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Taste Chinese cuisine here. Make a change from your customary meal and order good spicy chicken, chinese wontons and pork soup at this restaurant. Order tasty chocolate buns, chocolate custard and fried custard. Delicious wine is the best drinks of Dumpling Bar Chinese Restaurant. This place is known for great bubble tea, jasmine milk tea or chocolate frappe.
This place provides food delivery for the convenience of its clients. Most visitors consider the staff gracious. Guests say that the service is spectacular here. Prices at this spot are worth attention since they're reasonable. The terrific decor and pretty atmosphere let guests feel relaxed here. 4.2 is what this restaurant got from the Google rating system.
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3 months ago on Google
So this is the day after I was there and I am still thinking about the food wow! I started with egg drop soup, amazing! So flavorful and thick. Great starter filled with peas and carrots. Tried chili beef dumplings and the beef gyoza, loved em both, super loved the chili ones! Waiter was nice and attentive! Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5
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Kimberly Cain
3 months ago on Google
Review of Dumpling Bar in Del Mar All you can eat 31.99 per person or à la carte. FYI, if one person at the table has AYCE, everyone has to. The Hot and Spicy soup has a rich broth that just blooms with flavor. There is some heat, but not so much that it burns, just enough to let you know it's there. Cleanse your palate with the cucumber salad. Light, mildly sweet with a refreshing flavor. A very generous portion that can fill you up on its own. The spicy wanton is hard to explain. They are sweet and flavorful. The heat is a complement not the focus. Use your soy sauce tray to really make the dish pop. The meat inside has a flavor to it the soy really makes it hit with an explosion. It's pretty amazing. The crystal shrimp were OK. Not a lot of flavor. They could use something to give it a boost, garlic or onion, something. Beef pot stickers are fantastic! They have a steamed outside which is smooth and gives a first hit of dough. The meat inside is super generous! It's partly steamed in the dumpling, so the juice is still in there, and that juice with the meat is just spot on flavor. Ice cream and churro dough is airy, light, and fluffy. Dusted with powdered sugar. Dip that in the ice cream for the win and the nicest way to end a great meal. Tip: Order the spicy wonton first and use the sauce for the whole meal. It elevates everything it touches. Fabian was the only server who was doing the full bebop around the room and still took the time to explain everything. So big thumbs up to him! We have been to several dim sum places, and not one of them can hold a candle to this. Located in Del Mar, it can be quite a drive, but it's worth every minute of it! Meal type: Lunch Price per person: $60–70 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 3
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Prince S Hwang-Glaser
7 months ago on Google
I was genuinely excited to celebrate Lunar New Year at Dumpling Bar Chinese Restaurant with a group of friends. We called ahead and were told reservations weren’t necessary because of quick table turnover. Instead, we waited over an hour in the cold — which we were willing to do for a festive evening with good food and good service. Unfortunately, what we encountered was not just disorganization, but deeply frustrating and inflexible management. My husband has Celiac disease — it’s a medical condition requiring strict avoidance of gluten. Five of us planned to order the All You Can Eat (AYCE) option, while my husband intended to order a simple salad à la carte. That’s when things fell apart. Although our server was kind and clearly uncomfortable, she informed us that the restaurant enforces an “all-or-nothing” policy: if anyone at the table orders AYCE, everyone must. No exceptions. She repeated multiple times that they’ve “gotten in trouble before” for allowing otherwise — which raises the question: what kind of management culture pressures staff to rigidly enforce a policy at the expense of basic hospitality and common sense? The reasoning appears to be distrust — a blanket assumption that guests will cheat or share food. Rather than train staff to monitor tables or design a reasonable system, management has chosen the easiest route: penalize everyone equally. That approach may simplify enforcement, especially being so short-staffed, but it can ruin the guest experience. The gluten-free handling was equally concerning. The menu (as of 2/16/2026) lists only a handful of gluten-free items — a few salads and plain rice. Yet we were told my husband could have fried rice. How? With what soy sauce? Is there separate fried rice made from gluten-free soy sauce that isn’t listed on the menu? If so, why isn’t it clearly labeled? For a restaurant that is so rigid about rules, the lack of clarity and care around a serious dietary restriction is alarming. What’s especially confusing is that the menu itself states: “No takeout and no sharing with non-paying guests (AYCE is for dine-in only).” That wording suggests that mixed ordering should be allowed, provided there’s no sharing. Apparently, that is not the case — at least not under this management’s interpretation. The most disappointing part? The manager never came over to speak with us directly. No attempt to explain. No attempt to accommodate. No effort at hospitality. Just a firm wall of policy. We chose to walk out. Restaurants can set whatever policies they like. But when inflexible rules, poor communication, and a complete lack of accommodation for dietary needs override basic guest experience, it speaks to a failure of leadership. We won’t be returning — and we can’t recommend that others do either. Happy Lunar New Year, I guess! Food: 1 Service: 1 Atmosphere: 1 Order type: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Price per person: $40–50 Dietary restrictions: If gluten free, save your money and time.
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119 N El Camino Real Ste E, Encinitas, California, USA
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Сredit cards accepted
Delivery
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Wheelchair accessible
Outdoor seating
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Opening hours
| SundaySun | 11AM-9PM |
| MondayMon | 11AM-9PM |
| TuesdayTue | 11AM-9PM |
| WednesdayWed | 11AM-9PM |
| ThursdayThu | 11AM-9PM |
| FridayFri | 11AM-9PM |
| SaturdaySat | 11AM-9PM |
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