Meet Dumplings - Canada

I'm not asian enough to go to dumpling shops so this was my first one! I was excited to try something new on top of being suuuuper hungry! The restaurant is somewhat small but can fit a decent number of people given their table arrangements and the lengthy size. It was almost like a long hallway. It was simple-looking and neutral. I had the Preserved Vegetables and Shredded Pork Noodle Soup along with 2 orders of the 3 choice dumplings (one set pan fried and one set steamed). Food came out in a timely manner but let me tell you, the noodle soup was AMAAAAAZING! I've had a lot of the Preserved Vegetables and Shredded Pork Noodle Soup versions uptown but this was by far the best one I've had! Uptown ones were a lot lighter but here I found it was perfectly balanced and the preserved vegetables tasted stronger. Noodles were made perfectly too. The dumplings were quite good as well although I wasn't a huge fan of the spinach and mushroom dumpling...something tasted off about it. The pan fried dumplings were yummy and not too thick unlike some other places. Service was not bad and I am definitely returning to try the other kinds of dumplings they have to offer. I want to also try their other dishes and soups too like their hot and sour soup! It's a pretty good place if you asked me and if you are looking to get your dumpling fix and you are in the dt area, this would be a decent pick!

I'm a sucker for dim sum/dumplings, so I needed to check this place out close to my work Ordered the pork and chive boiled dumplings for take out, was made fresh and ready in 10mins I received 10 dumplings which is excellent for the value! They had a great fresh flavour, just a little on the sticky side I would definitely go back *note* They don't take credit

I've probably stepped foot into Dumpling Queen just two times over the 10 years I've lived close by. I wasn't a huge fan of Dumpling Queen but seeing as how they rebranded recently into Meet Dumplings, and as a huge fan of dumplings myself, I thought I'd give it a try again in hopes that a decent dumpling shop has opened by Yorkville. Unfortunately, it's not much of an improvement from Dumpling Queen, but it is still an improvement I suppose. We ordered two plates of dumplings, one boiled and one pan fried, a plate of yeong chow (or they called it yangzhou, same thing) fried rice, and a bowl of soup. The potions are quite big and it's fairly cheap considering how much food you get. I was pleasantly surprised by their fried rice as it was flavourful, but yeong chow fried rice should have BBQ pork which they didn't have, so the fried rice really wasn't a yeong chow fried rice more like an egg and shrimp fried rice. We got a corn soup, which came in a huge bowl but ended up tasting quite bland. It was essentially just a bowl of thickened water with corn. It honestly would've been better if they just got a can of creamed corn from a grocery store and heated it up with some chicken bits. Now the star of a dumpling restaurant should really be the dumplings, and it was just ok. The boiled dumplings were slightly better than the pan fried dumplings. The skin of the dumpling was a little too thick, so it almost tasted a bit undercooked when pan fried. The pan fried dumplings at the Dumpling House on Spadina are much better. The thickness of the skin also dampened the taste of the filling so you couldn't really get the full taste of the pork and cabbage. My guess is that any dumpling restaurant will start to have a hard time competing now that many of them have started delivering through third party services so distance is less of an issue. You would have to have a top notch quality dumpling that out completes the rest of them in order to survive. Meet Dumplings has the location advantage by being the only dumpling restaurant in the location, but as dumplings make great delivery food items, that advantage is essentially moot. The restaurant seems to be run by a group of very friendly and hard working people, so I really do hope the best for them. The service was friendly, fast, and attentive and it seems like they are trying hard to stay afloat. Perhaps I shall try again some time in the future to see if any adjustments have been made, but until then, this would not be one that I would recommend unless you have an intense last minute craving for dumplings.

This is the definition of hole in the wall . I 've eaten on the streets in Asia so no biggie. I can 't complain. I ordered the Thursday special which was dill and pork dumplings 12 for $7.99. I had them steamed. They were plump with a nice amount of filling. The skin was a tad on the the thick side but you could tell they 're handmade/homemade. I also got the sticky rice with chicken wrapped in lotus leaves. Pretty standard dimsum style. For regular prices, I 'd give 3 stars. For the daily dumpling special, 4 stars.

My go to dumpling place I have been ordering consistently during the pandemic and can't wait to go back and dine in. Highly recommend the pork chive dumplings and green onion pancakes. Miss the fish dumplings.