Ju Feng Yuan Dumpling Cafe

Their potstickers were awesome! Great ambience with an interesting wooden gazebo for dining. The staff is very friendly as well. Highly recommended!

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This is a Hidden Gem+ first time here and already loving it.
Very friendly staff, very very clean, and the atmosphere makes you feel like I'm in a very expensive place.

The food was awesome, the coco shrimp was really good, the mixed fried rice was AWESOME, the beef noodles is good while it's hot. The spicy dumplings... Yeah that was very spicy but good.

Over all, yes I recommend this spot to anyone.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Decent value food thats decent quality.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The food is so good!! Our favorite is the combination fried rice! Always our go to!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

It’s my first Chinese restaurant with good food! I can recommended for anyone, - noodle soup, dumplings, rice and noodles with meat, very big menu. And important info it’s handmade dumplings!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

First time at Ju Feng Yuan and it didn't disappoint. There was a wait at noon which was a good sign, since they open at 1130am. We were sat pretty quick, but it probably depends on how large the crowd is and how much a group orders.

The orders came out super fast. We couldn't dish out enough to clear room for the next, so you don't wait very long. Make sure you bring friends to share with and everyone wants what is being ordered to keep from ending up with a backlog of dishes.

The dishes themselves were fantastic. I can't speak for how it compares to mainland Chinese cuisine, but compared to other dumpling places I've been to in Taiwan, this was spot on. The xiao long bao were great and had slightly thicker wraps than Din Tai Fung. Personal preference, but I like this better so I don't risk breaking it and losing the soup in the steamer. The ginger serving it came with was generous, but I forgot to ask for vinegar. All of the veggies were extremely fresh, the green beans were my personal favorite. We ordered some fried rice and chow mein as well. The pork chop on the fried rice was great, it seems like it was a very fresh cut and it was tenderized well. Very juicy and a good crisp texture. The egg in the fried rice had a gorgeous orange yolk, which is nice to see they use good quality eggs. The chili wontons had possibly the best sauce I've had in chili wontons. It's very savory with good umami. I love spicy food but not everyone at our table does and the flavor to spice was more mild so almost anyone could enjoy these. I would highly recommend the chili wontons paired with the fried rice. You can use the rice to soak up the leftover chili oil on your plate and add an extra flavor. But the fried rice is delicious on its own. Not too heavy and exactly how a fried rice should be. As for the chow mein, it's not my favorite dish (in general not this restaurant) but I still enjoyed it. The sauce was nice and the diced pork added a nice texture.

The ambience was good as well. The tables were all good heights and the music was loud enough to hear but not too loud to detract from conversation. Kind of a small thing, but the cups are great. The plates are also a nice touch, they have different designs which were nice to look at and just made it feel like an overall really premium experience but without the hassle of larger restaurants.

Overall 5 stars. I think this restaurant could probably get busy and suffer from lack of seating, so it would be nice to see if they are able to get some kind of seating set up outside since the weather is nice almost all year round and it would be a fun experience!

Thanks for the meal!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Good xlb and pancakes

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Couldn’t recommend this place more. Everything we’ve tried has been fantastic - so fresh, amazing flavors. We’ve done takeout and dine in and haven’t stopped talking about it since. If you love dumplings, you need to try this place. (Personal favorite so far has been the wontons in chili oil - mustard green pork or shrimp and pork, but I’m convinced you can’t go wrong)

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Fantastic dumplings, stir frys, noodle dishes, and rice cakes. Sauces are rich, flavors are good. Highly recommend ordering several dishes and splitting with friends/family

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Great food, fair prices and friendly service. Been here 3x already - always a yummy meal!

Service sucks, I got a table and 20mins no one was serving me! No mene no water nothing!

Atmosphere: 1

My wife and I went here to test it out and we absolutely loved it. We came back with a large party for a family celebration and it was as good ascwe remembered it. The place is clean and inviting, the service is good, and the food seems just as good as Din Tai Fung to me. The servers forgotbone thingbwe had ordered but we were a large party and the place was very busy so it wasn't a problem; they handled it well and a little human error in an otherwise great experience doesn't count imho. We tried some other dim sum places around town and they were nowhere near as good as this place or Din Tai Fung. Ju Feng Yuan is close to where we live and I am looking forward to going back soon.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Best soup dumplings I’ve had so far in the San Diego area (I give them a slight edge over Din Tai Fung). Their other dumplings are very nice as well. We also had the Taiwanese beef rolls, which had a great flavor. Ordering was easy (they have tablets on each table where you can place your order), the food came out quickly, and the servers were attentive. I will definitely go back to try their noodle soups and some other items.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

I’ve been here a few times and found the food quality to be inconsistent. Sometimes it’s pretty good, but other times it’s disappointing. I was going to give a lower rating, but the friendly and polite service staff always greeted with a smile, and that’s why I’m giving three stars. Thanks to the service team for their effort, but I personally won’t be coming back.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 2

Service: 3

Dumplings were awesome. There is no more need to plan for dumplings at dtf

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5