This is my go to dim sum place. Normally people go to the other dim sum place near by, but this one is my favorite. My family and I have been going here since I was little. It's typically less packed and doesn't have as long of a line as the other place. Their bun cuon tom is my favorite dish here. read more

Dim Sum Review. This area just doesn't have great dim sum. But even considering that, Kim Su scores below average on everything. We ordered the staples, the standard by which I judge dim sum: har gow and shiu mai. The shiu mai was decent, but the har gow was pretty miserable. Tiny, tiny shrimp dumplings greeted us, and the aftertaste was really..pungent. It's inexplicable really, but definitely not good har gow. Plus, the rice wrap dishes were so doughy, all you tasted was the flour. There wasn't much variety either. Service was slower than most Asian places. BF and I waited around a lot, waiting for the shiu mai, waiting for our check, waiting for our change. I don't care if the servers were a bit unfriendly or pushy with the food (which they were here), but at least be efficient! Though Kim Su seems pretty popular, I suppose this has more to do with the huge banquet hall rather than the food, which I found really lacking. read more

I grew with my Asian mom sprinkling MSG on every meal so it's safe to say that I've built up a tolerance to the stuff. I never quite understood it when my friends claimed to get ill from eating MSG at Asian places. I knew it was possible but I had never experienced it... until last weekend when I ate dim sum here. I have eaten at Kim Su several times for family functions but never had their dim sum. Their seafood dishes have always been pretty good so I was pumped to eat dim sum with my mom especially because I was starving. Within 10 minutes of eating, I started to feel strange. All of a sudden, I felt super hot and sweaty all over. My heart was pounding and I felt faint like I could pass out if I stood up too fast. I kept eating, writing off my symptoms but had to stop when I felt nauseated. After I left I sat in my car with the windows rolled down. I was overwhelmed with thirst and chugged a bottle of water. I mentioned to my mom that my symptoms were in line with eating too much MSG to which she replied, "Oh yeah. Kim Su uses a ton of MSG in their food. The cheap kind, too." Take it from me, an Asian who was grown up eating her share of MSG, this place is your heart attack waiting to happen. read more

A solid place for dim sum. When you've got a group of 30+, there's few dim sum restaurants that can accomodate your party without your having to wait an hour or so. Kim Su is one of those places that can handle this type of crowd. The place is a large Chinese banquet hall-type room that, I'm sure, has seen an Asian wedding or two or a hundred. During the day, though, dim sum rules the roost. The food here is decent to good. I especially like their fried tofu and shu mai. The place is not especially clean, but the service is efficient. You might have to get up and physically lure one of those cart ladies to come to your table (because the good ones always gets bombarded), but that's what makes the dim sum experience fun. Overall, it's a good place to have dim sum with a large party. I've always been satisfied coming here, and prices are very reasonable. read more

Their dim sum is ok, I still like Furiwa better. The selections are pretty much the same. Their lobster is, again, ok. I like King Harbor better. It used to be good, maybe 8 or 10 years ago, but now I can't recall why they're any different than their competitors. One thing I have to complain about, their togo service in the morning (dim sum) is SUPER slow and it kills me! I waited way too long for a few orders of dumplings togo. read more

This place is great for dim sum... ONLY I'll never buy lobster to-go here any more. Some friends and I paid almost 90 dollars for 5 lbs supposedly and we got barely anything. We even scaled it at home and it didn't come anywhere close to 5lbs of lobster. I'll tell you how they filled up the rest of that 5lbs: with roasted garlic and scallions and all sorts of garnish. If you want lobster to go? Just go to ABC Market before 4pm and order it there. It's literally half the price of what could've been a more reasonable amount for what we paid. With 90bucks we coulda bought 10lbs worth instead. Dishonesty. Bottom line. read more

I've been eating here since I was like 5. My family loves this place. Shark fin soup, chicken corn soup, salt and pepper prawns, house special lobster, and clams in black bean sauce are my favorites. Service is your typical Asian spot...basically non-existent, short, and curt. My parents brought me here as a kid and I'll probably bring my kids here. read more

Tan Kimsu - House Special Lobster - Seafood Near Me - Westminster, California

I literally don't know anything about dim sum before my visit to Kim Su this weekend! I fell in love almost immediately lol!!! I believe dim sum is only available until 2 PM (you might want to check with the restaurant). I highly recommend salt and pepper pork chops, Kung Pao chicken and fried fish. Location is great and there are plenty of parking at the back. Wait time on weekends are the worst especially from open to 1 PM. Enjoy your visit to Kim Su and don't forget dim sum!!! read more

Kim Su Seafood a.k.a. my relatives' ultimate birthday/holiday celebration destination. This is one of those traditional dimsum places where they push carts around. There are a variety of items to choose from different types of dumplings, rice roll noodles, steamed buns, lotus leaf rice, congee, to steamed chicken feet "fung chow", crispy fried squid, steamed beef tripes, pan fried Chinese green "gai lan", walnut shirmp, etc... Overall, the food was okay, not something that would linger in my memory. The steamed items were not really hot upon transferring from the cart to the table. The pan fried items were not hot and too greasy. Service was not super friendly, yet acceptable. It was mostly men and women in their 40-60s, so no big expectancy. Most of the dimsum places have long waits, this one doesn't, judging from the number of stars on Yelp and the quality of food from my own visits. So, I mean, if you prefer decent dim sum with less wait, you might as well come here. Otherwise, there are other great dim sum restaurants that might cost you an hour wait or a-30-minute drive and another hour or two waiting. It is all up to you to decide fellas! read more

They do have good house special lobster, but everything else is loaded with sauce or gravy--sometimes both. The cooks are really unreasonable, especially when they try to insist that you scarf down a dish that you didn't order...GRR! I'd rather go here for dim sum than their entrees, but even the dim sum is not as good as it used to be...ah, to be in the '80s again... read more

Came here after my cousin's graduation with about 60 people...we took up a whole corner of the restaurant! The place was pretty crowded on a Tuesday night around 8. There were other people celebrating their graduation there as well. What we got: Seafood soup, clams, black pepper beef cubes, salt and pepper shrimp, shrimp fried rice, house special squid, kung pao chicken, flat fish w/ sauce, vegetable w/ oyster sauce. The seafood soup it had like shrimp, fish ball, squid, cabbage and other stuff. It wasn't that good at all. Broth had no flavor and everything was just bland. Next we had clams in green onion sauce? It was pretty good and the clams didn't have a sandy taste to it. As for the black pepper beef cubes, you dip it in the lemon pepper sauce that they give you and it's pretty good. Beef wasn't too chewy and it had a nice kick from the black pepper on the beef. But still nothing that special about it. Salt and pepper shrimp was also pretty good. I mean...you can't really mess this up right? The shrimp fried rice was very bland. I had about a scoop of it and didn't want it anymore. Maybe it's because I'm not a fried rice person, but eh. The house special squid was pretty good. If you've ever had lobster noodles before it tasted just like that sauce that they put on the lobster. We actually had two orders of the kung pao chicken. It was pretty good, but still...nothing special about it. The flat fish with sauce was probably my favorite thing there. It reminded me of wedding food. I've had it better at other places, but still this dish was the best dish we had that night. The vegetable with oyster sauce was good if you got the pieces that actually had the oyster sauce on it and if you didn't...it just tasted like steamed veggies. Service: I mean it wasn't too bad...I mean there were 60 of us plus other people in the restaurant. They probably had about like 5 other servers in the restaurant? If we asked them for something, they brought it out right away. read more

Tan Kimsu - Seafood Near Me - Westminster, California

I came here to get dim sum and decided to order the house special lobster here a few days ago. The service was a lot better when I said "I want to order the lobster" lol We got the 3.5lbs for two people. It tasted like as if i was at an Asian wedding lol It was delish! read more

Tan Kimsu - House special lobster. - Seafood Near Me - Westminster, California

Dim sum! Need I say more. Those two words alone spark some much life into my heart! But not so much in this case. I've been to Kim Su before and on every experience, one word can sum it all up: BASIC. But my friend was persistent that we went here because he wanted to compare all the dim sum restaurants in our little area to ensure that the one restaurant that we frequented was indeed the best. So, of course, I agreed. The parking lot is tiny and it's located on Ward and Bolsa. Not a very safe street when it comes to drivers. I've probably seen the most car accidents in my lifetime at this intersection. So if you do go here, please be careful. Don't need to see anymore. I was lucky enough to get a spot in front; there is parking in the back if you aren't so lucky. Got inside and the place was somewhat empty. The hostess had everyone sitting in the front. They had us share a table with another family at first when there were plenty of tables open. Feeling a bit uncomfortable, we asked to be moved and they had no problems doing so. The servers came around and asked us what we wanted. We got the typical selection for dim sum. A bunch of EVERYTHING. My friend's favorite item at dim sum is a big, flat, white noodle dish with pork inside. When he asked it, the server said that she had run out. When he asked if they were going to make more. She told him that he should just get something else, because it would be too much trouble to make. Funniest thing I've ever heard at dim sum. That's something that we both noted right away. The dishes were sub par. Most of the white noodle items were mushy and the yellow noodle items were stale. Far from impressive. But at least now my friend knows where this restaurant stands compared to our frequent. read more

Great dim sum, I was not able to photo what I had, but I made note! We had a family gathering some dishes I had were their tofu fried topped with garlic scallion- Smooth and silky on the inside. Shrimp ball with crab claw- lots of shrimp and moist on the inside. Shrimp with rice paper- soft carefully rolled doesn't break apart. Bok choy with oyster sauce- crisp not overly steamed or oily. Candied pecan shrimp- lightly fried with just the right amount of glaze. Sesame ball with mung bean- not oily and crisp. The service was great! They were attentive and polite! The portions were large! They didn't skimp, quality made me give it more stars than Houston! I have to say I'm quite pleased. Must stop by when in Bolsa read more

My family somehow always ends up going to Kim Su because my sister loves lobster. I wish I could rate this place higher but the the service is subpar and does not seem to improve. The food is also just mediocre. I have only tried the dim sum once and it was good. The family style dishes tend to be on the heavy side and on occasion the dishes we get to use are dirty. We went on christmas and it turned out to be a terrible decision. Half of the waiters were not actual waiters you could tell they were just randomly hired so we could not tell who to ask for help. When we did ask for help we were ignored almost every time regardless of whether I asked in vietnamese or english. read more

This place for dim sum is absolutely not satisfying! after being seated, you get bombarded by the dimsum carts rushing you and asking you what you want before you even had the chance to order drinks, or have my entire party settle down yet! (party of 13) and then after they leave, they are NO WHERE to be found. they NEVER came back. the food tastes terrible as well. Non of our condiments were filled, they were already empty or old when we sat down. NEVER coming back. read more

I'm just going to leave these dinner photos up here to do all the talking, so that you can do all of the drooling ;) read more

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Do yourself a favor and do not come here for dim sum! The first warning sign was probably that they serve some of their dim sum on PAPER PLATES... seriously have you heard of a sit down restaurant that serves you food on paper plates...?? Anyways... Pros: - Hold on let me think.....let me think..... I got nothing... Cons: - Food served on paper plates? Even the plate was made of plastic? Ghetto... - Most if not all of the food came out lukewarm - The tripe/offal dish was no on par with other establishments (I don't think they cooked it long enough and it was still pretty tough). - They don't bother cutting your fried food items in half so you can share, have to ask them. My mother was about to grab the scissors off the cart lol. - The HIGHLIGHT of our meal was the sesame ball. Honest to God if I ever tasted a COCKROACH that's what it would taste like... So what is the lesson we learned today? If you want to go to Seafood Cove 2 for dim sum and someone suggests that you should go to Kim Su... stick to your guns and do not give in :(! You'll end up all sharing a disgusting meal that everyone will sorely regret, and while you are eating you'll be staring out the window at Newport Seafood across the street... read more

I only come here for the Dim Sum.Its pretty good but this place is a little more expensive than seafood cove I think. The ladies are nice but sometimes, when I ask for something, they just speak chinese and ignore what I ask for. TLDR: Dim Sum great!Service poor! read more

Foods was alright til, I see this...and all they say is "sorry " charged and walked away. They are fucking with a wrong 92G (culinary specialist) of the U.S Army force. I recommended all militants and civilian to reconsidered of go here. I'll come back as a FDA to closed you down, Kimsu read more

Tan Kimsu - Rotten crab any1? - Seafood Near Me - Westminster, California

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Good food great service ! Very friendly staff and our food came very quickly ! Try the French style beef and black shiitake mushroom with Chinese greens ! Yang chow fried rice was very good also ! I read more

We really only come here for the dim sum, and while the dim sum is not bad, it is not as good as the dim sum over at Furiwa on Brookhurst. But it seems as though more people prefer coming here since there is usually a 15-30 min wait on the weekends, and the parking can be a little bit tougher on the weekends. Again, not bad, but just not as good as it could be. read more

My favorite place to go to when i'm in the mood for dim sum. I always come here on sunday mornings around 9. FIRST COME FIRST SERVE. this place can get pretty packed. Always crowded, always good quality food. Price is reasonable. A fun place to go to with family and friends. The only cons are -dirty cups and plates -i saw a worker drop a bowl and continued to give it to customer -water is defintely sink water -the person writing your total may do it too fast and mess up on bill. one of the only places i will tear up the stewed chicken feet =p i may have some issues with this place, but i will always come back. read more

Just ok.... Normal food quality, service is ok too.. Price is a little bit too much for what you get.. Just a decent restaurant. My favorite items of this restaurant is : xoi la sen, sushi chien, and cai lan :). read more

Oh Kim Su, you're my Sister's in-laws favorite place to restaurant. You're not so bad, yet there's something about you that I can't give you five stars.. I still wonder what it is.. Kim Su, your dim sum is just like any other dim sum place.. but what do you put in your fried calamari?! Crack? Because legit this is the reason why I go back to you. I've been here for dim sum couple of times and even banquet food for more than one dinner occasions.. I do love your lobster and Sweet & sour soup. Service can be better, every time we're there I feel like there's less and less workers each time. Parking can get pack at times especially during Dim Sum hours, but other than that.. if you go early for dinner its not packed and service is so much better! :) The Yummies: Fried Calamari -- Nooomness! Taro Balls -- Crispy and yummy! Fried Lobster - Juicy and the seasoning is yummy Shu Mai Turnip cake Rice Noodle Rolls -- except when it comes drenched in sauce Daan Taat Cha Siu Bao read more

I have always been a die hard Kim Su customer since I was born and raised in the one and only O.C. However, I got the worst customer service and food!!! I'm visiting home this weekend and was craving Kim Su Restaurant's food. I brought their braised catfish in claypot (cá kho ti) and the moment I opened it from the to-go box, it looked like I was given leftovers or dog food....... This is profoundly upsetting! read more

You know there should be a such thing as a decent level of service. OK - I gotta admit Garden Grove sometimes feels like you've just stepped off the plane into SEAsia, and you should expect to be treated alittle less than say a high-end restaurant in West L.A. But damn don't grunt at me and swipe my payment and tip off the table like i'm doing you a favor. Negatives: The seafood soup had this funny after taste that rendered it almost inedible. Our teapot just vanished while we were eating, and never came back. We asked for water - and got it - with a grunt. Positives: A boatload of food. Nice desert at the end of dinner. Fresh Live Lobster the other tables were ordering looked pretty dang delicious. read more

Second time here for a annual xmas dinner with friends, place always has seating available and service isn't bad. Last time I remember the food was really good but this time around it wasn't and we ordered a bit of everything. read more

Tan Kimsu - Seafood Near Me - Westminster, California

Mickey Mouse works here. Billed was wrong twice. Once when she added the dim sum dishes. I corrected her. She changed it. It was wrong again when they swiped my card for the same wrong amount. They had to cancel and reswipe for the correct amount. Maybe they were drunk from new year Eve's partying. read more

We ordered a 4 pound lobster - seasoning and flavor was much better than Seafood Cove - we will be back for more! Very friendly service!

This rating is more 3 and a half stars because of how average it is. The restaurant itself doesn't look that nice but the food's not too shabby. The restaurant wasn't that busy but the service was still subpar only because there was no food push carts around our area. Dim sum was pretty good except one of the dishes (the fried shrimp ball wrapped around cane sugar) was served to us cold which kinda sucked. My real problem was the fact that they would stamp us but we would never see our food.. All in all, nothing really lacking but nothing really popped out.. it's definitely not a Din Tai Fung, but when in Santa Ana.... lol read more

Tan Kimsu - The aftermath lol - Seafood Near Me - Westminster, California

I guess I really don't know what good dim sum is because apparently the past reviews say their food isnt that great but, I actually really enjoyed it hahaha... well anyway, I came here with a large group of ten after one hell of a night drinking, smoking, straight west coastin. We got something from each cart and also got an order of their house special tofu. The dish was good but way too buttery. I preferred the fried tofu with the huge mountain of green onions. I dont eat beef or pork but their pork buns looked so good with all that grease and oil all over it! The bread melted in my mouth and the red pork was good. They say this spot is good for cheap dim sum and when youre hungover, you arent too attentive on the flavor and food quality anyway. Parking is a pain, and make sure you come just before 11, it gets crazy busy around brunch time. read more

This is my go-to place for dim sum. The restaurant is fairly big, but parking can be rough sometimes, even though there's parking in the back. I suggest parking across the street in the neighborhood and just crossing over if it's too crowded. The food itself is better than most dim sum places I have been too, especially the shu mai. I also like their fried tofu. Tip: ask for freshly made ones if you want it hot! They do get busy so it might take a while to get food sometimes, but because it's a family-oriented and owned business, they are very nice about it and I always get better with a smile. read more

I come here because it is very conveniently located. Because of it's location, there's never a wait if you come first thing. I love dim sum and have been to many places that serve it. They offer a good variety of choices here. Only downer is their chicken feet could use a lot more flavor! Overall, I usually spend about $30-$40 for enough food for 3 people. The employees here are very nice and help you with a smile on their face. read more

This is my go-to place for authentic dim sum. Kim Su's been here for ages; my family and I have been regulars here as far back as I could remember. Sure it's only rated 3 stars on yelp but I can assure you that you'll get a great family meal here whether it's brunch or dinner without hurting your wallet. DIM SUM My go-to's are their siu mai (shumai, steamed pork dumpling, or whatever you want to call it), turnip cakes, fried tofu, walnut shrimp, and banh cuon tom (steamed rice roll w/ shrimp). For dessert, we always finish with their eggtarts. Everything is always fresh as they are constantly bringing out new food to their carts and everything is super easy to order. Don't know what something's called? Just point to it and they gotchu! Most plates is $3-$5 so you can easily order a bunch of things and sample everything. DINNER Kim Su is a very large restaurant, so it's a great place to host banquets, family outings, wedding receptions, or holiday events. They have an extensive seafood menu with things ranging from their fresh delicious lobster to calamari and soft shell crabs. If you're here for dinner, definitely dry their lobster, which is sold at market price by the pound. Some other notable dishes are the salted fish fried rice with chicken and seafood on crispy noodle. Another plus is that they're open everyday including holidays! Must try! read more

I'm pretty lazy when it comes to getting dim sum. I actually haven't been to a dim sum restaurant in a while because my mom will usually get it from this great to-go place and just brings it home for me so I don't have to deal with driving out to Bolsa to get some. Well, the other day, my friend was feeling a bit bummed, so I took her to Sunday brunch. She wanted to go here, so we braved all the terrible drivers and went. You would think that since it's a bit further down from the main part of Bolsa that the parking and drivers would be a little better - it's not. I'm not going to sugar coat it. The parking is terrible. The drivers are worse. Anyways, the restaurant itself is pretty big, but if you're going on a weekend day, it's going to be packed. Lucky for us, we didn't have to wait long since it was just the two of us. This place has all your typical dim sum items, including all my favorites. The food is pushed around in these carts by ladies who sorta pressure you into getting items you don't want. Don't cave! Just stand your ground and they'll leave you alone. The food is good, but I've had better from the to-go place my mom goes to. And considering how many items the two of us got (not many), it's sorta pricey (about $40 for the two of us). Service is okay. It's sort of hard to flag down the cart you want or just get a cart to come to you if you don't know how to say/describe what you want. If you're going on a weekend day, I recommend going around 10-10:30 just to beat the rush. I feel that if you went during the week, it wouldn't be as crowded though. read more

I only come here for the dimsum, and I've been coming here since I was a little tiny rugrat. I live by 3 things here: Shu Mai, Har Gow, and Banh Cuon. It's tastes exactly like it did when I was 4 If it's busy, get on your chair, locate the cart you want, and wave your arms wildly until you've got their attention...not really, but I feel like doing that sometimes And parking blows, even with the back lot. read more

I've been coming here since I was a kid. The interior has stayed exactly the same all these years and I still looooove the food. Dim sum is earlier in the day everyday. Their menu food is delicious too. French shaken beef, house special shrimp (not on the menu), and the fat noodle are to die for! I don't know why people bag on this place...I think it's wonderful and I love the servers they're always so friendly. read more

Another place I've been going to for over 10 years and am just now getting around to writing a review for. The dim sum is ok, although given how crowded it gets during lunch time on weekends, I don't think I'd wait in line for it.. The best thing on the menu though is their french style beef - it's usually pretty tender cubed steak seasoned with a semi-sweet, peppery sauce. I get it 95% of the time I go here. I also appreciate the fact that their hot and sour soup is actually a little spicy - most places water it down to please more people, but to me, if it says spicy in the name, it'd better at least have a little kick to it. The prices are pretty decent too - you can feed a family of 4 with enough leftovers for about another half meal for about $45. They had a special on soft-shelled crab for $16 for 4 of them. I didn't actually try it, so I'm not sure how it tasted, but $4/crab is damned cheap for soft-shelled crab. The place itself is relatively clean, especially for a Chinese restaurant in Westminster (see: Seafood Cove) - it's one of the few places I wouldn't actually mind bringing guests to. Overall, this place has relatively cheap, decent food. I wouldn't wait like 30-40 min to get it, but there aren't a lot of places where I would anyways. The food isn't bad, but it's not good enough to wait around for, or drive a long ways for, so for me 3-stars is about right. read more

This is one of my favorite dim sum places. I've been going here since I was little. I usually get the pork balls, shrimp balls, chicken feet, shrimp rice cake (my favorite), fried tofu, and the square, white thing with the fried eggs. We ordered the frog legs one time and they were actually pretty tasty with great flavor. I came here for dinner once with my family and we ordered beef chow fun, crab soup, fried tofu, walnut shrimp, and this crispy fried bbq pork dish. My favorites were the tofu and walnut shrimp. The tofu is crispy and loaded with sauteed green onions (SO GOOD). The walnut shrimp is decently sized. It is lightly battered covered in a mayo sauce with pieces of candied walnut on top of a bed of ... cabbage? Oh!! They also have this really good taro (I think) dessert there. It comes out warm and creamy! read more