First time trying Sister Bao tonight. The Dan Dan Noodles and the dumplings were really good. And this is coming from a person who ate them often in Hong Kong. Will visit again. Service was good.
Update 21.8.23
Visited again today after the first time since Christmas 2022 during lunch time. The DD noodles were the same ,service was fine. Not Sister Bao’s fault but those mainland china students absolutely ruined the experience for everyone today, talking so loud all the way throughout despite being in a small public space, those mainland people have all that money to study in Edinburgh but can’t buy a bit of etiquette and class.
Great Chinese food.
Sister Bao House provided delicious and authentic food, made fresh and prepared in front of your eyes. We sat in to eat on Chinese New Year & the service was swift and considerate. Although the food took slightly longer to prepare due to it being made fresh, this didn't take away from the experience at all. The staff were very friendly and the atmosphere good.
I would highly recommend this restaurant if you want a nice authentic Chinese meal.
My Sunday dinner go to. The hot and dry noodles are exceptional. If you want something more meaty, the Dan Dan noodles are perfect and today I tried the spicy been fun.
The best thing about this place is that they have out of almost all Chinese restaurants I’ve been to, delivered consistently on the quality and tenderness of meat.
Such a good place. The spicy tofu bao is now my favourite.
Just had amazing lunch here, I ordered beef spicy noodle. It's not ordinary chinese yellow noodle but like rice noodle, i love the texture. It was so refreshing, savoury and delightful. I will come back for sure, and the price is affordable, I spent £10.
Another story, I left my phone there and the kind staff help me to get it back, thank you very much
The Staff & Owners were darling. The Bao was delicious. They just needed a little more steam heat. The dumplings were awesome and the menu looks like it has incredible dinner items. Don't shy away for a dinner here versus a lunch or snack as that's all I had time for. My local friend took me here and loves it as well.
Service: Amazing
Seating: Just a few tables
Sauces: Chili Oil & Hoison sent to you per an ask!
A hearty, delicious lunch for a very good price!
I highly recommend going for one of the combination meals for anyone's first try - we got four buns each (which were easy to split and share so that we could try more flavours!), generous servings of salad and drinks.
The black fungus salad and seaweed salad were very good - just on the edge of my spice tolerance (which is pretty low) in the best way
The buns were fluffy, light and filling, with a good range of different fillings - honey roast pork was particularly good.
The atmosphere is comfortable, the staff are diligent and overall we had a great time! We left full and happy.
I've eaten in many Chinese restaurants all around the U.K. This place has the best belly pork I've ever had from a Chinese restaurant for sure. The food was fresh, hot and tasty. Pricing is very reasonable considering the location, my main dish was around £9-10. Quite relaxed atmosphere and you definitely don't feel rushed. Free WiFi is available. Would recommend.
Amazing, many flavour choices. I ordered meigan pork & Mapo tofu, all super!! The bao, the filling , the price, all 👏👏👏definitely standout even better than those I tried in Asian countries.
Probably the best you can find in the UK!!
ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS 😋
I can't wait till the next time I'm back which will be very soon!
I was dining with someone who has an allergy and they were very lovely and attentive. All the staff were nice and the food is absolutely amazing, we are both veggie but that didn't stop the food from being so flavourful !! Definitely Definitely recommend.
The buns are delicious and so nice to eat, the dumplings are a must try! - we had fan fried. Delicious! And the ramen soup was just soooo goood.
Definitely give it a try 😊
Thank you Sister Bao!
Super friendly and helpful service. The Bao are extremely good! I highly recommend the coconut and pumpkin one.
This isn't a fancy place, but it doesn't pretend to be either. Simple, tasty, traditional northern chinese baozi at a sensible price.
We had a baozi each and shared a noodle dish.
Fair warning, the noodles were pretty average, but we didn't come for noodles... These baozi are quite big, so don't be surprised if two or three fill you up. Would have been nice to see some vegetarian options like egg and chive, but pork baozi are a classic.
Service was friendly and quick, they have a load of baozi steamed up and ready to go so we got to tuck in pretty promptly even while it was so busy the poor waiter was getting rushed off his feet.
The small wonton soup was absofrickinamazing - I was quite full from my day but dropped by because I had a craving for baos. I found the recommended chicken Bao good (not great - wish it had been juicier inside) but the wonton soup omg. I’m already looking forward to going back.
Suprisingly amazing to have the perfectly leavened dough, and well seasoned mince. I grew up in both a Northeastern city and a Shandong city where have the best leaven dough Bao bun in China, and I would give a certificate with both authentic and delicious awards (If I could) to Sister Bao. I have been here 5 times plus twice for delivery, I usually take 3 for a meal but today 5 since I'm super hungry (but seems it's really too many for me because the buns are SO LARGE). The staffs are very efficient to serve so you can always be served quickly when starving XD. There are multiple selections of the buns for you to explore, friendly to veges with it's vegetable ones (I would suggest don't miss the black fungul one for its crispy texture!). And finally, spicy oil here is avsolutely the hidden gem to try ;)
Had lunch in this place and really liked the vibe. Service was friendly and the bao were really delicious. You tiao very nice too. Xiao long bao were a bit lacking in broth, but still moist and tasty.
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