Jenny B.

Ugly Dumpling has a fair offering of dumplings, soup dumplings, dim sum and noodles. Their dumplings are hand-folded. They also offer ramen. Their branding and packaging is impressive as the interior design. The containers use a clean, modern, oversized design. There was excellent packaging for everything, including the Noodles with Sesame Sauce bowl -- pictured -- and the chopstick and soup spoon packaging. This sort of thing genuinely excites me, ie a muted ivory napkin as pictured, halved. It's plastic carryout utensil packaging on its own level. The chicken wonton soup was very good and I recommend it. The wontons were so tender and flavorful. There was a tiny radish as garnish which was a nice detail. I also reserved some of the broth and mixed the plain noodles from the Sesame Noodle dish in. I added the baby scallions, as well. Yum. The Pork Soup Dumplings were the first thing I dove into and the flavors were good. This is Chinese comfort food. The flavor of the aforementioned chicken soup wontons was, however, more delicious. The filling in the cream cheese Rangoon was ok in flavor, but everything else we ate was better. These cream cheese rangoons had tiny bits of imitation crab meat in them, and I'm not a fan of that flavor. I think we had an unusual plum sauce to dip them in, as well. The Noodles with Sesame Sauce, peanuts and scallions were tasty but the sauce, itself, was impressive. These didn't get slathered in the more typical thick, peanut sauce which I love. Instead the sauce is very thin and watery, yet buoyant and very flavorful. I would get this sesame sauce for those noodles on the side for this dish unless you love heat. I enjoy heat but needed to use the sesame sauce very sparingly because it was truly fire. That said, the flavor was strong, complex and delicious. I would like to try the other sesame sauce, which you can choose with the noodles, as well. I'm now thinking we received the spicy sesame noodle sauce instead of the non-spicey sesame noodle sauce, btw. Next are the fabulous, oversized soy sauce packets. This soy sauce was tastier than the standard soy sauce packets, also included. A bit sweeter and thicker. Menu items I'd next like to try are the Ugly Dumpling Soup Dumplings Sampler, the Scallion Pancakes, the Chicken Kimchi Dumplings, the Pork and Truffle Soup Dumplings and the String Beans with garlic. Ok after reading the menu again, I found even more things I'd like to next try. Our meal was delivered so it's possible that I mixed-up some of the sauces, ie using the plum-tasting sauce for the Crab Rangoon. I'm used to the cheap, sweet bright red sauce for these, and I'm somehow thinking they maybe wouldn't serve this here. The Brown Sugar Boba is not at all what it sounds like. It's better. Get it! It had an aftertaste of mulled wine or cherries. Especially the syrupy boba: so unusually complex and rich for anything I've had in a while. #localtastebyjenny

Christina L.

The store was very clean. The staff were friendly and service was swift. I went on a solo dinner run and ordered the Edamame (and made it 'ugly'), Spicy Green Beef and Pepper and passion fruit green tea. The food was pretty decent. My friend ordered the Shrimp and Broccoli and raved about her dish. I would revisit to enjoy the true dim sum. The menu is quite enticing.

Carlena F.

We really enjoyed our time at Ugly Dumpling. Took my 8 year old with me because she wanted bubble tea. It's a cute spot for a quick bite to eat with friends and family or even a day date. Fatou was our server. She was super polite, explained how everything worked and answered all of our questions. For drinks, I had the jasmine tea with honey and lemon. My daughter had the brown sugar bubble tea, which she rated it a 20/10! We ordered the BBQ wings, garlic string beans (Ugly style), and the vegetable stir fry. Everything was good! The string beans had a tad bit of spice since we had them Ugly style but that was an additional option, but they definitely weren't spicy. The wings were cooked to perfection, giving them the right amount of crisp and sauce ratio which everyone can't do. The stir fry vegetables were nice and flavorful with plenty left to take home. I'll be back to try a different wing flavor and even give the dumplings a try. Check them out and ask for Fatou, she was amazing!

Arrt T.

Not bad from a modern asian restaurant in the bowie burbs. Food was generally good, not too sweet or salty. Reason for the dowvote is that they had a big party they were catering to and that led us to be ignored for a while and receive cold food. I understand this can happen but doesn't mean Its excusable.

Tava B.

Stopped in this evening to check out the menu and ended up ordering food to go and a couple drinks. The ladies working tonight were welcoming and I really just appreciate their hospitality and energy...loved their energy! Almost forgot I was in PG County for a second there LOL!! Anyhoo whatever the cashier recommended we went with. The restaurant was clean and the honey lemonade was delicious! Not too sweet! We also had the brown sugar boba and a new coffee speciality drink. Would definitely order all of them again. Looking forward to trying other things offered on their menu. They have a menu of lunch specials that I may have to venture back over and try. Tonight the cashier recommended a fav dish of hers own, which was a Mongolian Beef dish, however it wasn't on the menu. Will update my review after my husband lets me know how his food was. It definitely smelled yummy! Happy Yelping!

Alan W.

Hai Hai was awesome great service and very attentive he is an asset to the company. I was thoroughly surprised by this restaurant. Located in the middle of an area with a lot of office buildings and fast food restaurants I was skeptical. They did a great job creating food similar to Din Tai Fung! The shrimp fried rice was on point and absolutely perfect. The garlic string beans were perfect as well and the added spice made it delicious. The shrimp dumplings threw me off, as I thought it would be "jiao zhi" but it turned out to be "har gow" but doubtful that this difference would be noticed by most folks anyways. The spicy shrimp wonton had too much soy sauce today, more chili oil next time (I did pass the feedback to Hai Hai) but the wonton itself was good. This restaurant is an authentic chinese restaurant highly recommend!

Katrina F.

The service and food were excellent. Our party of six was seated within minutes. We ordered several appetizers, dumplings, entrees, and what I believed was the star of the show, tenderism braised beef noodle soup. We were starving, so no pictures were taken lol. Also, since the food came out not in a specific order, we started digging in to make sure it wouldn't get cold. In all, we would be back soon to try other dishes and experience more of what Ugly Dumpling has to offer.

Richie C.

The food was just OK. All of the dumplings tasted the same. The short rib soup was watery and too sweet. But the main reason I give this place such a low rating is that they trick you into tipping more than you intended by showing you the amount of the bill before tax and allowing you to add the tip to that, but then when you get the bill, it shows that they based the tipped on the total amount with tax, which caused you to pay a few dollars more with these check, that's just unethical.

Michael R.

A first visit for my wife and I and definitely not the last! Their green tea with lychee was very refreshing! We were warmly greeted and our server Fatou was wonderful. She knew the menu well and was very helpful with suggestions and pairings. The place is much larger than I expected and we arrived soon after opening. It wasn't too long before other diners were coming in to sit. It was quiet and the music wasn't very loud. Overall, a pleasant lunchtime experience and we'll be back.

Carla B.

I took my daughter here after one of her performances and she loved it. The decor was pretty, the service was fast, and the food was good. I ordered kimchi dumplings as a starter and they were delicious. My daughter ordered pork soup dumplings for her entree and I ordered orange chicken. I really enjoyed it. The meal was filling without being too heavy. I also thought the price point was really good. My daughter has been asking to go again so we will definitely revisit. They offer takeout, which is convenient and they also have bubble tea.

Brian B.

Order in or take out! Here are the positives about this place: The service is great from entry to exit. The menu has variety and is priced right. Overall the food is good. But not smack your mama good. It's more of a"that was nice". There are no complaints but it's not a place for me that I would rush back to because I have to have it. If you haven't been I would say visit, you'll experience the great service that is often missing in this particular area. After that everything is just okay. The atmosphere is nothing special, and the booths are kind of uncomfortable. That's, that.

Lj S.

The place is brand new and is very clean! Our waitress was a young woman and really helpful!!!!! The food came out fast and hot. My sons got ramen (miso and beef tenderloin) and they both gave rave reviews!!!! I had pork buns and pork soup noodles....very tasty and well seasoned!!!!! As my sons said this is a come back place.......

Eimy B.

Clean location. Friendly staff. Lots of parking and seating. Boba tea was the best I've had! Food was so delicious. I highly recommend.