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Chinese Dumpling House
Category: Restaurants Chinese Chinese [Edit]
4188 Finch Ave EastUnit 12-13
Toronto, ON M1S 5C2
Neighbourhood: Scarborough
(416) 299-0322
- Price Range:
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$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- No
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
6 reviews for Chinese Dumpling House
6 reviews in English
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Review from Yvonne T.
1/26/2011
I have yet to find a Chinese Dumpling restaurant that lives up to my standards. I think that the defining factor of a good dumpling lies in the dumpling wrapper. With that said, I found the Chinese Dumpling House wrappers to be too thick. We had the Pork & Bok Choy Dumplings, steamed. The filling was good. We also ordered the Beef, Shrimp & Egg Fried Rice which was pretty standard. I liked the fact that it wasn't too oily. Nice and light. It came served up with a side of Sweet & Sour Soup, which was a tad on the spicy side for my liking.
The service was terrible. We asked for the bill, and then after 10 minutes of waiting, we asked for it again - she had totally forgotten!
If you can't even get your specialty dish right, you shouldn't call yourself a dumpling house. :pListed in: Do you hear that bird going…
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Review from Thuy T.
Woodbridge, ON
11/16/2011 7 photos
One afternoon we stumbled across CDH by accident, so we decided to give it a try. I assumed this location would taste the same as the one at Metro Square, but I was very wrong. The place was 5% filled, the dishes were oily, the dumpling sauces didn't smell right and the food was ok.
The only thing that was memorable and a little freaky was the female washroom. It was a single washroom with one vanity and two toilets. So confusing, which one do you use????? Keep in mind there was no toilet dividers, just one room with two toilets and a sink...........WEIRD x_X
Restaurant Rating:
0(Too Sad), 1(Horrible), 2(Poor), 3(Ok Lah), 4(Good), 5(Excellent)
Food: 2
Clean: 0
Service: 2
Atmosphere: Casual
Will I Return? No
Keep in mind all food postings is according to personal preferences and taste buds. Therefore, it's best to try the places out for yourself and see if it suites your taste. -
Review from Karen S.
9/17/2010 2 photos
Uh... I get unreasonable cravings for dumplings sometimes, and I really should know better than to ever come back to this place (third time here over several years) as there are other better places in Scarborough. I pretty much agree with everything that Jennifer K. mentions (we ate pretty much the same things too).
- Cash only
- Super cheap
- Super salty dumplings with thick, sticky skins
- Abrupt service from the one waitress, though I don't think it was meant in a rude way; just deal with it!
- Very long wait for our food - other tables that came after us got their order first
- Super sticky condiment containers. Ew. Ew. Ew.
On another note, totally unrelated, the experience was made worse because of a family of three that was sitting near us. The son was like a caricature of an angry, aggressive 'gangsta flyboy' with dyed hair twenty-something that you would see in bad gangster movies that was loudly shouting at his mother as she kept saying things that irritated him, while the father was blithely ignoring everything that was going on (with a bluetooth in his ear too). Sigh. Stereotype alert.
Don't think I'm coming back.Listed in: Chinese, Chinese, Chinese!
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Review from Steph L.
12/21/2010
We wanted dumplings and found ourselves here.
Back in the day, I used to eat at this plaza all the time...
If you wanted cheap food to warm you up, there were so many options.
So, we came here because you can get 15 dumplings for $4.99!
I had the pork and bok choi steamed dumplings, and I didn't hate them...
But, I didn't love them either. The skins could have been thinner and I found that the filling was actually a bit bland.
However, the other hot dish we had wasn't bad at all.
We ordered a hot pot of veggies, eggplant, and oh-so-bad-for-you-but-delicious pork belly. It really hit the spot on a cold night.
This place had a good selection of North Chinese dishes and it's super cheap, but it's not a stand-out dumpling house. -
Review from Jason N.
Scarborough, ON
8/25/2010
I love the food there, they make an amazing dumpling and pop pan.
HOWEVER!! The most disgusting thing happened today. Today, I saw several rats in running around the floor. I wanted to throw up immediately, but instead just paid and walked out (I'm too nice, I know). I should have shouted on the top of my lungs "RAT".
Be aware, don't eat here. -
Review from Jennifer K.
Markham, ON
5/19/2010 4 photos
This Chinese Dumpling House has no relation with the 2 other Chinese Dumpling House http://www.yelp.ca/biz... and http://www.yelp.ca/biz.... Though they have the same name in English but their Chinese names are different!
Chinese Dumpling House is located in the Finch Midland Centre. Where over 80% of the business are restaurants. The price here for sure is really good! Cheap Cheap Cheap! $4.99 for 15 dumplings!
We ordered the Pork and Chives Dumplings and the sweet and spicy eggplant. I found the dumplings are really salty! The most salty ones I ever ate and the skin are really thick! They remind me of the ones I got from frozen sections in the Supermarket! The eggplant though is ok... average tasting!
Service is so so.. but if you can speak Mandarin, you will get what you want! I was lucky my dinner mate speaks Mandarin!
I don't think I will be back! There are so many better dumpling places in the Scarborough area!
Cash Only!
