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“Regulars know Katy’s Dumplings better for their handmade noodles than their Northern Chinese-style dumplings. The latter though are almost always available frozen, in big bags to stock your freezer. Order the dumplings boiled and pleasantly slippery, or pan-fried with a delightfully crunchy chew. Don’t sleep on the savory sliced and stir-fried pancakes either.”

-Chicago Tribune (August 2021)

What we’re ordering for pickup today: House-made dumplings from Katy’s

-Chicago Tribune (May 2020)

“Best suburban Chicago restaurants: West.”

“The name would suggest that dumplings are the draw here, but it’s the fresh homemade noodles that instantly turn unsuspecting diners into fervent members of the cult of Katy’s.”

-Chicago Reader

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“Sure, Chinatown is the obvious neighborhood to visit for good Chinese fare but Katy’s Dumplings warrants a trek to Westmont. Its dumplings and hand-pulled noodles are freshly made every day and the main reason why suburbanites rave about the place”

— Eater (May 2020)

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Jimmy Papadopoulos, Bellemore: “One of my all-time favorite deliveries is the beef noodle soup from Katy’s Dumpling House, in Westmont. It is a legitimate bowl of soul: a spicy, salty, beautifully complex broth with fermented greens, tons of garlic and their house-made noodles.”

— Eater (December 2018)

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“In addition to serving the best pork and chive dumplings around, no-frills Katy’s Dumpling House in Westmont also serves beyond-admirable spicy beef soup that’s loaded with real-deal hand-pulled noodles, hunks of meat and chopped cilantro, all of it swimming in a deeply nuanced, long-simmered and tongue-singeing broth.”

—Chicagoist