# Sum Dim Sum, San Francisco CA: Reviews

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/sum-dim-sum-san-francisco-ca. Free to reuse with a link back.

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-09-09.

Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/sum-dim-sum-san-francisco-ca

## Photos

- ![Photo 1](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmtuhuo440i5zyeaw8gc86ji7%2F0.jpg)
- ![Photo 2](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmtuhuo440i5zyeaw8gc86ji7%2F1.jpg)
- ![Photo 3](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmtuhuo440i5zyeaw8gc86ji7%2F2.jpg)
- ![Photo 4](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmtuhuo440i5zyeaw8gc86ji7%2F3.jpg)
- ![Photo 5](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmtuhuo440i5zyeaw8gc86ji7%2F4.jpg)


## In short

Sum Dim Sum is a dim sum restaurant in San Francisco, CA. Its AI Score is 24 of 100, which is poor.

What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks


## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Type | Dim sum restaurant |
| Address | 601 Grant Ave, San Francisco, CA 94108, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Thu 11:30 AM to 7:30 PM · Fri to Sat 11:30 AM to 8 PM · Sun 11:30 AM to 7:30 PM |
| Phone | (415) 362-1118 |
| Rating | 3.8 across 726 reviews on Google |
| Quietest time | Tuesday |
| Updated | September 9, 2026 |


## All the details

Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.

| Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Location info | Address | 601 Grant Ave, San Francisco, CA 94108, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | Colorful Chinese corner locale with Koi Palace ties that serves bubble tea & made-to-order dim sum. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Thu 11:30 AM to 7:30 PM · Fri to Sat 11:30 AM to 8:00 PM · Sun 11:30 AM to 7:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Sum Dim Sum | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (415) 362-1118 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 11:30 AM to 7:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 11:30 AM to 7:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 11:30 AM to 7:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 11:30 AM to 7:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 11:30 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 11:30 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | 11:30 AM to 7:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Bubble tea | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Dim sum | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Made-to-order dim sum | AI guess |  |
| Links | Website | http://www.sumdimsumsf.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

Add your services so AI can say what you offer


### Known for

Share your review link so AI can say what you're known for


## The team

Add your team so AI can name who works here


## Visiting Sum Dim

Address: 601 Grant Ave, San Francisco, CA 94108, USA. Phone: (415) 362-1118. Hours: Mon to Thu 11:30 AM to 7:30 PM · Fri to Sat 11:30 AM to 8 PM · Sun 11:30 AM to 7:30 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### Location info from Google Business Profile

From Google Business Profile: "Colorful Chinese corner locale with Koi Palace ties that serves bubble tea & made-to-order dim sum."


### When to go

Quietest day: Tuesday. Busiest day: Sunday. From the popular times on its Google listing.


### Parking and getting in

Add your parking so AI can tell people where to park

Add how to find your door so AI can walk people in


### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Chinatown view point | Tourist attraction | 1 min walk |
| Old Saint Mary's Cathedral | Church | 1 min walk |
| America & Asia mural | Tourist attraction | 1 min walk |
| California St & Grant Ave/Chinatown | Transit station | 1 min walk |
| Hidden Dragon Mural | Tourist attraction | 1 min walk |
| Parking garage | Parking lot | 1 min walk |


## Reputation

3.8 average across 726 reviews: Google 726. (Confirmed, read September 9, 2026.)

Sum Dim Sum offers quick service and generous portions but struggles with food quality and customer service consistency. (AI guess, from 726 reviews.)


### What people like

- Quick service
- Generous portions
- Interesting $15 menu


### What people do not like

- Undercooked chicken
- Food quality inconsistent
- Poor service and communication
- Long waits for food
- Unclean environment


### Press

Add a press story so AI can say who's written about you


### Awards

Add an award so AI can name it


### Directories

Listed on 0 of the 26 directories we checked.

| Directory | Listed |
| --- | --- |
| Alignable | Not listed |
| Angi | Not listed |
| Apple Maps | Not listed |
| BBB | Not listed |
| Birdeye | Not listed |
| Brownbook | Not listed |
| Chamber of Commerce | Not listed |
| Cylex | Not listed |
| DexKnows | Not listed |
| Facebook | Not listed |
| Foursquare | Not listed |
| Groupon | Not listed |
| Hotfrog | Not listed |
| Manta | Not listed |
| MapQuest | Not listed |
| MerchantCircle | Not listed |
| Nextdoor | Not listed |
| OpenTable | Not listed |
| Superpages | Not listed |
| Thumbtack | Not listed |
| Tripadvisor | Not listed |
| Trustpilot | Not listed |
| Tupalo | Not listed |
| Yellowbook | Not listed |
| Yellow Pages | Not listed |
| Yelp | Not listed |


## Questions people ask


### rough idea what Sum Dim costs?


### the good stuff about Sum Dim, what is it?


### walk in at Sum Dim in San Francisco, or is it appointment only?


### last update from here was when?


### Worth the hype at Sum Dim?


### picking between the two, is Yank Sing the safer bet?


### Which dim sum restaurants are open late in San Francisco?


### Downsides nobody puts in a five star review?


### What dim sum restaurant questions is San Francisco asking AI most?


### Are the hours on Google right for this place?


### somewhere cheaper in San Francisco that is not a risk?


### same day tables, does that ever happen here


### anything good on Grant to kill time near this place?


### address for this place, anyone have it?


### how much is a first visit around here


### best dim sum restaurant in San Francisco


### first visit at Sum Dim, what do I need to bring?


### Busiest day at Sum Dim, anyone know?


### Where can I find the best dim sum restaurant in San Francisco?


## The AI Score: 24 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. San Francisco dim sum restaurants run 24 to 47. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Sum Dim scores 24, below the San Francisco average of 34. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Sum Dim |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 0 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Poor |
| Off-property attestation | 20 | 40 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor |
| AI visibility | 14 | 0 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 73 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Good |
| Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 50 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Fair |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 | 85 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Good |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 0 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Poor |

Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology

How AI decides what to say about a dim sum restaurant: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business


## Entity map

Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other.

| Entity | Type | ID on this page | Same as | Relationship to Sum Dim |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sum Dim Sum | LocalBusiness | #business | http://www.sumdimsumsf.com/ | Subject of this page |
| San Francisco, California | City | #city |  | City Sum Dim is in |
| Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page |
| Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee | Author of this page |


## Topical map

Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the dim sum restaurants in San Francisco, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best dim sum restaurants in San Francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco/dim-sum-restaurant
- Best businesses in San Francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco


### Nearby

- /san-jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose
- /los-angeles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/los-angeles
- /san-diego: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-diego
- /irvine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/irvine
- /mountain-view: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/mountain-view
- /santa-clara: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/santa-clara


### Every list

- Every leaderboard in California: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca


## References


### Sources cited

- [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJo7SnirKBhYARAlLOw0n_s9k (accessed Sep 9, 2026)
- [2] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Sep 13, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 13, 2026)