Yang Kee Dumpling — Restaurant in Roseville

I’m going to start my review by just saying WOW! My husband and I went to Yang Kee Dumpling for lunch today. We’ve heard about this place and its popularity at the David location.

I’ll start off by saying the inside is spacious and inviting. They do use those flexible clear plastic covers on their tables which gets a bit annoying because I kept catching the lip with my hand. Other than that, we sat at a round table next to the kitchen. I’ll admit I was freezing cold, but that’s not on them as I’m always cold.

It took a bit for our waiter to arrive, but we did arrive at the lunch rush and he was super attentive thereafter. Now, we’ve eaten at other dumpling places, so we ordered based on our experience when it comes to portion size. I would not say it was a mistake, but it was way too much food for us (luckily it will be dinner and probably lunch).

Here’s what we ordered: crispy shrimp wontons, cucumber salad, Mabo Tofu, wontons in chili oil, pepper beef dumplings, and the pork soup dumplings. We are provided chili oil and I’m guessing a ponzu sauce for dipping.

The food started coming out quickly, steaming hot and cooked perfectly (except for the cucumber salad - because it’s cold). The shrimp wontons were huge, crispy and loaded with filling. The cucumber salad was delicious and fresh, with cilantro and spring onion. The Mabo Tofu was hands down amazing! The tofu was silky, plenty of minced pork, spices were on point and had something I couldn’t recognize, but were little bits of flavor bombs. I would go back just for the Mabo Tofu alone!

Next up was the wontons in chili oil. Again, smashed it out of the park in flavor. The wontons sat in delicious spicy chili oil, covered in peanuts and sauce. Each bite was sooo tasty.

The pork soup dumplings came and the soup was spectacular! So flavorful and they were loaded with soup! The minced pork and dumpling was equally delicious and I highly recommend.

We were already in heaven, so we forgot we ordered the pepper beef dumplings. Once again, packed with flavor and cooked perfectly.

I cannot say enough how delicious everything was and this may be our new favorite spot. I’m looking forward to trying more on my next visit, but will definitely be getting...

We were in the area after shopping and we were hungry so we stopped by here for dinner. Luckily there was no wait on a Monday night however if it's a holiday on a Monday night it will be line up the door and might be an hour wait so just FYI from my previous experience. So I came in here craving for some soup dumpling and it was really great I had the one that was just the pork one xlb. I also ordered their picking duck dinner for $79 and they actually make you some lettuce wrap with the meat and the lettuce wrap meat is the duck. They also serve Peking duck for the first course and it comes with some steam buns and comes with your vegetables to dress it up. Also for additional $10 you can have Duck Soup as well and we got the Duck Soup and it has vermicelli tofu and cabbage and lots of veggies inside it was really great. The duck is about $80 and it could be up to four people. The service was great and they were quick on their feet with refilling our water bottles. The Ambiance is casual and it is pretty family oriented place to come here for dinner or just a date night or just hanging out with friends. I would come back here again if I was in the Roseville area to have dinner and it is one of my new favorite place to get some soup dumplings xlb. They do have other dumplings as well and next time I will make more room and try that. Thanks for reading and hope this helps and have a...

Update December 2024 Went in on a Sunday around 12pm – they were slammed. Very popular place. Yang our server was very personable and had great timing. Food was delicious, really liked the Yang Chow Fried Rice, the Hot & Sour Soup was addicting, and would order the Hong Kong Shumai again. Pretty much everything was great - the only one I'd probably not order again was the Gravy Chow Fun with shrimp - it just didn't have as much flavor as the other dishes.

First Visit We went in on a Saturday around 6pm-ish and this place was slammed. To make things a little more interesting the A/C was broken (and it was 105+ outside) and the poor staff were working in long sleeve shirts and pants. They pulled it off - great service, lots of ice water to go around, portable fans were on high and no one passed out.

On to the food — we ordered the Hong Kong Style Chow Mein which was just ok, but tastes much better as leftovers the next day.

We also ordered the Steamed BBQ Pork Bao which was good, but next time I might try the baked version.

The Pork Chive Dumplings were awesome and my favorite dish because it was packed with flavor.

The Yang Kee Sampler Dumplings - tasty when eaten with some of the provided sauces.

Overall, great experience, great service, and looking forward to trying out...