All their dishes are so delicious such as dumplings, fried rice and fried noodles. We kept going back to try different food. Can't wait to dine in to try their steam pork dumpling.
Dumpling Alley has always been my go to whenever I visit Westfield Doncaster. They have one of the best dumplings in Melbourne ✨
What i ordered: Black truffle xiao long bao ⭐️, dan dan spicy pork mince noodles ⭐️, pan fried original pork bun, salt cured pork with vegetable fried rice
They have a consistent quality among all of their dishes on the menu, you definetely won't be dissapointed 😊
This place is always packed, luckily it was a bit quieter today for dine in. But takeaway orders were non stop!
Waited 15 minutes to be seated because of limited seating. The staff member took our temperature and seated us.
The restaurant felt high class even though it was right next to Coles.
We ordered dumplings which arrived after 15 minutes. The vegetarian poached dumplings were yummy, but the pan fried ones were just amazing!
The filling was actually slightly different and much more flavoursome.
I would probably say close second for the best dumplings in the Eastern suburbs.
I can't wait to come here again!
Went for lunch on a public holiday. Line was long and worth the wait. Service was exceptional. Food was delicious. We ordered 2 serves of dumplings and they were very fresh. Can't wait to go back and try the other food.
Wow: when will this place open up a real restaurant? Because their food was amazing. The seating arrangement is really tight and it looks like you’d have to queue a while during peak times, but if you time it well you shouldn’t have to wait. The shanghai fried pork buns were so doughy and fluffy and almost sweet. There wasn’t much soup in there but they were still fantastic. The prawn fried rice was so flavoursome and had a decent ratio of prawns and sausage. And finally, the pepis in XO sauce were large and plentiful. This place isn’t cheap (those 3 dishes cost a touch under $50), but the quality and taste was there. Staff were also pleasant, which is a nice change.
Had another great experience here today. I had the Szechuan spicy diced pork noodle soup
(辣味汤面) with some pork dumplings(猪肉水饺). They were both delicious. Ive probably been here 7times and every time but one, the food was great. Ive also has the xiao long bao(小笼包) which was great, with the exception of one time. Also had the spring onion pancake which was delicious. Anyway it's a great place, check it out!
Wonderful beef noodle soup and yummy dumplings. The line is extremely long during dinner times so you have to get there early to beat the queue. Restaurant is a bit crowded but staffs are great and don’t mix up orders.
Good food fast. Noisy and busy but yummy food. Try the dry noodles. Delicious. Staff were friendly despite being rushed off their feet.
Dumplings, Dumplings and more Dumplings.
Dumplings and Noodles are really good.
Servnings are a good size too.
Service is very good and quick .
I will be coming back.
Had the xiao long bao (truffle) these were amazing. All the food we had was great, flavourful and hot. Had to wait in line but the line moved quickly and service was fast and friendly
The busy venue and stacks of takeaway ready for pickup suggests good food on offer. All of the dishes we tried were delicious. I abhor bad sweet and sour, theirs has a good ratio of meat/batter and the sauce is made with ketchup (this is the way). Large portions, efficient service, bright and clean venue; we shall be back.
Day or night, Dumpling Alley is always chock full of humans eating away so there must be something good about this place.
☀️The sunny bits:
For a super busy eatery, their service was surprisingly friendly and efficient. The food touched down on our table in record time. We had the spicy Szechuan chicken ribs which came with peanuts, fried chillies and cute fried braided dough. This dish was amazing. I loved the crunchiness of every ingredient but it could have done with more spice. Next was the shepherd’s purse rice cake. I had no idea what to expect as it looked quite simple. Fortunately it was delicious. The savoury sauce was fantastic with the rice cakes.
☁️The cloudy bits:
It can get squishy as there is limited seating. Fortunately it looks like they are expanding next door. Some seats are in the middle of the shopping thoroughfare so don’t expect any privacy if you happen to be seated there.
⭐️The forecast:
Dumpling Alley is right up my alley!
Great value for money and delicious ! There was a queue but we only waited for about 10 mins for a table of four.
Nice and convenient as it is situated in Westfield doncaster shopping centre.
My favourite dish is the XO prawn fried rice and the big king crab dumpling where you can sip the hot soup with a straw.
Will go back for sure! Every time I passed by this place it is always full of people and now i know why. Delicious food. Very filling. The prices are great and there are so many choices from the menu. Staff very busy but always ready to greet you with a smile.
Love the panfried pork bun from Dumpling Alley. Always freshly pan fried so there is a bit of wait. It is always so busy here, always long queue. I've also ordered takeaway from here a few times and buns are still hot when we arrive home.
I'm not surprised. This shop has always reached a lot of customers.
The food was delicious. Good quality.
Definitely come back and eat it again.
Was curious to try as there's always a long line! We arrived around 12pm before the rush so was able to seated quite quickly at the bar watching the chefs make the dumplings 🥟
The XO stir fried rice cakes are one of the best we've tried at other Chinese eateries - not all stuck together, strong flavours and lots of sauce. Large serving too!
The Szechuan XLB seems unassuming at first but has a good kick 🌶 - expected the flavour to come from a Szechuan sauce but looks to be more from a chili powder. The XLB skin is the right thickness and very soupy.
We also ordered the King soup XLB - lots of soup, not much filling and skin is thicker. Not bad, good novelty but would prefer the normal XLB.
Pork buns were ok, could be more filling inside and could be juicier. Spring onions a bit old and dried.
Probably the best dumplings inside Westfield shopping centre! The service here is good, busy and the quality is on point here! Juicy dumplings in a busy food court with no compromise to quality.
Ordered the pan fried dumplings, grab and pork soup dumping, and siu mai.
All were good! One xiao long bao was so juicy it exploded out in front of me, how embarrassingly juicy!
Very well executed! Well done!
Only real issue I had was the no explanation of the giant xiao long bao.. I opened the it with a spoon and all the soup came gushing out.. Then at the end of the meal, I realised there was a straw behind the bao....
Since it's a unique product, explanation would be necessary.. Up to you guys but I'm here to rare the dumplings and theyre gooood!
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