Reviews for Mama Lu's Dumpling House in Monterey Park, CA
The deep fried pork chops were amazing, well seasoned, crispy. The fried seaweed fish was a little bland. The juicy pork... dumplings looked a little dry but we're indeed very juicy and delicious. I usually go to the other location but this place wasreally good as well. Much more seating, the service was alright, not the best. Read more
A safe option if you're craving for reliable and quality Chinese food. The huge menu is flooded with items, so we gambled a bit... with what to order. We ordered seaweed fish, egg white and dried scallop stir-fried rice, beef wrap, house stir-fried udon, westlake beef soup, and French style tenderloin. All of them came in pretty decent portions. The best item and also a must try isthe seaweed fish. It's incredible technique to be able to craft such crispy and large fish pieces. The lemon salt and pepperdipping goes compliment it so well. I really like the beef wrap and tenderloin. A tad salty but well seasoned. The tenderloinis tender and full of flavors. The egg white and scallop stir fried rice is awesome. The egg white is silky. A little moredried scallop would be nice, but it's a pricey ingredient so I get it. Read more
Tasty dishes. My favorite probably the Indonesian fried rice and the crispy bao. Stir fry eggplants was pretty good considering... Im not much of a fan of eggplants. While the steam juicy dumplings (soup dumplings) and spicy wontons was just ok and was myleast fave part. Definitely need to come back for more tries cus they got alot of items on the menu lol. Read more
Mama Lu's is an amazing mom and pop. Soup dumplings and seaweed fish are my favorites. Use a tempura like batter on the fish... with a side of salt and lemon. Serve it family style and bring to table as it's prepared, so might not get things all st oncebut you get it fresh right from the kitchen which I prefer!! So good! Read more
Food was good, chicken fried dumplings, pork fried dumplings, scallion pancake, chicken and broccoli entree. Service was... frustrating, it required effort to get attention from the staff from the get go. From placing the order, to ordering more food,getting the check etc. Service was peculiar and slow, with the entree arriving a good 10-15 minutes before the appetizers. Frommany experiences in other restaurants, the server will alert you to that and offer an options to hold the entree until afterappetizers are served. Finally, the bathrooms (men’s) looks like after demolition. Not only it was filthy, it was fallingapart and disgusting. I felt lucky I did not have guests over, that would have been embarrassing.. - when you couple this withthe rule of thumb: Imagine how the kitchen looks, check the bathroom first. SCARY A business cannot possibly respect itspatrons if it keeps its bathrooms in such a horrible state. . Read more
We went on a Saturday afternoon for lunch in late November 2021. We were seated right away. Good service and great food! We... had spicy wonton, French style beef tenderloin, roasted red noodle soup, and spicy clams in chili oil. Read more
Never disappoints and always hits the spot when I’m craving authentic Cantonese food. Brought my parents here and they loved... it! Menus with pictures also help ???? we ordered the pan fried noodles, snow peas shoots (bean seedlings), salt peppercalamari, seaweed fish, and pork soup dumplings! There’s a small parking lot in the back that offers free 30/60 min. Thisplace can also accommodate large groups!! Read more
first time eating here again in over 2 years and it felt nostalgic af. I remember my parents used to come here all the time... pre-pandemic because it was one of our fav Morita restaurant. Their food was always a hit and never a miss. However, I do feellike their quality has gone down a little bit and didn’t taste like how I remembered… Read more