Mama Lu's Dumpling House

Best Taiwanese dishes like dumplings in southern California! They also have some cantonese dishes, but those are hit-and-miss. Portions are big.Highly recommend their steamed dumplings (original; spicy ones only so-so), beef pancake, salty fish fried rice and soup dumplings. Cantonese wontons are okay, but their broth is chicken broth without 大地魚. Quite disappointing. Kid-friendliness: Not really. Only bring toddlers that can sit well on a chair. Booster seats are available but not very secure.

The chow mein and the French-style sirloin were very delicious. We tried the shrimp fried rice which was also very delicious. Definitely will come again.The seating chart is a self-service style... you put the number of your party. Then on a scratch piece of paper, you write down the number next to your party number which is the number that is called out when your table is ready.

The place is kind of a hole in the wall but the food here is very good. The wait is somewhat long on the weekends. Not as long as pre-pandemic.

The food is really good and serves good portions and the price is reasonable.

The servers expect a tip so much so that if you leave 1$ they will hound you out the door asking why they weren’t given a tip. Completely outrageous and out of hand the type of behavior that was shown to my VERY pregnant daughter. Food is good but the entitlement ruins it for myself and consumers everywhere. We will not be giving our money to this food chain. We will let our friends and family know as well so that they won’t have to succumb to this trashy behavior.