88 BaoBao — Restaurant in Rancho Cordova

I never order noodles. But, my friend ordered and I couldn't believe how delicious they were. I did manage to drop some on the floor and within about 10 minutes they were covered in ants. I had to hurry up and get up to leave so they don't get on my feet because I get a reaction out of bites and I was wearing sandals. Also. The lady who served us barely spoke English. It would not have bothered me much if she didn't tell me I can't walk in with dog. She kept saying no dogs inside. She walked around from the counter, took me outside and pointed at the sign on the door that said no dogs/pets. I tried to explain to her. He's not a pet. He clearly had a service dog vest on. I tried to explain to her that he was not a pet but a service animal. She asked. Is he going to behave? So I had to educate her on what a service animal is. I said, he's a trained medical dog. I was thrown back by the fact that I had to figure out how to expand that to her. She she said we can sit in the corner in the table by the door. I'm glad my friend just got up and moved our large group of several people away from the door in the back corner. So, I really enjoyed the noodles. I really did NOT enjoy the pork type large rolls that looked like egg rolls. I did NOT enjoy the dumplings, they tasted bad to me and I've had a lot of dumplings, I'm old 😂. I DID enjoy the gyoza. They were cooked well! But. My favorites were the noodles that didn't have the funny tasting meat in them. I really enjoyed the sweet and sour type chicken or chicken in brown sauce, looks like orange chicken, I can't remember what my friend ordered but that was...

We have been to MANY dumpling houses and this by far was very low end and basic for the price they make you pay. The service is very unprofessional and extremely lacking on customer appreciation. Along with the fact that most of the staff doesn’t really speak English to provide adequate service to begin with. Upon arrival, the cashier was just sitting at a table on her phone with an extremely irritated and bored demeanor once we walked into the door. Both of the high chairs for babies were dirty from being used. They were sticky, had caked on food, and wet like soup was spilled on them. I asked multiple times for napkins to clean the chair myself which I was just looked at like they didn’t know what I was saying. I ended up wiping the chair down on my own with a microfiber cloth left on their bussing rack. Also the building had a leak in the roof from the rain storms that just happened during the week.

I honestly didn’t like the flavors of the wonton soup. It was extremely bland and kinda flavorless. My husband said he got sick from the his dumplings also. As a family, I don’t feel this place is worth the money for what’s...

Friday, 2/24/2023 - We decided to try 88 Bao Bao Dumpling House. Address is 10824 Olson Dr D, Rancho Cordova, CA 95670. Restaurant is about 800sq feet-ish with a few tables and chairs. This is located in a very small little plaza with like 3 businesses next to each other. I believe I saw a UPS store and a Ramen 101 restaurant there. Parking lot is small. But we found parking. Upon arrival...

Pros:

1. Restaurant was clean. Clean utensils and plates. Table clean.
2. cashier was very friendly. She didn't rush us as it was our 1st time there.
3. they provided a jar of water and water cups next to cashier. Free water. Water tasted good.
4. We ordered shrimp dumplings, pork lumpia, and fried shrimp. All was delicious.
5. there were two sauces on the table for dipping. We loved the garlic sauce.
6. one of the staff did come and check on us to see if everything was ok.

Cons: None

Conclusion: I want to go back and try their beef roll and a few other dishes. They look so good. We enjoyed our time here. Even our little one loved it. Foods were good. Staffs were nice. I even got to see them make...