Fortune Dumpling House — Restaurant in Vacaville

My son wanted to try the new dumpling house in Vacaville for dinner last Sunday evening (just before 7pm), so we came in to get some take out. Don’t let the Dumpling House name fool you, they also offer other Chinese dishes as well as Ramen/Udon Noodle Soups as well. They are located on the Walmart side of Helen Power Drive right next to Angry Chickz.

We were greeted right away when we walked in. There is not too many tables, so if you get there at a busy time, expect a wait for a table if dining in. Decor is decent and overall looks clean. The staff all seemed really nice as I was observing them while waiting for our take out order. They all seemed to be able to speak mandarin.

Food: Pan Fried Pork Buns (4 pcs - $12.95): a little pricey for 4 pcs especially since there is minimal filling (see picture). It inside of the bun was juicy as I bit into it, but overall lacked flavor. Taro Buns (4pcs - $5.95): the bun and the filling only had mild taro flavor and was not very sweet. Walnut Shrimp ($15.95): the kids found this to be the best dish out of our order, but I have had better. They provided the mayonnaise based sauce on the side for you to mix with the shrimp later so it doesn’t loose its crispiness. Sesame Chicken ($15.95): flavor was good, but the sauce clumped up into molasses consistency as the dish cooled. Fried Pork Dumplings (8pcs - $12.95): basically pan fried pot stickers, decent flavor, but I did not feel it was worth the price. Pork and Leek Dumplings (8 pcs - $10.95): decent flavor and the I can see/taste the leeks. They included only 1 container of dumpling sauce (1/3 filled) and 1 container of chili sauce (1/3 filled) which I thought was a little chintzy.

They are only on their soft opening, so I hope the quality of the food and portion size improves in time. I would consider coming back to try their other items, but will probably wait a few months to let them get things ramped up and food to be more consistent.

Stars: Food: 3.8/5 stars Service: 4.5/5 stars Ambiance: 4/5 stars Portion size for the...

Beautiful interior that is clean and inviting, excellent service from their welcoming staff. It was our first time here, my husband and I tried the Walnut Shrimp, Pork Buns, Soup Dumplings, and Tonkotsu Ramen.

The walnut shrimp was plump and fresh with a light batter that allows you to really enjoy the quality shrimp and delicious sauce. I loved the contrast of the candied walnuts, they were perfectly sweet and crisp! Highly recommend!

The pork buns were fluffy and balanced with the well-seasoned, tender meat filling. Perfect appetizer portion!

I have a deep love of soup dumplings and consider these the best in Vacaville! Beautiful in design with an addictive broth and tender filling - they were the first to go on my end, especially paired with their dipping sauce which had that perfect tang and salty bite to compliment the delicate pork broth.

My husband had the Tonkotsu ramen, and usually isn't a fan of creamy ramen due to how overly rich it can be. However, this was creamy, yet light in the way we normally enjoy shoyu style ramen which was perfectly portioned, delicious and comforting!

The staff kindly offered us fried sesame balls with a brown-sugar syrup. The bean filling to dough ratio was perfect! The red bean paste was creamy and delightful and went very well with the syrup!

Fortune Dumpling House is a wonderful gem that we whole-heartedly welcome to Vacaville! We are excited to try more from the menu on our return!

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We were excited to try out this new place as it has been showing up nonstop on our FB feed and everyone been raving about it. However, we weren’t impressed by this visit. Food was ok, average 3 stars, as we understand it is their soft opening. We are reducing a star because the walnut shrimp we received was missing the glazed sauce - basically got fried shrimp with walnuts.

We ordered take out and these review are based on our food preferences:

• Beef Roll - flavorful and meaty, but I’m not a fan of raw onion and there was a lot • Crispy Spicy Chicken - definitely has a kick! but chicken was on the dried side • Wonton with Chili Oil - wonton skin was perfectly thin and held its shape, but I prefer meat filing to be bouncy and tender, these weren’t • Walnut Shrimp - missing the sauce, the shrimp itself was decently snappy and sweet

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