Honey Bun Cafe

The baozi with teriyaki chicken was so yummy. The color was beautiful white and so soft. The Malay cupcake had a bit strong egg flavoring for my preference but it still tasted good, not too sweet

I love the other location so was really excited to have this closer to where I live along with other yummy food in Alley 5. I know this is new but there are a few kinks to work out. This location always has a line because people love buns. The menu has less items than the original location, but they still offer buns, a few dim sum, noodles, wonton soup, fried rice and boba tea. I ordered Chinese pork bun, BBQ pork buns, a teriyaki bun, sticky rice and pork fried rice. So far, I've only eaten half because I was full before my full order arrived. The BBQ pork buns are a favorite. Slightly sweet and tender meat in a fluffy dough. The sticky rice is small. Mine was cold and was okay. The pork fried rice was balanced. I needed to add black pepper to mine. So service was a little slower than I expected. They do have pagers but my husband ordered ramen from Yume, received it and finished before my pager went off. It was a 40 minute wait! Then when I go to pick up, I was informed two buns were not ready. I asked if they could just refund and they said they would page me again when the rest ready which was about five minutes later. Also they do have a soda fountain machine but no diet options. On this trip, they were also out of shumai. I do love their buns, but they I don't think they are used to the crowds yet. For now, I prefer the other location. I'll be back because it's hard to find buns.

Staff is friendly and polite. I've been really wanting to try their siumai but they're always out of stock. Their space is neat and clean. I appreciate the line control barriers they have to control the traffic. Not a big fan of all the styrofoam and plastic waste. But I understand that this is what everyone is doing in Alley 51. I just hoped they would use paper based/earth friendly materials.I've eaten here with 4 times already at separate days. Here's my take.Jumbo Pork Bun3.5/5Has pork meatball inside with egg. A little bland for my taste. Bao is a little too thick for me. For something that is called jumbo I expected more filling and not the bao.BBQ Pork Bun4.5/5Not the taste I'm used to with cha siu bao but still pretty good and tasty. Just has the right amount of sweetness with the soft bbq pork. One the best baos I've had in the city at an affordable price.Red Bean Bun3.5/5Sweet tasty red bean filling but a little too thick of a paste to what I'm used. My wife enjoyed it. This is just my preference.Shrimp Dumpling2.5/5They were cold and dry. Shrimp didn't have much flavor.Sweet Rice Dimsum3/5I feel like this size was too small. There was a lot of small shrimp but could not taste the mushrooms. Rice was perfectly cooked and sticky goodness.Taiwan Beef Noodle Soup2/5I was disappointed by this. There were only few cuts of beef and were a little hard to chew. Broth lacked the beef flavor that I was looking for in a traditional Beef Noodle soup. It was only salty. Bok choy and noodles were cooked pretty well.Overall I would give this place 3/5. As someone who grew up in Asia, dimsum is one of my favorite type of food and I really wanted to like this place but a lot of their dishes lacked the flavor I was looking for. I hope they can improve as they continue to grow.

I just love steamed buns! The Chinese bun and Teriyaki were both perfectly cooked. The buns were do soft and chewy. The filling was seasoned well and had a great texture. Comfort and joy streamed in a little package.

Big steam bun guy. Big boba guy. Never disappointed here! Service was super fast and the people were so friendly with the proper vibes. Solid spot that's worth visiting Alley 51 for!

Honey Buns II located in Alley 51 International Food Hall at Super G Mart Pineville. I love Honey Buns at the Super G Mart on Independence Blvd, so I was excited to try this location. Buns are just as delicious as the first location. Menu is a little smaller at this location, but given the larger size of this food court it makes sense that they would focus more on the buns and take off other menu items. I enjoy their bahn mi from the Independence location, but there is a Vietnamese vendor right next door in the food hall that also has bahn mi...so they just makes sense to leave it off the menu here. Service was very fast and the line moved quickly, but never went away...because their buns are awesome!

Really enjoyed my experience here. Loved the Chinese bun and red bean bun. Lots of food for the price. The alley 51 gets pretty packed on the weekends, I've noticed. But the staff moved pretty quickly

Fantastic!!!! So glad we found this amazing food hall. The food was amazing and we absolutely loved the atmosphere

Food is awesome, staff is really nice, the decor is cute and vibe is great. I loved the Jumbo Pork Bun. 11/10

Walked up at 10:57am and was about to order then looked at like I was crazy then told come back at 11 when they opened. I was like that's fine I didn't know but didn't have to act so rudely then laughed at. I could have just waited 3 mins.