San Francisco, United States
1 Pagoda Pl
$$$
+14159825686
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The historic importance of this place is awesome and the food is incredible. I ordered an assortment of dim sum and when I say it's the best dim sum I've ever had, I mean it brought tears to my eyes by being such a perfect mixture of flavors and texture. Having spent time in a great number of southeast Asian countries, I'm pretty familiar with dim sum. This is the best dim sum around. Do not miss this place, you will regret not eating here.
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I was there 14 yrs ago! And I visit it almost everyday when I was there! Best in US!!!!
Hang Ah Dim Sum and Tea Room provided an unforgettable dinner with colleagues from around the world. The delicious food, with tasty dumplings and breads, very good soups and broths and wonderful tea. The best part was the attentive, simple and very personalized service. They managed to please people from different continents and were happy and honored by our presence. This makes all the difference for those on a business trip, trying to arrange things for several colleagues.
My boyfriend introduced me to dim sum and this place is soooo good! They are always friendly and the food comes out hot and delicious! Already came back a hand full of times!
Further away from Grant Avenue and discreetly tucked away in to a side alley; it is all too easy to entirely pass this restaurant by as if it was never there. However, it claims to be the first dim sum restaurant in the United States opening in 1920. And to this end this serve somewhat as a living memorial for the history of Chinatown as it opened and spread in San Francisco. The food here is okay; it is not some of the best I have ever had nor the best I have had in San Francisco. The service is also a bit short; nevertheless, it is worthwhile coming if not just to have a pot of tea and something to nibble on quickly in order to soak up this time capsule. HIGHLIGHTS: - Glutinous Lotus leave sticky rice with chicken: there are two generously sized portions within a single basket. Each portion is cramp out with both Chinese sausage and other bits of barbecued pork. Remarkably none of this seems to make it to the description in the menu! The rice is indeed sticky and gently scented with the infused Lotus leash fragrance. - Decor: you could easily close this restaurant down and serve to the public a museum of the growth of Chinatown in San Francisco. There is also a somewhat bemusing collection of photos from the Ms Chinatown beauty pageant! It is hard to tell whether or not this place needs to be renovated or rather it is acting as a Time Capsule for what Chinatown used to be. I am leaving towards the latter and in that sense let us keep what is already here. This place more easily accommodate either a table of one or a table of 15 as they were many large groups here when we came for dinner as well as solo diners on their own. #dimsum #chinatown #chinesefood #chinese #sanfrancisco #dumplings
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