My first time having Beijing meat pies! Is that a thing anywhere else? I had an errand in Monterey Park and knew I had to eat some good Chinese while I was in the area. I actually used ChatGPT to find something quick, delicious, filling and preferably handheld -- and this was the first result. Did some vetting on Yelp and locked it in. THE ROBOT DIDN'T STEER ME WRONG. I had the Lamb and Green Onion pies and they were THREE FIRE EMOJIS. And filling. Almost too much for 1 person. Almost ;-) Nobody told me they were basically like giant soup dumplings because each pie was partly filled with the brothy juices of the fillings. It was a pleasant and juicy surprise, but definitely get extra napkins and prepare to have a savory smelling beard for rest of the day. I hope I get a chance to go back! ALSO--I wasn't sure I was in the right place at first because the name on the building is "JIN HAI PIE HOUSE" but the name on the plaza sign was still "Beijing Pie House". Glad it didn't turn out to be a Meat Pie Spite Shop.

We always love this place and everything y we order. And by the way, we always end up ordering way too much. The waitress was so sweet and actually discouraged us from ordering so much food The place is very casual, but friendly The food is delicious You literally can't go wrong.

Not a big place, but the lamb pies are amazing! They are so juice and delicious. A rare find in LA for authentic Chinese food when everyone is making Xiao Long Bao.

This place is definitely known for their pancakes, because their noodles were not good. Just get their meat cakes! We got a variety to go - lamb, pork, vegetarian, beef pies. Their beef rolls - delicious! Their beef onion pancakes - good but we could've probably done without. Two noodles - zha Jiang and green onion noodle that we definitely did not need. And their millet porridge - a bit watery but I liked it. Their meat pies were delicious! My bf loved their lamb pies and my favorite is their beef and pork pies. Surprisingly I didn't like their vegetarian version as much which is rare! Their noodles were not very flavorful at all. It was a lot of noodle with little to no sauce. Some meat would've helped so we ended up stir frying it with some meats we had it home. Overall I'd come back for only their meat pies! Beef, Pork and Lamb only next time!

What we ordered: (2) 10 Fennel Pork (Boiled) Dumplings $25.98 (2) 10 Stuffed with Pork & Celery (Boiled) Dumplings $25.98 I love dumplings and I like to think I know dumpling pretty well as I'm married to a Northern Chinese girl. Our family eats dumpling quite often throughout the year. Not to mention, I live in Beijing for 5 years. Let's say, I know dumplings pretty well. The dumplings here are very good. There's not disputing that. My wife, her parents, my son and myself all thought the dumplings were very good. With that said, these dumplings are very expensive. 40 dumplings cost $57 with tax. That comes out to one dumpling costing $1.42. That's pretty astronomically high even with rising food costs and inflation. I was absolutely dumbfounded when I saw that bill. Keep in mind! See the picture of the signage inside the restaurant! Dumplings are apparently made to order. They take well over 15 minutes to make/cook. I probably wouldn't come back by choice, but if my family wants dumplings and don't want to make them. We'll probably stop by here.

Proceed thusly: grab the hockey puck shaped meat pie; hold it vertically; take a meager bite from the top; make sure to bite only a small patch of the dough, do not sink into meat yet; maintain vertical orientation; reach for a spoon; poor carefully the liquid content from the meat pie out onto the spoon; slurp. These meat pies, ycleped xian bing in Mandarin, are the Chinese culinary gods' idea of a practical joke. The butt of the joke being the Westerner. After the Western diner has suffered the inclemency of stinky tofu, Sichuan peppercorns, searing Hunanese gan la, and the exotica of Cantonese food, he is finally able to sit before something familiar. Xian bing provides the Westerner with ground meat stuffed into dough with a crisp exterior. He can rest and eat without thinking, without prodding and wondering. He takes a hardy bite into his meat pie and is met with jets of boiling hot liquid. Still, I imagine he would take these blisters over stinky tofu any day of the week. In order to avoid blisters, use the above described technique. I will go further and advise you not to treat like soup the entire liquid content of the bing. Have a enough to prevent flooding, but don't completely drain the basin. As it cools, the meat will reabsorb liquid, which is part moisture and part fat. By allowing for reabsorption, you give yourself a bing that is sufficiently moist to the last bite. You can do otherwise and it will be fine; I only say this to help ensure, what I believe, the optimal xian bing. In terms of filling your meat pie, I think lamb is best. For starters, lamb itself has more flavor than alternatives of beef and pork. Secondly, this type of food is borne out of the Northern Chinese Islamic cooking. Abrahamic religion and lamb go together like hand in glove. (This is not to suggest Beijing Pie House is an Islamic establishment, I only read this bit about the origin from TasteAtlas.com). And then, with lamb, it makes sense to pair it with cilantro, a perfect marriage. This is A3 on the menu. Also the meat pancakes are good. Strata of ultrathin flatbread and your choice of meat are stacked and then cooked on the griddle. The exterior layers of bread are seared crisp and brown. The interiors are steamed and soft. (This strikes a textural similarity with lasagna). Good too is an omasum tripe salad with cilantro and chili sesame oil.

I've been to this plaza a million times to get my lashes done and this is the first time I came to this place. Parking is available right in front. Not a fancy looking place with a few tables inside. I got their leek and pork pie and omg idk where to begin. The wait was a bit long like 15-20 mins but I think it's cus they're literally freshly making it in the back. There was some soup in there and the taste was just phenomenal. I wish I ordered 2 orders tbh. That's how good it was. I will def be back!!