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Lin Heung Tea House
(Now Closed)(蓮香樓)
Dim Sum Restaurant and Cantonese Restaurant$$$$
中環
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Stephanie WeiSeptember 1, 2016Come here for the experience and not just the food. You'll share a table with some locals, & have to get up to grab your food from the trolleys. My favourite is the pork rice roll served in a basket!
pohtyApril 28, 2015This is not a place you should be shy at! Locals say the 猪润烧卖 (pig liver siew mai) and 烧腩卷 (roasted meat and yam in bun) here are rarely found at other places now. 马来糕 (steamed cake) is nice!
Ross HillMay 28, 2013One of the oldest tea houses in Hong Kong and each day they still serve an endless flow of diners. We enjoyed the tea poured old style and did battle for the freshest of the dim sum off the trolley.
ZJanuary 8, 2017Dimsum here is so good. Pushcarts with popular items get emptied even before it reaches your table so those good dishes go out of stock fairly quickly. Try their lotus leaf rice. Good experience.
Rozan DéboJune 27, 2015Nice local restaurant in HK.Mainly populated by locals.Dim Sum (dumplings) is the speciality. If you come with a local or sit at a table with locals who speak English and could help you is better.
fedemobiApril 20, 2013Don't miss dim sum for breakfast or lunch! They're not the best ones I've tasted but it's a great experience, real Hong Kong! If it's dinner time, you can order the house special duck
Best old school dim sum.Famous duck leg soup rice is gone quick,usually around 11am, so ask for it asa you sit down. Lk4 cards with lots of stamps to see whos' almost done and wait 4their seats.
RachelOctober 25, 2015Authentic taste of dim sum! Full of elderly that makes me feel like I'm watching HK dramas 😂 love the 蛋散 and the environment 😍 bird cages brings extra retro feelings!
RachelMarch 25, 2018Interesting experience at this dim sum tea house - to get your hands on the dim sum, you got to walk to the pushcart and battle for it with the other patrons. The survival of the fittest 😄
Jenny LoNovember 26, 2015Ultimate old school dim sum experience. Find your own seats and fight for the freshest dim sum when the trolley first pushed out. Lin Yung Bao (loutus seed bun) is as authentic as it gets.
Kyo SongDecember 30, 2016Old school dim sum. Find your own seat (join any tables with free seats, others will join your table). Be assertive and get your sheet to the cart ladies if you want something, fierce competition.
Jean YongSeptember 3, 2014Open at 6am. Come early around 8am for a seat, take ur time and enjoy the dimsum and tea. Nobody will rush u off here. won't be able to find a seat easily if u come late.
W CJanuary 20, 2018Very local place, old style everything including waiting for a table, pick stand over a table and wait! Food is good, dim sum made the old fashion way but hurry... they are closing down for good soon
Dora TMay 24, 2013Each person has a a specific job here. Sometimes the dim sum masters come out for a breather. DON'T ask them to pour you more water. It's demeaning and they will give you shiieet.
shoon limJanuary 1, 2016For a local experience of Hong Kong yum cha, you have to try this place. Be prepared to find your own seat and share tables with friendly locals and tourists!
cwhSeptember 15, 2015best bao I have ever had - chicken, pork, egg, sausage all contained inside a fluffy cloud of dough
Fuyuhiko TakayaJanuary 14, 2012I ate various dim sums in 10/3 2009. Taste is delicious and price is reasonable . This restaurant opens from morning. I really love this restaurant ! See the link for one of photos ! Read more
Ricky SherrillJune 11, 2016A great local "Hidden Gem" Dim Sum spot that is a must try. If you see it grab it because it disappears quickly.
Wai Yee Venus ChungAugust 22, 2013One of my favourite Chinese restaurants. Yummy food, cozy environment — beautiful oriental calligraphy hang on the wall, and with funny, charisma grey hair waiters :-)
SteveApril 7, 2016Experience a real authentic old-style dim sum place with trolley service, but it gets crowded.
Kwun YeungNovember 24, 2013Nice food with reasonable price. Come here if you want to try an original Cantonese dim sum tea house. It's been in Hong Kong since 1926!!- Sean Lim 小林方正December 1, 2013Crowded (one table seated with 3 different groups of ppl)。NOISY and the best part is one have to chase the dimsum push cart to get the dimsum u want, if not, semua kena sapu habis dgn sekelip mata.
Johann TsaiSeptember 23, 2014If u wanna have fresh food just out of the kitchen, then go fighting, and take care. A special experience, visit this old-fashioned dim sum restaurant!
John BoothMarch 22, 2016Old school yum cha canteen. Grab what takes your fancy from the trolleys making their way round the restaurant and enjoy.
Aids TecsonFebruary 4, 2014To each his own in this dimsum jungle, but definitely worth the "fight". Pork buns and those dumplings with liver were delicious!
Ric ChungDecember 31, 2013You need to be issued a order card before you can start ordering. Find a seat and beakon to the waiter to serve tea and issue the order card. They will naturely come to you once you are seated !
William KanMarch 13, 2015A tradition HK old style tea house which has been famous for decades. The food they sell is ok, I suppose people come for the nostalgia feel instead of the food.
Jzin TNovember 20, 2014An old-school family style restaurant that serves traditional dim sum complete with an old lady pushing a cart around densely packed tables.
Eewei ChenApril 29, 2012If you want to get food, get up as soon as you see the trolleys of food come out of the kitchen. The good stuff gets taken before the trolley an make it 2 meters.
Geoff HMarch 20, 2018Very old style Cantonese dim sum restaurant. You’ll be plonked down wherever there is space. You have to chase the carts to get your food.
Ronald SohJanuary 13, 2012All fashioned and unique type of dim sum that you can't get in normal restaurant. Bustling atmosphere to eat in. You have to share table :)
Moses LeeNovember 22, 2018Traditional tea house in rustic setting. Dim-sum in the mornings and a line-up of wok-fried staples for dinner.
Felix TsangApril 3, 2016authentic and rustic dim sum experience in Hong Kong. It's anarchy out there!!
Lauren MelcherApril 28, 2013go early for dim sum with the locals and their newspapers. this is one of those "decor is inverse to quality of food" places. de-licious.
Matthew Mark AloysiousDecember 5, 2019After come a few times, I realised there is no service charge to the servers. It will be good to tip them privately when they come serve you. It’s just a gesture of appreciation.
Justine JMarch 23, 2016I'm glad I experienced it but I didnt like it! The dimsum were soso and the place was too messy for me 😂 Someone hit me when choosing my dimsum! I pay for my food so I don't want to fight for it also
Yone LDecember 22, 2015Old style trolley dim sum service ends at 4pm but dinner here is just as delicious
Michelle LohJanuary 19, 2015The crowd - You'll end up sharing table with others if you come in pairs..well, that's the HK style..
Jamie XuAugust 16, 2014its totally LOUD and hard to find available seat. Anyway, it's old style dim-sum and surprised us specially!
LaLa LaiNovember 4, 2014Super local traditional food in Hong Kong. HIGHLY recommended for the real HK experience
Vivian LamJanuary 17, 2015Long wait any time of the day. Have to get a seat yourself. Great authentic dimsum.
Christopher PestanoOctober 5, 2014An old-fashioned dimsum place. Just remember that the food does not come to you. You must go after it.
Pet SSeptember 6, 2012Open from 6am so perfect for breakfast dim sum! We were only the white people there... Great stuff!
Sveta NaumovaJanuary 8, 2014Pigeon is strongly reccommended! True authentic chinese cuisine, prices are more than reasonable.
Tris PriorOctober 18, 2012Don't look like a tourist. Just try your best to find a seat without looking lost. More like a dimsum speakeasy! Fun experience to fight for fresh dimsum right out the kitchen.
YushengDecember 23, 2014Absolute pandemonium here. You have to be aggressive or you'll never get what you want to eat.
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- Mon–Sun
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+852 2544 4556
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