Dumpling Patio, a walk-in Chinese restaurant at 2499 Lombard St in the Marina, registered with the City in March under Original Buffalo Wings Inc. — a lineage that shows on a menu leaning to chicken wings over dumplings.

Dumpling Patio, a new Chinese restaurant at 2499 Lombard St in the Marina, is on The Infatuation's running list of San Francisco openings after the outlet reviewed it on August 7. It registered with the City on March 9, 2026, according to San Francisco business records — and the entity behind it explains a lot about the menu.

The registered owner is Original Buffalo Wings Inc. That lineage shows: in a review headlined "Dumpling Patio's patio is the main draw," Infatuation senior staff writer Julia Chen writes that "most of the menu leans towards larger dishes" and points diners to "the solid chicken wings and firecracker chicken with a bit of heat" over the boiled dumplings in broth and chili-oil wontons. Her verdict on the dumplings themselves — "there are better options in the city."

The room is priced at the $ tier and built for walk-ins, with what Chen calls a "light-filled, enclosed patio" that seats "last-minute groups or tourists wandering down Lombard in search of dinner." The phone is (415) 931-8181.

The bet here is location over specialty. The Marina is thin on Chinese options, and a walk-in room with a covered patio on a busy Lombard corridor is playing to foot traffic and group overflow rather than to a dumpling reputation it doesn't yet have. Whether a wings company's dumpling concept holds its corner is the open question — but at the $ price point, in a neighborhood short on the cuisine, the math has room to work.