Tianjin Dumplings Restaurant

A small family run breakfast restaurant. It's quite authentic tianjing food and super affordable. I liked everything we tried except the pancake.

This restaurant can get really busy for dine in as it’s really small inside with roughly 5 tables ?

I love their dumplings/ pancakes/ wontons/ noodles and especially their shredded potatoes ! The only thing I don’t like is their green bean noodle which tasted kind of hard…also their cucumber is not my taste….

If you like Tianjin food, this place is a must try!

Service isn’t the best but they are friendly.

Con- washroom is in the basement but clean.

We decided to try Tianjin for an early breakfast and try the northern China style foods.
Ordered fried meat buns, pork leek dumplings, fried dough, green onion pancake, jellied bean curd, crust of cooked rice and rice bean congee.
The last 3 items we ordered were more of a regional dish. The jellied bean curd was my favourite of the 3. Since I like bean curd and it’s textures. Crust of cooked rice was not what I’d expected. I was expecting the layer of rice at the bottom of a pot when cooking rice. Which is crunchy and has a charred smell and flavour. Congee was the region’s style and consistency.
There also not enough filling in the dumplings. My favourite dish was the fried meat buns. Some of the dishes requires acquiring a taste for. Next time when feeling adventurous I will come back and try other dishes to validate if I like this region’s food profiles.

One of the best spots to get authentic chinese breakfast food

The worst service I've ever experienced at a restaurant in Toronto. When we entered, there was nobody to greet us - no waiters in sight. We called out loudly and finally someone appeared. When we asked questions about the menu, the waiter lady answered rudely and bluntly. The waiters also never come out unless to deliver food; the restaurant is literally empty except for the customers. Another customer came in while we were waiting and he stood there for maybe 10 minutes and asked "Is anyone there?" and the waiter still never appeared...what kind of customer service is this? To top it off, we found a piece of hair on the buns, utterly disgusting. Worst restaurant ever, AVOID AT ALL COSTS.

For those people who says “other places are better”:
Tell me! Tell me where we can get better dumplings! I really want to know!
Or should I just go back to China for better dumplings?
Oh please, I do think they have the best dumplings in Toronto.

I am not sure whether it is the original taste from Tianjin but I like it a lot. I also talked to the customers in the restaurant when I was eating and found out there are lots of customers originally from Tianjin like the restaurant as well. I enjoyed the pancake every time!