Dinesty Dumpling House

I have just visited the one in Richmond and now visiting this location - the decor here is not quite as striking but the service is very warm and friendly and the little robot zipping around is very entertaining. 😁 The portions are large, very tasty and plated in an eye catching way. The scrambled eggs with prawns was delicious, so was the prawn fried rice. The crispy panfried dumplings were rich and interesting to look at when they arrive. Crispy outside, juicy inside! The fish in a spicy garlic sauce was tender and perfectly cooked. The egg and pork dumpling soup was just perfect on a rainy night. The steamed sesame paste buns were the perfect end to a meal. I have returned twice this week.

Having an open kitchen, knowing all customers will be able to look at everything going on inside a kitchen that we all eat the food from, if you decide to put on a mask, please put them on properly. Having a mask under your chin, making it LOOK like you are following the order but actually don’t care how to follow it properly, just makes it even worse than not following it. All of our food was decent for the night. One star is good enough to give towards it. Service, on the other hand, was not impressive. No one bothers to clean up the dishes after all food was done. We had to have our dessert with a table full of dirty dishes. Didn’t even give some extra clean dish for us to enjoy our desserts.

I ordered three dishes of food from Dinesty in Burnaby through Doordash tonight. The service was very efficient. The food was ready in 15 mins. I received text messages that they told me they received the order and when the food was ready for pickup. It was very convenient ordering the food online. The portion of the spicy beef noodles in soup was quite big. The noodles should have more than 100g. It didn’t look spicy but it was spicy. The smoke tea suck bento box was better than I expected. I liked the side dishes in the bento box. They were eggplants, half of an smoke tea egg and some mah poh tofu as well as the duck and rice at the bottom. The third item I ordered was the Shanghai fried noodles with chicken. The noodles were chewy that was the texture I liked. It was not too greasy. I expected fried noodles should have a lot of oil but the oil they put in this dish didn’t make me feel sick. Overall the quality was good. Service was excellent. Pricing was reasonable. I would love to order online again and try different dishes next time.

Been a while since we were last here. Looks like they did some renos since our last visit... Plus they also have a robot server which delivers your dishes (sort of). Of course, the reason to visit this place is their xiao long bao (they have a few varieties). I feel like their dumplings have gotten a bit smaller over time. Not bad but I remember them being better. I do like that they give everyone their own dipping sauce so you don't have to share. Added a few other dishes like the hot and sour soup, stir-fried vermicelli, and the seafood with veggies. All pretty good.