Parking can be tricky if you are there during the weekend or busy hours. Plenty of seating, very friendly and attentive staff. Cute older woman was preparing dumplings at the counter behind the glass (you can also catch them rolling out and preparing noodles) Fresh, flavorful, delicious. A favorite of ours whenever we are craving soup dumplings or hand pulled noodles. Lots of options, everything we eat has been delicious. read more

Mama Dough - Chinese Near Me - Kent, Washington

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Located at the Great Wall Shopping Mall (south entrance), Mama Dough lives up to the hype! Definitely more affordable and accessible than Din Tai Fung in terms of Xiao Long Baos. It's a casual spot with many seats. My sister and I came here at lunch time on a Thursday, and there were a lot of people in there, which is always a good sign to me. My sister and I shared the Crab Xiao Long Bao, Spicy shrimp wontons, beef braised noodle soup, and the Tianjin Style Chive and Egg Pancakes. I really liked everything we ordered. The crab xiao long bao was nice and soupy; the crab flavor is subtle but nice. What got me was the little crab carrot in the baos. The absolute cutest thing and a nice touch! The pancake was delicious. Very herbaceous and savory, the pancake was crispy and chewy at all the right places. The wontons weren't super spicy, but the flavors were good, and the wonton itself was tasty. The top dish for me, though, was the beef braised noodle soup. The handmade noodles were bouncy and perfectly chewy. The beef is definitely the star of this dish, being so freakin tender and flavorful! The bok choy added that freshness and crunch that complemented the soup really well. From the tender meat, the chewy noodles, and the bok choy, this soup is my absolute favorite item here so far. I'd like to try the spicy version next time. The staff were super friendly. The food came out fairly quickly after ordering, and everything was so hot and fresh! I'll definitely be back as I'd like to try the other items they offer. read more

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What the actual heck, this place is SO good. We stopped in here based on a GPS "on your route" recommendation that my daughter picked. What I found was my mother's food. The regional tastes here are so close to what I grew up eating at home that there has to be a connection. Don't sleep on the tomato egg drop soup, the braised pork belly, or their street cart style fried dumplings and pan fried Mama's pork baos. There are places in Asia where you might wait for an hour to get plates so good. The more common dishes like sweet and sour chicken are actually made the way we do at home, not puffed pastries, but a savory and hearty glazed dish the way it's supposed to be made. The chow mien is simple and flavorful, again, exactly how it is supposed to be. If I didn't know exactly where my mom was right now, I would go back into to kitchen to say hi. read more

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This is always a 5 star experience for us. Friendly service and food is fantastic. Much better than Dough Zone, which had become too corporate. Handmade noodles are delicious here. Highly recommend!! read more

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I don't like comparing restaurants with other restaurants so I'll stick to talking about the food. I had food delivered so I can't go about the service or ambiance of place. But according to deliverer he waited a while for the food. The pork xiao long bao was dry, hardly any soup. It was more affordable than other places, but not quite as good. So probably not going back. The beef soup with bok choy and handmade noodles arrived hot. Were ok, but the broth was a bit salty, and off pudding in taste. My daughter felt the same about it. The braised beef pancake rolls were good, but a bit soggy. And the deep fried buns were so dry I could barely chew it. read more

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Visited for lunch this afternoon with friends was nice to come with more people and try more items. We ordered the Green onion pancake, salt and pepper shrimp, chicken chowmein and spicy eggplant. My friend said the spicy eggplant is her new favorite eggplant dish. I really enjoyed their version of salt and pepper shrimp. Full shell head on so delicious. Lots of garlic. Clean and bright space. Service is always friendly and quick we arrived about 11am and were seated immediately and given hot tea as soon as we sat down. Definitely will be back read more

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Came on a Sunday lunch. Ordered spicy braised beef noodle soup, spicy pork xiao long bao, chive and egg pancake. Beef noodle soup was delicious, hand shaved noodles were chewy and broth was clean. The dumplings came piping hot and were great. Chive pancake was fine, wasn't anything super impressive but good. Service was attentive and place was clean. read more

The fried spicy eggplants looks so good but oh man it was not good! This is based on my order itself today because usually this place is really good Today my rating is 1/5 (hence I rated it 3 stars just because it can be a hit or miss) Spicy fried eggplants: Spice level 0/5 (I'm so confused, there is no spice at all) Taste: 0/5 it tasted like pure candied sugar, not savory no salt Batter: it was like thick fried chicken batter but it was so stale from all the sauce 0/5 Price: $15 for half container portion Overall I would not get this dish again read more

Mama Dough - It was stale thick fried batter in super sugary sauce-it's lacking flavor - Chinese Near Me - Kent, Washington

5 stars- I love the fact this place is super casual with home made quality XLB and Tawainese food. Food- 4 stars- homey, yummy! * loved the pig ear salad- flavorful. Not spicy, loved how thinly sliced it was. * Braised beef in onion pancake roll- beef was super tender, flavorful, cut into chunks, cold. The pancake was too oily for me, and hot! Overall enjoyed. * spicy wontons- was fine. Nothing exciting. * sautéed string beans were good- little oily and salty. Flavor was good * braised beef noodle soup had a lot of depth. Beef tender. Hand made noodles were the best! * pork XLB- good flavor, not as much soup, but still good. *golden fried buns- drizzled with condensed milk. Simple, hot and yummy! Ambiance- 3 stars. Service- 4 stars. Server was nice and kids loved all the kid friendly design bowls, utensil and cups. Food came out super fast. Location- Great Wall shopping center where 99Ranch is located. Plenty of parking. On the right side/arm of the mall. Value- very good. Recommend- YES! read more

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Stopped by here after a long day of shopping and couldn't have been more satisfied! We were greeted with smiles and seated right away. The overall vibe was very clean and Asian lol. We ordered the xiaolongbao and some type of noodle soup that I forgot lol. They were both very delicious. And they came out quickly. Service was definitely top notch. We were checked up on regularly and the staff there were very friendly and helpful. Would definitely come back again. read more

Mama Dough - Chinese Near Me - Kent, Washington

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Crispy and very delicious. I also recommended this dish to a family member and he went to try the same thing on his way to pick up someone from the airport. It's about a 13 minute drive to SeaTac from Mama Dough's so if you need a place to eat on the way to the airport I highly recommend mama dough! Get the crispy pan fried dumplings! Just look at how good that looks read more

Mama Dough - Pan fried dumplings - Chinese Near Me - Kent, Washington

Great dumplings and selection of bigger plates. The service was so fast, and we got to see the staff make dim sum behind the counter. Service was fast and it was clean and bright inside. I loved the garlic string beans! read more

Mama Dough - Sauteed String Beans with Garlic - Chinese Near Me - Kent, Washington

We ordered braised beef pancake roll, braised beef spicy oil noodles, and pork Xiao Long Bao. They were all great and enough for 2 people. My favorite was braised beef pancake rolls. The tangy sauce complemented the rolls very well. read more

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Food: 3/5 - Got 2 pork wonton noodle soup bowls - Good noodles and chicken broth - Very small wontons with maybe 1/2 teaspoon of meat filling. - Got 1 order pork wontons in spicy Sichuan sauce. Very tasty, but again, very small wontons. - Got a $20 bag of 50 frozen wontons just for convenience to make at home. With such small wontons, you only get 1/2 a freezer gallon bag full. Service: 4/5 Ambiance: 3/5 - Modernized, but basic and serviceable read more

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Super friendly staff, immediately greets you as you come in the door. Attentive too! The space is small but wasn't too crowded on a Saturday at 1pm. Food was good, comparable to Din Tai Fung (and better than Dough Zone imo). My mom didn't like the taste of the meat though. Really like the texture of their eggplant and beef pancake roll. read more

Mama Dough - B1. Pork Wonton in Spicy Sichuan Sauce and C8. Beef Pancake - Chinese Near Me - Kent, Washington

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Maybe I needed to take a break from this place to really appreciate it thoroughly? Either way I'm so glad I made the decision to come here for a late lunch. Ordered the potato salad, beef pancake roll, chicken pancake roll and red spilled oil noodles. Potato salad had great crunchy texture and the perfect punch of vinegar. Pancake rolls were delicious, super oily and crispy- the meat in both was good but I preferred the chicken...however! The sauce on the beef was so yummy, the touch of sweetness. The noodles were delicious, spicy, tons of garlic and had great chew. Service was good and quick. read more

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As good as my Canton mom's. I was heading for a different restaurant when my husband saw this one. It had a waiting list but it was short and quick to get seated. The food has a significant variety. From cold appetizers to xiaolongbao to braised pork belly to chow mein. We ordered it all. The cold chicken with spicy peanut sauce, the combo xiaolongbao of egg and chive or lamb dumplings, the green onion pancakes, braised pork belly, Chinese sausage chow mein, crispy chicken (which is salt and pepper chicken). We literally got everything we could possibly eat. And everything is literally delicious. Is your mom Chinese? Did she make Chinese food for you? Cause get ready for a blast from the past because mama isn't making these dishes in retirement! The location is small. Only about 14 tables. It's bright white inside and you can see who, I presume is Mama Dough herself, rolling dumplings at a counter in the front. If you're looking for good, REAL authentic Chinese food, then you definitely need to come here. read more

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One of our go-to's in the Great Wall Mall. It's comparable to Dough Zone, but with better variety and portions. We've tried most of their dishes at this point, and haven't found one we don't like. Highly recommend the pork shrimp wontons with chili oil, and beef noodle soup. read more

Services great food never disappoints. Soup dumplings, scallion pancakes and garlic green beans are my go to. This trip we tried bao & fried dumplings. read more

Mama Dough - Fried Pork Dumplings with Chives - Chinese Near Me - Kent, Washington

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Fast, fresh and hot! Dumplings, rice and pancake. Every dish that was served looked hot and delicious! read more

Mama Dough - Pork dumplings, fried rice and Beef Pancake - Chinese Near Me - Kent, Washington

Second time here. Solid, solid, solid and excellent dumplings and everything else. The fried rice rated solid, the hand pulled noodles ranked excellent. Spicy Green beans were phenomenal. Service and ambiance were meh. But it's about the food. You won't regret making a trek to get here and try. read more

This is a wonderful little spot with homemade noodles. I absolutely love their beef and noodles with the homemade noodles. (You can actually watch them being made.) The dim sum is also very good and the service is excellent here . read more

Mama Dough - Chinese Near Me - Kent, Washington

Service was amazing! Everyone was super kind and good came out as the orders were finished, so everything was nice and hot. The XLBs were hot and juicy, skin was thin but not too thick. Their fried rice was perfect! It wasn't under seasoned and not too salty, didn't need any fixings added unless you'd like to add chili oil (not spicy at all). I'd skip on the pig ears next time, but the string beans are a MUST. They were so good we finished it before the dumplings came out. Overall a great "hole in the wall" spot for lunch! read more

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Diving straight into the food since I'm at the character limit: N2 Spicy Braised Beef Noodle, Homemade Noodle ($12.99) - When this came out and I had a whiff of the broth, I was very concerned. While it had a bit of the herbal soup fragrance, the rest smelled like something burnt and acrid. At first I thought maybe the spicy peppers were unusually smoky, but when I tasted the broth, I could taste a hint of acrid burnt taste. Just a hint, not enough to overwhelm, but noticeable. Other than that, there's a bit of a fermented bean and herbal taste, with a spice level that hits the throat but isn't enough to hurt. The hand pulled noodles are indeed hand pulled, nice and chewy. I felt like they could use just a bit more consistency, since there was a large variation in size, and thus the noodles differed a bit in texture between strands. The dish also comes with a half hard boiled egg underneath all the noodles and beef. It's very well marinated, with a salty soy flavor that's quite nice. While most of the ingredients are good, that burnt taste really ruined the dish, especially because I wasn't sure if it was supposed to taste like that or not. (2/5) N4 Braised Pork Short Rib Noodle, Homemade Noodle ($12.99) - I found this dish to be a bit better than the beef noodle. The pork ribs, tender but not fall off the bone, rest in a very fragrant, herbal, white peppery and garlicky broth. The broth is filled with umami and and is quite nice to drink by itself. There's a sprig of bok choy, and again the hand pulled noodles and half egg. The major issue with this dish is the pork. While texturally good, the taste is a bit strange and very porky, like meat that's been sitting a while and is almost going bad. Again, very off putting, which kind of ruined the dish. (2/5) I revisited Mama Dough a couple of weeks later thanks to the article from 2019 in the Seattle Times stating that the XLBs rival those at Din Tai Fung. Maybe I just got the wrong dishes? C2 Pork Meat Xiao Long Bao ($11.99) - As soon as these came out, I was confused. These looked more like spheres rather than the traditional purse shape. In addition, it didn't look like the staff particularly care about presentation or service speed - there were several pieces sitting on their sides, they looked shrunken/dried out (seriously, look at my photo and tell me they don't look desiccated), and were completely lukewarm. That wasn't promising. Starting with the skins - they aren't papery and delicately thin, but also aren't thick and doughy. Good for a homemade version of this dish. The skins are a bit chewy and have a bit of a dry edge to the exterior, probably because they were sitting a while instead of being steamed fresh. The filling is plain bad. Firstly, there's no soup at all inside. Secondly, the pork itself is dense and dry, not tender and loose as it should be. Finally, the nail in the coffin - instead of a porky, aromatic taste, the filling doesn't taste right, like they used pork that's a day away from going bad. Maybe the XLBs were good 5 years ago when the Seattle Times article was written, but what I got was honestly terrible. I would eat frozen, machine made XLBs over these. (1/5) C5 Mama's House Bao with Pork, Pan Fried ($13.99) - I'm not sure if they make the bao in house or not, but it seemed like these were bought at the 99 Ranch next door and just steamed and fried to order. While frying, they add a cornstarch slurry skirt to add some additional oomph to the presentation. The bottoms are actually fried until a decent crisp is developed. The bun, for the most part, is soft and pillowy to a degree, but a good amount is quite soggy from the filling. The filling is not bad, kind of generic without much aromatics. The bao are a bit on the oily side, similar to a sheng jian bao, but that's to be expected from being pan fried. (3/5) J4 Pork Dumplings with Chives, Boiled ($11.99) - These dumplings are good and were by far the best thing I ate over my two visits. The skins are nice, slightly translucent, yet chewy. The filling has great flavor. They add a lot of garlic chive inside and the flavor mixes very well with the fatty pork. The salt level is appropriate and the filling is quite tender. The dish comes with smashed garlic cloves in soy sauce, but it isn't really needed given how flavorful the dumpling is. This is the only dish I would get again. (4/5) I really don't know what's going on at Mama Dough. The dumplings are good, but everything else I ate was either just okay, or plain bad. I feel like their pork supplier has some major issues, or perhaps they buy discount pork past the best by date. Whatever the case, a lot of the flavors here are off putting. I would not visit again. Overall food rating: 2.4/5 Bathrooms: Two individual rooms, one per gender behind the curtains to the side of the kitchen. read more

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It has been three+ years since I wrote the initial limited review, so it is time for an update. Today, we had a full sit-down meal eating much more food that two people should consume. Hehehe. Located inside the Great Wall Mall, Mama's Dough is somewhat like a DTF or DZ except with more dishes. The food overall was very good with one hiccup. Not all dishes are visually as appealing as DTF or DZ, but that is not as important to us. The prices are very reasonable. I am rounding up the overall rating because of their prices. For $61 before tip, we stuffed ourselves silly with five dishes and brought home a full quart size container of leftover soup. Yum! The service was swift and courteous. We didn't know they close earlier on Sundays and unknowingly stayed past closing time. Sorry! Their décor is basic. The tables aren't too close together, which is always appreciated. The Food: Fish with cabbage soup (aka sauerkraut fish and tofu), $15.50 - 5 Stars DELICIOUS with a hint of enjoyable spiciness that hubby can handle, this soup is rapidly becoming our favorite Chinese soup. They keep theirs warn with a little light under the pot. This is a must order! Braised Beef Noodle Soup, $12.99 - 4.5 Stars Hubby said the beef is very tender, the broth is tasty, not too salty. The noodles have three choices - handmade (thicker), egg noodle (Cantonese style), or rice vermicelli. Unless you hate thick noodles, I highly recommend the handmade option. You can taste the freshness of these house-made noodles. Braised Beef Pancake Roll, $7.50 - 4.5 Stars The wrap is a freshly made scallion pancake, which is well seared. The inside is tender braised beef. The wrap has similar treatment to Peking duck with hoisin sauce and shredded scallions. Excellent combination. Tianjin Style Chive and Egg Pancake, $7.75 - 5 Stars I did not realize I had ordered this previously and gave specific feedback on how I like it. Did they actually read it?? I don't know, but they changed it to what I described as the BETTER method. While it visually doesn't look as refined as DTF or DZ, taste waste, it is better. I can taste the home-cooked quality. Pan-seared just right, not too burnt, these are well stuffed with coarsely cut chives, egg, and vermicelli. The wrap is thin-enough to not overpower the filling. Thumbs up! Vegetarian XLB, $11.99 - 3.5 Stars Hubby teased that these are soup dumplings without the soup. He is right. They are wrinkly and shriveled up. They are tiny also, about the diameter of a quarter. I don't think I can't call these XLB with any sincerity. These veggie dumplings visually look meh, but they tasted pretty good. No, I didn't send these back. They taste ok enough. read more

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I LOVE this place. The garlic green beans and soup dumplings are a regular order for me. The main guy that takes our order is always on point, coming straight to the table once we are seated to get the food started. Compared to dough zone, this is my top choice every time read more

I love Mama Dough! We came on Sunday as a party of 3 at 5:00 PM. We love the new design they have for their restaurant-it is bright, inviting and lovely! I love their soup dumplings, their chicken wonton soup, and green onion pancakes-my favorites and go to. We ordered all of those and new to us, the cold chicken salad on their appetizer list. So simple and so good-we took our chicken and wrapped them in the green onion pancakes! Cannot praise them enough. I can't wait to come back! read more

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Had lunch here with a friend. We split the tomato egg drop soup, cold beef pancake, and spicy pork bao. It was all delicious; the soup may have been the highlight of the meal, but the pancake and the dumplings were very nice. It's a friendly, well lit place, with quick service and really good food. read more

Stopped by to try the Xiao Long Bao, soup dumplings from Mama Dough. The dumplings have a paper thin delicate wrapper, around a generous portion of filling. There were 10 XLB, filled with soup and meat. The pan fried dumplings were also good, and come in crispy plate of 12. Fried rice portions were also good, a large plate for sharing. Service was friendly and fast, despite the restaurant being quite busy. Overall, a great place to stop by for dumplings! read more

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The service from Mama Dough is really inviting and friendly! The restaurant has lots of seating available and the food came out really fast! I would say everything came out in 15 minutes! We ordered the pork XLB, which I thought had good flavor but could have more soup inside. We also order the braised pork belly and the spicy wontons I thought it could use more seasoning, it was kind of bland and unfortunately I wouldn't order this again. The pan fried dumplings though were really yummy and crispy! Lastly, we ordered the spicy intestines! I thought the idea of the dish was great, but it wasn't very spicy at all, which I was slightly disappointed about. Overall, I wouldn't really see myself coming back here specifically for anything but still had a good experience here! read more

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Honestly better than DTF in our opinion, but DTF is a good place to bring a bigger group or introduce your non-Asian friends to Chinese food for the first time. Mama Dough has the best 牛肉麵 (beef noodle soup) we've had here outside of Taiwan, and they have handmade noodles which is rare and even tastier. We come all the way from Tacoma for Mama Dough and even though we want to try the other restaurants in the Great Wall Mall we always end up here. read more

My bf really likes XLBs, so even though there are mixed reviews on here, I thought I'd let him come try it out and see for himself, so we chose this place to meet my friend for lunch. We walked in and it felt pretty warm inside, like the AC wasn't working or something. But it got warmer and warmer, but pretty soon I was sweating while I was eating. I couldn't enjoy eating as much because I was hot, sweaty, and uncomfortable; I even had to put my hair up. We ordered a bunch of plates to share, and there wasn't a single dish that wow-ed me. We got the: *Crab Meat Xiao Long Bao, Pork Xiao Long Bao, and the Spicy Pork Xiao Long Bao: I didn't seem to taste any soup in them, they tasted pretty dry. I liked the Spicy Pork ones the best. *Shrimp Wonton in Spicy Sauce: It didn't have much flavor. I get this dish whenever they have it at restaurants, and this one here may be the least tastiest. *Green Onion Pancakes: This was decent, but I've had better. *Pan Fried Seafood Dumplings: These were good. *House Special Chow Mein with handmade noodles (+ $2): This was a bit boring; it barely had any flavor or meat, and maybe would've tasted better with the regular chow mein egg noodles. *Pork Intestines with Spicy Peppers: This had the most flavor of all the dishes we ordered. But wish the intestines were cooked a bit crispier. *Spicy Chicken: it didn't have enough seasoning, not enough flavor. Definitely had better. *Red Oil Spilled Spicy Noodles: This was just noodles in chili oil and had the most flavor of all the foods. Probably the dish I liked most out of all the dishes we ordered. Service was friendly. It was busy, and it showed that they were busy; like, if you were slow at ordering or thinking too long, you can tell they were trying to not be impatient even though the waiter then started tapping his pen on his notepad. Service was still good though. Well, at least I can check this place off my list now. read more

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the fried rice is on point, and im really picky when it comes to fried rice. the dude that usually checks you at the register has a little bit of an attitude most of the time i come in. but other than that the environment is nice for a family dinner. read more

I've been going to Mama Dough's for a long time. I honestly think their xiaolongbao's are on par with DTF's. All their hand made noodle soups are fantastic. Fried rice is amazing. Recently brought a co-worker here and he orders Beef Dumplings. I was like what? Came out and it was so damn good. HAHA wth. I'm posting this because that's exactly what I'm craving right now.... read more

We love Mama Dough. Love all the noodle dishes, the pepper shrimp, shrimp rice. Only problem is we can't stop eating read more

It's been a while since I've dine in here but since their recent renovations, the restaurant is much brighter and more spacious. My partner and I were seated immediately upon entering. We got our usual pan fried dumplings and their hand pulled beef noodle soup. Overall, the food tasted pretty good but better than before. The beef noodle soup was the highlight of our meal. The broth was very flavorful and noodles were bouncy as well. Definitely will order again when dining in. read more

Mama Dough - spicy wontons and pan fried dumpling and - Chinese Near Me - Kent, Washington

I already knew it was going to be good because a friend of a friend had a coworker whose husband is a chef and loves this place, and talked about it when doing an icebreaker exercise at work! Lol. With an endorsement like that, we couldn't not try Mama Dough right? So off we went on a Saturday morning to brunch on pickled cucumbers, pork xiao long bao, spicy pork xiao long bao (not very spicy), pork and chive pan fried dumplings, and short rib noodle soup. Each basket of dumplings had about 8 to 10 pieces, and the noodle soup would have been quite filling for 1 person. Everything we had was delicious, but special mention has to go to the xiao long bao which were perfectly bite sized, delicately thin-skinned, and packed with meat and soup that was not too greasy or "porky". The pan fried dumplings had an impressive lace top that was perfectly crispy and each dumpling was also well balanced in flavor and filling-to-dough ratio. The short rib noodle soup was light and white peppery - something probably quite nostalgic if you grew up in a Cantonese home. Extra credit goes to the customer service we received from all the staff who served us! They were attentive to the pace of the meal and the tea pot. read more

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My friend and I wanted to give this a try after visiting 99 Ranch. There were many restaurants in this building but we were intrigued by the news article about Mana Dough and it had a clean rating. We ordered the beef homemade noodle soup and the egg and tomato noodle soup. Both were tasty and I liked how they weren't excessively salty. The service was very friendly too. Price was reasonable as well. read more

Mama Dough - Chinese Near Me - Kent, Washington

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The food was okay, but it was served one dish at a time with long waits in between. We finished our soup and dumplings, then waited 15-20 minutes for the next plate, and another 10 minutes after that for the final one. It made for a frustrating, uncoordinated meal where we couldn't share or enjoy the food together. The kitchen needs to work on its timing. read more

This is the real deal. Partner and I used to get one order of pork dumplings (8 ea) in Szechuan chili sauce. We now each get an order plus any other pan fried dumpling. Green onion pancake is good as are salt and pepper shrimp. I haven't had a bad meal here. Anytime I'm in the area is a must stop. read more