Dim sum, for the uninitiated, is a style of Chinese food prepared in small bites. In Singapore, we are very lucky that there are many fantastic Chinese restaurants serving good dim sum.
Here is a list of the best dim sum restaurants in Singapore. I hope it will be useful when you are looking for a place to satisfy your dim sum cravings.
Asia Grand Restaurant
331 North Bridge road
#01-02 Odeon towers
Mon to Sat: 11.30am – 2.30pm
Sun: 10am – 2.30pm
Tel: +65 6887 0010
Nearest Station: City Hall
Bosses
1 Harbourfront Walk
#02-156/157 VivoCity
Mon to Thu: 10am – 10pm
Fri & Sat: 10am – 10.30pm
Sun: 10am – 10pm
Tel: +65 6376 9740
Cherry Garden Chinese Restaurant
Mandarin Oriental Singapore
5 Raffles Avenue
Tel: +65 6885 3500
Mon to Fri: 12pm – 2.30pm, 6.30pm – 10.30pm
Sat & Sun: 11am – 3pm, 6.30pm – 10.30pm
Nearest Station: City Hall/Promenade
Crystal Jade Palace
391 Orchard Road
#04-19 Ngee Ann City
Weekday: 11.30am – 2.30pm
Sat: 11am – 2.45pm
Sun: 10.30am – 2.45pm
Tel: +65 6735 2388
Din Tai Fung
290 Orchard road
#B1-03 Paragon
Mon to Fri: 11am – 10pm
Sat to Sun: 10am – 10pm
Tel: +65 6836 8336
391 Orchard Road
#05-08/09 Ngee Ann City
Tel: +65 6235 9088
Mon to Fri: 11.30am – 3pm, 6pm – 11pm
Sat, Sun & PH: 10am – 3pm, 6pm – 11pm
Nearest Station: Orchard
Fortunate Yum Cha Restaurant
360 Orchard Road
#02-01 International Building
Weekday: 10am – 10pm
Weekend: 8am – 10pm
Tel: +65 6262 1717
// All day dim sum
Hai Tien Lo
7 Raffles Boulevard
37F Pan Pacific hotel
Weekday: 12noon – 2.30pm
Weekend: 11.30am – 2.15pm
Tel: +65 6826 8338
// Weekend Dim sum brunch $68++
Hua Ting Restaurant
442 Orchard Road
Orchard Hotel
Weekday: 11.30am – 2.30pm
Weekend: 11am – 2.30pm
Tel: +65 6739 6666
Imperial Treasure Cantonese Restaurant
1 Kim Seng Promenade
#02-06 Great World City
Weekday 11.30am – 3pm
Sat 11am – 3pm
Sun 10.30am – 3pm
Tel: +65 6732 2232
Imperial Treasure Super Peking Duck
#05-42/45 Paragon
290 Orchard Rd
Tel: +65 6732 7838
Weekday: 11:30am – 2.45pm
Saturday: 11am- 3 pm
Sunday: 10.30am- 3pm
Jade Palace Seafood Restaurant
583 Orchard Road
#B1-13 Forum The Shopping Mall
Daily: 11am – 3pm
Tel: +65 6732 6628
Jade Fullerton Restaurant
1 Fullerton Square
GF Fullerton Hotel
Weekday 11.30am – 2.30pm
Weekend 11.30am – 1.15pm, 1.45pm – 3.30pm
Tel: +65 6877 8188
Jia Wei Chinese restaurant
Level 2 Grand Mercure Roxy Hotel
50 East Coast road, Roxy Square
Weekday: 11.30am – 2.30pm
Weekend: 11am – 4.30pm
Tel: +65 6340 5678
Jiang Nan Chun
190 Orchard Boulevard
Four Seasons Hotel
Mon to Sat: 11.30am – 2.30pm
Sun: 10.30am – 2.30pm
Tel: +65 6831 7220
// Weekend dim sum buffet $58++
Jing
1 Fullerton Road
#01-02/03 One Fullerton
Weekday: 11.45am – 2.30
Weekend: 11.45am – 2.30
Tel: +65 6224 0088
Weekend ala carte dim sum buffet $48++
Li Bai Restaurant
39 Scotts Road
GF Sheraton Towers
Mon to Sat: 11.30 – 2.30pm
Sun: 10.30 – 2.30pm
Tel: +65 6839 5623
(*More dim sum selection on weekends)
Lei garden Restaurant
30 Victoria Street
#01-24 Chijmes
Daily: 11.30 – 2.30pm
Tel: +65 6339 3822
Majestive Restaurant
31-37 Bukit Pasoh Road
New Majestic Hotel
Weekday: 11.45am – 2.30pm
Tel: +65 6511 4718
Man Fu Yuan
80 Middle road
2F Intercontinental Hotel
Daily: 11.30 – 2.15pm
Tel: +65 6825 1062
// Weekend Dim Sum Buffet $88++
Min Jiang
22 Scotts Road
Goodwood Park Hotel
Daily: 11am – 2pm
Weekend High Tea: 3pm – 5.30pm
Tel: +65 6730 1704
// Weekend Dim Sum High Tea Buffet $32.80++
Old Hong Kong Legend
252 North Bridge Road
#02-18 Raffles City Shopping Centre
Tel: +65 6336 3038
Daily 10.30am – 2pm
Paradise Pavilion
8A Marina Boulevard
#02-01 Marina Bay Link Mall
Tel: +65 6509 9308
Weekday: 11.30am – 2pm
Weekend: 11.30am – 3pm
Peach Garden
65 Chulia Street
#33-01 OCBC Centre, Singapore
Tel: +65 6535 7833
Daily: 11.30am – 2.15pm
// Weekend buffet $20.80++ only available at Thomson Plaza branch
Peony Jade Restaurant
10 Bukit Chermin Road
Keppel Club
Tel: +65 6276 9138
Daily: 11am – 2pm
Red Star Restaurant
#07-2354 Chin Swee Road
Daily: 7am – 3pm
Tel: +65 6532 5266
Royal China
1 Beach Road
#03-09 Raffles Hotel
Tel: +65 6338 3363
Mon to Sat: 12noon – 2.30pm
Sun: 11am – 2.30pm
Si Chuan Dou Hua restaurant
80 Raffles place
#60-01 UOB Plaza
Tel: +65 6535 6006
Daily: 11.30am – 2pm
Shang Palace
22 Orange Grove Road
Lobby Level Shangri-la Hotel
Tel: +65 6213 4473
Weekday: 11.30am – 2.30pm
Weekend: 10:30am – 2.30pm
Summer Palace
1 Cuscaden Road
3F The Regent
Mon to Sat: 12pm – 2.30pm
Sun: 1.30am – 2.30pm
Tel: +65 6725 3288
Summer Pavilion
7 Raffles Avenue
3/F Ritz-Carlton Millenia
Daily: 11.30 – 2.30pm
Tel: +65 6337 8888
// More dim sum selection on weekend
Taste Paradise
2 Orchard Turn
#04-07 Ion Orchard
Tel: +65 6509 9660
Mon to Fri: 11.30am – 2.30pm
Sat & Sun: 11am – 12.30pm, 12.30pm – 2pm, 2pm – 4pm
Tung Lok Signatures
6 Eu Tong Sen Street
#02-80/81/87/88/89 The Central @ Clarke Quay
Mon to Sat: 11.30am – 2.30pm
Sun: 11am – 2.45pm
Tel: +65 6336 6022
Victor’s Kitchen
91 Bencoolen Street
#01-21 Sunshine Plaza
Daily: 10.30am -8pm
Tel: +65 9838 2851
// All day dim sum
Wan Hao Chinese restaurant
320 Orchard road
3F Marriott hotel
Mon to Sat: 11.30am – 2.30pm
Sun: 11am – 2.30pm
Sun: 11am – 2.30pm
Tel: +65 6831 4615
Wah Lok Cantonese restaurant
76 Bras Basah road
2F Carlton Hotel
Mon to Sat: 11.30pm – 2.30pm
Sun: 11pm – 2.30pm
Tel: +65 6311 8188
Wen Dao Shi
126 Sims Avenue
Daily 24 hours
Tel: +65 6746 4757
// All day dim sum
Xin Wang Hong Kong Cafe
8 Grange Road
#02-11 Cathay Cineleisure Orchard
Mon to Thu 11am – 2am
Fri to Sun 24 hours
Tel: +65 6235 6480
// All day dim sum
Yan Ting
29 Tanglin Road
The St Regis
Weekday: 11.45am – 2.30pm
Weekend: 11am – 3.30pm
Tel: +65 6506 6888
belinda: for dim sum buffet, i’ll go to cherry garden (48++)! it’s one of the best dim sum places in Singapore. If you have a higher budget, yanting weekend dim sum buffet is definitely the one : )
another nice list! thx!
Hi ladyironchef,
i’m looking for some nice dim sum buffet with wide variety of dim sum choices for sunday. but preferly below 20bucks. is there any good recommendation?
Bella: I don’t think you can get good dim sum buffet under 20 bucks. the only one i can think of is probably zhou’s kitchen?
Hi ladyironchef,
if my budget is 50bucks and below? is there any good dim sum buffet recommendation for sunday?
Bella: Cherry Garden dim sum buffet is my favourite, it’s about 45++/pax
ladyironchef,
they dont have any more seatings.. got any more recommendations?? T___T
just called cherry garden
bella: I’d go for Jing’s weekend buffet. If i am not wrong, it’s $38++. hmm, for ala carte dim sum, taste paradise, royal china and yanting are my top choices
Isnt dragon gate gone..? E whole org doesnt seem to exist either..?
Xin Wang Hong Kong Cafe? Really?
Hihi,
Do you know of the Excelsipr Hotel Rivercity restaurant? I couldn’t get hold of them for the dim sum buffet. Wanna check with you have they closed down already? Thanks!
Hi,
Really thankful for coming up with this list of dim sum places. Every time when I think of dim sum, I’ll think of your website.
Just to check with you…
I tried looking for River City & Orient Ocean Restaurant but I can’t find their websites and from some online scources, they seemed to be no longer operating. Is it true?
As for DragonGate restaurant, are they still selling dim sum? their website didn’t seemed to show they have dim sum available.
Sherly: Did you walk past the place? I’m not sure if they are still there, maybe you can share with us after you find out?
Miko: Hello, I haven been to both restaurants for a while, so not exactly sure if they are still there. Why don’t you try to give them a call?
you missed out swee chun dim sum at jalan besar! hehe..
Hi ladyironchef,
do you have recommendations for baked char siew baos like they have at tim ho wan? i’m having super cravings haha
thank you for the dim sum list
Jin: Wah Lok has a baked char siew bao which is pretty good, but nothing like Tim Ho Wan’s of course. Otherwise, try the char siew sou at Yan ting or Paradise pavilion?
thank you ladyironchef
i will go and check them out
Excelsoir no longer has the restaurant River City.
Hotel Miramar’s Orient Ocean changed to Peach Garden. Pricings much higher now at ard $30++ per pax.
Thanks for all your hard work and efforts! I gotta try your recommendations!
Victoria Peak at Orchard Central, 11th Storey (if I remember correctly)
Please update the list as some of the companies have changed names, business hours, and prices (different timing in a day). More details informations.
Thanks for your hard work.
I would like to recommend “Wo Peng Cuisine” at Furama Hotel 3rd floor located in ChinaTown. You will be surprised about the great taste of roasted Siew Mai, Prawn Dumpling, Wanton Soup, etc.
Hi, i would like to ask, after all this time, is taste paradise, yan ting and royal china still your top three choices for the best dim sum in singapore or are there emerging competitors that is worth a try? (:
I’m looking for a dim-sum restaurant because the ones we’ve been to always disappoint :/
@Mil Yes those three are still my favourite dim sum places, but I’d suggest paradise pavilion over taste paradise. (Both of them are under the same group.)
Hi , any idea whether is Dragon gate restaurant still open? Been trying to call to make a reservation but no one’s answering.
To Wei Hao: Dragon gate restaurant has closed and is replaced by Ban Heng Pavilion Restaurant
http://cuisineparadise-eatout.blogspot.com/2011/06/dim-sum-buffet-ban-heng-pavilion.html
Brad, please do update your list
Btw, your blog is my FOOD BIBLE!
Hi. Thank you for your helpful list.
U’ll have to cross out Fortunate Yum Cha Restaurant at International which has closed.
does any one knw if miramar hotel one is still opened?
BTW Banheng restaurant’s website cannot be accessed
Is it still operating?
Thank you, your list of sharing was an insight, while I’m searching for early morning dim sum hidout reseach. Meanwhile, here to share with u, Tak Po Dim Sum @42-46 Smith Street, Singapore. Their queue starts strangely perpendicular to the walkway, in front of the cashier counter though…
Hi, what would you recommend for dim sum dinner on sun night?
Try Park Palace at Grand Park City Hall & give your review on it!
Hello which one win your vote for Dim Sum other than your fav 3…Hua Ting, Majestic Restaurant & Li Bai. Majestic Restaurant has limited variety even on weekend. Any other recommendation?
@cheewee Other than my three favourite restaurants – Yan Ting, Paradise Pavilion, and Royal China – I would also recommend Cherry Garden and Crystal Jade Golden Palace. Hua Ting is not too bad, but I haven’t been there for a long time, so I am not sure if it’s still as good.
Is River City at Excelsior ShoppingI centre still operating? The nbr never seemed able to get through?
Uou can check out Swatow high tea dimsum buffet as well.. =)
Forget about Swee Choon along Jalan Besar. Maybe 10 years ago that name meant something, now it’s just banking on the success of its former glory from 4 decades ago. These days you can find better dim sum at your run of the mill coffeeshop. Now, if you’re talking about dim sum in the same area one can find better at the coffeeshop opposite at the Maude Road/Jalan Besar corner that sells the jumbo Ye Zi Mei baos.
Hi, what would you recommend dim sum dinner on weekdays?
I thought the dim sum at Cassia at Capella is rather good. You may want to try it
Of all the dim sum places I have tried in Singapore… my favourite still remains Din Tai Fung and it’s pork dumplings!
But this is quite a list… thanks!
Hi, i do enjoy your blog, very informative, great pictures. I’ll be in Singapore late dec 2013. I’m in the business of tea, I would to purchase teawear and tea accessories, would you be able to make any suggestion?
Kind regards
Liliana
You know for the dim sum. There’s this lovely dim sum stall in aljunied block 119. It’s a small stall in a coffeeshop. One day you and melody should go try. Maybe it’s now for you. You can add on to your dim sum lists. Good luck !
Went to Victor’s Kitchen. To us Victor’s Kitchen is really not worth going. The dim sum are not fine at all. Items that are supposed to serve warm, are not warm. Very disappointing. The food is not worth the price they charge. The Staff are very unfriendly, at times are very rude too.
I love a great dim sum, the kind of cheong fun ingredient that doesn’t slip off, a good salted egg yolk amount VS bun proportion, carrot cake with wok hei flavor, bolo bun with a crispy sweet pastry and savoury filling. Tried many places, and to me, WO PENG dim sum tastes like the real deal. In terms of the kind of items you’d go back for, chef’s skills, quality, price and the staff’s ren qing wei. Their crispy fish skin, lobster bun, cheong fun, char siew sou, BBQ siew mai, hawthorn jelly are a must try! My friends and I go for their dim sum almost every weekend. Perhaps you could do a review of them? Something not many Singaporeans have heard of but serve a whopping good dim sum. Hehe