Tian Tian Golden Palace Seafood & Dim Sum Austin

Chinese restaurant · North Lamar

Tian Tian Golden Palace Seafood & Dim Sum Austin

Chinese restaurant · North Lamar

10901 N Lamar Blvd BLDG A1, Austin, TX 78753

Highlights

At Tian Tian Golden Palace, you can dive into authentic dim sum served from bustling carts in a vibrant atmosphere that feels straight out of China.

10901 N Lamar Blvd BLDG A1, Austin, TX 78753 Get directions

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$30–50

@infatuation

"Dim sum carts are some of the most exciting things on four wheels—right up there with NASCAR and anything Dom Toretto drives. But in Austin, they’re a rare sight, unless you find yourself at Tian Tian Golden Palace near Braker and North Lamar. Here, servers whisk carts with metal baskets full of steaming dumplings and buns through a packed banquet hall, pausing only to unload their treasures onto giant round tables. Get on the waitlist and make yourself comfy—this place gets busy, especially on weekends. Everybody is here for the best dim sum experience in town." - nicolai mccrary, matthew jacobs, matthew jacobs, nicolai mccrary, nicolai mccrary, nicolai mccrary, nicolai mccrary, nicolai mccrary, nicolai mccrary, nicolai mccrary, nicolai mccrary, nicolai mccrary, nicolai mccrary, nicolai mccrary, nicolai mccrary, ni

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@infatuation

"Located in Chinatown near Lamar and Braker Lane, Golden Palace is the latest addition to Austin’s small but mighty dim sum scene. The space features a large, banquet-style dining room with lots of big round tables with lazy susans, and an extensive menu of dumplings and entrees." - nicolai mccrary, matthew jacobs

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@infatuation

"Austin doesn’t have a lot of places where dim sum is served on wheels, unless you find yourself at Tian Tian Golden Palace near Braker and North Lamar. Here, servers whisk carts filled with metal baskets of steaming dumplings and buns through a packed banquet hall, pausing only to unload their treasures onto giant round tables. By night, it’s more of an à la carte operation, but by day it’s dumplings as far as the eye can see. Get on the waitlist and make yourself comfy—this place gets busy, especially on weekends." - nicolai mccrary

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Taylor Penn

Google

This place is still in their soft opening stage, so food options were limited. However, the dishes we ordered were excellent and they have an attentive cart service. What stood out to me was the service. I had the GM and at least 4 other people constantly checking on our table and asking what dishes we'd like when the carts weren't strolling past us. They gave details on what to expect with the grand opening in two weeks and assured the full menu would be available. I'm excited to come back for the grand opening and was extremely pleased with our first visit.

Junyan Lee

Google

This place is legit. I grew up in canton in China. The dim sum here taste exactly like I had in China. But they gotta spent some time on their cooking time on some dim sum. Some of them are over cooked or under cooked. Still soft open when I visited. Missed my order twice .

Phuong “Sabrina” Chau

Google

I visited for brunch, but it ended up being lunch. A crowd of people arrived and queued up, but the waitlist process was really easy. Just put your name and phone number down, and they’ll send you a text when it’s time to hop in. There were 33 parties ahead of us, so we went to the market for groceries and checked the time to come back. There were many people waiting outside too. The prices are reasonable. While the dim sum selection isn’t huge, they can take special orders if you want something specific. The staff is incredibly friendly and willing to accommodate any requests, which I really appreciated. The food met my expectations, and we definitely love the dim sum here.

劉堯馨

Google

Good food, fresh and flavored. This time we tried dinner, next time we would like to go earlier to try their dim sum. We met a very nice server, who politely asked us about the dining experience, which makes us feel good.

D V

Google

I'm giving them my rating because the food is really good. However, they are still working on the service part and i think that all comes from the way things are run and as well as the kitchen execution. They only had one cart going around, poor girl pushing it had stuffs no one wanted. The food definitely took a long time. And the food is definitely pricy. They had this tofu dish with shrimp, it was bomb! The shumai and shrimp dumplings were good. They tried their best to accommodate us, so we just ordered what we know we wanted. The value is not there yet, I know it will take them sometime to get it all worked out.

lucky T

Google

This was my first time trying a place like this. The manager Christine is so nice, informative and helped me understand how the service goes. As well the service was wonderful especially for a soft opening service I can appreciate how attentive the staff was. I was always being attended by not only my server but other servers and managers.

Arely Arriaga

Google

We came during dinner time and had the pecking duck, green beans, black pepper beef, spring rolls, and flat rice noodles. It was very delicious and came out fast! We had incredible service from Carol, Joesph, and Kelly.

Wendy Zhou

Google

The host was very nice and greeted us right away. The wait is typical for a weekend morning so we were patient. We loved all the staff. They just opened so things are obviously in the works but our servers were attentive and everyone we spoke to had great service. Not to mention the food was AMAZING。 we will be back. They have dim sum every day on weekdays too from 11-3 for those who want to get seated faster and have less of a wait.

Paula L.

Yelp

Came here during a weekday soft opening and was surprised to see actual carts! It's hard to find that nowadays and especially in Austin. Food was fine. Better than New Fortune's weekday dim sum but not as good as some of the higher end places like Lin, Xi, Ling Wu chain. However, the price certainly reflect that...it's half the price as some of the bougier places. Great value for a wide selection imo. Service was also great. The manager came to chat with us and was very pleasant. Will definitely be back after the official open.

Chelsea L.

Yelp

The newest dim sum place in Austin is open! They haven't officially opened yet, but I'm still impressed with the food. In the span of a week, I've tried their dim sum and dinner entrees. For dim sum, expect long waits. You can check in to get a ticket number and our group waited for over an hour before we were finally seated. They aren't maximizing space effectively. There were a lot of huge tables that can seat 8 that only had a few people. They can possibly get less lazy susans and more four person tables. Although you get a menu, you can't actually order the food from there and one of the managers(?) explained that maybe in the future they can take orders from the piece of paper, but for now due to the large demand of dim sum, we can only order food from the push carts. So if you see something on the carts, better get it! The egg tart actually fell apart but the taste is really good! I enjoy the bird cage decorations. I heard back in the days, rich Chinese people would bring their pet birds so they can talk to each other? No birds here, but the story behind it is cool. For dinner, you can make a reservation. There is no wait. We got Peking duck, honey walnut shrimp, fish, and of course you cannot forget the staples-tea and rice! Located in Chinatown, so there is parking available.

Luis G.

Yelp

Tian tian! Tian = sky, tian tian = everyday. Dim sum tian tian I'm leaving a 4 star rating for now because they're not "fully open" and their grand opening is still TBA as they are awaiting some menu items and working on their structure. You're going to walk into folks learning their process and getting their footing and menu items that are not available right now so come with an empty tummy and an open mind! The food here is amazing, the pork baos the pork tripe, the steamed sticky rice, and the shrimp dumplings. All so flavorful and please don't forget the chili oil! I'll definitely be back once more menu items come out *cough cough* custard baos *cough cough* Francis and Chloe were amazing hosts and gave an amazing customer experience while being transparent about their evolving process and things they're working through as a business and I can respect that vulnerability since it shows accountability. Tian tian, keep doing what you're doing! Can't wait to be back and see the additions you all are making!

Phuong P.

Yelp

I'm so glad that they finally reopened here, this location is so much more convenient than other spots for us. I guess they won a bonus point for extra convenience because they have both dim sum and peking duck (I haven't seen any good place having these both on the menu). Dim sum was ok, not spectacular but pretty promising. Peking duck was actually good, I can see our families coming here for that more often. We came on Monday lunch and were seated right away, the staff was very nice and helpful. The carts, on the other hand, can be improved. They have only a few dishes and also not very efficient on the routes, our table was skipped a few times. We were waiting for a specific dish for a long time and couldn't help but asking the waiters to help. They were so nice and helped us pick up the dish directly from the kitchen bar so we didnt have to wait much longer. So, i would say the food itself was only 3 stars but the staff and the location made up for it.

Charles L.

Yelp

Showed up around 10:45a on a Sunday during opening weekend and waited just under an hour for an 8-person table, which was a bit longer than I was expecting given how large the place is but I won't hold it against them. I imagine the hype will die down in a couple months and wait times will be a bit more "normal". Honestly, it's probably advisable to just wait a bit before making a visit as many things were unavailable. Most seafood dishes were not available to order and they didn't even have jasmine tea which I found a bit strange (though they did offer a chrysanthemum oolong blend which I really enjoyed and would get again over jasmine). All of the standard dim sum items were solid and what you would expect from a typical dim sum spot in Dallas or Houston. I can't recall anyone really having any complaints. Overall, they're definitely a step level (or two) above the other more traditional dim sum option in town (Shanghai). I can't see how Shanghai will be able to stay in business now that Tian Golden Palace has opened.

Shary P.

Yelp

What a treat! Coming from houston it's been hard to find decent dim sum in austin. This was fabulous! I have found our happy place for my Chinese mom to get her fix. We will definitely come back. We came on a Wednesday around noon and we were seated right away.

Thomas F.

Yelp

Best Dim Sum I've had in Austin. Check-in was easy. Everything tasted more fresh than some other places in town. The prawn harcao, shumai, and sbbq pork buns were fantastic. We went on 3/2/2025 and everyone working was so friendly. We sat in the corner that was the farthest from the kitchen and all the hosts, waitstaff, and cart staff went out of there way to make sure we weren't neglected. Will come back!

Patrick W.

Yelp

Soft opening went as planned but I heard from one of our servers that they hadn't anticipated such a grand turn out. Looks like there are issues in the floor and not getting food to the tables today. This does happen to any first day. The restaurant looks wonderful and well decorated. Well mannered servers. Looking forward to our return. Things will get sorted out. This space is what this part of town needs.

Taylor P.

Yelp

Merry L.

Yelp

We were second on the wait list and waited for 30 minutes until the whole waiting room filled up. Each party got seated before us because they were a larger party. I asked the three hosts what the seating structure was like, and they let me know that they seat based on the party size that leaves after dining... that defeats the purpose of a wait list if you're just picking and choosing a random party to be seated just because it's a larger party that fits the open table... Incomplete large parties were getting seated right in front of us! We decided to leave when we overheard a man who finished eating whisper to his friend in the waiting room that they ran out of everything 40 minutes into opening already. Was really excited to try, but the first impressions from the hosts left a sour taste in my mouth.

Judy L.

Yelp

I am not even going to waste my time writing because it is that bad. The food was not only extremely limited but they were bad.... Some even tasted hard and old! The service was even worse. Slooow as heck with no communication when the dish was ordered and us waiting forever only to find out that it was not even available! I will NOT be returning!

Marcus M.

Yelp

Possibly the best dim sum we've had in Austin. We went in their soft opening so they were still working out a few things but the staff was super attentive, ensuring that we had carts coming around and we had what we wanted. Will definitely be back again!

Cngg M.

Yelp

We waited for about 10 minutes, and no server came to take our drink order, even though there were about five servers looking around. It felt like we were being ignored, especially since they prioritized a table of four that arrived after us. Thankfully, one staff member noticed us looking around and came over to help, which we really appreciated. The food was okay, but the service left a lot to be desired. It's disappointing to feel overlooked, and I hope they improve their attentiveness to all guests.

Paige E.

Yelp

SOOO GOOD! The staff were all super nice (thanks for hosting us so well Vincent) and the food was extremely high quality. Plus it was extremely peaceful, so we left in a great mood. Definitely bringing our friends here!

Richard F.

Yelp

The soft opening of this new restaurant is definitely promising. I say this based on the menu and general ambience I experienced tonight. Unfortunately there was no dim sum or any of the seafood dishes promised in the menu. We enjoyed the duck and the silky mapu tofu. The cabbage was excellent and the other dishes could benefit from stronger spices as the chef seems overly timid. The Chongching chicken was disappointing. I am hopeful things will improve with time.

Kai C.

Yelp

Dim sum cart is slow, the selection is very few, the popular items are already out of stock. Only one dish of chicken feet, didn't see shrimp dumplings The service was chaotic, the cart routine was totally mess up. The cart passed by my table was always almost ran out of dishes The food itself was mediocre, some of them were even below the average, like the most popular one, chicken feet. NO RECOMMEND. AGAIN, NO RECOMMEND.