Grabbed a late dinner here when the truck was parked around the cover from us. We got the vegetarian dumplings and the pineapple fried rice. Both were super delicious although a bit greasy. They let you choose a couple different sauces when you get your dumplings so I it was nice to have some variety to dip our food in! Overall not bad, I don't have enough expertise with dumplings to know if they were up to par, but I enjoyed them! read more

Today, I had the chive dumplings and the glass noodles with the Pineapple sauce. I was hoping to be dazzled. But after waiting 20+ minutes for my food (at a food truck!?!?!) they were a bit lack-luster and had very little taste. Even the sauce seemed to be lacking. I would have been more okay with the taste if their prices were awesome. But they are pretty expensive for the amount you get. I would eat at Chirba Chirba again, but if there were other trucks to select from, I would probably try something else. read more

Chirba Chirba has gotten a lot of attention for their dumplings and I think they deserve it! With the combination of sauces, they make for a great snack. I had the pork and the green monster, which were both great! They also have stickers of their fun logo which makes everything so much better! :) read more

Chirba Chirba Dumpling - Chinese Near Me - Durham, North Carolina

If you love dumplings, this is the food truck for you. Finally got the chance to try their truck at the Food Truck Rodeo in downtown Raleigh and have to say that not only was their food outstanding, but they were one of, if not the most, well organized trucks out there. They knew the demand for their truck would be high so they had one person working the line taking orders. Two people taking payment, and then the rest of the crew inside the truck churning out awesome dumplings. We tried the Poultry-geist which was insanely delicious. Next time I'll be sure to sample the rest of the menu but I wanted to save my stomach for the other trucks at the Rodeo. Highly recommended! read more

Love, love, loved this place. I can't believe I've never given this truck a try before--especially since it's one of the few that venture down toward the Chapel Hill/Carrboro area. A half order of each of the juicy buns and the mushroom veggie-ling plus a red bean fluffy bun and a side of summer noodles was more than enough for two people. Everything was exquisitely spiced and made even better with pineapple curry and ginger sesame dipping sauces. I'm actually hoping to have them cater an upcoming birthday party after this great experience! read more

To all the hatas out there complaining about the prices.. Go to another city's food truck that has dumplings and see what you pay... We just moved here from food truck capital San Fran and the prices are spot on... What we ordered - pork with veg, spicy chicken, and a chicken bun... Thoughts - very moist, very tasty.. Could have been a bit bigger..go to a dim sim place and about the right size... The big winner - the spicy sauce was amazing.. read more

Not only is the food 5 stars, the man running the truck is as well! I highly recommend checking out this food truck for sure!

Not as good as they used to be. Got the Pork and Chive dumplings. They were cold and soggy. Needs some work.

I loved this food truck! I first checked them out at the Folk Festival. The line was incredibly long, but the food was totally worth the wait. My friend and I ordered the Juicy Buns (6 piece, $6.75, pork soup pun with oyster broth) and the Coconut Chicken dumplings (6 piece, $6.75, chicken dumpling with Thai basil, coconut milk, miso and curry), and shared. We both also got side orders of the Glass noodles ($2.50). Important note - we also doused the dumplings with all of the magical sauces they have set up on the outside of the truck. The chef had recommended certain sauces with specific dumplings, but we kinda went to town with them all. The dumplings themselves aren't very big, about the size of a half dollar or so, but they were packed with flavor. For a little over $10, I feel like I got a decent amount of food, relative to usual food truck portions and prices. While I enjoyed both of the dumplings, the Juicy Buns were my favorite. Using the provided chopsticks, you're supposed to bite the dumpling and suck the "juice" out before it drips onto your plate. I love a meal that's both delicious and a dexterous challenge. 5/5 will seek out this food truck again. read more

I literally followed thus truck everywhere to taste their veggie dumplings. Finally after a long wait in the line got my hands on them and they tasted OK. I have had better dumplings. I may give it another try later before it completely goes off my list. read more

I'll cut to the chase. The dumplings are good. But they're really small. Think the size of a quarter. For roughly $1 a dumpling, it isn't worth it. I'd need the whole order of 18 to be full and I'm not paying $19 for that. read more

decided to try Chirba chirba will at the Burlington food truck rodeo. i was extremely disappointed customer service was poor. the mini chicken dumplings were soggy and tasteless. Glass noodles seemed to be old and found a dried bean in them. I paid $40 for less than satisfactory food. i will never give my business to chirba chirba again and will not refer read more

I have literally been stalking this truck!!!! It's at Ponysaurus Brewery on Tuesdays. I finally had time to stop today. I ordered the juicy buns and they did not disappoint!!!! So hot, so juicy and so damn good! The guys in the truck were really friendly and my order was fresh! I am in LOVE!!!!!!!!! read more

It's hard to say enough great things about Chirba-Chirba. They have great dumplings. Seriously great. My personal favorites are their pork dumplings "crispified". Their soup filled dumplings are wonderful as well. Generally I'll make a meal out of ten dumplings and some of their noodles. They also have a sizable sauce selection. Even though my top sauce combination is the traditional black vinegar and some chili oil, I've enjoyed their mango sauce. One day perhaps I'll find chirba early enough to have some Baozi. The dumplings are a bit pricey. It's approximately a dollar a dumpling so if you want to make a meal out of it you'll end up spending 12ish dollars. That's not much but I think it's truck-pricey. I don't fault them for it though, they're distinctively better than any frozen dumplings you can buy. (And better than any dumplings I've had so far in the triangle.) My only question now is when they'll open up a Ramen house. read more

Has anyone else noticed this....today I witnessed their frozen dumplings being pulled out of what looked like a commercial bag, as in store bought, and put into the dumpling steamer Did my eyes deceive me? read more

Not real Chinese food. All the dumpling come frozen that you can buy yourself at li mings. Disappointed. Prices are wayyyy too high also. Not worth it. And Chinese sausage is straight from the package, shaved. Shame on you for ripping off ppl that don't eat authentic foods often. read more

While I do really enjoy their dumplings, I'm so sick of the snooty service. It can be so hit or miss but at the last food truck rodeo, the girl who was handing out food was SO rude. I asked for a piece of foil or some sort of container for sauce because my kids were freaking out, it was raining, and I wanted to take my food to go. The attitude she shot me in return was so ridiculous. '*We* don't give that out during rodeos' Um, ok. Well, I need to take this to my car. 'Well, if I give one to you then everyone wants it' Really? Eveyone? There's going to be a mad rush for a piece of foil? There's plenty of other delicious food trucks to not have to deal with that. I've heard a lot of similar complaints recently from friends so I might visit again, but only if she's not in attendance that day. read more

Food truck rodeo in Raleigh today about 5pm. I don't know what was going on but the dumplings were cold, tasted disgusting, and small. Pass.

The food tasted good but you can tell it had been sitting. The soup dumplings were clearly being hot held, there was no liquid in them like it had soaked in because they were kind of soggy. Also this was at a drive up where they should come out to take your order. You aren't supposed to get out of your car. Sat there a minute or two while an employee was looking right at us. Brewery employee went and said something to them and that still didn't get them moving. Finally we parked and an employee came out. They hadn't been open an hour and they were already out of most of their food items. read more

So we decided not to wait in the line at the FTR last week and instead caught up with Chirba Chirba at Motorco's Bloody Brunch Sunday. We got the dumpling flight with the side of sausage ( which was the best thing they served) and a side of edemame as we wanted to try everything. While the flavors were good, the dumplings were tiny. At 6 bucks for the order we were still hungry and not impressed enough to get another order. So I'll pass on these guys unless they up the ante a little. read more

I had been forewarned with several other reviews, but I still wanted to give Chirba Chirba a shot. I am not the biggest fan of pork so I got the veggie dumplings. Yes, five dumplings for five dollars is a rip off but like I said I wanted to give them a shot. The presentation was decent but what stood out was how disproportional some of the dumplings were. This is because some were stuffed properly while others were maybe half full, there is nothing worse than a nearly empty dumpling. Not only were some not full but the dumpling itself was hard in areas, not very appetizing. read more

So after hearing ALL about Chirba I figured I was TRULY missing something! At the Durham Food Truck Rodeo in March I literally waited about an hour IN LINE to order and about another 45 minutes for VEGETABLE dumplings! When I got them they were hollow and completely tasteless! I was so disappointed that I waited all that time for something that was not good...at all! Their "excuse" for me waiting so long for dumplings? They ran out of vegetable mixture. I would figure if they'd ever run out it would be of meat but whatever. My friend had forewarned me not to have their dumplings as she recommended edamame but why would I pay them for edamame when I can buy 2 bags at Whole Foods for what they charge for a small tray? IMHO a waste of time and money. read more

The taste of dumplings is nothing special (not bad, but not great either), and yet the cost of them was exceptionally high. For the 7 dollar plate, you get 6 dumplings, which is no way fulfilling even for a tiny Asian girl like me. The name 'bun' is misleading because you will NOT get the standard buns, but tiny dumplings that are in the size of typical shumais. If you want to have a proper meal here, you would at least have to order the 19 dollar plate, which in my opinion is WAY too pricy for a food truck meal in Durham. (Well, that's actually pricy for a food truck meal anywhere in the world.) Overall, the dumplings taste good, but definitely not for the price. read more

Like just about every other Yelper on here, I really truly wanted to fall in love with Chirba Chirba Dumpling. However, our romance just never really took off. The dumplings are not bad by any stretch of the imagination and getting food from a truck is always a treat, yet I fear that the novelty of doing such simply does not make up for the unfavorable portion to price ratio and typically long wait for your culinary creation. I've had the veggie and juice dumplings, with the veggie dumplings getting points for the pineapple sauce and the juice dumplings scoring for the fact that there is, well, juice inside of those bad boys. Sadly, however, there was not a ton of soupy goodness in the soup dumplings and both types were suffering from stunted growth. Like others have said, the banana leaf is a classy touch but more dumpling would be gladly accepted in a trade. The sauces offered are a high point, however, with a spicy sauce, traditional sauce, pineapple sauce, and vinegar all being available to support you in embarking on your own flavoring adventure. Still, the sauces probably should not be the high point of a food truck review... All in all, Chirba Chirba is definitely worth trying out, but probably will not become a regular in the rotation due to cost and the fact that I would definitely need to scrounge up more food after visiting the yellow truck. Beef up those dumplings (in terms of size, not adding more actual beef), though, and I think we may have a different story! read more

In the last years, the consistency, flavor and speed of service have improved a lot. These days if I see them at Ponysaurus brewery, I always order the juicy buns. Below follows my previous review... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- There is a business model where you pick a simple product but make and deliver it at perfection or near perfection so you are able to command a price premium for the superior quality. I imagine that, say like OnlyBurger, Chirba Chirba aspires to fufill this ideal but they fail. I had them twice: first time next to the Casbah in Durham and the second time next to 3CUPS in Chapel Hill. First time, the fillings tasted good but the texture of the dumplings was disappointing. Second time, overall taste and texture was good but we were hungry and had two glasses of white wine while waiting forever for our dumplings. They have only 3 items in their menu, which is great as the simpler the better. One would imagine that it should be easy to maintain high quality while being fast and efficient. I imagine that even with the overpriced dumplings (in Philadelphia where the living cost is higher, brick and mortar Chinatown restaurants make better tasting and cheaper dumplings) they will survive for a while as there is no serious competition in the Triangle yet. read more

Had the juicy dumplings from the truck yesterday. It was disappointing to see them pull a giant bag of frozen wholesale dumplings out of a bag that were their "signature" dumplings. For a $13+ meal I was hoping it was something made in house and not purchased from a food distribution company like cisco. You can basically buy the same thing at trader joes for $3 a box or buy a giant bag at your local Asian grocery store for the price you pay for their serving at the food truck. I had the garlic and the spicy sauce which also tasted like the standard sauce you find sitting at the table of any Asian restaurant take-out place. Overall the food was okay at best and extremely overpriced. read more

Small servings, high prices (for a food truck), and indifferent service. Tonight - even though we went early and there was a minimal line, two people still got served before we did. I would have been okay with that if the guy had just said something like: "Sorry, Item X takes a little longer to prepare," but he said nothing when he served the others under my nose and then seemed annoyed when I then asked if my order was in queue... I don't recommend the veg dumplings, but the red bean buns were tasty. read more

Very good! I finally got to try their dumplings at the Carrboro July 4th event. I got the Grass Is Greener Dumplings and noodles. Both were tasty. I enjoyed their sauce with pineapple flavor. The lady working the window was SO nice! Those people had a good vibe! Hope to catch them again soon. read more

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I wanted to like this place but my order was overly salty and greasy, and left me feeling very disappointed. The pork dumplings were the best part, but were better without the dipping sauces. We had the spicy sauce and the vinegar sauce; neither sauce were complementary to the dumplings. read more

Great dumplings, great concept. Love that they also will text you when your order is ready so you don't have to wait (in the cold), since the dumplings are steamed to order. Enjoyed their pork dumplings, a little pricey (around $1 a dumpling), but these are fresh, homemade dumplings..worth the wait and worth the price! read more

I got an order of the juicy buns and I was disappointed to get lukewarm dumplings that had clearly been sitting out for a while. The skin was gummy by that point and only the dumpling filling itself was somewhat juicy. If you have had dumplings with the soup exploding out on the first bite, these certainly won't reproduce the experience. The taste of the filling is decent, but I'd try something else if I were to go again. read more

Awesome dumpling food truck found on a Thursday night in Durham, near some bars. Dumplings were excellent, service with a smile, choice of dipping sauces was extensive. Dumplings were $6.75 for 6....seems about right (maybe a tad high). Great taste and quality. Would love to enjoy again soon. read more

Chirba Chirba Dumpling - Veggie dumplings - Chinese Near Me - Durham, North Carolina

I'm the type of person that brings lunch to from home to work eveyday. That being said, on days when the Chirba Chirba truck stops by my office building I have to pay them a visit, regardless of what I packed for lunch. I always get the Juicy Buns with the Spicy Chirba sauce. They are very tasty and good enough for me to randomly crave them and hope that Chirba Chirba makes an appearance. I don't typically get dumplings at other places, so I can't comment on how they compare to other places. All I know is that I'm a fan. read more

I look forward to Chirba Chirba every time I visit Durham. It gets better every time. The pork dumplings are the best! Believe the hype and try them yourself. Also, try the pineapple sauce to add some tangy flavor to your dish. It's fun to see a tweet that Chirba Chirba is in your area. Take a little drive over to check out what you've been missing. read more

I love love love dumplings so I tried the pork dumplings at the Durham Flea Market. Fresh ingredients and delicious. My mouth is watering right now. read more

Had their dumplings last October on a trip down to Raleigh. Now that we're moved down here I look forward to eating them again and again and again! read more

I like that Chirba Chirba is an option among the food trucks. However, having grown up in San Francisco and having my fair share of dim sum, dumplings and char siu bao, Chirba Chirba dumplings are just ok. I hate to give just an ok review because I am a fan and the staff is always so friendly. read more

I got 12 dumplings for $11 and they were ready as soon as I paid. The staff was nice too. Unfortunately the dumplings were a bit cold and they were neither good enough nor plentiful enough to warrant the steep price. I probably won't go back again. read more

A friend of mine wouldn't stop talking about how good Chirba Chirba dumplings are, so on Sunday we ventured out to the Downtown Raleigh Spring Food Truck Rodeo and stopped by. WOW! I was blown away by the deliciousness of the Juicy buns dumplings! They literally melt in your mouth. Try them with the Pineapple sauce. I also tried another one, but can't remember the name - it was yummy, too. Overall, five stars for super tasty food and not bad prices! read more

I really enjoy Chirba Chirba; it's turned me on to a whole new variety of food that I didn't know existed. Tasty!