Tori S

Amazing food! Loved the new truffle shrimp egg rolls, plus the classics like the soup dumplings XLB and twists like Tom Yum. Very friendly staff, willing to help and make suggestions. Love that you can see them making the dumplings too! Got both take out and dine in and both were delicious

+1

Randy B

My daughter and I were visiting San Francisco. She loves soup dumplings and picked this place to eat. We drove straight from SFO and had lunch. We had cucumber & chili salad, edamame with Szechuan pepper, Beijing noodles, chili pork dumplings, soup dumplings, and sesame balls. My daughter had the chrysanthemum tea and I had a Sapporo. It was soooo good! The staff were great too. It was so good that we went there again for dinner the night before we left. Our waiter, Hunter, remembered us from our earlier visit and gave my daughter a soup dumpling pin. It was a great time. Can’t wait to come again the next time we’re in town!

+2

Ashlee Wilberg

This place deserves all the stars. Delicious and creative food with fast and efficient service and funky, warm vibes. There are k pop music videos playing on a giant projector inside. The dumpling and bao are to die for. I love all the dumplings but the pork beet dumplings are not to be missed! They will blow you away. Their outdoor seating is great too, complete with high powered heat lamps. It was almost toasty out there. No reservations so you have to get on the list but jump across the street to the Thai sports bar for a drink while you wait.

+1

Glenn Reynolds

Great experience. The dumplings are the best I have ever had. The new outdoor patio is really great and it doubles the seating area so less wait time. The service is blindingly fast. We found plenty of nearby street parking. Our group found the new phone based menu didn’t work for us so the staff brought us paper menus which was ok but the paper menus lacked the care and presentation that the old menu used to have. The Staff were pleasant and efficient but not as warm as past visits. I recommend this as the best Asian restaurant in the Bay Area.

G T

I can't stop telling people how awesome this place is. I was visiting SF and I'm so glad I made the Uber drive to eat here. I ended ordering twice because it was so good. I ordered the lamb and red dumplings and they were very filling, but it was my last day in town, so I placed another order of both of them. I don't regret this decision. This restaurant is a must for anyone visiting the Bay Area. The servers and management were incredibly friendly and professional. There service was fast and this location is beautiful!! Update: I planned a layover purposefully to SF just to visit Dumpling Time. And now I realize this is my favorite restaurant in the USA.

+10

Jasmin Hussain

This is a great dumpling place. Optimal for family style sharing. The dumplings are well prepared. We got space on a weekend evening. The prices are somewhat high.

+2

Asif Khan

The xi’an dumplings were the best. The wagyu gyoza did not have any taste of wagyu and the chicken gyoza was honestly better. The lamb dumpling comes with only 4 pieces and was alright. The service was prompt and fastidious. However, the food was not at the level I expected. They need to add more options for soup dumplings as well. All the ciao ling bao are only pork options.

+12

Sersha Acworth

Very nice food. I had the noodles and so did my friend. Can’t remember which ones I had though lol. The point is they were very good. Then we had the mango pitting and sesame balls, which were my favorite. Sesame balls had bean paste inside which I adored however, the service wasn’t so nice they were very slow and they sent us the check before we had finished ordering… and then sent us another one after we ordered dessert. I understand that it may have been a mistake, but overall a very nice place and I’ve come many times now!

+8

Julianne Fu

Very mediocre. Really dislike when xlbs are presented in tinfoil cups. I expected higher quality tbh. Scallion noodles were overcooked and mushy. Best thing was the chili sauce and snap peas. Restaurant ambience is nice though and spacious. Other than that, i don’t get the hype and there are many other places to get the same food but better.

narae kim

The tom yum XLB was delicious, and the siu mai was pretty good. The truffle XLB was just okay, with a thick dumpling skin. The har gow also had, in my opinion, a thicker skin. The wine corkage fee is $20.

+8

Winnie Xu

probably the worst dumpling place i’ve had in sf. xlb were just so off, skin way too thick and sauce was weird didn’t bother taking a pic. the wontons were quite tough, not flavorful, skins not smooth or silky and broth very mid. the fish filet i have no comments, we thought it was a weird sweet taste as if it were a starchy maple syrup glaze 🤢

Ned OConnor

It's not looking good. Beef noodle soup and pho listed as beef - spiced broth cilantro lime IS ALL MADE WITH WHEAT NOODLES. I DIFFINITLY WONT BE BACK. I SO DISLIKE WRITING BAD REVIEWS BUT THIS PLACE DESERVES IT.FAKE PHO IS AS LOW AS IT GOES FOR THOSE IN THE KNOW. MENU IS NOT HONEST WRITTEN DECEPTIVELY. I ORDERED PORK DUMPLINGS AND NOE BEEN HERE TO TOO 2 LONG . WISH I HADN'T ORDERED cilantro see photo not on pork dumpling menu and for me cilantro taste like soap. No competent Asian chef would add cilantro in the dish . It's put on side for customer to add. Refusing dish deceptive and dishonest menu. I will stay away from here.