While located out in suburban Vancouver, Kung Fu serves top-notch dumplings and comfort noodle dishes. While Kung Fu Noodle is clearly more of a noodle shop, it also offers a small array of dumplings in the appetizer section; the xiao long bao stand out the most, with a supple wrapper and plenty of piping-hot soup inside. Kung Fu offers takeout and delivery online and is also doing limited indoor seating for customers who want to dine-in.

Cute counter-service cafe Kargi Gogo proudly brings Georgian cuisine to Northeast Portland. Similar to a handheld version of a soup dumpling, khinkali are massive, about the width of a tennis ball. The beef-and-pork blend is folded and wrapped, and while the dumpling is boiled, the rendered fat mixes with a bit of water producing an explosion of flavorful broth. Kargi Gogo has a system for ordering online and offers both takeout and delivery.

While the menu at Northeast Portland’s Gado Gado has shrunk, the restaurant still slings some version of dumplings that change per chef Thomas Pisha-Duffly’s whim. Currently, the saucy chicken and leek dumplings are still on the menu, slathered in a chili oil sauce and full of warming chicken broth. The dumplings are available for takeout, delivery, or dine-in on the restaurant’s socially distanced patio. Patrons who can’t make the venture out to the restaurant may be able to find Gado Gado dumplings at New Seasons Market.

After opening a permanent restaurant earlier this year, Bao Bao has added new dumplings and buns to its menu. With fillings like mushroom, curried chicken, and sweet red bean, the restaurant ends up being a good choice for a group of diners with varied palates. And while many would debate that bao are not dumplings, Bao Bao also offers hand-made, thick and juicy pork or veggie dumplings, covered in cilantro and green onions. Bao Bao is currently only open for takeout, with online ordering available through its site here.

With its second location now in full swing, the Southwest location of Tokyo-based Afuri offers an extended dumpling menu, crispy-frying its pork gyoza or slipping them into pristine chicken broth. The buta gyoza and the spicy gyoza soup are not to be missed, though vegetarians may prefer the restaurant’s miso cashew dumplings. Afuri is offering takeout or delivery at its website here.

This Buckman food cart has quietly been steaming up Nepalese momos since November 2017, neatly wrapping dumplings filled with pork, beef, or a vegetarian mix. Dumplings arrive with a traditional spicy dipping sauce called achar. Sherpa Kitchen is open for takeout and delivery.

Located inside the Hawthorne Asylum carts, Pelmeni Pelmeni serves a combo of Ukranian and Russian food. The menu here is simple and consists of only three items: chicken pelmeni, potato vareniki, and sweet cheese vareniki. The first two are the savory dumplings that come topped with sour cream, Russian ketchup, dill, and green onions. The third option serves as dessert, filled with a sweet farmer’s cheese and topped with plenty of sour cream and fruit jam. While Pelmeni Pelmeni doesn’t do delivery, it does have the pod’s outdoor seating.

This PSU-area Chinese restaurant is a centrally located haven for deeply flavorful xiao long bao, but the restaurant’s Sichuan wontons, tossed in tingly chili oil, are the real showstoppers. Both dumplings are essential orders. Duck House is offering takeout, delivery, dine-in, and limited outdoor setting.

Famed for its family-style tables and service (think large rounds, lazy susans, and dim sum carts), HK Café has been a long-standing option for dim sum in the Foster-Powell neighborhood. Highlights include the shu mai, shrimp and taro dumplings, and shrimp har gow. HK cafe offers takeout, dine-in and delivery through delivery apps online. 

Downtown Beaverton’s Tan Tan Deli has one of the most extensive Vietnamese menus in the Portland metro area, which is why it should not come as a surprise that it’s one of the only places that serves Vietnamese dumplings in town. While the pan-fried pork and vegetable dumplings are similar to potstickers, the banh gio is a whole different ballgame: These glutinous rice flour dumplings come steamed and wrapped in banana leaves, stuffed full of pork and wood ear mushroom. Tan Tan Deli is only offering takeout and delivery.

Once named among the world’s 10 best restaurants by the New York Times, Taiwanese-based chain Din Tai Fung opened a Washington Square Mall location, which means Oregonians eager to eat these world-famous soup dumplings don’t have to trek to Seattle for them anymore. The rewards for braving the typically long lines are juicy and meticulous paper-thin Kurobuta pork xiao long bao with 18 pleats, 16 grams of filling, and 5 grams of dough. Din Tai Fung is currently offering takeout and delivery onsite, with limited seating by reservation only.