City Hall Chinese Restaurant, Hong Kong

Like others have no doubt said - a traditional way to Yam Cha and eat Dim Sum. A huge hall with about a dozen trolleys going around, when we went as a table for 7, there were only 2 or 3 other table occupied by Westerners.

The food is great - everything is fresh and very tasty. Pork, beef and shrimp dim sums abound, and you have to finish the meal off with a custard tart.

The only minor down side was that it took ages for a diet coke to arrive for one of our crew, but the jasmine tea was there in an instant!

Timing Tip - arrive before 11h45 to make sure you don't have to queue,

Favorite Dish: Pork buns!

This is one of the few dim sum restaurants in HK that use carts to take the food around (wide lanes and space being at a premium here).

Having carts means instant gratification for the food and a see before you buy scenario. It's v. busy so there's a lot of buzz. You'll probably have to wait 15 mins for a table - unless you get there around 11.30. Weekends will be busier. If you go too late e.g. around 2pm, a lot of stuff isn't available anymore.

It's slightly more expensive than other dim sum restaurants, but well worth it.

Favorite Dish: Steamed chicken with chinese mushrooms on rice - usually this is a filler dish for me, but here it was awesome.

Chicken feet are good.

Sago and melon pudding in coconut milk for dessert

It's all good!

This is a very busy dim sum restaurant. We had to give our name to the maitre d and waited for a few moments for a table. The restaurant has nice views of the Harbour and piers. The dim sum comes around in various carts, but you can also order things off a menu. Arrive early for the best tables.