Hidden Dumpling House — Restaurant in Elk Grove

Brand new restaurant...

Picked an order to go: deluxe chow mein, wor wonton soup and paper-wrapped chicken.

The paper-wrapped chicken was good-- but needed (in my opinion) more Hoisin sauce. We added Hoisin sauce ourselves, and it really helped. The wor wonton soup was really good. Lots of additional goodies, lots of tasty dumplings and-- as always should be with any soup-- an excellent chicken broth. The best dish was the deluxe chow mein. Lots of additional goodies (chicken, beef, pork and shrimp in addition to veggies)-- but-- the noodles! Best noodles I've had in a long time. So deliciously chewy, just how I like them. Good value. We got dinner for two with leftovers for lunch for two for the price of a modest dinner for two. We will definitely be going back. Will update this review as appropriate.

And here's the update... UHave now eaten here at least half a dozen times. Their cooks are so good. Vegetable and meat items in the same dish are perfectly done. Vegetables vastly different in texture are perfectly done. The zucchini and broccoli in my pan-fried noodles tonight were both perfectly done. The noodles readily afforded that perfect bite: half crunchy, half softened by the sauce. Portion sizes are very generous-- I've never been able to finish even a lunch-sized combo plate. Very reasonably priced-- especially since you're getting another meal in leftovers. You can get a really good meal that fills you up for as little as $11.99. Very friendly, but not intrusive waitstaff. Upgraded to 5 Stars...

I ordered 9 items and none of the items stood out. If anything I was more disappointed than anything. With dumplings, it usually has a healthier aspect so I was expecting it to be boiled or steamed but, most of the items were deep fried. The potstickers are overly fried and the spicy wontons and scallion pancakes were also fried. I kept cutting the roof of my mouth. The soup dumplings were not plump or juicy and the hot and sour soup was spicy and bland. The beef noodle soup was good, except it was tomato based so I was not expecting it at all, it should have been labeled as Tomato Beef noodle soup and not just beef noodle soup. The beef roll had pickles in it .... that was interesting. I wanted to try Hidden Dumpling since I have never been, but I much rather go to Journey to Dumpling, which tastes much better. However, the service was good and while walking out of the restaurant, the combo plates...

In a nutshell; Does seem a bit pricier than other similar themed places but the service and food are really good.

Have been to this place twice , one a few years back and one just recently and I'd say they're still as good if not better than I remember. There's a lot of parking as it is situated in a lot with other businesses so there's parking around even in busy hours. It may be difficult to get a big party in the establishment as the most they have are 4 people tables and the place isn't all that big but I'm sure they will work and accommodate as best they can. Servers are great and kind. Food didn't take long at all. At the time there were drawings on the wall, maybe they had an event involving an art program with children or what not which gave a bit of a home-y feel to the place. Overall good tasting food, bit pricey than usual but definitely left feeling completely satisfied...