Raheem A.
Yelp
After our very active (it's almost like a baby hike) visit to the Portland Japanese Garden, we were ready for dinner. I pulled up our itinerary that directed us to the Dough Zone located in Beaverton. My son is absolutely obsessed with dumplings and any food in the dumpling family, so we were excited to surprise him (I love how easily impressed he is at his age). Upon entering the restaurant, we placed ourselves on the waiting list via the tablet that greets you in the lobby.
Roughly five minutes later an employee greeted and seated us, along with providing menus. While perusing the many options on the menu (it was a bit overwhelming for me), another friendly employee came by and provided us with water. To share amongst ourselves, we ordered the Fried Wontons with Chili sauce, Fried Wontons with Sweet Spicy Garlic sauce, Chicken and vegetables wontons with chili sauce, the Pan-Fried Berkshire-Duroc Pork Buns, Onion Soy sauce noodles, Beef steamed dumplings, Dan Dan noodles, and two Tsingtao (Chinese beer). Within five minutes of placing our orders, each order was delivered to our table in stages; everything was smoking hot, just the way we like it!
While devouring our delicious orders, I took in the wholesome environment of the restaurant. The restaurant has a very open, minimalist architecture that is very appropriate for families sharing multiple plates of food (there is also small tables for couples). All of the staff were friendly, very efficient, and did a great job of checking in with tables to see if they needed additional food. The biggest surprise of the evening was when our bill arrived. For all of the delicious food that we ordered, the bill was a modest $78! I probably should have led with the fact that I'm from California, so the same order would have been $100 + in my neck of the woods. I highly recommend Dough Zone If you're looking to enjoy some delicious food with your family, on a date, or solo!