Price was a bit more compared other XLB places. The pan fried buns were really good, and had a light buttery like crunchy texture. They did not contain as much soup compared to others i’ve tried. I would rate the pan fried a 4/5, the downside is the soup amount. The pork XLB’s have very light and thin skin with very flavorful soup. 4/5 the down side is the slightly higher price than other XLB restaurants in the area. The egg, shrimp, and chive pocket was ok, the chives were a little overpowering in the pocket and there was barley any shrimp, the outside was very good though. 3/5. The service was very good and they had nice outdoor seating. I have eaten many different XLB’s and these are definitely in the top 5, very authentic.I would definitely recommend this place to everyone and I would 100% come back. Amazing experience.
Good authentic taste dumplings! However, $14 for 8 Pcs Xiao Long Bao sounds unreasonable for me. a price reduced by 20-30% may be a more sustainable price.
Food was bland and expensive with very little diversity between dishes. There was a very small selection of food aswell. There was a sushi place that opened there that was very good but closed so this place could open. There were 1 or 2 dishes that were pretty good but missing flavor. In my personal opinion the owner should close this place and reopen the sushi place there.
Tried this place for takeout, ordered pork, chicken dumplings, wonton soup, siomai, pork bun maybe everything worth $70+ including tip for 2 people. One time is more than enough, taste is bland, not worth it I think. 1 and a half star for the nice people inside. Expensive i think for the product.
First time here, and I enjoyed my experience here. I had four different items and they were all delicious and wonderfully prepared. I highly recommend this place, I will definitely come back again.
I was in the plaza one afternoon and noticed this new business, so I opened the door, walked in, looked at the menu sitting on the counter. I looked around, there were 3 people sitting around and one guy eating at the counter who looked like he worked there. I asked, "Can I place an order" he looked up from his food, starred at me a few seconds and said "we're closed" and went back to eating. It was the afternoon, door open and lights on. Im writing this because the guy was not very friendly, didn't explain a thing, nor did he suggest I try them later that afternoon. I have decided to not go back!
A lovely comfy setting where you eat juice-explosive XLB. Ingredients are great in quality, with seasoning leaning towards the healthy side. Not too oily or salty like some other XLB places. XLB are reasonably similar to DTF. The phone browser ordering system and check out system adds convenience. Only thing to improve is that waiters/waitress need to think ahead of time of service expected. For example, when serving XLB, vinegar and ginger needs to come at the same moment.
They know what they are doing. The skin of dumpling, XLB is super thin, hand-made! What an explosion of meat juice from XLB! The best part of green onion pancake is the texture is so gooey and flaky like multi-thin layers dough. Downside is they don’t offer a good selection of chili oil, sauce, ginger that bump up the perfection of flavor, balance. anyway, i would recommend considering that it is located in residential area, San Ramon. Overall, it is ok to me except for poor customer service.
The wonton soup, steamed pork dumplings and the xiao long bao are really good! Laid back environment with friendly, fast, and attentive service: Definitely coming back! (Maybe next time I’ll sit at the bar and watch the cooks make the dumplings!)
Really good soup dumplings ("XLB"). The soup inside was hot, temperature wise, the way I like it. Definitely not a fast place but I rather have the soup dumplings served well than rushed.I did see a lady who looked like she was a server on the phone in one of the dining booths when I came in. She didn't look my way and the kitchen staff had to signal to her and she still didn't look over. A younger man popped out and served me instead and he was great.A tip for the owners: your soup dumplings are very hot temperature wise, it's great flavor wise, but you may want to put a warning on your menu and have your staff explain it before people eat it. There will also be a lot of people who may not know there is hot soup inside of the dumplings so use your menus and staff as an opportunity to expand that understanding.