OMG!!!! Absolutely yummy, best yum cha in ages. My husband and I were craving yum cha and it took us 4 restaurants that were either empty or closed to find this lil gem. Definitely coming back and highly recommend to everyone 😊😊
Great local dumplings. Big portions and delicious. Good service in Level 3, safe contactless pick up. Thank you
Our fav local place for Yum Char. Lovely friendly staff, even when extremely busy. Food is fantastic! Love the Steamed mince pork bun, I think it may be a xiao long bao, delicious ginger flavor! Deep fried Squid is very good, Dumplings very fine also. Nice to order Yum Char off a menu rather than from a cart, very relaxing place. Highly reccomend
The food is great with big portions, the dim sum is nice
I’ve become a regular customer at Royal City Dumpling & Noodle, it was a find that my friend and I stumbled upon just looking for anything to eat, from the first bite of those steamed dumplings we made it a regular occurrence. I have even brought my team from work to try it out with excellent raving reviews thereafter even one of them coming back the following weekend with their own family.
The food comes out quite fast, which is good for either a quick hot bite or gradual lead into more delicious food. The lady at the counter is always friendly and accommodating to our needs. Deep friend squid is my personal favourite following closely behind by the garlic mince green beans.
Best for smaller groups of 4-5 people, there is only one big revolving table that caters for larger size.
Interior needs an update but the awesome yummy food makes up for the lack of interior design finesse.
Would highly recommend this place to my friends and family. Awesome hidden gem in Royal Oak.
Odd decor but clean atmosphere. Very subtle and perfect seasoning. Have tried
1.steamed pork and cabbage dumplings(20 for $12.5);
2.steam pork and peanut dumplings ($6) and 3.steamed sticky rice with pork mince wrapped in lotus leaves($6.5).
All highly recommend! Very authentic taste and friendly to all human beings;)
We have tried their dumplings, Siu Mai and Har Gow, great fried dumplings, Siu Mai and Har Gow are also tasty, fast and friendly service, will certainly be back there again.
After school feeds with my daughter and husband. One other diner there. Restaurant is small but enough space to get around. Clear signs for bathroom which is always good to know. I thought service was good, we didnt have to wait to long for our food. Food was good and fresh. I loved the dumplings and good price value. I thought the yum char was a bit over priced. Interior need a makeover though.
2 Adults + 2 10yr olds. $47.80. 2 cans lemonade (for kids - we had the green tea), 1 x pork & cabbage dumplings (20), sweet & sour pork, nasi goreng.
Dumplings were yum. S&S pork was good amount and tasty. Nasi goreng had a little heat, but little flavour.
We wanted an early dinner, nice and simple. Perfect - read about service being (not the most) friendly, it was efficient.
The dumplings here are tender and so flavoursome. I also can highly recommend the green beans with olive as well as the rice noodles with beef. Hot, savoury and just delicious. The lady who served us was friendly and very personable. Top notch.
Really nice dumplings have had the egg shrimp and chive many times. But don’t do a vegetarian one unfortunately. While food is great don’t expect good service.
Delicious and cheap - I always leave with a full belly and a take home doggy bag! Must try: prawn steam dumplings, deep fried tofu with onion and cucumber and sweet chilli sauce, stir fried round bean with Chinese olives and garlic and onion and carrot. Their green tea is complimentary - lovely and light and refreshing.
Have been coming here over the last few years and always come back. They can get quite busy which sometimes affects the quality but overall the dumplings are very tasty. A good option of sauces available on the table. Has a small cosy feel to the restaurant. Usually order the sweet and sour pork along with our standard pork and cabbage dumplings and is very tasty
Decent food and insanely reasonable price. Staff are friendly and attentive. Only downside is no liquor license but you get awesome tea instead :)
My wife and I visit this restroom at least once a month. The food is delicious and dirt cheap! I much prefer eating here than other more well known places. Definitely recommend you give this place a go!
We love yumcha and we get excited when we discovered Royal dumpling serve yumcha for dinner.
I personally surprised that this restaurant has less than 3 score in Zomato. We enjoyed our dinner in Royal dumpling and we thought this restaurant definitely worth good score.
We ordered a few yumcha dishes along with chicken and corn soup. All our dishes were good with lo mai kai (sticky rice wrapped with lotus leaves) being the highlight (I live 1 hr from Royal Oak and I thought the lo mai kai worth travelling to) and the least impressive dish probably chicken feet (still ok though).
We thought the service was good, the lady who served us did not talk much but she is very mindful and kind, she ensure our table are clean (example, I accidentally spill a little bit of the tea and she clean our table straight away).
The price was quite good too compared to other yum cha places. We will definitely come back for quick yumcha dinner and keen to try other dishes.
Food was absolutely yum and tasty
Dishes came out quickly and was decent sizes too. Dim sim was made fresh and steaming hot
Service was great :) would come back again
The reviews below surprise me .
I've been eating here now for 3 years .
Agree they are understaffed for the rush hours and are not always happy . ,How ever the dumplings are delicious , and always consistent . That's what I go to restaurants for good Good food . I guess others prefer happy smile service and been waited on more . This place is a very low key casual eatery that serves up dumplings as good as grand harbour .It seems Royal dumpling is always busy now . Must mean something . :)
Oozing Asian authenticity. Great food, cooked fresh, no long waits, in a socially set out restaurant. Free tea till you burst. Starters, mains, sides, desserts. This wee restaurant has it all.
I love the food and the prices are low for such a decent chinese food.. althoughy the order taker seems hard to speak with but she is very friendly
Shrimp n coriander dumplings are mint 👌👌
Service could be better.. but I love my dumplings so much I doesn't really bother me. Usually I order over the phone n pick up is always ready 😀😀
Delicious n the hit sauce is amazing 😍😍
This place seems to have a lot of bad reviews for bad service. I didn't think the service was bad at all, yes they were a little slow, but they do yumcha at night!! I haven't found any other places that do yumcha at night. So im pretty happy about that 😊
I have been there a few times now, and favourite dishes are : pork shumai, steamed pork buns and the stir fried beans! They are all very reasonably priced.
We tried their dumplings, and to be fair the dumplings were not the best but they were not bad. I am definitely keen to try their other dishes.
Food Quantity 5/5
Food Quality 5/5
Presentation 3/5
Service 4/5
Price 4/5
Best yumcha place in Royal Oak. Their yumcha does not have a large selection, however the standard yumcha items are delicious. Highly recommend their pork ribs, prawn hargao, chicken feet, deep fried squid, spicy sauce.
Their other non yumcha foods are mediocre, and dumplings are average.
I eat here 3-4 times a week!
My workplace is next door, very convenient too!
Came here as we were going past on the way to
Super market, randomly had a craving for dumplings. So glad we decided to stop here cause this will be my new fav cheap eats. Place was quite busy with what it seamed to be regulars. We ordered the shrimp & corrainder, shrimp and chives and pork buns. Two extra dishes came out that we didn't order and we got charged for. Will be back again when got our next dumpling craving
Good honest Chinese food. Prawn and coriander dumplings were superb and the Prawn Wonton soup is a winner! Will definitely be back for more. Value for money.
Very nice food! Last time I was there I got the Spicy and Sour Soup which it is so yum, I'm not a spicy food fan but really enjoy this!
The dumplings are also pretty delicious, and the chili dipping just makes them 100 times better! Great Value for money too.
The staff are friendly and service is quick. We usually get take away as it is usually somewhere I go for lunch while I'm working in the area.
It is well worth trying:)
Came here for the first time this week, and whilst from the outside it doesn't look like much, the food definitely says otherwise. We ordered the homemade pork, prawn and chive dumplings, pork and peanut dumplings, deep fried squid and vermicelli noodles with roast pork and prawns. The pork and peanut dumplings were lovely, not stingy on the filling like some yum cha dumplings, and the deep fried squid was beautiful; not oily and not overdone with batter. The vermicelli had good flavour but the homemade dumplings were the best; flavoursome, fresh and a big serving at an inexpensive price. I'll definitely be back!
The dumplings were awesome - juicy, perfectly cooked - full of delicious flavour - we will be back for these for sure. The pork buns and rice in grape leaves were standard/good. The service is friendly and even the Chef had a big cheery smile :-)
Terrible service, they seem like they are angry if you take too long to order or ask questions about the food. Buts it's DELISH, so they can get away with it, pretty cheap too. My husband and I go there often
The food was really good and the serving sizes were really big
The dumplings are nice- I prefer the fried ones though
This place also does steam boat which I tried for the first time- it was really reasonably priced too
Nice food. Dumplings are sooo good! We have tried nearly every dish at this establishment and my favourite would be the chicken & mushroom dumplings, beef and onion dumplings, spicy & sour soup, beef flat rice noodle with egg gravy, beans with olive.
We are loyal customers and regularly go here. So much so that Wendy knows what we are going to order before we do. I recommend the prawn dumplings, prawn spring rolls, deep fried squid and the wonton soup, ooh and the pork buns. We usually get the yum char menu but there are plenty of larger dishes to choose from. Just recently tried the tofu with a friend and I was really surprised I liked it because I love me meat. Really affordable I really cannot rave enough.
Our go to place for easy dinner. Kids love the all day yum Cha and the spring rolls are the bomb. It's a great place for cheap eats and has good service
From the outside, this quaint little restaurant doesn't look like a place you would go to for a good meal. Well, looks are certainly deceiving and once you taste their food, you would probably be converted! The dumplings are juicy and flavourful, the hot and sour soap is thick and filling, the fried chicken crispy and moist. You can get a good meal without breaking your budget.
Best damn dumplings I have ever had. Definitely recommend there pork and cabbage dumplings (fried) and their fried rice damn could eat it all day long. Staff are very friendly as well!
Best dumplings in auckland! I can't keep away. Sauces are a must. Favourite dumps: cabbage, celery. Reasonably priced, and good friendly service too.
This place has new management so there is a change in menu, I would highly recommend the pork, shrinmp and chives dumplings. The noodle and dumpling soup is worth a try as well. Their choices in rice, noodle and gravy options have reduced and prettyu average
Friendly staff and quick service
After driving past Royal City Dumpling many times I finally tried last week and I am very glad I did, it will now be my go to restaurant in Auckland for dumplings as they were truly delicious. Their pork and fennel dumplings were particularly amazing. I look forward to going back to try the noodles which also looked great. The owners are friendly and prices very reasonable.
Edit: I went back to Royal Dumpling and tried their wonton noodle soup and pork and cabbage dumplings (I ordered my favourite pork and fennel but they were out of fennel). Their menu has changed slightly from what is on here and they now have a yum char menu. The noodle soup was full of noodles and had at least 10 delicious wontons. The broth was nice but the noodles were slightly overcooked as I had had to make a stop on the way home. They could package the noodles and broth in separate containers like some places do with laksa to avoid this problem. The dumplings were good but not as good as the pork and fennel.
Our favorite (BEST) Chinese restaurant in Auckland ⭐️
REOPEN SOON, PLEASE 🙏🏻
Great food, came out fast, complimentary green tea was nice
Best homemade dumplings in Royal Oak. Tasty. Vegetables are always fresh and crisp. Garlic bok choy is fantastic. Going to this restaurant is like being welcomed to a family home.
Maybe they should correct the spelling to Royal Dumpling.
Best dumplings in Akld. Other dishes are nice too. Well worth what you pay. Finding a car park can be troublesome at times.
Unbelievable that this excellent restaurant has been damaged by fire. I do hope they can reopen soon, they are just so good at what they do. Very best wishes for a speedy reopening.
Let me start - the dumplings are great, very tasty and filling, also cheap. The downfall here is the terrible customer service, never a smile or greeting. The delicious dumplings are the only reason to come here. Perhaps take away is the best call .
Amanda Culpepper (Apanda)
+5
When you come here-and you absolutely should- expect delicious homemade dumplings with tender fillings, panko breaded tempura and about 30cm long spring rolls! It was all so good, piping hot, quickly served and the portions so generous! No one will ever leave hungry! Highly recommended!
Big portions and good price. Food was not bad, just very quiet when we dined in at 6pm.
Great food service was great as well.Not long to wait for food.
We shared 5 dishes dishes between 4 people and a baby bowl of rice. We had a drink each and it came to $100. I was very impressed by the quality and tasty dishes. The service was excellent. A really nice touch of serving us tea on arrival. I would eat here again.
Impressed by the good price and freshly prepared food!! Will come again!!
Good went there for dumplings was nice dumpling dough was a little bit on the sweet side but still yum, don't know about the customer service the lady was busy but didn't get a dish to do my sauces in or hot tea like everyone else had on their tables. Other then that it was nice
Best dumplings in Auckland...used to live near here and then moved away but would make regular visits. Moving nearby again, so will be visiting this place a lot! Super friendly people too and great value! Unpretentious and delicious!
I expected this place to be average but me and my partner were pleasantly surprised at the quality. The best chicken and mushroom dumplings I've ever had at a really reasonable price. The fact they gave us a ladle and extra bowls so we could share out our side of soup was so lovely and really made the experience that much better. It's something a lot of places dont bother to do, and we didnt even have to ask!
The staff were so kind and helpful, werent pushy while still being attentive. 10/10, will definitely come here again.
This place is fabulous! The steamed shrimp and coriander dumplings are addictive - in fact everything on the menu is depending on what takes you fancy. Great prices and great selection to keep everyone happy. I laugh a little to read the reviews who comment on the service here - we have NEVER experienced poor service. Maybe you reap what you sow?
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