TimHoWan Songshan Station — Restaurant in Xinyi District

The dishes here are barely close to one-star award by Michelin Guide. They're not too bad to taste, yet never close to what we expected from Michelin. I personally found the snacks taste more like Taiwanese flavors than Cantonese. What hindered the dining experience was the service. The servers were chatting loudly around the counter. The dumplings were tilted and rolled to one side of the steamer (see photo) which was not properly served at table. The tags they were wearing said interns. So they were learning how to work in a Michelin awarded restaurant, but where were their mentors? I wonder whether it's the company's intention to cut down on the cost on...

I mean, is it the best dim sum I’ve ever had? Not really. Is it bad? Not exactly either. This place was just OK. Nothing too fancy. Most of what we got were decent but definitely no wow factor. Some were a bit too oily. I didn’t like the fried rice at all. The rice was very hard. The two must-try dishes were probably the BBQ pork buns and the egg custard buns. This brand, not necessarily this branch, had received one Michelin star so I’d assume that the quality should be somewhat close to top-notch. I was slightly disappointed honestly. it’s one of those places that’s worth trying, and trying it once is probably...

Awarding 1 star for the supposed 1 Michelin star it has. Ambiance is similar to that of a mass produced cafeteria, service not much better and food was mediocre. None of the standard dim sum delights were on the menu so I had to settle with the fried pork chop with fried rice and shrimp vermicelli rolls. The fried rice was ok, not bad but not great and what you would expect of fried rice. The shrimp vermincelli roll was soft and mealy.

I’m sad I ate here when I could have had something exceptional in the same building for...