know who I am and do it to infuriate me, but because I like the food and it is in my rotation of dim sum places, I continue to go! When I bring large groups they definitely are a lot nicer and take a lot better care of us. However, sometimes when I come here they don't start the usual dim sum bill at my table and not only do I have to assume what they write on my bill is correct, I also have to wait a substantial amount of time to get it. This causes me to do something that I know drives them nuts, which is probably why they intentionally drive me nuts, but I get up and act like I'm going to leave; then they come running with my check that was for some reason missing for the last 20 minutes. It's terrible, I know, but you have to understand the love/hate relationship between Tai Pan and I. I love their food, they love my money, we hate each other. That's how all good relationships work! It may sound cynical, but I'd like to point out that they started it. read more

I don't usually give establishments one star. Nope. Not at all. Never. Rarely? In any case, I got fellow Yelpers to vouche for me on this one. In order to write this review though, I needed a couple of weeks to digest what exactly went on when I came here. I also needed to digest that my experience here (somewhat negative one to say the least) was not unique to only me. Sadly, it's happened to many other Yelpers who just wanted a nice dim sum meal. Is that too much to ask for? *Insert sad face. Sad, hungry face* Okay, so let me recount what exactly happened that fateful day my sister, brother in law, mom and I strolled in this place. Please ignore and forgive me if my sobs get too loud. First, let me start with the positives. Of course any establishment has its strengths. For one, they made sure we were seated promptly. Another plus was that they were very attentive of us paying our bill in a timely manner. Okay. Whew. That wasn't too bad. Okay. Now on to the not so good: I understand that this day we went on was somewhat busy. However, I did not find it to my liking that we had to wait at least 15-20 minutes while other people who came after us were helped right away. Now, people have alluded to this or even said it flat out that it helps if you can speak the language of the people who work there. I extremely hate to say it but to some extent that statement is fair to say. Not only did we have to wait for so long, then flag people down to order more things, we also had to ask for our water to be filled up. Let me talk about the food though. The dim sum was good. Pretty sure this was the first time I've gone to get dim sum, and liked it. Some of the textures were uhm... interesting. Wasn't expecting meat to be gummy or chewy like how it was, but I did like their sweet sour spareribs. I understand that Yelp is rated on what the establishment sells, but I feel that customer service has a lot to do with it. The food is definitely not worth coming here if we are going to be ignored for a good portion of time. read more

Gone here with family several times now and the dim sum is good. They have most of the standard items you'll find and one that I like that you won't find anywhere else which is the deep fried Nori wrapped shrimp. Service is fast and good since you order from a menu and not wait for the karts to come around since they don't seem to have space for them. They are also not as busy as some of the other places in the plaza but that isn't a reflection on them as far as I have noticed and the benefit is you probably won't have to wait to eat. read more

I've been loyal to Legend since I could use chopsticks, so dim summing at Tai Pan was akin to committing adultery for me. I felt really guilty after, especially since it wasn't even worth it. There was a long wait for a table and a lifetime wait for the food--I don't know if it's because they don't make it until you order it (a la Jack in the Box) or because there's not enough room for a cart to be pushed. Dumplings like har gau and siu mai were standard, but everything else seemed subpar and there was less variety. My only guess as to why this restaurant is crowded is because there's just a handful of tables and seats, deceiving one into thinking it must be good since it's full. That, or the fact that plates are less than $2. Good price but if it was just about saving money, I'd be eating from the Jack in the Box $1 menu everyday. read more

Tai Pan is one of my top three places for Dim Sum, and in my opinion, serves the best puff pastry dishes, turnip cake, and look funn rolls. The complimentary unlimited Jasmine tea served to all guests is also tasty, hot and delicious--other than the dim sum here, I actually look forward to the tea. My consistently favorite dishes are: beef puff pastry, look funn rolls, turnip cake, Pork Siu Mai, baby bok choi, steamed fish, azuki-filled sesame balls, mini egg custard pies (more "yolky" in flavor than other places), and the mysterious "Crispy Carrot." Only yesterday did I learn that the "Crispy Carrot" dish does not taste like a carrot at all--its simply an egg custard-filled, deep fried mochi dessert, colored orange and shaped like a carrot (who came up with this idea, I do not know), and DELICIOUS. Another way I know this place is good: its always super busy and filled with super Chinese people. You know a place is good when people of the culture of the food served frequent the location. However, note that service, as with many dim sum restaurants, is not friendly--the waiters and waitresses have heavy accents and do not smile unless they know who you are or you or someone in your party speaks Mandarin or Cantonese. This doesn't bother me at all though--regardless of this facet, service is prompt, efficient, and clean. I recommend to ask for the dim sum picture menus and just point at the items you wish to order and if ordering a dish off their menus on the wall, to just say the number of the dish. Happy eating! read more

Wow, I couldn't believe the review I wrote for Tai Pan back in 2008! Either they have changed or I have. Or, perhaps, it's both. My family and I were in a mood for dim sum last Sunday, and walked right in. I think it must have been about 9 in the morning or so. First, we got a table right away, and I noticed that the place was a little bigger than the last time I was here. Unless I'm having visual hallucinations, they expanded their space somehow. So, that was different. Second, the two waitresses we had were quite friendly, and that was certainly different than my experience in the past. Third, several of the dim sum dishes were really delicious: the shumai dumplings were fresh and larger than I had remembered, the har (shrimp) cheung fun was tasty and smooth, and the ngau yok (meatballs) were as good as Fook Lam around the corner. The jook (rice porridge) was a hit also. Lastly, the heung pin (jasmine) tea was fragrant and nice. Hey, even my kids were happy, and they hadn't even brought their DS video games to play with. Now that is certainly saying something! I don't know if I would be as happy if I came later in the morning when it gets crowded, so I would recommend getting here early. Scratch that...go ahead and come late in the morning so it will remain uncrowded early in the morning when I plan to be there! read more

Used to come here with family years ago before they expanded. Back then, it was too crowded and always waiting for a table. Put your name on the list near the door if you want to dine in. Still a bit too crowded for my liking so I just choose to do take out. I always get the white dan taht (egg custard) for my daughter because she likes this one more than the yellow one, which is more commonly sold. Prices are average and reasonable compared to other restaurants in Chinatown. As expected, servers are a bit rude and you feel rushed. read more

So after a year of visiting Tai Pan, it has quickly become my favorite dim sum place because they have my all time favorite dim sum dish - fried chive and shrimp dumpling. It normally comes steamed, but the frying gives it a crisp outer layer. I've brought my friends here. Granted they dont know much better, the chicken feet are always the kicker for the dim sum virgins and I've always gotten the new ones to at least try a bite. So yes no carts, but the waitresses are always really nice about my terrible canto/mando chinese mix. Usually pretty good about refilling the tea pot with hot water. Lastly , accepting credit cards is my top notch criteria...after the food of course. read more

Dim sum for breakfast? Yes you can! This place opens super early at 7AM. It is not busy from 7AM-11AM so you can get seated pretty quickly and okay service. My favorite dish here is the beef chunks with mien. Its called ngo nam mien (sp?) It cost around $6-$7 bucks and it's pretty filling. The dim sum is made fresh as there is a window where you can see all the Chinese men and women preparing the food. One thing I don't like about this place is that everyone is really close to each other and it is super loud because of the Chinese people eating there(Chinese are loud). They validate your parking and it is only $1 for the first hour. read more

Cheap, fast, huge selection. That pretty much says it all! What this restaurant lacks in aesthetics and service it more than compensates for in good food and value. All the dim sum items were tasty, especially the lo bat gou (turnip cake), which was nice and browned. The jook/congee was hot and delicious with tons of green onions, and I loved being able to eat it with a side of yao ja guai (Chinese donut), because not all places serve it. Do what I do - come here with a big appetite, lots of patience, and low expectations regarding service and you will have a good meal. read more

Amazing place beautiful inside!! Great place for dim sum. My favorite is the hot dog. Also love the carrot mochi. There dough is so perfectly fluffy but not too dense. They always but the perfect amount of fill so don't skip out on this place!!! read more

High hopes then a big disappointment... You would hear me say in the past "I love coming here!" But after the last few visits, now I say "I USED to love to come here..." No longer the place to get my dose of dim sum fix, it has now become nothing but a faint memory of how something amazing can just slowly disappear and fade away. The prices slowly creeping up did not stop me from coming here, but what did was how significantly corners were cut to get the not-so-tasty food to the table. You can taste the immediate lacking flavors in the dishes, as well as flavors that could be omitted! It was terrible... My favorite dish, the egg white custard tart, was truly the best I had ever tasted, but, sadly it has now become the worse. Perhaps, Tai Pan was going through management changes. Maybe they hired a newbie in the kitchen, but whatever it is it has affected their cuisine greatly. I feel terrible for their wait staff, serving terrible food! Sorry, Tai Pan, unless you get good consistent reviews. I will be scratching you off my list of places to dine in Chinatown. read more

Are they going to close down now? I went to there at the lunch time in weekend, but less than half table were occupied. I was wondering whey they are so slow. But I realize it, they change all dishes's prices higher than before and they didn't put these prices in the menu. Can you imagine that no prices on the menu? I feel they are closing down sometime soon. read more

I ordered Tai Pan from the DoorDash delivery service. Their 3 star average speaks for itself. It's just average. The prices are reasonable and they have a wide variety of dim sum options. The taste of their food is bland to average. All of the dishes I ordered from the steamed and baked char siu bao, taro gok, char siu look fun we're missing flavor. Nothing that I would rave about or that I would want to go back for. It's no frills, average and reasonably priced dim sum. read more

We came here quite often and found it a decent place to eat dim sums until our most recent experience. My 6 year old son was eating a dim sum and shouted out as he saw a cooked cockroach on his plate! We checked the dim sum steamer basket and found another dead one at the outside bottom! We reported it to the employee and then to the owner (ie cashier) but they acted as if it was normal!!! They asked if we wanted to exchange for another basket! We won't come back here for sure! read more

Let me start by saying I'm Chinese. My family speaks Chinese. We always know what to order because we've been coming here for years. So I can understand why this review can be skewed. My family and I always come to Tai Pan when we're craving cheap and decent dim sum. I love har gau and siu mai! Recently I've been a big fan of their taro puffs and turnip cakes, too. As for service, I'm expecting the typical Chinese-style dim sum house rushed and accented waiter. I think it's a part of the experience dining in Chinatown. But really the tables are so crowded together you feel like you're eating with the people next to you, too. Haha. But all in all the service is just average. If they improved in these areas, Tai Pan could come close to being 5-stars in my book. read more

This was our go-to spot for dim sum back in the day. Nowadays things have gone downhill. You should never expect good service at a Chinese restaurant, but to receive NO service? There was actually an incident where we were seated and no one bothered to take our orders for half an hour. Even after flagging down waitress after waitress, we were just told "okay okay, wait", just for them to never return. I really wish I could say I was exaggerating but unfortunately.. nope. Food quality is comparable to any other dim sum place. Nothing bad, but nothing spectacular either. It does seem to be pricier than many other places though for the same quality. I'm not saying I'll never eat here again but I won't be expecting much. If anything, ordering takeout might be the best option. read more

my favorite dim sum place! the food is great. the location is easy to find (downstairs near the shrine). service is good if you're willing to speak up. they're always busy, but if you wave they'll help you. the food is always hot and tasty! my favorite thing to order is the sticky rice wrapped in the leaf. it's the best! and I always get the shrimp look fun and shrimp dumplings too. the gin dui is hot and fresh too. never disappointed with anything we order. tried the seafood fried rice (big plate for $10.50) and it's got shrimp, scallops, scrambled egg and green onions. yum! 4 stars because you have to pay for parking. read more

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The best dim sum per dollar in all of Chinatown~! If you see a lot of indigenous Chinese people eating in the same place you know the cuisine is excellent and exact! Best of the menu... Har Gau Pan Fried Turnip and Taro slices Sticky rice with egg Look fun with scallops Congee If you want to eat like you just got out of jail or like Goku from Dragonball get your butt down here sit back and enjoy... Oh yeah speak up and you will get served;D read more

Tai Pan used to be a legit place to get good dim sum for years with the only caveat being you may have to share tables on busy times. After not having Tai Pan for a few years, I decided to have lunch with my girlfriend there. We both haven't gone in a while. Since it was just a lighter lunch, we ordered only our normal dim sum dishes. My thoughts of them were: Meat balls: Not fresh at all. Lack of taste and harder than it should be. Mochi rice and chicken: Small and flavorless. The chicken pieces were way too small. Spinach Dumpling: The taste was bland. Should have much more flavor. Fung Jiao(chicken feet): Mushy and only had 3 feet. Most dim sum places include 4 chicken feet per order. Flagging someone to take your order took a while too and I speak perfect Cantonese. Once we got our orders in Cantonese in, the food came fast. read more

I've been to many dim sum places and overall, this place is the best. What's my favorite? Everything.....but for those who are brave, try the chicken feet. Don't worry, it's clean feet and the nails are clipped. It does get crowded, so go early or you can share a table with others. Don't forget, there's dessert here too. read more

I love tai pan :) they got really good fish over rice and ha GAO, shumai and fried shrimp.

I do not like the idea of sharing my table with some strangers. Food is similar to any other dim sum places in that plaza/center (there are 4 or 5 dim sum eating places just in the plaza), Not much service. Yes I agree with Bure Chan's review that you have to speak up and you can get served, and of couse you can say " NO" to sharing table too. A better place to have Dim Sum is around the corner there is Fook Lum and Legen. Y. Robinson read more

This is one of my favorite places to have dim sum. Most of the stuff is average. But I can boldly say that they have some of the best seaweed rolls I ever tasted. A bit oily but at least its not drenched in heavy breading like other places. I also love the siu long bao/xiao long bao. The flavor isn't on the same level as fook lam but tai pan's siu long bao way better because they put in a aluminum cup to help the juices from falling out. Another bonus at this place,is their sweet soy sauce on the table. I think it is the same one used for look fun. Other places are stingy on the sweet soy sauce and never place it outside. At tai pan they have no carts so you order straight from the menu. The service is typical chinese style where it seems like the waiter is always yelling at you. The spacing is kind of cramp because the chairs are so close to each other. The place gets really busy during mid-morning and waiting can be tiresome. Tip: Park in the cultural plaza and get validation. Parking rates around $1 ph. read more

My review is some 3 weeks late but I came here for dim sum with Esther K. and Jesse C. We were put in a corner, but since it's not one of those restaurants that push carts around, it was actually ok and we didn't feel too neglected. We got a lot of the typical dim sum favorites, and everything was made pretty well. I thought the hargow was very good here, better than Mei Sum. The baked char siu bao was also memorable. And tripe...mmmm I could never eat enough tripe. ;) read more

the male boss is very rule and the service very poor!!!! no one serve us, we have to get food by myself. Not recommended to go there to eat! 男老板十分沒禮貌，服務也差！沒人理我們，食品也是自己去拿。不推薦去那裡吃東西！ read more

I've been to this place a couple of times before for take out. Each time I went the workers there were rude and very abrupt. Thought we would just try again today (3rd times a charm). Asked for two servings of the egg tart since that was something that was visible to us. Also asked for the steamed manapua which was not on display and the woman couldn't give me the time of day. You would think that they wanted a bigger sale. Well too bad. I should have just just left without making the purchase. (The egg tart was just ok. I've tasted better.) When I went to pay for the two orders I couldn't believe the cost. $7 for these tiny little things. Also they were so cheap that they could only give us 1 lousy napkin! So I guess they expected us to 3 to share a napkin! Btw I went to Empress yesterday and it was way cheaper and tastier! Well, Tai Pan just lost a customer. Won't ever go back there again! I would rather go to Empress where the dim sum is way tastier and way more reasonable. Also their employees are way nicer and friendlier than Tai Pans! read more

Dim sum was good and flavorful. Portion size was pretty good. The dumplings were plump but some were a little dry. That was ok since many of the things we picked were generally tasty. The most interesting dish we ate was the chicken feet. Little bit on the bbq flavor side using the fermented bean curd. I liked it. Different from what I'm usually accustomed to (shoyu based). The restaurant was a little crowded but we were able to find a table. Overall the place was clean and the flow of people were moving along smoothly...sign of it's popularity. read more

I went for take out yesterday and they gave me the worst service ever. I understand that Yelp is also for food which is where they can have an extra star because its exceptional, but I've been to better tasting dim sum. I'll start by saying that I am happy for them that they were able to expand their restaurant to bring in more business but there are still problems that I see, should be fixed. I've been to their restaurant to dine in a couple times. I their menu, the food is fresh, and their restaurant is pretty clean. The price is cheap. So the 2 star pertains completely for food. I give them nothing for service because they do not understand that customers come first. 1. I don't think its right that people are sharing seats to eat. This is not a cafeteria. Its a restaurant. Sure you wanna make more money and not waste time, but put into consideration of 2. first come first serve. I came in to PICKUP my PHONE ORDER yet people that come after me who want to dine in, can capture other servers attention before mine. If there are many workers standing around, shouldn't they be looking to see if people need to be tended to in a proper order? 3. you're register man seems like a perv who is more interested in taking pictures of his coworker/ waitress rather than helping customers who are in front of them needing to pay. I was standing in front of that guy for a good 5 minutes watching him REVIEWING his pictures on his phone of and laughing to himself about it. Theres another time and place for that buddy. So I'm sorry, this place has disappointed me a lot. Don't think I will come back here for a long time. On a side note for other people that do want to check the place out anyways, I recommend the fried mochi carrot (it has nothing to do with it being made of carrots, its just in form of a carrot.) No other dim sum place I've been to serve it. read more