xiao long bao is good and tasty. The wonton soup is too salty. Not recommended. The room temperature is very hot and causes sweating. The room is very noisy too. read more

Nice service system and yummy foods :), also nice atmosphere and furnishings in general

Genuinely surprised by the quality and quantity of food. Definitely surprised to find authentic Chinese food in Manteca. The food portion is big and we packed all the leftovers home. For ordering it's self service. You order from the machine at your table that shows the photo of each item. Food came out very quick (within 5-10 minutes). This is a place for a quick dinner. If you are looking for a quiet sit down restaurant this might not be the place. Over all great experience and would come back. read more

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Love the food from 88 Baobao, We had Pork Xaolongbao, Chocolate Xiaolongbao, Shanghai style chow mein, Tonkotsu Ramen and Beef Rolls. Most of the food was tasty and fresh. Ramen was good, but 88Bao used Shanghai thick noodles instead of thin ramen noodles, the texture became interesting than normal. Chocolate Xiaolongbao can improve better in different way. (U.S. Din Tai Feng got chocolate mochi Xiaolongbao to make sure chocolate doesn't go messy, probably 88Bao can use the similar methods. Otherwise, my high standard mom and picky little ones were all enjoying their food. Quick service to use tablets for ordering food, the servers were attentive and cheerful. The place was clean and bright. Restroom was small kids friendly. The TV Cartoon was holding my children to sit still with us quietly (even though I don't like the screen time, but, oh well, what can I do?!?!) If you are on the way to Great Wolf Lodge, or too much fun time at GWL before heading home, it can be a wonderful spot for a family meal. Thanks 88Bao for the yummy food. read more

Bao Bao 88 is easily one of my favorite spots! The food is always delicious, and I've found a few things on the menu that I keep coming back for. The BBQ pork buns are amazing. They're soft, fluffy, and packed with flavorful BBQ pork. Their wonton ramen is another favorite of mine, especially when I want something comforting and filling. But the black garlic ramen is on another level. The broth has such a rich, deep flavor and is absolutely delicious. Everything I've tried has been fresh, flavorful, and satisfying. If you're a ramen or bao fan, Bao Bao 88 is definitely worth checking out. I'll absolutely keep coming back! read more

I've been here 3 times now lol. Love the simplicity of ordering through the tablet and they bring out the food super quick. The staff is very hardworking and always running around to clear tables and you can just tell they're hardworking kids. I wish the location was bigger! lol. A 4-top table is perfect for my husband and I b/c our food fits perfectly vs a 2-top table we've had trouble fitting our dishes and the staff has had to clear away the condiment tray to make room for everything :( It's always busy, but once you sit down, your food comes out quick! read more

We decided to check this place out last weekend since the location near our house hasn't opened yet. Ordering is super easy right from the table tablet, and the food came out pretty fast. We ordered two tonkotsu ramens, one wonton ramen, and pork-xiaolong bao. The ramen portions are huge with tons of noodles, one bowl is big enough for two people to share. We could only finish half and took the rest home. The dumplings were good but ordering them with the ramen dish felt a bit redundant. Will have to order another dumpling dish next time around. Overall, the food didn't disappoint. Can't wait for the one near me to open. read more

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Finally dim sum nearby! The restaurant is cozy and clean. It looks like you can dine outside too, but I didn't see any umbrellas to shield the sun. Yet the tables outside are actual dining room tables and chairs so aside from no umbrellas it looked comfortable. The bathroom is clean and easily accessible. After you are seated, then you can order from the tablet at your table. Then when you are done with your meal you go up to pay. The service is good and they give you a water pitcher with ice water too. The bao is freshly made so everything comes out hot and steamy, which is the best part about this place. Some other dim sum places serve room temperature dim sum, which I dislike. Pro tip is to order your dessert when you are ready such as after you eat, because as soon as your order it and they prepare it then the dessert bao will come out. We also got boba brown milk tea and they have a less sweet option which is great. They also have less ice option too. The drink was yummy. The boba flavor was yummy. The only thing was the boba was not as chewy as I liked it. Hopefully that was just an off day. All in all I am so thankful to have handmade dumplings nearby! read more

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We had a great experience at 88 Bao Bao in Manteca. The food was fresh, flavorful, and delicious. The dumplings were especially impressive--they really tasted and looked like they were constructed by hand rather than mass-produced by a machine, which made a big difference in the texture and quality. The noodles were also excellent and packed with flavor. You can tell there's attention being put into the food here. My only suggestion would be more tables and seating. The restaurant is fairly small, and with food this good, I can see it getting crowded quickly. A little more dining space would make the experience even better. Overall, great food and definitely a place I'd come back to. Highly recommended if you're craving dumplings and noodles in Manteca! read more

88 Bao Bao - Back and gold molten lava buns - Chinese Near Me - Manteca, California

Did not know there's a new plaza here in Manteca! Came to try 88 Bao Bao for the first time and was good! Good food made fresh and friendly staffs (mostly). New place but maybe a bit small with seatings limited to 29 Max. Occupancy. Not too thrilled about the guest bathroom being only one stall shared by both genders. Guests (male/female) may need to inconveniently wait awhile taking turn to share the one stall. May be back to try different dishes next time. read more

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There really aren't that many choices outside of Great Wolf Lodge especially passable Chinese food so this place kinda stands out. The food is not terrible but you shouldn't expect great authenticity. The restaurant feels more like they got the food from Costco and then heated up for you. My suggestion is that if you know what good Chinese food is, skip it but if you absolutely must have Chinese food then this place should wet your appetite until you head back to the Bay Area. They are more like Asian fast food place because omg the food came out fast (literally within minutes). Like I said, the food is alright especially if you are not picky and there are enough varieties to please most people. The place is kinda small especially if you have a party bigger than 4. The service is really attentive and you can tell they are not trying to attract just Chinese there so you should feel comfortable. You sit down and order through a pad on the table. Once again, it's ok food and a good alternative to the other fast food places in the area. This is not Panda Express in that you sit down and they serve food to you. The food has a shanghainese flair but I wouldn't call anything authentic. The best way to gauge is to think then as glorified Costco Chinese food. read more

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Almost done going through my drafts lol. Not sure if it's because they are fairly new and don't have the system down yet OR if it's just a lack of common sense here. I placed an order for my table and tell me why the dessert order was the first thing to come out. Like I understand that everything is ordered at the table without a person but when you see a full order of food for a table, naturally you don't bring out dessert first. I learned from this experience and now wait until the end to order dessert on the tablet. As for the food the wrappers of the dumplings seem too thick and a bit undercooked. Maybe they are rushing them out because it's always busy there for done in and to-go orders. The orange and sesame chicken dishes are exactly the same item here only the sesame chicken has sesame seeds on top. That's very misleading to me. Anyways it's not especially crunchy, they should really work on that. As for ambiance there's not much to say. It's basically a fast casual where you order at your table through a tablet. Not an especially nice looking spot but good and clean enough. read more

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check this restaurant app for the first time and was extremely disappointed!! Or the chicken chow mein, and the vegetarian eggrolls! All the food was tasteless, bland, and no flavor. The chicken chow mein was 90% noodles. read more

88 Bao Bao - chicken less Shanghai chow mein . - Chinese Near Me - Manteca, California

This location is slightly different from the Pleasanton location I've been to. The menu is self service (run by a kiosk iPad at the table) and they have Hawaiian drinks they sell as well as beer. The menu is a little less Asian, and I see a lot of customers ordering chow mein. We had the squid (which was fried instead of grilled- would have preferred grilled) with the Thai chili sweet sauce. It was fine 5/5, and I appreciate them offering it since it's hard to come by. Xiao long bao was also juicy and fresh like usual with the usual great meat juices inside. I was pleasantly impressed to see Hispanic workers skillfully creating Bao! 6/5 Fried pork buns were also surprisingly good- maybe better than the Pleasanton location. There's were also pleasantly juicy 7/5 Guava and passion fruit juices $6, both severely unimpressive. Disappointed in the flavor. The chunks of guava did not contribute. 1/5 read more

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We ordered our food To Go tonight. This was our 1st time here. A few of our friends had already visited and said that the food was really good. I have to agree. Very fresh dishes that I will list in a minute with some pictures. DISCLAIMER - my pictures may not do the food justice since they are in To Go containers but the food was delicious. The plates that I saw going out to the tables presented the dishes very well. If you are eating in the restaurant - you order from your table on an IPad type of device. So you can order a few things and if you still hungry you can order more dishes. We had the Pork Pot Stickers - nice size and cooked very well. We also ordered the Beef Roll - very tasty! We had the Garlic String Beans again very good balance of flavor. The Shanghai Chicken Noodle Dish was pretty good. I thought it needed a little more flavor (just my opinion) - I added some of their Chili Oil and that gave it a nice bite. We enjoyed all of the dishes and will go back again for sure. FriendlyStaff also!! read more

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Pulled off the road to grab coffee at Dutch Bros but wanted lunch first. Stopped here and was pleasantly surprised. The restaurant was clean and ordering on the kiosk was easy. Everything came out hot and fresh and the variety was decent. Disappointed that I didn't have an extra stomach or o would've tried Tue ramen that also looked good. If I pass by on the next road trip its a high chance I'll stop here again! read more

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Place is pretty good besides small eating area food is great and fresh service could be better considering self order on tablet I would definitely come back and try more food on the pretty large menu dim sum must try chow mien is also good cold beef is awesome read more

We tried a new place in Manteca hoping to get a new place to add to our rotation. This place is pretty good. We ordered the black garlic ramen, dan dan noodles and xiao long bao. Black garlic ramen was worth the money and had a lot of noodles. Dan Dan was ok more chili oil based. The dumplings was amazing. Thin wrapper and really good soup. Now we don't have to drive to the bay to get dumplings. read more

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We went here for the soft opening. We tried their dublin location before so we were excited for this one. We had to get the xiaolongbao and also tried the black and gold molten lava bun and fhe pan fried pork buns. Service was fairly quick although they were busy. Our tablet to order food did turn off and we could not get it to work again but they took our order manually. The place is fairly small with a good look into the kitchen. A lot of people ordering take out. A good place to try if you have not. Go with a few people. read more

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Second time here food is delicious and they are so fast on serving the food really like ordering off the iPad read more

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We finally have a dim sum restaurant in Manteca. We placed an online order and it was convenient and easy. Our order was ready to pick up in under 30 minutes. The place was packed when we arrived but the pick up process for online ordering was quick. Egg fried rice -- 7/10 needs more salt, it's more on the bland side but good portions. Orange chicken -- 7/10 good flavor, nothing special. Pork XiaoLongBao -- 8.5/10 the broth is good for a newly opened restaurant but we've had better dumplings in our opinion! Pan fried pork bun -- (my partner's order) 10/10 cooked perfectly with good portions of meat inside. Overall we enjoyed our dinner and will be back for sure. read more

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Came by at about 8:10 pm and it was packed. All tables were full, line out the door for to go orders, and there was a small wait list for dine in. Wait for my party of 4 was about 10-15 min so it was not horrible. They had plenty of staff on hand but even then, they were inundated. Once we were seated, we ordered off the tablet on our table, which was super convenient. Water is self serve but they did not have time to add water to their dispenser so we had to wait about 20 min for water. Restaurant is small and clean and beverage options were either soda, some sparking beverages, or water. Staff tried to fulfill all orders and requests but since they were super busy, everyone had to give them some grace and bring their patience. Items ordered: Cucumber salad- great crunchy texture but needed to marinate longer. XLB- filling was fine but skin was too thick Tonkatsu ramen- A large bowl and plenty of ramen, an egg, bamboo, 2 pieces of fish cake, sprouts, and 2 slices of pork. Taste was okay and portion size was good. Chicken ramen- A large bowl with plenty of chicken, sprouts, corn, fungus and plenty of noodles. Taste leaned on the bland side and portion size was good. Popcorn chicken- just okay due to it being under seasoned. Steamed BBQ pork bun- 3 buns per order. Tasted fine Potstickers- probably my fav dish of the night. Same fill ing as the XLB but with a crispy, thicker skin. Overall 3-3.5 stars. Average food read more

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BBQ bao bao was ok, but not great. I won't order again but would like to try the ramen next time. Greet friendly staff and clean restaurant. I'll give it another try soon read more

88 Bao Bao - Menu - Chinese Near Me - Manteca, California

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We're house hunting and saw 88 bao bao as the time passing 1pm. We stopped by this place and ordered a few items. The Shanghai chowmein was delicious, so was the squid (tender not tough). The shrimp dumplings were on a small size and it was okay tasting. read more

88 Bao Bao - Squid - Chinese Near Me - Manteca, California

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Came here for lunch and the service was good it was first thing when they opened, small little spot ample parking at the new shopping center the food came out really quick nice and fresh and tasty. The string beans and noddles are a must . read more

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I didn't get a chance to take a picture of my food because I was starving once I found out about this place. I was so excited. The food was excellent. The dumplings were so fresh the noodles and cucumber salad were so tasty. I'm afraid this will be my favorite spot during my pregnancy and after. read more

This has become my new favorite spot for ramen in the 209. This place was popping on a saturday night. The workers were efficient and worked very hard to get orders out in a timely manner. The Tonkatsu ramen broth with black garlic oil was so flavorful and the pork soup dumplings were quite delicious. read more

I must say they have great customer service! I just was observing while this older couple gets seated. Normally you get seated and you order on the iPad. One of the male workers that was cleaning the other table prompted the lady worker to give the couple a paper menu for them to order from. Food was great. We ordered the tonkatsu , beef ramen, dumpling in garlic chili oil and crab and pork xiao long bao and all were very flavorful. The place had ample parking , it was clean and very simple straight forward restaurant. I will definitely come back here! read more

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Been here twice already, but also to other locations. Food quality is good, but would like to see more veggie options. They only had beans. I understand it's a dumpling XLB spot , but having a variety of other foods would be better. Employees were attentive but would tell some were new/in training. Won't dock off a star because they are learning and everyone starts somewhere. Also, would like to have the dipping sauce to be similar to Din Tai Fung. Will go back here again and looking forward to the other location opening up in Lathrop. read more

88 Bao Bao - XLB + green beans - Chinese Near Me - Manteca, California

Food was "OK". Came out quick and hot. The orange chicken had a small taste of what seems like was bagged chicken reheated on the griddle. Very similar to the frozen orange chicken I buy at the grocery store and heat in a pot on the stovetop. Food reminded me of Panda Express, thing too exciting and nothing that would make me say "I loved their XXXX dish and want to go back". Disappointed with the lack of interaction with employees other then them coming to drop your food at your table. This was our first time and were not impressed with having to sit at your table and try to cram several people around their mounted menu. We had one person reading off choices and there were a lot of questions amongst ourselves because we kept going back to the choices and re-reading. We asked for a paper menu so that each one could read as we go along but they did not have one. One of our sight impaired friends had to just go along with what we were reading off because he could not see the screen. It was suggest that we scan their QR code to read the menu but that was even worse then the mounted unit they had at the table. Staff was young and very helpful with the menu but once your food was dropped off, there was no follow up to see how things were. Too much like fast food service. Not ruling it out, but not in a rush to go back anytime soon. read more

What a great experience an to have a place like this in Manteca is definitely something they needed. Everything came out fresh to order and also very quick. I ordered the soup dumplings, lo mein noodles and ramen. I have zero complaints for everything that I ordered as it was flavorful and loved the toppings they provided such as soy sauce , vinegar and chili paste. Definitely give them a try because it did not disappoint with the many options that they had . read more

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Everything is great here. Service is fast and friendly. Location is busy and clean. Now the food.. well let's just say I'll be coming back for more. Just check out my reviews about the yummy foods I ordered. Definitely recommend this place. read more

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I got the Tonkotsu Ramen & my gf got the Shrimp Ramen. The service was ok. The flavor of the broth tasted flavorful. Overall I'd say I'd come back read more

WOW!! This place is amazing! The food is prepared fresh and delicious. The pork potstickers the best we have eaten! The orange chicken and rice fresh! The restaurant has plenty of seating and you can order on the kiosk at the table. So many selections. Thank you for the great service provided! read more

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Today was the last day of their soft opening. Everyone got a 20% discount on their order so this increased the value of the meal. I have never tried an 88 Bao Bao before so my expectations were high and I was starving! The dining area consisted of ten tables for dining in. Decor was typical of this chain. I ordered food to go. I got the fried shrimp and Crab Rangoon appetizers and the orange chicken with an extra side of steamed rice as my main dish. I bought it to share and we both had our fill for sure! The food left a lot to be desired. Flavor of orange chicken was more bland than I expected but the chicken had not a whole bunch of breading which I really liked. Orange chicken 6/7 out of 10. Fried shrimp... it was ok. Again not a lot of seasoning but still ok. Fried shrimp 6/7 out of 10. Crab Rangoons were the best thing I tried. Good amount of filling and you could taste the crab! Crab Rangoons 9/10. Would have been 10/10 if the sweet and sour sauce for the Rangoons came in a cup instead of a packet. Parking is plenty and well lit at night. Service was impeccable! Nothing to improve on there! Lots of employees working hard and being both friendly and courteous the entire time. read more

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First time trying 88 Bao Bao. We place a to go order. Only issue was their website was not working but just called it in with no issues. The regular pork bun was good but think I'll try the bbq pork bun next time. The chicken fried rice, sesame chicken and wonton soup was very good. The sautéed garlic green beans were tasty but not very garlicky. Portions are large and service was very good. Food was ready in less than 15 minutes from ordering. The place isn't very big so seating for eating in is minimal. My only other concern is it is a bit pricey...$75 for the 5 dishes I ordered. Plane to try some other options next time...the soup dumplings look good. read more

88 Bao Bao - Variety of my to go order. Bao, sesame chicken, wonton soup, chicken fried rice and garlic green beans. - Chinese Near Me - Manteca, California

Location: wonderful Food: shanghai fried noodles with( chicken) is too soft too moist. Veggies must use baby bachoi!! Noodles be little more roasted and not too moist Can be better! Shanghai dumplings are read more

88 Bao Bao - Shanghai fried noodles - Chinese Near Me - Manteca, California

So happy this place opened -- Manteca has been long overdue for good bao, and this spot delivered! The service is impressively quick. You sit down, order straight from the iPad at your table, and the food came out way faster than we expected, especially considering how busy it was. Everything we tried was so good, and honestly it was hard not to want to order the entire menu. Can't wait to come back and try more -- this is definitely going to be a regular spot for us! read more

Been to the Rancho Cordova location multiple times so happy to try this one with my dad. We were able to get seated right away and our food came out pretty fast. We ordered the cucumber, hot chilli wonton, beef wrap, wonton soup, pork/shrimp shumai, and crab soup dumpling. Everything was a 10/10. Cucumbers were refreshing and came with a lot. Soup was savory and delicious, and the rest of the food was amazing. My dad enjoyed it for the first time and is looking forward to coming back and trying the rest of the menu read more

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We came here for the soft opening! We ordered the pork XiaoLongbao, Crab & Pork XiaoLongBao, Golden Fried Bun, Black & Gold Molten Lava Bun, and the Pan Fried Pork Bun. Everything was delicious and service was very quick. We have loved 88 Bao Baos soup dumplings and were happy the flavor was as good as we remembered it. For a soft opening the place was busy. Can't wait to come back and try it again! If this is your first time, I recommend the XiaoLongBao and the Pan Fried Pork Bun. They were my two favorite items of the night! read more

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