I don't usually bother with dim sum in Vegas but other options were even more crowded due to the holiday. Line stretched out the door (and there was an equally long line to pay) but so many people gave up that even though there were 20(!) parties ahead of us, it only took us ~30 minutes to be seated. Someone tried to steal our table but the hostess thankfully blocked them.
Doesn't compare to the dim sum I've had in Hong Kong, NY, or LA. Probably on par with what I've had in San Francisco and San Diego. They have a chaotic, inefficient system, not like the well-oiled machines I'm used to for dim sum. Between carts and going up to order at the kitchen, in 20 minutes we had only managed to get 3 dishes. Took 3 people to get our tea.
Guk faa cha: only $1/person for chrysanthemum tea! I like how they give you the rock sugar on the side, though we didn't use it. They were slow to refill our teapot, with lukewarm, not hot, water.
Cart items were mushy from sitting around, which was surprising considering how busy it was. The cart ladies would often pass us by in the corner where we were sitting.
Ha cheong fun: wrapper is a bit mushy. Shrimp on the small side. The 2nd round hadn't been sitting as long as the 1st so was marginally better, but still too squishy for my taste. 3 to an order.
Pork & chive dumpling: though they smelled good, they were bland, greasy, and the filling was hard. I felt like a dog gnawing on a rubber ball. There was supposedly shrimp in this but I didn't see or taste any. 3 to an order.
Bat tong go: sliced too thin so the edges were dried out and crunchy. Also small - I should not be able to shove an entire slice in my mouth. A touch too oily. Just the right amount of sweetness though. Comes 4 to an order but they're relatively small pieces compared to what I'm used to.
Ha gao: these we managed to get right after they were made. Instead of a shrimp ball there were 2 whole shrimp inside each one, though the shrimp they used were again on the small side. Even so, this was the third best thing we had. Getting it fresh made all the difference between this and the ha cheong. 4 to an order.
Malaysian roti: the best thing we had. Even the roti by itself was so delicious it almost was a shame to cover up the flavor with curry, even though the curry was also super-delicious. Comes with a little ramekin of delicious curry (which had some chickpeas and a few small chunks of potatoes in it). There's a serious bottleneck producing them as they're made fresh to order, there's only one pan to make them in, and only one fits in the pan at a time. Got 2, though we could have eaten a pile of them. Menu says it's vegan. Worth coming back for.
Xiao long bao (soup dumplings): the flavor was good and not sweet but there was no soup inside and the bottoms of the wraps were soggy. Despite their flaws, these were slightly better than the XLB Fat Dumpling (which I also like but don't love). Comes 3 to an order and are on the slightly small side for XLB.
Daan tat (egg custard): ordered this at the kitchen. They said they would bring it to our table but didn't ask where our table was. Half an hour later we still had none and could not find anyone who knew what was going on with them. Finally they arrived hot out of the oven nearly 45 minutes later. They were delicious (mostly because they were just made). I haven't had fresh hot daan tat in a long time so this was a nice treat. The second best thing we ate here. Comes 2 to an order and are the normal size kind, not the minis.
Steamed sponge cake: not what I was expecting. Tasted like sweet cornbread but with some almond cookie notes. Not bad but not what I wanted. They are not consistent with the size of the slice they give you, but they give you a huge hunk at least the size of your face.
Mushroom mai (shrimp and pork-stuffed mushrooms): they said they were out when we tried to order it but it came by on a cart later so we grabbed one. The shrimp and pork ball had the same problem as the chive dumpling filling in that I did not taste any shrimp, but these were less rubbery and had better flavor. 3 to an order.
They were out of veggie and potato curry puffs and pan-fried potstickers.
We did not get any of the noodle dishes, though it's of note that they give you your choice of wide or narrow rice noodles or thin egg noodles (I prefer wheat noodles to rice or egg noodles though).
Due to reaching our sweets threshold, we didn't try to get our other sweet favorites like dau saa bao (red bean buns), red bean sesame balls, mango pudding, tofu faa (sweet silken tofu), or golden lava custard buns.
The tables, chairs, and cafeteria area are not very posh but the dozens of wooden bird cages hanging from the ceiling are cute, and the floor tiles and booths look fairly new.
12 items cost $50 before tip.
They lose points for inefficiency, the lukewarm tea, hot items that got cold, and the chive dumplings, but the rest was good enough to make up for it.