HORRIBLE!!!! DO NOT SUPPORT THIS PLACE! I waited over an hour for certain dim sum carts to come around. Then I asked 3 people for the Shrimp rolls and they brought me spring rolls - the manager guy YELLED at me for not being "clear". And they charged you $2 for tea. I left HUNGRY as I could only get 2 dishes during the 1.5 hours I was there. I'm gonna stop and get a submarine now read more

Went on a Saturday with my son, the place was very busy, but we managed a table in less than 10 minutes. The food was great, fresh, tasty, but the for some reason the choices were few. We chose siu mai, pork and black beans, shrimp fried dumpling, cuddlefish, and had a plate of the pea pods, delish. Was waiting for har gao, and maybe shrimp rolls, but couldn't find any until we were leaving. Still, a good experience. read more

I'm gong to have to update my original favorable review. I've been a few times since and each new time the quality of the food gets worse and worse. The last time will probably be the final time since virtually every dish was served at room temperature or even cold. We had to send back several dishes picked up from the carts so that they could be re-heated in the kitchen. At least they had the good sense to actually replace the dishes with freshly cooked hot ones rather than just microwave them as we'd requested, but they should have been hot in the first place. The only dishes that came to the table hot where the pan fried turnip cakes and shrimp cakes from the cooking station at the front of the restaurant and they were both delicious. One more thing to their credit is that in any dish that contained shrimp it was fresh, and fairly sweet. Wherever they are getting it from should be the mandatory sea food supplier to every restaurant in Chinatown. Anyway, with some new options now opening in Chinatown I will start trying a few different places before going back. read more

Ate: Dimsum Drank: Tea Liked: Pretty cheap. Disliked: Some of the dishes weren't so good, like the radish cake. Chicken: Nope. The meat of choice at dimsum is pork. Would mom like it?: Yep. Mom loves dim sum. It's her brunch. Would I go back: It was fine,but probably not. Recommend: read more

This is not the only place I go for dim sum. Very much enjoy the delicious and reasonably priced food at Dim Dum King, it's this special experience prompted me to write a review. I was close to Chinatown area and hoping to satisfy my dim sum craving on a Monday night. I called in around 9:55 and even though they are closing, they still took my order. The manager was very patience and offered me bottled water while I wait. I've been to dim sum places where they charge for tea, increase price during night times, and etc.. Some of those offer great food and service too, but it's the warm vibe and traditional cart styled dim sum that draws me to Dim Sum King. They don't just run it as a business but take pride of serving it to people. read more

Service was incredibly slow and forgetful, though the place wasn't packed and there were a lot of employees milling about. Dim sum was ok, but not great. There are so many other places in the area. read more

This is my go-to downtown Toronto dimsum place. Before covid, they still had the old school dim sum push carts. Just ordered for delivery today- food was quickly delivered, warm and very effectively satisfied my dimsum craving! Support and order from this place- I want to go for dine-in push cart again once Covid's over! read more

Came in around 2pm Friday so it was slow. We were ushered to a table quickly and got tea and started. Food price is reasonable. Didn't like the walk up to the 3rd floor but food was good. Shiu mai, har gaw, char Shiu, we're all good. Didn't like the pan fried dumpling as much. Over all good experience. Would recommend it and would definitely go again. I may take levator instead though... read more

Dim Sum here was great!!! Love the see the carts which you rarely see anymore... food was great! Everything we had was fresh and tasty. Recommend for sure! read more

Discovered this place recently, it's now my goto weekend dimsum place downtown. This restaurant is authentic with their carts being pushed around, the way it should be. Some of them can be aggressive and forgetful on what you have already ordered and continue to ask if you want the same thing that you're still trying to finish. The portions are generous, tasty in an authentic way and priced appropriately. read more

Went to dinner tonight food was amazing service was great nice people only thing was me and my boyfriend were the only ones there so it had a "the shinning " feel to it but none the less a good time and good food! read more

Dim Sum King - Dim Sum Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

Went here on a Friday night specifically for the dimsum. The place is on the top floor of a three storey building. It was very spacious and they even have a dance floor. There had a lot of tables for large groups with a revolving plate centerpiece like any other chinese restaurant. The dimsum menu was handed to us as soon as we sat down. This was my first time visiting a traditional dimsum place. The ordering process was very streamlined and efficient. We marked our orders on the menu and they would get them to us in carts. The food kept coming as it was ready and we didn't have to wait at all. It's great if you are in a hurry and need to stop for a quick lunch. I really liked the pork and chive dumplings with peanuts and sui mai. The night we visited they had a live music and dance performance. I would definitely come here again when I am craving some dimsum. read more

As an native Chinese . This is my opinion comparison to what I had before . Tea is blend, shrimp dumping is average , shiu ma is poorly made, the rice noodle is average, pork rib tip is poorly made . Service is below average. read more

Very good old school dim sum. Flavors come through without being overly salty. Service is attentive and quick. Facilities are a bit run down and in need of updating. Good for the food, not for the atmosphere. read more

Total scammers.... went for dim sum lunch on 23rd dec, supposedly discount rate $3.5 for all sizes except xl on weekdays 9-4 but got charge as long weekend/ public holiday price. December 23 is still a regular working day NOT a public holiday! read more

So... some updates here after having sampled the dim sum ecosphere of Toronto. Best place in Toronto for DS, for sure. I love Rol San but-- a little less crazy, equally good food, and cheaper. Top pick in the city, baby! -- Inspired by eurocup playing in front of me. Active commentary as dim sum plates stack in front of me. Green pepper stuffed with shrimp. Oily goodness. Delicious. First taste. Feeling the King in Dim Sum King right now. Spinach turnip cake. More turnip than spinach, ratio is week, but liking it. No soy sauce at the table but hot sauce automatic without asking. Oh King, you so different. Comment from the table: turnips can be tasted. Good job on the inefficient purée job. Ten points to the summer intern for doing it right. Just got another plate set down. I think I've officially seen about 200 different waiters and waitresses at this point. King is fuelling the Canadian economy in a big way. TVs everywhere. Iceland and France still 0-0. Had to take a break. 2-0 France. Have consumed lots of food. Barbecue pork buns good to awesome. Shrimp dumplings and chive and shrimp dumplings so good. Best I've ever had. Siumai top 10 ever had. Octopus curry something something was passable. Seafood pancake ... Wrap it up with a siumai to make an (authentic) Chinese siumai pancake roll-up (18th century delicacy) and it's the best you've ever had. I may sell this out of a food truck soon... Heard it here first. Overall, really good. Great venue. Fine Toronto dim sum. Ready to go home and nap. read more

Good quality dim sum with cart service in downtown Toronto. Checked all the boxes for me. A little pricey compared to Rol San but enjoyable. Not sure whether automatic $2 tea/table fee is legal (shrugs)? read more

We came at 3:30 after the lunch rush and it was a complete miss. Least favorite dim sum experience and the food just didn't taste good. Soup dumplings lacked flavor, and the steamed dumplings were soggy and no well done. Would not recommend. read more

I came here on a Saturday morning right at when they opened. They food is typical of what you get at a dim sum place. They have almost everything you'd expect though they were out of hargow the day I went. They still use the trolleys which took a bit of time to get around especially when it's earlier in the morning. I would've given this place 3 or 4 stars if it had not been the service. The staff just spoke at us in Cantonese, which we didn't speak. When we asked questions in English, one of the staff was visibly annoyed and spoke some words in Cantonese and left. read more

Great dim sum restaurant and superb service! Tea was constantly refilled and the trolley ladies were very friendly! Prices are also very competitive relative to other downtown dim sum places. I think the key is to sit near the aisles where the dim sum trolley goes by. Happy dim sum-ing! read more

Came here on Saturday for brunch. This was really good dim sum. The shrimp and vegetable dumpling was to die for. The food tasted great, the service was quick and friendly, and best of all, it was really reasonably priced. This was a fantastic meal. read more

Omg... This is one of the worst Dim Sum places! So bad, I did not waste my time taking pictures. Be aware, look ok, but tasteless. I order an chicken dish with mushroom.... one small mushroom and it tasted spoiled and bad. Mention to the waiter and all he said was ok like he care, he will take it off the bill. Definitely not a repeat for me. Service is slow. Gives Dim Sum a bad name!! read more

Our crab plate was spoiled. The crabs smelled. Found bug in one of our plate when we almost finished the plate. The manager did not come to apologize, the first employee we showed to try to say that it was not bug, and the manager reacted speaking in Chineese , look to me like he was mad, defensive and think we want free foods. A simple apology would be ok. read more

Dim Sum King - Dim Sum Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

The only good thing about this restaurant is the service. If there is a 0 star option, i wouldn't give it a 1 star. Just because the foods taste like garbage here. I was hoping to have better dimsum in Toronto, this place is a joke. read more

Came on on Tuesday (non holiday weekday) around lunch time for lunch. Surprisingly, the place was packed, although with middle aged to elderly Cantonese speaking patrons. We had no trouble in getting a table for 2 at this time. I speak Cantonese fluently but found that the cart pushers thought I spoke English only. About half of the pushers ignored anyone they thought did not speak Cantonese. I watched a non-profit Chinese couple order 1 item but then leave soon after because they could not get food to eat. We waited 45 minutes for chicken feet but none came out. Many times, we had to walk up to the very top get what we wanted because the cart was empty by the time it reached us. This place is good if you look and speak Chinese. I would say visit at your own risk if you don't look Chinese. read more

Love this place. Have been here at least a dozen times since they opened a year or so ago. Weekend Lunches are the best for the noise and energy, and cart service, which is when we go. Never been there on a weekday or for dinner. You never know what they may have on the carts, but we haven't had anything we didn't like The place is just fun. If you go after 2pm, the carts are gone, and they give you a piece of paper to check off the items you want but it's just not the same as the carts...mind you, it is cheaper after the lunch cart service is over. read more

Two separate issues for me. I had made reservations a week ago for 30 people to celebrate a special occasion for a friend. I assumed all the tables would be grouped together but this wasn't the case. The third table was separated by another occupied table. Not ideal for celebrating this occasion. I brought this issue up with the manager but he just shrugged it off. Not the most customer oriented response especially with the knowledge they had about the numbers a week in advance. 1 star for that issue. The dim sum was passable but I have to say the egg custard tart was really good. 4stars read more

Stopped in for lunch again today. Food was excellent as always. Hat-gow and Sui Mai were awesome today. My fav is the green pepper stuffed with shrimp paste. Always a good lunch with a nice pot of tea. Go here if you love Dim Sum, one of the best in city read more

Best dim sum I've ever had! I lived in China for a while and this place was better than anything I can remember. I've not been a huge fan of dim sum due to lots of disappointing experiences, but somehow Dim Sum King changed everything. My life is now brighter and it feels good to be alive. Before this life-altering experience, everything was a little bit grey, but I can see clearly now, the rain is gone. I can see all obstacles in my way. Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind. It's gonna be a bright, bright, bright, bright sun-shiny day. read more

Fucking most horrible experience at a dim sum place, and the good reviews seem to be outdated as whatever was good about this place no longer exists. They took very very long to serve us and when they did, the food was shit and they kept bringing us things that we already received constantly making mistakes over and over and forgot to bring half our order without us having to remind them. For example I asked for something as simple as cold fucking water 3 times to two different waiters and not once did it come, I was thirsty and losing my patience but what happened next tops it off as I will never fucking come back to this crap hole ever again. I was willing to let the horrible service, mediocre borderline shitty cold food go but she it came time to pay the bill the waiter brought a debit terminal over, grabbed my debit card from me and as usual would enter in the total for our table, but NO........ NO, he took my card tapped it which was odd to me and I asked for the receipt to find out he went ahead, and TIPPED HIMSELF WITHOUT EVEN PASSING ME THE FUCKING TERMINAL. HE EVEN TIPPED HIMSELF 15 FUCKING PERRCENT TIP, INSTEAD OF THE REGULAR 10 PERCENT. I HONESTLY WAS GOING TO TIP THEM 10 PERCENT ANYWAY DESPITE THEIR SHITTY SERVICE BECAUSE I AM NICE BUT NO, THEY WENT AHEAD AND DID IT FOR ME. DO NOT COME HERE, YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. THESE PEOPLE ARE THIEVES AND IF YOU WANT TO LEAVE HUNGRY BECAUSE OF THEIR INCOMPETENT SERVICE FOR 25 DOLLARS PLUS FORCED TIP BE MY GUEST. Dim sum king..... more like dim sum thieves. Lololololol read more

Everything was very good! Traditional cart service and very busy location. Would recommend if your in the downtown Chinatown area. read more

Dim Sum King - Dim Sum Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

Service here was honestly pretty bad. We had to ask at least 10 times (that's right, 10 times) for some chili oil and soy sauce. When they finally brought it out, they brought it out in a small sauce plate. Not even a bottle of either one. One of our server's got upset at us because we ordered our dim sum wrong even though we weren't given clear instructions on how to order. It was almost as if our food wasn't cared about. It took them quite a long time to bring our food out and the server's never really checked on our table or answered our requests until like the fifth time we asked them. And it wasn't like this place was busy. This place had like 5 other tables filled and we were the biggest party (13 people). They also forgot to bring out a bunch of food items we ordered. Service was probably the worst part of this place. Food here was like any other regular dim sum, nothing special. It wasn't worth the wait though. If I had to say what my favorite menu item was though, I'd probably say the deep fried shrimp roll (#34). Wouldn't really recommend this place. Either go somewhere else in the downtown Toronto area or another restaurant in Chinatown. read more

best place ever. amazing food. amazing staff. please keep doing what your doing king!!!!

Tapas dim sum for lunch and dinner. Price is high because the portions are large, it take the fun out or ordering more dishes.with smaller dishes. Does not have that MSG taste, I could be wrong. Had the crispy fried noodles. The chicken Shu Mai was really good, the steamed Pork Spearibs were lean; the Ha Gow was not ground shrimp, but were shrimp wrapped together. Try the Milk Bun, a great substitute for the Custard Bun. read more

Dim Sum King - Assortment of dim sum - Dim Sum Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

Dim Sum tasted fine but the service was horrible. Table of 6 barely got enough food. I didn't know where the carts were. Had to ask twice for water. Had to walk out of the restaurant. read more

One of the better dim joints in Chinatown. It's located on the third floor of the building. Pretty large place that accommodates quite a lot of tables so there's not a huge wait time. Pretty much got seated after a 15 minute wait for a table of 7 on a Sunday. It's also fairly clean though I'd still wipe my plating and utensils before eating. Service is ok - what you usually get at these Chinese places lol. Onto the food, pretty decent for the price you're paying! I mean for me, it's a much better option for my wallet than going to Rol San. No food that really stocks out as amazing though. It's also your traditional method of wheeling carts around for your food and compared to other places that still do this, these dim sum ladies actually come around quite often! So not to worry if you miss a cart, she'll come back in 10 mins again. So if you're looking for some traditional dim sum in the heart of Chinatown, this would be one of your better options! read more

So I went here around 3 o'clock in the afternoon On a Sunday so maybe they were on lunch so we didn't receive the best service possible however we did order from the menu food came quickly didn't have a lot of flavour but not extremely shocked read more

We dropped in on a Wednesday evening and were delighted by what we found. The service was AMAZING -- the manager and various wait staff dropping by our table to ask solicitously, with genuine interest, about how we found the food, and anticipating our every need. They took the time to converse and to give us a heads-up when a dish (eg. the heavenly Steamed Ginger Milk) required extra preparation time. The food was incredibly good. We had two orders of Deep Fried Octopus Tentacles, two orders of spring rolls and a serving of dumplings, plus a couple of desserts ... all for only $20. Imagine that! A great dinner for three in Toronto, with excellent service, for so little! Filled three of us (two adults and a child) up, and the quality of the food was simply fantastic: A smooth richness in every dish, not too rich, but just right. The decor was WAY nicer than the place on Spadina we used to patronize (to which we will never return again because the service there was absolutely deplorable hat day). Here at Dim Sum King, there were slip-covered (white, banquet hall-style) chairs, a gorgeous wedding room (complete with exquisite bride greeting her guests and posing for photos with them), and a spacious, clean and nicely-appointed washroom, with round raised vessel sinks. Based on our experience that evening, we cannot recommend Dim Sum King highly enough. We will be back again on every trip we make to Toronto. It is our new favourite restaurant! read more

Very greasy and not as good as Rol San. I'm still giving this place a 4 stars though because it still blows any shitty NYC dim sum joint out of the water. For the most part it's a lot of the same dishes...but it's just done so much damn better. Toronto has high standards for Asian food. Clearly. read more

Not very good food with slow service. How on earth is a dim sum place always running out of shrimp dumplings... no soy sauce n chilly oil... shameful... read more