Service is amazing. Food tasted better than the other dumpling spots. Highly recommend 10/10.

Love my experience at the newest restaurant in Delran. Out buser Sean Monterroso was the best. Very attentive. We will definitely be going back. read more

Food was delicious and service was great. Kate and Serenity were terrific in helping us out. Really nice decor too!

I finally got a chance to dine here, since this spot recently opened. The restaurant is clean and nicely laid out, clean and spacious. The staff is really friendly and helpful. I was given a short tour as I had never been here, the tour pointed out the key spots, restrooms the prep area as seen through the glass divider. Lilly my waitress was really knowledgeable and on top of her game. This is a family style restaurant. Portion sizes are big and made to share, you can doggy bag and take home what you dont finish. I ordered Mongolian Beef with pork and crab soup dumplings, szechuan pork dumplings and a brown sugar Boba tea. Oh if you request "make it ugly" that adds heat to the meal selection. The meal was pretty good, no complaints! Cash/Credit and Debit are accepted here. read more

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I tried Szechuan dumplings, wonton soup, and Bao bun. The seevice was very scattered with multiple other dishes that we didn't order being brought to the table by mistake, 5 trips to be exact. The food wasn't bad, but I would've liked a little more depth of flavor for the meats. read more

I am normally not someone who writes bad reviews, but this experience was disappointing enough that I genuinely felt the need to write one. I want to start with the positive. When we first walked in, I was pleasantly surprised. The restaurant looked nice, the staff were dressed professionally, and we were greeted warmly. We were seated quickly, and our server was very welcoming. This also wasn't my first time having soup dumplings. They are one of my favorite foods, and my partner and I have been to Chinese and Asian-inspired restaurants all over the U.S. trying different versions. When I saw that a new soup dumpling restaurant had opened locally, I was genuinely excited to try it. Our server specifically explained that the restaurant served food "family style" and described the dishes as large and shareable. Because of that, my partner and I ordered five dishes, which is pretty normal for us at dumpling restaurants. Usually, that much food leaves us completely full with leftovers for the next day. We started with the cucumber salad. It came out almost immediately, which isn't a complaint by itself, but it didn't taste particularly fresh. The cucumbers were mushy, almost as if they had been sitting refrigerated in the sauce too long. The entire serving seemed to consist of about two mini cucumbers and was noticeably smaller than what I'm used to. Next came the braised baby back ribs. The flavor was actually good, but the problem was the portion and texture. For around $14, we received about six small, roughly 3-inch ribs. For something described as "family style," that was surprising. More importantly, the ribs were extremely tough and difficult to pull off the bone. The spicy shrimp wontons were probably the best thing we ate all night. The flavor was good, although nothing especially memorable. Again, the portion confused me considering the "family style" description. There were roughly eight very small wontons, probably smaller than a munchkin. Then came the noodles with sesame sauce, and this was easily the worst dish I have eaten at a restaurant in a long time. To me, the sauce tasted like diluted Jif peanut butter mixed with sesame sauce and soy sauce. I couldn't tell if it was some type of powdered or concentrated sauce mixed with water, but the texture and flavor were extremely unpleasant. We ate maybe half and left the rest behind. Finally, we received the pork soup dumplings. Considering "Dumpling" is literally in the restaurant's name, I was hoping this would save the meal. The dumpling wrapper had a strange doughy flavor that reminded me of how Play-Doh smells, which surprised me because the wonton wrappers earlier seemed authentic. The broth was also unexpectedly sweet. When I order soup dumplings, I expect a rich, savory, fatty and slightly salty broth. This tasted as though sugar had been added to it. The pork filling was extremely bland and tasted like wet, under-seasoned meat with chives. What really bothered me was the value. This was an anniversary dinner for my partner and me. Instead of buying each other gifts, one of our favorite things to do is go out and try new Asian restaurants, so we were fine spending a little more than usual. We don't drink alcohol, and our bill was around $80. After being told the restaurant served large, family-style portions, I should not have walked out still hungry. For comparison, Nan Xiang Xiao Long Bao in Cherry Hill is only a few miles farther away, and the difference in my experiences at the two restaurants is night and day. At Nan Xiang, my partner and I can normally spend around $45-$55 including tip, leave completely stuffed, and frequently have leftovers. In my experience, the portions, flavor, soup dumplings, and overall quality are dramatically better. I don't want this review to be entirely about the service because the food was by far my biggest problem, but service also dropped off after the initial greeting. At one point, finished plates sat at the end of our table for around 15 minutes while multiple employees walked past them and stood talking with one another. The restaurant only had around five occupied tables. Everyone was friendly--the attentiveness just wasn't there. By the end of the meal, I honestly felt like I had paid restaurant prices for food that tasted, to me, closer to reheated bulk frozen food. I've genuinely had frozen soup dumplings from Target that I enjoyed more. I really wanted to like this place. It's close to home, the restaurant looks nice, and the initial welcome gave me a good first impression. But between the tiny "family-style" portions, tough ribs, stale-tasting cucumbers, terrible sesame noodles, disappointing soup dumplings, and an $80 bill for two people who still left hungry, I can't recommend it. If you're specifically looking for soup dumplings, I would personally make the extra drive to Nan Xiang in Cherry Hill. Unfortunately, for us, Ugly Dumpling lived up to the name. read more

I'm going to give you the real deal.. I ordered take out at the host counter. Staff was very friendly, fast and professional. The food took less than 20 mins to be done and the waitress brought it straight to us as we waited in the waiting area by the front door. This was very impressing. So I went home to dig into my shrimp fried rice and fried chicken dumplings. First off I noticed the menu had less items and mostly everything on the item specially the dumplings were made of pork or had some type of pork in it. I went to the location located in linden New Jersey back in April and I noticed that it had more items on the menu at the top and no longer does evidently the company has changed their menu up and used to have more options of dumpling flavors and was more impressive. That's what a shrimp fried rice it had a taste it was seasoned just a regular type of salt seasoning white chicken cube but I don't know what type of shrimp fried rice this is put all that consists of was sticky rice egg scattered about shrimp and a few specs of finely chopped scallions. It didn't have the correct brownish color you would expect and fried rice I like to call this pale shrimp fried rice. It doesn't have a slightly authentic feel about it at all. And if you want to add ugly sauce which should just be added to it anyway you would have to pay an additional $2. As for the fried chicken dumplings they have a nice taste but nothing to write home about there was no type of dipping sauce available at all and I've also noticed that at the linden location as well. Just by looking at the title " Ugly dumpling" one would think that they would have more options in dumplings but they don't. This is more of a quick casual definitely not authentic Chinese restaurant I would have loved it more if they had more of a selection of dumplings it would be a great lunch pic but if you're looking for authentic Asian food this is not the place but I would have liked it to be more closer to authentic than less. I'm giving you the real deal it's nice to have a new restaurant pop up but most of the people in the area just likes to have someone nice to go to and to them everything tastes good because it's different and a lot of people just like all the beef products and of course the pork products. That's for me I prefer a variety of things and I have more of an idea of what is really good. read more

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Unfortunately, our experience at Ugly Dumpling in Delran was very disappointing, mainly because of the poor service. The food was fine, but the service really took away from the experience. We had to wait far too long, and it was difficult to get our server' Serenity's attention. We felt overlooked and had to repeatedly ask for things that should have been taken care of without having to ask. She also had a poor attitude and seemed really full of herself. I understand that restaurants can get busy, but good customer service should still be a priority. We were looking forward to our visit, but unfortunately left feeling frustrated and disappointed. Hopefully management takes this feedback seriously, because with better service, the overall experience could have been much more enjoyable. read more

The food and service were great. The spicy chicken wonton sauce was so good! We used the leftover sauce to pour on our pork chop fried rice. The chicken dumpling appetizer is the only fried dumpling option, wish there was more to choose from. read more

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I just left ugly dumpling after treating myself to lunch on my birthday. From the moment I walked in the service was amazing and I was greeted with three beautiful ladies who were so pleasant to me all the recommendations I got from Ayana at the bar, we're so wonderful. I took her up on each of those Eddie ended up, bringing out a wonderful chocolate chip cake with a candle and singing happy birthday to me! dumplings and bao buns were 11 out of 10 overall this place exceeded my expectations and I will be coming back with my whole family. read more

Ugly Dumpling - Chinese Near Me - Delran, New Jersey

Newly opened dumpling house in Delran, first week of business. First the place was packed and for a new restaurant surprisingly efficient. Our server, Isabella, was charming, engaging and very competent for a young lady on her first day of her first job!!! She was very attentive and came by several times to make sure things were as we expected. The food came out amazingly fast and was delicious. We tried the bbq pork ribs, the dumpling sampler and the Mongolian beef entree. All three were tasty, well seasoned and delivered very quickly to the table. Our busser, Sean was knowledgeable of the menu, jovial and obviously well prepared to engage with the guests. The dumplings were freshly made and the process can be observed in the dining room. We will definitely be back and can't wait to try the bao buns and other items on the menu! read more