I was planning to make my own dumplings on a random weekend but got lazy so I took my efforts to a web search and found myself on Reddit. I was looking for a place that sold frozen dumplings, and Yummy Dumpling came up. Hopped on the train to the Sunset to check this place out. A very quick, no frills shop that's basically just an open door to order. It's run by Chinese aunties who really know what they're doing. They are cash and Venmo only. Since discovering this place, I've come back every few weeks to restock my frozen dumplings supply. They have quite the variety, price is super fair, and the quality and taste is amazing. I've tried pork with napa cabbage, pork with chives, shrimp with chives, vegetable, and even their green onion pancake. Each type of dumpling I've tried so far is a 10/10. This place never misses. I'll always be a returning customer as long as they continue to be around. read more

Yummy Dumpling - Do-It-Yourself Food Near Me - San Francisco, California

Small shop that is cash and venmo only! They have a great selection of frozen dumplings including meat, veggie, seafood, and combo options. Came here to stock up the freezer. They open at 8:30am and when I arrived just minutes after they opened, they already had another customer! They're on Irving pretty close to 19th, so I can be tough to find parking, might have to park a few blocks up or over. Haven't eaten any from my recent pickup yet, but I have had dumplings from here a couple times before and have always really liked them, excited to dig into one of the packs we recently got. read more

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Well--if you've never been there, please note: you will have to order from the table/phone, the servers will come by with a rolling 3 tier table to offer you items you can eat that are ready to go, you pick and they add the cost to your bill. This is a faster way to eat. We did both, phone order and we picked items to eat. The dessert with egg--had to be order immediately--it takes long to prepare, I forget the name of it, think it's egg custard pie and it's a hit. It was good and I give it 4 stars read more

Every time I go to the library it also means dumpling time! These are so delicious and nourishing-- easy dinner to make when you're low on time and energy. I throw the soup dumplings into kimchi jigae and the chicken and shrimp are delicious as well! The ladies who make them are friendly and sweet. read more

They sell frozen dumplings and other goods (green onion pancakes) which are a freezer staple and perfect to have on hand when you don't have as much time to cook. High quality, flavorful dumplings. The packs are sizeable and there is a generous amount of meat in each dumpling. The dough has the perfect chewiness (the handmade feel) and keeps its integrity when cooked. You just say which packs you want and they get it for you quickly. Definitely better than frozen dumplings at a grocery store! read more

Very bad service and the foods not that good and expensive. No for me . Look fresh but not for eat

big burgers and it smelled like fish but you will get used to it by the time the food comes the gator bits are amazing

The dumplings are as yummy as advertised! We've been buying dumplings from here since 2020 and they're still the best we've had in the city. They have three great veggie options, my favorite being the black fungus w/ egg and shiitake dumplings. The scallion pancakes are also SO good when fried up at home! Super thin and tons of wonderfully flaky layers. Note: this place is take-out only. There's a little table at the doorway where you order and take the frozen dumplings to go. read more

Look, I'm not one to gatekeep my favorite places, but I'd be lying if I said this review wasn't long overdue. However, I can assure you that it had nothing to do with not wanting people to find out about this place. Besides, it's far too late for that, even if that was the case, given all of Yummy Dumpling's sister locations. Rather, it's because I've been coming here for long, it doesn't even occur to me at this point to stop and take a photo of their menu or the things that I've tried. Which is a real shame because nearly everything they sell tastes so good! Now, if you've ever been to King of Noodles, Kingdom of Dumpling, Dumpling Empire in South SF, or any of their other sister locations that have sprouted up over the years (they all have such regal names), you'll be all too familiar with the frozen goodies that Yummy Dumpling has to offer. From their wontons and dumplings to their potstickers and green onion pancakes (and more), everything they sell here is homemade and is the same as what you'll find at any of their restaurants. In fact, on more than one occasion, I've even see workers carrying over trays of stuff from here to King of Noodles across the way. As easy as it is to nutshell what Yummy Dumpling has to offer though, it also undersells all that you can get here. Across the countless number of times I've been here, I've managed to check out bunch of their offerings, but I know there is still plenty that I've yet to try. Partially because those stragglers haven't tickled my fancy as much, but mostly because, at this point, it's hard for me to not get my usual favorites - the PORK DUMPLINGS W/ NAPA CABBAGE (plump, meaty), the SHANGHAI SOUP DUMPLINGS (luscious and porky), and the PORK WONTONS WITH SHRIMP (tender skins, flavorful). Along with my go-to favorites, I've also tried their CHICKEN DUMPLINGS WITH CORN, GREEN ONION PANCAKES, AND PORK POTSTICKERS. None of these are as good as my favorites (though, the potstickers just missed the cut), but they are pretty solid in their own right and far better than whatever frozen varieties you'll find in the freezer section at Asian markets. The one thing about Yummy Dumpling that I'm not as fond of anymore is that, ever since COVID, they no longer allow customers inside the store (you order off the menu at the doorway and they will bring it to you). It makes complete sense, as there are workers inside making everything, but I miss perusing through their freezer chest myself. Also, the menu seems slimmer than it used to be, but all of their best/main offerings are still available, so hard to say what may have been dropped. Regardless, even though Yummy Dumpling may cost a few bucks more than the mass produced stuff you'll find elsewhere, it's worth splurging to get the tastier, homemade stuff! read more

This is a true hidden gem. Handmade dumplings by Chinese aunties that are so doughy, and delicious. Pick up some bags for your freezer, you won't regret it. read more

These dumplings are still the best, they have reopened the doors at their original location, and they now accept Venmo ("yummydumpling" under businesses, don't forget to tip the workers folding dumplings all day long) as well as cash. I still stand by my recommendations of black fungus (delish for everyone, not just vegetarians!), and lamb (try it with this dipping sauce: soy sauce and chopped cilantro and/or scallions, plus a little black Chinese vinegar, sesame oil, and simple syrup, and chili sauce/pepper flakes). Though I've honestly liked every dumpling flavor I've tried, as well as the other items. read more

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Quick update These were delicious Pork with chives Chicken w spinach Chicken and corn Shrimp w chives read more

Yummy Dumpling - Do-It-Yourself Food Near Me - San Francisco, California

More dumplings..they offer them frozen..hadn't actually stopped by..pork with napa cabbage and a beef pancake..amusing to the funny bone...the beef pancake was fun and large portion read more

Yummy Dumpling is a lifesaver. Didn't have time to go to the store? Yummy Dumpling. Too tired to cook? Yummy Dumpling. Craving dumplings? Yummy Dumpling! These lil nuggets are made with love and have perfectly kneaded skins filled with juicy filling. I love to load up on a bunch of these and keep them in the freezer. My go to flavors are pork and chive as well as pork and corn. You won't go wrong supporting these lovely aunties while enjoying superb dumplings! read more

Quick take: frozen dumplings We walked to this shop from the SF Botanical Gardens. No need to move our car since parking spots are like treasure in that area. 20 dumplings per order for $12.50/bag. We picked: -Pork and Shrimp Dumplings w/green chives -Pork Dumplings w/basil and napa cabbage This was last minute so we didn't have a cooler. We went home right away. Bring a cooler if this isn't your last stop. Yummy Dumplings is right! Definitely going back next time. Payment is via Venmo QR code. read more

The dumplings here are excellent. We got the potstickers, wonton and the soup dumplings. They are an excellent value and they come frozen. When I cook them on the steamer or pan fry them I they rival Din Tai Fung! Just remember to bring a cooler if you buy a lot of them. read more

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I went here last week with my girlfriend and can honestly say these are the best dumplings ever!! Do no walk run to this place it's delicious! We had the pork and shrimp dumplings both were amazing. Plus, the service is super fast and friendly. Will definitely come here again. read more

I make it a point to buy a coolers worth of hand made frozen dumpling to bring back to central California every time I visit SF. Great flavor and hand made skins are perfection. My favorite is pork with Chinese spinach , and newly discovered chicken w/ corn. Note - pick up is now from King of Noodles across the street. (Feb 2022) read more

Yummy Dumpling - Little treasures - Do-It-Yourself Food Near Me - San Francisco, California

First time coming to this spot and had a great foodie adventure! There's a walk up table that you tell the lady what you'd like from the menu and she pulls it out of a large freezer and hands it to you. Can't be faster than that! Great prices that were very reasonable. Came home and cooked what I bought, which were soup dumplings, pork/shrimp dumplings, and pork wonton. All were delicious and unique in their own ways! Excellent flavor, inside was moist with good texture, the wrappers held up well on the wontons. I would definitely come back to replenish my stock of wontons and dumplings from Yummy Dumpling. Plenty of other items I'd like to try from their menu in future! read more

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I haven't physically been here but friends have brought me their frozen wontons. SUCH a great deal, and my 3yo daughter (who is endlessly picky and will not eat any dumpling/wonton fillings) actually eats the pork/shrimp wonton fillings! Two 20-packs of pork/shrimp wontons will feed 2 adults, 2 toddlers for dinner. Cash only. And they're closed Tuesdays/Wednesdays! read more

Wow! Expertly made dumplings are hand made in house. These are frozen for you to pick up and take home. They give you directions on how to cook. They also provide these to the restaurant up the street called King of Noodle!! Yes, we will be back!! read more

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Absolutely killer dumplings, potstickers, etc. They supply a lot of the local restaurants - but why not just make them yourself at home for cheaper? We bought the soup dumplings, pork potstickers, chicken potstickers, lamb dumplings, and shrimp dumplings. All just amazing. Perfect skin, ample filling. And everything was so juicy, even the potstickers. We steamed the soup dumplings and regular dumplings in a steamer basket over a pot of boiling water for 9 minutes and that was perfect. The potstickers we steamed in a pan with a half inch or so of water, lid on, for about 8 minutes and then pan fried in vegetable oil for another 90 seconds or so. For two of us, we made 12 soup dumplings, 4 regular dumplings, and 6 potstickers for dinner. We should have supplemented that with a scallion pancake or maybe like 6 additional dumplings / potstickers because we were still a little hungry. FYI - due to COVID related staffing constraints, they're currently selling out of King of Noodles just a block away, but all the same stuff! read more

They only sell bags of frozen dumplings that you make at home. Kind of like a bakery, only frozen dumplings -so nothing like a bakery at all ‍ They provide directions which is great for me. read more

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I like it but don't love it. I've had this place bookmarked for a long time and finally made the trip out here. Let's start with what I like. I like that this place specializes in dumplings. They make it fresh in house and sell them frozen. They have instruction pamphlets so you can heat these babies at home. It's a straight forward process: you get in, get what you need, pay, and get the out. It was my first time trying out this place so I was excited. I did get a little bit carried away. I got 1 bag of pork & napa dumpling, 1 bag of pork potstickers, 2 bags of soup dumpings, 1 bag of shrimp & pork wonton, and 1 bag of pork buns. That's a lot...I did damage, alright... I really enjoyed the soup dumplings. I love the convenience of steaming these babies up at home and eating them whenever I feel like it. It tasted fresh, I could taste the pork, I could taste the soup. And, I don't have to go to a restaurant, spend more than I need to - just to have dumplings. The items that I didn't really like were the dumplings and pork buns. The dumplings had thick dough. The meat flavor was a bit on the bland side. I prefer thin dough. The pork bun was pretty bland too. The potstickers were pretty good. Again, the dough was thick but since I pan fried it, it added a nice crisp so I was still able to enjoy it. I'd come back for more soup dumplings. I will pass on the other items. read more

I have to admit, I was slightly skeptical about how frozen "do it urself" dumplings would taste. But, I was delightfully surprised at the result. We got the chicken wontons and the soup dumplings. Directions given were perfect. And u could tell when u take the food out and work w it to prepare it, it was of good quality. Chicken wontons were decent but just ok...nothing special. Soup dumplings were very good. I wouldn't say they are better than a restaurant but they are close to restaurant quality. You can still suck out some soup from them, not a whole lot, but I was surprised they had some soup and were juicy. We didn't have cabbage to place them on, as suggested, so we just used the foil cupcake holders, which were fine. Stuck to it some, but worked ok. Didn't have a steamer so just used a regular large pot to steam, which was fine. It's also a good price for the amount of food u get. We will def get the soup dumplings again and maybe try something different the next time too :). read more

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I highly recommend if you like having frozen won tons and dumplings to keep in your freezer till you're ready to make a quick and tasty meal or snack. I'm a repeat purchaser of their pork & shrimp won tons. I either make them alone with broth, or more often I add my own veges. A quick, tasty and satisfying meal! read more

In my world, Dim Sum is life! It is, and always has been, one of my favorite culinary specialties. I usually count on one of SF's amazing bakeries for my fix but sometimes you just want dumplings at home. The solution, high quality, homemade, flash frozen dumplings from Yummy Dumpling. I bought bags of Xiao Long Bao, shrimp and chive and fish and chive dumplings. I cooked up a selection a few days later and found them to be very tasty. I would have preferred a higher filling to wrapper ratio but overall they were better than anything you could find in a store and reasonably priced to boot. read more

Yummy Dumpling - Frozen delights - Do-It-Yourself Food Near Me - San Francisco, California

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Frozen handmade dumplings and won-tons to go. Decent, although not exceptional quality. The pricing is also a little high for frozen, despite others saying how cheap they are. For example, it's about $7 for the wontons. You could get roughly the same amount of wontons (maybe a few less but more veggies), broth, and have others cook them for you for pickup for about $9-10. Overall I just don't see buying these as high value. Lamb dumplings are the best of the dumplings. Found the pork ones to be a little flavorless. The wontons are definitely the winners here overall - the shrimp and pork ones are great, although you can power through a single pack quickly and still be a little hungry. Overall I give it a 4 but it's not far from a 3. read more

Yummy Dumpling has just what their name says: yummy dumplings (they also have other goodies that are just as yummy, though. So technically, more than what their name says). Whenever we stop by Irving, we always stop in the small kitchen/store. To the left of the door sits a freezer, where you can pick out bags of dumplings and wontons. Each are packaged in a plastic bag, with a colored label clearly describing the filling of the dumpling in English and Chinese. To the right of the door, people sit filling and folding dumplings right in front of your eyes -- a true testament to the freshness of the food, despite being frozen. We usually pick up the napa cabbage and pork dumplings, the shrimp and pork wontons, and, when they have them, pork buns. The pork buns are my daughter's favorite. Sometimes when we get there the buns are fresh and still warm, so she eats them on the drive home. They're super easy to reheat; you can simply dampen a paper towel and pop it in the microwave for a minute. They'll be almost the same as in the store. The wontons and dumplings are both great boiled: we like to add veggies and some sesame oil. The dumplings can also be pan fried easily. They are a nice busy night dinner. Overall, great place, great food. Highly recommend. read more

The dumplings are a good size with a lot of filling but it's so bland and tasteless. Don't think I will buy it again.

Thanks to Yummy Dumpling, we can now have a dumpling night at least once a week! Our freezer is always stocked with a good selection of different flavors. Every visit to the shop is bit unpredictable: you never know what kind of special dumplings they have that day and you also can be seriously disappointed as they've sold out of most flavors. Now, this doesn't sound great, but to me it is a sign that they are not mass producing their dumplings. My only gripe with this place is that it's cash only... read more

Frozen dumplings made by Chinese aunties that taste like home. Actually, they taste better than home. These handmade dumplings are perfectly formed and are nicely packaged. For handmade dumplings, the prices are fairly reasonable. I like that they have a good variety of different dumplings to try and also offer wontons and soup dumplings! Yum!! We got a bag of pork wontons and black fungus and egg dumplings. Both were delicious! Perfect bite sized dumplings and wontons, good amount of filling and most importantly for me, perfect skin. This place is a winner in my book and these dumplings will now be a staple item in my freezer. read more

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Overall: 7/10 What could be better than having some frozen dumplings at home? It's easy to cook, tasty and able fill your stomach within 15 minutes. The dumplings here are definitely better than any frozen dumplings I could find in the supermarket. Come early as most of the dumplings were gone when I arrived around 1:30pm on a weekend during the shelter in place period. Black Sesame Donut (Sweet): 7.5/10 Pork Dumpling with Celery: 7/10 Pork Dumpling with Green Chives: 7/10 read more

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Limited menu compared to their competitor on 32nd and Taraval. I prefer the place on Taraval because they have more offerings and the price is comparable. There are no pork buns at this location and items like the green onion pancake was out of stock when I stopped by Thursday morning. read more

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This small shop that sells frozen dumplings to go is worth a try. These dumplings are made in house. I forgot which of the three dumpling bags we liked the most, so I guess I'll have to try them again. The won tons are super cute. Affordable and good to keep in the freezer for when you don't know what else to make. read more

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I have been driving by this place for years and finally stopped by to pick up some frozen dumplings. I selected a bag of the pork, shrimp and chive dumplings and a bag of the pork dumplings with Chinese spinach. Both are delicious, well made and full of flavor. They keep well in the freezer and don't clump together. The skin is just the right thickness. They were $9.50 per bag of 20 dumplings each. Parking was available right outside. I can't wait to try the other flavors. read more

Excellent frozen, to go XLB. My kids devour them. Easy pick up (if they are not out). Juicy centers, lots of soup. We get them regularly. Lots of other dumpling choices, just XLBs my favorite read more

12 shanghai dumplings for $6.50???? You honestly can't beat that price omg!! I love the concept that they sell frozen handmade dumplings that you can bring home and steam whenever you're craving it. The owner (I presume) was so sweet and friendly and it looked like a mom & pop shop but I could be wrong. I got home that day and steamed the dumplings for dinner. It was so flavorful and definitely some yummy dumplings ;) It would have been perfect if they sold the vinegar that restaurants usually pair with the shanghai dumplings. Would highly highly recommend to anyone who's a big fan of dumplings!! Definitely will be coming back for more!! read more

So yummy and dumplings are affordable. My favorite has to be the black fungus w/ egg dumplings; they are packed with flavor. I also bought the pork with basil dumpling the basil added a nice touch of flavor! read more

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Consistently good frozen dumplings. We usually obtain vegetarian one and quality is expected. Cash only at their storefront and only open until 4-5pm and no weekend. But now they also sell their frozen dumping at the noodle/dumpling restaurant across Irving street late - they take credit cards there. It's our regular dumpling pickup place. read more