“I dislike Vanessa's. It's a good snack food but the dough is too thick, and the filling is too heavy.”
H3
4.6/10Chinese
AI-generated summary
People argue about the here. Plenty say it slid, the dough got thick, the recipe changed and prices went up, and Chinatown does better for less. Fans point to the instead, cheap and filling. The with their chili oil and scallions still gets ordered.
“I dislike Vanessa's. It's a good snack food but the dough is too thick, and the filling is too heavy.”
H3
“I only tried them recently and was very disappointed. Not *bad* per se but probably the worst dumplings I've had in Manhattan and among the most expensive to boot.”
H3
“Vanessa's Dumpling House has insanely good scallion pancakes but they're different from many places - thick and fluffy. Their scallion pancake sandwiches are one of my top cheap eats in the city.”
H3
“Seconded. Filled with julienned veggies like carrots and zucchini. Buns are fluffy with sesame seeds on top. Flavorful and not oily.”
H3
“Once found a screw in one of their dumplings. An actual metal screw. They didn't care, said it happens occasionally... That was the saddest day ever.”
H3
“So far my preferred are: * Trader Joe's pork or the vegetarian ones. * H Mart's (I can't remember the brand) pork and kimchi. * Vanessa's dumplings' pork and cabbage.”
H2
“There’s something about cheap, oil-soaked scallion pancake sandwiches I just can’t say no to.”
H2
“They changed the recipe/dough and were not the same at all!! Even the dumpling shape was different. Super disappointed.”
H2
“The sesame pancake sandwich things have always been my favorite part of Vanessa's.”
H2
“that Vanessa’s dumplings in Williamsburg is straight trash”
H2
“sesame pancake from Vanessa’s dumplings”
H2
“The pork and chive dumps and sesame pancakes sandwiches are great.”
H2