Melvin R.

The dumplings were really good—fresh, flavorful, and perfectly cooked. I had the dumplings in broth ( pork soupy) and the Fusion dumplings( mixed chicken parmesan and Korean bbq ribeye). the The service was amazing too: fast, friendly, and efficient. Everything came out smoothly and made the whole experience even better. Definitely coming back.

Kari Nelson

Great little place! The food was delicious. Got the Peking dumplings and hibachi noodles. Food and service were amazing. Will definitely be back the next time I visit the city!

Kenyon H

The dumplings and customer service was a 5 star experience!!! The server was super attentive to detail and had great recommendations. I had the fusion combo Korean bbq beef, Kung Pao chicken and chicken Parmesan which was super tender and bursting with flavor!!😋 I also had their apple pie dumplings which was like eating a fresh mini apple pie bit. 🫶🏽 highly recommended this place!!!

Shonda Smalls

Shout out to Aninga, what a wonderful visit on this cold winter night. The food was delicious and your personality made the space so warm! Thank you!

Myka Knight

Amazing dumplings and super filling. I ordered the Wagyu Beef Dumplings, Mac and Cheese Dumplings and got the Korean Ribeye Dumplings for free (black friday deal). They were all super delicious, definitely a way to spice up dumplings flavors. I'll definitely be back so I can try them in the broth. I also appreciate the ambiance and the board games to pick from.

VANESSA ARZOLA

I absolutely loved my experience here! Kit, Amos, and Williams were incredible with their customer service. Our food arrived with grace and efficiency, and the wall of games was such a fun touch — we ended the night with a round of Uno, and my family was super impressed. Thank you for your wonderful service. We’ll definitely be back! 🥰

Mir “Miirkat” Khan

Everyone who worked in the store was nice and patient, and the dumplings were yummy. Always nervous about eating fried food/dumplings with my allergies (peanuts) but staff pointed out the risk items for me and mentioned there wasn't peanut oil or risk of cross contamination and honestly the folk here were really great for Friday night. 10/10 would come back again.

Madelynn Tomkos

Sooo tasty!! Not your typical dumpling but still super yummy. The classic dumplings have a nice crunch to them. Great spot for a quick bite and staff is also super friendly.

Teddy BearSal

My family and I were looking for a new, comfortable location to have lunch when we came across Brooklyn Dumpling Shop. The atmosphere was very comfortable. There was a very kind hostess that assisted us with our order as the experience was new to us. ... Free soda refills.... We will be back in the future.

Margie Lopez

It was very good. Food taste great and the customer service from the young lady behind the register makes everything better! She recommended a great dish! The sesame ginger slaw was delicious! Great job!

Covy M

Great food and great service! I had the Orange Ginger Bowl with tempura shrimp, amazing 👏🏾, and then the mango sake chiller was suggested to us by the cashier, and it was amazing as well, nice refreshing drink to go with the ginger bowl. Will be coming here again!

Groovin S

The food is delicious and light. I had the classic dumplings, wagyu and pork and cabbage were on point!! Easy to order by way of touch screen. The ginger slaw is refreshing and very tasty! When in NY, I will come back! (Pic shows remaining food)

Dinara Sarsekeyeva

Excellent service and a great atmosphere! Stopped by on a rainy day for a quick bite and was pleasantly surprised. The boba was spot-on, and the tempura chicken was so light and crispy it practically melted in my mouth. Highly recommend pairing it with the kung pao sauce—absolute game-changer! 🔥 Friendly staff and a cozy vibe made the experience even better. Definitely coming back!

Gurleen Kaur

Such a great spot for a late night snack and a chat! The staff was super friendly and let us sit and talk for a while on a Saturday night (busy with people coming in and out but lots of seating). The food was great for a late night treat! I shared the kimchi fries and then mango lychee lemonade and both were delicious. I definitely recommend checking it out!

Ernest Zalamea

First time in this East Village gem, and flagship location of the Brooklyn Dumpling Shop! Visited on a sunny Friday afternoon after hearing about this establishment from friends. Definitely did not disappoint! Anninga was super welcoming and helpful especially when I mentioned that it was my first visit here. Her guest-focused hospitality, warmth, and bright energy filled the room! Her recommendations were on point! You have to try their Sangria Frosé!!

+2

Zee N Tone (The Starkz)

Okay, this place is amazing. From ordering to pick up it is advanced simplicity 🤌🏽. We punched in our order, waited, and was given a code which we used to open the box that contained our spoils. Even struck up a little conversation over how mind blowing the smoothness was. The dumplings and waffle fries were terrific! The Mac n’ cheese dumpling were the best in my opinion but they all are equally delicious 🤤.This is and always will be one of may favorite spots.

+4

Campbell Cross

The manager is a real one. He takes pride in the business… Get the teriyaki smash burger it is amazing. You get a giant side combo of fries too if you choose combo. I like that you can pay ahead and then just leave when done. The ordering and pickup is really easy they just text you a QR code to scan at the kiosk and then your food comes out of an automatic window.

+2

It’s ironically called big bar even though spaces are very limited in here - it’s definitely a vibe though with its cash only and overall divey atmosphere. Lots of disclaimers all around but if you know what you want and can be expedient about it, you’ll be well served here.

Well... I don't know how I never came here before but what a vibe. Soaked in red light, cash only, a very chill, eclectic crew, all of that made it for me a perfect later night after dinner spot, even if the back bar is unsurprisingly thin and I low-key hate carrying cash on me these days unless I'm a regular somewhere. As an old head with a kid, I'm not sure when I'll be back but when the opportunity presents itself, I'm down.

Super cozy and cute. No wait despite NYE weekend but still busy/lively. Love the red lights. Bartender was alright / weird vibes. Maybe they were tired / had cruddy customers before me. Just had a glass of a house red

Sapphira Bella

It’s National Dumpling Month!!! I got the special 6 for 10 half and half. It was pretty good and you get to mix and match flavors and sauces. I also did not realize that this is a chain. Overall a steal and a nice snack in East Village.

Elizabeth La Salle

Modern no contact ordering machines and heat lap for ready food accessed by a unique QR code. Come with your phone charged and get a receipt! The place is clean and has good meal options. I had a dumpling soup, it was good but nothing that Chinatown can’t beat. The seating is comfortable and the staff is polite.

At the end of the day it's a bar.... The bartender and bouncer are the singular most offensive and pretensous people I have ever met in my life. Full of self importance and a vibe like they are keepers of all. They essence of the place has great bones and a good vibe overall... Just hope you catch the bartender on a night she isn't feeling like being rude and stuck up.Its far away from a premium bar and has an attitude problem equal to the snobbiest bars in all of Manhattan.... It's a hard Miss.

I stopped by Big Bar while visiting New York, and it was one of the most disappointing experiences I’ve ever had. The bartender was incredibly rude from the very beginning — no greeting, no smile, just an attitude like I was bothering her by even being there. She clearly had no idea what she was doing and couldn’t answer the simplest questions about the place. I didn’t even end up ordering a drink because the atmosphere was so unpleasant and unprofessional. I left after a few minutes, completely unimpressed. For a city like New York, where good service is everywhere, this was a huge letdown. I definitely wouldn’t recommend this place to anyone.

I had a very disappointing experience at Bog Bar in New York. We asked about the recipe for a Whiskey Sour, and were told it’s just whiskey and lemon juice. When we mentioned that a classic Whiskey Sour usually includes egg white, the staff became rude, told us not to “teach the bartender how to do their job,” and we were basically kicked out shortly after. Instead of a friendly conversation or a simple explanation, we were met with disrespect and attitude. Customer service matters, and no one deserves to be treated like that. Would not recommend this place.

I would leave zero stars if I could— I work service too and never leave reviews, this case was extremely bad and deserves to be shared. Absolutely horrible experience with the femme presenting bartender on a pretty empty Saturday. Extremely rude, condescending, unbearable and had to leave pretty immediately, it was ageist and very unpleasant to be around. The two lonely men sitting there were also questionable and she seemed way kinder to them, than to us fellow non-men with a kind demeanor. Will not come back, thank you for making us feel horrible. Thank you!

Looks like some bartenders take tips for granted, expecting tips while being so rude to customers with the excuse of “being busy”. Wow, what a good reason for being disrespectful of customers. Reminder of the principle of a tip (which unfortunately has been forgotten): tips are here to reward good services for bartenders who deserve them, they should not be taken for granted. So just one thing busy bartender: if you want some tips, just do your job properly by being just slightly nicer, and not just demand “give me tips “. For your pride at least!

Big Bar is hard to miss with its bright red interior lights shining onto the sidewalk, but when you walk inside you’ll have wished you did miss it. I recently had the displeasure of stopping by this ‘dive bar’ and it was an experience I won’t soon forget; unfortunately. This bar harbors a particularly rancid vibe. Everything from the bar tender’s hall monitor attitude, to the Gen X clientele sitting at the bar top, to the bald man in a bright blue sweater standing outside holding the door looking to start arguments. It all meshed into a miserable, spoilt, and rank experience. This self touted ‘dive bar’ is a total disaster from start to finish. The atmosphere is dreadful. The space is cramped and awkward. The decor is tacky and lacking grace. It is all too evident that they tried too hard to come off as this trendy, relaxed, dingy dive bar but you can feel how incredibly gauche and trite the ambience really is. The supposed "dive bar" charm was nowhere to be found. Instead, it felt more like a sterile and sanitized version, where an older crowd can live out their dreams cosplaying being a patron at a dive bar. Without actually having to step foot in one. The raw authenticity of a dive bar is nowhere to be found here. Instead what you will encounter is a travesty of such magnitude that it defies the very essence of what it seeks to embody. Stripped of any genuine character, it is a desolate void. Big Bar’s ambiance is a facade. A cheap costume masking a soul devoid of grit or character. Stepping inside, the sterility of the place struck me immediately. But it was the customer service that truly revealed the rot at the core. At the helm of this charade was a bartender whose demeanor is a chilling specter of authoritarianism. Her presence fills the room and adds to the festering of a putrid environment. We did not get her name, but she is a heavy set brunette woman with glasses and nose piercings. She made comments that were teetering on discriminatory and seemed to convey a covert racism. She was abrasive with a patron over a seemingly arbitrary qualm. I wouldn’t be surprised to hear other patrons share a similar experience. The libations, one might hope, would salvage some semblance of a good experience, but they were as soulless as the decor. The drinks are underwhelming and bereft of any skill or care in their making. They didn’t seem to have any thing of substance worth drinking. All the bartender had was well liquor and flat beer. And in a location filled with other options that have better drinks and a more refined atmosphere, we did not stay long. In sum, this Gen X haven is truly a pit of despair and disappointment. This establishment is a blight upon the landscape of nightlife. A soulless simulacrum devoid of the grit, grime, and charm that define a dive bar. It feels more of a sterile tomb and I would implore seekers of a genuine experience to look elsewhere.

Bouncer dressed like where’s Waldo for Halloween tonight is a problem for a small business like this. I walked in with a few girls and he was hitting on the customers inside I did not see anyone in the front of the door so I walked inside. I thought he was just some big goofy Halloween dressed older over weight guy talking to younger girls. As I got though the door he started getting aggressive super weird because he’s a lot shorter than me and I’m not an aggressive person. He asked for ids I thought he was being funny but still reached in my back pocket to accommodate him. That’s when things got really weird he started acting aggressive so I turned around to leave because I don’t want to hurt this bully so I said I’m gonna just leave.. That’s when I asked the girls I was with to come he decided to follow me out screaming have a good day just so we are clear it’s night time! This place should really watch who they hire because clearly they don’t! You have been warned stay away from this place!

I really regret to change my review here. I really liked the place and used to go there. There is a specific bartender working there that is absolutely rude. She made a whole scene because some people tipped only $5 for 5 cans of beer. She was ringing some bells and her friends were shouting 'you should tip your bartender and blah blah..' and pointing to those people (that had actually tipped). Let alone that she earlier did lift me from my seat for her those friends of her to sit... When we told her that we understand that you are busy but this doesnt justify you being rude she took our drinks from us (had just bought them and i had personally tipped $3 for a jin) and asked us to leave the place. She just ruins that great bar and the nice vibe.