Reviews for Iron Teapot Dim Sum & Bar in Los Angeles, CA
It was my birthday and I wanted to try something different. I hadn't had Dim Sum since I was a kid visiting my Chinese uncle in... San Francisco and Dim Sum came up. This place was suggested and I'm extremely satisfied with our experience! Literally everybite was delicious. The dumplings were perfectly stuffed and cooked. You could tell the ingredients were fresh. Even thepictures don't do it justice but I'll upload some to help. The little Dim Sum robot was adorable. Read more
Vegan dimsum was pretty good here if you keep an open mind. I’ve missed eating turnip cake since it’s hard to find it vegan... but I liked the version here. Presentation was beautiful and Service was excellent though I’m honestly not a big fan of therobot that brings us our food. I also have mixed feelings about this place because I read on IG that they took a lot of ideasfrom Inomoni. Read more
This is my second time visiting the restaurant and I am so glad I gave them a second chance. They have worked out their service... issues - we receive all of our items piping hot. The quality of a number of the dishes also improved - most notably the siu mai.It was juicy and flavorful. All of the traditional dim sum items were ordered were respectably tasty and it is now a contenderfor when we don’t have the time (or the gas money) to go to SGV. While it is obviously pricier than dim sum in SGV it is a)located on the west side b) has a full liquor license and c) now has a quality of menu items that can contend. Read more
It was really good. The food was really tasty. My fiancé had the regular dim sum, and I have the vegan versions. It was... delicious and you couldn’t tell a difference between the two. So that’s good if you’re vegan. Only thing was we went therebecause they had robot waiters, but it didn’t really seem like they had that part down yet. I don’t know if they just barelyopened. But the robot waiters and the regular waiters were kind of interchangeable, in the way that the regular waiters werejust grabbing the food off of the robot waiters. Instead of us being able to interact with them. Otherwise it was great. Thestaff was more than friendly. And we got sat pretty quickly. Read more
Visiting from Florida, and came to the restaurant after seeing a clip of it on TikTok. The food was great, I tried several... dishes, the soup dumplings came out ahead of the rest as the best purchase. The employees are super friendly, especially Noey,he was the best! He gave several other suggestions for our trip and went above and beyond with his hospitality. Give it a try,it’s a modern twist on a classic dim sum restaurant, and worth the visit. Oh, and you’re food is delivered by a robot catwaiter, which just adds more fun to the experience. Read more
For dim sum, most times it's best to go out to SGV - leaving many other places in a desert of of choices. But this new spot... conveniently in west LA has a lot of promise. Checked it out today with a few friends. The food was surprisingly delicious. Theblack malt chili oil pork soup dumpling was one of my favorites. Just the right amount of soup to provide a boost of flavorwithout overpowering the filling. The God of Gamblers drink was very tasty as well. Refreshingly spicy. Wasn't a fan of the rimthough but after the owner explained the inspiration, I get it. Still not a fan but the drink itself would still order. Iactually ordered twice lol. All in all, I enjoyed this place. For west LA this exceeds expectations and provides a justifiable alternative to going to SGV. 4/5 ONLY bc it's soft opening and don't have a full menu yet. I'm sure this will be a 5/5 verysoon Read more
I have wanted to try Iron Teapot for a while now, since The Infatuation listed them as one of the best new restaurants to open... in LA. It was a very underwhelming and disappointing experience. To start, the front door was locked even though they wereopen. There’s a side door (that’s really in front) with a sign that says “Please use front door.” We entered throughthe side door. Like most restaurants these days, they were under-staffed. The waitress was friendly, but rushed so whenever shedropped off a dish, we didn’t know what it was. Many tables were left unclean and the cart for dirty dishes was piled highnext to the entry. The steamed bak choi was essentially raw. We sent it back. The tea we ordered never arrived. The rest of thedishes varied from OK to borderline bad. I know these are difficult times and I want restaurants to succeed. This place haspotential, but I don’t think I would return. Read more
Yum, no other words. Great selection of dim sum. Their XLB, soup dumplings have a great variety but sometimes the soup has... escaped, hole or something... Like the atmosphere and the service is always nice. Would maybe rethink the robot, it's nice butin the end not practical... Someone with me would give them a 7.5 because the house cocktail was not as displayed in thepicture. Still very good cocktail. Read more