Dumpling Alley

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.

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!