Mother's Dumplings

Welcome to Mother’s Dumplings, a cozy, welcoming café in the heart of Chinatown serving delicious Northern Chinese style comfort food based on family recipes!

8 / 10
335
ratings
  • Phone

    (416) 217-2008

  • Website

    mothersdumplings.com

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  • Type

    Dumpling Restaurant

Address

421 Spadina Ave. (btwn College & Cecil St.) Toronto ON M5T 2G6 Canada

Reservations Yes
Credit Cards No
Outdoor Seating No
Menus Lunch, Dinner

Comments / 101


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dumplings good for groups pork great value casual soup lively good for a late night cookies beef dill handmade eggs steamed buns melon chives chicken dinner whole wheat lunch
@kingmo

All dumplings , all the time. Can be a belly-filling one-trick pony, but they know what they're doing and they do it really well ! Ask for sauces to round out the flavour excursion

Lou Lou

Do not know what the people are complaiing about-for me B9 were the best dumplings I have ever tried. Loved the shabby place and the ladies makig dumings before our very eyes.

photojunkie

My favorite items here are the Pork and Dill dumplings and the Green Onion pancake . The food is delicious and affordable . A definite must try. You will love it.

Gabriel Seah

You get your fortune on the order sheet which also has citations for it being the best Chinese restaurant in Toronto. I was surprised by the alcohol selection: it was very western.

Gabriel Seah

I9 gave a variety of sides (3). The tofu noodles had a different texture from usual & was cut with green pepper & tomato . The peanuts were too firm & there was seaweed too. All 3 were not good.

Sean O'Brien

The dumplings here are so good it should be called Heaven's dumplings . The staff and cooks were so friendly - great great place.

Gabriel Seah

F2 Da Lu noodles (pork ) was similar to Southern Chinese lor mee but with a thinner sauce. It had the same noodles even. The portion was huge & the soup was pretty tasty.

Jessica Ferron

Authentic soup buns and pan fried dumplings ! Love being able to watch them make the dumplings if you sit in the back of the restaurant .

- R

Can’t say enough good things about this place, it’s really all good. Pork and dill dumplings stand out.

Michael

Damn good dumplings and buns . But like, oh damn, those dumplings . I eat a lot of dumplings , and these are really good ????????

Nick Gray

A little over-hyped, but I'll tell you what I loved: the lamb shumai . VERY yummy. Also the dumpling soup (now $2, not $1).

Aline Assis

Great dumplings , nice atmosphere and service. It feels like everything in the menu tastes amazing.

CT Va

Get any of the broiled dumplings ! The lamb dumplings are a great choice as well . Bring cash.

Hani E

The spring onion pancake was delicious. All the dumplings are on form. Also recommend the steamed dessert dumplings .

Terry Myers

Be warned the dumplings are so good you can eat yourself into pain here! You have to try the green onion pancake

Jane Timm

You can see the chefs making the dumplings and that is very cool. As for the food it was so-so. The lamb shumai was surprising and neat, while the bbq pork buns were dry and low on flavor.

Maryann

Try their Pork & Chives steamed dumplings , and make sure you order lots.

Devin Moore

Beef and onion roll , melon shrimp and pork pan fried, pork and green onion steamed. Best thing on Spadina aside from the ruler; Kings noodle house

Meenah

Juicy pork dumplings - yum! You can also order frozen ones to take home with you

RTWgirl Arnette

I've never seen lamb shumai in other dumpling spots....try it, it was tasty

Christy Zhou

Take frugality to the next level with a large bowl of Northern-style wonton soup for $3.50. And try the tomato-egg soup and zhajiang mian (Chinese spaghetti ) for an undiluted hit of the old country .

Alexander Blanchard

Green onion pancake was dope! In addition, the pork and chive steamed dumplings were tasty!

Andrew Shaw Care

Really good pork and dill dumplings !

Chris Meek

Love the fried dumplings , but my favourite taste is the pork and dill (only boiled).

Stella Zee

Great food and great prices! Service was perfect

Jdpraise

Fantastic dumplings .. Incredible prices, definitely a must try I'd you are in the area and looking for yummy comfort foods

Aleksasha Green

Great selection of dumplings . And all of them taste incredible!????

Aydın Sarucan

Melon tofu and the shrimp , are favourites of our family. And the sesame balls .

Gabriel Seah

C1 pan fried dumplings with pork & bak choi was ok. Nothing to shout about, restaurant name notwithstanding. D5 potato pancake was decent: like rosti but denser.

Nir Banchik

The vegetarian dumplings were great. Full of taste and very filling!

Brownstone Living NYC

Pork buns , chicken dumplings .. This place is dumpling heaven.

Anna Banana

Amazing dumplings ! I especially love the pan-fried & the pancakes .

No 223

Quoting my friend who grew up consuming 20 dumplings a day since a toddler, "if u want d best authentic chinese dumplings around chinatown area, go to Dumpling house near dundas instead." my take? Mot

Yao Huang

Ok, I admit that I am rather picky about dumplings . The skin of dumplings is what matters! And at Mother's Dumplings, the skin is just not right! My expectations were high, thus my disappointment!

Sabrina T

Toronto's BEST kept secret. just north of the main area of chinatown. the best dumplings in town . nothing special. just simple homemade chinese food !

Lori Mastronardi

Pork & dill dumplings are the best. Can order boiled or pan-fried.

Nathan Garvie

The juicy dumplings are great and the wonton soup is my fave.

Matthew Huie

The best place to get dumplings in the downtown core!

Xin Bei Ch'ng

I had the beanpaste noodles and spring onion pancake and thought it was just mediocre. :/ Noodles were a little overcooked,pancakes were not flaky and crispy . Should've tried the dumplings instead.

Cate

So yummy and has really great prices! One person can eat enough to be full for about $10.

Bastian Koell

Wow. Dumpling heaven. Bring friends and order lots!

- R

The pork and dill dumplings are exceptional

Erica Leibner

LOVE this place. Best handmade dumplings at an outlandish price!

Sandro Souza

Amazing food and good vibrations with the 'lucky cookie '

????Francisco™????????

I hate to say it but #motherdumpling better than the #dumpling house .

Markus Doerr

This is actually the best place in Toronto to have dumplings .

Annie Kunwar

Yummy spicy dumplings but according to my Asian friends, this place is over priced.

Baharinaaa

No doubt on being best dumpling place in town !

Josee Rivard

Eat in and then buy them fresh or frozen to bring home! Always a stop for me when passing through china town :)

R

we mostly liked green onion and eggs (and noodles inside) pancakes . dumplings are average

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