Excellent food and service. Best Mongolian Beef I’ve ever had!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Ariane Rivera
I drive 50 minutes across the Bay Bridge from Benicia to eat here. That should tell you something about this place. I’m mostly plant-based and this is the one place I make exceptions—for the truffle buns and for the shrimp toast! I absolutely love this gem of a dim sum dumpling place but not for those items (surprisingly!). I come here for the pea shoots, green beans, and the eggplant dish. But like I mentioned earlier, my fake-a-tarian self makes exceptions for the shrimp toast and truffle buns because they are just that good! I’m glad I don’t live near here or I may end up reverting to eating meat again.
The two things I really wouldn’t order here again—the fried rice and noodle dishes. I’ve pretty much tried them all and can live without. Plus with how expensive food is these days, you have to be scrupulous with your choices.
Service is great! Black tea is great! I’ve yet to try the desserts but will get to it someday once I stop ordering too many entrees!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Anderson Angkeyile (Flying Sailor)
It’s ok
Mark Cicak
This charming small restaurant on Valencia St in San Francisco CA is a delight! The website has beautiful pictures with descriptions of, of the menu items, allowing you to plan your order ahead of time. Pleasant and quick service, chef’s making the Bao in the front window ( Inlive watching craftspeople work!), and a unobtrusive screen in the dining area to allow you to view what you want to order. Delicious and unusual food but please save room for the goofy and fun desserts like the coconut bunnies and phyllo swans!!😃
LY L
We ordered mostly steam dumplings and a pan-fried chicken pot sticker. They were all very delicious. The decoration in the restaurant was beautiful. I particularly like the lanterns which came in various shapes and sizes.
Attie
Bao fixed my dim sum cravings. The food was served in a reasonable amount of time, the bathroom was clean, and most importantly, the food was PERFECT.
James Minor (Minor Details Media)
WOW! What a Wonderful Experience! The Soup Dumplings, the Bao, the Noodles and Amazing Vegetable options too...You can taste the Homemade Freshness in Every Bite. A MUST Try!!!
Paula Meadows
So good, so cute, reasonably priced - I would absolutely travel to come here again.
Wheelchair accessibility: Ramp and a spacious entrance with options for wheelchair table setting
Recommended dishes: Shanghai Xiao Long Bao 6
Lorraine Mautner
Great selection of baos and dumplings. Pineapple fried rice is very tasty.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Karthik Marut
Vegetarian xiao long bao was too good, so was vegetarian pot stickers
The baos were fluffy, not too dough-y, and really delicious! We also got some dim sums and vegetable entrees that were really good. I’d skip the vegetarian xiaolongbao since these weren’t as good as the baos! Overall, I’d definitely recommend this place.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Michelle Chan
Dim sum and baos are asian approved! Definitely coming back here. Got string beans and custard lava buns (the panda print is so cute)
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Shanghai Xiao Long Bao 6, Stir Fried String Beans, Custard
Jon Seed
No thrills other than the food. Best long BAO in the city but everything, including the stir fried vegetables, is delicious and affordable. Attentive and friendly staff.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Rynelle Alara
Noisy if it gets busy cause it’s small. Otherwise excellent food. Can’t miss if you are craving dumplings.
Staff is nice, service is very bad. I ordered 2 kinds of bao for takeway and staff told me it will be ready in 10 minutes. They were really nice and offered me to sit down and water while I waited. However I waited for more than 25 minutes and I had to leave because friend was waiting for me in the car. In the end staff gave me another order just so I can leave. Worst part is I LEFT A TIP WHEN I PAID. People who came after me and sat down got their orders before me.
Excellent food and service. Best Mongolian Beef I’ve ever had!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I drive 50 minutes across the Bay Bridge from Benicia to eat here. That should tell you something about this place. I’m mostly plant-based and this is the one place I make exceptions—for the truffle buns and for the shrimp toast! I absolutely love this gem of a dim sum dumpling place but not for those items (surprisingly!). I come here for the pea shoots, green beans, and the eggplant dish. But like I mentioned earlier, my fake-a-tarian self makes exceptions for the shrimp toast and truffle buns because they are just that good! I’m glad I don’t live near here or I may end up reverting to eating meat again.
The two things I really wouldn’t order here again—the fried rice and noodle dishes. I’ve pretty much tried them all and can live without. Plus with how expensive food is these days, you have to be scrupulous with your choices.
Service is great! Black tea is great! I’ve yet to try the desserts but will get to it someday once I stop ordering too many entrees!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
It’s ok
This charming small restaurant on Valencia St in San Francisco CA is a delight!
The website has beautiful pictures with descriptions of, of the menu items, allowing you to plan your order ahead of time. Pleasant and quick service, chef’s making the Bao in the front window ( Inlive watching craftspeople work!), and a unobtrusive screen in the dining area to allow you to view what you want to order. Delicious and unusual food but please save room for the goofy and fun desserts like the coconut bunnies and phyllo swans!!😃
We ordered mostly steam dumplings and a pan-fried chicken pot sticker. They were all very delicious. The decoration in the restaurant was beautiful. I particularly like the lanterns which came in various shapes and sizes.
Bao fixed my dim sum cravings. The food was served in a reasonable amount of time, the bathroom was clean, and most importantly, the food was PERFECT.
WOW! What a Wonderful Experience! The Soup Dumplings, the Bao, the Noodles and Amazing Vegetable options too...You can taste the Homemade Freshness in Every Bite. A MUST Try!!!
So good, so cute, reasonably priced - I would absolutely travel to come here again.
Wheelchair accessibility: Ramp and a spacious entrance with options for wheelchair table setting
Recommended dishes: Shanghai Xiao Long Bao 6
Great selection of baos and dumplings. Pineapple fried rice is very tasty.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Vegetarian xiao long bao was too good, so was vegetarian pot stickers
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
The baos were fluffy, not too dough-y, and really delicious! We also got some dim sums and vegetable entrees that were really good. I’d skip the vegetarian xiaolongbao since these weren’t as good as the baos! Overall, I’d definitely recommend this place.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Dim sum and baos are asian approved! Definitely coming back here. Got string beans and custard lava buns (the panda print is so cute)
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Shanghai Xiao Long Bao 6, Stir Fried String Beans, Custard
No thrills other than the food. Best long BAO in the city but everything, including the stir fried vegetables, is delicious and affordable. Attentive and friendly staff.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Noisy if it gets busy cause it’s small. Otherwise excellent food. Can’t miss if you are craving dumplings.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Mango Corn, Egg Custard, Baked BBQ Pork Buns, Shanghai Xiao Long Bao 6, Pork BBQ Bun, Stir Fried String Beans, Custard, Coconut Bunnies
Staff is nice, service is very bad.
I ordered 2 kinds of bao for takeway and staff told me it will be ready in 10 minutes. They were really nice and offered me to sit down and water while I waited. However I waited for more than 25 minutes and I had to leave because friend was waiting for me in the car. In the end staff gave me another order just so I can leave. Worst part is I LEFT A TIP WHEN I PAID. People who came after me and sat down got their orders before me.
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