I came here for dinner during one of the colder nights which was totally fine because tea was readily available. I was beyond excited to try this place. Why you may ask?
Soup Dumplings in Cleveland! FINALLY! And I have to say, they really are good. I do wish that they were served with a nappa leaf or something under them so they don't stick. If the dumpling tears the soup obviously spills out. But overall, they're really good - if there was anything they could "improve" on it's just to add more soup but the taste itself is great.
Apart from the dumplings I also went with the Spicy Beef Noodle Soup. It's spicy and very very hearty with plenty of meat and noodles. There's also some greens so it's not overwhelmingly meat-y or carb-y though a word of caution, the hot soup will be between the pieces of bok choy (or possibly bok choy's cousin?) so just keep that in mind so you don't burn yourself like I did. Maybe that's just an obvious thing to think about, oops. Overall it's a perfect choice for a cold night.
A downside of this place is that there doesn't seem to be very many vegetarian options that are entrees. This wasn't an issue for me but keep that in mind if that's a restriction.
What I also appreciated was the prices. The dumplings are pretty average in size (not too small or too large) and you pay $5 for 6 dumplings. The soup, which was huge, was only $10. Not bad at all.
It's very clean and nicely decorated with plenty of tables. It also seems popular (makes sense) with plenty of people there for dinner and lunch (I went back a second time to get dumplings for lunch, can you blame me?). The service is pretty hands off but perfectly pleasant.
Overall, great place for lunch or dinner or you know, a to-go box of dumplings.