Took 25 min for juicy pan-fried pork buns to come when there was no other customer in the restaurant. Waitress’s effort to explain or moderate lack of respect for customers’ time didn’t help.
Delicious, fresh food and clean restroom. Waitress aimed to balance the long waiting time with polite chats.
Update: Jianbao is still delicious. I’ll probably skip the hot and sour soup next time. It’s tasty but too much for one person. Also, there’s a lot of soup and I don’t think it’s worth the money. OK if you’re sharing.
Tasty and juicy jianbao. Bottom was nice and crispy.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Juicy Pan-Fried Pork Buns
Celia xi
Best XLB in the South Bay. I’m Shanghainese and I highly recommend the pork XLB and the spicy XLB. Shrimp and loofah XLB is okay, a bit dry, not recommended.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Edward To
Skip the garlic string beans. Tasted like they used old ingredient.
The XLB is a must! Love the soup in the dumpling. Their XLB is better than din tai fung imo
Food: 4
Theresa H
I was so jet lagged from a 15 hours flight that honestly I did not care much of what to have for dinner. My bestie suggested we should go and get dumplings at Dumpling Hours. I like don’t tell me it’s selling xiao long bao cos I will have no choice but to compare them with Din Tai Fung. She said no, this place has this dumplings which are pan-fried at the bottom and steamed on top. I like huh??
FOOD 3/5 Juicy Pan-fried Pork Buns - 5/5 My friend was right!! These were so good! Trust that even though I am fighting with the jet lag monster, my taste buds did not fall asleep. I have never had any dumplings like these. Soft on top and crispy at the bottom. Inside the buns (or dumplings) had pork and soup, similar like those xiao long baos, but better!
Braised Beef Noodle - 4/5 The broth was great and the beef was tender. Was it out of this world, not exactly. It was like comfort food. Not a fan of the noodles though. The radish complemented the broth very well. Huge portion!
Pancakes with Red Bean Bean Paste - 2/5 Not crispy, not much red bean going on and def not really sweet. I won’t recommend this. (Just realized I did not even bother to take pic of the pancakes :/ )
AMBiANCE - 4/5 Kind of noisy. I could barely hear what my friend was saying half the time.
SERVICE 5/5 Staffs were friendly and seemed really hospitable.
Overall, will recommend this place, order the juicy pan-fried pork buns, and say no to the pancakes with red bean paste.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 5
Django Novich
The egg drop seaweed soup is gigantic!! No way one person can finish this :)
If you're looking to get filled up for $12 - this is ze place! 🍜
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Abby Figueroa
Came back a second time because I remember the first time being amazing! We ordered the Dan Dan noodles, the Ginger Scallions noodles, and the pork steamed bao. Wonderfully, the food was just as good as we remember, and the waiter was very attentive to our needs. However, he did stare at us for most of our stay, which was uncomfortable. May not be an issue during the busier hours.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Mrinalini Loew
Rating this for lunch for a family of five. We had great time. We used the Yelp reservation kiosk that was right in front and only waited about 5 minutes for our table. We ordered a bunch of food. It was all delicious, except maybe the okra was a little bit too slimy. The soup dumplings, the shumai and The potstickers were my favorite. There were QR codes on the table to order and the system was easy enough. What stood out to me is the really friendly service: the waitress came over and said we probably ordered way too much food for a family of five and suggested that we remove a few things to begin with. She was right! I thought that was really nice, they didn't have to do that. Food came out very promptly.
There were so many dishes look delicious. But I ordered steamed vegetables dumplings instead. You can order 4 or 8. The fillings are cabbages, carrots… Because they make by order. It’s really fresh and tasty.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Arima B.
Hidden gem, everything here is soo good. Dandan noodle and fried soup dumplings were especially tasty.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Juicy Pan-Fried Pork Buns, String Beans Sauteed with Garlic Sauce, Dan Dan Noodles
Debbie Biswas
This is a fast moving restaurant, u come u eat you move on. Food is delicious, I ordered the hot and sour soup and chicken dumplings, both were yum. Seating, ordering , check out is super quick. Food is healthy
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
man pakman
Good food
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Cindy Lu
Crab & Pork XLB 5 large size, super thin skin, unlikely to break, a mouth full of soup inside, extra crab on the tippy top of each one, best XLB l've ever had Juicy Pan-fried Pork Buns 5 crispy on the bottom half, sesame & scallions on top, lots of meat, soupy inside, more flavorful than XLB
Took 25 min for juicy pan-fried pork buns to come when there was no other customer in the restaurant. Waitress’s effort to explain or moderate lack of respect for customers’ time didn’t help.
Delicious, fresh food and clean restroom. Waitress aimed to balance the long waiting time with polite chats.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 1
Recommended dishes: Crab \u0026 Pork Xiao Long Bao, Juicy Pan-Fried Pork Buns, 红油抄手
great dumplings 😍
Update:
Jianbao is still delicious. I’ll probably skip the hot and sour soup next time. It’s tasty but too much for one person. Also, there’s a lot of soup and I don’t think it’s worth the money. OK if you’re sharing.
Tasty and juicy jianbao. Bottom was nice and crispy.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Juicy Pan-Fried Pork Buns
Best XLB in the South Bay. I’m Shanghainese and I highly recommend the pork XLB and the spicy XLB. Shrimp and loofah XLB is okay, a bit dry, not recommended.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Skip the garlic string beans. Tasted like they used old ingredient.
The XLB is a must! Love the soup in the dumpling. Their XLB is better than din tai fung imo
Food: 4
I was so jet lagged from a 15 hours flight that honestly I did not care much of what to have for dinner. My bestie suggested we should go and get dumplings at Dumpling Hours. I like don’t tell me it’s selling xiao long bao cos I will have no choice but to compare them with Din Tai Fung. She said no, this place has this dumplings which are pan-fried at the bottom and steamed on top. I like huh??
FOOD 3/5
Juicy Pan-fried Pork Buns - 5/5
My friend was right!! These were so good! Trust that even though I am fighting with the jet lag monster, my taste buds did not fall asleep. I have never had any dumplings like these. Soft on top and crispy at the bottom. Inside the buns (or dumplings) had pork and soup, similar like those xiao long baos, but better!
Braised Beef Noodle - 4/5
The broth was great and the beef was tender. Was it out of this world, not exactly. It was like comfort food. Not a fan of the noodles though. The radish complemented the broth very well. Huge portion!
Pancakes with Red Bean Bean Paste - 2/5
Not crispy, not much red bean going on and def not really sweet. I won’t recommend this. (Just realized I did not even bother to take pic of the pancakes :/ )
AMBiANCE - 4/5
Kind of noisy. I could barely hear what my friend was saying half the time.
SERVICE 5/5
Staffs were friendly and seemed really hospitable.
Overall, will recommend this place, order the juicy pan-fried pork buns, and say no to the pancakes with red bean paste.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 5
The egg drop seaweed soup is gigantic!! No way one person can finish this :)
If you're looking to get filled up for $12 - this is ze place! 🍜
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Came back a second time because I remember the first time being amazing! We ordered the Dan Dan noodles, the Ginger Scallions noodles, and the pork steamed bao. Wonderfully, the food was just as good as we remember, and the waiter was very attentive to our needs. However, he did stare at us for most of our stay, which was uncomfortable. May not be an issue during the busier hours.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Rating this for lunch for a family of five. We had great time. We used the Yelp reservation kiosk that was right in front and only waited about 5 minutes for our table. We ordered a bunch of food. It was all delicious, except maybe the okra was a little bit too slimy. The soup dumplings, the shumai and The potstickers were my favorite. There were QR codes on the table to order and the system was easy enough. What stood out to me is the really friendly service: the waitress came over and said we probably ordered way too much food for a family of five and suggested that we remove a few things to begin with. She was right! I thought that was really nice, they didn't have to do that. Food came out very promptly.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Taro Bobo Milk is really good!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
There were so many dishes look delicious. But I ordered steamed vegetables dumplings instead. You can order 4 or 8. The fillings are cabbages, carrots… Because they make by order. It’s really fresh and tasty.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Hidden gem, everything here is soo good. Dandan noodle and fried soup dumplings were especially tasty.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Juicy Pan-Fried Pork Buns, String Beans Sauteed with Garlic Sauce, Dan Dan Noodles
This is a fast moving restaurant, u come u eat you move on.
Food is delicious, I ordered the hot and sour soup and chicken dumplings, both were yum. Seating, ordering , check out is super quick. Food is healthy
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Good food
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Crab & Pork XLB 5 large size, super thin skin, unlikely to break, a mouth full of soup inside, extra crab on the tippy top of each one, best XLB l've ever had
Juicy Pan-fried Pork Buns 5 crispy on the bottom half, sesame & scallions on top, lots of meat, soupy inside, more flavorful than XLB
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 3
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