Carted dim sum which is a fading service for some restaurants. Dim sum was good, definitely recommend the Hong King style noodles. Go during the off hours as it gets crowded during peak hours. They also have a to go counter as well. read more

Let me preface this by saying I actually love Mama Lu's. This location is a NO. I've been disappointed on multiple occasions. The food doesn't look like what I have expected. I love egg tofu with enoki mushrooms and greens. The Shanghai rice cakes shouldn't be just a brown sauce with nothing. Eating is supposed to be a great time with a good experience. I shouldn't be this upset while eating food that is not what I had before. Go to the Arcadia location at Baldwin/Duarte. *SIGH* read more

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The service is the only thing that was disappointing. Our food was brought to us slowly. Some of the food went cold as my family and I were waiting for the rest of the food to arrive so we can have one of each plate at the same time, not one plate every 30 minutes. Our waitress never came by to see if we wanted refills, or any spices, etc. and when I was paying the check, the waitress had the audacity to ask if I left a tip. But the food is great, maybe at a different location, but not here again. read more

Mama Lu’s Dumpling House - Chinese Near Me - Alhambra, California

The location seems to be new, the interior is clean and nice, my favorite thing was the soup dumplings, I really enjoyed them along with the green beans but the shu Mai and spicy wontons I could pass on, the spicy wontons were really oily too. We asked for waters and had to remind the staff to bring them after food started arriving. Overall it was decent food, if I came again it would be for the soup dumplings read more

Mama Lu’s Dumpling House - Soup dumplings (#1) - Chinese Near Me - Alhambra, California

Delicious! Beautiful interior - I gave it 5 stars, I have no idea why it's lower than that.

I was happy to learned there is a new Mama Lu's location in Alhambra. I went to eat there yesterday. We had the soup dumplings (Xiao Long bao); salt and pepper shrimp, seafood chow mein and salted fish with chicken fried rice. Here are my ratings for each dish: 4 stars for Soup dumplings. It was juicy as I had expected. It's not the best I've ever had but quite good. 2 stars for salt and pepper shrimps. This dish did not even looked like the picture on the menu. It was disappointing. I did not like this dish at all 3 stars for seafood chow mein. I liked the type of noodles in this dish. I also liked the varieties of seafood on it. However it lacked taste. It could use some more salt. I don't like too much salt on my food. But this dish is way under salted! At least the seafood tasted fresh. 3 stars for salted fish with chicken fried rice. This dish could also use more salt. It could also use more eggs. I can barely see the eggs on this dish. Overall, it was disappointing. I've been to Mama Lu's in Monterey Park many times and the food was always good at the other location. I like the interior decor of this location. It's new and it's clean. The wait staff is friendly. read more

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I quickly realized with the food that it was different from authentic Shanghainese even though dish names are alike. Meat filling of the fried buns tasted different: no juice inside but bun was fine. The rice cakes were bit chewy and dry. The sauteed shrimp dish had more broccoli with 12 pieces of medium size shrimp. The best tasting dish was tofu with mushrooms. The rice cakes and buns had bigger serving but the entrees are smaller in size. I would seek out an authentic Shanghainese place for these items next time. The place was quite hot at 7 pm that day. read more

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No issues with the food. The food was very good since the kitchen was pumping out orders for so many tables. It tells me their kitchen maintains quality. It was real busy evening since it was Lunar New Year so service was very spotty but they did their best. read more

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Delicious food! My favorite is the Deep Fried Prawns because it's similar to Honey Walnut Shrimp, minus the Walnuts. The staff was super friendly and checked up on us if we needed anything. I went at night for dinner and it was pretty chill and calm. Not a lot of people read more

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Ambiance is very nice, high ceiling and have some dumplings wallpaper all around the restaurant. Much better than the restaurant prior. Service is better than the original one on Garfield and Garvey. But the food is not nearly as good as the original Mama Lu. I'm hoping they will get better at it since they just opened. I'll try again in six month. read more

Mama Lu’s Dumpling House - Pan fried dumpling is not crispy. Steam dumpling is juicy and the pork is oily and too soft. Fish doesn't taste fresh - Chinese Near Me - Alhambra, California

This time we ordered the wonton in chili oil/sauce, tofu and enoki mushrooms, and Shanghainese rice cake. 1 Wonton in chili oil/sauce: It was not spicy enough for me but my brother was fine with it. But hey, they got chili oil, vinegar, and soy sauce on the table so I just made my own concoction so...no problem 2 tofu and enoki mushroom in brown sauce: A good dish, would be good with rice. It was very flavorful 3 Shanghainese rice cake: As good as last time. This restaurant is becoming one of our favorites read more

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The food was okay, but love that the portions are big here. The fish fillet and fried prawns are good. The XLB dumplings weren't as juicy/fresh as I thought they'd be & the spicy wontons sauce is just chili oil--not really comparable to DTF quality. The chow mein was okay since some noodles were hard to chew. They also forgot one of the dishes we ordered so we had to cancel, but they were nice about it and gave us a free fried mantou for dessert. Overall it was a filling meal but wasn't as high quality as I expected. What I ordered: - House special fish fillet - Deep fried prawn - Spicy wontons - Juicy pork dumplings - Green onion pancake - Fried rice - Shanghai style chow mein with beef read more

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Disappointed with the food in Alhambra location. We've been to the other locations and while it's not our favorite place...it's still decent. The mapo tofu...couldn't even eat it. It was pretty gross in terms of the blandness and it had way too much ginger. The beef rolls were at least good. Flaky, good flavor but maybe a little too sweet. Battered fish had too much flour. Honestly everything was just okay. read more

On a Monday night in October, I preordered on their website for dinner. It took awhile for me to decide what to eat. I ordered vegetarian fried rice, Mongolian chicken, French style beef. By 5:51pm, my food was already ready. Some of tables were occupied by eaters. The food was cooked freshly made and flavorful. Next time I will try other items. No pictures because I was in a hurry to watch the Dodgers. read more

Stay away from this location and especially online ordering. Service is horrific. Would Recommend the og location read more

Price is oaky but the food quality is rather ordinary. Perhaps they need to hire new cook.

This place is a great place for having meals with family or friends. The food are delicious. Service is top-notch. The place is clean. The ambiance is quiet so you can actually have a conversation while eating there. I recommend this place 100%. read more

Food are ok. can be much better. The menu is the same as the original restaurant Mama Lu's . The food is on completely different level. Do not have the same exception as you go to the original restaurant in Monterey Park. read more

A great family style Chinese/taiwanese restaurant! The portions are huge and the prices are reasonable. Loved the salt and pepper chicken wings and deep fried prawns. I'll definitely be back with a large party! read more

Mama Lu’s Dumpling House - Chinese Near Me - Alhambra, California

HORRIBLE customer service. the waitress barely talked to us & when she did it was very dismissive and disrespectful. not to mention the food sucked. tasted like it was cooked in a microwave. just cold and nasty. took forever too. this place is all looks and hype, will never go again. read more

My opinion after a few visits: Ambiance - pleasant. Service - understaffed Food - no consistency read more

With a revamped interior design and prime location on Main street Mama Lu's is now officially in LA! A classic go to spot for traditional chinese food -- great to see them expand locations. Their XLB is a must order but you honestly can't go wrong with most of their menu. read more

The food was terrible. Was really looking forward. Ordered takeout and the food was just very plain. It wasn't just me but my wife said the same thing. We ordered Kung poa chicken, beef chow fun, green beans and the house special fish fillet. Maybe we should have ordered dumplings instead. Ended up tossing out the leftovers. read more

Great taste, reasonable prices and generous portios...all the reasons to come and try this new spot in Alhambra. read more

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The food was great, glad we came here for some dumplings. I really liked the chili oil and just about everything we had was delicious. Will definitely be coming back to try other dishes! The place looks really nice and the service was really quick. I love that tea was given at the beginning too read more

Mama Lu’s Dumpling House - Soup 1. Juicy Pork Dumplings (8) - Chinese Near Me - Alhambra, California

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The food was excellent . They were very helpful and friendly. It was clean and fancy.

Food was served fast. Got offered a booth which I liked. We got the #1 pork dumplings and #63 black pepper beef tenderloin stir fry udon. Dumplings are always so juicy and the chili oil makes it 10x better. read more

Mama Lu’s Dumpling House - 1. Juicy Pork Dumplings (8) - Chinese Near Me - Alhambra, California

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I always love coming to mama lus! It looks like this location is very updated on the inside. Of course the XLB are always my favorite item and never disappoint. I was really surprised by how much i liked the kung pao shrimp as well since it's not usually something I order. The Singaporean noodles were such a unique dish and I've never had them like that before! The food came out within 10-15 minutes and I left stuffed! read more

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Sweet Sour Pork mostly crust no meat no pineapple no bell pepper. Eggplant String Bean Minced Meat salty and way too oily. 5 people 9 dishes $200, only Fried Chicken Wing ok. Left over next day not enjoyable, tossed out. read more

When you first walk in, you see Susan, who looks so unhappy to be there as has a bad attitude when taking phone orders. Order my food to-go. I ordered Shanghai Rice cakes with pork and I was very disappointed. My dish had 2 tiny pieces of pork, had no flavor other than the burnt taste and was dry. I really was disappointed bc I was looking forward to this location. Better to go to the original location read more

Mama Lu’s Dumpling House - Flavorless - Chinese Near Me - Alhambra, California

Mama Lu's is usually a solid choice . Always like the xiao long baos and the vegetable plates are really good! read more

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Staff was very nice and accommodating! Food was delicious! Great spot right on Main Street with free parking! Cute chandeliers! read more

I don't usually leave bad reviews but I can't help it today. I haven't had mama Lu in a long while and they took over 江南春 so we just tried for a dinner. Ordered 法式牛柳，生煎包，小籠包，金絲蝦，雜菌玉子豆腐，牛肉捲餅. The worst is 牛肉捲餅 and 生煎包. The others are just so so. Best is dumplings but overall food quality is below average. Will not go back even when I'm hungry :( read more

Mama Lu’s Dumpling House - 牛肉捲餅 is so bad! There's a layer of sauce underneath the whole thing which is supposed to be dry and crispy never had worse! - Chinese Near Me - Alhambra, California

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Food ok. Not too surprise. Good for weekday quick eat, Food ok. Not too surprise. Good for weekday quick eat read more

The food is fantastic and the environment is also very nice. The spicy wontons are worth getting, same with the soup dumplings and fried rice. Service was great. read more

Busy even at 7 PM -- feels like a real local favorite. The menu's massive and everything's under $18, with portions big enough to share. The seaweed fish was light, crispy, and perfectly tender inside; the chow mein had that amazing wok hei without being greasy. Great for group dinners or casual nights out -- unbeatable value and flavor! read more

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Salted fish fried rice, garlic pea sprout, and salt pepper pork !!! Completes my day everytime!

This was really disappointing. Me and my party of 3 came on a weekday around 3pm so there was just one table in the restaurant. The ambiance is great and seating was comfortable. I didn't expect the food to fall short this much. The xlb is mama lu's staple and when it arrived to us, most of the xlb soup were missing from the xlb. The skin of the wrapper looked pale white. It was something I never expected to see served at any mama lu location. They tasted like supermarket bought xlb. 2/5. The zha jian mien was udon noodles with some meat and peanuts. The best dish out of everything. It had flavor and the only dish we ordered that was good. 5/5 The pan fried dumplings were truly disappointing! It was not fried but soggy and the meat was gray looking. I never seen something like this. It was tasteless, just covered with oil. 0/5 The seafood shrimp wonton noodles were actually not shrimps in the wonton but shrimp paste. The noodles gave off a very intense taste of fishy smell so it was hard to even finish this dish. 1/5. Overall, if you are here for the vibes great! It's hard to just play roulette and figure out which items taste good and which ones are a waste of money. The waitress at 3pm was playing on the phone and it was hard to flag down them for any inconvenience. read more

Mama Lu's Dumpling House in Alhambra is always a solid choice when I'm craving Shanghainese comfort food. The xiao long bao were juicy and flavorful with delicate wrappers, and the steamed fish with scallions was perfectly tender and light. We also ordered the beef roll, salt & pepper style meat with mushrooms, sautéed snow peas, and the salted egg yolk shrimp -- everything came out generous in portion and great for sharing. The flavors were balanced, not overly greasy, and the service was fast even though it was busy. Definitely a go-to spot in SGV for dumplings and classic Chinese dishes. read more

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We came here with a small group and ordered a variety of dishes to share, and everything turned out great. The xiao long bao were definitely the highlight - thin skin, lots of soup inside, and still piping hot when served. The golden shrimp balls were super crispy with a nice crunch on the outside and tender shrimp inside. The seafood crispy noodles had that satisfying texture where the sauce soaks into the fried noodles but still leaves parts crunchy - really good balance of flavor and texture. The steamed whole fish was fresh and delicate, cooked just right with light seasoning that didn't overpower the fish itself. The beef cubes with mushrooms were flavorful and tender, a nice savory contrast to the lighter dishes. Even the vegetable stir-fry was tasty and fresh, not oily at all. Portions were generous, perfect for family-style dining. Service was quick and efficient, and food came out hot and fresh. Overall, this is a solid spot if you're craving dumplings and classic Chinese dishes to share with friends or family. read more

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