Hang Ah Tea Room

The restaurant is old but has classic 1920s ETA old Chinatown charm. We ordered: Hong Kong style beef chow fun Fried shrimp ball Shrimp dumpling (har gow) Siu Mai Turnip cake Lotus wrap sticky rice with pork and chicken Everything was excellent, but the Siu Mai was the best I've had in a long time. The house made chili sauce is fantastic. The two of us each bought a jar to take home. Highly recommended.

Visited Saturday on a short weekend getaway OMG. Such a cool historic little restaurant. Saw a video about it and knew I had to visit. Thought it would be more packed but it was kinda slow that day. Service was great, menu is great. It was a little warm inside but other than that I had a fantastic experience with my Dad. Definitely recommend

This place is absolutely amazing. The food was hot and fresh and most importantly delicious. The house made chili oil was the best I’ve ever had and went great with the food. Not fancy at all but atmosphere gives you a sense of history that’s hard to recreate. Would highly recommend. Especially for a 1st time Dim Sum experience.

I’ve always wanted to come to Hang Ah but it was closed whenever I showed up at odd hours for San Francisco Chinatown. Today we stayed at the local Hilton so we were there early for Jasmine Oolong tea 🍵 and dim sum. The scallion pancakes were okay, pretty BreAsh and a lot of food. I took a lot to go and enjoyed them more on a second helping! I didn’t like the pork potstickers, not fried enough, too wet. Others may enjoy, the taste was great. The sauces were excellent. I came for the history and Hang Ah delivers :) The traditional Chinese round door, old photographs on the walls and the overall ambiance and feel were exactly what I desired. I would love to bring a good book here and read for three hours over dim sum and hot tea!

Yesterday , I had a craving for scallion pancakes; Manager at nearby Nepali supermarket where I recommends the place next door, Hang Ah, which apparently the oldest dim sum in all of USA ; Oh it’s a fossil alright ; but it’s got charm; Sit outside for the soundtrack from children’s playground and the young adults playing at a nearby basketball court; Superb peasant food which I quite liked but curiously served with a thick and rather sweetish tamarind soy sauce ; the oolong tea is warm; I read as I eat; the service is serviceable and I pay as instantly as the food arrived to avoid interaction with staff who are as charmless as the place is charming ; Before leaving , I do enter the restaraunt to catch the old posters in Chinese of Bruce Lee films ; Exit the place through the runway path photographed below ; it is is strewn with modernist graffiti and murals under the red lanterns hung in manner as if they were guiding an airline to land in the narrow alley ! I do like the life and art surrounding this relic.