Tim Ho Wan

Frankly speaking, I don’t see what’s all the hype about this place. The food is extremely normal, nothing that screams WOW!!!
As you can see, there’s not much photo of food as THERE’S NOTHING NICE that deserve a space in my photo.
I will say it’s just an overpriced hype food that will be going out of fashion soon.
I have given this place, different branches, a few chances. I will say, it’s really nothing fantastic. Save the calories for other more deserving food.
I will give this place zero star for the food. The saving grace is the service. The serving staff comes with additional bowls and soup without us asking for it. So this 1 star is for the excellent service staffs that they have.

The dim sum here are pretty authentic, same taste as what I have in Hong Kong. Worth to try. Food price is slightly above average as gst and service is not included. There restaurant is located at some office area, so it will not be that crowded on weekend.

Overhyped. Overpriced. Underwhelmed
DISCLAIMER: we got there at 2am so the supper menu was available (which is not as extensive as their regular menu) but it made such an impact, this is the first and last time ill ever visit a tim ho wan.
Also, they asked us for our last order at 230am, so not quite sure if they 24 hrs everyday. Pl call ahead to check.
We had the fish porridge, beef brisket noodles, har gow, chicken feet, veggie of the day (poached lettuce) and shrimp/​pork wrapped in beancurd skin
Of all the dishes, we liked the veggies the best!!!
Har kow prawns were big/​fresh but skin was chewy.
Beancurd skin was also chewy. The beef brisket was very tender but tasteless, as was its Soup. The porridge was average and the chicken feet is braised, so if youre expecting the usual chicken feet dim sum dish (which we were), youll be disappointed
All in all, it cost us close to $ 50.
You are better off heading to swee choon for your late night dim sum fix. We only ended up at tim ho wan cause it was a tues and swee choon was closed

For all the awards they received we had expected better and were disappointed. We had the porridge, chicken feet, chive dumping, shrimp roll, baked char siew pau, dessert –chrysanthemum jello. The items were either too sweet or too salty. Majority of the items were in the $ 6 per dish. Don’t mind paying if food was good.

I thought the food was very average considering how much people talk about them. Service is, ehrm, Singaporean. Definitely not your culinary experience to talk about. Wouldn’t recommend.

Food was Delicious. Service was excellent. Extra bowls was delivered without as needing to ask for.
The famous baked BBQ buns are a must there
They were also voted best restaurant in Asia this year.

If this is HK fare then I think the Brits must have done the dimsum pre 1997.
I have never tried this famous place in HK but I have given this place 2 or 3 chances to blow me away. Its a popular spot indeed with q’s building up. This branch is 24H and seems to be filled most hours of the night. I tried it once at 9 pm and another time at 1 am. My experience was similar.
Tasteless beef noodle (where I had to pour my entire portion of sauce and chilli) to get a modicum of taste. Limp cheong fan. Hey giving up my ketofgenic diet for a limp cheong fan is a big deal to me. Soya sauce for the CCF was also rather thin. A very forgettable ordeal. Charsiu pau which was warm and toasty helped assuage a bit of the hunger.

I still assume that Tim Ho Wan is one of the best dim sum restaurants in Singapore. Not many variety of dishes but the quality of each dishes are awesome!
Recommended menu: the bun!
The minus side is just you almost always have to queue to enjoy Tim Ho Wan, because normally it will be so crowded!

Char siew Char Siew. But not worth the queue. Service is prompt. Porridge is a tiny bowl. Just mostly the Char Siew. My Fav!

After the Monday to Friday grind, there’s nothing like a good food adventure to kick start the weekend right! El Queso Grande was interviewing a candidate for a job, so I had the morning free to run wild and so I ran all the way to Tim Ho Wan at Aperia Mall near Lavender MRT to check out the famed heavenly dim sum.
There were a few larger groups waiting for tables, but as a solo diner, I scooted in right away with my little clipboard for ordering. The placements have pictures of all the items, which makes ordering super convenient. The one downside of dining solo is having to rein in the ordering…
I settled on two of the four heavenly kings, the pork buns and the carrot cake and one wildcard: the spring rolls filled with egg whites. The buns were adorably round and with well balanced sweet and savory flavor. The carrot cake was good, sinfully gooey inside with crisp corners. I would have liked even more crispiness on the top and bottom, but I have no limit to the amount of crispiness I can handle. The spring rolls were delicious too with tiny baby shrimps stuffed inside with the egg whites.
Service was snappy though you could tell the staff were bracing for the weekend rush when waits can top an hour (or so I hear).
The space is airy and bright with street views and only a five minute walk from the MRT.
PARTING THOUGHT: they should install a THW live line cam, so you can plan when to go!

Wait too long for quality of food.
Michelin starred? are you kidding me?
Not any better than other regular dimsum places.
Feels more like cafeteria dimsum.
just not up to par to justify all the hype…

This HK Michellin star awardee is sprouting up all over the island. Personally, i find their food ok but not as fantastic as what many make it out to be. This outlet is good as the queues aren’t that crazy.
Food taste authentic and true to the taste of their HK flagship store which i tasted. I was really dissapointed at their congee, tasted really bland. I would say that the food in general is a good bang for the buck but the French should try a couple more Dim Sum joints and they will realuse that they will be dishing stars to many other Dim Sum places.

If you’re willing to wait 30 min or more for a brunch/​dim sum on Sunday and I recommend this place. Braised bun Bbq pork, chicken feet, are good, quite filling for Sunday morning. Not too pricey ($ 50 sing) for two with 7 different type of food. I forgot what I ate due to food coma…

finally, a tim ho wan that i’ll write a review about ah!:)
yes, yes, everyone knows they have a michelin star!
yes, yes, everyone knows how cheap they are!
yes, yes, i’ve been to their hong kong outlet in sham shui po and fought the horrendous hordes and emerged victorious ah!
but this outlet is opened ²⁴⁄₇!!!
what?!
yes, you can eat your favourite BBQ baked bun, no it is not a polo bun, here at any time, any day!
your chances of scoring a seat, without a fight or a long ass queue, is that much higher here!
and thus far, i did not have to queue at all lah.
and this outlet serves a special breakfast and supper menu outside of their regular meal hours.
granted during those ungodly hours, to some, there is no table service!
no big deal, just order from their simplified set menus during those periods and collect your choice at the kitchen counter when your number is up lah.
parking here is also easy at the new aperia mall.
what?!
yes, aperia mall, yet to be fully occupied and a work in progress.
so once again, no crowd, best bah!
isn’t it amazing how there are now more tim ho wans in SG than in HK?!
and soon, you can even enjoy their big 4 heavenly kings down under lah, wunderbar!