Questions about Niu Mama Kitchens

An Asian food hall in Glendale with five separate restaurants sharing one building and one dining room. You order from whichever counters you want and eat together.

Five: Lao Ma Dumplings, Akai Hana Express, Kimchi Xpress, Sumo Dogs, and Sumo Snow Express.

Yes, that's the whole idea. Each counter takes its own order and you bring it all back to the same table.

Yes. There's communal seating plus an indoor patio.

Yes. Families, groups and kids are all welcome.

Yes, every restaurant does takeout.

Yes. Each restaurant takes online orders through its own page. Pick the counter you want and you'll go straight to its ordering page.

Free parking in the shared plaza lot.

Yes. Try the veggie egg rolls, edamame, avocado rolls, seaweed salad and cucumber salad, or choose Vegetables at Akai Hana Express. Bingsu, desserts and drinks are good options too. Ask at the counter about how items are prepared.

Menus are different at every counter. Hours are the same across the hall unless a restaurant says otherwise on its page.

Dumplings are folded to order. During busy periods expect about 15–20 minutes.

Yes. Community mornings, seasonal promotions and menu launches. Upcoming ones are listed on the Events page.

Yes. Tell us about your event on our catering page and we'll put something together across the restaurants.

Yes. Niu Mama Kitchens is an Asian food hall at 4339 W Glendale Ave, Glendale, AZ 85301, with five kitchens sharing one dining room.

At Niu Mama Kitchens in Glendale: sushi and ramen at Akai Hana Express, dumplings at Lao Ma Dumplings and Korean food at Kimchi Xpress, all in the same room.

No. Each kitchen cooks to order. You order at the counters you want and eat together in the shared dining room.

Open daily 11 AM to 9 PM. Last food orders at 8:45 PM, last drink orders at 8:55 PM.

Corn dogs start at $5.50 and drinks at about $6. Most plates, bowls and dumpling orders are $12 to $22.

Yes. Phoenix Magazine named it Best Asian Food Court Not in the East Valley in Best of the Valley 2026.

At Lao Ma Dumplings inside Niu Mama Kitchens, 4339 W Glendale Ave, Glendale, AZ 85301, open daily 11 AM to 9 PM.

Yes. They're folded by hand and cooked to order.

About 15 to 20 minutes when it's busy, because every order is made fresh.

Pork and cabbage, pork and chives, beef, teriyaki chicken, and our Signature dumpling with egg, pork, shrimp and chive, plus pan-fried pork and shrimp dumplings and open-top dumplings with crawfish or sweet corn and pork.

The Special Pan-Fried Dumplings (pork and shrimp), the Open-Top Crawfish Dumplings and the Open-Top Sweet Corn & Pork Dumplings are Lao Ma originals you won't find anywhere else.

Yes. Mama's Potsticker is vegetarian, with an egg, chive, noodle and mushroom filling. The other handmade dumpling fillings all contain meat. Cucumber salad and golden fried buns are other meat-free picks.

Dumplings have a thicker wrapper and are usually steamed, boiled or pan-fried. Wontons have a thin, silky wrapper and are served in soup or tossed in chili oil. Potstickers are pan-fried so the bottom turns crisp.

Yes. Lao Ma sells its chili oil in a large container for $10.

Yes. Tell us about your event on the catering page and we'll put something together.

At Kimchi Xpress inside Niu Mama Kitchens, 4339 W Glendale Ave, Glendale, AZ 85301. Order at the counter or online, open daily 11 AM to 9 PM.

No. There are no tabletop grills. The Korean BBQ meats (kalbi, bulgogi, pork belly, chicken) come cooked and plated, ready to eat.

Kupbap means "cup rice", a Korean street-food rice bowl. At Kimchi Xpress it's rice with beef bulgogi, spicy pork or chicken and a fried egg, for $15.

Bulgogi is thinly sliced marinated beef. Kalbi (galbi) is marinated beef short rib.

Some of it, and at Kimchi Xpress you choose: mild, spicy or xtra spicy. Beef bulgogi, kalbi, chicken, katsu and japchae are naturally mild; spicy pork bulgogi, tteokbokki and kimchi stew are spicy.

Yes. Order mild, spicy or xtra spicy.

Yes. Kimchi Xpress takes online orders for pickup.

In the same building. Sumo Dogs makes Korean cheese corn dogs and Sumo Snow Express makes bingsu, both inside Niu Mama Kitchens.

At Sumo Dogs inside Niu Mama Kitchens, 4339 W Glendale Ave, Glendale, AZ 85301. They're made at the Sumo Snow Express counter and served daily from 11 AM to 9 PM.

All cheese. Every Sumo Dog is mozzarella in our signature mochi batter.

It's the signature batter on every Sumo Dog. It fries up crunchy and crispy on the outside and stays chewy inside, which is the texture Korean corn dogs are known for.

The Original Cheese Dog is $5.50 and the flavored cheese dogs are $6.50.

Spicy Cheetos (spicy aioli and Hot Cheetos dust) and Chipotle (picante sauce). The others are sweet or savory, not spicy.

Yes. Order them through Sumo Snow Express online ordering, since they're made at that counter.

The Original (sugar, ketchup and mustard) and the Churro (cinnamon sugar and caramel) are mild and sweet, which makes them an easy pick for kids.

Four more kitchens share the dining room: handmade dumplings at Lao Ma Dumplings, sushi and ramen at Akai Hana Express, Korean bowls and plates at Kimchi Xpress, and boba and bingsu at Sumo Snow Express.

At Sumo Snow Express inside Niu Mama Kitchens, 4339 W Glendale Ave, Glendale, AZ 85301, open daily 11 AM to 9 PM.

Bingsu is Korean shaved ice: fluffy shaved ice topped with fruit, sweet sauces and add-ons like mochi or cheesecake. Sumo Snow Express makes six flavors: matcha, mango, strawberry, chocolate, ube and Biscoff, each $8.50.

Drinks at Sumo Snow Express come in 25 oz cups.

Yes. The matcha series includes blueberry, banana, mango, strawberry, horchata and dragonfruit matcha, plus matcha frappes and matcha crème brûlée.

Yes, with cream foam, plus a horchata iced coffee and a Vietnamese caramel frappe.

Yes. Korean cheese corn dogs are made at the same counter, and four more kitchens share the dining room.

Yes. Families, groups and kids are all welcome. There's communal seating, an indoor patio, high chairs, free parking and kid-friendly food at every counter.

Yes, high chairs are available for kids.

Cheese corn dogs, teriyaki chicken bowls, chicken katsu, California rolls, fried rice, fries and golden fried buns are all easy, mild choices.

Yes. Everyone orders from the counter they want and sits together at the long communal tables.

Yes, free parking in the shared plaza lot at 4339 W Glendale Ave.

Yes, free events through the year. Upcoming ones are on the events page.