Town of dumpling 29 Laurie Meadows Drive, San Mateo, CA 94403

"Best little restaurant! Flavorful and tasty food without frills. Their dumplings are awesome, they have a great variety of flavors: chicken, pork, lamb, beef, shrimp and fish combinations with veggies like Napa cabbage,chives ,and corn. Best Farmer’s cucumber salad I’ve ever had! Their lamb skewers appetizers is addictive. Also make sure to try the beef pancake and the green chives pancakes, they are noting like American pancakes ,but fried breads with a filling. Don’t forget to use the provided sauces for best experience!"

"Very casual restaurant for a quick bite! There are plenty of things to order with pictures shown on the walls/outside the restaurant to help you decide what you want. We ordered Shanghai soup dumplings, pork and shrimp chive dumplings and sesame pancakes with marinated beef. The food came out pretty fast, the sesame pancake with beef was fresh, hot, very tasty. The pancake was flaky and the beef wasn’t drenched in sweet sauce which is a plus for us. We dipped it in the house made hot sauce for a garlicky and HOT bite. The pork and shrimp chive dumplings came out next, it was very hot, had plenty of filling and tasted so good dipped in sauce. Lastly the soup dumplings came out. It didn’t have as much soup as other places but the pork flavor was good, I wouldn’t order it next time— I would stick to their dumplings. We noticed bao buns on the menu and decided to order frozen lamb buns to take home, can’t wait to try it. They also sell frozen dumplings to take home as well. I think this place is cash only but I may be wrong. It is affordable, tasty, and fast service."

"Located in a small shopping square, this place definitely did not disappoint. Definitely has the family run hole in the wall feel. We got the pig ears, green chives pancake, sour cabbage and pork dumpling, and shrimp, pork and chives dumpling. The pig ears had mostly the taste of soy sauce and sesame oil. It tasted really good with the chili sauce they have on the table. The green chives pancake were really crispy and the skin was very thin. The dumplings tasted pretty authentic and similar to what I’ve had back in northeast China. In addition to the menu items, they also sell other Chinese food such as frozen dumpling, homemade bao (包子) and zongzi (粽子) to go. I got the salted egg yolk and meat zongzi and can’t wait to try it at home. Will definitely come back when I have craving for dumplings. Everything we got tasted pretty good, fresh and authentic."

"Traditional Chinese dishes made fresh. Small dining room and one restroom in the back. Don’t expect much from modern atmosphere or cleanliness. Food is good with lots of variety. Liked the soup dumplings and noodle soup. On the pricey side for the portion of appetizers. Definitely a place to go with others so you could share some different types of things."

"Had the spicy beef noodles, green onion pancakes and the pork and spinach dumplings. The pancakes were ok and the dumplings were very good, but the beef soup was tasteless but spicy. It tasted like spicy water and the noodles were like spaghetti noodles. The beef in the noodles were very tender which was good! The star was the dumplings but the skin was thick. It did have good flavors."