Fat Dumpling

Fortitude Valley, Australia

3.3

Open now

11 reviews

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Telephone:
+61 7 3195 1040
Website:
www.fatdumplingbar.com
Address:
368 Brunswick St, Fortitude Valley, Queensland, 4006
Fortitude Valley
Nearby public transportation stops & stations:
110 ftBrunswick Street stop 207 near McLachlan Street
140 ftBrunswick Street near Ann Street stop 210
480 ftWarner Street stop 205 near Ann Street
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Takes Reservations
Yes
Delivery
No
Take-out
Yes
Accepted Cards
Credit, Debit
Good For
Lunch
Good for Kids
Yes
Good for Groups
Yes
Attire
Casual
Noise Level
Average
Alcohol
Full Bar
Outdoor Seating
No
Has TV
No
Waiter Service
Yes

Today

Today 12:00 pm – 3:30 pm
5:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Open now
Local time (Fortitude Valley) 14:47 Sunday, 25 May 2025

Business hours

Monday –
Tuesday 11:30 am – 3:00 pm
5:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Wednesday 11:30 am – 3:00 pm
5:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Thursday 11:30 am – 3:00 pm
5:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Friday 11:30 am – 3:00 pm
5:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Saturday 12:00 pm – 3:30 pm
5:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Sunday 12:00 pm – 3:30 pm
5:30 pm – 9:00 pm

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11 reviews of Fat Dumpling

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Place rating: 5
Brisbane, Australia
Absolutely obsessed with this place. It is amazing. The staff are super friendly, enthusiastic about their jobs and very attentive. The food always comes out quickly.
The food is amazing. Everything tastes fresh and authentic. The dumplings are awesome — chicken and asparagus are my favourite. Also love the pork spring rolls and broccoli salad. So so yummy.
Love that you can go here for an awesome, fuss free dinner that is a reasonable price and always have awesome service and food!
Place rating: 4
Brisbane, Australia
Love this place. The family operated business are constantly making fresh dumpling’s daily, not frozen like some competitors. You MUST try the peach spring rolls with vanilla bean ice-​cream, absolute heaven!
Support local.
Place rating: 3
Brisbane, Australia
In comparison to Harajuku Gyoza just a little further up the street, this place is a big flop. The ordering system is weird and last night they had about 4 cooks but only 1 server, who seems to not only be inexperienced but also do not speak English. She constantly handed dishes over people’s head, nearly knocking over me several times. The food was alright, tasty even, but the service really ruined everything for us. They took over one hour to serve our food (poached pork prawn & chives, fried chicken & asparagus, pork belly) — it came out at the same time as people who arrived about 45 minutes after us. They mixed up drink orders and constantly gave us fresh plates, but refused to give us fresh chop sticks. Don’t come here when you’re extremely hungry — you will be disappointed.
Place rating: 3
Brisbane, Australia
In a street of hot dogs, pizza and bar-​life, Fat Dumpling is a decent option for dumplings and Chinese cuisine. We dined here on a Thursday evening in a group of six.
Like, Karen S, I admired the space and how they’ve designed it. The menu features fairly standard and western-​ised Chinese dumpling dishes.
Between us we managed to sample quite a bit of the menu from the chinese broccoli salad, shallot pancake, cumin lamb skewers to the salt & pepper squid, prawn and garlic chives dumplings, and the pork xiao long bao. All dishes were brought to the table incredibly quickly. So quickly in fact that we were unable to fit most of the plates on our small table with the rate they were being delivered. I’m no expert, but I feel this is a service process that could be fixed with a little more consideration given to the timing of plates.
There were a few other hiccups, including a hair found in a few of our dishes, but still, Fat Dumpling is a place with promise. It is offering something affordable and different in the area and overall our meal was ample and none of us went hungry. I’m hoping it was all down to a bad day and future visits will be a little less chaotic.
Pro Tip: Order the broccoli salad and the pork xiao long bao. Not ideal for groups of any more than 4.
Place rating: 1
Brisbane, Australia
There are so many dumpling places in Brisbane and unfortunately this one does is NOT one I would recommend. The food was very westernized which was odd considering that the owners are from China. We ordered chicken skewers, xiao long bao, and pork dumplings. The chicken skewers came out RAW!!! I was totally grossed out by this and when I told the waiter (who I think was also one of the owners), he didn’t say anything or apologize… it was weird. The other two dishes were sub-​par and not very tasty. Overall the food wasn’t good and the service was poor.
Place rating: 4
Melbourne, Australia
The owners were really lovely. And the jasmine tea is so fragrant.
From the entrees we ordered the crystal cucumber salad which I highly recommend. The crunchy pieces of cucumber mixed with a lovely dressing were a great start to our meal as we waited for our dumplings.
The highlights for me were the pork and asparagus pan fried dumplings and the steamed fish dumplings. We could see they were freshly making the dumplings in the kitchen and the quality and flavour of the food was great. Most definitely going again and can’t wait to try some of the other flavours.
Place rating: 4
New Farm, Brisbane, Australia
Having read quite a few Foodie blogger pieces on Fat Dumpling, I couldn’t resist popping in today as I walked past. Firstly I love what they have done to the space. The exposed and renovated brick wall is divine. Adds heaps of character to the long narrow space. I was there early, first customer of the day I think? So service was attentive and friendly.
I choose the pork belly braised in sweet soy from the main dishes. And of course some steamed dumplings — prawn, pork and chives.
The food didn’t take long and I got the pork belly first. The sticky sweet soy sauce was delish. However, I was a bit disappointed that the pork belly wasn’t more tender. In fact it was quite chewy. Now I am not sure if this is the traditional way? But as pork belly is hot hot hot on so many menus these days, I was expecting melt in your mouth, tenderness. Don’t get me wrong, it was yummy… just took a bit more work to digest. The dumplings (6) came out next in the bamboo steamer. Yum they looked full, fat and juicy! woo hoo. The flavour was fresh and light. There is not a lot of other flavour, spice or seasoning in there. So you do need to dip in to sauce. They were tender and delicate. I think I would have enjoyed a more punchy dipping sauce than the soy sauce and vinegar on the table.
This is a place and people you want to love. You want it to be a spot you walk to Sunday night and fill up (get fat) on fat dumplings. But although I really like it, it is just not as tasty as the dumplings from say ‘Happy Little Dumplings’ :/
Place rating: 3
Glendale Heights, IL
I had read good things about Fat Dumpling so I actually wanted to go here, even though my dining companion had said that another dumpling spot nearby was really good.
Tried two different kinds of dumplings, decided on the prawn and garlic chives as well as the chicken and asparagus — both steamed. They were alright but nothing to write home about. Probably wouldn’t make a trip back. Nothing stood out and the service was fairly lackluster.
Place rating: 3
Brisbane, Australia
Fat Dumpling unfortunately doesn’t have a whole lot of space, so if you’re planning to hit them up as a large group, it is imperative to make a booking, so they can make table arrangements. Otherwise, it is wisest to visit them as a pair.
But if you manage to secure a table, you’re in for a treat. The menu offers a selection on small non-​dumpling related small bits (salt and pepper squid is delish), and in the dumpling section, they’ve got everything covered: chicken, pork, prawn, fish or vegetable dumplings cooked any of the three ways: steamed, poached or pan fried (gyoza style!).
Where they fail miserably is in dessert. There’s only one option, but hey! It’s the Valley. There’s bound to be something else on offer that’ll tickle your fancy.
Place rating: 2
Brisbane, Australia
Service was absolutely awful. I’ve never previously experienced asking a waiter over to have them nod at me across the room and proceed to ignore my request. The smell of off seafood permeating through the place didn’t help much. Food was ok and they weren’t very busy.
Place rating: 4
Bellevue Hill, Australia
Excellent, only new so time will tell but making a great start.
Very good dumplings, funky décor and room and even cool music. Staff go out of their way to help. Yep working for me so far.