Food was semi-grade. We got the most popular items on the menu and for them being the most "popular" they were subpar. Service was fast, we got them pretty quick. The overall look of the place was cozy and looked very nice. Looks better than it tastes. read more

I have been to eat here many times, good food but slow service. I have ordered delivery multiple times and asked for sauces which never come. Today I had the good faith to call and asked for the sauces to be added into my delivery order, they promised they would and even confirmed the name on the order. I couldn't of not called and been equally disappointed, no sauces came despite the extra effort. It's very discouraging because it's a simple request, send me dumpling sauce for my freaking dumplings. I can't recommend this place anymore, too many let downs over trivial requests. read more

Soup dumplings were good as expected but their need noodle soup was an unexpected gem. Have gone back just for that.

The food was great here with everything being extremely affordable and tasty. I was able to get Noodles with Minced Pork sauce,Pork Soup Dumplings,Soy Garlic wings,Spring Rolls all for $55 including tip which is a great price for a full meal.Throughly satisfied with all of the food,if I could add any gripes is the soy garlic needed a touch more salt for myself and the Spring rolls to have a bit more filling. Our server was great,attentive and quick with checking on my table. But the atmosphere was amazing as it had a very bright and sleek look to it with everything being very clean and soft color choices. read more

Honestly, I have nothing bad to say about this place. I've won about four times and each of those times I've been met with the best service Food in hospitality. read more

We went after seeing a movie for a late lunch. The service was on point and the food was very good. The restaurant was very clean and inviting to the guests. We will definitely go again. read more

Another tasty dinner with family! Our waiter Greg was super friendly and attentive. My kids enjoyed sitting in the booths and want to come back to see the dumplings get made in the dumpling "lab". Solid food and drink options - we'll be back! read more

im so happy theres a linden location bc it was really hard to travel all the way to the Edison location!! ugh i cant say enough about this place, my husband and I LOVED the food. the dumplings, string beans with garlic were so tasty. and we loved the popcorn chicken, i think that was our favorite thing on the menu. this was my second time coming here and I am always pleased with the staff. the clean and beautiful atmosphere is perfect for a date night or just a spot to hang out with family and friends. 10/10 would recommend! read more

none of the food had any flavor. The orange chicken was basic and bland. The fried rice is NOT fried and didn't have any seasoning. $9 for spicy noodles and I received a half of a small cup of noodles. read more

Ugly Dumpling - Chinese Near Me - Linden, New Jersey

We decided to go on valentines and our experiences was pretty good. I set a reservation days ahead and I guess the host were slammed and lack of communication lead to us waiting on a reservation won't let it ruin the overall experience the food was tasty perfect portions for groups or duos the lychee martini was really good would highly recommend going on a less chaotic day for a much smoother experience read more

Ugly Dumpling - Chinese Near Me - Linden, New Jersey

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Wow I must say service was great with Karen. Came out for a quick bite to eat and had a wonderful experience. Service and staff 10/10

Had a long flight saw the restaurant came in and order take out got the text food ready but I was told it's not after sitting for 40 minutes went back to ask then Jenesis walk down to the back and bring it at that point the food get cold .I would definitely give it a second try again read more

Mi hija y yo estuvimos pasando una noche fenomenal con una rica cena. Estuvimos disfrutando de su menú, cada segundo disfrutamos del sabor exquisito de cada plato. Lo recomiendo 100% y el personal muy amable. Gracias Ugly Dumpling. read more

Dumplings are very good the service was excellent and the food came out relatively quick will definitely go back

Everything is a 10-10 dining in and take out excellent try a little of everything when you go you will not regret it. read more

Ugly Dumpling - I forgot to take a before picture. My left overs - Chinese Near Me - Linden, New Jersey

From beginning to end this experience was exceptional! Love the vibes love the customer service and LOVED the food. My husband and I have already made this one of two go to spots when dining out. read more

Decent food. Cute ambiance Would go back if I was in the area but nothing to go out of my way for.

Not for me. On the expensive side. Was spicy but didn't say so. Noodles not too good. Vegetable rice bland. Service was slow in getting check. read more

Our server Greg was amazing , even though he had another section to work , we were well taken care of .

Treated myself to lunch at Ugly Dumpling. This is a new location and my first time trying. It was a great experience. The restaurant is really clean and well decorated. It was a nice atmosphere. The service was great. All staff were very friendly and accommodating. The food came out quickly and at the perfect temperature. I had a spicy ginger margarita, chicken dumplings and shrimp fried rice. I will definitely visit again. read more

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We ordered the chicken wontons that lacked flavor. The crab rangoon was mediocre. We never got the braised baby back ribs which we ordered and the waitress wasn't even aware. We were almost done with our appetizer before the drinks even came out, they didn't even bring us water as most places usually do once you arrive. The chicken stir fry noodles and pork chop fried rice were good. However, the main dishes did not come out at the same time. It was at least 10 minutes apart, and the place was no where near busy. Food was eh okay, but the service was terrible. Waitress no where to be found, had to go to the front to ask for things. Next time I'll go try out the Edison location. Would not return to Linden. Poor service. read more

Yasmine, was amazing!!! The food was so good and fresh! For four of us to eat including cocktails and appetizers it was so affordable. She was helpful for our first time visiting explaining the menu. When in town would go again! read more

LOVE LOVE this place! Wasn't feeling the best & Anastasia at the bar was a Doll! She made me feel welcome & made the Best Lemon Drop!!! Soup is the BEST!!! read more

My daughter and I had seen a sign for one location of the ugly dumpling and we wondered about it. The name suggested someplace not terribly good or exciting, you know just OK and maybe slightly quirky. But my daughter looked it up and saw some good reviews so yesterday we decided to check it out. It's a very cool place, way better than the name would suggest. They have a standalone bar, which looks pretty nice, and then the rest of the decor is extremely well done, the kind of thing that is Instagram worthy. The food is fairly inexpensive - roughly $10 or slightly more for an order of dumplings or some of the other things. We each ordered dumplings and I decided to get an order of shumai as a kind of appetizer, since usually assume I are pretty light and tiny. We also got an order of the spring rolls. The spring rolls were excellent, with a really different and really good dipping sauce. The shrimp and pork shumai turned out to be much more substantial than I expected, but also excellent. In order of shoe, I would be a meal in itself. And the dumplings, which came in a variety of fillings and flavors, were also excellent. Definitely worth checking out - great food, very good service, and a really interesting and well done decor. read more

Visiting from South Carolina and Alexis was so awesome! She has such a good spirit! Great job on hiring her! Loved the atmosphere and the food experience! read more

Excellent food. Noodles very tasty. Vegetable fried rice very good.Ordered take out only. Always seems busy. Wait staff very friendly.

After eating this me and my husband were sick for five days pooping our heads off and throwing up straight stomach acid it was the absolute worse. But I'm not even going to lie the food was good I just don't understand as to why we got sick from it read more

Portions where pathetic at best. Service was good but literally sad little amount of shredded beef. And small portions of noodles. I would not recommend this place at all. Stay away from this place definitely do not go. You will leave hungry you literally have to order 2 dishes in the menu to feel remotely full read more

My husband and I don't to get out much because we have to younger kids and live far away from family. We are currently in town for Easter and left the kids with their grandma to have a date night so you can imagine how excited we were to enjoy a meal without the little ones. The atmosphere was very nice when we walked in and we look at the menu with excitement to have some different cuisine for a change. We order the orange chicken, chicken fried rice and chicken dumplings and two drinks-- espresso martini and a peach drink (can't remember the name). Our drinks came out in good timing and were great!! Then the chicken dumpling. They looked like brains and smelled wired. Both my husband and I had a bit and spit it out right away. It was sooo terrible that the waiter came back and asked if we didn't enjoy them and could remove it from the table. As we were taste them, the orange chicken came out so after she remove the dumplings that looked like brains, we tried the orange chicken. The first bit was okay, but we wanted to wait for our fried rice so we could eat it together. It was kind of annoying that the chicken came out without the rice and the table behind us who came after us and order after of us as well got all their food at once and before us. As we were waiting for the rice I decided to order some spring rolls since she took the dumplings off the check. Finally our "Chicken Fried Roce" came out and it did not look like fried rice AT ALL. It looked like steam white rice with chicken, eggs and green onions! We then decided to take a bit and it was not good at all and was slimy. We decided to add what we thought was soy sauce which turn out to be vinaigrette sauce( nothing was label) so now the rice is 10 times worst. We started eating the orange chicken again and the middle of the chicken was NOT cooked. When our spring rolls came out nice and hot, we took a bit and it was slimy and over cooked in the inside. The best part about this dinner was the drinks, the food was bad and taste like everything was warmed up from a box. Nothing was good. We couldn't wait to head to the movies to eat movie theater food. Which by the way had a really good flat bread pizza. If you want good drinks and bad food, then you should go here, otherwise save your money! read more

Good food, reasonably priced, with nice ambience. Din tai fung "lite" with low prices, less of crowd and no need to go to NYC. 3 of us shared shrimp fried rice, stir fried noodles with vegetables, spring rolls, pork soup dumplings and steamed bbq pork buns, mochi sampler for dessert for less that $80. Located in a distinctively bland strip mall, but once inside the restaurant you have a nice warm atmosphere. read more

This place is a knock off compared to Edison location. Servers keeps on pushing for us to order string bean appetizers, we want dumplings! Then they gave us soy sauce as dipping sauce for scallion pancake and for dumplings. We complained and the server argued that they do not have dumpling sauce and came back for more soy sauce, I'm asian i know the difference, we asked another server to give us the thick sauce for dumplings and we got it. Food is not as flavorful, will NOT come back, go to Edison location it is so much better. read more

It's okay. Nothing special anything really. The place is huge and new. Food was very meh nothing stood out from the dishes we all ordered. Prices are meh as well. Staff were nice so hopefully they last but i don't see it surviving unless weekends stay packed. read more

It was not the best at all we tried the dumpling sampler and the wantons and we had better especially the dumplings.

My sister Julie and I had such an amazing time during our experience at the Linden location. Our food selection was very good and I couldn't get enough of the Garlic Soy Wings, they were to die for! Our waitress, Anise, was so pleasant and helpful/knowledgeable while placing our order. I asked for her opinion on the Lychee Martini and she highly recommended it and I must say, now I'm hooked! She was such a sweetheart and always made sure to come back to see if we needed anything or just to see if we were ok. The vibe , decorum, music, was amazing! Last but not least, Jose (manager) was very pleasant as well. He was very informative about every question my sister and I had about the restaurant. We also paid very close attention to his interactions with other guests and he was definitely one of the nicest managers that we've come across in an establishment. So THANK YOU Anise, Jose, and all the other staff at the Linden location for such an amazing experience. WE WILL DEFINITELY BE COMING BACK read more

food was filling and tasty the environment is relaxing cute little spot . the waitress was very helpful and polite I like the cleanliness of the place read more