Insider Pages Reviews for Shanghai Dumpling King

4 Stars: Delicious! (by Jacquelyn W.)

Jacquelyn W. — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 23:36:00 GMT

This place is so good! It was my first time there so i ordered a variety of stuff and all of it was amazing. The place is small to eat in, but i ordered out and really enjoyed the food at my own home. The prices weren't too bad. I paid about 25 dollars for 4 dishes. I would recommend going here to try their xiao long bao... just be careful when you first bite into them... they're really hot!

1 Stars: Awful. (by J. O.)

J. O. — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:05:00 GMT

Went to this place based on review in SF Chronicle. Neglected to notice that review was 2 yrs and there was max slippage in quality since. Not worth the time, effort and money. Parking is a major pain as well. Street only in a busy section of town.

All the dumplings had very little filling. And the filling was very very stingy on the meat.

Potstickers - The skins were torn and they were not fried well. Very poor job at preparation.
Dumplings in soup- little meat. all dough
Xiao Long Bao - same can be gotten from freezer section of your local asian grocery.
Shanghai Noodles - bland mushy noodles with very little meat or veg. Almost like noodles mixed in soy sauce.
Fried rice dumpling - dumplings not chewy, otherwise same as Shanghai Noodles.
Tianjin bum - bad filling inside a soggy bun.

Service was bad. When we asked for suggestion she just picked most expensive thing on menu. And she kept forgetting our order.

I will never be back.

4 Stars: Good dumplings (by Elayna N.)

Elayna N. — Fri, 30 May 2008 16:45:00 GMT

This place has really good pork "seiw lung bao." They specialize in dumplings. They also have really good stir fried rice noodle cakes called "chow neen go". Get it with pork and Chinese mustard greens. The Chinese pancakes are pretty good too. This place makes good Shanghai based food, but the restaurant itself is very small and can be a little unappealing to eat at. The regular dumplings are not quite as good.