The food here is fresh and the service is very nice. They are fast and efficient but with excellent service and fresh tasting food. If you are rushing for lunch and want something good come to Sampan.

It is an unassuming shopping center. But the food quality was great. We enjoyed soup dumplings, and the best crispy beef in the area. Would recommend.

Sampan Café is now clearly our favorite dim sum eatery. The staff are so friendly, attentive and patient. Really about the best restaurant staff anywhere. Almost all dishes are not just good, but really tasty. On our last visit the custard egg yolk buns were spot on, a great dessert! The pork buns have a fluffy exterior and have a great just a little bit sweet pork sauce tucked inside. The ribs are really good. Same for the shrimp balls, they have a great flavor! The Chinese broccoli is certainly a healthy option. This just my own personal preference, but I like my broccoli more cooked and with less garlic. The sticky rice is an interesting tale of two cities. The sticky rice in the toasty warm banana leaf was really good. But the pork in the center was pretty musky. And yet, in the sticky rice was one li'l Chinese sausage that was really delicious! Comfortable atmosphere with plenty of tables.

This is our go to dim sum place. The restaurant is spacious and seating is comfortable. The dim sum is so delicious and always comes out freshly made. The wait for food might be a little long since they made the food to order. Would highly recommend if you want to find a good dim sum spot.

Note: This review is based on a DoorDash delivery order from Sampan Cafe so does not address the restaurant experience, service, etc. Holy moly, some of the best dumplings I've had. I ordered the steamed roast pork buns, steamed shrimp shaomai, soup dumplings, and the salted egg yolk cream custard bun. Everything was so dang good. I overate because I literally could not stop stuffing my face with these plump lil dumplings. If you haven't had soup dumplings before, do yourself a favor and order them from here. The pork to bun ratio was perfect... a bit of pork in every bite. The Salted Egg Yolk Cream Custard bun was pure delight. I don't think I've had a more delicious sweet style bun. I could go on and on. Honestly I think I'll have to roll myself to bed from how much I ate because I'm so full but it was all so dang good.

Came to Sampan around 1:30pm on a Saturday afternoon. It was about half full when we arrived so we were seated right away. I think this is a relatively kid friendly spot. We had no issues getting a high chair and saw one other baby/toddler in one. My son was hangry with it being passed his lunch time and having been active/playing in the park before. Dim sum was therefore perfect because the food arrived right away--you just pick the containers off the cart. The chashabao pork buns were good. My 2 year old had 4 of them we had to order another one. I got chicken feet and beef tripe it was bringing me back! I ate those both on my own because my husband is white. Jokes aside though Everything we had was pretty good. They have soup dumplings that were juicy with good filling and dough. We also got beef tendon noodle soup. I think all the noodle soups are hong kong style. Soup arrived piping hot which is a good thing for me. The owners seem like they could be cantonese. But this is just a guess. The shrimp rice crepe pretty good as well. They have lots of different types of shrimp dumplings and balls. Where my prawn fans at?! I did not get pics of everything we ordered because i was focuses on eating while the food was still hot. Verdict is we will return.

I would say this is one of the better dimsum options in the dmv area, some dishes here are very well done. I grew up in Hong Kong so I probably have a higher standard for dim sum. I really liked their beef chow fun, their fried noodles with beef, and their classic dim sum like siu mai, har gao etc. The beef slices in the chow fun were perfectly tender and very well seasoned. I wasn't the biggest fan of their cheung fun, the skin is pretty thick. I also had their egg tart once, it was cold, like it came out of the fridge. The worst thing I had was their fried intestines. They tasted like they weren't cleaned well. I love organ meats especially intestines, but the taste almost made me gag, even the intestines I've had at street vendors in Hong Kong didn't taste like that and they are definitely not made in the cleanest environment. Everything else is pretty ok, the selection of dim sum is not as large as their competitors, but they taste better. We were pretty full and it was pretty cheap. I would just stay away from the intestines. It's also pretty packed and the service is kinda slow on weekends in the morning.