It was okay. Food came out quick but the noodles tasted off and the crispy beef was underwhelming. The dim dum was good but I've had much better. Our server honestly seemed confused. The service could have been better. read more

Dim T - Crispy beef - Chinese Near Me - London, XGL

See all

Served cold dim sum and had food poisoning the next day. No reduction in price or refund was offered and no attempt to resolve.

Beautiful inside. Very accommodating with my low sodium diet. Drinks were yummy...Japanese fried rice very good, massaman lamb curry good, katsu chicken curry very good. Passion Fruit cocktail very nice! A great change to pub food! read more

It could be so much more but it's not. Service needs a bit of work. Food that is delivered doesn't match up with descriptions on the menu. Felt bad for our waitress. She was one person for all the tables. Not sure how that works. Food wasn't bad. Just didn't line up with the descriptions. read more

We were badly craving for Asian food after two weeks of touring European countries. Our hotel's concierge recommended this place. We surprisingly enjoyed our meal. It has distinctive taste.There was a delay with our food service. It was super crowded on a Friday night. The wait staff was nice. read more

We went here for lunch as a party of 6 adults, 5 kids. We enjoyed everything we ordered which included vegetarian and vegan options as well as kids choices. (They had a vegetarian/vegan menu too.) Good value for money, especially the kids options. Nicely presented as well. Our waitress was incredibly kind and helpful, and accepted my little niece wanting to hug her constantly too! Really good kid friendly place with great food and friendly service. read more

Hand made dim sum! Yes please and thank you! Enjoyed my meal especially the spicy broccoli. I shared the spicy beef dim sum and the lamb dim sum with my sis. I also had a side of egg fried rice. Overall I enjoyed my meal and experience here! I like the decor and the feel of the restaurant as well. The staff is very friendly as well. Also sorry no food pics! I completely forgot! I was Hangry lol not really hangry but definitely hungry and soon as the food hit the table my fork hit the food! read more

See all

What a great find! If it's a noodle bowl you're looking for, try them out! Not a lot to choose from, but what we had was really good. We didn't try any other offerings, but what I saw sure looked good! Service was efficient and friendly. read more

Dim T felt like the Red Robin of dim sum. It's good for what it is -- safe dim sum standards, served up among way too much "imported atmosphere" such as ominous red lighting contrasted against stark black tables, mixed in with your abundant artifacts of stereotypical Asian decor. Much like Red Robin, I am concerned that more time and energy is spent on developing the experience rather than spent on perfecting recipes, but what you do get is standard, cookie cutter, plastic menu food served up with a smile and some flare. While I'm not anticipating any greatness coming out of a Dim T anytime soon, I'm also not expecting anything offensive. Sometimes standard is a-ok with me. read more

Dim T - From Website - Chinese Near Me - London, XGL

See all

This is the Victoria branch of this dim sum chain, which serves takes on Chinese and Japanese food. The venue is conveniently close to the railway station, and spacious, and staff are generally pretty friendly. The food quality is OK, but not outstanding, but then prices are very reasonable, so you get what you pay for. I like the spicy gyoza dumplings as a starter, and there are plenty of vegetarian options. A meal for 3 with a bottle of house wine came to £25 a head, which is not bad for this area. I like it as a venue to meet people, as it doesn't seem to get too noisy - a bit of a relief in this part of London. I'd give it three and half stars if I could, as I do there regularly, but it is not quite a four! read more

A new concept in modern Asian dining claims the flash animated website. The 21st century consumer is all about modern themes and concepts, everybody boasts they have one but does a new concept equal a brave new taste sensation ie. good food, well not necessarily! Fun: Construct your own dish at the Noodle Bar with your choice of noodles, toppings and sauces - and enjoy! Healthy: A great choice of steamed dishes and tasty oriental salads for the health conscious. Traditional: Can't get enough of those old favourites like Crispy Duck or Thai Green Curry? Look no further - we have it all. Theatre: Watch our expert chefs preparing and steaming your dim sum! True the ornately wrapped pork, beef and chicken dim sum are enough to make your mouth water, but the minty lemonade certainly wasn't fresh and the noodle broth left me feeling bland and bloated. New concept in dining or re-inventing the wheel? read more

Dim T - Chinese Near Me - London, XGL

Everything I ate was excellent from the Duck Spring Rolls starter, to the Egg Fried Rice to the Singapore Fried Noodles . The drinks are also superb, especially their Raspberry and Ginger cocktail. read more

See all

Despite being a chain with a handful of London locations, Dim T feels like a local staple. It's one of those places you get into the habit of going to on evenings when you haven't booked anywhere fancy, but want some decent grub and a nice spacious dining area. It's that sort of vibe. Given that it's first and foremost a dim sum joint, you should certainly check out their dumplings, which are the highlight of the menu. Prawn and scallop, and spicy vegetable are the highlights for me, though I'd also recommend the gyoza (they mainly do steamed dumplings but have a selection of fried). You only get three dumplings per portion, so make sure that you order generously, especially if you're sharing. The rest of the menu is fairly similar to other restaurants like Wagamama or Rosa's (which has actually just moved in down the road), but you can get nice dishes like Claypot Chicken and Firecracker (which comes with chicken or prawn). If, like me, you're a katsu curry fan, you might be slightly disappointed: there isn't a huge amount of sauce and its rather salty, not like the slightly sweet curry served at Wagamama or Wasabi. But it's still good! All of the curry dishes require a side portion of rice, which raises their price, so be warned. The noodle dishes are a good alternative but the portion size is fairly modest and I'm usually quite hungry afterwards (though I recently had the Sweet Coconut and it was delicious). One of my favourite things about Dim T is the cocktail menu, which is reasonably priced for Central London and always has an interesting special. My favourite on the regular menu is the Raspberry Ginger which I could really glug like a champ. If these recommendations sound lukewarm, then I've probably been a bit misleading. The food and drink at Dim T is good - you won't write songs or poems about it, but it's very tasty - but the best thing for me is that there's always plenty of room, nice booths at the back for quiet, intimate dining, and a large outdoor space for hot summer evenings. So if you're in Victoria of an evening, without a dinner reservation, you could do a lot worse at short notice than having a dumplingfest at Dim T. read more

Is it the best dim sum in London? Absolutely not. Is it the best dim T in London? Try again. But... Here's what I like about this place. Strategically nestled in pimlico near Victoria this dim t is super vegetarian friendly. My wife, who is vegan was able to order 4 baskets of veggie dim sum, and some miso soup. She could have ordered a helluva lot more from the menu, but we were stuffed. We will come back, as veggie dim sum is a rare treat! read more

Everything was excellent!!! Im definitely going back! The food had a great taste, fast service and we were treated really well! I recommend it to everyone! read more

I'd like to give 3 1/2 stars, but... this was an interesting Asian chain restaurants close to the Victoria station. We thoroughly enjoyed our dumplings as starters and I had the special salad for the night. All our food dishes were great. Service was a bit slow and off, but nothing out of the ordinary or that held us up. The outside patio area is wonderful and great for people watching. read more

See all

Less than 5 minutes walking distance from Victoria Station and our summer flat is dim t. We were itching to try some Indian food in London, but had to opt for Chinese food because of our hungriness and the steady rain. My friend tried the Gyoza noodle soup, and I tried the Tom Yum noodle soup which is a rice noodle with bok choi (love bok choi!), bean sprouts, green beans, and red peppers in a hot/sour lemon grass broth. I've always wanted to try Tom Yum, so I was excited. It was great; at first. Then spoonful after spoonful it started to get hard to eat. It was just so sour (and I like sour) and all the elements in the soup were inharmonious. It's like in Matila when Brucey Bogtrotter has to eat that 10 lb. chocolate cake. Maybe it's not the best comparison. Yes, it's good at first, but then you have to eat it ALL. It would have been better served in a small bowl, and then I could have had dim sum with it. Okay, so being a dim sum restaurant, we probably should have gotten dim sum, but the rainy weather demanded a hot, steamy bowl of something. The restaurant itself is nice; dark and decorated with sake bottles in shelves. There weren't many patrons.. maybe 11 in a capacity to fit 40+? Service was like my soup; at the end for splitting the check, they seemed to have a hard time doing it (surely Londoners split checks) but they were nice about it. :) This review is a bit long winded, but I wanted to really explain my 2 star rating. Bottom line is, it wasn't memorable and I would probably not try this place a second time. read more

Mediocre service, terrible dim sum. Microwave food, with faux classy interior. Normally I'd write a more wordy review, perhaps I'd go into detail as to why the food is terrible, provide some justification; this place doesn't even deserve it. Avoid. read more

Above average place. I agree with other reviewers. The service is slow even when more than half of the restaurant is empty. Imagine what can go on when they are busy. Service was overall good (when was available). Food was good. I liked the fried dumplings and Singapore noodles. Jasmine green tea ice cream is nice if you have not ever tried that before. (That was my first time so I don't have the base line). Overall: very nice ambience with good food and avg service. Recommended. read more

I feel bad for this place...I sense things are not going well even if they mean well....we were the only ones there on a Sat night. The wait staff was friendly but the food I ordered should have been sent back it was so bad. My chicken was old and not cooked correctly...broccoli was over cooked...fried rice was left over white rice with part of an egg and 6 peas in it...my drink was ice, no booze......don't bother going here read more

I've been here a couple of times and I can't really fault it. It's not out of this world, but it's a nice, clean restaurant serving decent food, at reasonable prices and with a reasonable amount of atmosphere (for a chain). We were seated immediately - there's plenty of space, and lots of outdoors seating space for when it's warm enough outside. The service was fine and the food was served pretty quickly. What I liked was that the waiting staff left you in peace to enjoy your food rather than constantly trying to get you to buy more drinks and shoving a dessert menu down your throat! They have a few good vegetarian options too. read more

Myself and six of my friends visited the Victoria branch for a midweek meal. We had terrible service from the very start, and a lot of the food was brought out lukewarm/cold. We didn't ever receive our original drinks order of gin and tonics, and everything was running a little slowly. That being said, we all really enjoyed the dim sum starters when they arrived! However, whilst we didn't enjoy the experience the first time, having contacted the Manager subsequent to our visit, they have offered us a complimentary dinner for the next time we return by means of an apology. The Manager who dealt with me has been really friendly and helpful and we are returning again next week - fingers crossed for a better experience! I imagine that on a good night, the food makes Dim T well worth a visit. read more

A nice setting and friendly staff was the highlight here. The food was decidedly average with some of the dim sum unappetizingly undercooked. It wasn't horrible but it was disappointing. The children's bento box and the Korean fried chicken were okay, so I can recommend them if you come here. read more

My friend and i felt like having some Chinese food after watching Barcelona defeat MU in the Champions league final yesterday. We chose the Dim T over another restaurant called Kym's next door because i had been to Kym's and had thought that it was very average. We did not have very high expectations from Dim T but were pleasantly surprised. First the menu. It contained not only Chinese but also a variety of other east Asian dishes, including Japanese and Malaysian fares. So we had a much wider choice than what we had anticipated. The food was good. We started with a portion of duck spring roll which was ok. For the main course my friend ordered a plate of Japanese fried rice with chicken while i asked for some Singapore fried noodles. The fried rice was the best dish of the meal. It was less sticky than the traditional Japanese rice and quite spicy. There was a lot of flavour. The noodles were thin, which makes me think they were made from eggs. It was slightly bland but came with chicken, shrimp, egg and quite a lot of vegetables, which made the overall package quite attractive. We also had some crispy shredded beef. It was served with a sweet sauce. I am generally averse to having "sweet " meat dishes, but this one was an exception. Both of us enjoyed the preparation. The quantity of food in the 3 main course dishes were very high ... at ~£8 per plate they were a steal. Two plates should easily suffice for a group of 3. Overall our bill came to be about £17 per person which was quite reasonable. The restaurant was almost empty when we came in. However in spite of that the service level was slightly poorer than what we would have liked. The delays would have been understandable had it been a busy evening, but that was not the case. The place was quite nicely decorated and i wasn't in a hurry so i didn't mind much yesterday ... but on other occasions i would. I think that Dim T would surely be more preferable for cheap Chinese and East Asian food to me than the bunch of below-average restaurants and takeaway noodle stalls that i have been to in Soho. They have got themselves a couple of regular customers now :) read more

I won't be returning to this eatery. Food was either tasteless or too salty. This place is confused as to what Thai, Malaysian and Vietnamese cuisine really is. Staff was friendly but not fully versed on knowing the menu items. read more

Food is FABULOUS! Service is an area of opportunity...thanks to fellow Yelpers, we knew that coming in. So we only sat for five min before I went to the team at the bar and said something ("we have an hour, no one has been by to acknowledge us...". Hard to do but necessary as we have theater tix. Back to the food: it's fast, fresh and fantastic. We eat dim sum all over the world, wouldn't hesitate to recommend this site, along with the time awareness warning... read more

What I liked most about this dim sum restaurant is that it is more affordable, yet still retains a very swish feeling as the interiors are stunningly modern. I haven't been to here since it first opened last year, but every time I walk past I fantasize about the yummy dumplings they served us. Now they have a lovely outdoor seating area too so I'm dying to spend a lazy, sunny afternoon there. read more

I thought the Dim Sum was fine and the modern hip look was fine too. On price, well everything is high in London.

Can you give no stars? I would. First, the hot sake came out cold. The beers were expensive. The noodles in the pad Thai were barely cooked. Like hard gross and inedible. The gyoza noodle soup was tasteless. It was at least hot but tasted like hot water. Ramen from a bag would have tasted better. The waitress didn't care because she was dealing with another dissatisfied customer. No help. Just do not go. read more

I've never written a bad review before, but this restaurant totally changed that. It has a great location, near Victoria station, and I arrived at around 6pm, when it was fairly quiet still. Even so, the service was incredibly slow and often blatantly unintentive. The food (we ordered dim sum) was very slow, often falling apart upon touching, and disappointing, and my friend and I both regretted spending an evening there and have complainted to the restaurant itself. It also seemed overpriced and quite small portions compared to more authentic Chinese restaurants and their chicken satay was very small for the price. I've heard good things about the other branches and the decor was nice, but it has definitely stopped me from visiting another Dim T. read more

This place has really gone down hill. After giving our drinks order we waited 15 mins and eventually got water (but not our wine), no one offered to take our order, they were too busy cleaning tables to serve. We left a few minutes after the water arrived, luckily there are plenty of great restaurants a few minutes walk away. read more

Great for taking our three year old. The bento box for her was great. We enjoyed the meal as well. Dim Sum was great. Pad Thai was ok not great. read more

I have been using this restaurant fairy regularly since I started working nearby. I use it because it's not expensive, but the foods are never awesome. As other reviewer commented, all the dishes I tried so far tasted like elements thrown in randomly, the overall tastes are always confusing and a bit superficial -it's really fast foods made with fresh ingredients, not restaurant food. Many of the dishes are pretty sweet. I don't think I will be coming in in the future as I had quite uncomfortable experience twice in a row recently. They left my foods on the counter for ages and ages, a couple of waiters looked at them but they would not do anything. In the end I had to go to the counter myself, ask them if these were my orders and take them myself. no one apologised. The restaurant was almost empty. The same thing happened again today. it was busy but only my orders were left on the counter for nearly 15min and when I complained they quickly mumbled "sorry, madam" before quickly passed by. This sort of thing never happened before and I see there is a group of new staff here. I will not come back until they hire decent staff again! read more

Food was average and I was served my Prawn tom yum with no Prawns I mentioned it as I was paying for my portion and the server looked confused and went to chat with the manager. The manager came over to me and said rudely 'so what do you want to pay for then?', I said 'its fine I was just mentioning it so you can be mindful', He then said 'Are you going to pay for service charge?' and I said 'no part of my meal was missing' and he said 'fine, the rest of your table will pay for it then' as I was leaving before the rest of my table. Apparently the rest of the table had issues with the manager as well after I left. Definitely avoid! read more

Honestly was a bit skeptical from the outside appearance and yelp reviews, but very pleasantly surprised. Tom Yum soup was pretty good (not the most amazing, but hit the spot) and the steamed sea bass was absolutely delicious - fresh, flavorful, cooked to perfection. Waitstaff was courteous, helpful, didn't rush but didn't make me wait either. Would definitely go back. read more

Modern pan Asian restaurant chain. As long as you are not expecting authenticity, I believe you will have an enjoyable meal here. Went mid-afternoon so it was quiet, but service was attentive and food arrived in a timely fashion. Starters/dim sum were OK (not great) and noodles were flavourful. read more