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| - Okay, here is the cold hard truth: Dim Sum in Ohio, Lower Your Expectations People. That being said, after trying dim sum in the three big C's of Ohio, Cleveland, Columbus, and Cincinnati, by far, Li Wah has the best tasting dim sum and the best selection, especially on Sundays. Just by looking around the room on Sunday, you can see by the masses of Asian heads, that it is a great place considering that this is Ohio. Honestly, you cannot expect it to taste like San Francisco or Boston or New York, and no, we do not have a Chinatown, per say, in Ohio, but this is as good as it comes. Li Wah is connected to an indoor shopping center that has been renovated and the old grocery has been reconstructed into a nice new, larger grocery store with fresh bakery items. Sure, it does not compare to the large meccas of the United States, but, hello, this is OHIO, get it?
I have been coming to Li Wah since I can remember and they have evolved. Their dim sum items have expanded, their quality is much better, and they are faster at getting items out to customers and getting those carts around. They have more cart servers who can semi-understand/speak English, which is a relief, and the waiters are more attentive than before. The seating is a little crowded, but chairs do not end up bumping into each other, which is more than I can say for a lot of dim sum places. The noise level is just fine, not too loud and no annoying Asian music. They usually have sports games playing the television.
They have the usual dim sum favorites: shumai, chicken feet, bao buns, egg custard, congee, what I call "footballs," etc. I always order their chinese broccoli with oyster sauce, yum yum. They usually have four or five different types of carts which come around several times. Remember though, the most dim sum selection is prepared on Sunday, but get there before peak time or you will be waiting for a table.
The reason why I did not give Li Wah five stars is because sometimes the cart servers get chatty and forget to do their job. The managers have to prod them and tell them to stop talking quite a bit in order to get the customers served and the carts around which is irking. This problem is getting better, however, because the issue was much bigger in the past without management interference.
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