Patricia E.
Yelp
I have mulled over this review since our visit on Sat 1-11 for an impromptu lunch. Maybe we just ordered the wrong items? But it's more than that. I've had dumplings in Connecticut, NY, Texas and even Huntsville, AL, and this just missed the mark on lots of things.
1. It was a cold day outside, and it was a cold day inside; only the tables furthest from the door had any semblance of warmth. People were moving tables as soon as they became vacant to get away from the door. Small location for not a lot of tables.
2. Lots of incoming traffic, but they were still mopping the floor with bleach in the middle of people seating themselves.
3. 2 kiosks to order and one in person clerk. We chose in person and had to practically drag the information out of the counter clerk. I really felt like we were ordering blind. From reading reviews, we'd have been better off at a kiosk.
4. Tipped nicely, not realizing I would place the order with a clerk, pick up my order, get my own plastic ware, fill my own drink (I had to ask for the cup) and throw away my own trash. No hostess and no one seating. Note to self: tone down the tipping.
5. They were out of garlic sauce, which I was told was very good. Told they didn't have the beef quesadilla dumplings, though I'm pretty sure she meant they were out of them, since others have reviewed them.
6. Tiny wooden bench seats (no arms, no backs) are slick and not meant for movement. I am NOT a big person, but they were tinier than my fanny, and I ended up on the floor backwards on my bumm when I went to adjust my position. Nice bruise behind both knees from where my legs scraped the edge of the stool on the way down.
7. Ordered Buffalo Chicken, Philly Steak and Chicken Teriyaki. Husband loved Buffalo Chicken, and they are mild, but also bland. Philly Steak - I didn't taste the cheese until probably the 3rd dumpling? Chicken Teriyaki needed Mulan sauce for taste. Sweet chili was mostly oil. And if we had dropped them all in the same box, we wouldn't have been able to tell them apart. Took home leftovers to put in ponzu sauce, but they're still in our fridge 3 days later - forgotten.
8. HYGIENE FOLKS! Took a table to the back that had just been vacated and chose the least messy table spots on it. There was a line coming in the door, and people standing behind our table waiting for us to get up so they could sit down. Do you see something missing here? Like maybe, wipe down the table and don't worry about the floor - unless it happens to be the one I'm falling on? Really, no one was wiping down tables, and there weren't wipe sitting out for you to do it yourself.
9. Took a menu home and have a better understanding though it's not easy to decipher. Write it out for those of us who didn't grow up with dumplings and/or don't eat them every day.
The pricing is very attractive, but I would only eat this as a to go item in order to avoid the bleach, slick chairs and dirty tables. And honestly, I don't even see this happening.