Dumpling King

First time here. Busy place. We got in early so managed to get a table. The Spicy Won Ton, Singapore Noodle and Fried rice were good. Not so good; Seafood fried dumplings (too blend) and Cantonese beef (too sweet). Service was excellent. Not the best dumplings place around and not the cheapest but I gave it a 4 stars because of the overall experience. Worth a try.

I attended a birthday dinner on Friday night and the food was picked up from Dumpling King. Unfortunately it was even worse as a takeaway, the sweet and sour chicken was almost entirely batter and the Beijing shredded eggplant was incredibly oily. The chicken in the chicken cashew nut was very poor quality tasting also. Will not be back Original review We went to Dumpling King last night for dinner and were very disappointed. Having visited Box Hill once before and been quite pleasantly surprised I had expected much better then this. We started by ordering a variety of dumplings, prawn, beef and chicken as well as two serves of spring rolls. The prawn dumplings were my choice and when they arrived, luckily I cut into them as they were steaming hot. That’s when I realised they didn’t look like prawn and queried it with staff. I’m not sure how but they had misunderstood our order as pork. As a non pork eater I can’t tell you how much this frustrates me and how regularly it happens that I receive something with pork in it that’s either not in the description or in this case was pure error/misunderstanding. The actual prawn dumplings themselves took an eon to arrive and when they did weren’t much chop. I even found a prawn tail inside. Surprising for a place professing to be the king of dumplings. Main wise we ordered the honey chicken. This we couldn’t actually see on the menu but it duly arrived after it was ordered. I guess it’s a staple of westernised Chinese food. The best dish was definitely the satay chicken albeit the pineapple within definitely tasted canned and the dish itself was quite small relative to the honey chicken. I enjoyed the vegetarian noodles too but overall we weren’t particularly impressed

We went to this place for the Peking duck. They serve the duck differently, The whole duck were shaved onto a plate in the kitchen, not infront of customers. The pancakes and salad were served separately like other Peking ducks. The wonton soup, vegetable dumpling, stir fried Long beans and fried rice were equally flavoursome ! We were pleasantly happy with the meal!

Went in for dinner with high hopes. We were greeted by lovely staff and shown to our table. We ordered some entrees and mains to share. The pan fried pork dumplings were good but there are better around. The boiled chicken okay and only one of the xiaolongbao had soup inside. The pork buns were bland. The mains provided us with nothing but disappointment. The 2 noodle dishes could only be described as oily and tasteless. Becoming only bearable to eat when soy sauce and chilli oil was added. The fried rice was… fine. The only dish I would get again would be the pan fried dumplings although I will never have them again because I will never be back.

Was a great experience came in just before noon with no booking for a group of 8 staff were able to arrange a table quickly. We were fortunate as the restaurant quickly filled up. Very attentive staff with great attention to detail, offered prawn crackers for the children, made sure cups of tea were always full with the mention of being careful with them being hot. Food came out in a timely manner and was presented well, seasoned to eat (may be a tad salty for some) many of their dishes if eaten with white rice are perfectly seasoned. Peking Duck and dunplings selections are a must try.