Taishan Taste Hot Pot

We weren’t all that pleased with our dim sum here. We had BBQ pork buns which were small, not well filled and the flavor was okay. The sui mai was better, and the sesame balls were over fried… I won’t be coming back

My to go order!! Sweet and sour chicken, mongolian beef, shrimp dumplings. Flavor was great, good quality and speedy.

they actually have skewers and hotpot on top of authentic Chinese Taishanese food. my family and i went there and ordered some random stuff. the most memorable for me was the “Yellow Eel Clay Pot Rice” and their “Baked Chicken”

The place is clean, the menu items have okay translations to English, and the service is pretty good. The food is reasonably priced and comes out quick but not so quick that you think they've been microwaved. However, the food isn't great. The custard buns are bland and the xiaolongbao comes in little aluminum cups. The top parts look slightly dried while the bottom parts in the aluminum cups look fresh which leads me to believe that they've been sitting for a while in the tins. I haven't tried the hot pot stuff but you can buy better dim sum frozen from the market across the street and heat it up yourself.

We came here for Dim Sum. There are some promotions: for $3.8, you get the dish whose regular price is $6 or above. But they limit the promotion to only two dishes. Dining environment is great and service is awesome! They use something called 屏风 to separate the tables so it does protect people from virus spread. They also have VIP rooms.

Guy working the front door said they had chow fun. he pointed at the menu & said they had chow fun, so we went in. After we sat down & talked to him, no chow fun.... select a bunch of stuff on menu with a dry erase marker. The same door guy was our waiter. He erased stuff we wanted and put other stuff, we said we didn’t want that but he insisted. Our order was wrong when things started arriving, 2 things we ordered never came out, not sure if there was a language barrier, but we tried explaining the order & what the items were, but nothing was clear. We explained items came out that we didn’t order, the guy said we did order that but we didn’t.... food came out all at different times We were the only table in the place, but one other table was sat after us, but it took so long for everything we ordered to arrive especially because they forgot 2 items. When the bill was paid, no tip was left & the guy followed us out of the store arguing that we had to leave a tip, but we didn’t feel like we got the food or service we expected. He kept yelling at us that we had to leave a tip.

For a brand new hot pot place, they did not do any homework. They do not have any dipping condiments other than soy sauce, hot sauce, hot Maggi (this is new to me), satay, and hot oil (which our server was confused over). They didn't even have chicken slices. There are some weird size listings. Like small and large hot pot sizes. Food is per item which is not well thought out. For instance: small plate of beef (very low quality) $9.95. Enoki Mushroom (which they didn't even have, $9.95. Quail eggs: looked like they raised the quails themselves and then proceeded to have them lay their eggs and boiled in their restaurant. That's a new trend, backyard to table. Bruh, they looked like that sat around forever and then boiled them, then sent them through a wood chipper to remove the shells. Wife just left them. $9.95 wasted. The welcome sensor kept going off. I think this is an effort to launder money through this place. Think about it. They keep record of how many people come through the door and when tax time come, boom, we have many peoples through the door. The owners and workers were eating dinner cause they be busy people but seriously, keep your Convo to at least 70db and for the love of god, why did you think you could burp at your establishment. Seriously, one of them straight up sounded like he just downed a root beer and let at it. This place, if it last more than 6 months is laundering money. I guarantee it.

The Taishan roasted chicken is a must order! The Taishan coconut soup base for hot pot is amazing! It’s worth trying! Server was very nice

2.5 stars So this is not the yummiest dim sum yum cha experience and we came in with very low expectations. Among the best of what we tried: Steamed Tripe - lots of ginger flavor; I ate it with sriracha that was on the table, so it was quite decent. Steamed riblets - quite bland. No black bean sauce, no little fatty taro bits. Not bad but not great. Potstickers - very hot and quite delicious compared to everything else. All the others are very subpar. The worst is probably the beef Siu Mai, the wrapper fell off as we picked it up and it didn't taste like any beef Siu Mai we ever had. Service was friendly, which is why we gave an extra star. They also serve hot pot which we didn't try. Maybe that's better? With so much option for takeout dim sum around Clement, they should reconsider offering something else -- something more unique and delicious perhaps?

Taishan is a bit of a hole in the wall, but we had some amazing dim sum here. Ended up coming in on a random Thursday evening and had the place to ourselves. Service was a bit curt, but the food was excellent - major shoutout to the steamed pork buns! Average item was around $5, which is more than reasonable.

I thought Taishan Taste Hot Pot was a great restaurant to get a late night meal on Friday night. I came with a group at 1am, and they weren't serving hot pot or some of their other rice and noodle dishes but they had a lot of dim sum options. Their skewers were so cheap ($3-4) so you can try a lot of different options. They had a great cumin spice rub on the skewer meats, which might be a little spicy for some. I wasn't a huge fan of the XLB, there wasn't much soup in the dumplings and I've had better. Overall I would recommend trying this spot if you're looking for cheap shareable food that everyone can try.

Changed my rating to 3 after my second visit to this place. Their food tasted not good anymore. I do not recommend this place anymore.

A friend and I were looking to try something new in the area for lunch when we were flagged down by someone out front! We were feeling spontaneous and walked right in. On a street full of good Asian food & dim sum, this place held its own. Relatively affordable solid dim sum. I wouldn't say anything blew my mind in flavor or quality, but it was a great spot for a light lunch & new scenery. The staff were attentive on a slow Thursday afternoon, and brought the food out quickly. If you're looking to try a new dim sum place that isn't too crowded, this is a good spot!

Taishan flavors! My favorite restaurant in Richmond so far! Been there once and it's just amazing. My family all loved the food and the atmosphere!!! Service was friendly and smooth.

they actually have skewers and hotpot on top of authentic Chinese Taishanese food. my family and i went there and ordered some random stuff. the most memorable for me was the "Yellow Eel Clay Pot Rice" and their "Baked Chicken"

People be hating for no reason... this place is amazing - food is all hand made. The place was 2.5 stars which seemed low so I had to try myself. Was met with a pleasant surprise - Great music, GREAT food (fresh off the wok / steamer), and amazing service! Their EGG PORK ROLL is literally the best roll I've ever had! Music: 5/5 Food: 100/1 Service: 100/1 Solid, recommend respectfully in my utmost regard as always!

False advertisement is NOT OK. Restaurant posted price of $36 for AYCE/person and when the bill came, it was over $155... not including tip for two! Regardless on the quality of the food, the crazy price difference WILL sour any meal. Be WARNED not to be disappointed. Spread the word and not get RIPPED OFF...

We ordered 2 from the special menu: the $3.8 barbecue pork and the $9 sweet and sour chicken. The chicken wasn't really worth it as the portion was small and it didn't taste good. We then ordered from the regular menu: spring rolls, shrimp dumpling, wonton dumpling soup, and lotus paste bun. The portion of the wonton soup was tinier than expected but everything we ordered from the reg menu tasted fresh and good! I recommend trying the spring rolls!

During my visit recently, I realized that this place has changed owners. Upon entering the store the customer service was already present. Greeting me politely and walking me to my table. I didn't eat much because I just wanted some skewers and small food to eat with my friends. The skewers were A+, tender and had amazing flavors. Furthermore the ambiance at night was cozy because of the music playing and the lighting. It was a fun vibe and we were able to select some songs we wanted to play Overall, this was a fun experience and would definitely head back here soon.

Stopped by on a weekend late afternoon lunch and it was really quiet here. We were initially thinking to do hot pot, but the prices were kind of exorbitant. They charge for each item, and I guess I'm used to the all you can eat style. We skipped on hot pot and opted for a la carte dim sum instead. The food was just ok. Everything came out pretty quickly and didn't really stand out for me, and to top it off, a couple of us had stomach problems all night afterward. Can't exactly point fingers here, but it just seems a little coincidental. Service is friendly though, and everyone was accommodating. And maybe their strength is hot pot but I'm not sure I'd risk another visit to find out.

Really delicious broth. Very flavorful and include actual pieces in the broth. We got the pork bone broth and the meat is so tasty. Excellent customer service. They seem to be very kind and helpful. Nice to buy per ingredient and reasonable prices. We enjoy coming here many times.

I really wanted to support a local and relatively new business, but there's something dodgy about them. They have large posters advertising their dim sum, as well as color printed flyers saying that their dim sum is "$1 per piece" as well as a "Special offer: dim sum only $3.8/order"*. So I went in and asked for the Shanghai Xiaolongbao, which the picture shows SIX pieces*. The lady inside pointed at a different menu that said the price was $5. I didn't quite understand why, but said "OK". What I received was FOUR pieces of Shanghai Xiaolongbao for $5. I felt disappointed and a little ripped off. Seems to me that the advertising is a hook to get people in, and the fine print on their flyer really does explain * "the above $3.8 dim sum can only be eaten at the restaurant and cannot be taken out or taken away" But I still don't get how what seemed to be a deal at $3.80 for SIX pieces (63 cents/per piece) ended up being DOUBLE that when getting it to go: $5 for FOUR pieces ($1.25 per piece). If you're going to walk in, read ALL THE FINE PRINT, and look carefully at the number of pieces in the pictures and DEMAND to get what you see in the picture and expect some sort of bait and switch shenanigans from them.

The Taishan roasted chicken is a must!! The Taishan coconut soup base is amazing!!! Eat here for lunch or dinner for hot pot or their dinner plate options! We did not have dim sum so can't talk about it

Don't even try the $9 plates, they are super small. We ordered a walnut shrimp. It comes with about 5 tiny shrimps and five walnut halves. The chow fun was decent, but again on a tiny salad plate. The BBQ pork is awful. Tourist rip off place. The Dim Sum is frozen then thawed variety, yes, they were hand made somewhere and taken out from freezer. We witnessed it. The water for the tea is lukewarm, and tasteless. Couple of my group had food poisoning symptoms afterwads. I give one star for the OK service. Eat there at your own risk.

Honestly, this place is baddd. The bad service, dirty bathrooms and don't even get me started in the horrible food! The menu is so fake! Definitely would not come back or recommend.

To go order, I ordered 6 vegetable steam buns, received 5 of what I ordered and 1 broken old meat bun. Did they just throw whatever on their countertop to catch up the order quantity? The garlic stir vegetable was disgusting. They didn't even chop the vegi. It looked like that they just dump whole leaves into a pool of oil along with some brownish rotten leaves. Don't be fooled by the pics on their menu. They don't all look the same I was ok if the food was not tasty; but not ok when they just threw what I didn't order into my order. Certainly not going back.

Great authentic taishan food. We got steamed rice bowl and fish head. All good! Karaoke sounds annoying though. Hope better sound proof.

This is a great little spot. Food is really tasty and is freshly made when you order. I feel like I'm eating at my grandmother's house if that makes any sense. Try to support local businesses.

Sign outside on the window says $36 per person all you can eat hot pot!!! BEWARE! The price is not honored!!! FALSE Advertisement!!!! When the bill comes it is not all you can eat!!!!

Exceedingly overpriced for mediocre food. I was looking to have a good pho but wound up at this place instead.