Stack Dim Sum Bar

We discovered this place a couple of years back when looking for dim sum in Edinburgh. It was recommended by some real experts, so why not try? We’ve now been here a number of times and really like it.
They do really nice dumplings, my favourite probably being the salmon and prawn one. The duck rolls are really good. And we’ve tried some of the stir fry noodle dishes. Most recently I went for the chicken rice porridge. I’d never had it before and really liked it.
It’s nice to have a good dim sum in Edinburgh. This place is off the beaten path but doesn’t disappoint. The service could be a bit warmer, but that’s easily forgettable once you’ve gotten your first plate.

I like dim sum and I like this place. A place that Chinese people will go. Having my usual Ha Kau, chicken feet and buns.
Unfortunately it’s a bit far for me otherwise will eat there everyday

Sorry Stack Dim sum but you really didn’t impress me at all from the service to the food. I love a good dim sum and have had my share of delicious ones but opted to try a new place which had raving reviews. When we arrived it was empty and said hi to the staff that stood talking in the corner, we got shown to a table but she said nothing at all not even hello. We ordered drinks and a mixture of food, won tons, dim sum, noodle dish etc. all was not worth a try but the husband liked the noodle soup type dish. The wine was like vinegar but for a tiny take away/​dim sum bar we didn’t expect neuf de pape. Upon paying we got told they didn’t accept Meastro so luckily we are happy to use another card as a cash machine is quite far away. I wouldn’t recommend eating here and won’t be back.

We love Dim Sum! And this place did not disappoint! We got the red bean trio, the duck spring rolls, and the salmon & shrimp & asparagus dumplings! SO DELICIOUS! We could have eaten 4 plates of those duck spring rolls! The menu suggested getting three small plates and one large to share between two. OR 6 small plates. WE opted for the first idea. It was all delicious! We can’t wait to go back again!

We have yet to find a Chinese food place that makes up for our local closing, so decided to try Stack, although knowing it’s not the greasy, fulfilling Chinese we long for. We ordered take-​out and wanted to ensure it was enough food for two people, so we ordered 4 of the dim-​sum and one of the glutinous rice bowls. We had the #1 Prawn Dim sum, #10 Ribs and Black Beans from the steamed menu and then the #23 Fried Squid Cake and the #24 Vietnamese Spring Rolls from the fried menu. All were delicious, especially the prawn and the Vietnamese Spring Rolls.
The ribs were also good, but quite fatty and lots of small bones, so I was slightly turned off by eating those. The rice congee, #52 was good and hearty, but seemed to lack any salt or real flavour. I would say it would be excellent for a someone with a cold, but not an amazingly flavourful option. They did serve it with deep fried bread dough, which was so tasty.
Overall, a delicious meal, but it wasn’t nearly enough food for two people. It just wasn’t super filling, but we imagine it is a great dine-​in option if you have some friends to share it with and some time to linger. It is a bit pricier then most takeaway’s, but it’s a bit different then just getting sweet and sour chicken, and definitely worth the tasting.
Also, they don’t accept card under £25 pounds, so make sure to bring cash.
Oddly enough, they serve a wine called Forge Mill, which I discovered at The Dogs, and have been hunting to find locally ever since. A great wine and I am excited they sell it. Definitely a place I will only dine-​in from now on to get the experience, which I think makes them a great eatery.

Tasty dim sum and it’s local! Been wanting to try this place out for age, since seeing all the hype on here about it. It’s a small restaurant with a basic but dated interior however the steamed dim sum were good. Wasn’t overly keen on the buns although the noodles and rice were lovely and all washed down with a bottle of beer.
The service isn’t overly friendly and it’s almost a little cold, but they do have a interactive tablet menu along with the regular paper menu to show you what the dishes look like. I thought that was pretty helpful for any dim sum newbies.
The dishes came out one by one and at different times, so it’s a bit like tapas, we just shared the dishes, enabling us the try a little bit of everything. Now I’m no dim sum connoisseur but I’ve been to an amazing dim sum almost fast food restaurant in China Town, New York but the portions and style of dumplings were a little different to our wee Leith establishment. Not what I was used to. I was expecting bigger dumplings, with more juices and bite.
All in all, this place is still good but I’m yet to find a dumpling that will match the NY dumpling house!

It may not look like much, but Stack is full of surprises. There’s a good range of dim sum — fried and steamed — all cooked and served perfectly. As well as the standard fare, there are plenty of more unusual options like chicken claws and congee. The flavours are big without being salty and none of the dishes were particularly greasy.
The asparagus and salmon dumplings were a bit of a highlight and I’m a sucker for squid cakes («smashed» squid, if you believe the menu) and these flash-​fried little packages of loveliness are a delight.
The obvious comparison is with Chop Chop, and I’m certainly not saying Stack’s food is better (extensive and repeated research of both restaurants would be necessary before I committed like that). In terms of service though, Stack wins hands down. And, unless you’re going for the banquet at Chop Chop (which I always find to be TOO MUCH PRESSURE) Stack’s certainly better value.

I wish I could love this place as much as everyone else… but it’s just not there… I’ve had plenty of dim dim in my life and maybe the availability of Asian food in Auckland has spoiled me, or even just better dim sim places in London… but my dining experience as Stack was just… bland…
The food itself was alright… but nothing I can’t buy for cheaper from the Asian supermarkets and make myself at home… The sticky rice from the A. S is actually much better than the ones at Stack…
The menu/​selection isn’t great. and I had quite a large selection of the options… but nothing was overly stand-​out…
There was no condiments to go with my dim sims… The service, considering there was 3 tables while we were there, was pretty slow and I physically had to get up to get the attention of the waitress to order more food…
I was excited that there was a dim sim restaurant in Edinburgh. but I won’t be hurrying back to Stack… There is apparently one other place in town that offers dim sim… so I shall try there next time…

New Menu new review.
They have seriously shortened the menu and but the favourites on there. They added some new ones and I am a happy Jungleboy. The pork belly dishes are second to none. The dim-​sum Sai-​Bau is my new favourite — the pastry casing is see through and the filling so delicate and flavoursome.
As usual we get a lot of choice and stacks of flavour.
Thank you Joyce and their kitchen team for making sure I get my dim sum rocks off!

Went here for the first time on Friday for lunch as myself and my dining companion were after something cheap, quick and not too filling. Having heard good things about this place, we felt it was worth a try. And it really really was.
The service was quick and friendly, the atmosphere cosy and comfortable, the char sui bun and pot stickers were among the best I’ve ever tasted. 5 plates between us and not a bad one among them, this was definitely the first of many visits to Stack!

I don’t know much about dim sum, but what I do know from the one restaurant in San Francisco and then Stack Dim Sum on Dalmeny Street, Edinburgh, I know I like it.
With the tapas style of eating (order lots of small plates and share with everyone, so you all get to eat ALL THE THINGS) it suits my inquisitive taste buds perfectly. The only thing I didn’t want to eat on the menu was chicken claws (although, according to Anita A these are great for your skin with all the collagen…) so instead we had to share amongst four folk: char sui pork buns; the pork and the prawn rice buns; mini ribs; beef won ton; duck spring roll; vietnamese spring roll; lots of other things.
The wee pork ribs were a bit too wee for me, but the beef won tons, duck spring rolls and vietnamese spring rolls were all little deep fried parcels of joy. Ample stuffing, and all very flavourful.
The food comes out very quickly, piping hot, and in an hour we had all tucked in and contented ourselves with many dim sum delights.
I would say dim sum isn’t my favourite type of cuisine generally, so I won’t come back here regularly for that reason. But if I do want dim sum, this is where I’ll come. THe restaurant itself feels like one of those hidden gems you’d find in a ‘China Town’ district of a city; except that Edinburgh doesn’t have a China Town. It’s not fancy in décor, but it’s traditional in cooking and the staff are friendly. A cool ‘in the know’ place for good eats. Num num dim sum!

Few things that are better here than others.
–Salmon and asparagus steamed dumpling, you can tell this guy has worked in Hong Kong
–Glutinous rice parcel (if you don’t order this then just go home, it’s the best thing on the menu)
–The cheung fun is pretty good
–Squid cakes are good, who doesn’t love squid cakes!
–Char sui Bao is alright
–Ribs and chicken feet are a little weak.
The menu is small which you know means everything is made fresh in house. Ate here loads when it opened but got a little bit jaded after going so much. They use free range eggs and you can tell this a bit better than your normal quality of Cantonese food.
Mens toilets are a little weird, you can’t sit on it without angling your legs around at an angle. Open til 9 which is handy if you want a late night dim sum fix.

Initially the only customers on Sunday afternoon, we’d heard good things about Stack so anticipation was high. We ordered 2 dim sum each (4 of us), so had a decent selection of the menu to try — including the chicken claws which were really only ordered out of curiousity and whilst not disgusting, I probably wouldn’t order again (you spend more time picking bones out your mouth than eating the claw).
The menu suggests ordering 2 dim sum each and a rice/​noodle dish — I had the rice broth with marinated pork and ‘thousand year’ egg, which was fairly bland and the egg was cut up so the experience of eating the unappetising looking preserved egg was lost somewhat. It wasn’t bad, and would definitely make good comfort food, like a rice porridge, but nothing exciting. The other 3 went to order 3 noodle dishes but the waitress advised that this was a bit much (despite the advice on the menu), so we got 2, and she was right — these were big portions.
I’ve given Stack 4 stars, despite my apparently negative review because it was good. The dim sum were tasty and perfect for sharing. The tablet with photos of the dishes in addition to the printed menu was great too. And prices are reasonable. We’ll be back, but possibly won’t order chicken claws or rice broth again!

I love Stack Dim Sum! This small place just off Leith Walk serves absolutely delicious food and it’s a great place to go with a group of friends, order a few things from the menu and share. You get a bit of everything to try.
The menu has so many tasty things that it can be difficult to choose initially. So far I have sampled various dumplings, char sui bun, slow braised chicken claws (yes they are delicious and again the collagen factor is one the benefits of eating this delicacy), tender braised pork pot rice, slow braised beef in with noodles in a broth. All home made and yummy. One of my favourites is the braised pork pot rice — it is just comfort food in a bowl. Also the beef noodle soup has really good flavours.
They do a nice home made spicy chilli paste which goes well with most of the dishes.
Go and try for yourself, you won’t be disappointed.

An absolute gem!
I love Dim Sum and always eat way too much, lucky for me the prices here allow for that! When we entered we were given a generic laminated menu AND a tablet which had pictures of the food available so we could add to the anticipation, our mouths watering as we scrolled through the food!
I can’t remember exactly what we ordered, Pork Char Sui always makes an appearance with me and I can tell you it was delicious, apart from that all sorts of dumplings and spring rolls were had. We finished up with a jasmine tea and a smile from our lovely waitress.
I think I’ve found my second home :)

I tried Stack’s dim sum tonight with some friends. Overall, the experience was decent: the service was good, the food came quickly and the prices were more than fair. As far as authenticity is concerned, Stack remains quite faithful to tradition: all of the familiar favorites are present on the menu.
That said, if you’ve experienced real dim sum in Asia or in the US before, Stack just doesn’t quite cut it. The flavors, textures and freshness just aren’t comparable to that of genuinely good dim sum. On the other hand, we are in Edinburgh, and I therefore think that Stack deserves a lot of credit for simply existing. If it were in New York, California or Hong Kong, Stack would deserve a couple of stars at best. However, since it’s one of the only (and possibly the best) dim sum joints in town, it gets the extra star.

I have been to this small little gem for a while. Being a Chinese, I am very picky about my food. I have eaten quite a few Dim Sums around Edinburgh and this is by far the best Dim Sum restaurant in Edinburgh. The Dim Sums are made fresh everyday. The place is small and only has about 8 tables but I guess you do have the personal attention. The menu of the Dim Sum is not extensive, but the quality of each Dim Sum is superb. I suppose they are aiming for the ‘make a few but make it really good’ concept. There is only one chef and a waitress and the waitress is really friendly and willing to help you with the choice of your Dim Sum. The speed of the food that comes out of the kitchen is really fast as well once you place your order so you don’t have to wait long. I hope more people learn about this place as the location is horrendous as it out of the main road. All I can say is you will never regret a visit to this place for food.

Absolutely fantastic, you must go. All dim sum is fresh and homemade, all amazing. There was nothing we didn’t love. Three of us went, we each had a beer and we shared seven dim sum and some noodles between us. Bill came to £42, great value for amazing food. Best food I’ve had in Edinburgh.

I don’t usually write reviews, but for a place as good as this I have to. Go right now! Restaurants this good deserve to be busy. This is the best Dim Sum I’ve ever had. It’s home-​made, fresh and tasty. The restaurant is small — 7 tables or so. We had a selection of 5 different types between two of us, which came in a £22 including soft drinks. You get 3 or 4 per portion. Plenty of food for us, if you are hungry a selection of 6 portions would do. Yes it’s a bit more expensive than some other places, this doesn’t matter, it is very reasonably priced for what you are getting. Will be going back this week.