My husband and I come here often and we've never had a bad experience. There's never been more than a ten minute wait for a table and the food always comes out fast! When ordering you mark a menu card and they bring out the different shareable dishes as they're ready and staff consistently clears away empty dishes and checks on your table. We always order a bit too much and end up overstuffed at the end of our meal, so I definitely recommend coming hungry!
Ryusuke Jono ..
Tried it out on busy Saturday night, got seated immediately, the service was fast and food was delicious. Number of noodle and dumpling choices, can be ordered in boiled, pan fried, or steamed. Very family friendly and good ambience. Highly recommmed.
Gordon D.
The Dough Zone is a great place to go for northern Chinese small bites or 小吃。it may not have the reputation, or the high prices, of Ding Tai Feng restaurants, but the food they serve doesn't know that. Excellent 小笼包、or soup dumplings because liquid will spurt out of your mouth when you bite into them if you not careful. The 饺子，dumplings, also are quite tasty. I especially like the pork and shrimp ones (However I would prefer more 韭菜，Chinese chives, because that's the way my wife and her family make them)。 I was not impressed with their 锅贴。The cucumber salad was a nice addition, but the 麻辣牛肉卷饼，spicy beef wraps, didn't seem necessary. Actually we've come to the reason I only rated them 4 stars. Everything served at the Dough Zone is good. It just isn't as good as what we eat at home! Still it's a very good place to take someone out to lunch. I should add that the service was both friendly, efficient and fast. Prices are reasonable. Ambiance is nothing special.
DF Yu
Be aware of your GC balance!Had dining there few times. We used 2 Gift Cards and 1Credit Card to checkout in the previous time, used up 1GC, charged $10 from the second GC and charged the balance and tips from my CC as she requested, we were told that there are $40 remaining in my GC but did not get the balance sheet. The GC only have $20 remaining when we checkout at recent visit, and paid the balance and tips from my CC. You may need to get the balance sheet if you still have some money in the GC to prevent from loosing money.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 1
Harvey Woodford ..
Consistent, straightforward menu with a consistent quality each time we go. A safe choice for a good dinner without a long wait if you arrive just before busy dinner hour. Downside for us is no fried rice dishes. Otherwise, still a good variety of dishes to choose from. Love the sweet chile cucumber appetizer to start the meal.
Linda J.
The food they served very is different from the pictures posted by the owner. The beef noodle they served only had few cubes of beef and small amount of noodle. That's all.
Gretchen Snyder
Great place!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Sweet and Sour Cucumber Salad, Green Onion Pancake, Chicken Dumplings, Noodles
Sandy Haines
Food is great. I got it packaged to go. It was very well put together. Chicken soup dumplings are FANTASTIC! So are the spicy wonton. Yum!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Bao, Pork Xiao Long Bao Soup Dumplings
Lilly O.
I don't know why I don't have pictures of this place but we come here 1-2x a month! This is my kids' favorite go-to dinner out. I have our orders memorized I don't even need to look at the menu! I also love their wait list option on Yelp! It just helps cut down wait times.
Britney M.
I ordered through door dash and was told that my order would be ready in 10-20 minutes. I showed up at the restaurant have been waiting for 40 minutes with no answer as to why my food was not ready.
Good foods. Reasonable price for the dishes. The restaurant is clean and plenty of seating. Service is good and quick. I would recommend.
Claire
Great customer service, very helpful staff. Food was spectacular, and so was the tea.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Potstickers
Sarah R
So fun to try dumplings with friends. I couldn't choose a favorite because all were so tastyParking: I used the parking garage. My friends used the nearby parking lot.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Potstickers, Sweet and Sour Cucumber Salad, Pork Buns
Renu K.
It was our first time trying Dough Zone so we tried to get multiple dishes to get a sense for the flavors being offered. Here's what we tried: 1. Dan Dan Noodles- this was our favorite dish. The sauce is creamy and the noodles are cooked al dente. It gave a rich buttery taste. 2. Spicy Noodle- I didn't like this one at all. It was way too salty to the point it was overpowering any other flavor. My husband gave it multiple chances but at the end, it wasn't his favorite 3. Chicken and Vegetable Soup Dumpling- broth has flavor but something was missing. Overall, not bad 4. Chicken Steamed dumplings- good with other sauces- soy sauce, chili sauce. Bland on their own 5. Spicy Garlic Chicken Wonton- wow!!! This flavor is something I've never had before. Definitely different and not a bad first try if you're trying to expand your taste buds. I think they use black garlic. I would recommend trying it but I wouldn't get it a second time. 6. Fried chicken potstickers- it's the same chicken wontons from the soup, except mildly fried. The sweet and sour sauce paired with this dish was one of our favorites. 7. Jasmine tea- always a staple The restaurant itself is neat and clean. Service is very friendly and fast.
Terrance Adams
Staff were friendly and efficient fast came out fast and every bite was delicious. Little bit of a wait to be seated so give yourself enough time.
My husband and I come here often and we've never had a bad experience. There's never been more than a ten minute wait for a table and the food always comes out fast! When ordering you mark a menu card and they bring out the different shareable dishes as they're ready and staff consistently clears away empty dishes and checks on your table. We always order a bit too much and end up overstuffed at the end of our meal, so I definitely recommend coming hungry!
Tried it out on busy Saturday night, got seated immediately, the service was fast and food was delicious. Number of noodle and dumpling choices, can be ordered in boiled, pan fried, or steamed. Very family friendly and good ambience. Highly recommmed.
The Dough Zone is a great place to go for northern Chinese small bites or 小吃。it may not have the reputation, or the high prices, of Ding Tai Feng restaurants, but the food they serve doesn't know that. Excellent 小笼包、or soup dumplings because liquid will spurt out of your mouth when you bite into them if you not careful. The 饺子，dumplings, also are quite tasty. I especially like the pork and shrimp ones (However I would prefer more 韭菜，Chinese chives, because that's the way my wife and her family make them)。 I was not impressed with their 锅贴。The cucumber salad was a nice addition, but the 麻辣牛肉卷饼，spicy beef wraps, didn't seem necessary. Actually we've come to the reason I only rated them 4 stars. Everything served at the Dough Zone is good. It just isn't as good as what we eat at home! Still it's a very good place to take someone out to lunch. I should add that the service was both friendly, efficient and fast. Prices are reasonable. Ambiance is nothing special.
Be aware of your GC balance!Had dining there few times. We used 2 Gift Cards and 1Credit Card to checkout in the previous time, used up 1GC, charged $10 from the second GC and charged the balance and tips from my CC as she requested, we were told that there are $40 remaining in my GC but did not get the balance sheet. The GC only have $20 remaining when we checkout at recent visit, and paid the balance and tips from my CC. You may need to get the balance sheet if you still have some money in the GC to prevent from loosing money.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 1
Consistent, straightforward menu with a consistent quality each time we go. A safe choice for a good dinner without a long wait if you arrive just before busy dinner hour. Downside for us is no fried rice dishes. Otherwise, still a good variety of dishes to choose from. Love the sweet chile cucumber appetizer to start the meal.
The food they served very is different from the pictures posted by the owner. The beef noodle they served only had few cubes of beef and small amount of noodle. That's all.
Great place!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Sweet and Sour Cucumber Salad, Green Onion Pancake, Chicken Dumplings, Noodles
Food is great. I got it packaged to go. It was very well put together. Chicken soup dumplings are FANTASTIC! So are the spicy wonton. Yum!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Bao, Pork Xiao Long Bao Soup Dumplings
I don't know why I don't have pictures of this place but we come here 1-2x a month! This is my kids' favorite go-to dinner out. I have our orders memorized I don't even need to look at the menu! I also love their wait list option on Yelp! It just helps cut down wait times.
I ordered through door dash and was told that my order would be ready in 10-20 minutes. I showed up at the restaurant have been waiting for 40 minutes with no answer as to why my food was not ready.
Restaurantji Recommends
Good foods. Reasonable price for the dishes. The restaurant is clean and plenty of seating. Service is good and quick. I would recommend.
Great customer service, very helpful staff. Food was spectacular, and so was the tea.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Potstickers
So fun to try dumplings with friends. I couldn't choose a favorite because all were so tastyParking: I used the parking garage. My friends used the nearby parking lot.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Potstickers, Sweet and Sour Cucumber Salad, Pork Buns
It was our first time trying Dough Zone so we tried to get multiple dishes to get a sense for the flavors being offered. Here's what we tried: 1. Dan Dan Noodles- this was our favorite dish. The sauce is creamy and the noodles are cooked al dente. It gave a rich buttery taste. 2. Spicy Noodle- I didn't like this one at all. It was way too salty to the point it was overpowering any other flavor. My husband gave it multiple chances but at the end, it wasn't his favorite 3. Chicken and Vegetable Soup Dumpling- broth has flavor but something was missing. Overall, not bad 4. Chicken Steamed dumplings- good with other sauces- soy sauce, chili sauce. Bland on their own 5. Spicy Garlic Chicken Wonton- wow!!! This flavor is something I've never had before. Definitely different and not a bad first try if you're trying to expand your taste buds. I think they use black garlic. I would recommend trying it but I wouldn't get it a second time. 6. Fried chicken potstickers- it's the same chicken wontons from the soup, except mildly fried. The sweet and sour sauce paired with this dish was one of our favorites. 7. Jasmine tea- always a staple The restaurant itself is neat and clean. Service is very friendly and fast.
Staff were friendly and efficient fast came out fast and every bite was delicious. Little bit of a wait to be seated so give yourself enough time.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Potstickers, Bao, Pork Xiao Long Bao Soup Dumplings, Beef Stew Noodle Soup, Spicy Beef Pancake Roll, Q Bao, Sauce, Chicken Dumplings, Buns, Noodles, Pork Buns