Mama Lu's Dumpling House

loved their foods and service so much. really fast and tasty. I highly recommand their beef noodles, beef rolls and stir-fried bean sting with chicken! I'll be back for them. + just please don't order cucumber salad. it was way below than we expected. it looks like din tai feng's on the menu, but totally different; too sweet and not spicy at all. so I put so many chile oil on top before eating it. * sorry, I forgot taking pictures before eating. lol

Great discovery in SGV. We loved in Shanghai for 4 years and the atmosphere here comes close to that authentic Shanghainese experience. Food was good. Ingredients fresh. Xia Long Bao is decent. Not sure I would rank it higher than DTF. Milk tea was a little too sweet. Can’t wait to come back to try the garlic honey pork chops and fried dumplings which is what everyone seems to have ordered. Overall price / quality / value of the food is great. Two locations. We’ll try the other one down the street next time. But liked the high ceilings of this one.

If you are looking for excellent and authentic Chinese food, then this is your place. We came on Saturday at 5:30pm, which I’m glad we did because we got seated in 5-10 mins for the two of us. Later in the evening, there were lines of people waiting get in. Although “dumpling” is in the name of this restaurant, I would say their main meat, seafood, and vegetable dishes are extraordinary in taste /flavor/seasoning, and cooking techniques. Don’t get me wrong , their soup dumplings are good too, but my favorites were everything else. You must come here when visiting L.A.