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Had dinner at Tian Sing just last night (7/5/08) and it was quite good. The decor is quite nice, the restaurant wasn't over-crowded on a Saturday night and the service was very attentive, but not at all intrusive. Although they do make and serve Dim Sum, it's a bit on the expensive side, and although it is quite good, I wouldn't come here for a true dim sum experience, the dim sum here are more like appetizers or side dishes. In other words, they only have one lady pushing around one of two carts, one for fried plates and one for steamed, so I wouldn't say this is a true authentic dim sum restaurant, I'd say it's more like a chinese restaurant that also serves some dim sum, too. So, that having been said, we had the Beef with String Beans, which was excellent, and the Chicken with Cashew Nuts, also excellent, although it had some celery in it, which I, personally, feel always overpowers the subtler flavors of any dish it's in, but my wife, however, loves it. Plus, we also had a few plates of dim sum as appetizers- some spring rolls, some chicken satay on sticks in a nice curry sauce, and some chicken-stuffed mushrooms, all very very good. Dinner for two, with a couple of Tsing Tao beers, came to $67 including tip, and it felt like a good value. So, if you're in SF, in the Union Square area and don't want to shlep all the way over to Chinatown to wait in line for an hour for your dinner, try Tian Sing- it's a few steps off the beaten path, but very very good. We'd go back in a heartbeat, and would definitely recommend it to friends.
Pros: Very good Chinese food outside of Chinatown
Cons: Small selection of kinda pricey dim sum
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