Reviews for Dumpling Cafe in Boston, MA
Don?t know why people are complaining about the service, this isn?t a regular restaurant where a waiter or waitress constantly... comes back to your table after you order? Anyway I love Chinatown spots like this. Local and prices aren?t too crazy. Thedumplings were awesome and I really loved the duck buns. Noodles were great and I mean nothing fancy about this spot but I lovedit Read more
Good food, poor service. Servers are often sitting down, on their cell phones or speaking with one another. I usually tipped... 20% even though the service was below expectations. There was one waitress who was helpful, but one server was especiallyterrible. In 2021. Dumpling Cafe implemented a mandatory gratuity of either 18% or 20%, and the service declined evenfurther. I inadvertently found out about the mandatory tip when I asked for a receipt and the server told me that I'm all set. I had paid with credit card and the restaurant had returned the card without a receipt. I replied that I was not all set, thatI needed the receipt. The server said she couldn't print it out, to speak with the cashier. I then spoke to the cashier and hesaid there was no way to print out the receipt, that I had to talk to someone named Michael. I asked where is Michael and thecashier told me Michael wasn't there at the moment, to come back in an hour. I asked if I come back in an hour, how wouldMichael know which receipt is mine. After I took a picture of the cashier, he miraculously printed out my final receipt andthat is when I discovered the mandatory tip. I asked the cashier about the tip and he said this was something they felt theydeserved. I asked the cashier what if I had paid in cash, would there have been a mandatory tip and he replied no. Read more
Late night Taiwanese restaurant with plentiful dumpling options. Came here with family on a Saturday evening for an early dinner... around 6pm and got seated immediately. Indoor dining only, no outdoor option. Takeout is also available. Masks required. They doserve alcohol (there?s Tsingtao). Credit cards are accepted. We got four dishes for the four of us, and that was a good amountof food. My mom particularly loved the pork fried rice, and since she is a fried rice fiend, that?s high praise coming from her.The xiao long bao had a really thick skin and not a ton of broth inside, but they were very large. The fried dumplings weregood. The Taiwanese beef noodle soup was alright as well; you can customize the noodle so for those who are picky about noodlethickness, you?re good there. It?s a small space so it may be harder to get a table during standard dining times, but we were inand out of there within an hour. Overall, a good option to eat at if you?re in Chinatown. Read more
We ate here before we left Boston. Place wasn?t too bad the food was good price and it came with good portions. It was a great... lil restaurant to chill and eat Read more
Really tasty Taiwanese pan fried dumplings. Highly recommend. The dough is nice and moist and pleasantly chewy. The filling is... tasty as well. The egg drop soup is average but still tasty. The service is really rude Read more
I?ve never been dissatisfied with the food here. I love the pork soup dumplings! (I get them every time). For some reason they... seem averted to refilling my water like every time I go. Read more
We got the crispy chicken strips Taiwan style, the black pepper beef, and (of course) two orders of soup dumplings. We?ve been... exploring different soup dumplings in Boston and so far, these are our favorite! The soup is very savory and delicious and allthe dumplings are consistent. The black pepper beef was also delicious and you can definitely taste the black pepper comparedto other chinese places. The crispy chicken strips were also really good and tender. Would definitely come again and maybe makethis our regular spot! Read more
May be the best soup dumplings in town. I also recommend the Taiwanese Style rice cakes. Damn good!