I have been here 3 times. I have also been the ever famous Din Tai Fung dumpling house in Arcadia, CA. I've only been to the Arcadia one once, but thought it was the perfect dumpling. Fillings were great and the steamed rice shells were of perfect consistency. I wish I can go back and compare it some more with Mother's Dumplings. Maybe during my next California visit back home...
Anyway, not everything at Mother's Dumplings is amazing. I definitely recommend the steamed pork and chives and steamed vegetarian dumplings. Yum yum. The pork has a little bit of fat so the dumplings are a little bit juicy on the inside. And, I love chives so it can't get any better. The vegetarian dumplings have vermicelli, tofu, and mushrooms inside and it has that mushroom flavor. Very delish.
I ordered my dumplings with the dried seaweed and dried soup, which was only $1.50! I thought it was a great accommodation to the dumplings. However, I have had the tomato soup (5.99) and thought it was extremely tasty.
Others I have ordered and do not recommend:
Steamed beef and chives - not as flavorful as the
Steamed shrimp - it was not what I was expecting.
Pork buns - I definitely would not recommend this at all. I would go elsewhere.
Pancakes - good. I would order again but I would rather save room in my tummy for more dumplings.