Mama Dough

I'm really loving this spot! The food's delicious, and the prices are very reasonable, especially for freshly handmade xiaolongbao. My favorite here has to be the Tianjin-style chive & egg pancake; it's like a taste of home! Another favorite is the stir-fry beef slice pancake. Such a pleasant surprise to find a hometown favorite here! And it tastes very good!Now, onto the Xiaolongbao--fantastic and freshly made, with a fair price! We also tried the shrimp wonton in spicy sauce, which was tasty, though I was hoping for a bit more spice. It's not exactly how I normally like my wonton in spicy sauce, but the wontons themselves were very good.The restaurant is cozy, especially with the open kitchen where you can watch them make dumplings. The staff is friendly and quick to serve. Whether you're stopping in for a quick lunch or a relaxed dinner, this place hits the spot!

Weve been coming to mama dough for a few yrs now. This place doesn't disappoint especially if you like home made dumplings and noodle. The xia long bao is pretty damn tasty. So is the green onion pancakes. We also love the chinese sausage fried rice along with the crispy pepper shrimp. Definitely recommend itBut our favorite by far is the beef noodle soup. Its absolutely a must have if you come herePrices are affordable, and overall very great service

My friend and I wanted to give this a try after visiting 99 Ranch. There were many restaurants in this building but we were intrigued by the news article about Mana Dough and it had a clean rating. We ordered the beef homemade noodle soup and the egg and tomato noodle soup. Both were tasty and I liked how they weren't excessively salty. The service was very friendly too. Price was reasonable as well.

It has been three+ years since I wrote the initial limited review, so it is time for an update. Today, we had a full sit-down meal eating much more food that two people should consume. Hehehe.Located inside the Great Wall Mall, Mama's Dough is somewhat like a DTF or DZ except with more dishes. The food overall was very good with one hiccup. Not all dishes are visually as appealing as DTF or DZ, but that is not as important to us. The prices are very reasonable. I am rounding up the overall rating because of their prices. For $61 before tip, we stuffed ourselves silly with five dishes and brought home a full quart size container of leftover soup. Yum!The service was swift and courteous. We didn't know they close earlier on Sundays and unknowingly stayed past closing time. Sorry! Their décor is basic. The tables aren't too close together, which is always appreciated. The Food:Fish with cabbage soup (aka sauerkraut fish and tofu), $15.50 - 5 StarsDELICIOUS with a hint of enjoyable spiciness that hubby can handle, this soup is rapidly becoming our favorite Chinese soup. They keep theirs warn with a little light under the pot. This is a must order!Braised Beef Noodle Soup, $12.99 - 4.5 StarsHubby said the beef is very tender, the broth is tasty, not too salty. The noodles have three choices - handmade (thicker), egg noodle (Cantonese style), or rice vermicelli. Unless you hate thick noodles, I highly recommend the handmade option. You can taste the freshness of these house-made noodles. Braised Beef Pancake Roll, $7.50 - 4.5 StarsThe wrap is a freshly made scallion pancake, which is well seared. The inside is tender braised beef. The wrap has similar treatment to Peking duck with hoisin sauce and shredded scallions. Excellent combination.Tianjin Style Chive and Egg Pancake, $7.75 - 5 Stars I did not realize I had ordered this previously and gave specific feedback on how I like it. Did they actually read it?? I don't know, but they changed it to what I described as the BETTER method. While it visually doesn't look as refined as DTF or DZ, taste waste, it is better. I can taste the home-cooked quality. Pan-seared just right, not too burnt, these are well stuffed with coarsely cut chives, egg, and vermicelli. The wrap is thin-enough to not overpower the filling. Thumbs up!Vegetarian XLB, $11.99 - 3.5 StarsHubby teased that these are soup dumplings without the soup. He is right. They are wrinkly and shriveled up. They are tiny also, about the diameter of a quarter. I don't think I can't call these XLB with any sincerity. These veggie dumplings visually look meh, but they tasted pretty good. No, I didn't send these back. They taste ok enough.

Stopped by to try the Xiao Long Bao, soup dumplings from Mama Dough. The dumplings have a paper thin delicate wrapper, around a generous portion of filling. There were 10 XLB, filled with soup and meat. The pan fried dumplings were also good, and come in crispy plate of 12. Fried rice portions were also good, a large plate for sharing.Service was friendly and fast, despite the restaurant being quite busy.Overall, a great place to stop by for dumplings!

Stopped in for a solo quick bite to eat. Was in the mood for some pork chive dumplings and beef noodle soup. Restaurant was busy which is always a great sign that the food is sought after and loved. Hot tea is provided upon seating. My dumplings were a bit cold, which was disappointing but still delicious nonetheless. The beef noodle soup was perfect in flavor and seasoning. Noodles were just the perfect texture in chewiness and the chunks of beef with cartilage in tact is just what you want from this dish. Will definitely be back to try the fried dumplings again.

My bf really likes XLBs, so even though there are mixed reviews on here, I thought I'd let him come try it out and see for himself, so we chose this place to meet my friend for lunch. We walked in and it felt pretty warm inside, like the AC wasn't working or something. But it got warmer and warmer, but pretty soon I was sweating while I was eating. I couldn't enjoy eating as much because I was hot, sweaty, and uncomfortable; I even had to put my hair up. We ordered a bunch of plates to share, and there wasn't a single dish that wow-ed me. We got the:*Crab Meat Xiao Long Bao, Pork Xiao Long Bao, and the Spicy Pork Xiao Long Bao: I didn't seem to taste any soup in them, they tasted pretty dry. I liked the Spicy Pork ones the best.*Shrimp Wonton in Spicy Sauce: It didn't have much flavor. I get this dish whenever they have it at restaurants, and this one here may be the least tastiest.*Green Onion Pancakes: This was decent, but I've had better. *Pan Fried Seafood Dumplings: These were good.*House Special Chow Mein with handmade noodles (+ $2): This was a bit boring; it barely had any flavor or meat, and maybe would've tasted better with the regular chow mein egg noodles.*Pork Intestines with Spicy Peppers: This had the most flavor of all the dishes we ordered. But wish the intestines were cooked a bit crispier.*Spicy Chicken: it didn't have enough seasoning, not enough flavor. Definitely had better.*Red Oil Spilled Spicy Noodles: This was just noodles in chili oil and had the most flavor of all the foods. Probably the dish I liked most out of all the dishes we ordered.Service was friendly. It was busy, and it showed that they were busy; like, if you were slow at ordering or thinking too long, you can tell they were trying to not be impatient even though the waiter then started tapping his pen on his notepad. Service was still good though.Well, at least I can check this place off my list now.

This place is a MUST go. It's tucked away and hidden in this shopping mall, but it's so worth going inside and finding it. All of their food that we got was amazing. Favorite item might be the fried rice with chinese sausage, you can't get this just anywhere. The spicy wontons are a must, they had a hint of cinnamon taste to them, but I actually really enjoyed that flavor. It was different and I loved it. Their dumplings in general, you can't go wrong with, and the custard bao were perfectly small and gave you just a hint of a sweet treat. They were super friendly and even as we were leaving the people behind the counter were all waving at us. The only thing that I wish was that they had sheets where you filled it out and ordered it, I always prefer that when it comes to any type of dimsum place because it makes it easy to visualize what you're actually getting and how much of everything. But this place is SO good, really authentic and just one of those businesses everyone should support and keep alive.

The food was amazing!!! We were in town for a few days and came here three times! Everything we had was great and the service was very fast.

Food was good. But it did not appreciate the sloppy and distasteful service from one of the male servers here. Thanks, but no.