88 BaoBao Dumpling House

On the way to Tahoe and stopped randomly in this little town I don’t even know the name of. AND THIS PLACE. One of the best dumpling place I’ve had in the entire state. Handmade dumplings, fully filled with well seasoned stuffing(look the photo, it’s a whole meatball!) The pan fried buns, so crispy and fresh. Simply PERFECTION.

My Mom wanted dumplings for her birthday so my sister and I went to dinner with our Mom here on July 3, 2025. The food was yummy. The service was quick and friendly. I would definitely eat here again.

Good dumplings at a reasonable price. We got the crab and pork xi long bao, the chicken and corn dumplings, the bbq pork buns, garlic green beans, and the rice cakes. The xi long bao was very tasty and a nice twist on the traditional pork. The chicken and corn was also tasty. The bbq buns were ok but not a highlight out of these items. The garlic green beans were delicious. The rice cakes were ok and very filling but they had a strange flavor to them.

Quick service and lots of food! You don’t get seated until after you order, we had a large group coming so we tried to order earlier and get seats around each other. I was pescatarian at the time but ordered some food for the table— chicken chow mein, shrimp fried rice, vegetable dumplings, shrimp dumplings, and cucumber salad. My friends got shrimp and pork siomai, XLBs, and deep fried pork dumplings. The other table ordered similar items too. The kids loved the chow mein. There is self service water cups and they also serve drinks. Our food came out quickly and they have huge portions. Located in a shopping plaza, there’s plenty of parking and it can get busy. They have a table outside if you want to eat outside too.

We decided for a takeout since Saturdays are busy with nut tree. As we walked in to pick up our food, it was pretty packed around 1 pm so highly recommend going at less peak times on weekends. We had the following: Lumpia: 8/10 Popcorn chicken: 8/10 Bbq pork buns: 5/10 too much bread to meat ratio Pork buns: 6/10 good flavor, meat mix was clumped into a ball and left hollow pockets in the sides of bun Haukau : 7/10 Shaomai: 7:10 Egg fried rice noodles: 7/10 Chow mein: 9/10 Overall was a bit disappointed with the pork buns but surprised how well everything tasted from being in take out boxes for the drive home.

We got the lumpia, cucumber salad, shrimp tempura and pork/shrimp dumplings. All the food was very fresh. The cucumber salad was good we added chilli oil and that made it amazing. Worth the price.

The restaurant seemed a bit small but was able to walk in during lunch time (on Christmas Eve so maybe it’s not as busy) and get seated pretty quickly. We ordered the wonton in chili oil, XLBs, BBQ pork bun, and an order of bamboo and mushroom bun. Excluding the buns, the order of XLBs and the wonton was filling and I feel like they give more than your typical restaurant. The restaurant doesn’t seem to fail on keeping their environment clean. And I do appreciate the kitchen transparency where you can see the chefs make the dumplings. Since the restaurant is a bit small, there is only one unisex bathroom which I feel that they maintain cleanliness but was lacking supplies when I was in there. As for what we ordered: -Wonton in Chili Oil: 10/10 for me -XLBs: 9/10 just because it wasn’t piping hot but mix it with the chili oil from the wonton order and it’s 12/10! -Bamboo & Mushroom: 7/10, my mom thinks it didn’t have enough taste and thought that maybe adding more seasoning would be better. She said that the bamboo shoots were shredded very thinly and not crunchy. - BBQ Pork Bun: 11/10, these could be a hit or miss because of the consistency of the bun. I’ve experienced other buns disintegrating in my mouth and getting it stuck on the roof. The consistency at 88 is perfect and the filling is not too sweet. Would definitely recommend if you’re in the area!

I've been to BaoBao many times, and it's delicious. That's why we keep going back. Love the dumplings and the Chow mein. BBQ pork buns are the best! The cucumber salad is delicious. Definitely be back.