Review Ho Sum Bistro - Newport Beach

Wow, drove by for years and finally ate here. Blown away how good the food is. Also a great value. We ordered the Ho Sum salad with chicken size large. Literally 4 people can share this. Also ordered the Mu Sho with pork. Also unbelievable how good of a value this place is. We will definitely be back!

Decided to pop in for a quick stack during happy hour. Very pleased with my dumplings and glass of wine. Although my server was a bit abrupt and not that friendly but I was a quick in and out customer. I would return again if I was in the area.

It's been here forever, it even burned down once! The salad is their signature dish but there are much better items on the menu. Ho Sum is always my Tuesday night choice. The staff are friendly but recently there was some confusion when members of my group paid separately, causing bills to be swapped when we paid in different cards and cash. Someone else ended up paying for a much less expensive meal in cash while I paid for theirs on the card and the waiter pocketed the cash difference. It was obvious, it was theft and it was fixed. After 15 years of attendance I won't be back for that specific reason,no matter how good the mu shu is.

Great food! Got the crispy crab bellies & Califoriental Lo Mein.

The food tastes extremely fresh. Service was fast. Martinis were great. Cha Sui Bao: 8/10 meat to bun ratio is off Shanghai Spring Rolls: 10/10 BBQ Pork Lo Mein: 8/10 Too much noodle, now enough meat Pho - Phun Noodle Soup: 10/10 Chicken Lettuce Wrap: 7.5/10 Chicken was good, lettuce wasn’t green

Stopped in while walking by for happy hour. I had some dumplings that were tasty and a glass for wine for a special deal. They also had a chopped salad that looked very good and they kindly gave me a little sample.l and it indeed tasty. The place looked like it was a local favorite with plenty of people coming and going and getting take out.

The Sesame chicken salad has a better dressing than the Ho Sum (ginger) chicken salad. But the Ho Sum salad has better ingredients. So I recommend getting the combination salad. The hot kitchen operates way slower than the cold kitchen, so I highly recommend starting with a salad first, and feel free to order everything at the same time because the hot items will arrive way after the cold items. Also get a side of sesame dressing because it goes great with everything from the lettuce wraps to the dumplings. The salads are huge - a half size salad could easily feed 3 to 4 people. While the full size salad feeds 6 to 8 people! The soups are nice too. The hot and sour soup is great. The wonton soup has a nice rich broth and comes with the soft boiled chicken dumplings that are also available as Dim Sum. I love the red sauce that comes with the "Poached Wrapped Wontons" (which is really dimsum soft boiled chicken dumplings), and it's only mildly spicy. The quenelles have the same great chicken filling inside but are just different shape. The chicken potstickers are good, while the shrimp potstickers are average. The Ho Sum dumplings are just average and have somewhat of a Greek flavor to them with the minced herbs sauce. The combination fried rice is somewhat flavorless and needs soy sauce. The Lo Mein noodles are also somewhat flavorless, but are improved by asking for a side of Ho Sum BBQ sauce which is actually their home made version of Asian Hoisin sauce. By the way this place is very loud. It's a small place, but the sound bounces off the walls in a major way.

Obsessed with this place and can't wait to go back!!! The ho sum salad is to die for and that's only a half order so can't imagine what a full order looks like!! And only salad I've met that tastes even better the next day..dressing on and all.. fried rice probably one of the best I had..chicken schuwein amazinngg as well as the dumplings...literally cannot wait to go back to get the other half of the menu..can't forgot about the pork Lo mein..SO GOOD!!!

January 2017: 4-stars for what it is - a low key, fun, casual, salad and California-Asian cuisine restaurant very popular with locals for dine-in and take out. The restaurant recently reopened after being closed for over a year following a kitchen fire. Prices are reasonable, customers are nice, and service is friendly. Their salads are large (overflowing) and extremely popular. People also love their dumplings, noodle dishes, and California-Chinese preparations.

This place is absolutely amazing. If you haven't been here before, you must try it out! The staff is incredibly friendly and the food...well let's just say it's "heavenly". If you haven't been here before, make sure you get the Combo Salad (the large is huge!). Two of my favorite must-gets every time I go, is the Combo Salad and Poached Wrapped Won-Tons (If you like spicy)! You honestly can't go wrong with anything!