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Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in Honolulu Magazine (Frolic Hawaiʻi) and Honolulu Magazine. Updated September 2026.
Mei Sum | Chinese Dim Sum · Chinatown
Readers' top dim sum pick: char siu bao, chicken feet, egg custard till 9pm.
Jade Dynasty Seafood Restaurant · Ala Moana
The largest, most ornate room: ~50 dim sum offerings incl. Snow Mountain buns.
Legend Seafood Restaurant | Dim Sum • Cantonese · Chinatown
A respected Cantonese room with an extensive fresh dim sum menu.
Fook Lam Seafood Restaurant · Chinatown
A Chinese Cultural Plaza institution favored by dim sum aficionados, still running cart service; tied with Jade Dynasty at 11.7% of the reader vote.