A new restaurant has opened at 2560 King Arthur Blvd. #128 on the Lewisville-Carrollton border, filling the Castle Hills Village Shops & Plaza space once occupied by Z's Wok with handmade dumplings and Hong Kong-style dim sum. L's Dumplings is currently in soft opening mode, and it's the first restaurant for chef-owner Chuxin Liu, who handmakes all of the dumplings and dim sum himself.
Liu took over the lease from Z's Wok, as reported by CultureMap Dallas, and named the restaurant for himself. He previously worked as a chef in Houston before moving to Dallas, where he worked in Frisco. Liu told the outlet that Castle Hills has residents who are missing delicious Chinese food, and said he wants L's Dumplings to be a place where neighbors go for good food and service.
More Than a Dozen Dumpling Varieties
The specialty here is dumplings, and Liu's menu covers more than a dozen varieties. Diners can order soft steamed beef dumplings, soft steamed pork and chive dumplings, and soft steamed chicken and corn dumplings, per the same account. There are also pan-fried dumplings with crispy bottoms filled with pork or shrimp, plus soup dumplings that hold broth inside the wrapper itself.
Dumplings at L's run $6 to $10 for three to six pieces, while Chinese-American staples land between $16 and $22. Beyond dumplings, the kitchen turns out fried rice, stir-fried noodles, buns, kung pao chicken, sweet and sour chicken, and general tso's chicken, the article notes.
Dim Sum Without the Cart Service
L's Dumplings also offers a dim sum menu built around a dozen traditional dishes, though the restaurant does not have room for cart service, unlike the rolling-cart format at some of the region's bigger dim sum houses. The dim sum lineup includes beef tripe, black pepper short ribs, siu mai topped with roe, Chinese broccoli in oyster sauce, and steamed pork ribs with garlic, according to the report. Other offerings include sticky rice chicken, wontons, chicken feet in black bean sauce, shrimp dumplings, crystal dumplings with cilantro and shrimp, and Teochew crystal dumplings.
That kitchen-to-table approach sets L's apart from Kirin Court in Richardson, long considered DFW's benchmark for traditional dim sum with its daily service and weekend rolling carts pushing up to 80 tapas-style dishes through the dining room. Given L's Dumplings' more limited dining room space, the format positions it as a neighborhood-focused alternative rather than a regional dim sum destination.
A Fast-Growing Corner of Lewisville
L's Dumplings' arrival fits a broader pattern in Denton County's southern suburbs, where Asian dining concepts have multiplied in recent years. U.S. Census Bureau estimates show Asian residents make up roughly 18% of Lewisville's population of more than 131,000, forming the city's second-largest non-Hispanic minority group, according to Census Reporter data drawn from the 2020-2024 American Community Survey.
Just down the road in Flower Mound, Dumpling Queen's quiet debut turned frenzied in May, when chefs there converted a former sushi bar into an open production station for handmade Sichuan dumplings and fresh-pulled noodles. And on South Stemmons Freeway, King Ramen & Dumpling opened in January 2025 with handcrafted ramen, soup dumplings, bao, and automated robot food runners, according to Community Impact. Farther north in Allen, the Shanghai-style chain Ugly Dumpling has announced plans for its first Dallas-Fort Worth location, complete with an on-site bao lab for fresh xiao long bao.
Inside a Rapidly Growing Master-Planned Community
L's Dumplings' new home sits inside Castle Hills Village Shops & Plaza, a retail complex first established in 2003 that spans more than 73,500 square feet and includes outdoor lake views, an interactive fountain, a concert stage, and a monthly outdoor market. Castle Hills itself is a 2,900-acre master-planned community built on farmland acquired in 1952 by former Dallas Cowboys owner H.R. “Bum” Bright, with its first single-family homes opening in 1998.
The neighborhood was officially annexed into the City of Lewisville in November 2021, adding nearly 3,000 acres and 18,000 residents and pushing Lewisville to the 29th largest city in Texas, an agreement that had been planned over 25 years between the city and developers. Adjacent to the Village Shops, Bright Realty has also developed The Realm at Castle Hills, a $1.5 billion, 324-acre mixed-use project with more than 1,000 multi-family units and luxury condos alongside commercial office space, adding to the density feeding foot traffic to restaurants like L's Dumplings.
