Gourmet Dumpling House

Gourmet Dumpling Home, not Gourmet Dumpling House. Gourmet Dumpling House is truly a home 💜 thank you Gourmet Dumpling House for serving the Boston community for so many years. The soup dumplings are incredible and the food comes out so quickly and fast. It’s been a honor to try your food! Thank you for everything Gourmet Dumpling House

We came back here after two years and I would still recommend this place! We didn’t get the same items from before but loved the soup dumplings (xiao long bao)! They were steaming hot when it was served on the table and it was perfect. I couldn’t also resist getting the spicy chicken dish (F2). If you like spicy and savory, I would give that a try!

Always filled with people (locals & tourists alike), rare to find a seat without waiting. So we took the chance to get lunch here. Lunch menu price is acceptable, not the cheapest, at $11.50 per dish plus white rice, no soup nor spring rolls. Dishes came out lightning fast despite a much filled restaurant, probably within 5 minutes of ordering. Authentic taste, not too oily, and the good balance of savory & sauce. Recommended. So staff have been there for years as I recognize them from my visit 7 years ago. Definitely a place worth visiting. Would recommend some kind of renovation as the restaurant probably looked the same during the past several decades.

In A Nutshell: -Gourmet Dumpling House is a very nice restaurant serving up Northern & Southern Chinese comfort food. -The XLB's are very good, they are big in size compared to some of those fancier places full of juices (you should definitely order these). -The chicken & broccoli was very delicious too w/ a hearty portion of meat & veggies. -Both dishes were perfect & at a good price point. -This restaurant was very easy to find in Chinatown Boston. Overall, I highly recommend this Chinese restaurant.

The dumpling were okay, but would have been better if I ate there instead of take out. The vegetable dumplings were interesting, but I wouldn't get them again. The meat dumplings were good though. The menu options were overwhelming at first, but looking at other reviews helped to narrow down my options.

Gourmet Dumpling House is one of my favorite restaurants in Chinatown. They are notoriously busy. They're not one of the top restaurants in Boston for nothing. Unfortunately if you dine here as a couple you will be sharing a table with strangers which will be the only unpleasant thing about your dining experience. We came right as they opened their doors so half of the restaurant was empty but they still seated my party of two at a larger table and had us share it with another couple. As long as you only care about the food, it's a solid 5/5. I first visited this establishment 3 years ago and thought it was good but nothing special. I made my second visit approximately 1 month ago and basically loved everything we ordered. I have a tendency to over-order but with Gourmet having such a large menu, it's hard not to. Their soup dumplings are plump and full of delicious, flavorful soup. The Szechuan wonton with chili oil was a refreshing dish due to the cucumber and carrots that accompanied the wontons. The chili oil is a tasty mixture, however, it is lacking in heat. The wontons were solid. The Sandong style pan fried dumplings with pork & shrimp were good but I would have liked them more if they were even crispier. Each of our dumpling dishes came with their own dipping sauce. You will have to ask for chili sauce because they don't keep any condiments at the table. The scallion pancakes were perfect! Crispy and delicious. My boyfriend and I are going through a phase where we are obsessed with salt & pepper chicken wings and calamari so we had to order them. Everything was seasoned well and fried to perfection. Both the chicken wings and calamari sit on a bed of iceberg lettuce to add a different texture and balance out the saltiness. I love that the chicken wings were also seasoned with that special Chinese seasoning on top of the salt & pepper that really just enhances the whole dish. We definitely had to get a few to-go boxes but our overall lunch experience was super yummy!