Reviews for Sampan Cafe in Alexandria, VA
Visiting the DC area for the weekend and our friend was staying at the MGM casino. We googled the closest dim sum places and one... of them was sampan. The dim sum was really good and chrysanthemum tea was perfect. Surprisingly, service was excellent as a lotof Chinese restaurants tend to have spotty service. We will definitely be back when we’re in this area. Read more
We discovered Sampan delivered during the pandemic and ordered dim sum and some other dishes from them several times. Mostly... things are good except this past week the shrimp & chive dumplings we got were deep fried? Not sure what happened there... Read more
Great food!! My favorite dishes were the spicy crispy bean curd and the chive dumplings. We also got stuffed eggplant, scallop... dumpling, string beans, bean curds, salted egg yolk, Shumai, and the sesame balls. Lots of vegetarian and pescatarian options.The dim sum prices were very reasonable (~$5 for each small plate w three pieces). Read more
Ordered seafood combo. With XO sauce $25.8. It is very disappointing. Only three small peeled shrimp and several pieces of... Squid. No scallops, no nothing other seafoods as combo. I called restaurant and complained the dish. He said “ That is shouldbe” . What kind of service it is. Never go and never order again. This dish size is similar to lunch box. Very bad experience Read more
We used to dine in or take out at Golden Hong Kong, since they closed down we were looking for a replacement restaurant which is... near our home. Our friends recommend Sampan to us. The first impression is good, servers are speaking Cantonese and I heard thatsome of them are from Hong Kong, feeling so good. Taste of food is good as well, like regular HK style at estates, of coursecannot compare to those high end Michelin stars restaurants in Hong Kong, already feeling so satisfied in NoVA as Golden HongKong is closed and Hong Kong Pearl gone down too much. We wil try other dishes next time, hopefully they are good too. P.s.only HKgers understand what Cantonese foul language wordings and tones mean real good Chinese chefs are working in this kitchen.I only heard this from Sampan and Wegmans Alexandria so far. Read more
Great food. The general TSO chicken was flavorful. The crispy spicy pork chops are my new favorite. The egg rolls were large and... in charge. It was nice to eat at a classic family style Chinese restaurant. The servers were delightful. Only complaint was Iate to much. Read more
Weekday Dimsum!!! Don't wait for the weekend. Food is 5 stars, We cleaned off the plates! Easy Parking handicap accessible.... Not sure why the overall rating is lower. Great place, clean, and nice staff. We last visited almost two years ago but happyto try their dimsum again. On weekdays you order it off the menu, rather than from a cart. The normal menu is still available isyou don’t want DS. We just finished all the food! Read more
I was skeptical about this restaurant serving dim sum when the restaurant's name was unusual. We decided to give it a try. It... was legit dim sum or Chinese restaurant. The dim sum may not be the best comparing other dim sum places in the NoVa, but is wasgood and expensive. Read more