Dumpling Time, the San Francisco Bay Area restaurant known for handmade dumplings, has opened its first location beyond California in downtown Boise. The fast-casual counter sits inside The Warehouse Food Hall, where it offers a streamlined version of its menu.
What Boise diners will find on the menu
The restaurant serves a selection of its most popular dishes, including Xi'an dumplings based on a family recipe from founder Kash Feng. Other items include xiao long bao, the Shanghai-style soup dumplings filled with broth, along with pan-seared gyoza, shrimp toast, Taiwanese popcorn chicken and scallion noodles. Service is counter-style, so customers order at the register and pick up their food rather than waiting for table service.
The company behind the expansion
Dumpling Time was founded in 2017 and belongs to Omakase Restaurant Group, which Feng leads as co-founder and chief executive. The Boise location is the group's second restaurant in the city, joining Raibu Sushi Bar. Opening a counter-service concept inside a food hall gives a multi-brand group a lower-cost way to test a new market than a full-service dining room would require.
Hours and location details
Dumpling Time is in Suite 107 at The Warehouse, 370 S. Eighth St., in downtown Boise. It opened Friday, Nov. 6. Hours are 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday. Hours can change, so diners planning a visit should confirm them before going.
Other vendors in the food hall
The restaurant joins a group of independently owned vendors at The Warehouse. Among them are Anzalone Pizza, Basquenese, Brotherly Love, El Cafetal, KB's Burritos, Mazzah Mediterranean, Neighbor Tim's BBQ, Poppy Seed Bakery and Cafe, Rush Bowls and Totally Smashed, plus Caffe D'arte, Camp Cocktail Bar and The Loading Dock. Brotherly Love, which serves Philadelphia-style cheesesteaks, opened Oct. 3.