Love this place, unfortunately so does everyone else so you have to queue at least half an hour to get in Me and my buddies take it in turns to queue and then we call the others once we’ve got a table.
Quality is great and you can see why it’s in the Michelin guide, super cheap too – my American friends are always amazed as this food would be like 20 times the cost in NYC. My favorite is the BBQ pork buns and we always share some pork dumplings and shrimp dumplings. Love it!
Life-changing pork buns. Dim sum is great… but the pork buns. The location in Tong Mi is definitely the best. Tried the HK train station one and the food was slightly off.
Get there early! It gets crowded, fast. At the Tong Mi location, walk up to the front and put your name down to get a number. They have an English menu as well. Cash only. You can also buy to take out as well.
This is a very good value for the quality of dim sum. This is a busy packed restaurant so you won't get large tables of people in here. My favourite dish would recommend anyone to try is the baked bun with BBQ pork. It really is a truly unique dim sum. Even someone who doesn't like traditional char siu buns loves this. The bun is thin and crispy and is their stand out top dish!
A smaller menu compared to Sydney’s however amazing price. My friend and I arrived at 10 and were seated immediately.
The quality was similar to Sydney’s.
Overall good customer service experience as waiters were attentive and helpful for non Cantonese speakers.
Very good dim sum for the price. The best is still the 菠蘿包 with the BBQ pork. Come early and still expect an hour wait. Expect no service, share tables, super cramped space, but really good dim sum for the price! Make sure you get a number upon arrival, menu has photos and is in English and Chinese.
Regardless of the Michelin Guide, Tim Ho Wan is a very nice dim sum restaurant. Credit cards are not accepted, and so many people come and go. Always need to share a table with strangers, and there is no vibe in the air. But dim sum tastes good, and foods are cheap enough. I still want to go again.
This is a little treasure! We are vegetarian and we found it difficult on our first day to find a place to eat in this area. Tim Ho Wan is a traditional, friendly place. Not much English spoken but a lovely man ticked 4 items for us without meat/ fish. We chose all the 4 items. Veg/fried noodles/rice rolls and egg cake. All delicious! Incredible at 74HKD. Highly recommended!
Outstanding dim sum, creative dishes like no others. Living proof that delicacy does not always costs you an arm and a leg. 150 out of 100 in food. 50 out of 100 in service. Still scores 100% in my log 😋. Make sure you budget time for the line, it is hugely popular for the locals and visitors!
This is a very good value for the quality of dim sum. This is a busy packed resistant so you won't get large tables of people in here. My favourite dish would recommend anyone to try is the baked bun with BBQ pork. It really is a truly unique dim sum. Even someone who doesn't like traditional char siu buns loves this. The bun is thin and crispy and is their stand out top dish!
As crowded as it can be on a Sunday. Queue is still very fast. Food's better than Singapore and more variants.
This place is famous for being the Cheapest Michelin Stared Restaurant in the world. It's the Michelin Guide trying to be relevant in the modern dining scene.
If you are looking for a fine dining experience with great Dim Sum, there are plenty of places in Hong Kong with or without Stars you would enjoy much more than this. Just because it has a Michelin star, don't expect it to be something it's not.
This is a no frills, fast turn around Dim Sum Restaurant, with a cheap price that reflects what it's trying to achieve. So if you have a craving for Dim Sum, this can quickly satisfy your need with pretty decent for price Dim Sum.
The Char Sew Buns are a Signature item here and don't disappoint.
Make sure you come early to be ahead of the queue, or if you're in pairs, the queues generally move quite fast. Food wise, do make sure you order the very famous char siew buns, the Malay kueh, and their steamed rice is also pretty good. If you avoid peak crowds, the experience can be generally very comfortable, but don't expect top notch service from the servers if you're here during busy periods. They do speak English, so fret not if you cannot understand Cantonese. Also, do make sure you visit the counter to get a queue number the first thing you arrive, or else you'll be aimlessly waiting for nothing!
Service was fast, food was great and cheap! Would highly recommend a visit!!
The BBQ buns are yummo
This is by far the best restaurant I have been to in HK which serves dim sums. The value for price is really good. Would not mind going here over and over and over again! Simply love it.
This is a very busy restaurant with good reason! Lovely food and also has an English menu. Certainly worth the wait for a seat.
You can feel the international culture with different tourist.
The food is above average!
Improvement: The tea selection can be improve or charging higher tea price with better tea quality.
Staff is still very nice.
The original, and the food is very good. Waiting times are long though. When we arrived at 10 am on a weekend, we were given a number and told to return around four hours later!
The food is freshly made to order and are light, delicious and relatively cheap.
Being the cheapest Michelin star restaurant in the world, Tim Ho Wan lives up to its Michelin star status. Beat the crowds by going off rush hours. Even though I live on the other side of the globe from this place, I would fly back to eat here in a heartbeat.Excellent place. Excellent food.
Pork buns were delicious..Vermicelli roll not so much. Don't know what makes it a Michelin star winnerit was good but not wow. Service was kind of rude and forced us to pay for the tea which we didn't want or drink. Would eat again simply for those sweet pork buns.
What can I say that has not been said before!! The food was mesmerizing, the chicken and prawn dim sums being the best. Did not like the rice rolls though. The ordering is simple, just tick mark what u want. The menu has good description of what the dish is. But the dish to order more than one is the BBQ pork buns. Price is very reasonable given that it is Hong Kong!! The staff members were very helpful too. Tried to teach us how to use chopsticks but except my elder son, no one could master it!!
Solid dim sum place. Fast service, clean settings and dim sum with an interesting twist like their char sui buns with a sugary top. Also some new recipes like jelly with flowers. Youthful crowd. Only complaint was tea was not replaced during meal.
The food is really good. It's a place were locals eat. They have a menu in English but no one speaks good English, just a few words here and there. We ended up ordering way too much food because we couldn't understand. If you are the adventures type of person you definitely have to go. Be ready to wait in line. We were there on a Sunday around 2pm and waited for about half an hour on the street, they have a few chairs.
Pork Buns? Good, but not more. Their other food? Similar. Hongkong Style street food like place like you can get it in every corner (if you talk Chinese). So main benefit is that here it is easy for tourists, as they have an English menu and are used to tourists. And they are really cheap.
Pork buns. Pork buns. Pork buns. The cheapest Michelin Star restaurant on earth didn't achieve such without merit. Fun paper menu ordering affair in a very bustling, working-class diner setting. Surprisingly kind staff, super-fast service, and while the delectable options are many and varied, I would literally spend my paycheck and my late years in life eating these pork puns until I passed out from exhaustion. I've never experienced anything like them. Candied meat inside a crispy marshmallow is the closest descriptor I have, and it's so far off the mark. Just go eat the heaven's balls and thank me in the morning. Pork buns. Pork buns. Pork buns.