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4.0 of 5 stars.
I've come here 4 times now, and I've had excellent service, and really fresh delicious food every time, for very reasonable prices!! You might not get your "traditional" dim sum experience here with...
yelp.com - user review - 05/04/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
bad. not horrible not kind of bad. I prefer regular style dimsum with the carts over this. The service sucked anyway. Also, Empire Garden's dimsum is far superior, IMO. This was just.. blander, soggy,...
yelp.com - user review - 04/29/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Winsor is NOT a substitution for the dim sum experience, but I think a better option for those who know exactly what it is they want when they want dim sum. Also, it is good for when you wake up and...
yelp.com - user review - 04/24/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I can't even remember how young I was when my father first took me to the Imperial Tea House for dim sum as a child, but I was hooked. And over the years I got several friends hooked with me. And on...
yelp.com - user review - 04/16/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Overall a pleasant experience. Had to wait 15 minutes on a Saturday afternoon, and we shared table with other customers. There are no rolling carts of dim sum at this place. Instead you'd order by...
yelp.com - user review - 04/11/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I 'm not a super dim sum fan, but I probably go to dim sum place two times a month. Windsor's dim sum menu was pretty similar to that of china pearl. Maybe winsor has more menu items such as soy bean...
yelp.com - user review - 03/29/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
3.5 Stars but not good enough to be 4 yet.It was late and we were craving dim sum so a friend and I found ourselves back at Windsor and to our surprise, the food has gotten better and the service...
yelp.com - user review - 03/05/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I'm disappointed as I think the quality and service at Winsor has gone down a notch. While it's still my go-to dim sum spot in Chinatown and they have always accommodated our large-ish groups, I feel...
yelp.com - user review - 02/27/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Damn good dim sum at dirt cheap prices!!! Dim sum at Winsor is awesome. Lotus paste buns, u-choy and oyster sauce, fried shrimp rolls, steamed pork buns, spring rolls, salt & pepper calamari. Yummy....
yelp.com - user review - 02/18/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Really, seriously, cook me up anything in one of those little wooden steamers and I'll drool over it. When I do dim sum, I basically load up on every assortment of dumplings I can get my hands on and...
yelp.com - user review - 02/16/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Winsor has become our default place to go when we can't think of anywhere to get food. The dim sum is so, SO fresh, and the large list of appetizers is enough to make a meal on their own. We've been...
yelp.com - user review - 02/09/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
WINSOR I MISS YOUUUUUUUUUU!!I miss you so so bad ;_;i miss you lilke I miss youtube and water you can drink from the tap. I miss waiting in your lines more than dodging stray bullets on a JP...
yelp.com - user review - 02/04/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I may be considered a race traitor but I think I might like deep-fried squid more than chicken! My Haitian mother would read this and weep if she could find the Internet on any one of our three...
yelp.com - user review - 01/29/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Wow! While I miss the push carts, every thing here was so fresh! We put in our order, and everything came out really quickly. No more waiting 30 minutes for the siu mai push cart!The freshness was...
yelp.com - user review - 01/24/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I had a Saturday brunch here and my friends and I COMPLETELY embarrassed ourselves by ordering at least 3 times as much food as we needed. It was full but not overly busy and most of the clients were...
yelp.com - user review - 01/20/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
There's no reason to go here instead of Hei La Moon. If you are going to order off menus, the dim sum should be fresher than the cart stuff, and that just isn't the case at Winsor. Yes, dishes are...
yelp.com - user review - 01/17/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The place serves a typical chinese menu in addition to all day dimsum. We only tried the dimsum and it was quite good. We had the steamed shrimp, steamed shrimp rice noodle, shumai (steamed shrimp and...
yelp.com - user review - 01/14/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
We came here this past Sunday because my lovely was craving dim sum. For the dim sum dishes we checked off, we had the ha gao (shrimp dumplings), nor mai gai (sticky rice with chicken in a big leaf),...
yelp.com - user review - 01/14/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Here, my dim sum cherry was no more (thanks again to Marc). Thinking we would get one single serving of each appetizer, we ordered several... and we should have just ordered three. Each selection...
yelp.com - user review - 01/06/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I agree with Karman L- overall good dim sum. In addition to all the crazy dishes like fake shark soup, and fried duck feet, they have all the traditionally yummy dim sum dishes that taste so good...
yelp.com - user review - 01/02/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Winsor Dim Sum Cafe is a wonderful find since you can get some very fine dim sum at odd hours when other really great dim Sum choices are not to be had. We ate there for a very reasonable $15 per...
yelp.com - user review - 12/29/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Overall good dim sum. They don't do the push carts here. You have to check off what you want on a checklist and give that to the waitress. They will then bring the food out. $2.75 per all dim sum...
yelp.com - user review - 12/27/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Greasy, but overall good-tasting food. The peanut and chicken dumplings get a big thumbs up. However, I'm fairly sure they tried to sneak an extra dish onto our table (well after we had finished...
yelp.com - user review - 12/23/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
being as hei la moon has shown signs of going downhill.. (using as a quality barometer the thickness/quality of the hai gao skins...) this is probably the top dim sum availability in boston. It's a...
yelp.com - user review - 12/13/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Dim sum is yum yum in my tum tum! Okay, so that wasn't exactly original, but it is still a fact. I had my first dim sum experience about 2 years ago (Maine doesn't know what dim sum is, so this lack...
yelp.com - user review - 12/09/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
So a few weeks ago, Joe and I and a couple other Yelper friends were eating at another popular Chinatown restaurant (New Jumbo) when Vanessa asks me if I had ever been to Windsor Dim Sum. "No," I...
yelp.com - user review - 12/08/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The food here is delicious and the service is delightful. Every time I go I order an array of dishes- primarily vegetarian- and I have never been disappointed. The vegetable pan-friend noodles,...
yelp.com - user review - 12/07/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
As a kid I always ate dim sum off the carts. I remember waiting and waiting and waiting for that final favorite dish that someone wanted. Sure the oil may have congealed or it's cold like a wet fish,...
yelp.com - user review - 12/01/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
My first Boston dim sum experience and it was a great one! -The line was to the door (about 6 people ahead of us), but my party of two got seated in about 10 minutes, at our own table. -The dim sum...
yelp.com - user review - 11/09/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Solid, decent dim sum in Boston's Chinatown. This place is a block down from where we really wanted to go, and although that restaurant was beyond packed out the door during peak lunchtime hours, this...
yelp.com - user review - 11/07/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I have to be honest, I expected more from this place.It had many indications of being a great place to eat- it was full of people who speak Chinese, the menu was fairly interesting, and of course it...
yelp.com - user review - 11/06/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Walked into an empty restaurant at 7:30pm on a Tues... sure was a spooky sight. Wasn't sure whether to quietly exit or take a risk and try a few things. Ordered 4 dishes but was so curious why this...
yelp.com - user review - 11/06/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
wow i LOVE this place. tonight was my third visit. i am sitting in my office eating takeout right now. i usually get takeout and it's really really fast. i had been dreaming about the pork ribs in...
yelp.com - user review - 10/28/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Very white people friendly, from their english menu to how quiet & clean it is.Personally, I'd still perfer Hei La Moon, but this is my 2nd choice for sunday dim sums, unless I have a wicked migrame...
yelp.com - user review - 10/20/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I really enjoyed my meal here. The fried silverfish were great, and the large soup dimsum just hit the spot.
yelp.com - user review - 10/17/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
OK, you heard it right here. This place has the best dim sum in Chinatown. First of all, the place is clean. Very clean. Sure, it may not be as authentic as the large push cart-style dim sum places,...
yelp.com - user review - 10/04/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I'm on a mission to try all the dimsum places in Chinatown to determine the excellent, good, and ugly...Tried this place the other weekend. Much smaller than traditional dimsum restaurants so there...
yelp.com - user review - 10/02/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Ah..... YUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUMMMMM!At $2.75 for most dim sum orders, where can you go wrong? This place is sooooooo yummy and well worth your time and money. Its kinda small but if you go on a rainy day,...
yelp.com - user review - 09/29/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Maybe 4 stars... I couldn't decide. Either way, I thought this place was great. Cheap and very tasty (though not quite as cheap and tasty as in San Francisco, but what can you expect). I much prefer...
yelp.com - user review - 09/21/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
If somehow Winsor and China Pearl had a lovechild, that would be just like the tea houses of guangzhou. they're huge, multi-leveled complexes like CP, but most restaurants have migrated from carts to...
yelp.com - user review - 09/21/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I think this is officially my first review - and I'm not even from Boston! Can't compare it to what you can get in LA but nothing in the states is. First day here and I had to head to Chinatown. I...
yelp.com - user review - 09/08/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I'm very surprised with everyone's reviews, because I had a pretty terrible experience there tonight. So, I know it's a Monday night and all, but I went at 8 and was the ONLY person in the whole...
yelp.com - user review - 09/08/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I've been to all the dim sum places Boston's Chinatown has to offer - except for this one.So, my family decided to go here on a whim to celebrate the immediate family's summer birthday people/kids.For...
yelp.com - user review - 08/24/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Came here again during a very busy Sunday afternoon (around 1pm). The place was PACKED. My partner and I were waiting for a table for two and the hostess gave us a choice of either sitting with...
yelp.com - user review - 08/17/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
For my first experience and in spite of having to share a table with another party, the food experience was exceptional. Did note that nearly every table ordered "Chinese Fried Dough in Rice Noodle"....
yelp.com - user review - 08/10/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
As others have mentioned, there is not the din and racket of the standard dim sum houses and there are no ladies pushing carts around shouting out things that most of us whiteys simply don't...
yelp.com - user review - 07/14/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Yay, I'm a fan!! Yup, that's right. After repeatedly only going to Peach Farm - just steps from Winsor, I finally took a chance and tried something new in Chinatown. If you're looking for some solid...
yelp.com - user review - 06/25/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
A friend of mine took me here and it was great!You can always tell a restaurant is good when there is a line out the door. This is one of the restaurants that serve Dim Sum all day long!!!!The food...
yelp.com - user review - 06/15/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Some Asian friends recommended this place to me when I was in Boston a month or so ago.Superior dim sum served fresh to order. Onion pancakes are a savory dream. Everything I tasted was wonderful,...
yelp.com - user review - 06/06/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I got take out here recently and ordered the "Shrimp, Pork & Scramble Egg Chow Foon Curry (cantonese version of pad thai), the taste was okay, nothing spectacular. According to the menu, this order...
yelp.com - user review - 06/06/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Great prices, great food, small place. I have been to Windsor twice now and every time that I have gone it's been great. Great dishes: Turnip cakes in XO sauce; sweet soy milk; Chinese fried dough;...
yelp.com - user review - 06/03/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Went here on Sunday morning, cuz I had a craving for turnip cakes. the place is small , so one thing i liked is that you are given a list and you check off the things that you like. But I guess most...
yelp.com - user review - 06/02/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
It's new, which is cool, and they have dim sum made to order, which is also cool. All in all, an average place, pretty good for Boston, I guess. The prices are $2.75 for each dim sum dish. They offer...
yelp.com - user review - 05/20/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Alternative to the huge China Pearl across the Street. Small little restaurants w/ no dimsum girls rolling their carts around. You order off the slip of paper checking off what you want. Most of the...
yelp.com - user review - 04/20/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I actually looked up this restaurant on Mobile Yelp while at the restaurant because I was hoping I'd made a new find after stumbling across it late this afternoon. Because I spelled it wrong...
yelp.com - user review - 04/19/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I guess people fall into two camps with dim sum, those who dig the trolley-dolly type and those who like their dishes made-to-order. Me, I'm the latter - I like it ordered off the menu and brought...
yelp.com - user review - 04/09/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
One of my favourite new dim sum places in Boston! The prices are reasonable and the food isn't bland as some other dim sum restaurants. The place is kind of small, but cozy if you're going there with...
yelp.com - user review - 03/31/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
When I saw new dim sum reviews popping up, I had to check it out. Like everyone has already said, this place is SO affordable. You'll find all the standards, and if you can't find exactly what you...
yelp.com - user review - 03/24/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Dim sum for the win! Can we say $28 bucks for happy bellies of kwashiorkor proportions and leftovers for dinner? Yes, indeeeedy. There's this Threadless(.com) tee that shows a picture of a hamburger...
yelp.com - user review - 03/17/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I think my search for my favourite dim sum spot in Boston has officially ended. I love this place. Upon walking in, we noted that the smell was somewhat curious - "it's cos its clean, its a renovated...
yelp.com - user review - 03/10/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
After an abortive attempt to dine here earlier in the week, 4 of us rolled up on this joint before noon to be sure of being seated. One of us, "P", just back from Hong Kong and is a native Chinese...
yelp.com - user review - 03/06/2008
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