Tan Kim Su Seafood Restaurant

A must try if you come to Cali. I came in for the lobster noodle and it didn’t disappoint. Waiter was very honest with how much the lobster weighed. We ask for a 4 pound lobster and they only had 3.5 pounds lobster. They could have charged us 4 pounds for a 3.5 pound but instead he came out and told us he only had 3.5 pounds left. Highly recommend this place.

I ate here and I I flew 2,500 miles from Orlando, FL to Westminster, CA on a business trip and after 2 delays at LAX I finally got home at 2AM and I just woke up and had to tell everyone if you're in town remember to stop by Tan Kim Su on the corner of Bolsa Ave and Ward St! Seeing the large selection of Vietnamese, Chinese, and Korean restaurants in Westminster/Garden Grove is dizzying. In Orlando we're only a 3 mile strip. Over there from Brookhurst to Bolsa it seems every intersection has 4 corners and 4 strip malls to eat the 4 major Vietnamese categories: banh mi, banh cuon, pho, and ca phe. A lot of them are humble and low key. There is a low key mom and pop charm associated with eating the plain 2010s wood interior with a slightly sticky floor, mismatched ceiling panels, haphazardly painted ceiling speakers, dusty television sets and window frames that haven't been dusted in who knows how long. You will find many of those places but you can just not find an experience like Tan Kim Su. Big, spacious. grand, white. Luxury. Amazing crab and lobster tank view. The fried rice was amazingly crisp. The egg noodles were very fresh. It was very clean tasting compared to most places. It was busy noisy and lively! I came specifically Sunday December 14 around 12:00pm in Cali time. There was a line out the door. I worked restaurants before the pandemic. Some people will down vote your restaurant both if they think you have too few customers and especially if you have a lot of customers! If the sight of a packed, noisy, and busy restaurant scares you more than an empty one, there is probably nothing I can say to convince you. But look at the pictures this place was packed and alive and people are out having the time of their life with the mountains of food on the tables. If you like piece and quiet, maybe not at the hour I went. Look at the line of the door. People want to be here. And I can see why. They certainly aren't in line to ask talk about their 401ks on a Sunday. And to top it off the owner in red came by our table to make sure everything was going well and it was with our group and associates. I watched she was working there alongside the staff, bussing, moving plates, even serving. She was energetic and charming as expected of any successful hospitality business owner. I once read in a book: people who treat you like they were expecting you/ready for you/waiting for you are the people you want to be around. I could go on but I won't. But I could. Let me just end with this, if you are in the Westminster area on weekend travel like myself, time and food are precious. Each day you are probably not going to visit more than 3 restaurants (except many dessert places like che or ice cream or smoothie). If you are going to eat somewhere, make it worth it. It's not even that far from Phuoc Loc Tho and instead of eating street food in a gloomy tiny food court with weird drifters talking to themselves you could be enjoying life to its fullest. Thank you for ending off our now memorable business trip to Westminster, Tan Kim Su Seafood Restaurant located on 10530 Bolsa Ave, Westminster, CA 92683.

I've been frequenting this restaurant for years! I always come here with my family and friends. The wait staff even knows us! It's like a family tradition to go to lunch or dinner here. Food is always great, nothing really compares. I always come for the lobster. Their house special lobster is the best in my opinion. I've tried basically everything on their menu. Clams with black bean sauce, Hu tieu (noodles) with seafood, and their crab soup are my go to dishes. It's always a treat for me to come here. I always leave full and happy.

Food was amazing, atmosphere was pleasant, and the service was great. Was my first time coming here and definitely will come again. Awesome place to eat.

The food is not overly salty with msg but just have the perfect touch. The restaurant is spacious but parking is kinda small and I know there is parking in the back but still hard to fit people if there was a party here. I didnt get to try there dim sum so I can not attest to that.

Of one of the original dim sum spots of Westminster/OC, it continues to stay strong in serving their customers. The dim sum is good, but their main menu has great dishes. The soft shell crab dish, and their house fried noodles are delicious. There is one particular waiter that my party liked, who was very friendly, speaks multiple languages and was very attentive to our needs. Will definitely come again when I want a convenient place for dimsum.

The restaurant is called Tan Kim Su Seafood Restaurant. It’s clean and the service is good. People had mixed reviews on the food. Some really liked it. Some thought it was mediocre. The food definitely wasn’t bad. I’m giving five stars because I enjoyed the food. The restaurant opens early.

I recently ate Seafood Cove 2, the other dim sum restaurant that's down the street, and I believe that Kim Su is slightly better. The service is friendlier and more attentive because they don't want to just shove you in and out. The price I paid was less than Seafood Cove 2 even though it felt like I bought more food. Quality of food was very similar in both restaurants but Kim Su even has a slight edge in that because the food tasted slightly fresher. Overall, Kim Su is the best dim sum you can get around this area.