Love this place. Just moved nearby in 1 South apartments and this restaurant is conveniently located across the street in san pedro square. Food was great! Service was awesome and love the vibe. I’ll def be back. Currently exploring my new neighborhood/ downtown and this spot stood out due to service and food quality.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Dyst0pian Weng
If you want to have to go food avoid this: They served dine-in customer first. I ordered one dumpling and one noodles, and waited 30 minutes. Meanwhile table joined after me already finished their meal.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 2
Christophe Gaboury
Pretty chill dumpling spot. It’s got nice food and a pretty tight atmosphere.
The service was mostly quick as they sat us down quite quickly. Once we ordered the dumplings came soon after. I enjoyed the shrimp soup dumpling the most. The xiaou long Bao with the shrimp sticking by out tasted really good. The shrimp on top really made it stand out. The spicy wonton dumpling also was a classic taste. But the curry naan break was good too. It tasted Ike quality Japanese curry on scallion pancake.
Overall pretty tasty food; with a lot of interesting and different items on the menu.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Original SJB 原味生煎包, Garlic Noodles Suan Rong Chao Mian, Pork \u0026 Shrimp SJB, Pork\u0026Shrimp
Chase Klingaman
They burnt my dumplings to a crisp on the bottom such that they were inedible to chew through. I had to use a spoon to scrape the filling and upper wrapper off the petrified burnt bottom. I wish I had said something to the server but I was in a large group and didn't want to wait extra to get my food. Taking the opportunity now to call it out as this was unacceptable. Feel like I should note that the garlic noodles were tasty, but I don't recommend paying extra for veg as its just a handful of cabbage and some mushrooms.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 2
Chris
Tried Serious Dumplings in San Pedro — the garlic noodles were absolutely the highlight! So flavorful and perfectly cooked. The chicken soup dumplings were also really good — juicy and well-seasoned.
Would definitely come back just for the noodles. A great spot if you’re craving solid dumplings and bold flavors!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Katelin
Food was great everything we got we ate, but the place was overall dirty. The front entrance was dusty, the white bulbs that decorate the front and all around the restaurant were covered in dirt and grim. The floors were really scuffed up, and dirt caked on to the legs of the chairs. On another note we waited 10 mins before they told us the menus were on a QR code hidden underneath our plates and they made us feel like we were the dumb ones when we asked for menus while we waited for our last friend to show up. Would come back for the food but first impressions are not very good, will come back in 3 months and see if they have cleaned up.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 5
Service: 2
Kim
Food took forever only to find out the waitress, that was nice, heard that we wanted one appetizer and one of them xl soup whatever’s for a group of 3. Which would have been an understandable mistake had they checked in on us or tried to clarify it with us. It made me upset, personally, that she still asked if we wanted to order them after having been waiting for what felt like forever. Y’all should train them to state a wait time or a worse person than I will probably yell at your poor staff.
The so called xl thingamabob is too small, it’s not worth the price at all.
Good was good. June 21, 2025
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 1
A H
The restaurant itself is nicely decorated, in a convenient location, and the service was genuinely attentive and polite. Unfortunately, the pan-fried buns (Sheng Jian Bao), which I came here specifically to try, were a huge disappointment.
At first, I thought maybe I had been served leftovers from the previous day—the outer dough was extremely hard, and the filling was completely dry, lacking any of the juicy texture that makes Sheng Jian Bao so special. After I politely raised the issue, the server was very kind and quickly offered to have the kitchen make a fresh batch. Sadly, the second round was just the same.
It really felt like something that had been sitting out too long rather than freshly made. I wouldn’t recommend coming here for the Sheng Jian Bao. This was honestly one of the most disappointing Sheng Jian experiences I’ve ever had.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 4
Andres Lamb-Chacón
Worst experience ever! Me and my friends came to visit from Sac for a tournament, wanting to try a new dumpling place to experience this cluster! Where our server didn’t even acknowledge us, just arrived to take an order, just to continue being a mess, as our food was mixed up with other two tables, we told him multiple times the missing items to still receive whatever they wanted to give us. On top of that too pricey for such little portions, didn’t give us the receipt to ask what items we actually received, so basically they charged us whatever they thought we ate
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Caitlin Gilleran
Very tasty assortment of dumplings. We got the chicken soup dumplings (my favorite), the curry beef dumpling (my husband's favorite), and the chicken and corn boiled dumpling (we both loved this). The cucumber salad is really delicious and I definitely recommend. The server was really nice too. Try it out!
The food was great!! Flavors were very nice and my favorites were the xiao long bao and the potstickers. Our server Jacob was very nice as well, he checked in frequently despite being busy and had a great vibe.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
sumit saini
Highly recommended the lab dumplings!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 5
Sharn Sandhu
The lamb dumplings were delicious—perfectly seasoned, juicy, and tender. Definitely a standout dish!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 5
Thomas Coffey
My wife and I had the OG SJB and the Pork Soup dumplings, both were phenomenal. Excellent food, excellent service will definitely be back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Carlos Estrada
Stopped by for lunch while visiting SJ and was super impressed! The food was seriously tasty and the service was on point. Definitely coming back and I would highly recommend it.
Love this place. Just moved nearby in 1 South apartments and this restaurant is conveniently located across the street in san pedro square. Food was great! Service was awesome and love the vibe. I’ll def be back. Currently exploring my new neighborhood/ downtown and this spot stood out due to service and food quality.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
If you want to have to go food avoid this:
They served dine-in customer first.
I ordered one dumpling and one noodles, and waited 30 minutes.
Meanwhile table joined after me already finished their meal.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 2
Pretty chill dumpling spot. It’s got nice food and a pretty tight atmosphere.
The service was mostly quick as they sat us down quite quickly. Once we ordered the dumplings came soon after. I enjoyed the shrimp soup dumpling the most. The xiaou long Bao with the shrimp sticking by out tasted really good. The shrimp on top really made it stand out. The spicy wonton dumpling also was a classic taste. But the curry naan break was good too. It tasted Ike quality Japanese curry on scallion pancake.
Overall pretty tasty food; with a lot of interesting and different items on the menu.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Original SJB 原味生煎包, Garlic Noodles Suan Rong Chao Mian, Pork \u0026 Shrimp SJB, Pork\u0026Shrimp
They burnt my dumplings to a crisp on the bottom such that they were inedible to chew through. I had to use a spoon to scrape the filling and upper wrapper off the petrified burnt bottom.
I wish I had said something to the server but I was in a large group and didn't want to wait extra to get my food. Taking the opportunity now to call it out as this was unacceptable.
Feel like I should note that the garlic noodles were tasty, but I don't recommend paying extra for veg as its just a handful of cabbage and some mushrooms.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 2
Tried Serious Dumplings in San Pedro — the garlic noodles were absolutely the highlight! So flavorful and perfectly cooked. The chicken soup dumplings were also really good — juicy and well-seasoned.
Would definitely come back just for the noodles. A great spot if you’re craving solid dumplings and bold flavors!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Food was great everything we got we ate, but the place was overall dirty. The front entrance was dusty, the white bulbs that decorate the front and all around the restaurant were covered in dirt and grim. The floors were really scuffed up, and dirt caked on to the legs of the chairs. On another note we waited 10 mins before they told us the menus were on a QR code hidden underneath our plates and they made us feel like we were the dumb ones when we asked for menus while we waited for our last friend to show up. Would come back for the food but first impressions are not very good, will come back in 3 months and see if they have cleaned up.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 5
Service: 2
Food took forever only to find out the waitress, that was nice, heard that we wanted one appetizer and one of them xl soup whatever’s for a group of 3. Which would have been an understandable mistake had they checked in on us or tried to clarify it with us. It made me upset, personally, that she still asked if we wanted to order them after having been waiting for what felt like forever. Y’all should train them to state a wait time or a worse person than I will probably yell at your poor staff.
The so called xl thingamabob is too small, it’s not worth the price at all.
Good was good.
June 21, 2025
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 1
The restaurant itself is nicely decorated, in a convenient location, and the service was genuinely attentive and polite. Unfortunately, the pan-fried buns (Sheng Jian Bao), which I came here specifically to try, were a huge disappointment.
At first, I thought maybe I had been served leftovers from the previous day—the outer dough was extremely hard, and the filling was completely dry, lacking any of the juicy texture that makes Sheng Jian Bao so special. After I politely raised the issue, the server was very kind and quickly offered to have the kitchen make a fresh batch. Sadly, the second round was just the same.
It really felt like something that had been sitting out too long rather than freshly made. I wouldn’t recommend coming here for the Sheng Jian Bao. This was honestly one of the most disappointing Sheng Jian experiences I’ve ever had.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 4
Worst experience ever! Me and my friends came to visit from Sac for a tournament, wanting to try a new dumpling place to experience this cluster! Where our server didn’t even acknowledge us, just arrived to take an order, just to continue being a mess, as our food was mixed up with other two tables, we told him multiple times the missing items to still receive whatever they wanted to give us. On top of that too pricey for such little portions, didn’t give us the receipt to ask what items we actually received, so basically they charged us whatever they thought we ate
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Very tasty assortment of dumplings. We got the chicken soup dumplings (my favorite), the curry beef dumpling (my husband's favorite), and the chicken and corn boiled dumpling (we both loved this). The cucumber salad is really delicious and I definitely recommend. The server was really nice too. Try it out!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
The food was great!! Flavors were very nice and my favorites were the xiao long bao and the potstickers. Our server Jacob was very nice as well, he checked in frequently despite being busy and had a great vibe.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Highly recommended the lab dumplings!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 5
The lamb dumplings were delicious—perfectly seasoned, juicy, and tender. Definitely a standout dish!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 5
My wife and I had the OG SJB and the Pork Soup dumplings, both were phenomenal. Excellent food, excellent service will definitely be back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Stopped by for lunch while visiting SJ and was super impressed! The food was seriously tasty and the service was on point. Definitely coming back and I would highly recommend it.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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