Dim Sum in Austin (2025)

Chef Ling Qi Wu’s intimate Clarksville bungalow is synonymous with handmade soup dumplings and a bustling weekend dim sum brunch. Praised by Southern Living and named a readers’ favorite for dumplings by the Austin Chronicle, it’s a local benchmark for craft and finesse.

Lin’s downtown sibling leans luxe, pairing truffle-touched dumplings and elegant bao with a deep weekend dim sum lineup. Tribeza and The Infatuation highlight its polished setting and deft execution; locals book early for brunch.

A downtown staple where Sunday dim sum brunch draws big crowds for har gow, turnip cakes, and tiki-friendly vibes. The restaurant confirms weekly service, and it’s frequently recommended by local critics for quality and value.

Austin Chinese Restaurant New Fortune 2 Opens in New Location | Eater Austin

After being closed for three years, I visited the reopened New Fortune 2, which opened March 21 in northwest Austin at 12300 Farm-to-Market Road 620 near the Anderson Mill neighborhood. Under owner and chef William Wong, the menu remains essentially the same, with all-day dim sum offering a wide variety of dumplings — including soup dumplings, crystal shrimp, spicy Sichuan wontons, and pan-fried basil chicken — as well as sweet and savory buns and bao, sesame balls, egg rolls, sticky rice, and turnip cakes. The all-day regular menu includes soups (notably a crab meat and fish maw soup) and appetizers like dumplings and crispy salted chicken; entrees range from clay-pot dishes (salty fish, beef short ribs) to vegetable-, tofu-, and seafood-based plates, beef, baked rack of lamb, pork (including Beijing-style pork ribs), chicken, noodles, and rice. For daytime service there are Hunan-style lunch specials that come with soup, an egg roll, and rice. The restaurant offers table service with indoor dine-in and is open Thursday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and 5:30 to 9 p.m. The reopening continues a lineage from the team that ran T&S Seafood (2005–2014) and the original New Fortune in North Lamar (opened 2014, closed April 2021), while Wong also still runs Jade in Davenport Ranch since 2017. - Nadia Chaudhury

Jade Restaurant - Review - Westlake - Austin - The Infatuation

The menu at Jade feels like one of those long scrolls that just keeps unraveling to reveal more and more dishes, spanning everything from Vietnamese shaken beef to Thai basil chicken to Shanghai soup dumplings. There are a lot of directions to go here, and the good news is that none of them are bad. But unless you’ve never left West Lake, they also won’t be the best versions you’ve ever had, either. Show up on the weekends when you can order off the special dim sum menu that’ll satisfy most dumpling cravings, then upgrade the whole meal with an order of double lobster tail pan-fried noodles. photo credit: Richard Casteel photo credit: Richard Casteel photo credit: Richard Casteel photo credit: Richard Casteel photo credit: Richard Casteel Pause Unmute - Nicolai McCrary

The 7 Best Dim Sum Restaurants In Austin - Austin - The Infatuation

There was a time when you could head to Shanghai Chinese Restaurant in Highland and order off big metal carts roaming the dining room, packed full of dim sum specialties every weekend. The cart days are gone, but the full menu is still available a la carte. And we’ve found that you can recreate part of the experience by ordering three to four more items than you need—all at once—and then play a game of plate Tetris to fit everything onto your table. It’s also one of the more reasonably priced spots on this list, meaning it won’t be long until this is in your weekly rotation. - nicolai mccrary

Austin Chinese Restaurant Ling Wu Asian Restaurant at the Grove Opens | Eater Austin

Opening July 26 in the Rosedale neighborhood, this new outpost from a prolific Austin chef focuses on Chinese and dim sum cuisine with influences from Beijing as well as East and Southeast Asia. The menu highlights an array of dumplings — including signature soup dumplings, shu mai topped with scallops and caviar or made with chicken and shiitake, har gow, and various pan-fried, steamed, crispy and crawfish-filled preparations — alongside baos, duck pancakes, Sichuan peppercorn alligator, steamed mei choy pork belly, whole salt-and-pepper lobsters, hakka noodles, cheesy seafood udons and a selection of desserts. It will serve lunch and dinner with all-day dim sum available during those services and weekend dim sum offerings; takeout can be ordered online, there will be indoor and outdoor dining, and reservations are available for lunch seatings from 11:00–1:30 and dinner seatings from 4:30–8:00. This marks the chef’s fifth Austin restaurant. - Nadia Chaudhury

A Triangle-area newcomer blending Shanghainese and Sichuan small plates—think soup dumplings, chili oil wontons, and noodles. Reviewed warmly by the Austin Chronicle and spotlighted by Axios, it’s a casual, modern take on dim sum-style dining.

North Austin’s newest banquet-style operation brings back daytime carts with a wide spread of dumplings and seafood. Community Impact reported its February 2025 opening; The Infatuation notes the lively cart service on busy weekends.