Dumpling Generation

This place is fantastic. The owner is a cheerful and friendly woman who takes pride in her restaurant. I highly recommend the green pepper and egg noodles.

Delicious! I enjoyed everything I tried. The hot pots were delicious, though a little smaller than I expected. The vegetable hot pot was my favorite, but I would enjoy it if there was a wider variety of veggies in it. Still, it had plenty of enoki mushrooms which are my favorite! I also had the Luan Dun hot pot, which was very hearty, full of potato, eggplant, and fatty pork.
I also really enjoyed the chow mein, though the person who ordered it thought it was bland and was suprised it had no celery in it (I hate celery, so I was fine with that). The pork with spicy eggplant was delicious too, and not super spicy. The eggplant appeared to have been fried, which I enjoyed but some people don’t.
The only dumplings we got to try were the egg with chives. I would like to try more of the dumplings and hot pots. Unfortunately, I was eating with a party made up of some picky individuals, so I didn’t get to try many meat dishes or any seafood dishes.
The staff was nice and attentive, parking was easy, and it’s a clean establishment. I’m excited to go back!

I was disappointed after seeing the great reviews. Very bland and simple dishes for average-​high prices. The place itself is clean and nice looking, but food was boring. We got the steamed pork and chive dumplings, seafood noodle soup, and pork chow mein. The chow mein tasted the best, but with pork that was just tiny, skinny pieces, and two cuts of bok choy, it was very plain.
The plus side to this experience was that they give you a free sampler of cold items as an appetizer.

I have no idea why some people have given this place less than 5 stars. Amazing food, all made fresh every day. Fresh noodles and dumplings steamed to perfection. My first time trying this place out was last week and I’ve already been there 3 times… It’s a family owned and operated business. The restaurant is very clean, organized and well lit. I enjoyed talking to the owner about the ingredients. They make everything natural with quality ingredients. The chicken with black mushroom dumplings are to DIE FOR as well as the chicken mixed noodles. This is NOT an average restaurant. this is a PHENOMENAL restaurant and I will continue to bring new guests to join me and experience their delicious food

Unilocal did not disappoint! Good food, nice owner! I will be back soon. Fresh made noodles and steamed dumplings. Free trio of salads as free appetizers, so delicious.

I was very excited to try this place after seeing all the photos from previous reviews.
I have some mixed feelings though. I’ll definitely have to try other stuff the next time. I don’t stop at one-that’s for sure.
Came here for lunch yesterday. Pictures enticed me to come in.
I was seated and the first question was, do I want some hot tea or water? So, I said both. It took a little bit of time but that was fine as I was checking out their menu. Their menu consists of 4 pages-​very simple. Then, came their cold appetizers of cold noodles, cold julienned sliced potatoes with spiced oil of some sort and steamed bean sprouts-​were all a nice start. I liked the cold noodles the best and the thin sliced potatoes second.
Then I placed my orders of: shrimp fried rice, braised beef hot pot and pork dumplings.
The soup was very bland to my taste. I love soup and am a big fan of flavors. Please don’t be discouraged though as we all have different palates, right?
This was just okay to my taste. I thought it’s missing that «umami» flavor.
My pork dumplings were also bland to my taste and thick. I did appreciate the dipping sauce though. It was a nice balance of sweet and sour.
My shrimp fried rice was on the greasy side but it tasted really good.
I’ll have to try other dishes next time.
Anywho…great staff, very polite and attentive. This place is very neat as in clean and welcoming. Prices? I think you should decide. I always tend to order a lot so, my bill tends to be on the higher side.
Let me know what your favorites are and share your thoughts with me.

This is our go-​to takeout place in Edmonds, you gotta have the dumplings. Plan the rest of your meal around the dumplings and you’ll be happy customers. I especially appreciate the freshness of everything we’ve had there, but it’s all about them dumplings.

In my search for dumplings in the north end I’ve eaten at virtually every dumpling joint in Snohomish County. Dumpling generation is an average restaurant with average food. I never had any OMG moments and unfortunately my lasting memories were of how flippin’ cold it was.
We don’t have a lot of great dumpling places but if you’re this far south on 99 you might as well just go to Mings Dumpling house a couple of blocks further or Fu Man (same family as Mings) which has amazing dumplings.
You won’t get a bad meal here but it may not be great either. I can’t comment on the non-​dumpling items as I didn’t have them.

It’s not everyday you walk into a place and you think you know what to expect and then get totally blown out of the water. Mid-​sized place that serves dumplings. Nope, try again. «Dumpling Generation» not only serves up the tastiest steamed Chinese dumplings, but a lofty spread of noodle, soup, and appetizer dishes. I don’t even remember all that we ordered but basically everything on the menu is a win. Friendly wait staff too. Free parking lot, no wait.

I have been coming to this restaurant for over a year now. Every time I come here, it reminds me of coming home to a delicious home-​cooked meal. The dumplings are handmade and tasty, and the beef noodle soup tastes fragrant, yet not too oily. I also enjoy the complimentary side dishes, particularly the potato slices and bean sprouts (think northern Chinese with a slight hint of Korean influence — they use the Korean metal chopsticks here). The restaurant is clean, the service is friendly, and it’s definitely one of my favorite authentic Chinese restaurants north of Seattle.
My favorite dishes are pork and chives steamed dumplings and the beef noodle soup. Support this family business — I hope they stay in business forever.

Just get the dumplings. it reminds me of the dumplings made back home :’) We ordered 2 types of dumplings: Pork with Mushroom and Napa Cabbage + Pork and Chive. Also got the eggplant and the braised beef noodle soup. I suggest that you stick to the dumplings. The eggplant was fried so I wasn’t expecting that crunchy texture with the soggyness of eggplant. The noodle soup could have used more seasoning. The waitresses were welcoming and nice.
3 stars because parking is a pain here and I was kind of bummed that the other food we tried wasn’t great. I would still try other dishes if I ever came back. maybe we didn’t order the correct items.

The restaurant is pretty clean and the staff were really welcoming. I thought the food here was okay, maybe below par to LA or Bellevue.
We made a couple of mistakes when ordering. First, the name is «Dumpling» Generation, so obviously you should probably order more dumpling dishes than veer away from this. We were stupid and craved other stuff on they menu so we ordered an eggplant dish, tofu with some miscellaneous vegetables, a stew with pickled mustards and pork, and dumplings. The total was about $ 75 (not including tip). It is first of all on the expensive side of Chinese food because the portions were less. The tofu dish didn’t taste all that species and the stew had a lot of fatty pork.
The only good thing that I was good were the dumplings. We got a celery/​meat dumpling and they were pretty dang delicious.
The food really didn’t blow my socks off.

These new-​ish mini plates non-​A typical Chinese places seem to be popping up all over the place. This is about the 4^th one we’ve been to in the last few months. It’s not strictly dim-​sum, nor is it a place to order your Imperial dinner for 2 with egg flower soup and fortune cookie, you get my meaning.
Overall we enjoyed it, our oldest is a veggie-​head and while she does eats cheese and eggs, it is often hard to find place that offer non-​beef/​pork/​chicken/​fish types of offerings with regards to broth and sauce bases. Our server was very on point of what was and what wasn’t veggie-​friendly, I found that a nice touch. Nice flavors in all of the noodle dishes we opted for, only minus was the beef hot-​pot, it was a tad underwhelming but it was packed with goodies, a touch of hot sauce and a dash of soy sauce and it was decent. Dumplings were very good, we’ll have to head back and try a few more meat related dishes, but overall a nice solid restaurant to change up the pace. Only minus was the delay/​timing of our dishes, it took a while between dishes to come out of the kitchen, but overall worth the wait.

Loved. The. FOOD!
Very friendly, brought us out a free sampler to try 3 side dishes that were on the menu. Which we will be ordering next time! Smart to do, we saw them offering that to another table. Not sure but maybe it’s like the free side dishes at a Korean bbq? Idk, either way it was good to be able to test out other items on the menu.
We were happily surprised to see alot of vegetarian options! Food was really good, we ordered the «egg and chive» dumpling and they were amazing!
We ordered seaweed salad appetizer, was yummy. Not very slimy at all, and it was good!
We also ordered the chow mein which I usually do not like in general, but it tasted very good flavor, noodles were nicely cooked and not too soft. My partner rated the chow mein st a 7 – 8 ;)
And we got the Broccoli w garlic sauce, perfectly cooked crisp still, flavor perfect!
Oops one more thing, the chili sauce condiment on the table was SO good, we bought some to take home, it is so roast good flavor, almost like tea? And not very hot but do much great flavor, it’s made in house. Think it was 3 $ for a 5 – 6 oz container.

Got diarrhea after eating here.
I really don’t need the terrible, messed up rude attitude service and bad food handling you guys have at your restaurant. If you’re gonna have a business then at least act like you care about your business.

We ended up here on happenstance, really. We had just finished battling the morning crowds at Costco and worked up healthy lunch appetite. Dumplings sounded good, so I did a quick search to see if we could get any nearby. Dumpling Generation came up so we decided to head over.
I can remember this strip mall since I was a little girl, when it housed pizza hut and blockbuster. Increasingly it’s become another little hub for Asian eateries and gift shops. If I’m not mistaken, Dumpling Generation used to be a bubble tea place, but the last time I visited was almost 10 years ago so my memory might be fuzzy. It’s very possible since Dumpling Generation also serves it up.
Despite the less-​than-​stellar condition the strip mall has fallen to, you wouldn’t believe it when you step into DG. It’s open, modern, airy, and clean. The woman who helped us immediately greeted us and was extremely friendly and attentive. We ordered the mix noodles and chicken celery dumplings. Both were very good! We may have gobbled it all up if we didn’t get so full on those two dishes alone.
Like others have mentioned, the dumplings come out hot hot hot! I didn’t wait long enough to dig into my first one and it seared my mouth. The server warned about this, but I guess I am used dumplings showing up not as hot as they should be. Next time, I will get the dumplings again but will probably try a different dish from the mixed noodles. They were good, but nothing that I would randomly crave with my dumplings.
That said, we will definitely be back again. The prices are reasonable, the staff is friendly, and the food is fantastic. Best of all, it’s much closer and less crowded than a few other good dumpling spots.

Such as it is, Lynnwood might not seem to have much in the way of an international district. There’s no dedicated crossroads where you can find tons of food and cultures all in one grid. Instead, there’s a strip of 99 that goes on for miles and miles and miles, with restaurant after restaurant in operation. When one falls, another one usually takes its place very quickly. One of the more condensed concentrations of restaurants is in this parking lot just north of the county line; Dumpling Generation is one of the newer occupants in this spot, but they are tearing it up already.
The parking here can be a little tight when they are busy, but I’ve always been able to find a spot. Dumpling Generation isn’t the splashiest storefront around here, but they’re clean and well-​lit inside and out. You walk in to a small dining room with about 8 tables and a flat-​screen or two showing Chinese-​language TV. They bring around tea and ice water, and attractive heavy little menus with bright silver cords holding the spines together.
There are about four small pages of noodles, appetizers, salads, and dumplings. You can see a few items pictured on the walls. We had spicy chopped cucumber to start, which was very good, along with spicy mixed cold noodle, which had great sesame and peppery flavors. Both showed fresh ingredients and good prep.
We had pork and chive dumplings as well as pork and mushroom. They each had clear, simple flavors, showcasing the ingredients well without layering in extra seasonings to compete with the main notes. They come out very hot in bamboo steamer baskets; we waited about five minutes to eat. The four dishes totaled about $ 40 and filled the two of us up completely. I really like everything about this place and will definitely be back regularly.

I wanted to like this place. If I could, I would give it two and a half stars. Going to Chinese restaurants can be difficult for me because my mother is such a fantastic cook that most other eateries pale in comparison to hers.
The space is clean, kind of modern café-​ish with dark chairs and tiled floors. They have pictures of the food all over the walls, which helps when you want to visualize the food you may want to order. The lady who served us was friendly and affable, helpful with the menu.
My brother and I stopped by for a late lunch, around 2 PM and found the restaurant empty which makes sense for the late hour. We ordered the shrimp fried rice, mixed noodles with pork and soybean sauce, and the pork and chive dumplings. There are complimentary cold apps kind of like banchan that were fairly tasty.
Shrimp fried rice– best dish we ordered. Large shrimp, egg, seasoned well, and tasty.
Mixed noodles with pork and soybean sauce– we felt the ratio of sauce to noodle was off (not enough sauce) and we would have rather it came mixed already. It seemed a little silly for us to add the sauce, edamame, and cucumbers separately. May also have been sauced better if sauced by the chef, who could see that it needed more sauce. It was a little bland. Not that great.
Pork and chive dumplings– we ordered these steamed, they can also be boiled. The lady said she preferred boiled because it was softer that way. I had found that sometimes boiled dumplings end up a little waterlogged so we went with steamed. The skin of the dumpling was a little thick. I had expected hot soup in the dumpling, which smelled very strongly of chive, but there wasn’t much. I think I expected too much of these– other reviewers were comparing them to the XLB at din tai fung and I thought they would be closer to those, but no cigar. At all. The filling was very compact, as well. To me, these were a disappointment even tho they were just okay.
Several hours later, my brother didn’t feel too good and lunch was the only thing he ate all day. Perhaps his digestive system didn’t like this place very much. I felt okay, but wasn’t hungry for the rest of the night. Our dad ate the leftovers and didn’t find them that great either. Sorry, Dumpling Generation!

Clean, bright, pretty. Cold appetizers were my favorite.
Dumplings however were not. Its almost felt like they were frozen. Only because I can see the kitchen and I didn’t see a lot of rolling. Perhaps, they rolled it prior and cook to order? I don’t know. I think they were a ok from what I’ve remember. Not going to lie though. The name got me really excited. But the place and flavors didn’t quite match. Bubble tea however was quite good. And love the free appetizers. Kimchi, cold noodles, seaweed etc! I’ll give it a shot if I’m in the area but won’t be traveling far for it.

If I could, I would rate Dumpling Generation as 3 ½ stars.
We stopped by for an early lunch on Saturday, and there were just a few tables occupied at the time. The space looks modern and clean, with some photos of the food on the walls. The menu is decent-​sized, but I would have to agree with other reviews: not a ton of choices for dumplings. We ordered:
Complimentary cold appetizers: seaweed salad, potato, and spicy noodles: my favorite was the noodles
Seaweed salad and bean sprout salad: both were decent. I didn’t realize that they offered free apps, so I probably wouldn’t order these again.
Seafood noodle soup: decent amount of seafood, with a slightly spicy soup base.
Mixed noodles with minced pork and soy bean sauce: all components come separate, and you mix it in the large bowl. This was good, and authentic (per the wife).
Pork and chive dumplings: these were decent, but be careful on the first bite: hot soup is inside.
Overall, the food is good and the portions are pretty big. The two women at the front were friendly and gave us good service as well. I would stop by again for some more noodles (and maybe the hot pot) if I am in the area.