When we travel, we seek dim sum. Why? It's just our thing. So once our plane touched down in Boston, we went straight to Chinatown. This place has it all in a great Chinese restaurant: traditional dim sum dishes done well, a little grit, staff who get the job done but aren't the friendliest. The food was excellent. For that reason alone, I'd go back. read more

Winsor Dim Sum Café - Dim Sum Near Me - Boston, Massachusetts

Winsor Dim Sum Café is the restaurant with the yellow sign and yellow awning. It is on a split level, and so you have take a few stairs up to get to the restaurant. Looking for something to eat after landing at BOS airport, my husband and I decided to explore Chinatown. Figured we could do some dim sum for a late breakfast, early lunch (the time was a little after 10:35 am). Found this of one of a few places to have dim sum, we decided to come here since we weren't too far from it on foot. When we walked in, I let the employee know that we are a party of 2. Because this is a smaller restaurant, we were sat at a large round communal table. I am definite not a fan of this style of seating but it's fine (although we had walked passed another dim sum restaurant that was fancier that did not have tables like that and saw that 2 people were just sat at a table by themselves and wished we had gone to that restaurant instead. But didn't see this restaurant until after we had already had our meal). After looking over the menu, we ended up getting: Chicken Feet, $6.99 prior to tax- My husband got this for himself. I am not a big fan of chicken feet and only eat maybe 1 at most. But I wasn't really in the mood to eat it. But he enjoyed it. Choy Shum, $11.95 prior to tax- I love to have vegetables at every meal, when possible. So we ordered these vegetables, which were nice and tender and they were nice. I do like that the oyster sauce wasn't as heavily drizzled on top, which was nice. Shrimp Rice Noodle, $6.99 prior to tax- This came in an order of 3. These were good but standard. Pork Siu Mai, $6.99 prior to tax- I thought these tasted okay, just a little oily. Tea, $1.25 per person- You are charged this fee per person, regardless if you drink tea or not. --------------------------------- (Total= $37.90 after tax, prior to tip) Please note that to order, you just mark what items you want on a paper menu and then the food items will be brought out to you. This is supposed to be the fresher way of food items, since the idea is that it is made to order instead of staying inside a cart that may end up getting dry as it gets pushed around the restaurant. This place supposedly takes credit card, as there was a visa logo sticker in their entrance window. But when asked the employee who gave us the bill if they take credit card, she told us that cash is preferred (which is funny because this one Caucasian family sitting at our table looked a little freaked out because I think they were planning on paying with credit card). My husband ended up paying with two twenty dollar bills. The employee was just standing right next to my husband and asked if we need change. My husband said no (my husband was planning on leaving additional tip on the table before leaving). She then pointed to the bottom of the bill of the suggested tip and seemed rather pushy and insistent that we leave a tip (well a higher tip). So my husband (although feeling awkward), pulled out a few more dollars and gave it to her. She seemed satisfied and then walked away. I have never gone to any dim sum restaurant where tip was pushed upon and that a server would be so pushy and aggressive about it. I have also read from a few other Yelp members that have also experienced the same thing on their dining experience. It is a good thing I don't live in Boston because I would never come back to this restaurant if I did. read more

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Went with two friends for the first time last night. Dim sum is one of my favorite meals and I've had it in Taipei, Kong, San Francisco and in New York. Winsor has a small sign and is on the second floor so you need to look for it. It's worth it. The first thing that I noticed was the familiar smell of a dim sum palace in Taipei. We had Char Siu Bao, shumai, sticky rice, fried chicken dumplings, steamed pork dumplings, and pork spring rolls. Every dish was fantastic. Highly recommend. Decided it's going to be our regular stop when we come into Boston. read more

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One of the best dim sum joints in Boston Chinatown, recommended by a Hong Konger friend. And she's absolutely right! The steamed dumplings are small, bite-size, fresh, expertly made. The rice noodle with scallion and dried shrimp is my favorite! The chicken feet look brown (no red coloring) but tasted completely on point. If you are a party of 1 or 2 you may be seated at a large round communal table. read more

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A pretty small restaurant, parties of 1-2 are seated at larger round tables with some other guests which we were fine with. Service was good and quick. We got the pan fried white turnip cake, chicken feet, shrimp rice noodles, spare ribs with black bean sauce, and shrimp and chives dumplings, which totaled $47 with tip. All food was pretty good but nothing super special, just good classic dim sum. Would go again. read more

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Windsor Dim Sum is my go-to spot for dim sum in Boston! It's one of those places where you go in, eat amazingly well, and get out quickly -- and honestly, that's part of the charm. The service is super fast, the food always hits the spot, and everything comes out fresh and delicious. There can be a bit of a wait during peak hours, but it's always worth it. If you're craving classic dim sum without the fuss, this is the place. Highly recommend! read more

Winsor Dim Sum Café - Dim Sum Near Me - Boston, Massachusetts

Excellent dim sum offerings! Though on the smaller side (too small for circulating steam carts), they nevertheless have a large selection to choose from with pictures and descriptions. You order what you want from a sheet and it comes promptly, steaming hot and delicious. Service is good and attentive. My only quibble is that the prices seemed a little high to me ($6.99 per dish) - but then, it's been a while since I did dim sum and who knows, with inflation and tariffs, maybe that's the going rate these days. Cash only. read more

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Great spot for authentic dim sum in Boston's Chinatown. The shrimp dumplings, shumai, and pork buns were fresh and delicious, and the prices were very reasonable. Service was quick, although the restaurant can get crowded and a bit noisy during busy hours. Overall, a great place for quality dim sum, and I'll definitely be back. read more

Winsor Dim Sum Café - Dim Sum Near Me - Boston, Massachusetts

I like the food with flavors, fresh and not salty or MSG. Siu Mai (pork shrimp steamed dumplings) 5/5. Daikon cake pan fried 5/5 Kailan (Chinese broccoli) 5/5 but they did not have a small (half) order so we paid $15 for an unfinished portion. Pork porridge with black eggs, 4.5/5. It did not have fresh ginger and green onions. Still tasty. Shrimp noodle rolls 5/5 Service is good. Small space and there is a wait which is a good thing. read more

Solid spot for dimsum! All the items we got tasted quite good. The #26 Pan Fried White Turnip Cake was a huge hit among our group. The #44 Fried Shrimp Balls and #47 House Pan Fried Pork Dumplings were especially oily, but that's why there's hot tea. Just wish the portions could be bigger for some of the items read more

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*CASH ONLY* Windsor Dim Sum is a Boston Chinatown staple. We've been coming here forever and the quality is consistently good. The main difference is the prices have increased a lot, yet their portions remained the same. Regardless, you can't go wrong with any of their staple dishes such as Siu Mai, Har Gow, Shrimp & Chive Dumplings, etc. When you go first thing in the morning, their dishes are piping hot and delicious. Dine-in is cash only, so make sure you have some handy. read more

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I've been to lots of spots in Chinatown, but this was actually my first time here! My friend and I stopped in for a late lunch and shared a beef dish and a side of bok choy. I'd say the food was pretty standard for Chinese, nothing amazing, but not bad. That being said, I'd prefer Taiwan Cafe and some of the other options in the area. It's a pretty casual spot and the service is okay. I'd be happy to go back, but I wouldn't go out of my way to do so. read more

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Got here a little after noon on a Saturday and was initially told a 15-20 minute wait, but it ended up being so much shorter, less than 5 minutes. They don't have a place to wait, and they mention waiting outside on the street, but luckily I did not follow that advice and waited inside by the host desk and was able to hear my name being called. The service was fairly quick and while this place doesn't have cart service, it can be a nice change not having to wait for a cart to come around that has something you want. read more

Winsor Dim Sum Café - Menu as of 05/25 - Dim Sum Near Me - Boston, Massachusetts

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Wow ... they run after you if you did not tip the printed 18 percent and above amounts! This is no white table linen meal experience. They go as far as charging you to go paper bag as well. Never going back to this place. read more

Dim sum served all day. Small place with large round tables you might get placed on to share with others. You order your items by marking it down on the paper. The food was pretty good but not spectacular. I don't think people come to Boston to eat Chinese food but there's only so much lobster and Italian food you can eat before you just want something different. They PREFER cash...so it's not strictly cash only even though they tell you that. read more

Winsor Dim Sum Café - Dim Sum Near Me - Boston, Massachusetts

Good dim sum, fast service, and very reasonable prices (~$6/dish). The place was pretty much full, but we got seated right away at the communal table for 2 separate weekend lunches. My favorites are the fried mochi pork dumplings and salted egg yolk sesame ball, but I liked everything we tried. I'm not picky about dim sum though--and you shouldn't be either! read more

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I've never had dim sum at night before. We enjoyed the food! The dim sum was not too salty. The egg custard could be sweeter. The vegetables we got were too expensive and a bit flavorless, but I want veggies to balance all the meat and carbs we were eating. The table service was fine, but I don't appreciate: 1. Cash Only, no credit cards even though I believe there was signage posted for "Visa." 2. Being pressured to tip. 3. The waitress trying to seat us right next to other customers. We left one seat between us and strangers, but we can tell that the waitress was trying to push us all uncomfortably closer together. It's already a pretty awkward situation to eat with strangers at the same round table, and to try to squish us shoulder to shoulder-- very inconsiderate. 4. Charge for take-out bag. This won't be the last time we will be in Boston, but a two-star rating (for mandatory tip and mediocre service) means we don't want to come back (and won't be coming back) despite the good (but not amazing) food. read more

Winsor Dim Sum Café - Dim sum: egg tart, shumai, chicken feet, Steamed Shrimp Rice Noodle - Dim Sum Near Me - Boston, Massachusetts

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Visited Winsor Dim Sum in Chinatown after visiting the Quincy location many times. The Chinatown location didn't cut it and was far behind the Quincy restaurant. The Chinatown spot is smaller both in terms of size and menu. Not that the Quincy location is large, but the Chinatown location is even smaller and the menu is smaller as well. Some of my favorites weren't even on the menu in the Boston version. More troubling is the fact the Chinatown location seemed to be lacking flavor compared to the Quincy spot. I have eaten a lot of Dim Sum all over the US and internationally. I found the Chinatown spot to be very bland to any other Dim Sum spot I have tried. It wasn't bad, it was fresh, it was all hot, but its flavor didn't motivate me to ever want to go back. It's strange because the Quincy location is really up there on my Dim Sum pedestal with some of my favorite Dim spots. read more

The food was amazing hands down. i didn't have anything bad to say. the service is quick. we got in and out. it may not be the dim sum i'm used to where they roll carts around. they gave a menu and a pencil and i marked what i wanted. it was delicious and we stopped by after flying all day. it was well worth it. everything pictured, we spent $180 read more

Winsor Dim Sum Café - Dim Sum Near Me - Boston, Massachusetts

I'd heard good things about the food here, and they used to have vegetarian meat, but it's been done away with now. I went with family at 11:30am on a Saturday, and the place was packed. We shared a larger table with another small group, and it felt like we had enough space for our food, although conversations could definitely be heard across the table. We got a variety of small dishes, but our favorites were the soy milk with fried Chinese dough, fried bean curd, eggplant, and for dessert, the lotus buns and sesame balls. The turnip cakes which normally would be my favorite, had assorted meat in them unfortunately. We were quite full, and it ended up being about $30 per person including tip. Service was good, and everything was clean! read more

CASH ONLY! Great place to bring a hungry group. The dishes were reasonably priced. Definitely the best crab Rangoon I've had. Some other favorites were the steamed pork bun and the fried shrimp and chive dumpling. read more

Winsor Dim Sum Café - Deep Fried Shrimp & Chives Dumplings, Chinese Fried Dough, steamed Steamed Roast Pork Buns, Fried Crab Rangoon - Dim Sum Near Me - Boston, Massachusetts

Decent selection of standard dim sum fare. Nothing fancy but convenient and fast in the heart of Chinatown.

Our family has eaten here about 10 times over the last five years. We love this place. The dim sum is first rate. We particularly like the shrimp in rice noodles, and we order many, and usually with several extra orders for take out. The shrimp balls, turnip cakes, sesame balls, actually EVERYTHING is excellent. The staff are friendly and they are open until 8 p.m. as I recall. We live on Cape Cod and we wish there was a dim sum place this good closer to home. Many times when we travel to Boston we make a special effort to eat here. read more

I love dim sum for brunch - forget avocado toast or pancakes, dim sum is what really hits the spot. A friend proposed Winsor; I was anticipating a long wait because we were a big group and going during prime weekend lunch time so imagine how pleasantly surprised I was when we headed inside and the waitress immediately cleared out a big table for us. It's a small-ish space with a paper menu and pen, so no old-school ladies pushing around the carts. That said, everything came out fast and piping hot, and for a table of 7 that ate fully to their hearts' content, the total for each person plus tip came out to just under $30. Not bad, given how expensive eating out lately has become. My favorites: The egg custard buns - these were super fluffy and soft, with a luscious eggy filling. The shrimp steamed dumplings - nice chunks of shrimp, wrapper wasn't too thick. The sesame buns with red bean paste - be careful, these will burn your tongue and roof of mouth if you bite in too quickly, like I did. The egg tarts - sometimes they run out of these if you go too late. The only thing I wouldn't order again were the steamed spare ribs - a little too fatty/gristly, with hardly any meat. I also wish they had more than one veggie dish on the dim sum menu. The U-choy with oyster sauce didn't really scratch my itch for some much-needed fiber in an ocean of carbs. Plus you could buy a bag of the same veggies and a bottle of oyster sauce from a nearby Chinese supermarket and feed yourself for much less than the $6.50 cost of the dish. Service was fast and friendly, including refilling our pots of tea. read more

Winsor Dim Sum Café - Egg tarts, shrimp rice noodles and spare ribs - Dim Sum Near Me - Boston, Massachusetts

As a kid, I used to love coming here for dim sum. Winsor is a smallish Chinese spot that offers dim sum & other Chinese dishes. It was my favorite place to go for dimsum in Chinatown but since then, have not visited much. Today, I was feeling hungry and wanted to order something for lunch. I decided to hop on UberEats and do some searching. I ended up getting Winsor today after canceling out the two other places I had in mind. I got 3 items: a large pork & century egg congee, fried dough, & a dimsum item steamed pork wrapped w/ bean curd in oyster sauce. Very yummy, especially with the hot chili oil! I wish I had asked for white pepper for the congee but still had the perfect amount of salt. Overall, I recommend coming here for dim sum or even just for some Chinese food! read more

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Good steamed veggie dumplings & lotus seed buns. Was nice to be seated with other solo diners at the same table. Good pricing & good service

Really nice, low key place. Right across from China Pearl. Excellent goodies, a picture card for a menu helps newbies figure out what to order. Quick service. This is my second success at this place. read more

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TLDR - if you tip the standard 20%, you will be publicly approached and embarrassed and asked for more tip. Based on prior reviews, this is a pattern of behavior. I believe it has become part of their business strategy. I haven't figured out how to file a complaint, but someone should. Food was fine. Nothing exciting, but not bad. I tipped 20% on the pre-tax total. The waitress ran after me (outside on the sidewalk after I left the restaurant) telling me I owed her $6 extra dollars because I didn't tip enough (she pointed to the post-tax total). I informed her that it's customary in the US to tip on the pretax amount. I advised her to look it up online. I gave her an extra $20 because I wanted it to stop. Will not return because of this interaction and I would advise others not to support a business that employs such practices on a regular basis. So, if you want to be publicly and awkwardly accosted by the waitstaff on the street outside this restaurant, then check this place out! read more

Last night in town on a business trip, my colleague and I decided it was dim sum night. We showed up at 7:45 and there was only one other occupied table. The menu was pretty big, but easy to navigate if you are familiar with dim sum. No alcohol on the premises and nothing fancy about any of the dishes, but solid, authentic food that tasted like it was supposed to. read more

The restaurant was quite busy, and they have a communal seating arrangement, so you'll likely be sharing tables with strangers. It's a small spot, and unlike traditional dim sum places where cart ladies bring a variety of dim sum to choose from, here you order directly from a menu. While the atmosphere is lively, the dim sum felt overpriced for what was ultimately just average quality. read more

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The waitress had the audacity to tell me to tip her more. I paid via credit card and gave 15% on the pre tax cost. When we stood up, she walked up to the table while we were still getting our coats on and picked up the check and said " for dinner time we expect at least 18%. You need to give me more." I politely declined and told her to have a good night. Lady, have you lost your damn mind? The food was average at best but the lady didn't have a good attitude from the beginning to the end. read more

An Oldie but Goodie. I called a week before to ask if they'll be open on christmas day, and I quote "yes, we are open 7 days a week". So long story short, I came here on Christmas Day to enjoy their dimsum. The food never disappoints and experience is great. I was surprised they weren't busier at 11am but a line at the door was slowly building up as we were heading out. read more

I recommend this place for take out. I had the Buddha's delight chow fun which had good flavor, choy, mushrooms and bean curd with crispy noodles. The shrimp paste stuffed mushrooms and crab rangoon was also very tasty. read more

There isn't much seating here so our table of 4 had to wait (not too long) but we felt like we were in the way while waiting because the space is so small. Service was slow, but the food did come out fast. We ordered mostly dim sum which was mostly priced at $5.69 each plate (on 10/30/2022). The SPARE RIBS IN BLACK BEAN SAUCE and all of the steamed dumplings hit the spot however the CHICKEN FEET IN BLACK BEAN SAUCE was too chewy as if they needed to be steamed longer so I'd skip on that. Would come here again because they did have a lot of different congee options. read more

Winsor Dim Sum Café - Dim Sum Near Me - Boston, Massachusetts

This is officially my favorite dimsum place in Chinatown! Came on a slow Monday night about two hours before they closed. I really like how you order via a sheet and not off a cart- definitely less intimidating for people who aren't familiar with the more traditional dimsum spots. Our food came out pretty fast, and I thought everything was decently priced. Only took a picture of the turnip cake because we just couldn't wait to dig in! And this was my first time ordering turnip cake with sauce- highly recommend!! I will definitely be back. read more

Winsor Dim Sum Café - Pan Fried White Turnip Cake with Xo Sauce XO - Dim Sum Near Me - Boston, Massachusetts

Lovely spot. Small and quaint! No complaints! Has all my favs on the menu. Wow yelp wants 85 more characters added to my review, hope this is enough read more

The food was excellent! We got 5 different items. All delicious. Staff is very friendly. Restaurant is clean. Seating is plentiful. They get quite a few online orders seems like. Next time we are in Boston, definitely will be in my go-to list! read more

Good dim sum and good service. They have all the basic dim sum and then some. Decent amount of seating. read more

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It has some hole-in-the-wall charm that makes for a good local dining experience. I tried the shrimp dumplings and the fried sticky rice. Both were solid choices, but the sticky rice really stood out. It had a good balance of crispiness and chewy. Overall, I'd definitely recommend stopping by, especially for the sticky rice! read more

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Haven't been here in years. It's my mom's favorite place to get sweet tofu. I came by just to get couple sweet tofu to go. Lady at register said it'll take 15 minutes and it really took that long, or longer. It was a weekday afternoon and they had 6 people dining in. The guy in the kitchen came out with my bag of tofu and I took it and left. I opened the bag about an hour later, they forgot to provide me the ginger sugar syrup!! The tofu were still pretty warm so I just add sugar straight into them and stirred them up and sadly ate them. Tofu were silky and smooth, I just wished they didn't forget the syrup. read more

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