Top 14 Best Dumplings in Portland (tried and tested)

Jade Rabbit is a vegan Asian food point that specializes in Taiwanese street food. They serve some of the most delicious plant-based dumplings in Southeast Portland and I seriously love this place! 

They have an excellent selection of dumplings, including pelmeni, xiao long bao, pelmeni, momos, gyoza, and siu mai. You can pair your dumplings with craft cocktails and flavorful traditional dishes from Asia. I’d personally recommend trying the gluten-free Bawan Bunny Dumplings. 

HK Cafe is a Chinese restaurant dishing up staples from Beijing and Shanghai in a rustic-chic setting. The restaurant features a beautiful interior decorated with murals and paper lanterns. 

Located in Southeast Portland, HK Cafe is packed with people eating the same dish: Shanghai-style dumplings. 

They have a sizable dim sum menu featuring deep-fried pork dumplings, chive and shrimp dumplings, fried taro dumplings, and steamed pork and shrimp dumplings, among other local Chinese snacks. 

Located on Division Street in Southeast Portland, Van Hanh Restaurant specializes in Vietnamese cuisine and dishes out vegan classics from Saigon in an easygoing setting. 

They have a great selection of Vietnamese dumplings, including banh nam, banh goi, banh gio, banh it tran, and banh bot loc. They serve some of the best rice dumplings in Southeast Portland.

XLB is a casual fast-food restaurant specializing in Chinese comfort food. They dish up authentic Chinese grub in a laid-back setting. At XLB, you can enjoy a broad array of Chinese dumplings prepared with local seasonings. 

They also have an impressive selection of vegan dumplings, including sticky rice mushroom dumplings and Sichuan spicy wontons. They offer some of the tastiest xiaolongbao (Chinese soup dumplings) in North Portland. 

AFURI is a Japanese restaurant serving ramen, dumplings, Gohan, and small plates in fast-casual lodgings. They offer a great variety of Japanese pan-fried dumplings, including buta gyoza, buta gyoza, gyoza soup, steamed gyoza, and miso cashew gyoza. 

They also have a sizable ramen menu featuring yuzu shio, yuzu shoyu, yuzu ratan, tonkatsu shio, tonkatsu tantanmen, and hazelnut tantanmen.

If you want to have an authentic Japanese food experience, you must dine at this Tokyo-based food hotspot. 

Frank’s Noodle House is a family-run restaurant dishing up Chinese dumplings and Korean BBQ plates in a laid-back, homey atmosphere. They serve the freshest and tastiest pan-fried soup dumplings in Northeast Portland. 

From wontons to shumai to har grow, you can enjoy all varieties of Chinese dumplings at Frank’s Noodle House. Boiled dumplings are dipped in vinegar or soy sauce, while potstickers arrive upside down with a knot of sesame seeds at the top.

Din Tai Fung is a globally recognized Taiwanese chain restaurant on Washington Square Road in Southwest Portland. They have a great selection of Chinese dumplings, including jidori chicken dumplings, kurobuta pork dumplings, and vegan wontons, all served in hot, spicy sauce. 

They also have a sizable menu of dumpling soups featuring shrimp and kurobuta pork wonton soup, jidori chicken wonton soup, and vegan wonton soup.

Bao Bao is an informal counter-serve restaurant dishing out Chinese classics in a rustic setting. They offer a great variety of Chinese steamed buns, dumplings, congee, and noodles. 

Located on Couch Street in Northeast Portland, Bao Bao is a traditional Chinese dumpling house serving six different types of boiled, steamed, and pan-fried dumplings, including pork and fennel dumplings, shiitake wontons, shaomai, beef bulgogi, shrimp and ginger potstickers, and Maine crab rangoon egg rolls.

Chin’s Kitchen is a casual restaurant featuring traditional Chinese classics, such as house-made dumplings, noodles, and congee.

At Chin’s Kitchen, you get to enjoy many different types of dumplings, such as pork and shiitake potstickers, chicken water-cress wonton soup, shrimp manu, and make-ahead pork dumplings. 

Master Kong is a bare-bones Chinese restaurant on Division Street in Southeast Portland. They dish out staples from Shanghai and Beijing in a humble atmosphere.

They have a small menu featuring Chinese-style potstickers, steamed buns, wonton noodle soup, and jibing, among other street classics. 

Master Kong offers the tastiest handmade Chinese dumplings in the neighbourhood.

Located on Broadway in Northeast Portland, Shandong Restaurant offers a curated selection of traditional Chinese dishes with vegan options.

Their appetizer menu features pork soup Shao long bao, vegan spinach potstickers, shrimp dumplings, and pan-Pacific wontons. 

Dragonwell Bistro is an upscale eatery dishing out a variety of authentic Chinese grub in a high-ceilinged open dining room. They have a basic dumpling menu featuring xiao long bao, fried wontons, and wonton soups. 

Potstickers are served with vegetable stir-fry and hot sauce. Fried wontons arrive with duck sauce, hot mustard, plum sauce, or hot and spicy sauce.

Gado Gado is a vibrant restaurant specializing in pan-Asian & Dutch-Indonesian cuisines. They serve some of the most delicious wontons and potstickers in Northeast Portland.

They offer simple, non-fuss dumplings filled with pork and seasoned with garlic. The dumplings arrive on a big plate with stir-fry vegetables and hot sauce. 

You must try their sweet potato dumplings that are served with apple soubise. 

Han Oak Restaurant is a rustic-chic Korean bistro in North East Portland. From manu (Korean dumplings) to bulgogi (marinated beef barbecue) to kimchi (fermented vegetables), Han Oak Restaurant offers a great variety of Korean staples.