Gu’s Kitchen — Restaurant in Chamblee

You Gotta try this place! Artisan dumplings 🥟 and noodles 🍜 here in Atlanta.

Gu's is a family owned and run restaurant that serves their version of some Chinese classics with a flare. They have two to three people making dumplings all day long.

We always get the hand made Zhong Style Chicken Dumplings. Chicken or pork, doesn't matter it's soo very yummy. The dumplings are tender with just the right seasoning if the meat, and the sauce is a perfect addition to them. Be sure to mix up the dumplings with the sauce before eating. Next we get the Handmade Sweet & Spicy Thick Noodles. You can really taste a difference when it's made from scratch. Flavorful, thick noodles with just the right amount of seasoning and sauce. Tonight we also got the Spicy Dried Eggplant...which doesn't taste like eggplant at all. Perfectly cooked light and crispy with just the right spice and seasoning. It literally melts in your mouth.

To our typical, we added Dan Dan Noodles. These are medium thickness with seasoning and sauce and some flavorful ground beef sprinkled in. Then we had the Spicy Crispy Beef. This has got to be my new favorite here. The beef was so tender. It was breaded with a light breading that seemed to have both nuts and flour as well as spices. It was cooked to perfection, still keeping the beef tender but making the perfect crispiness. Served with minced garlic and Cilantro, spring onions and chilis. Wow, what a great dish. Last, well actually first I started with Hot and Sour Soup. You can always tell the quality of a Chinese restaurant by the taste of the hot and sour soup. This one has to be in my top 5 of all time. A perfect balance of sour with spicy, mushrooms, tofu and other ingredients.

The food is always served hot, fresh and quick. If I lived closer I would eat there a couple times a week. If you haven't ever been there, substitute your typical Chinese food with Gu's and experience some Artisan Chinese food. You will forever compare typical Chinese food to...

Gu’s Kitchen is very cafe style - the center of the restaurant is a large section of tables and they squeeze individuals into seating as allowed. Interior design is very minimalistic. You order and pay before you sit down. They have daily specials listed on a board at the counter.

This food is very Americanized — ex is that have Po’ boys. I would say that this is a good place to start for those who are interested in trying Szechuan food. The line gets very long and there were very few Asian people in the restaurant (I feel that we judge authenticity based on this point, but I do have my reasons below).

The spicy level was very mild and spice/flavor was also very mild. I found the beef noodles and fried fish fillets we ordered to be a bit bland. The beef in the noodle dish was cooked well and fell apart easily and the noodles were cooked al dente, but nothing special to it. The crispy fish fillets ($16) were HEAVILY breaded. The breading was double the size of the fillet. The star of the meal was their famous sweet and spicy dipping sauce that came with the dumplings - I even dipped the fish in this and was going to purchase a bottle, but it costs $10. My fiancé loved the dumplings and thought the pork filling was very good. However, I thought the filling to wrapper ratio was completely off. It was minimal. I love the wrapper to a dumpling, but not worth as it’s $7 for 6 pieces.

The kitchen and service is slow. They are just too busy and probably can’t keep up with the amount of customers, which is no fault on them necessarily. We were almost finished with the dumplings and noodles before the fish finally came out. Water was refilled and the container in the front was empty. A man who was eating at the same time we were finished his meal and found out his order of dumplings was given to another table. So definitely check on your food if it’s been a while. I may be back to try other items on the menu, but it is a bit pricey for what...

I really wanted this to be a “find”. I was simply underwhelmed. We strolled along the sidewalk looking into the different Asian shops. Gu’s kitchen offered menus in a grab and go pocket outside. The menu suggested that the entrees are large enough to share. We opted for the Pork Dumplings with the sweet and spicy award winning sauce. 1 order of spring rolls (2 servings) and the Crispy Beef. Upon entering the small @ 12 table establishment. We are distracted by the kitchen yelling at the front of house staff to get the Togo order from the window. People were coming, going, waiting to pay, be seated and place Togo orders along with the people on hold. Busy... must be a good sign. Oh there was a sign with the daily specials which we added to our order. General Tao. The rundown- The understaffed dumplings were drunken with the sauce usually used for dipping. It comes that way. The Crispy Beef is Deep Fried for a long time. Covered in chopped herbs and spices. Salt being a predominant one. The Spring Roll- That’s 1 roll cut into 2 pieces... the sauce was memorable. General Tao. Good flavor sadly the texture did not command any attention. Moist in a batter got stuck under sauce kinda way. I personally like mine crispy but tender in the middle. We did get it Togo and ate it @ 7 mins after it was handed to us. I’m not running back there anytime soon. Nothing about the experience was memorable. Food was over priced but the...