Shanghai Dumpling King

I love this place!! The owner + staff are so kind, when my partner and I ordered to the other location, the owner personally drove and delivered the food to us. The food is authentic and homey—we liked the spicy pork and chive dumplings in particular. The atmosphere is homey and clean and reminds of chinese restaurants I grew up eating at home. We will be back :)

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

I love this place and coming back. The server is always nice when ever I come back.

You come here for the food~ their soup dumpling is to die for.

We got the honey walnut shrimp.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 5

Nice owner but the food was not great. Some hard piece of bone or ligament in one of the dumplings, and the walnut prawns were basically just coated in mayo. Expensive, too, for such low quality food

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 2

Service: 5

This restaurant is closed. But they still open on Uber eats. We paid and when we got there. It’s closed and Uber refused to pay us back! Because we didn’t take a picture of the restaurant close! They are robbing our money! We ordered a lot, almost 100 USD!

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 2

Service: 1

They use lots ketchup and only small amounts of real tomato. The food is like it was made in a prison cell not a kitchen. There is no world this place should have more than 2 stars. If this was China they’d be out of business years ago

Food: 1

Omg this place is insanely good wow. My professional chef friend brought our friend group here and we CHOWED 👏 DOWN 👏
Please come here !!

Felt like real Chinese food. We order a lot of plates and almost all of them were delicious. They are short staffed so keep in mind service might be a little slow.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 3

Shanghai Dumpling King is hands down one of the best local gems in the neighborhood. I honestly go back and forth about even writing this review—because the food is so good that I don’t want it to get so popular I can’t find a table! From the perfectly delicate soup dumplings to the flavorful stir-fried dishes, everything is consistently fresh, authentic, and made with care. The portions are generous, the prices are fair, and the service is always warm and welcoming. It’s the kind of place you find yourself coming back to again and again. Truly a neighborhood treasure.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The fried dan dan noodles and fried tong choy veggies are quite good with a lot of wok hay. However, the xiao long bao can be improved with a thinner dough and more broth.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

It’s the same dumpling king that was on balboa a few years ago. I’m glad they’re back.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 3

favorite place.

This is my go-to place for takeout. A great selection of dumplings and really fair prices. They are so good even room temperature. The staff is SUPER nice and friendly too. I recently made a big order and they were out of cucumbers. They went to the store and bought more cucumbers just to fill our order- how cool is that! I highly recommend them!

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 5

No fuss, no muss, just consistently great food.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

This is our go to Chinese takeout in the neighborhood. The kitchen is insanely fast (10-15 minutes for 6 dishes) and food is cooked consistently well and large volume. Our go to’s include pea sprouts, spicy pork dumplings, twice cooked pork, and string beans. Would recommend!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Very authentic and savory Shanghai dim sum!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5