QingDao Garden

Amazing, authentic food. They have over 300 items on their menu! The owner, Wen Ji has been in the restaurant business for decades. They’ve catered for big names like Harvard and Pfizer, from small parties to 500+ people events. Frozen dumplings can be bought from them 50 for $35 currently. We sat down for dinner around 8:30pm on a Wednesday night. There were no other customers but us, sadly. The owner Wen Ji came out to greet us after we put in our order. He’s very friendly and chatty. Personally, I’ve been looking for the perfect leek pie sporadically throughout my decade in Boston. No place makes it like this: perfect. The leek pie is nicely pan-fried on the outside too a perfect crisp and succulent on the inside with a JUST thin enough of crust you’re not having more crust than fil

Great hole in the wall spot with fresh ingredients and handmade dumplings. We enjoyed our time there and had a lovely chat with the owner. We were overwhelmed with their large menu and he asked us what we were in the mood for/what we like and decided on two dishes for us (cauliflower with beef and twice cooked pork belly with veggies!). Highly recommend!!

Delicious food! As vegetarians, we were delighted to find many dishes to choose from! We had the spicy eggplant, mapo tofu, Chinese broccoli with lots of garlic and the family style tofu with succulent chunks of tofu that I learned from another reviewer are made in house! The servings are large and we had plenty to take home for dinner the following day! The owners are very sweet and friendly and we enjoyed chatting with them. This is definitely a hidden gem. We parked right near the restaurant on Mass Ave or you could take transit.

Stopped in after a rough day and some excellent Chinese comfort food paired with friendly service really hit the spot. Dumplings were particularly good (some of the best northern style I’ve found in greater Boston), red braised pork was rich and flavorful, and the house-made cured pork belly (la rou) stir fried with fresh vegetables was cooked to perfection. I’d recommend asking if they have any specials/ off-menu items, as the la rou wasn’t on the menu but proved to be a particular highlight.

The pork with pickled Chinese vegetables is incredible. Dumplings were likewise great. Cucumber salad also gets my highest recommendation Owner delivered the food himself and was very friendly. He told us that it's a family restaurant, they hand make everything in their kitchen, and they've been running for 18 years, the food definitely showed it! I'm very I'm looking forward to trying more of their menu!!!