Dumpling Capital

This is my favorite dumpling place in the Bay Area, good quality and value, filling is good amount and firm with good flavor. I also love their tofu dishes: both mapo tofu and golden crispy tofu are great, we almost buy them every time sometimes just to pack it to go and eat later :) We love their Shanghai pan fried buns too, have not tried their bentos (they have a very big menu!)

Their dim sum is excellent. It's hot...fresh...and downright delicious. Even their lamb dumplings were impressive since my wife loves lamb! Having black vinegar also surprised us since we're used to having only soy sauce in most Chinese restaurants. However, the staff do seem to be quite stereotypical. If you have any Asian resemblances, you automatically get hot tea. If you don't appear Asian, you get ice water. We observed this throughout the duration of our visit, which lasted almost an hour long, and we stand firmly behind our observations. We sincerely hope this archaic practice changes soon!

Ordered for take out on Christmas and they were extremely busy! It was clear the front of house staff member was working very hard and the kitchen was trying to get out orders as fast as possible. I got my food home and it was delicious! Especially with the busy day, I was so thankful to them. I ordered the cucumber salad, pan fried soup dumplings, vegetarian Mapo Tofu, and vegetable egg rolls. I loved it all, but my favorite was probably the soup dumplings - they were perfectly chewy, without falling apart super easily.

This restaurant is a decent dumpling place, truly living up to its name as a Dumpling restaurant. Their noodles and seasoning aren't overly oily, spicy, or overwhelmingly flavored. However, Chinese dishes might still be a bit greasy, but it's much more restrained here compared to other places. The prices are acceptable, albeit slightly on the higher side. The portion sizes for each dish are reasonable. It's a place I'd want to revisit.

Do NOT come to this place so I can come whenever I want without a crazy amount of people. We were nearby, so we came for lunch to try, and don’t even PLAY WITH ME! We ordered the Vegetable Fried Rice, Cantonese Shrimp Dumplings, Fresh Cucumber Salad, BBQ Pork Buns, Pork Potstickers, Shanghai Pan Fried Soup Dumplings, and the Vegetarian Mapo Tofu Noodles. For Chow Mein and the Mapo Tofu Noodles, they offered hand made noodles for $1 up-charge, so we got that! Don’t judge us, we’re sampling everything, duh. Everything came out at a great speed, and everything was incredible! We were dissociating from how good everything was. The dumpling options have so much flavor, are juicy, and the dough and filling ratio is perfect. The Pork Potstickers are so juicy, they honestly could label them as soup dumplings. The entrees with the handmade noodles were amazing as well, it definitely had a perfect texture, and the Chow Mein had incredible flavor, no need for additions. The Mapo Tofu Noodle was incredibly flavorful aswell, and the spice was so interesting. Not too spicy where you can’t taste anything, but still a satisfying kick. The Cucumber Salad was phenomenal aswell, everything was so balanced, it was perfect. Overall, everything was incredible, the flavors were perfectly balanced, not oily at all, and perfectly seasoned. The service was great too, the front house woman was very sweet. This spot is small but mighty, they’re knowledgeable in dumpling and noodle making, even making it next door where you can see. This place is super underrated, 10/10 coming back!

Fast service, great food for reasonable prices. You order through a qr code after receiving laminated menus. There's soy sauce, vinegar, salt, pepper and hand sanitizer available at each table. 1 restroom available in the back for customers. Small parking lot but there's street parking available. There's a cash discount for folks who pay for their check if it's >$30. Will return with more friends or family.