You win some, you dim sum.
Dim sum are a classic Chinese staple, steamed bite-sized morsels in bamboo baskets served as a snack or a light meal.
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For this list, we’re presenting some of the best dim sum joints you can get around Manila. Most of these places fly under-the-radar (unless you’re a true dim sum connoisseur) so be sure to add them onto your ‘MUST-TRY‘ lists on the Booky app. You wouldn’t want to miss out on the spots near you!
Bai Nian Tang Bao – Uptown Parade
Open for pick up and delivery
Bai Nian Tang Bao is a soup dumpling specialty restaurant. They serve an array of Chinese fried rices, noodles, and hot dishes but people come for the soup dumplings. This is the place for dumpling lovers who want to try out-of-the-box xiao long bao.
Recommended dim sum: Crab Roe and Pan-Fried Xiao Long Bao, and Giant Tang Bao!
You can order via Foodpanda, Lalafood, and Grab Food.
Insider Tip: Ask for a straw to go with the Giant Tang Bao - you're gonna need it!
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Uptown Parade, 36th Street Corner 9th Avenue, Fort Bonifacio, Taguig
(02) 8838-1716 | (0917) 623-8260
Lugang Cafe – multiple branches
Open for dine-in, pick up, and delivery
Lugang Café is a Shanghai-based café focused on providing quality and contemporary Taiwanese cuisine. They are popular for their xiao long bao!
Check their Facebook page for an updated menu of their commissary.
Notable dim sum they offer: Steamed Pork Xiao Long Bao and Steamed Shrimp and Pork Shiao Mai
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Shi Lin – multiple branches
Open for delivery
Shi Lin is a casual Taiwanese restaurant that specializes in dumplings, buns and noodles. They are most famous for their steamed xiao long baos.
You may place your orders at their website here.
Notable dim sum they offer: Xiao Long Bao, Hakaw, Spicy Vegetable and Pork Wonton
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Le Ching Tea House – multiple branches
Open for dine-in and take out
Le Ching Tea House is a Cantonese dim sum place popular to residents of Banawe and San Juan area. It serves affordable Chinese specialties including various dimsum baskets, siopao, noodles, congee and rice toppings. This place’s most talked about items are the spareribs rice, chicken & mushroom rice, and Beef Brisket noodles, so don’t leave without trying all three!
You contact them via Viber for your orders at (0906) 242 5357
Notable dim sum they offer: Beancurd Roll “Tao Ho Kin”, Taro Puff, and Ravioli Dumplings, and Shark’s Fin Dumpling
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Ying Ying Tea House – Binondo
Open for delivery
When you see the stacks of dim sum baskets on a corner street, then you’ve come to the right place. Half sister of the more famous Wai Ying Dimsum restaurant, Ying Ying serves the biggest and chunkiest shrimp siomai in town.
You can order via Foodpanda or contact them via Viber at (0926) 645 6125 or directly message them via Facebook.
Notable dim sum they offer: Chicken Feet, Spareribs, Lo Mai Kai, Asado Pao, Egg Tart, Butchi, Shaolong Bao
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233-235 Dasmarinas St cor Yuchengo St, Binondo, Manila
(02) 8710-3856
Wai Ying Dimsum – Taft Ave.
Open for dine-in, pick up, and delivery
Wai Ying is a famous local casual Chinese restaurant serving up classics such as dim sum and rice toppings.
You may send your orders via Viber at 09171881658.
Notable dim sum they offer: Century Egg Siomai, Lava Pao, Hot Salad Roll, Curry Beef Siomai, and Lomaikai
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G/F EGI Taft Tower, Taft Ave, Malate, Manila
(02) 8354-6493
Lao Beijing – Pio del Pilar
Open for delivery
Lao Beijing is a Chinese restaurant that serves delicious affordable dim sum. Make sure to try their bestselling xiao long bao and petchay pork dumpling.
You may order via their website here.
Notable dim sum they offer: Mantou, Huajuan, Roubing, Roujiamo, and Shrimp Pork Xiaolongbao
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King Chef Dimsum Kitchen – multiple branches
Open for dine-in and delivery
King Chef Dimsum Kitchen has an extensive menu of dim sum ranging form steamed to fried, pork to seafood, chicken feet to raddish cakes, it is the place to get your fill on some good dim sum.
You may order on their website, here.
Notable dim sum they offer: Hakaw, Machang, Bird’s Eye Dumpling, X.O. Siomai, and Steamed Egg with Soy Sauce
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The Dimsum Place – Fisher Mall
Open for delivery
The Dimsum Place is a casual Chinese diner serving various dim sum baskets, wanton noodles, and more.
You may place your orders by contacting these numbers, (02) 8 941 9509; (0919) 069 6121 or via Facebook messenger and Viber community.
Notable dim sum they offer: Chicken feet, Pan-Fried Beef Cake, Pork & Shrimp Siomai, TDP Asado Siopao
Reservations are accepted
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2/F Fisher Mall, Quezon Ave , Quezon City
(02) 8287-7256
Golden Fortune Seafood Restaurant – multiple branches
Open for dine-in*, pick up, and delivery
A long standard for Chinese food, Golden Fortune offers a wide menu of Chinese cuisine from dim sum to congee, to noodles. Keep a look out for their discounts at certain times in the day.
*Their Soler branch is open for dine-in; for orders, you may contact any of these numbers, 8244 2777 / 8244 2888 / 8244 4888 / 8244 8098 /
(0917) 8576777 / (0917) 8606777 / (0917) 8563666.
Notable dim sum they offer: Taro Siomai, Corn Siomai, Hongkong Style Machang, Fried Ham Suy Kok, Bola Bola Siopao, Fried Manthao, Thousand Layer Cake, Steamed Chiu Chow Dumpling
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Din Tai Fung – multiple branches
Open for delivery
Din Tai Fung is an award-winning and half-century-old Taiwanese restaurant brand known all over the world for its quality, consistency, and most importantly, world-famous Xiao long bao.
You may order via The Moment Group’s website.
Notable dim sum they offer: Pork Xiaolongbao, Crab Roe and Pork Xialongbao, Foie Gras and Chicken Xiaolongbao, and Vegetarian Mushroom Wontons with House Soy Sauce
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Paradise Dynasty – multiple branches
Open for dine-in, pick up, and delivery
Paradise Dynasty is the world’s first restaurant to offer colorful Xiao Long Bao in unique flavors. It offers an innovative take on the norther and southern Chinese cuisine.
You can order via GrabFood, Foodpanda, LalaFood, or call them at (0917) 706 8047.
Notable dim sum they offer: Specialty Dynasty Xiao Long Bao, Charcoal Custard Lava Bun, Lotus Paste Bun with Salted Egg Yolk
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Causeway Seafood Restaurant – multiple branches
Open for dine-in and take out
Causeway is one of our most loved Chinese restaurants that serves authentic and unpretentious Cantonese cuisine. It’s one of the usual top choices where to hold a family reunion because their food never fails.
They have different menus per branch, you may refer to this page for more details.
Notable dim sum they offer: Eggyolk Pie, Chiu Chow Dumpling, Beef Rice Roll, Fresh Shrimp Rice Roll
Gloria Maris – multiple branches
Open for take out and delivery
A classic Chinese restaurant, Gloria Maris is one well-loved and popular Chinese restaurant in the metro. It serves traditional specialties such as dimsum, hotpot, lauriat, and more.
You may order via Grabfood or directly through them, you may check their post here for more details.
Notable dim sum they offer: Shanghai Siao Long Pao, Taro Pork Siomai, Fried Lobster ball, Shanghai Vegetable Pao
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