Great little cheap eat in Footscray with generous portions. Dumplings are above average and handmade (chilli could definitely be more chilli though) and the handmade noodles are my favourite - great bite and a must get every time. The owner is also lovely!
I love this place. Great homestyle and authentic food.
We have been many many times and keep going back.
The Stir Fried Shredded potato is amazing- highly recommend.
The cucumber salad was our highlight, it's perfectly spicy and cooling, and goes so well with fried food. Dumplings were more subtle in flavour than the Shanghai ones elsewhere. Lamb skewers were fantastic, perfectly rendered and salty morsels. It's not fancy, but the staff hit a good point between efficient and accommodating, and the food is great.
Cleanliness has never gotten between me and a good meal – I am from Malaysia, after all, where I grew up on open-air dining in a humid, tropical city and its accompanying creepy crawlies (I’ll stop there because I want people to get hungry reading this review) – but Northern Chinese Footscray stalwart Dumplings & More is nothing like what Zomato reviews suggest. Could the restaurant have cleaned up its act in the last few months? Perhaps. Was my cutlery wet? Yes, but at least I knew they’d been washed! Was the restaurant grimy and dirty? Far from it. It was plain and bare, yes, and I wouldn’t nominate its interiors for Best Restaurant Design, but I was pleasantly surprised by how clean it was after reading the ghastly Zomato reviews.
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My score 4 stars. J & I had lunch here on Thursday 4th of April. We had been here before & had Vego dumplings, Tofu skin salad, & Eggplants in Sichuan sauce (a cheap, huge, but quite sweet dish).
This time we swapped the Eggplants for Fried Lamb noodles (now $12) > Handmade noodles were plentiful & quite chewy (but in a soothing way) 👍. Thin pieces of lamb were soft & flavoursome, but not “fatty or muttony” – the sauce was similar (so J could eat some). It also had celery (quite small pieces, a big tick 👍), bok choy, a little bit of onion & tiny bit of tomato. Gravy was nice – you need to mix it around to make the noodles moist & slippery. Only chopsticks were supplied, so the long noodles were a bit hard to eat “daintily” - don’t order if you’re on a date!
Vego dumplings (still $9.80 for 15) > Really good 😋. Nice flavour & filling – exotic spices (maybe some cumin, but subtle so nice). Quite different from most places (in a good way). Wrapper dough thick & a bit chewy, but in a nice way. A bargain 👍!
Tofu skin salad (still $3) > Tofu sheets softened in some sort of salty chilli dressing (but still chewy) with carrot pieces. Unusual (for us) & quite moreish (I would prefer some of the carrot to be smaller, but J liked them). Bargain for the amount 👍!
Free 👍 tea was tasty & had no trace of bitterness 😋.
Overall > cheap, no frills, out of the ordinary (Northern regional) Chinese food – good dumplings & noodles. 1 woman seemed to be doing everything, service was ok, some language issues, but she was pleasant & we all got round it. We had to take away about ¾ of a TA container of noodles, as there was too much food (for $24.80 👍). If you’re fussy about ambience, spotlessness & silver service – give it a miss. If you like to wing it/slum it/eat good cheap food – give it a go. The vego dumplings by themselves are worth a return visit 👍👍👍!
Food is great here but the service lacking. We had tonight the pork dumplings, beef with pulled noodles, Shaolin bao dumplings and mild lamb skewers. They were all delicious especially the pork dumplings with the crispy fried side. Cumin flavoured lamb grilled skewers were also tasty with the fat rendered off to a crisp and the pulled noodles were just right and light on the oil. However the Shaolin bao list all its juices meaning it quite dry. Service was very bad tonight as it seemed like they were under staffed.
Would return just for the food.
very cheap and great quality for what you get. The fried lamb noodles are really really nice. It’s got handmade noodles that are nice and chewy. It’s a bit oily though. The cucumber salad is very refreshing.
The xiao long baos here are really good!- the skin is thin and soup is super flavoursome. I also like the mince pork and green beans dish. These two dishes go well with each other. I found the skin on the steamed and pan fried dumplings a bit thick for my liking. Overall would give 3.5 /5 I’m so happy that there’s a place close to home to have good xiao long baos!
Cute, cheap and cheerful. Service is always the same and it has a lovely dumpling house vibe. Always really enjoy the food here and would recommend to anyone who loves dumplings.
Great food, order the Chinese broccoli and prawn dumplings. Its cheap. And staff are super friendly. Have been here a couple times and will continue to return.
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