Dough Zone Dumpling House Seattle Pine Street
Chinese restaurant · Central Business District ·
Award-winning chain serving soup dumplings, pan-fried buns, and noodles
Award-winning chain serving soup dumplings, pan-fried buns, and noodles
"When you need to impress someone with excellent dumplings, take them to Dough Zone. It’s a small Seattle-based chain that’s serious about xiao long bao, buns, and noodles, and they also plate their pickled cucumbers to look like a slinky. You can’t go wrong with any of the dumplings here, but the best are the Q bao pork buns. Five come with an order, so it’s inevitable that there’ll be a fight over the last one." - aimee rizzo
"When you need to impress someone with excellent dumplings, take them to Dough Zone. It’s a small Seattle-based chain that’s serious about xiao long bao, buns, and noodles, and they also plate their pickled cucumbers to look like a slinky. You can’t go wrong with any of the dumplings here, but the best are the Q bao pork buns. Five come with an order, so it’s inevitable that there’ll be a fight over the last one." - Aimee Rizzo
"The local mini chain is known for its soup dumplings, tangy pickled string beans, and crispy and juicy jian buns, now for takeout and delivery. It’s now offering packages of frozen dumpings sold in bulk, with delivery available via DoorDash and Caviar." - Eater Staff
"Dough Zone’s soup dumpling gives the legendary Din Tai Fung option a run for its money, but the fried version is a true highlight here, too. The sheng jian bao are crispy, but still juicy. It’s easy to make a meal of the reasonably priced dumplings and noodles at this dough specialist, which continues to expand with this Downtown location, which is usually less packed than DTF’s Pacific Place outpost (but still pretty packed)." - Gabe Guarente
"Opening Monday, July 8, I see Dough Zone Dumpling House will open a new downtown restaurant at 9th and Pine, taking the place of the recently closed Sansei Seafood Restaurant and Sushi Bar. The company's Facebook announcement says it will be in “soft opening” mode, which often means a limited menu or reduced hours while staff train, so fans should not expect everything to be running at full speed right away. Each Dough Zone location serves largely the same specialties: xiao long bao (soup dumplings), crispy-yet-juicy pan-fried pork buns, various noodle dishes, rotating varieties of congee, appetizers like green onion pancakes, and a few desserts such as red bean bao. Dough Zone has captivated the city since its 2014 Eastside debut, made Eater's list of 38 Essential Seattle Restaurants, and this downtown spot will be among the chain's sixth and seventh outposts as the company also readies a Kirkland Urban location by year's end." - Megan Hill