Great Cantonese style Chinese food with lots of veg options on the menu. I definitely recommend the Ants on a Tree noodle dish, and the Chinese Curry as main dishes. The Vegan Delights soup is also pretty good. The appetizers are really good too - Eggplant Pockets are great to share, the Tofu and Awesome Sauce is delicious, the Lettuce Wraps and Tempura are also great. The dumplings are also good, if not the most unique thing on the menu. They also have bubble teas, a couple flavors can be made without dairy. I very much miss their original 39th Street location, I think it was the better more central location with far more character and I'm sad that they chose to close it instead of the expansion location. The service is still good and reasonably friendly, although they have gotten a little more bureaucratic and a little less friendly about how they handle guests. They have always been slightly on the expensive side, but the quality has also always been very good. A favorite restaurant in the area.

We visited at lunch time during the week. The server was very kind and helpful with recommendations. We ordered the dragonwell pot of tea, basil chicken in lettuce wrap, chicken pan fried dumpings & Chinese style pot roast. The food was delicious with very large portions!

I’ve been anxious to try Rakar, and tonight I finally got to enjoy their delicious food! I used to travel to China often, and I think their food is very authentic. They even have some dishes that I have never found stateside! Everything was amazing, it all tasted fresh and reminded me of my friend’s mother’s homemade dumplings. The beef pan fried dumplings and the pork soup dumplings were my favorite. The cucumber salad was the perfect complement to the dumplings, and the fried mantou buns for dessert sealed the deal.

Looks like Rakar Dumpling house is celebrating their two years anniversary this weekend with 50% discount on any dumplings and also giving a complimentary pork soup dumplings per person. Talking about ambiance, this place is so well designed with a lot of plants, antiques, rock carvings etc., with a lot of natural light. Tables can easily hold anywhere from a group of 2 to max. 8-10 folks. We ordered a lot of food in the kiosk and all the food has been served one by one within 5-10 minutes. Everything was delicious & served hot with a lot of flavors :-) + Lamb dumplings 4.5/5 + Pork/Beef dumplings 4/5 + Pork soup dumplings 4.5/5 + Fried Steamed Buns 4/5 Service has been top notch today. One of the staffs welcomed us at the door when entering & explained the deal of the day and complimentary food items. That was actually nice and helpful!