Mei Dim Resturant in Manchester

Excellent food though lighting was not cosy ! Most of clientele were ethically Chinese which we took as a good sign. We were not disappointed. Took one of the simple menu options. Excellent contrasting flavours and textures.

Found Mei Dim by accident and a little gem. Welcomed by very pleasant staff and whilst the place was rammed ( Chinese new year) space was made for us. Food was excellent and plenty of it at a great price. Try it you’ll like it

We have a great evening meal celebrating our dear friend's birthday. The service is excellent and the food is fantastic. We have a very enjoyable evening. Thanks the chefs, the service staff there. Will definitely going again.

Thank you for looking after the service was great the food was brilliant we will definitely come back again

Service is shocking… greeted well, and quick to seat us… however, took ages to order or ask if we wanted any drinks… once ordered plates were basically thrown at us as well as cutlery, not one conversation made with us. Once finished asked for the bill and they were quick to give this to us and take our money. Wouldn’t waste your money here… food was nice but the service brings it down a lot.

Worst tasting Chinese tea couple with chaotic service which was simply the worst I’ve ever experienced. Asking for things 3-4 times observing them taking no notice (request dishes, and not writing order down and walking off, obviously Just ignoring the request). The low quality food compounded by poor service eg bringing out dim sum 30 min after initial dim sum dishes spoiled the whole experience. It’s like serving soup whilst consuming the sweet. Why? Very disappointed. We use to frequent this restaurant before the make over as it was a more traditional dim sum restaurant. I doubt very much we do this again given the plethora of choice within a 100m.

We went to celebrate a family member birthday and they provided great food and service. It was a lovely dinner and have lots of laughs．

Decided to try this with my other half and two kids. Very disappointed indeed. The food was very bland and communication from staff was poor!! Three meats with rice was on special offier for £9.80 yet upon checking the bill, we were charged £13.80!! I asked why we had been overcharged and the grumpy cashier lady said as we were paying by card (she didn’t even bother to ask and we had every intention of paying cash). We were charged 4 person Chinese tea (despite my children not drinking a single drop) and my other half having a pint of coke! We were charged £1 for a tiny dip of chilli oil and one of our dishes didn’t even turn up! None of these charges were explained. Staff did not crack a single smile whilst we were there the whole time! MAKE SURE YOU DOUBLE CHECK YOUR BILL FOR HIDDEN CHARGES!!! Definitely won’t be back anytime soon!!! £55 bill and we all left still hungry and unsatisfied!!

I stumbled across this. Headed for a famous local restaurant but I was too early for the kitchen. So I took a chance. It was as expected. Wide variety of familiar authentic dishes at reasonable prices. I have been served a lot less for a lot more money. Clientele was mostly Cantonese speaking, whilst the staff are a mixture of mainland Chinese and old hongkongers. I felt re assured. Service was polite by Chinese standard. Don’t expect Michelin attitude. It was fast and furious, and re assuringly efficient. Cash only for <£15 transaction. I have arrived home.

My new go to place when I want a dim sum feast. They serve all of your favourites and some you’ve yet to discover Food is always piping hot and freshly made.

We was in Manchester City centre for 2 nights so on the Saturday night which was our second night we went into china town. We went downstairs in this traditional old type Chinese restaurant where we was not sure what to eat so we went for the Mei dim banquet at £30.50 each which included, hot and sour soup with prawn crackers, salt and pepper ribs, prawn on toast, chicken skewers with satay sauce, chicken spring roll and crispy seaweed, aromatic crispy duck with pancake’s, king prawn with ginger and spring onion, beef fillet in satay sauce, fried mixed vegetable, yeung chow fried rice, sliced duck in a lemon & honey sauce. What a feast, delicious and very plentiful with the staff being very friendly.

Having lived in Manchester three years ago, we couldn’t wait to return back to our favorite dim sum restaurant. It looks like it has changed hands but the food is still impeccable. We probably ordered way too much food but it makes for good leftovers lol. Can’t wait to visit Manchester again. The service was again top notch And the food was awesome. I would definitely recommend.

Came for dim sum and loved it! The service is fast & efficient - don't expect waiters and waitresses with big smiles and sweet welcomes - but this doesn't detract from a great meal. Just relax into it and accept that you are in a traditional Chinese restaurant. Order your pot of tea (green tea served as standard or jasmine) when you sit down and ask for the dim sum menu and any specials. We started with steamed dim sum, went onto tripe with ginger & spring onion, chicken feet in black bean, fried dim sum & rice dishes. We were filled to the brim with yum cha (to drink tea) and the dim sum (touch your heart) certainly we did!. We will definitely be back.

I ordered special chow Mein and when it arrived it looked horrible the veg meat and seafood assortment were just plonked onto the top of noodles with a bland sauce on top. The sauce was bland as was the meat and seafood I’ve had much better chow mein from my local take away . I do not recommend the food restaurant

Came here fairly late after a couple of hours in the pub. We were “greeted” by a miserable woman who didn’t say hello and just said “you can eat if you don’t have a starter, we close at 10pm”. Fair enough we arrived just before 9.30pm but she could have been polite. We were hungry and decided to stay. There were a few small groups of people in there but there was no atmosphere. The room was cold and uninviting and more like a canteen than a restaurant. Staff kept walking passed our table but I had to ask for someone to take a drinks order. When the food arrived it was pleasant enough but definitely overpriced. We left at 10pm and even though we’d only been there 30mins, couldn’t have a starter and had “ok” service, we were still asked if we wanted to pay a tip of £9.75 before we paid for the meal! The friendliest staff was the lady who served our food and the gentleman who cleared our table. I don’t recommend this restaurant unless nothing else is open.

Hot and sour soup was gorgeous but the rest was a huge greasy letdown! The table next to us left eating next to nothing ! Wouldn't return. Staff unorganised chaos - waited ages to get served - never been before and won't go again - place has no character and more of a dining room than a restaurant.

Popped in for tea after shopping in Manchester. Although they were busy they did manage to find us a table. The service was very chaotic & the food was served in stages and took a while to arrive. It was lukewarm & I can say I’ve had far better, quite pricey too. The bar area of the restaurant was being used as a store room for unused chairs, hoover and generally very untidy & off putting. We certainly won’t be rushing back.

The food is lovely when it eventually arrives. Drinks didn’t arrive until we’d chased them. People seated after us got their food first, it appeared that wait staff actually avoided making eye contact. The young man who took our order ignored us for the rest of the evening. It didn’t seem like wait staff were assigned specific tables leading to chaos. Starters didn’t all come together, neither did the main courses. We took ages to pay and go as staff ignored us when we tried to get the bill.

Absouloutley brilliant, we had the banquet and the food kept coming it was excellent quality and extremely tasty very good value cant wait to return .

Me and my husband went for a meal after shopping. The service was very poor. I was given a very chipped plate and asked for it to be replaced...it was replaced with another chipped plate. The food was cold. The mixed dim sum starter was tasteless. We complained, but they didn't seem to care. We noticed Chinese people getting their food, which looked a better quality and was piping hot. We asked for the bill, which was slammed on the table! We were made to feel that it was our fault. Please avoid. Never again.

Authentisch … viele Asiaten. Gesprochen wird chinesisch ;-). Hatten halbe pekingente und diverse Dim Sum. Wir kommen gerne nochmal wieder.

Had a decent meal here. Dim sum and noodles. A bit hit and miss but what Chinese restaurant isn't? Lovely service.

Nice weekend away for a few days came across this restaurant on a Friday night, Bonus I thought big sign outside saying A C inside and it was a very hot evening so I thought let’s go in. What a big mistake that was greeted...

This restaurant is down some steps and looks a bit grubby. There are boxes piled up by entrance and the lack soap in the toilets didn’t help! When the duck was removed from the hanging rack and i could see into the kitchen it didn’t...

Average food, expensive, busy! We arrived to see a busy restaurant and felt hopeful of a good couple of dishes. Hot and sour soup was good. 6/10. Salt and pepper ribs were not flavoursome at all. Not great. 3/10 Spring rolls were tasteless and overcooked...

Estuvimos hace unos días en el restaurante cenando. Es un restaurante que está en el Chinatown de Manchester. Nos atendió...

We ordered food here for takeaway for four people. Sadly only two of us were satisfied with the meals. We ordered a house chow mien and a prawn chow mien - it is strange as the noodles come separately and then the sauce (or jelly...

Sunday dim sum is always going to be busy, Mei Dim has a ticket system for walk-ins. After waiting for 25 minutes we sat at our table. The food came out quick and was very tasty until I bit into my siu mai and found...

Everywhere was packed so we decided to go here as I was getting hungry big style. Went down a flight of stairs to get seated. The server pointed at a table chucked some menus on the table and left. No one came to take our...

Good quality cooking - very good standard. Had beijing hot and sour soup. Really excellent standard. Also had Singapore noodles - also good. Very popular choice among local chinese- a good sign Prices seem high: the same as Chinatown in London. Like most of the...

Saturday lunchtime visit , mainly dim sum , with mixed roast meat and noodles to finish . Great variety of dim sum , fast and polite service including them serving the roast duck cold and on the bone (asking for it hot means reheating and...

Das vermutlich schlechteste Restaurant, welches ich je besucht habe! - Wartezeit circa 90 Minuten - Alle zusammen bestellt, die Hauptgänge...

Visited Mei Dim the other day as another place we were planning to go to for dim sum didn't seem open. We hadn't been to MD in a while so thought we would give it a go. Prices have gone right up like most places;...

ABSOLUTE HIDDEN GEM!!!! I go to Mei dim often and i can hands down say this is the most amazing traditional chinese food around, i have traveled to Asian countries and the chinese food here is very authentic! The dishes always come out hot and...

Besuch mit 5 Personen, Restaurant halb voll, Wartezeit 60-90 Minuten, teilweise wurden die Bestellungen vergessen. Besteck und Teller waren schmutzig,...

Had great food, all the dishes we ordered(and with 5 of us that was a few!) were delicious. Reasonable prices and good portions. Bean curd, garlic pak choi and scallop dishes particularly good as was dual roast meat with noodles, lemon and honey chicken and...

Worth a visit as there is plenty of options and our food was very tasty. We were seated very quickly but it does take some time to get served and then to order other items whether drinks or more food. They were very busy so...

Mei Dim was an old fashioned sort of Chinese restaurant. We don't have many in Glasgow now. The food was okay and for the first time I had seaweed as part of my starter. All the food and wine was tasty especially their beef in...

Booked a table for 8pm, only for the restaurant to have no reservation. Eventually got seated 30 minutes later. After another 30 mins, somebody finally bothered to ask us if we would like a drink. After 2 hours of poor service, we finally got up...

Pouring with rain so dived in here, worst choice, staff ignorant, pointing at table to sit at, 30 min wait to order, longer for food. Starter ok, main absolutely shocking probably the worst I've ever had, attempted to complain, wouldn't even make eye contact, just...

We were out in Manchester and wanted food. We were near Mei Dim and looked at their menu outside. It seemed busy enough, so we went in. We were seated and given menus. We ordered drinks, and when they were brought, the waiter just turned...

This is a fairly authentic little place with pretty good dim sum! The service was alright if sometimes a bit inattentive.

Absolutely dreadful, do not visit! Food tasteless, service shocking, toilets filthy. Far far better restaurants in China town, no idea how this one survives!!

Food tasted good though no sauce with the dumplings. Duck dishes and noodles and fried rice were plentiful and tasty. The male server was pleasant and my wife ordered Carlsberg which she said was a lovely pint. Service was swift and not rushed. All in...

Want to yum cha? Dim sum like home. Service like home. My go to place for a Hong Kong meal with the familiar atmosphere. There are a number of larger tables for family gatherings for yum cha, so don’t be shy.

Wanted a proper sit down Chinese and spotted this place, hadn't booked but no problems getting a table on Saturday night. Looked a bit basic but prices were ok. Was very pleasantly surprised with what turned out to be one of the best Chinese meals...

We took a chance on Manchester's Chinatown and made a big mistake with mei dim, food was cold, tasteless, and pretty awful, shame as we had a delicious Indian meal last night.

Visited 13th November had terrible service and when food arrived it was inedible and we had dietary requirements due to allergies and was totally ignored and when pointed out staff were very rude and not at all apologetic would never visit this restaurant again also...

8 of visited this establishment for a meal . Cold and uninviting , sat with our coats on . Service is a joke ! Rude staff ! Waited over 1 hour for food , when it arrived order was wrong . Refused to pay for...

Floor was greasy and slippy, food was mediocre, the wine was expensive and tasted like vinegar. When we complained about wine, the waiter proceeded to pick up my glass and drink it all, stating it was fine! Never again!

We tried a few different restaurants in China Town, and most of our experiences were good, But this was the worst to the point it drove me to write a review. My seafood meal was off, and my partner, who ordered a vegetarian dish, got...

Food was very good. Seaweed was delicious. Crispy noodles really were crispy. We also had salt and pepper chicken and pork with black bean sauce both really good. The one down side with the adding up of the bill. I was over charged by about...

Staff doesn't like you in there, that's obvious from the first second after you enter :). Do you know what duck in orange sauce with crispy noodles is? Plate of slightly warm battered duck breast (looks like) with liquid of Tesco Value orange juice taste....

Went for Sunday Dim Sum but we were not very impressed. Most dishes were not very tasty or overcooked, but we assumed it was due to how busy the place was. Congee was pleasant but Baozi was very underwhelming. Staff were very friendly and made...

Great Chinese food, lovely setting and superb staff. Prawns the freshest I've had in a Mancunian chinese.

Been missing my yum cha from Hong Kong. Nice to find this tasty taste from home in Manchester. Understandably busy as the guys run their legs off. Order your stuff in one go and avoid adding on as that would take a long time to...

I used to use them a couple of years ago, eventually stopped going there as the lady who sat behind the counter is rude. I ve always happy to at theirs as they used to serve good fresh food. Theres one time I didnt had...

I've eaten at all the expensive Chinese places in Manchester from Wings to Glamorous and Tattu. This is by far the best dim sum. You can tell it's all homemade. Make sure you ask for the Dim Sum menu as they don't give it you...

My god I should read the reviews that submitted by others eaters about mei dim toilets, it is a total none working toilets and so disgusting and dirty the place made me sick and my dishes were so bad and greasy definitely not recommended

Visited Sunday afternoon for dim sum, welcome was friendly & quickly seated with menus & hot Jasmine tea. Ordered a variety of dim sum all prepared fresh & served piping hot. Very authentic but not at all intimating, ruthlessly efficient with no frills but truly...

Terrible service but the food is good. 90% of those serving are miserable. I know they are busy but not 15 minutes into service. The last 3 times I have been served incorrectly. The staff do not listen, and when you send something back you get the feeling it is your fault. Extremely popular with chinese community so you can tell the food has to be good. The main dish people eat is the 3 mixed meat combination which i always have. I would say to people to give it a go but be aware staff are busy and just normal style of service.

Called in on New Year’s Day for lunch ordered banquet for 3 people food and service ok but you need to be careful of the woman on the reception taking the money tried to add a 10% service charge on saying it was a New...

This restaurant I have been here twice. The woman in the counter calculate the bill always add couple pounds on your bills for extra. Then you still need to pay 10% service. I understand service charge is fine. But the money for extra cost is...

Rude and dishonest owner. Be careful if you are not a local people, they will charge you more. One pound for a tiny little cup of water.

Stopped for a quick soup (hot and sour) and some crispy duck. The soup was a bit so-so and tasted of white sugar a bit and was quite gloopy. The duck on the other hand was as good as you get in London's chinatown and...

We visited this restaurant on a Saturday lunchtime and ordered dumplings, a duck dish, a mixed seafood dish, rice for 2 and china tea. The food was acceptable but nothing special. The dumplings came without a sauce. After 2 requests we were given some soya...

We visited on a Saturday lunchtime and, although the place was extremely busy, we were seated in under 5 minutes. There were 4 of us and we opted for the Banquet A costing £37.00 each. We had drinks with the meal, wines and beers, and the total before a tip was £110.00. Overall great value with plenty of food. The atmosphere is good but the deco is a little tired. I would recommend and return.

Nice restaurant in China town, full of Chinese customers. Great food, plentiful portions, fun service and good prices. Thwhole party were

Nous nous sommes rendus dans ce restaurant chinois, qui avait l’air bien.

As the title says, the service here is the worst and it definitely is not busy enough to justify this. Absolutely none of the staff here smile at all and they are extremely reluctant to even talk to you, let alone serve you. One of us has accidentally spilled water and we have asked three times for tissues. But alas, we still are sat here with a puddle of water on our table and they have served the food around it. Whenever we have asked for anything we have had to ask 2-3 times. The food is served in intermittent periods, our roast duck was cold by the time that our rice came. We have just received the bill and it is indecipherable, but it is definitely overpriced for what we have received. To conclude, we will not be coming back.

Great food, nice atmosphere. Food served quick. Good price. Bit old fashion interior. Not warm when we ve been there and outside was 9 degrees so were cold.

I can understand why people could rate this place terrible and why they could rate it excellent. The truth is, it's somewhere inbetween.

Friendly staff and nice surroundings. Food was swift and well presented. All in all a fantastic meal with friends and we will definitely visit again

Comemos aquí cada pocos meses más o menos, pero no he tenido tiempo de publicar una reseña, y la única razón por la que lo estoy haciendo ahora es porque he notado que ha tenido algunas críticas negativas últimamente, obviamente todas las personas tienen sus propios gustos, pero la comida aquí es excelente y muy buena relación calidad-precio. Algunos miembros del personal pueden estar un poco fríos, pero nunca te ignoran y la comida siempre sale rápidamente. De todos modos, creo que este es uno de los mejores restaurantes chinos en Manchester, y lo recomiendo encarecidamente.

Conocí a nuestro Phil (mi hermano de Brighton) en Manchester el día de hoy (13, 9, 19) y después de una discusión decidimos que este seguía siendo el mejor lugar en Chinatown para un buen dim sum. Pedimos Fun Cheung de gambas, Har Gow, Sui Mai, Torta de nabo, Chipirones al vapor en salsa de curry, Bola de masa de ternera con jengibre y cebolleta y croqueta de carne mixta. Uno de los chicos que trabajaban en Yang Sing cuando Gerry Yeung dirigía el comedor parece estar a cargo aquí. Después de la comida, todavía era de la opinión de que no hay un lugar mejor en Chinatown para una buena relación calidad-precio. Hay algunos lugares más en el mercado, pero lo que gana en un ambiente refinado lo pierde en autenticidad y sabor.

El sótano es un poco deprimente, pero estaba lleno de chinos locales, por lo que probablemente sea una buena señal (o quizás lo mejor de lo peor).

Unsure about the other negative reviews because our experience was fantastic. We had hesitations from the outside but inside was lovely.

Este lugar tiene el mejor Dim Sum en Manchester, probé varios restaurantes y descubrí que este lugar es el mejor. . . Un buen servicio y comida llega caliente y rápido. Sin embargo, es un poco caro en comparación con otros. Como este restaurante está en el sótano, prepárate para que tu teléfono tenga una conexión mínima. Volveremos a visitar pero asegúrese de revisar nuestra factura la próxima vez. . .

Went here with my friend the food was awful very oily and chicken seemed slimy my vodka and coke had no vodka in and the coke was flat and seemed watered down very disappointed

The service was excellent and the waitress was very helpful with her advise. The food was absolutely delicious piping hot and full of flavour .. have been here before and we will certainly recommend and will return

Apart from the fact that the dim sum menu seems to be available until well after six in the evening this visit was a disappointment after previous visits. Dishes which had been excellent on previous visits seemed ordinary by comparison. The food no longer stood out and I am likely to go elsewhere in future.

We had dinner here a little earlier this evening, 26th of May, the play gives the impression of being a bit chaotic, we ordered some green tea, the waiter said, it’s Chinese tea, my friend asked but is it green tea? He said green, yellow it’s all the same to me, my friend said, well it’s usually green or jasmine tea, he said, ah, it’s jasmine, so we had a pot, I ordered the Peking hot sweet & sour soup to start, this arrived in minutes and was very tasty, for my main I had pork with pickled ginger and pineapple, now this was very very nice, I friend ordered a large bowl of bean curd and noodle soup, I tried a bit but found it a bit tasteless, but the prices were very reasonable, all this came to £24.10, the restaurant can be found on Faulkner St, I would definitely go back the next time I’m in Manchester.

We went to this place and really let down by the whole dinner, their toilets are so dirty and saw a kitchen staff went to toilet without washing his hands and went straight back to the kitchen My god ! We felt so sick.

早兩天出遊回來去了曼城的唐人街，天色己晚感到有點肚餓，行過美點餐館見到裏面有幾枱港人正在進餐，人多地方一定有好嘢食，走入去坐低點了幾個小菜，吃後感覺味道好價錢公道值得推介給各地的華人來到曼城請去一試。

Went to this place for a lunch and ordered their dim sum dishes so awful and disgusting and we were very unhappy with the service too the manager was very rude and hurry us to pay the bill we won’t be back

We went there last week during our concert gathering and ordered the banquet for all of us and told the staff that we need to go to concert and please prepare the meal for us ASAP the staff told us that no problems but the meals arrived on our table very late we have to go and the dishes were so bad taste and greasy the bill was wrong and never will go to this place

Wow I felt so ill after eating there today. They charged me 10% extra for the final bill and I was really not enjoy their service and the food is so greasy also the staff is no manner. Definitely it is not a nice place to eat

we went for the dim sum a few days ago and really felt so upset about our order everyhthng is a disaster we have to wait for a very long time to get our food onto the table some customer's nearby our table were very unhappy with the service and the place is very basic with no atmosphere. the price is,dear too.

My wife made the booking with them a few weeks ago and when we arrived the place is not busy but somehow they didn’t reserves the table for us and we have to stand at the entrance about more than 10 minutes to get attention there was this staff only keep looking at his phone and ignored our family’s the end we stay to eat there because we have arranged friends to meet up there that’s not the worst yet they got all our orders wrong and charge wrong bill so make sure that you check their bill my advice is not to consider to eat at this place

This is a very bad restaurant the dishes are so salty and full of msg and after finished our dinner we were all very thirsty and our meal is like the frozen food to put in the microwave very sad that we choose this place my son was very sick after the dinner, never will revisit this unpleasant place

Supposed to go to the Grill on New York St but it was closed due to a bomb scare in Piccadilly Gardens, so we strolled down to China Town and found this place, the food and service was very good and reasonably priced, never seen my daughter eat so much, my wife had a good go as well, we will be going back.

Wow great food and service please wear a size bigger clothes to come here you’ll need the room as the portions are huge.

I thought the food was very good- especially the crispy chow mein (there was a lot of duck, seafood and vegetables)! The three treasures dish was a generous portion size with fresh tofu, aubergines and peppers. Overall, I thought the meal was lovely but I would not recommend the pork cheung fan. It was cold and also it was very thick and rough rather than smooth, thin and glossy as cheung fan should be. Also, there was barely any pork inside the cheung fan! Overall, the food at Mei Dim is authentic and dim sum is 20% off 12-5pm- I would definitely visit again. To improve, I would have liked to see a bill rather than just being told- I had to ensure the bill was calculated correctly and had to check what everything cost at the end.

We tried this restaurant for the first time last week. Really welcoming waitress suggested dishes based on what we were ordering. Huge range of dim sum of excellent quality. Very attentive to our needs. Has become our favourite Chinese restaurant in Manchester now. Very reasonable price too.

I am eating out in Chinatown (Manchester) more & more, and I must say that this is one of my favourite places so far. It was not only that the food was delicious, but we very much appreciated the personable & friendly approach while being served. I like when I am advised on what to try from a very rich & various menu. Definitely going back!!

I went with a friend for a catch up and apart from not being disabled friendly the food is so delicious and reasonably priced. Portion sizes are average. The staff very helpful to the point of telling us we had ordered too much food for two people. We are what we could and took the rest away. Well recommend this place.

No volveremos y la actitud del gerente es tan mala que tuvimos que esperar. Mucho tiempo para llamar la atención. La comida es tan normal y terrible. Cuando pagamos la factura, el total es incorrecto y nos sentimos muy decepcionados por la experiencia general.

we went to this place because we have been there but this time will be our last visit the staff not really understand our order and got them all wrong and the toilet was not clean.

We had £23 set menu. 4 courses for that is amazing and it was delicious! Particularly spring rolls, aromatic duck and the salt and pepper prawns! Great service too. Highly recommend

Absolutely HORRIBLE experience, I arrived at 10pm with a friend on a Saturday night and got turned away by the lady at the counter because she said the kitchen was closed. It clearly states that the restaurant is OPEN UNTIL 12AM. As we were walking up the stairs, a group of three entered the restaurant and spoke to the same lady. She immediately seated them! I was so shocked and angry, I turned back and spoke to her about it. She looked extremely put off but offered us a table, which we of course declined and left. DO NOT GO!