Dumpling Queen

Good cucumber garlic salad, tasty bamboo shoots appetizer, signature Lily's dumpling (of course) and shrimp chives dumpling. A bit of long wait even if it was an entirely empty restaurant at 3 pm on a Wednesday. I was hoping to order on DoorDash for pick up but at the last step (just before checking out), they said "closed" -- they were not closed at all! Just lazy. They pretended to be on the app but didn't want to pay the commission. So I had to go there in person to place an order and then wait for 30 minutes. The waitress had a poker face and gave me cold shoulder. Not the most pleasant, but I guess the food is alright.Here's their job ad on their door by the entrance: it says that the employees do not need to speak English but need to be able to pay taxes!

3 stars: most things were very middle of the road. May give it another tryTL;DR: very extensive menu and options for everyone. Okay food. Service was nice. Came here for dinner one night as we were craving some dumplings. One look at their menu, and they have a ton of other things to offer. Service was very nice, attentive, and fast. However, while we were dining, they were extremely loud amongst the staff and for some may influence their dining experience. FOOD: ~Green onion pancake (2.5/5): bland and a little over cooked. Still had a good chew to it and the soy sauce helps~Spicy wonton (3/5): the sauce/oil was terribly watery, like many other reviews mention. The wontons were good though and the oil had good flavor, it just didn't stick to the wontons~Pork napa dumplings (3/5): filling was lacking seasoning, but using soy sauce helped. The wrapper is definitely on the thicker side, which I personally liked, but some may not. ~Soup dumpling (3/5): This would be an easy 4/5, but all but 2 of the dumpling were either already ripped or ripped as we picked it up, making all the soup fall out. The ones that did have the soup were very good. ~Fried ribs (4/5): ribs were very tender but still had a good bite. The dry seasoning mix that comes on top was so tasty! Could eat the seasoning crumble alone with rice (personally as someone who just loves garlic). Overall this place was just okay. Not sure if we'd come back, but maybe to try to other things on their menu.

Service is slow they do not have enough staff. The food is decent but I rather drive for more options. They have a lot of seating inside but maybe due to the poor service usually not a lot of people go. I do hear the phone ringing for picking up orders though.

We were a party of 6 for dinner, our first time here. We ordered a lot of different appetizers and main courses to share family-style. Soup dumplings, crab rangoon, Dan Dan noodles, and Cucumber w Garlic (cold) were our apps. I think these were the best crab rangoon I've ever had! Very flavorful, I did not even need or touch the dipping sauce it came with! Soup dumplings were delicious. My cousin had the Dan Dan (I'm a bit of a spice wimp myself), and he said it was very good. I thought the garlic cucumber was also tasty!For main courses, we had Crispy Spicy Tofu which was my first time trying it and it was excellent (even for the spice wimp...I just avoided the peppers). We had the String Bean Szechuan, another first for me, and OMG I loved it so much!! Was not too spicy at all (again, avoiding red peppers). Someone order chicken cilantro dumplings, another had orange chicken, and I had General Tso's chicken. There wasn't a dud in the bunch. I loved my General Tso's...crispy, tender, not overcooked, not too much breading...just perfect. Service was good too, but admittedly there were maybe 3-4 other tables of patrons when we were dining so maybe we didn't experience the full "dinner rush" that others had. I'll definitely return. An excellent meal, and I recommend doing it family style to try a bunch of new things like I did!

Came here to eat on snowy MLK day around 1. It wasn't packed but the restaurant was about 1/3? Full. It's appears to be a small, family operated business. If you come here, it's definitely for the food and not the ambiance or service. Don't get rattled by the owner?, small Asian lady barking orders in Chinese. I did, however, understand, "FASTER FASTER!" Service isn't their strength, but have some grace, they're trying.My friend and I got the house three meat delight noodle soup, pan fried Lili's special, soup dumplings, and garlic cucumbers. I thought both dumplings and cucumbers were a touch salty but still good. Cucumbers were a garlic bomb- probably my favorite thing I ate here. Pan fried dumplings were a little greasy but I guess I should've known better. I didn't like the noodle soup; the broth was underwhelming and lacked flavor. I usually love knife cut noodles, but I wasn't a fan here. My friends love love the dumplings here. I probably won't come here again, but it's worth trying. I prefer Yu Noodle. If you're wondering what the difference between house three meat delight noodle soup (A) and three meat delight noodle soup (B), the owner said A was just clear broth and B has more starch in it and the broth is thick.

My friends and I had seen this Chinese restaurant many times while passing the area, so we finally decided to try it. Based on the restaurant's name, we assumed it was only specialized in dumplings. Still, we were surprised to find out that they offered a variety of Chinese dishes, including some handmade dumplings with beef, pork, chicken, lamb, seafood, and vegetables. The food was decent, but we could taste a hint of MSG. The service and ambiance of the restaurant were also decent.

It is a decent sized restaurant and there's always seating when I go on a week day night. I can see it getting busy on the weekends though. The service is subpar, so don't come in here expecting top notch service by any means. They are friendly enough, but the food does take a bit of time. We got the special dumplings, crispy & tofu, and crispy beef. Everything was delicious. The tofu was perfectly crisp and the beef had a great flavor. The dumplings were of course delicious and I also got the soup dumplings but I was less impressed by them. The soup dumplings were a lot smaller than I liked. It's a delicious, authentic restaurant with plenty of options for all types of palates. Try it out if you're in the area, but make sure you have the right expectations!

Placed the order over the phone while driving to work. The order was almost ready upon arrival. Parking was free, easy, and ample. Was happily to discover Amex available to use. Customer service was friendly and efficient. The restaurant has areas to sit with traditional and auspicious decor. I would not mind dining in the future as it wasn't busy and the service prompt and friendly. The dumplings were delicious albeit strongly flavored with cilantro. My order came with 10 pieces of shrimp and chives dumplings. I appreciated how chewy the scallion pancakes tasted. I look forward to returning again in the future.

Authentic & delicious! Excellent Service! Soup dumplings and Dan Dan noodles are our favorites!

Service was nice. The two ladies who took our orders were really attentive and wished my friends and I Happy New Years.I got the pork with cilantro dumplings and I would not recommend getting it or any of the pork dumplings. It had this weird aftertaste, but everything else we ordered was fantastic, especially the rangoons.The ambiance was also really nice, wished there were more people, but I guess going in on New Years makes business slow, haha. I had a pleasant visit here regardless!