Bought 30 baked BBQ buns for morning break time for my fellow coworkers. Was quick, in n out no more than 5 minutes. Fresh n ready to eat. My car was full of awesome drooly food smells. Coworkers surprised to see them and handled them like professionals!!! So, food is yes. Time is yes. Smells are yes!
Changing the moniker and menu has not made much improvement to a once-treasured location for excellent Cantonese banquet dining.I dont know when the actual signage will changeover, but the interior is just as lackluster as some of the entrees. There are some very minor decorations to attempt a sprucing up feel. Some greenery placement and a stock photo/print hang on the wall with the retail cellophane still wrapped.The dining experience was not the usual banquet-style experience. The Dim Sum menu/cart is quite limited now. Two color menu cards were on the table displaying many of the usual Mama Lu items. Unfortunately, the noodle dishes and/or dishes with sauce were too heavy-handed with salt. The salt bomb really was horrible.The savor of the meal was the excellent Xiao Long Bao. At $12 the value and taste is well worth avoidance of the negatives here. Also, they have a parking lot with limited spaces and the Deli Counter is still serving up the same delicious items.
Really great dim sum for great prices. The bill was half the size I expected. The beef wraps sound unassuming but theyre incredible. The crab rice is killer as well.
An establishment with solid and good Chinese food - I would come back again. We had both dim sum and regular dishes. They allowed us to linger over lunch since we were meeting up with family friends we had not seen in awhile. Ahhh, I miss the Chinese food of the LA area.
Good for a quick dim sum lunch. Overall good.
Been to the Monterey park location, which is really good. This location in Chinatown is not that good. I was very disappointed in my visit here. Hope they figure things out and get on par with their other locations. I dont recommend this location.
My first time dining there. Not quite busy. I had BBQ Pork (Char Siu) Chow Mein (Fried Crispy Noodles). Mmmm,Yummy. Awesome!
The dim sum is ok. Not great! Steam baos not too good, baked ones very good. Har Gow average, Shui Mui very good. Egg tart meh. Sticky rice very good, Steamed Spare Ribs very good. The price has gone UP. My order when it was CBS was 45-50 bucks was 72. Will be trying (if they have) Lou Bok Go/Turnip Cake, Taro Cake, Chicken feet. Miss all that soul food!
Went there for lunch, and had no waiting, food came quickly, and very enjoyable
Coming from San Diego family got hungry and like we all want Chinese food 🥘 and this is the good place & the food was really good everybody loved it specially the dim sum 🥟😉
Delicious authentic chinese food at a practical price. Good for family and group dining.
Good food. They were kind and took a family picture for us. It was exciting to be in California again after nearly 8 years.
Ordered takeout, so I cant speak to the dine in experience. The food was great, on par with the SGV locations.
Is this new store? Dimsum was dry and made old. Small restaurant but should be good but, wasnt that good
My first time in this restaurant. So far its been wonderful.
Definititely not the same Mama Lus in San Gabriel. Food was ok. Nothing great.
So happy theres a new location closer to home. But the original spot will always be the best.
Delicious dim sum. I have to go back for the photos.
This place used to be CBS. Went there for dim sum. Not as good anymore.
Love the Dim Sum . The dumplings are the best yummy.
Very interesting place. Very good dumplings
Inferior dim sum, very dirty throughout
Unfortunately this timeNot tastePoor service
FABULOUS dumplings. Very thin wrappers.
Worst wonton soup I have ever tasted
Ordered off of grubhub....food was 👍
V. Good dim sum
Great value!
It was good.
LivelyFriendly boss.huge amountDelicious food
Excellent
Desserts and noodles are good
Delicious Chinese food
Total reviews rating 4.1
43 Reviews for Mama Lus Dumpling House 2024:
Review №1
2023-12-07 04:43:45Honestly I still feel ful and it’s been a few hours since I went here. It was SO GOOD. It’s hard to not overeat dim sum, especially here. I love that they start you off with fresh tea and peanuts. After we ordered the food came out pretty fast, super hot and delicious. The beef fried rice was flavorful. The dumplings and buns were so yummy. I’d eat here every week if I could!
Review №2
2023-11-24 01:04:27Ive eaten at both Mama Lus in Monterey Park, and now I dont have to drive down the 10 just to get good dumplings. They took over the old CBS seafood place, and it looks pretty much the same inside, but the food is much better now. The XLBs are very good and on par with Ding Tai Fung, but much more reasonable in price 10 dumplings for 12.99. This place is absolutely worth a visit.
Review №3
2023-06-28 21:27:56We were long time customers of Golden Dragon prior to the pandemic. Decided to try another place. Was great to see the dimsum carts here. We ordered soup dumplings, beef noodle wrap, har gaw, siu mai, a dumpling w shrimp and pork, beef tripe, and sesame balls. With the exception of the har gaw and sui mai, both of which were delicious, everything else was just alright. The wrap of the soup dumplings was just too firm, not a lot of soup inside, though the meat itself was flavorful. Most disappointing were the sesame balls, which were undercooked, with rice flour chunks still inside. Very disappointed, as I had high hopes to find another dimsum alternate here w the carts.
Review №4
2023-08-10 16:52:23Mama Lus takeout dim sum is a flavor-packed delight. The dumplings are a burst of authentic taste, and the convenience of takeout doesnt compromise on freshness. A definite go-to for a satisfying dim sum fix!
Review №5
2023-08-04 15:03:15Yesterday I went to eat here and ordered what I usually order at the Monterey park location. Veggie fried rice and dumplings.My plate had dirty chopsticks which I just asked if they can replace them. They brought out the food and the dumplings had this weird thing inside them and in the side of them. I immediately lost my appetite and told them about it and they were rude to me and I still pay and left all the food uneaten there. Look at the picture I have never seen this in dumplings.
Review №6
2023-05-21 23:25:09There’s a parking lot to the left of the building. Everything was great! Loved also seeing dim sum carts too although we didn’t order dim sum, only came for Mama Lu’s dishes
Review №7
2023-06-10 23:11:47Wow! What a treat! Absolutely delicious food -the Spicy Wontons with Pork and Shrimp 紅油抄手 - were fantastic - fresh made, delicate but chewy exterior with succulent whole shrimp and pork inside - topped with crushed peppercorn, chili oil, peanuts, and scallions. The Sautéed Assorted Vegetable 素什錦 was also impressive - fresh, huge portion of a nice blend of broccoli, water chestnuts, bok choi, wood ear and other mushrooms. Take out was quick and piping hot (placed on UberEats). I very much look forward to eating in the restaurant next time.
Review №8
2023-07-09 15:27:53Came on a Saturday afternoon with a party of 8 and we were actually seated pretty fast!This Mama Lu’s also has dim sum!They unfortunately, don’t have their signature fried seaweed fish dish though! That was disappointing!The shao lum bao (soup dumplings) were good but not as good as MPK location.Walked here so can’t comment on parking.Overall, it was good but not as tasty as Monterey Park’s location.
Review №9
2023-09-02 05:40:19This location unlike there others offers dim sum. The cuisine is Shanghainese, from Northern China.Unfortunately, the dim sum is awful. The wrapping on the har gow is too thick. In fact, The selection of dim sum is sparse. Though lobako (turnip cake) is commonly offered at most dim sum eateries, at Mama Lus it is only served on weekends. They would do well to state that on the menu. I definitely cannot recommend their sum sum.Because the dim sum was awful, I also ordered orange chicken and that was actually quite good. Again, their non-dum sum offerings are also not very diverse though preferable over the dim sum.
Review №10
2023-11-23 21:44:24Foods were okay typical dim sum but the selections were too few.