Fook Lam Moon (Wan Chai)

Without a doubt one of the top places for traditional dim sums. Their crispy pork is a must try. The steamed rice rolls were thin and translucent. The barbecue pork pastries were flaky and crumbly with a perfectly seasoned filling. Pawn dumplings were plump and springy. Pan-fried egg noodles were nicely done but inevitably became soggy soon after being served. Rather average mini egg tarts. Great service and friendly staff.

Fook Lam Moon is a legendary name in Cantonese fine dining, known for top-quality ingredients and traditional techniques. Dim sum and classic dishes were solid and well-executed, but lacked a bit of the “wow” factor compared to newer contenders. Still, a dependable spot for refined Cantonese cuisine—with heritage you can taste

Food taste is great but it’s on the expensive side. However you’ll get good service and good ambience. We love the noodle, the bbq pork and crispy pork belly. The curry cuttlefish is also yummy

Although dim sum/yum cha is meant to be just down to earth and a bit manic, it’s also interesting to see the other side of it where it’s refined to a higher level and with more sophistication and care. The dishes were all great and some uniqueness to it. The baked bbq pastry stood out to us as the pastry was well done along with the bbq pork inside making for an awesome bite. We also liked the rice rolls and siu mai. The other dishes were good too and delivered on what’s to be expected. Would I say dim sum should be this kind of experience? No, but it is definitely worth it to try it this way and Fook Lam Moon is a Michelin starred restaurant so why not try their dim sum.

Not what I expected. This restaurant is too stuffy for a comfortable dim sum… my kids were not happy with this pick… lol We felt a bit out of place. We were looking for a more traditional Chinese yum cha spot… but somehow ended up trying this. You order on the sheet. And they bring you the dim sum. The prices are on the high side. Not for your average day to day dim sum! While the dim sum was good, the shrimp dumplings were bouncy and sweet, the churn fun.. tastes like churn fun, the taro toast was good but honestly, we would have been so much happier at a local yum cha spot… it was so quiet in the restaurant, not crowded… so my kids felt awkward. It’s the vibe of stuffy and old, not young people vibe. We just wanted to eat, finish and leave. The selection wasn’t very expansive… so feels like it lacks innovation. We probably wouldn’t come back for dim sum but maybe dinner with friends - like adult dinner. 8 dim sum. $880 HKD.

So good, but just be ready it's pricey. Definitely a step up from regular dim sum places. Worth a try if you're looking for that extra level of perfection, see what Michelin star dim sum is like!

Wonderful place with excellent service. A place to bring your business friends and expect consistently high standards. I was with my family this time and forgot to take many photos

It's super pricey. Twice the price of maxim's city hall. It's much quieter and service is great. You can book and not be at mercy of the ticketing system. However the food just tastes a little less tasty, it's probably more healthy, reducing sodium etc, but if you're used to the traditional tastes, you might just not like it so much. But the food is good.

It's a little too swanky for us... we were just looking to have traditional old school dim sum... but alas, didn't realize we picked an upscale pricey spot. lol It's very nice, a little too pretentious for my kids. The food was good. The service was a bit much. Very robotic. Brings a dish, check off. Then takes everything away to give you what they consider dessert. We had the "malay gao" - sponge cake as last item: My kids didn't enjoy this spot... bc it didn't serve old school dim sum... the price tag also scared them a bit, as in... "wow, we had dim sum the other morning and was not asking for like $10 per dish".... It was too fancy for them. The stand out for sure - sweet shrimp dumplings, the churn fun was good, the most exciting item was the fried taro.. but a bit oily. Very tasty tho. As long as they enjoyed the food, I didn't care. But the food itself was good but not mind blowing good - hence why it didn't exceed our expectations:

For another Michelin 1* restaurant... Fook Lam Moon feels a little more traditional, a little more understated than some of their competition. Yet their food is just as good. Ended up quite surprised by their eel, which did some amazing things with the texture of the skin, and the jook (congee, porridge, whatever you prefer to call it) was meaty-yet-unreal with the quality and flavor of both the meat and the jook itself. And the crispy chicken. Damn. Best anyone of us had ever had (heck the jook was probably that good, too). Again, with a fancy place, let alone a Michelin star place, you expect to pay for the meal. Fook Lam Moon impresses, but subsequent visits will be needed (whenever budget allows-- might be a while!) to assess more of the menu.

My cousin has got serious connections. She was the only person who nabbed us a private room with full banquet. I'm def out to sea with super delicacies in this exclusive kind of dining. Not everything jived with me. And U cannot describe some of the dishes. One had raging intestine flavor; that I do recall! This restaurant is definitely for the local foodies "in the know" clientele.

I was super excited to come here since Fook Lam Moon is ranked top 50 in Asia's best restaurant this year. Bottom line - the quality is up there so is the price. For two people, the bill was around $600 HKD which is around $40 USD per person. We had 6 dim sums, 1 dessert, and a very full yummy when we walked out. I would recommend the crispy roasted pork, the spring roll thingy, and the crystal skin shrimp dumplings. Those were amazing. The taste and the ingredients they used were solid. They do a good job on the classic/traditional dum sum dishes. If it's your first time having dim sum or first time having good (emphasis) dim sum, this is the go-to place. For me, I've had dim sum a lot so I need something more like a wow factor to give it a 5 star and to justify that price. It was a bit too pricy for me but that's just my personal bias :P.

I honestly love coming here every time I visit Hong Kong! Before Yelp, I never this place was so prestigious and famous. There's 3 floors in this restaurant and always busy during lunch and dinner. Yeah I agree that you can find a little better dim sum elsewhere but I feel like people come for the 35% atmosphere and 65% for the food. I mean the service here is amazing! My plate was changed after every bite and my tea was constantly filled after every sip. This place is white table top clean and it's not very loud either. Now that's a impressive dim sum lunch to me. When I come here, I always have my mom handle the ordering. We always get a variety of things! My favorites are sticky rice in lotus leaf, steam tripe, har gow, rice rolled with shrimp, and some egg yolk bun dessert that was amazing. Watch my video and you'll see! I've never had any celebrity sightings but even if they were there I wouldn't know who they were! Unless he was Jackie Chan hehe.

Super rainy day so came in to Fook Lam Moon slightly soaked with rain and sweat. This is a very fancy place near the Wan Chai MTR station. The greeters must have been a little aghast but invited us in and seated us on the less populated 3rd floor. The English checklist had me a little sticker shocked, maybe our most expensive dim sum ever? Triple chop stick rest with two different sets of chopsticks and a spoon, so I was a little lost. In addition we were seated beside their wine "wall" filled with 20 plus year old Letours, Ridges and French wines I did not recognize. Pretty intimidating but I digress... The food and tea? This lonely tasty charsiu so is the only thing that got photographed. Really enjoyed the nomai glutinous sticky rice, and almost-like-a-soup dumpling ha GAO. Wow, careful putting these boiling hot, subtle delicious ha gao into your mouth! We sat and sipped our kook bo hot tea for a long time, they attentively kept refilling the pot before jumping back out into the rain, refreshed and fed for more exploring. The bill? $400 HKD ($50ish USD) for 4 dishes and tea. It was very good, though and came with incredible service.

Fook Lam Moon is a must visit for those looking for a destination spot. If you're just visiting for a short time, this place should be on your list. Most of the classic dishes aren't innovative, but they are executed very well. In all honesty, I think Lei Garden has slightly better dim sum, but Fook Lam Moon can still hold its own. Whether you're there for dim sum or dinner, I highly recommend adding the fried rice wrapped in lotus leaf (Ho Yeep Fan) to your meal. It's loaded with duck, pork, shiitake, and dried scallops, and you can taste how each ingredient adds its own layer of flavor to the rice. Yet despite how flavorful it is, it doesn't feel heavy or very oily at all. I dunno where else you find something this good!

a big thanks to candace for organizing dim sum lunch at FLM's flagship restaurant! i have heard so much about them but have never been as i was worried the paparazzi will have a field day snapping photos!;) yes, this is the place to see and be seen. however, they are not mere looks and do indeed spill substance. you have to dine here in order to indulge yourself and then understand how the awards, that they have won, were not bought but earned. the nondescript entrance on the ground floor does not look at all inviting but once you enter their dining room proper, resplendence takes over. so this is the "cafeteria for the wealthy"!? and soon after, you will duly note that their service was invisible but impeccable. we had a good sampling of their dim sum, their char siew, recommended as a must have by elite yelper may and a prawn paste pork neck dish which a regular, who was dining with us, loves. my first bite of their har gow and it was first love all over again. delicate skin giving way to an obscene amount of fresh flavourful plump prawns! if a dim sum place can do their har gow well, the rest is normally a given. and indeed all the dim sum that followed were of the highest ISO kung fu standards. the char siew, though not charred enough for my unhealthy liking, was glistening in a honey sheen, well marbled, moist and juicy. the crunchy pork neck, i felt, was a little too salty to eat on it's own but i can imagine how well it will go with some plain congee or rice, which we did not order. do not forget to end your meal with their sweets selection, the ladies at our table loved their walnut paste for it's smoothness and beautifying properties. i couldn't even take a photo of it before they polished it off! for me, however, it has to be their egg tarts! this is the flaky, mini, not too sweet and melt-in-your-mouth version. alas, i should have gobbled all three!:) tim ho wan is probably a charles & keith when you line it up next to the hermes that is FLM!

Quality and pricey. We had the roast platter of roast pork belly and cha siew. Crispy pork belly skin, and chewy soft meats that will get stuck in between the teeth. Nice and memorable. The cha siew is fabulous, typical HK type of soft shoulder cuts, red glossy and tasty. The crispy chicken is their forte. That's probably an understatement. But I can find fault if I try hard. Some part of the chicken is too salty, probably uneven marinating. Yes. That's what I found. Lol. The vegetable is boiled. Nothing impressive about that. For the price paid, and it's regular customers, it shouldn't go wrong.

It was a fortunate find as I was looking for something to eat after visiting The Cuppingroom in Wan Chai. As I browse though the list of restaurants nearby, Fook Lam Moon sounds pretty interesting and when you have "The King of Singapore" aka Nik T singing praises about this place and giving it 5 stars, you just have to come and verify it. The entrance of the restaurant could look a bit old skool with wait staff dressed in traditional cheongsam while holding a list of guest reservation and walkie talkie, a common sight in any chinese restaurant. I walked in and told one of the ladies that I did not make any reservation and if there's any table available. She said yes and escorted me up to Level 2 of the 3 storey restaurant. The minute the elevator opens up revealing the dining room, i gasped in disbelieve that it was a total contrast from what i saw ground floor. The dining area is absolutely beautiful, classy and the perfect place for a quiet dim sum brunch/lunch with the family away from the hustle and bustle of the city. The food here is not cheap as I read from the reviews so I opted for a couple of classic dishes and see if they live up to their name. Har Kow (prawn dumplings) to start, a pork and century egg congee, egg tart and a pot of chinese tea. Perfect. Har Kow was good but the best has got the be the congee. Generous slices of lean pork, huge chunks of century egg cooked in silky "chuk" served with scallion and sliced ginger. Just a dab of soy sauce and you have a bowl of comfort food I can eat everyday. The egg tart is delicious too. But too refined for me. I still prefer the bigger sized ones from Tai Cheong. Overall, I really love the food here and wished i have a few company so I can try more (eg char siew, roast suckling pig, fresh seasonal vege and of course what's a cantonese feast without a good double boiled soup). Oh well, next time. Will definitely come back in a heartbeat.

This review is for dinner so the dimsum lunch experience might be different. We came on a Friday night and the restaurant was more than 1/2 empty. We had a few special dishes that we had to pre-order including the crispy pig. We also had a few of the signature dishes they recommended, but overall we were disappointed with the food. The only decent dish most of us enjoyed was the congee. The other days we had dinner at random HK restaurants and we thought it tasted way better. Again, this is for dinner only. I believe this place is pretty popular during the lunch hour.

Disappointing best sums up our dinner visit. Our table was ready and immediately we were brought small dish of boiled peanuts. They didn't mention they would charge us for them or we would have declined them as we didn't want them and didn't eat them. We ordered a bottle of wine, sparking water and tea but they didn't keep any of our glasses full. We had to fill ourselves out of desperation several times. Ordered the prawn dumplings (extremely salty and dry where a sauce to dip in would have been nice), crispy chicken (ok but over half pieces were mostly joint or bone with not much meat), mixed vegetables (delicious and garlicky) and fried rice (good). Our bill shocked us as we realized the rice, chicken and dumplings were nearly $40 EACH. We were told we got the last reservation but the place was half empty on Saturday night at 8:30pm so there was no excuse for the inattentive service given those prices. The tables of locals sitting near us didn't have any issues with the staff attending to them. We left disappointed and not full.

Wow! Amazing quality and service. More expensive for a reason. Everybody wants Din Tai Fung or Tim Ho Wan, but what they really should want is Fook Lam Moon. Classic Hong Kong. Cannot wait to return.

A classic institution. Good dim sum in an upscale ambience/service. The entree was overall quite good although nothing super outstanding. Favorites were the steamed fish and eggplant.

Make reservations. No walk-ins. The staff are very attentive. However, the food is not great. It's okay... but not worth the price. Have had much better elsewhere. Best thing we ordered was the barley water/tea. Best thing about the restaurant is you get to take your time eating as they don't rush you. And there are celebritiy sightings. If you're into that.

One of the best dim sum experiences that I've had. Food was phenomenal and the staff was excellent. Ambience is on the fancy side. I highly recommend the har gow and the pork shumai. (But you are probably ordering these anyway...) There's an English menu and a picture book for those that can't read Chinese.

I came here by convenience since my hotel was literally two blocks away (Metropark Wanchai). It was only after I tried to walk-in and got rejected that I realized that it was a Michelin star rated restaurant that is constantly booked despite the huge size. Not to be dissuaded, I put my name down for the next day and gathered the troops. I loved the atmosphere here. There is absolutely no rush, which is how I like to dim sum. My friends and I sat and chatted while drinking tea for hours and the staff knows that when a table is booked there is no turnaround for lunchtime (or rather dimsum time). The food is great of course, but I just don't believe that it was worth the price we paid. Overall, good restaurant, but I'd much rather go with family and put it on their tab (thanks fam).

Adhering to Fook Lam Moon's dedication of creating only the finest for more than six decades.Fook Lam Moon Fine Food handpicks only the best ingredients and draws Upon chefs' sublime culinary skills with secret recipes.Our selection of traditional puddings reprises the time-honoured traditional and culinary artstry.

HK institution, cantonese fine dining portrayed as where the rich and famous dine, for classic dishes and dim sum.