Dim T (Charlotte St)

Asked if restaurant catered for gluten free diet because I have coeliacs disease. The waitress brought me a separate paper menu which identified gluten free foods. If we had stayed at Dim T I would have been able to eat the edamame and the steamed rice. Why bother with the special menu they should have been honest and said at the door they couldn't cater. When I left they did offer me a salad! I can go anywhere for a salad it takes no effort at all!
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Helen
0 Overall rating
Food 0 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 0 | Value for money 0
Saturday, November 19, 2011

walked past and walked in for lunch today. big mistake - felt so ripped off. my advice is dont order the pad thai (if you insist to go there) I ordered it with tofu and there were yes - noodles, a few bits of beanspouts and 6-7 number of small tofu. (ok there was also a few bits of spring onions) the healthy option that i chose ended up the most unhealthy and the worst I've had. The bottom of the bowl was full of oil, and i had to top up my 5 a day elsewhere.
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chef
4 Overall rating
Food 1 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 5 | Value for money 1
Thursday, July 21, 2011

Not a bad choice for a chain... virtually indistinguishable from the slightly more common Ping Pong.
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www.grumblinggourmet.com - View all reviews by this user
6 Overall rating
Food 6 | Service 5 | Atmosphere 5 | Value for money 8
Saturday, April 24, 2010

We went to Dim T for a quick bite to eat. The restaurant itself looks very nice and the ambience was good but the food was awful! Definitely would not come back here again. We ordered a few dim sums for starters and they were horrible. I've learnt my lesson now - always go to a proper chinese restaurant if you want authentic dim sum. This restaurant is catered for the "western" customer.
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5 Overall rating
Food 2 | Service 5 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 5
Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Very average.

Dim sums 6/10 - probably the best part of the meal.

Seafood laksa lacking somewhat. Chicken katsu "how can you go wrong?" curry v average - breadcrumbs soggy

Nice looking place but would get better food going to much cheaper place around here.
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Katie G
6 Overall rating
Food 4 | Service 6 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 5
Thursday, November 12, 2009

I have already send a review direct to Dim t but honestly to sum this restaurant up in one word......AMAZING!!! *****
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marina nash
10 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Tuesday, October 06, 2009

I don't understand why these reviews are so horrible: you get what you pay for.

I've frequented Dim T many times as I work around the corner. Ambience is nice, food quick, cheap and cheerful. Staff efficient. Good place to grab a quick bite before heading into soho with friends. Not so good for a first or even third date. It does have the feel of a restaurant chain, but if a one off experience is what you are looking for try something more adventurous in Chinatown.

Dim T isn't Hakkasan or Yauatcha, but for quick, consistent dim sum option that won't require a black AMEX, Dim T is a appealing alternative.
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Jess
8 Overall rating
Food 7 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 8
Sunday, July 26, 2009

Awful place. Don't bother. Read the mixed reviews and thought I'd give them the benefit of the doubt but they really, really don't deserve it. The food was mediocre - at best. Dim sum was cold, greasy and the fillings on occasion disturbingly gelatinous. The "chef's" favourite ingredient appeared to be salt and our table and the tables either side were cramped into a tiny, claustrophobic little corner.

That was nothing compared to the truly disgusting service which was also incredibly slow (it was an obviously understaffed restaurant); indifferent on occasion but mostly rude and abrupt.

Slightly depressing as I thought I'd give them a go because "maybe they just had a bad day when the last review was written" and "it can't be that bad surely?" and "they've got such a cool website". No, none of the above. They're just incomparably bad. At everything. No redeeming features. Oh, sorry, I lie, I liked the chopsticks.
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A. Shambles
1 Overall rating
Food 1 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 1 | Value for money 0
Monday, June 15, 2009

Ok, I went to this restaurant yesterday. I’ve never, ever bothered to right a review on the internet before … seeing that it’s a pretty lame thing to do and anyway, one man’s gourmet is another man’s Findus Crispy Pancake… Mmm. Nonetheless I honestly thought this place deserved what I’ve got to say as it really was fantastic.

I read some of the other reviews on here where some crazy fools didn’t enjoy their Dim T experience, with comments such as “the soup was tasteless” or it felt like “mass produced oriental food”. Well to be honest, it was either a bad say for the Dim T massive, or these punters were perhaps drunk. That would probably be it, because it really is superior to most oriental restaurants. To be fair, I can’t comment on anything other than what my girlfriend and I ate which were: Various Dim Sum, Kung Po (sp?) chicken, boiled rice and an amazing cucumber and ginger side dish. Oh yeah, and a Mango juice that tasted of Mango, not sugary nonsense made my some guy in a white suit at Del Monte. It was great.

The whole meal was literally remarkable. Exactly how oriental cooking should be. Well probably in my head. Not at all gacky, flavours that you could distinctly pick out, and everything tasted fresh fresh fresh. It was near orgasmic to eat. I kid you not. Maybe it was the fact that I was hungry, or the restaurant itself was a nice environment (another tick) or some other external factor, but hear me when I say it really was stunning food.

The service was also great. No waiter hanging around your table, taking your glass the moment it’s empty and touches the table. I hate that. No waiting 40 mins to get the bill before having to do that annoying “writing a cheque” hand gesture to some distant face across the room. No staff clearing your plates whilst the other person you’re with is still eating.

The only criticism I could possibly level at Dim T was the size of the portions, but that’s probably only because I enjoyed it so much I could have easily eaten more. A lot more. It also didn’t leave me with that sick feeling you can get from lots of oriental food – That false, full up, slightly ill feeling because you know you’ve consumed a ton of MSG and additives. I’m not saying that Dim T doesn’t use MSG, nor am I refuting the earlier claim that the food is (obviously) mass produced – But who cares – It’s the taste that matters and it was greatly superior to almost all Chinese, Thai and Japanese places I’ve eaten in – Which are numerous. It’s also pretty cheap.

Listen, go, don’t go. Whatever, but it’s more than worth a try. Maybe you’ll be another drunk moaner, maybe you’ll be close to sexual ecstasy like I was. Either way, taking the gamble beats the hell out of going to Pizza Express again, or Ping Pong, or one of the sub standard China Town venues, or a curry house where a Lamb Madras is exactly the same as the Tikka Masala part from some colouring. There’s also some nice pubs round that area too, to go to after. Don’t go before, or you’ll probably claim that the soup was tasteless.
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10 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 9
Wednesday, March 25, 2009