Dumpling Inn Shanghai Saloon

If you want to try something different this is the place.

Had several dishes and was excited for the Xiao Long Bao but overall left pretty disappointed. We ordered two orders and ended up sending one back because they were borderline soggy/doughy and all of the soup had leaked out. Regardless, the flavor in the second order (which were mostly okay) just wasn’t there and the amount of soup inside was disappointing. The staff was nice and they took the one order back, but I would have rather it been the quality I was hoping for (and expecting given the location and line).

Fast, efficient and delicious. Went here on a date and they did not upset. There was probably 30 people waiting outside, so estimate was 45min but we still made it inside in about 25 min.

I have had my eye on this place for the last year, but never got a chance to try it until recently. I was coming in with high hopes, but as soon as I received the food, I came back to reality. The atmosphere is beautiful and would be a cool place for drinks and the servers are all very nice, but the food is just not worth it. I even got the lunch special pricing and felt the food lacked in quality. I tried the duck noodle soup and the Xiao long Bao. The braised duck noodle soup had a great flavor with a tasty duck broth and the noodles were a nice texture, but the duck was soooo overcooked, yet still put outside the soup, so I don't understand why it was like that. It was wet, chewy, tough and lacked any flavor, yet that was the main part of the dish. The Xiao long Bao (while seemingly hand made), also lacked flavor as the meat inside was so tiny compared to the air and there was no soup that would spill out of them. They also were so sticky that if you pulled it up, it would tear immediately so even if there was some juice in it, it would have leaked out. Come here for drinks and atmosphere but not for their food (lots more authentic and tasty restaurants around it to try instead).

If you like dumplings then this is the place to go. Try their house special. Family run and the owner is nice and friendly.