Dim Sum Villa
“The owner Emily was so sweet and kind and took interest in our grandson.”
“We would travel all the way from Hackensack to go to the Dynasty for their dim sum before they closed and we will do the same for Dim Sum Villa.”
“We also ordered the salt and pepper pork chops, sliced beef with ginger scallions, shrimp pan fried noodles, and garlic eggplant.”
Dim Sum Villa
Takes Reservations: Yes
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Caters: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
8 reviews
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Maybe we went on an off day? But it was Saturday at like 12 noon, so it shouldn't be an off day right?
So food is decent, your normal dim sum spread…nothing too great or write home about. Portions are small but to be fair, most of their dishes get stamped as a "Medium" rather than "large" to accommodate for serving size.
However, they only had like 1 lady, 2 at most pushing the carts, which is NOT enough for a restaurant that size.
We also didn't get the usual mustard and hot sauce pairing when we sat down, and had to ask for it ourselves.
Lastly, when the bill came, they CHARGED FOR TEA!? Really? Who does that? Will not be back. There are too many good dim sum places in Northern NJ and NYC for us to drive out here.
Location wise, this place is pretty convenient. Parking is available but it can get filled up and fast! We had a large group and was able to be seated shortly after we got there (with reservations). Our drinks came fast but that was only thing fast about our experience. The cart came to the table and we picked out a lot of options. We were hungry and managed to finish up our selections. And then began the wait. We waited around 20 mins for another cart. When we asked, they were still making more of the food. And then options we would normally see on a cart in other places was supposed to be requested in an order with our server. We literally sat there staring at the servers walking around with trays of food, some of which were orders and some of which was offered for picking (and also most of which our table did not want). With hungry and impatient family members, people were just ordering the same stuff multiple times over bc nothing else came out. The only reason I gave it 2 stars was because the chicken feet was so good and probably among the better seasoned and tender ones. Other than that, I probably won't come back to this location (regardless of how good the chicken feet was!! Lol). I come to dim sum places bc they generally have a vast selection already on the carts ready for picking. And then to have to special order certain dishes bc they're not covered as part of the general dim selection (but standard in other places) was such a turn off.
I know why they have slow business, the foods and service is not bad , but the problem is the portion is small plus at the end of the meal , restaurant supposed give some fortune cookies or free oranges to the customers for dessert ! Don't make so cheap for your images. Customers won't come back if you continue doing that ! Thanks for your attention !
We tried our local dim sum restaurant and unfortunately the chef was away for the holiday. I searched for other places on Yelp and drove 40 minutes to try this place.
We came on a Monday and they said they had dim sum all day, but there were no carts so we just ordered off a separate dim sum menu.
I've never seen soup dumplings on the dim sum menu, so that was a wild treat. The shrimp dumplings were good, though they didn't have ginger or bamboo or any other extra besides shrimp, but it still tasted good. The shrimp wrapped in rice noodle was good, and their fried dough wrapped in rice noodle was one of the better ones I've had – crunchy, fresh, and not too oily. Loved their shrimp in eggplant and the meatballs were flavorful. The shrimp shumai however tasted frozen.
The pea pod leaves sautéed in garlic was excellent!! We also got their salty fish and chicken fried rice and shrimp in scrambled eggs, which were basic and good.
Overall my hankering for dim sum was satiated here and even more so because the prices were way cheaper than restaurants up in northern jersey where I'm from. Good service too!
Nice place. We waited a long time even though there were tables open. They were waiting for larger parties to come in. We waited, no big deal. Everything was delicious and fresh. My favorite was the steamed greens with oyster sauce and the pork buns (steamed). Our 4 year old loved everything she ate. Staff was very kid and attentive. Good place for dim sum. We will be back.
So where do I start I give them two stars for there service which is awful. I decided to finally try this place knowing it use to be the owners of Dynasty. When u walk in you aren't really greeted right away because of the odd set up at the front area. I had called the day before for a reservations for a party of 11 which they kindly excepted over the phone with no problem. When we arrived I walked up to counter and told them we were here . We had arrived about 20 min early and one young lady working the customers told who I believe was the owners daughter that we were here. She said with an attitude that we wouldn't be seated til close to our reservations which was fine because I knew we were early. Then finally we were seated at the 1st table you come to in the room. We had to ask for additional chairs when there were only 8 chairs at the table. Then it took forever for a cart or someone to come around with and of the dim sum . There was one lady with a cart serving a million table and then people coming out with trays of food were bypassing our table all together. We keep saying excuse me to get someone's attention . Anyone that has been to any typical dim sum place knows the hustle and bustle but doesn't typically have to wait to long for food. I spent almost $200 on food and the service here was awful . The dim sum itself was good but I was so aggregated at this point that I didn't enjoy my meal and neither did any of my other family members. A suggestion would be to have a few carts going around and knowing u have dim sum from 11-3 u should have plenty of food ready to go knowing you will have a good rush between certain hours. You would have happier customers, and a better turn around of getting people in and out .
I would say this is one of the best dim sum places to eat in New Jersey. Most dishes I enjoyed from BBQ pork buns, sticky rice, to shrimp dumplings. They have a dish I usually order that they don't push in the carts. It's the green peppers with fish paste in black bean sauce. Occasionally, my family and I would come for dim sum as a alternative to New York Chinatown since the tolls went up in recent years. The food taste like Chinatown style cooking anyway so its worth the drive to New Providence. You don't have to deal with the NYC traffic and tolls. You can get most dishes from NYC here also then I usually head to Starbucks across the street to finish off my meal. By the way, they serve bubble teas as well, limited flavors but they do offer it. The only thing I would change about this place is that they should open earlier than 11am. Maybe just the the weekends? I usually prefer eating Asian cuisine for breakfast and having to wait till 11am is a long time. Comparing restaurants to NYC they open a lot later than NYC. Most of them open early like around 8am which I love eating for breakfast on the weekends. Other than the time this place is top notch as far as food goes.
Not sure what happened to Dim Sum Villa. Weekend lunch hours are usually super busy here, but that wasn't the case on a recent Sunday. It was almost empty.
There were two carts — one with the steamed closed-covered metal dishes and one with opened plates. The staff that was pushing the cart with the opened plates immediately came by as we sat down. Clearly, the dishes looked cold. The staff tried to persuade us to take some of the dishes. My mother asked if the dishes were hot. In response, the staff answered that they are definitely hot since they were just prepared and came out from the kitchen. Against our intuition, we gave her the benefit of the doubt and claimed 5 dishes from her cart. ALL 5 WERE COLD — WE WERE BLATANTLY LIED TO AND CONNED. The same staff kept pushing the same cart around for a bit and came by again, trying to sell us more. My mother mentioned that the previous plates were cold and that we have been deceived. In response, the staff didn't know how to respond and just said sorry. The cart kept circling with the same plates with no new plates. I saw a new table being seated, and the staff immediately gunned for them. I wish I had warned the table, but it was too late. They ordered a plethora of cold dishes.
My question here is… Why tell such an obvious lie, where your customer can confirm the lie in a matter of seconds?
The cooked non-dim sum dishes have also regressed. More bland and more oily. Did the chef leave?