looking for a sit down dim sum place in chinatown

[hawaii92]

I will be staying close to the chinatown area in a few weeks. I will not have car so I need to find someplace with walking distance.

[Chandavkl]

There are quite a few dim sum restaurants in Chinatown with seating, so you won't have any problem finding one. Are you looking for a large dining hall type of place, or are you more interested in food quality, as the two don't necessarily go hand in hand. Just to rattle off a few names there's Gold Mountain on Broadway, Don Hol and New Asia and Y Ben House on Pacific and New Hong Kong Menu on Commercial St. Lots of past threads discuss these and other dim sum options so use the function in the upper right hand corner of this page.

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Y Ben House Restaurant
835 Pacific Ave, San Francisco, CA 94133

Gold Mountain Restaurant
644 Broadway, San Francisco, CA 94133

New Hong Kong Menu
667 Commercial St, San Francisco, CA 94111

New Asia
772 Pacific Ave, San Francisco, CA 94133

[hawaii92]

I was really looking for the whole push cart full of dim sum experience. After reading the many threads it sounds like that is a fading tradition. I want some good food so I may have to forgo the cart thing. Do you have a particular favorite place?

[Stephanie Wong]

City View on Commercial Street has carts. It's not a large dining hall.

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City View Restaurant
662 Commercial St, San Francisco, CA 94111

[Windy]

I really liked City View the one time I ate there. It's a beautiful restaurant, and they were very helpful to my friend who's a vegetarian.

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City View Restaurant
662 Commercial St, San Francisco, CA 94111

[gyc]

I also really like City View. I like that it has better ambiance than some of the other Chinatown dim sum restaurants.

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City View Restaurant
662 Commercial St, San Francisco, CA 94111

[Chandavkl]

Gold Mountain which is right on Broadway is probably the best total experience.

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Gold Mountain Restaurant
644 Broadway, San Francisco, CA 94133