Cristina M.
Yelp
TLDR/
Food: decent
Service: minimal
Ambiance: loud
Verdict: meh
The overall experience at Dough Zone is lackluster. The food is moderately expensive and good but not great with the exception of the Dan Dan noodles which are stellar. The pork xiao long bao are good but tend to be of a lower quality standard than at other restaurants I have frequented. They sometimes come over or under cooked, and sometimes are not fully closed. The vegetables are good but expensive for the amount you get and their spicy options are laughably not spicy. The tea, was molten, but not freshly brewed so it felt cheap and also was super difficult to actually enjoy. The cups were made of plastic and so the heat seeped through them and almost burned me a few times. It sucks to have to water down tea just to be able to drink it during you hour long meal.
The service is basically nonexistent. If you want anything be ready to flag down an employee and then be ready to wait. The ordering menu is cool, but leaves a lot to be desired and gives no indication of size. The online menu is nice, but make sure to load it before entering because that place for sure has a wifi blocker or perhaps it's construction is such that signal is blocked regardless.
Ambiance, well, there isn't any. It feels somewhere between a cafeteria and a loud sparse bar. The decor is vaguely noodle themed but nothing to write home about. The tables, the flatware, the spoons, the bowls, everything is both cheap and shaped or molded to make using it difficult. Just try to not spill soup on yourself, I dare you.
Overall, go if you like dumplings, maybe it will satisfy your itch. It certainly is not the quality place I hoped it was, but if you want soup dumplings, 50 cents each isn't a terrible tragedy, if you get ones that are cooked to temp and not filled with holes.