3 Times

I came to the LES location of 3 Times because I had a gift card from an Instagram contest. The space is clean and spacious, and there was no wait time to walk-in. In regards to food, we ordered the following for lunch: Soup dumplings: chewy thick skin Dan dan noodles with minced pork: generally bland, only flavor was chili oil, barely any pork Crunchy pickled persian cucumbers with garlic sauce: only decent dish of our meal Snow pea sprouts and shrimp dumplings (chiu chow dumplings): steamed too long so the skin was soggy, fishy tasting filling We also had a bizarre experience with service. We had ordered pork soup dumplings and the server brought us crab soup dumplings by mistake. When we noted the error, we opted to keep the order to avoid any hassle, to which he responded “these are better any way,” and made no attempt to just charge us for the original pork dumplings ($2 cheaper). They also didn’t know what to do with the gift card, and had me place a duplicate to-go order on their website to pay, which just felt very unprofessional. I would recommend just walking a few more blocks over to Chinatown and getting dim sum/lunch elsewhere.

The decor of 3 Times is simple and the ambiance is cozy. The staff was friendly but too aggressive for us. We ordered 7 dishes for a group of four and we thought it's more than enough. However, she kept recommending us to order more and more. We felt pressured and ended up packing leftover home. Their food was overall delicious and authentic especially the Beef Brisket Stew w/ Potato ($26) and Sautéed Shrimp w/ Salted Egg Yolk ($27). The brisket was well braised, so flavorful and tender. The salted egg yolk sauce was creamy, rich and perfect with fried shrimp. However, we might be hesitant to visit again due to their service or we will consider doing a take out order if we are craving for their food.

The food was delicious! The service was great! And the pork moon cakes are a must! The moon cakes takes awhile to make but the wait is worth the freshness, everything else was served in a timely manner.. I recommend.. manager and staff was really nice and delightful!! I’ll definitely come back

This spot current says temporarily closed but we ate here 2 weeks ago without issue (March 2023). It’s definitely less authentic vibes than some other china town dumpling spots but we realllyyy like the soup dumplings. Tasted fresh and delicious. Nothing to complain about and seemed reasonable price wise!

It is a wonderful place because of their wonderful dumplings. I really like soup dumplings and and I have tried a lot, this place is just amazing, especially the crab roe soup dumplings I ordered. The crab roe on the top of the dumplings, looks really cute, like a flower, it’s so beautiful. I strongly recommend crab roe soup dumplings if you have difficulty with choosing the menu. The soup is amazing, so deep and smell so good. There are also so many dumplings of different flavor and Im gonna try other dumplings next time. I really enjoyed this time, thank you!