Gyoza Bar — Restaurant in Munich

Great place to get braised pork belly! Went there on a Sunday afternoon with a few of my friends for lunch. The location was not so far from the subway station Theresienstraße and the place is small but cozy enough. They have a handful of dishes in their menu… a few rice dishes, noodle soups, dumplings, etc. If I still remember correctly, they have around four or five tables and also a long bar table with around eight bar stools to seat on. Me and my friends all ordered the braised pork belly with rice because one of my friends has been here and he said that the braised pork belly here is great. The price to portion ratio was great, it was 8.50€ per portion and it was enough. The pork was sliced into thin rectangle pieces and was braised well enough. For a few of my friends it was too sweet but for me it was just right… delicious! It was served with rice, a whole boiled egg, and a few strands of Bok Choy. Although I dont think they really care about the presentation of the food as they served mine with the sauce all over the sides of the bowl (look at the picture in this review) and the pork belly was definitely not beautifully plated or anything, just laid there on the rice, but anyways at the end of the day for us normal customers, it is the taste that matters the most. A great thing was that we were given complimentary mango pudding after we finished eating and it was delicious! An unfortunate thing that we realized was that since the kitchen was just probably two meters away from where you are eating and the place is small, the smoke coming from the kitchen was felt in a way that all of our clothes smelled like food and one of my friend’s eyes were tearing a bit because of it and so on. Overall a good place to eat in. Would love to comeback and try...

Generally not bad. The flavor is not quite stable but sometimes it can be good. Slow service. Cozy atmosphere. Free mango pudding.

We ordered 12pc pork gyoza and a bowl of rice noodle (spicy and sour) soup with sauerkraut and lamb.

Gyoza was okayish. Some pieces were burnt. The sweet chilli and sesame sauces did not go well with the pork gyoza in my opinion. I prefer dipping it with sour sauce so we asked for an additional sauce dish and made our dipping sauce with the black vinegar and soy sauce.

The soup was not bad. The other times I ordered this dish were better. This time the soup was too peppery. The ground pepper was added too much. It overpowered everything in the soup. I couldn't taste the sourness from the chinese sauerkraut one bit. I tasted a bit of fermented soy bean, which I like. The lamb was tender but I couldn't taste the flavor of the meat so much because of the pepper.

I normally visit a place more than once before writing a review. Unfortunately this time Gyoza bar didn't leave a good impression like the other times as we waited 25 mins to be served and the food was too peppery and some was burnt. I can see the staff putting effort in this restaurant. However, two staff (1 cook and 1 server) are not enough to operate the restaurant in a busy time like dinner. Short of staff can lead to slow service, drop in food quality and possible mistakes.

I will revisit and if the flavor is consistent and the service is improved, I will definitely...

I like how their menu only features gyoza and wonton. I'm not sure why they call themselves gyoza bar and not jiaozi bar, but ok. I didn't try the gyoza as I probably should have, but I noticed they didn't have the right dipping sauces (soy sauce and sri racha?). Instead, I was hoping for some legit Chinese noodle soup and ordered the wonton noodles. Well... The noodles were good. I'm not an expert on wonton. I've only had the Cantonese and the Shanghai version. But this tasted very different from either. Very thick skin, filled to the brim with only (?) meat. Not that interesting... And to top it off, the soup was just completely salty, no umami taste whatsoever. Even if you want to keep it vegetarian, maybe at least add some shiitake to the broth? And cut down on the salt! I needed to drink a liter of water afterwards. So yeah, sadly a disappointment to me. The service was nice though. Maybe I'll try the gyoza some time, but I don't...