Nice dim sum restaurant tucked in a corner of a plaza. Went on a Saturday around 1pm and the place was packed, lucky for us one window table was just being cleaned - so no wait. We were given an order form and color menus with lots of dim sum options and entrees. They offered canned sodas to drink, hot tea, or milk teas. We quickly ordered about 10 different dim sum dishes and the waitresses brought them out as the cook finished them, so they were scattered delivery but ok because it gave us time to taste and talk and make room on the table. Everything we tried tasted great. We enjoyed savory shrimp spring rolls, warm chicken curry, sweet crab ragoon, crispy wonton and shrimp, and more. Clean restaurant with nice artistic pieces. Spacious and the hostesses were attentive. Parking in the plaza was almost full so we parked further out from the restaurant and enjoyed a short walk and viewing the neighboring storefronts.
Ant J
Apr 5, 2025
5
This is our go-to dimsum place. We’ve been coming here at least once a month/every time we want dimsum. Very authentic, great service. Food is always delicious and consistent. I’ve tried almost everything on the dimsum menu. Exactly what you’d expect.
Jon Rodriguez
Apr 5, 2025
5
This place is an absolute hidden gem, I found it sort of randomly like 6 years ago or so, and have gone back multiple times and always amazed with the food quality and taste. Just delicious! They now seem to have reduced their schedule to only Friday, Saturday and Sunday. I lucked out recently on a Friday when we drove over on a whim and they were open and we had a great dinner. Our family loves trying things off the dim sum menu and sharing, it is so good!
Sunita Anne Abraham
Mar 23, 2025
5
We had dinner here last night. The food was awesome. We got these:
1. Green colored pork and chive potstickers with a crispy lace around them, which was absolutely delicious!
2. Crispy taro puff stuffed with chicken - it was awesome!
3. Chinese broccoli with oyster sauce - this was one of our favorites!
4. Pork and preserved egg congee - really good!
5. Shrimp shumai, pork shumai - both were absolutely delicious.
6. Creamy salt egg bun - this was our first time trying this. It was fun eating it, and it was surprisingly sweet. I expected it to be salty, but it was melting-in-the-mouth good!
7. Pan fried pork and onion stuffed pancake - this was one of the best items on the menu. It was delicious!
8. Sesame balls stuffed with sweet black bean paste - always a great snack, and it was awesome!
9. We tried both the mango and coconut desserts. Both were just aersome, but we liked the mango better with little bits of mango in it.
10. The jasmine tea was great too. One pot was enough for three of us.
Leo Ang
Feb 26, 2025
5
My wife likes the chicken feet. The hargow (shrimp dumpling) was fresh and soft but small. The crispy shrimp dumpling was really tasty. Nothing we didn't like.
Joy Holloway
Feb 16, 2025
5
The food was very good for the price we paid for each dish. It was about $80 for the 4 of us to eat including tax and $20 tip. We did dim sum on a Saturday morning right when they opened at 11am. I really appreciate the menu with pictures of each dish and the corresponding prices. You how many of each dish you want on the order sheet and the server will take it and bring all of your food. We will definitely be back.
Onvara A
Dec 20, 2024
5
I've loved visiting Dimsum Asian Bistro over the past few years. I've tried a bunch of different dim sum restaurants in RTP and can say that they are my absolute favorite dim sum place in the area.
Since COVID, they don't do the cart service anymore, but they still offer the exact same menu and have added some new items to it.
Everything we've gotten here has been incredible! The shrimp rice rolls, sticky rice, BBQ buns, creamy salted egg buns, jalapeno with shrimp, taro cake with curry sauce, shumai, eggplant with shrimp, shrimp and chive dumplings, and egg tarts are our favorites! But I really haven't had anything here that I didn't like!
Definitely recommend getting some jasmine tea along with your meal as well. I always leave feeling full, happy, and warm!
O.o o.O
Nov 12, 2024
3
The food tasted good compared to a few other Dim Sum places we've tried in NC so far. The shrimp dumplings tasted weird with a spice/flavor I couldn't name. Overall Dim Sum was good but very lacking in ingredients. Food tasted fresh and everything was served hot. Service was excellent even though our GT chicken was delayed.
Ordered a General Tso's chicken as well and while the sauce leaned towards a more Asian flair, there was a good amount of chicken with a very light crispy batter. Best quality General Tso's chicken we've tried in NC and we've tried quite a few places.
It seems NC standards are low in terms of restaurant quality and that is what we expected coming here for the first time. However, we were pleasantly surprised by the decent food at Asian Bistro.
Side note: The lady's room had all the lights on but yet it was so dark that I half expected a ghost to jump out and scare the life out of me. Please light up those rooms. It's way too spooky.
Grace C
Sep 28, 2024
4
Flavorful dim sum. The better/best option in Durham at the moment? I'm still looking. More on the oily side (for things like scallion pancakes). Kind of expensive for what I got but, to be honest, prices at all restaurants have stayed high after covid. Fair warning; you may need a nap after your meal! I often do.
Alaina Barnes
Sep 23, 2024
5
I picked up lunch from here today and the food was great. I ordered the BBQ pork buns, the steamed shrimp dumplings, and the pork wontons with chili sauce. It was the best shrimp dumpling I've ever had. Totally recommend ❤️
Brooke Kumar
Aug 16, 2024
5
All I can put in the pics are empty plates because we ATE IT UP. Coming from Houston Texas we weren’t sure what to expect but we will be back! This place was incredible! Soft buns and excellent flavors. Noodles were soft but still had texture.
Melanie Tam
Jul 8, 2024
3
My MIL called on Saturday evening to make a reservation for Sunday 11 AM dim sum because my BIL had said this place gets pretty packed. I don't think we needed one. It did start filling up slowly but I think as long as you get there when it opens at 11, you should be fine. That's when we got there and it seemed more people like to get there at 12.
There are no dim sum carts here. Instead, they give you a paper menu and you tick off how many items of which dim sum you want. We had eight people, so we ordered a bunch of dishes: shrimp churng fun, beef churng fun, ha gow, shumai, taro puffs, chicken feet, pork ribs, egg tarts, cha siu baos, spring rolls, turnip cakes, cha siu puffs, and vegetarian rolls. Everything was just okay but I will say, I was pleasantly surprised by the taro puffs. They don't look like they normally should, and looked like it had a thick shell, but it was actually pretty good. Duds were the churng fun and the shumai. The churng fun did not have a good consistency and was breaking a part. The shumai tasted sour - not sure if it had gone bad. We also ordered some beef noodles from the regular menu which were SO ridiculously salty. I would skip these.
The highlight of the meal was the chili oil. I used it on everything and it made the dim sum better.
