Dumpling Daughter Brookline

Ordered takeout from here, got the bao bun, crab Rangoon and lo mein, bao had literally zero flavor. Crab Rangoons were like thick and didn’t have a ton of flavor and the lo mein just tasted like doughy noodles. This food is gross don’t waste your money

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 2

bbq chicken bun was inedible and had literally no chicken in it. disgusting, wouldn’t feed my dog this food

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 4

This place has certainly gone downhill. The dough of the veg steamed dumpling was completely raw and inedible…the recipe seems to be a different one cuz it tastes completely different. The pan seared ones are still alright but the steamed ones had to be tossed out

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 3

This place is not worth it. It is so Americanized! The food is on the sweeter side. The dumplings lack flavor and they try to mask it with sauce. Sad experience! Nothing Asian about these dumplings but the looks. And the entire kitchen staff were of South American. Only Asian you see is a picture of the Asian owners on the wall. So disappointed.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Fried, Pan-Seared Pork Dumplings with Soy Ginger Glaze

Ordered spicy lo mein. Got served bland fried rice with bland chicken.

Dumplings were so so but willing to try again.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 3

My go-to for take-out for my family when we are in the area!! We are able to find options that are kid-approved but also decently healthy. Best Chinese cuisine I've had.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Veggie Dumplings

Nothing wrong with the staff, but the food was bad. Got dumplings, buns, and salmon rice. Dumplings tasted like oil with no flavor, buns came completely cold, and the salmon rice tasted like it was days old and microwaved. The cucumbers themselves on top also tasted as if they were multiple days old. Not satisfied with the food at all, wish I could get my money back.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 3

Wow, I am surprised this place opened this long. I ordered steamed dumplings with pork and chives. First of all there was very little to no chives in the filling and the meat tasted stale probably the dumplings were kept in freezer for too long. The dough was thick. Worst dumplings I ever had. Thumbs way down.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 1

We got a variety of dumplings to try, everyone enjoyed the steamed and fried dumplings, especially the petites! The sauces were very tasty. The fried Brussels sprouts are where it's at, though. They were addictive and I abandoned my tofu/rice to demolish those instead. Prices weren't bad compared to anything else in the area and the service was amazing and quick. Excellent Thai Tea as well.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The dumplings here are super tasty - especially the petit ones in spicy chili sauce. The rest of the menu is fine, but doesn’t necessarily taste like authentic Chinese food or Asian fusion. I enjoyed the dumplings for a quick lunch, though!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Veggie Dumplings, Chives Pork Steamed Dumplings

I feel like if these were frozen and this good I would rate higher

I am sad… there used to be a location in Kendall Sq. I used to get the veggie dumplings and frozen packages all the time. On uber eats there’s this buy 1 get 1 free deal for the buns. I was excited since I haven’t gotten their stuff since 2022-2023 I am not sure what changed. It was like I went to the store and baked them or microwaved them? They were definitely not steamed or had the texture of a steamed bun. It definitely was like untoasted bread. No rise. What happened to the vegetable buns I swear they used to be green and had more than cabbage and carrots? Sad to say it was an expensive and disappointing take-out night. 9/10 would not recommend unless you’re in a bind and you can’t go to a store to buy frozen ones. Would of preferred to received them frozen, I would of been able to actually steam them. 🫣☹️ I gave 5 for atmosphere because at least I was at home. I gave an overall 1 for effort.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 1

Service: 1

It’s a good place to stop for a snack.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 4

I came here to get chicken noodle soup because I felt sick and sad, but it made me feel more sick and more sad :(

I decided to come after my physical at the doctor office next door, because I had really good memories of the chicken broth 18 months ago, which was expensive but very clean and good. Last time it was an awesome and comforting pick-me-up after a different doctor appointment and I was sure this time would bring me up again too.

However the chicken broth was just too inherently flawed for the soup to be ok to eat. It's still visually delicious looking - perfect color, good amount of sheen - but it's a letdown. In a great chicken broth, idk how to describe it, I only know how to say it in a way that sounds stupid... But in a great chicken broth, it tastes sooooo much like CHICKEN. It has a good, chicken flavor. In a mid chicken broth, like maybe Campbell's or whatever, it just tastes like salt and is boring, doesn't taste like chicken. But it's fine. This chicken broth TASTES like chicken which you'd think would be good!! But it tastes like BAD ICKY chicken. It reminds me of the difference between poor people school fried chicken backs with the spine in in school lunch I had in high school in Kentucky vs like normal good fried chicken. Like, I associate the bad chicken flavor I'm talking about directly with the flavor of cooked spinal fluid. It's really flavorful and chickeny broth but it tastes BAD. Really sad because you can tell it's prepared in much the same way as great chicken broth? But they have to be using worse meat or something.

I took it to go and gave it to my smart chef boyfriend, who hates food waste. He dressed it up nice with sriracha (which another review said costs extra here???), rice vinegar, shaoxing wine, and soy sauce. Which they like definitely have in the kitchen here so git gud. It helped soooo much, made the flavor more complex and hid the jankiness of the meat itself. So I think they should either use better chicken or more condiments.

Also it cost too much for what it was.

No notes on the plating though, it was beautiful.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 3

Recommended dishes: Soup