China Kitchen is the Chinese restaurant of the Shangri-La hotel in Chiang Mai (I reviewed Shangri-La’s weekend brunch buffet in the past). I went there in February 2020, for a special promotion called “Dim Sum Festival”: an all you can eat dim sum lunch. Not sure if this promotion will be available in the future, but dim sum is one of the fixtures on their menu so you will be able to find similar dishes. It should be mentioned that China Kitchen is advertised as a Szechuan restaurant, while dim sum is part of the Cantonese tradition.
The visit
I had a reservation for a weekday (the day before, when I just showed up, it was too late and the dim sum menu was sold out) and my table was ready for me.
The package deal included all you can eat dim sum dishes, a soup of the day, fried rice, and dessert, but no drinks.
The soup (tomato and chicken) and the fried rice were particularly good. Then I had at least one dim sum per type:
The fried and baked dim sum were better than the steamed ones.
The dessert was a sweet soup with dragon fruit and jellies (quite refreshing).
The check
The final check was 509.25 THB (15.50 USD). What increased the check from the advertised 368 THB net for the food was a drink (a cup of Oolong); and I should emphasize that this was an affordable drink in comparison to what was on the menu. Since you will hardly eat without a drink, 510 THB was the real price of the set lunch. Still a good deal, even if the dim sum was not among the best I had for sure. The service was very good all around.
Where in Chiang Mai:
89/8 Chang Klan Road | Shangri-La Hotel Level 1.
Website: http://www.shangri-la.com/chiangmai/shangrila/dining/restaurants/shang-garden/