House of Bao

"If only I could give -5 stars. The dumplings I bought were heated from frozen/refrigerated and were still cold when I had them. I had asked for 12 veggie dumplings and 6 of them turned out to be chicken. Additionally, the 6 veggie dumplings I did have tasted like absolute trash and the dumpling wrapper was dry and falling apart. Horrendous."

"One of the worst culinary experiences in the history of eating. I must stress it is only this location in the Carlsbad Outlets - we love the others. The woman who helped us could not have cared less. She was uninterested and watching a show. We asked for dumplings and she said they were sold out (if that’s the case, mark it on your menu) so we went for BBQ pork buns. She pulled them out of a cooler and microwaved them for like 12 seconds. Then she just handed them to my husband in zip lock bags- no carton, no napkins, no dipping sauces- just two hot zip lock bags. The buns stuck to the zip lock bags and were only partially warm. We wound up throwing them away. What a waste of money. Do better. Jesus Christ."

"The bao buns were pretty good! Shumai was pretty over cooked but considering they don't make anything at the kiosk fresh that's kind of what you are going to get. As far as taste I wouldn't say anything spectacular but taste like usual frozen dumplings and baos."

"My favorite dumplings!! I have tried several different kinds, but the chicken vegetable is my favorite! There is always a decent wait time, but they are delicious nonetheless."

"This is only take out. That being said, we love Bao and we’re excited to check this out but the food wasn’t well heated and served in ziploc without any tray to eat from. Very disappointing and we won’t go back. Hanumama was incredible and we will go back there before the House of Bao ever again."