No.5 House - San Mateo (CA)

5 /5 Ron Lui: Stopped in for early dinner the other day. Ordered beef brisket bento, chicken corn pot stickers, beef pancake, salt pepper chicken wings, beef onion dumplings and beef soup noodle. The food came out pretty quick. All the food was delicious. The beef pancake was crunchy and had a soup filling like Shanghai soup dumpling. The post stickers were nice and crunchy. The broth for the soup noodles was really tasty. The beef brisket bento, was first time Ive had it with a beef gravy and I loved it. Chicken wings tasted more like popcorn chicken instead of salt pepper chicken and it was still good. I think the beef onion dumpling had the same doing as the beef pancake, also very good. Overall everything was good. They even sell the dumplings frozen if you wanted to take them home. Definitely will be back to try done other stuff. Staff was very friendly, seems to be family run.

4 /5 Wei-Ai Tai: New Chinese restaurant in downtown San Mateo, offering some Taiwanese dishes as well. The beef noodle soup was decent, although the noodles were over cooked. The pan-fried bao is definitely the star, and the veggies were fresh and well-seasoned. Service was a bit hectic as they seem to be sorting out some issues, hence the soft opening “practice period.” Parking may be hard to find during the peak dining hours.

5 /5 peihua Tsai: This restaurant is a hidden gem! From the moment we walked in, the warm hospitality and inviting atmosphere set the tone for an unforgettable meal. The menu is packed with authentic flavors — we ordered the pan fried bun, spicy wonton, scallion oil noodles, popcorn chicken, braised beef and green long beans. The restaurant specialize in dumplings and bun fillings. Every dish was bursting with depth and perfectly balanced seasoning. Definitely come back again to try more items.

5 /5 J L: No 5 House is 5 stars! My kids ate *everything* including the vegetables, they never do that. Really liked the fried bao (sheng jian bao) and beef noodle soup and smashed cucumbers Great service, clean restaurant, delicious food that isnt too salty/oily at an affordable price. Kids liked the Taiwanese sausage bento and the soups, look how clean they picked it!