Steam Boys

Order your dumplings and bao steamed, boiled, or fried. They cook them fresh and pretty quick. The boiled pork and shrimp were the fan favorite and we came back two times during a four day stay in Nashville. Delighted to taste authentic dumplings for sure!

I've passed by the place at assembly food hall and I always wanted to try the food. I've tried Bao and soup dumplings at many places in New York so I was really excited to try it here. Unfortunately, I didn't have the greatest experience. When I walked up to order, the person taking orders was just on their phone with their head down. From the aura at the restaurant, it was so hard to tell if they were even open. I asked the person at the register if they were open and it wasn't until then that they picked their head up and answered. I placed my order for one steamed pork Bao, 2 seared beef Bao, and an order of soup dumplings. It took about 10 minutes for everything to be ready which wasn't so bad. When I got my food and tasted it, it wasn't great. The soup dumplings were ok but when combined with the sauce given, it made it worse. The steamed pork Bao didn't taste too good as the flavors conflicted and it wasn't hot. The seared beef bao were the same but slightly warmer than the pork Bao. The filling was balled up when I opened it almost as thought it was packed together and frozen for future use. Overall not the greatest Bao experience.

We had the fried pork and cabbage dumplings with the Taro Milk Tea and they were both delicious! Service was fast and the food was hot. A note for cash users, this place is card only for payment.

This location is so convenient - it was great to be able to grab a steamed bun, and save room to try all the other food options around! The items on the menu were reasonably priced and served immediately upon ordering. The pork steam bun had the most delicious soft dough and essentially had a pork meatball soaked in a ginger sauce inside. I enjoyed the indoor/outdoor seating options and the ability to order something light!

Seared pork and cabbage dumplings were pretty good, but yikes the pork bao was terrible! Kinda pricy, not the greatest service, too many other choices in this food hall to go back here again, sorry

Overall 5/5: Steam Boys is located in Assembly Food Hall, a great business to have in there. Definitely caught my eye with what they offered against every other place in the huge food hall. Also reasonably priced. Food 5/5: I wanted to try food from a bunch of restaurants, so i opted to just get an order of the shrimp and pork pan seared dumplings. They were delicious! So juicy, good sear on them, the flavor was amazing. The sauce that came with them was a great compliment. Yummy! My friends all said it was great when i gave them a try. Service 5/5: Friendly service and food was ready pretty fast. Thank you, Steam Boys!

Do not order the soup dumplings. I ordered two servings and both were inedible, possibly undercooked and definitely flavorless. Actually, they tasted a bit like flour and looked more like dead jellyfish on the beach than dumplings.

Steam boys did not disappoint. I was at the one in the food hall and was so excited to try the pork dumplings and the Thai tea boba. I love some fresh dumplings and wish I'd grabbed a bao bun as well. Everything was made fresh and they do such a great job.

The soup dumplings were exactly how they should be! Tried the beef shank soup and the broth was perfect!!

I ordered fried pork dumplings and passion fruit green tea boba. They were delicious!!