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De Fa Chang Restaurant

28 Pingan Market, Bell Tower Square, Xi'an, China
029-87676615
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Ranked #9 of 851 restaurants in Xi'an
Cuisines: Chinese
Dining options: Reservations
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Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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3 of 5 stars Reviewed May 23, 2013 NEW

It was recommended by tour guides and the hotel and everything but the food was tasteless, expensive and the dumplings were dry. My family friends went during late March, and they said it was the best dumplings they ever had, I could not fathom why that was the case. This place is a must go when in the off-season were... More

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Muscat, Oman
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3 of 5 stars Reviewed May 15, 2013

This restaurant comes highly recommended on the media and is certainly extremely popular judging by its size and how crowded the place was. Perhaps, the location adds to its popularity. The dumplings are OK but nothing to rave about. Each dumpling has a shape depending on the contents, so that you don't get confused. You can expect more than 10... More

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Shenzhen, China
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed May 5, 2013

We have lived in China for 3 years and all of us agree that these were among the best dumplings we have had. We had the banquet and it was really good. The waitress informed us what was in each one and the staff were very helpful.

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Bangkok, Thailand
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed May 5, 2013

Avoid to order the dumpling dinner set which is too expensive (minimum charge is 198 RMB/head and maximum up to few thousands RMB/head) by asking for Menu and order by ourselves dish by dish. We chose to order few dishes of dumplings to try and found out that the taste and quality were good but still were overpriced. However, most... More

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Perth, Australia
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed May 3, 2013

My experience with this restaurant is different to many reviews here in Tripadvisor. I was invited by my local friend to an evening meal last night, we had the sampling menu -around 20 different dumplings each. My friend explained that each dumpling is crafted in different shapes to reflect the ingredient - whether it be meat or vegetable - and... More

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1 of 5 stars Reviewed April 28, 2013

We visited this restaurant after reading the positive NYtimes review. We did the dumpling tasting menu and found it was overpriced for the quantity and the quality. Service was not great (although when they could, they sent over an English-speaking server), tea was expensive (not included) and the dumplings were not very fresh. Do yourself a favour and skip this... More

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London, United Kingdom
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1 of 5 stars Reviewed April 22, 2013 via mobile

One of the worst meals I have ever had. Doughy, chewy dim sum (some of which had definitely been sitting around for a while) and dishwater soup. Ludicrously expensive, 160rmb per person, which is the most expensive Chinese meal I had on the entire trip. Our guide practically marched us to the restaurant and at the end of our trip... More

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Adelaide, Australia
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed April 9, 2013

My brother and I went here for dinner after a full day out seeing the Terracotta warriors. The dumplings are to die for and we had 16 dumplings (some multiple) banquet for dinner. The price for dinner, staff and the service was really good. Not many people in the restaurant at this time as it was at the end of... More

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Toronto
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed April 3, 2013

I had a sampler of dumplings and every one was delicious. A busy place,when we arrived, but very nice service. I am glad we had our English speaking guide to walk us through and to order. My husband doesn't eat gluten so tooo bad for him. He did enjoy his regular meal though. A nice clean restaurant. we were there... More

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Xi'an, China
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed March 31, 2013

The best local dumpling restaurant in xian.The first floor is for normal dumplings.The second floor is for dumpling banquet.It's one of oldest restaurant more than 100 years history in xian.

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