Shanghai Dragon Dumpling House

Wanted dumplings before the Lion King on a cold and rainy night, and wandered past this place and we ventured in here without knowing what to expect but wanted something quick and filling. Having been to some of the best places around Melbourne I was somewhat against stopping here. What a pleasant surprise we were in for though.
We got the last table in this busy little place and quickly ordered 3 plates of dumplings; pan fried pork, pan fried vegetarian and steam chicken and prawn.
Received complimentary tea and water with our food arriving much sooner than I thought was we walked in right before 2 other tables, though I think we just know what we want.
As soon as the plates tabled down I scooped up a pork dumpling and haven’t been happier with a standard pork dumpling like this. Very juicy and tender that I almost thought it was a soup dumpling. So delicious. The chicken and prawn ones were next, and the touch of ginger really hit the right notes for us. Finally the fried vegetarian dumpling, and these were just great as well. All great.
Pricing seems fairly standard for melbourne dumplings, with 33 dumplings coming to $ 27, and 2 very full and satisfied customers.
Definitely recommend this new dumpling house. Great job!

Xiao long bao fans will be happy to hear about this place.
Simple and efficient, the servings are generous and pricing very reasonable.
4 of us had 2 plates of dumplings, xiao long bao (juicy pork soup dumplings), a beef noodle soup and spring onion pancakes and we left very full and happy.
Highlights — xiao long bao, steamed vegetarian dumplings and the crispy (very oily) spring onion pancakes (with what seemed like glutinous rice paste in the middle).
Totally will come back here if my favourite dumplings joints are busy.

I mistaken this with Shanghai Street.
This is a terrible place. More expensive than Shanghai Street and food is not good.
I order traditional grilled fish. They are not fresh because they are pre-​made and are microwaved again to serve you. The skin is not as crunchy as expected and as in photo. Poorly displayed. Overpriced dish.
Fried pork buns is ok. Not as bad as their fish. Still overpriced

This location has changed owner more often than I can count.
I dropped by during lunchtime to try the dumpling noodle soup 水饺汤面. Overall acceptable but nothing spectacular. The dumplings were not comparable to Shanghai Street 小街小笼馆, but at least the place looked cleaner than Camy’s, with slightly better service.
Let’s see how long this shop lasts this time.

Yet another dumpling house in China town but this one is new and the staff are keen to impress.
I tried the xiao long bao and was suitably impressed with each dumpling carefully breached to suck out the soup before scoffing down the rest of the dumpling in one gulp.
The servings of dumplings are quite large e.g. 8 or 15 pieces but if you can’t stuff them all in then you can ask for a take away container, no problem.
The décor is very simple but come for the food not the furnishings. Get in an try this place before it gets too well known!