Dim Sum

Decent Chinese food for Florence. A little too expensive for what it is. My noodle dish was too sweet for my taste. If you’re in need of something not Italian, this should suffice.

J’aime cet endroit. Après deux dîners ici, je suis convaincue. Déjà j’adore le cadre sobre et élégant, pas tellement chinois il faut bien l’avouer (sinon où sont les couleurs criardes ?), plus dans la tonalité épurée japonaise je dirais. On vous ressert tout au long du repas un bon thé à volonté (on né vous force pas non plus hein, vous pouvez dire non).
Ensuite, les dim sums. J’adore ces petites bouchées types raviolis, spécialité du sud de la Chine, et comme à Florence les bons restaus asiatiques sont rares, je suis vraiment ravie d’avoir trouvé celui-​ci. J’aime beaucoup leur carte de dim sum. Je trouve ça plutôt rigolo de proposer, à côté des dims sums traditionnels types shao mai aux crevettes, des raviolis un peu toscanisés… Exemple: celui à la truffe ou celui ou boeuf toscan (chianina). Ensuite, le goût: pas mal du tout. J’ai beaucoup aimé les raviolis du sichuan (donc pimentés), les wontons étaient bons aussi et celui au boeuf chianina était assez goûteux aussi. Je me suis bien régalée les deux fois.
Bön on n’est pas dans le temple de la tradition alors ayez l’esprit ouvert: ce restau prend quelques autres libertés avec le dim sum. Au-​delà de la farce toscanisée de certaines recettes, la forme du dim sum est elle aussi assez originale… Mon amie chinoise était aussi surprise que moi de voir que les raviolis étaient ouverts sur le dessus et non fermés comme toujours. J’imagine que c’est pour permettre un refroidissement plus rapide mais je né trouve pas ça optimal: ils sont plus fragiles, moins faciles à saisir, et la sauce se déverse dans la pâte, pas top. Enfin je pinaille un peu, à part cette créativité hasardeuse, ils sont plutôt bons, si ce n’est que la pâte n’est peut-​être pas toujours parfaitement cuite.
J’ai bien aimé les soupes de nouilles également: le bouillon était vraiment bon (goûtez-​le seul après avoir ajouté un peu de piment, c’est délicieux !) et les morceaux de boeuf assez tendres (souvent dans ces soupes là on trouve quand même des morceaux infâmes, mais pas ici).
Sur le décor et l’ambiance encore, on voit le cuisinier faire virevolter la pâte des dim sums et des nouilles pendant le repas, c’est sympa.

We have had pasta all week for every meal. Wanting something different we Unilocaled this place and found out it had good reviews. After our meal was done I would have to agree this spot is a good restaurant for sure. If your looking for good asian good in Florence check this place out.

Who doesn’t love dumplings and noodles? Add some Tuscany glitter and that’s it!
The only flaw of this place is the fact that it’s always full and you have to book a table a few days earlier.
For everything else, God has blessed this food.
It’s heaven.
A choice of steamed dumplings follows 2 pages of different noodles, all made in front of you on the spot by an amazing pasta juggler.
Also appetizers and a few meat dishes are very tasty and they are also quite fast in preparing your order.
During the wait, you can read the first pages on the menu explaining their concept, while sipping a hot cup of tea which will be constantly refilled throughout the meal.
Take out is available too!
Exquisite!

Food is lousy. it’s neither here nor there. Noodle soup is extremely salty. I think the name «dim sum» is misleading for Asia standard.

Really tasty! Caramelized pork out of this world. Food comes out very fast! Great shrimp dumplings as well!

This is supposed to be a Chinese restaurant but the basic noodle dish they served is nothing like Chinese. Beef noodle soup does not have a single drop of soy sauce, but only 3 thin pieces of beef with bean sprouts. The noodles were made in front of you for show but it is not cooked well and stuck to my teeth. I think when I return to Florence in a few years, this restaurant will be closed. Or I hope so.

Delicious! We had pork dumplings and Japanese style kebabs. $ 12 each for a good lunch that wasn’t pizza or pasta? Great deal. Water, coffee and tea all included at lunch.

Sitio de moda, y con razón!
Llevábamos ya oyendo hablar mucho tiempo de este restaurante «chino» en Florencia pero todavía no habíamos tenido la oportunidad de probarlo!
Nos recomendaron reservar con 1 o 2 días de antelación ya que es pequeño y vaya que si era verdad, cuando llegamos había bastante gente intentando pedir mesa y estaban rechazando a todo el mundo que no tuviera reserva!
El sitio, pese a ser pequeño, es muy acogedor y las camareras te están todo el rato pasando y ofreciéndote Té, lo cual se agradece muchísimo ya que está incluido en el precio de servicio y por mucho que te sirvan no te cobran más.
La comida pues es un espectáculo, en el sentido que estás viendo como hacen la pasta fresca de los Dim Sum y de los Noodles así como tallarines, ya que la cocina está «abierta» y puedes verlo todo, trabajan con maestría y rapidez.
Tomamos un par de Dim Sum distintos y eran deliciosos, perfectos en tamaño y sabor, te las traen con 2 o 3 salsas distintas y si tienes dudas te sugieren qué cosas tomar dependiendo de si es tu primera vez o no.
Los tallarines/​noodles eran también buenísimos, así como pedimos un Pollo con Jenjibre que estaba delicioso.
Lo mejor de todo, es que íbamos un poco asustados de cuánto nos saldríà la cena y al final resultó costar como 35 €, que entre dos me parece más que razonable! Recomendado!

Came in during dinner hours and was told that we can only have the table till 8.30pm. We were showed to our table quick and our food were served fast.
Service was attentive, food tastes pretty authentic, and all was well. :)

I’ve been debating between 3 or 4 stars here, because on one hand it’s very average by any Asian food snob standard, but it’s also really good in the context of Italy.
Before I stereotype the entire country of Italy for not having good Chinese food, it’s fair to say that outside of Chinatown and touristy spots, there aren’t that many to choose from in Milan, Florence, Pisa, Rome and Venice, especially one that carries dim sum. The ones we did randomly choose, had very Westernized menu items, so we had very low expectation for Dim Sum.
We ordered lobster dumpling, a pork noodle soup and a crab stir-​fry noodle dish. The dumpling was dry and a disaster, the beef noodle soup was average, though our crab noodles was a delight. We also really liked their décor and cleanliness of their restroom, so I settled for a 4 star review.
After finishing our food, we walked away satisfied having scratching our Asian food itch. But if we weren’t in Italy and compare Dim Sum to restaurants on the East Coast, this would have been a 2 star review.
Come to Dim Sum to scratch your Asian itch, end of story. It’s a tad above other Chinese food you’ll find in the touristy areas.

Loved this place. I was there 3 weeks ago. Food was absolutely delicious. Its a nice change from all the bread and pasta. Would make reservations for sure since its a small restaurant. Yum!!!

Some background first: I lived in Asia (Japan) and travelled almost any country in the Orient for work (I miss North Korea, but I’ll survive for now…), so I am a «little» picky when it comes to Asian, a type of cuisine that I adore, but that is generally mistreated in Italy.
Came at Dim Sum with no expectations, but I was attracted by the Chinese chef that was kneading the dough for «udon» just like they do it in Machida (Tokyo). Decided to give it a go, and well… Great job «Dim Sum», the noodles and the dim sum were really really nice. Perfection is on the other side of the world for these dishes, but wow, I will most certainly come back there again!

Ate here twice for lunch it was so good!

I LOVE This place! My friends and I got sick of Italian food so we wanted to try some noodles. Ive had the egg noodles and the noodles in a soup bowl with broth with vegetables and pork dumplings which were excellent.
I crave this
the spring rolls are also very good!

Came here with my fellow Unilocalers a week ago and I found this restaurant to be pretty good. I was impressed with the quality of the pasta. The noodles were good. I tried the veggie dim sum and the veggie noodle soup (in brodo). the dim sum was alright, but definitely needed some kind of sauce, such as shoyu or something spicy! By themselves they weren’t anything special. But the soup was very good, with a salty broth. All in all, for the price and the continuous refills of hot tea I was satisfied with my meal. I really want to try the spring rolls, which i heard were good. Only downside was that I found the place to be loud. Since it was packed and everyone talking, and nothing to absorb the sound, everyone’s conversation was bouncing around this little place and it got a little too loud for me. But I would recommend coming here, just try to get in early because it looks like this place fills up fast! We came at 7:30, but by 8pm it was full and there were people waiting for a table.

Friendly staff, delicious food, constant Chinese Tea topup’s for free, and relaxing atmosphere. Great dinner spot in Firenze (Florence)

Here is my gringo version of Chinese food in Italy…
My family loved almost everything. We had sticky rice and jasmine rice, spring rolls, spicy pork soup and vegetable soup, shrimp in zucchini blossoms (my favorite), sea bass, and lots of dumplings — beef/​bacon, veggie, and shrimp. The only thing that would get 4 stars was the artichoke.
If you want a break from Italian food — keep it simple. Go here!
TB

I’m a big fan of asian food but unfortunately in Florence it’s pretty difficult to find something good and «original», especially when talking about Chinese food. I had bookmarked this place ages ago but never had the chance to go (they’re closed on Mondays!). I finally got to try it and was really satisfied! Everything was delicious, especially a pork dumpling I tried and the homemade noodles; water and tea are included and the friendly waitresses will keep refilling your glasses throughout the dinner. The only thing I didn’t like was the dessert: both mine and my friend’s. I think a place like this should carry Chinese desserts rather than Italian ones and the quality was not really good, nor the taste. Other than that though, I loved the meal and will definitely be back!

We’ve been in Southern Italy for several months and don’t see much Asian cuisine. We happened by Dim Sum at dinner time and were so pleased! The hand-​pulled noodles and the dumplings were all perfect. The tuna appetizer wasn’t very good — the tuna was not sashimi quality. But we’d eat here again!

Well crafted dumplings and wonderfully chewy hand pulled noodles. Wine list a little pricey but really I should’ve just had beer. A great place if you need a break from the norm.

I was recommended this place by a friend and always passed by when on the famous via dei neri street. It has a very contemporary asian fusion vibe and boy does it deliver.
Despite the space itself being VERY small, the tables were comfortable and the staff friendly. We ordered white wine and water, and every table got hot tea for free which I thought was a nice touch. We ordered the traditional ‘dim sum’ dumplings as appetizers and got the three different kinds, stuffed with octopus & potato, beef and bacon and vegetables. All were beautifully cooked. I ordered a noodle dish with vegetables that was really special. Behind us a guy one of the chefs was actually on-​hand making the noodles which made the experiece even more fun.
A friend of mine got the noodles in a broth which was good and the thai beef was also a really flavorful dish. I would order a lot because honestly I was not full when the meal was done, that was the only downside. The table next to us got a crispy shrimp dish that looked divine. For each of us, with wine, the bill came out to 22 euros per person.
I have to say, Florence is impressing me more than ever with the quality of ethnic food on offer lately, and I have been here since 2007.