This place is not for everyone. This is not a typical Chinese-American take-out place. It is a take-out place for authentic frozen Chinese regional foods. The English menu is less helpful as many things are named "dumplings," when in fact there are many types of dumplings in China: jiaozi, wonton, shumai, bao, etc. It's best if you can read the Chinese menu to distinguish between all the different types. My favorite things to pick up from their freezers are regional items from Shanghai (meat and shrimp jiaozi, regional vegetable wontons, regional vegetable buns, sticky rice shumai) and Tianjin (goubuli buns). The fillings are flavorful and generous. I love cooking or steaming them on a weekday at home without having to go to a crowded dimsum restaurant on a weekend. I find these regional specialties to be comforting. Many items are not standard items on Chinese-American menus, so they may not tailor to all American taste buds. It's important to know what each item is before grabbing, and not compare them to typical Chinese-American restaurants. Couple warnings: * The frozen foods do not come with cooking instructions. You need to find cooking instructions or steaming times online. * The staff speaks minimal to no English, so again, it's best to know how to speak or read Chinese (or bring a friend who can). * It's cash only. If you buy a ton of stuff, and ask nicely, they might let you use a credit card to pay. read more

They had two tables and chairs set up so we asked if we could eat here . They nicely said yes and gave us ... check out the serving pieces . We didn't mind because it felt like we were on a picnic . Delicious and very nicely filled dumplings . And the braised beef was perfectly cooked. Definitely need to try their other items . read more

Dumpling Kitchen - Factory - Chinese Near Me - Foster City, California

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Came here to get frozen dumplings and while I've only tried the pork/shrimp wontons & pork/chive/shrimp dumplings, I have to say they're pretty good! They provide generous amounts of filling & perfectly seasoned so that even if you don't have sauce, they still taste great! I like the boil mine and then have them with vinegar, chili oil, green onion, and cilantro with a tiny splash of sesame oil! They sell bags of about 50 for about $30-$35ish depending on what you get but honestly these are a great deal & taste amazing! Eating 10 of these is already a pretty satisfying meal for me. Just note that the exterior storefront doesn't explicitly say Dumpling Kitchen, look for Pan Kee Food, which is this place. It's literally in the only small plaza on the street. 10/10 would recommend! read more

Dumpling Kitchen - Factory - Exterior / outside - Chinese Near Me - Foster City, California

I occassionally buy dumplings from here and they're always good! I really like the shrump and chive ones. The place is mostly for take out but there is one table if you do want to eat there. I would be back to try other stuff! read more

Disclaimer this isn't a dine in spot, so my photos are from my vehicle. Now that, that is out of the way. The food was pretty good. The portions where better than I expected. The lady was friendly and even informed me of the sweetness of one of the items i choose. Which I personally appreciated. I greatly enjoyed all 3 dishes that I ordered. Granted due to the portions, I was unable to finish any of them. But rest assured dinner is covered tonight. Star of the show was the pork belly burger. read more

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I have to say it is pretty much lunch counter ambience but the service was fine. The food is the real reason to go here. The shumai were maybe the best in the Bay Area, The chicken and corn were also excellent. The soup dumplings were quite good as well. This place is a solid recommend read more

Great selection, friendly staff, delicious dumplings. Ordered to go only, no seating.

I come here for the frozen goods only. I have been here repeatedly for the pork and napa cabbage dumplings so I can have them for all my meals. My husband loves their salted egg custard bums. The workers here know limited English but it gives me every chance to practice my Chinese. The frozen foods have gotten a little more expensive from time to time but everything is getting more expensive. At the end, it is still a good deal for the hand made dumplings. read more

The food here was great. We ordered the pork and chive boiled dumplings. The filling was so flavorful. Probably the best version I've ever had. The Shumai was huge and very good as well. The steamed pork buns and salted egg yolk buns were great as well. We also ordered the soup dumplings and they were okay. Good but not quite as great as everything else we had. Food was ready pretty quick from when we ordered. Will definitely order food from here again and again. Still craving more of those pork and chive dumplings. read more

I heard that Dumpling Kitchen's Chinese Pork Belly Burger was really good, so I had to go see for myself. I ordered 2 orders togo on a quiet Sunday evening (each order comes with 2; about $20 total before tip). I was the only person in the store and it took about 10 minutes for my order to be ready. They packaged each of them separately and had them ready in a bag. The burgers are more like Chinese buns (mantou) with pork belly, sauce, and cilantro. Everything went very well together and tasted good because of how fresh the ingredients were. The bun wasn't soggy, even after my drive home. It was nice and fluffy and absorbed the juices really well. I would definitely come back and try their dumplings next time. read more

Dumpling Kitchen - Factory - A22. Chinese Pork Belly burger (2 pcs) - Chinese Near Me - Foster City, California

The pork/cabbage dumplings and pork/shrimp shu mai are to die for. I could eat a whole 10pc dumpling and 6pc shu mai by myself. Yum yum yum! No pics because I ate them too fast. read more

Dumpling Kitchen takes over space where many dumplings' distributors have been before. D.K. has an expanded menu and 4 tables inside for dining. offerings: specialty dumplings & dim sum, appetizers, noodles, rice combos, frozen dumplings & Dim sum, drinks. eats: shangai-style pork dumpling (XLB, 6 piece-6.55) -nice looking wraps, had fair amount of juice, fillings. -no ginger slices nor red vinegar dipping sauce provided. didn't miss it. -had a slightly heavy msg aftertaste. beijing styled steamed braised pork bao (3/6.95) -large bun with nice soft texture wrapping -meat had slight unami flavoring. -also had a slightly heavy msg aftertaste *wouldn't repeat re the msg... prep time 10-15 minutes. wonder how cashier was able to tell what's in bag when no labels were attached-must be the see thru plastic containers. read more

Dumpling Kitchen - Factory - Beijing braised pork bun (6.95), Xiao loong bao (6.55) - Chinese Near Me - Foster City, California

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Food is good and fresh. Frozen dumplings are very convenient for future meals. Love this place

So they use to be Sui Mai Factory, then they were Pan Kee foods, and now Dumpling Kitchen!... For now anyways hahaha Anywho, I don't know if it was a name change or a change in ownership but they're the sister restaurant to the Dumpling Kitchen in the city in the Sunset. The one frequented by Ali Wong. I don't care about that. The only thing that mattered to me is that they didn't get rid of their frozen custard baos. And they didn't! Looks like they still have all the frozen foods from their Pan Kee - Sui Mai days, now with hot foods ready for takeout or delivery through Grubhub. We got the sui mais and their custard baos as usual. They have a large assortment of dumplings but I've found the skin is too thick for my preference. And while they have more meat, they lack flavor compared to my normal dumpling joint. The custard baos and sui mais are better buys imo. Moving on. For hot foods, we got D5: Taiwan braised beef over rice. I thought it lacked beef as it's heavy on rice, pickled veggies and steamed broccoli, but it all has good flavor. They also recommended A24: Xi'an pork belly rougamo. Basically fried pork belly sando. It comes with two so we got one spicy and one not spicy... But there was zero heat to the spicy one so if you like it hot, ask for extra spicy? Overall, I'm excited to try more of their hot food options. And they offer 10% off to your first online order. You know I like a deal. read more

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Good selection of hot items available, which is nice bc when they were siu mai factory, I think you could only call ahead a day before to order. Their sign outside still says Pankee though. I got the pork belly Rou jia mo and a Taiwan beef bento. The roujiamo comes w 2 and each one is really filling with juicy meat. The bento comes w a side of broccoli and pickled veggies. It sounds and looks good, but something about the spices they use for both is 'off'? I think for the roujiamo they used a lot of five spice powder, like a lot. Too much. It's diff spices for each dish, but either there's too much or the balance is not 'traditional'. It's flavorful for sure though. Edit: ok, I *think* the overpowering spice for the beef dish is curry powder? I'm eating the leftover rice today, and still trying to figure it out lol. read more

This place has gone downhill since its stopped being Pankee. Today thinking to give it another try, we wait 15-20 min only to be told the kitchen (like two steps away) never got the order. Flash forward another 15 minutes before getting anything with no comps or anything other than a lukewarm apology. Will update again after eating, but don't expect it to go up unless the food has drastically improved. Edited: Added a star since the quality of the ingredients have gotten better since the last time we visited and the onion pancakes are a steal at 6.95 for a set of 2! read more

Small hole in the wall shop. This is not a typical Dim Sum shop where you can walk in, pick what you want, and walk out. For us, we order some simple stuff but was told to wait 20 min for the food = cooking in the back for us = hot food which we prefer. Pricing is on high end since 6 Sui Mai is around $10. Very limited menu as you can see. So, if you are looking at traditional Dim Sum store, this is not it. If you are looking for hot and fresh dim sum and doesn't want to go to a sit down restaurant, this is the place. Food is pretty tasty for me. read more

Dumpling Kitchen - Factory - Chinese Near Me - Foster City, California

The frozen dumplings are very average with thick and dry skin. What more can I say about a dumpling? read more

Dumpling Kitchen - Factory - Chinese Near Me - Foster City, California

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It's a convenient family kitchen for us. Always a good idea to have dumplings for dinner when running out of ideas to feed the picky eaters By the way, they are still open, just called and verified :o) read more

Does not offer dine in even though it's advertised. Sold dumpling to a couple in front of me and then said they don't open until 11:30a when they say 10:30. We got there at 11a. Then also told me he doesn't speak English after talking English with him. Super disappointed in the customer service. Definitely would not recommend. read more

My husband and I like to walk to this friendly small takeout place just 5 minutes away. My favorite is the sticky rice with salted egg yolk shumai and have bought multiple times. We also like the pork and shrimp with celery dumplings and kept coming back for it. Also tried the chicken and corn dumplings but find it not much taste. One day we were picking up some frozen dumplings and smelled something so good from the kitchen. They were cooking the Xi'an pork belly rougamo, so we bought two and made it spicy, and ate it while walking home. It was really good! I didn't realize they can cook hot dishes too, so will try that if we want to eat right away. read more

Pretty good! Their dumplings are fresh and easy to pick up and pop into your mouth. Was not a fan of their pork bun and their sticky rice-tea leaf appetizer which is nothing like you think it'll be. read more

Came to this place couple years ago for some fresh made pancakes, I think they have changed ownership. Now they offer frozen dumplings mostly. I got 4 bags of dumplings with lamb, beef, pork, and shumai, each bag is about 40 dumplings, shumai has a bit less per bag. For someone who's from northern part of China, dumplings are my favorite thing and frozen dumplings are super easy to make for lunch while WFH. I've purchased frozen dumplings from other places, so far this place is my least favorite. First of all, the dumpling skin was way too thick, sometimes after 4 boils in boiling water, top part of the dumpling skin was not fully cooked, but the bottoms were already started melting; secondly, there wasn't much fillings, the meat doesn't taste that good. Not sure if I want to finish all the dumplings. The shumai is just ok too. read more

Some dishes at this place are larger than expected (pork belly burger) and some are much smaller (black bean pork ribs, Dan Dan noodles). Taste of the food is acceptable but not fantastic. read more

Had high hopes for this location since we love the pan fried pork buns at the San Francisco location. The SF buns are so juicy that when you bite into them, you have to be careful or the juice will squirt all over your shirt. The dough is nicely pan fried and not too doughy. The Foster City location? Very disappointing. No browning on the bottom, very dry inside. The other things we tried were just so-so. I really hope they can improve their food but for now, we'll just stick to the SF location. read more

Friendly mom and pop shop for all those days you don't feel like cooking but crave homey dumplings, XLB or buns! We frequent here very often, once every week or so to pick up frozen dumplings and buns when this place was under the past few previous owners. (This place has changed ownership/names quite a few times.) Under the new name, I've only been here once and thought the hot foods were just okay overall. I recommend the pork belly roujiamo, which was delicious and packed with meat, and the steamed custard buns! The shanghai pan fried buns were too doughy and dry. - Take out only since there are is only seating for people waiting for their orders - Most times, food is cooked day of and some flavors may run out by late afternoon read more

Used to be Pan Kee Foods, and essentially still is the same but they've added more seating space and apparently serve food hot now. Note: I haven't tried to eat-in yet so this review is just for takeout M importantly they still sell giant ziploc bags of frozen dumplings/buns to take home. I recently tried the veggie and shiitake buns and they were fantastic, and I always get tons of pork and chive/pork and cabbage. Everything is so good here if you love dumplings and have a steamer at home/like to pan fry. Get your dumplings at this place! read more

Awesome dumplings and very friendly folks. You need this place - especially while eating out continues to be such a hassle.

Passed by this place while dined @ the Thai restaurant close by. I love anything made with flour and I love Bao !! So I stopped and bought some Baos. I love their salty egg pork buns ! They were so delicious !! I also bought the veggie buns. They were ok. They also sell dumblings and wontons. But the last time I went back and bought the salty egg buns, there's no salty egg inside. I believed they packaged the buns with wrong label. Anyway, the pork buns still taste ok, just not what I bought. I think I paid more doe the salty egg buns too. Anyway, that's the only downside. Will give it another try. read more

Positive: food was tasty because it's salty. Negative: poor customer service - no hi, no smile it's like a burden for them that we were there. our food went to wrong table good thing they were wearing mask otherwise I will not accept it. They don't pick-up unused dishes so table was tight. Food although was tasty, they were all greasy from sticky rice, fried rice, vegi & other dimsum. Price: $130 for 2 people without drinks. That's it for this place, if the service was good I don't mind going back, I like salty food but the oil??? Ahhh no there are better places than this place. read more

Two star is for them messing up the flavors for three times (yes I still came back after the first two but now I'm not sure I will ever). I usually buy at least four boxes of their pork Baos on each visit, and I liked their braised pork with preserved vegetable Baos. The first time the entire box was mislabeled but when my husband mentioned to the woman when he went back to buy more she denied and said that's not possible. (I mean, how hard is it to admit your kitchen messed up and apologize to your customer?) This last time I got two boxes of braised pork w/preserved vegetable and two boxes of pork with napa cabbage. Only 4 pieces out of the 10 were actually braised pork w/preserved vegetable. Really?! Is this how you run your business? read more

First time here hainanese chicken was good big meaty pieces but the ginger sauce was way to much salt in it couldn't use it at all The pork belly rougamo was good just a little pricey for 2. The Beijing noodles black bean sauce was very good. We'll try few more different dishes the next time. read more