Bamboo Dumpling Bar - Surry Hills

I can't help but love the dumplings at this place. They have a great selection to choose from and the prices are good. The staff is friendly but sometimes difficult to flag down. Interiors are quirky and fun adding to the ambience of being in an alley restaurant somewhere in Shanghai.

You know that craving you get when you're enjoying a drink at a pub with friends, and you suddenly want dumplings? Or when you're enjoying some dumplings and suddenly feel like a decent pint of ale? But it's just SOOO FAR between pub and dumpling emporium... now, your days of whining are over thanks to Bamboo and the Royal Albert! You can pass from one to the other without stepping out onto the street, and you can order dumplings while eating in the pub, or freshly poured drinks while seated in the restaurant! Convenience aside, the dumplings are delicious and well priced with all your favourites on offer (the bbq pork buns are particularly addictive), and there are daily special on offer if you'd rather have a dish to yourself. It's tiny, and can be difficult to get a table, but you can always prop up the bar next door and sip a pint while you wait.

Right next door literally, you can walk from one venue to the other without getting out in the street! to the Royal Albert Hotel the place is a heaven for dumpling lovers! Portions are normal (5/6 dumplings) but I suggest you to go with a big party, order different plates and share so you get to taste everything!! But, wait, there's more to it… Their sugarcane skewers are simply to die for, especially the seafood ones. And what about the chicken sticky rice? Check it out, you won't be disappointed!!

Lovely place, I loved their dumplings, Chinese broccoli and spring rolls. We tried pork and chives; prawn, crab and spinach; Shanghai dumplings.

Nice little place and when they can open the roof up it is quite comfortable