Jason C.
Yelp
Stopped in for dinner with friends and after looking at the menu for while, we went with several items:
D4 - Black pepper beef shiu mai
D7 - Shang Hai Pork Dumplings (xia long bao)
D18 - Steamed Rice Fours Rolls with Shrimp
D22 - Stuffed Eggplant with Shrimp Paste
D23 - Stuffed Bean Curd with Shrimp Paste
61 - Chinese Broccoli with Garlic
87 - Beef and Bean Sprouts Fried Rice Noodles (no sauce)
Inside, it's small, six tables, their largest table can hold around 6-8 people, but all other tables are for 2 to 4 people. If you want to have dinner with large crowd, you might want to reconsider. The staff members were super friendly and welcoming. I did notice the place was more of "take out" place, as lot of folks came in to pick up their food.
We wrote down our food items on the piece of paper that was provided and gave it to the staff. The food came out slow, even with three tables being occupied, so give yourself enough time to eat, aka - pace yourself :)
While the dim sum was decent, nothing too special to write home about. The one complaint we had was the D7 Shang hai pork dumpling, when we picked it up, it felt apart, which shouldn't happen if made to order. One I can understand, but when this happens to all six pieces, then it's a different story.... definitely was premade, frozen and reheated unfortunately. I get that's necessary when they are busy, but I wish they would make set amount and if you run out, then you are out for the day, but oh well.
The beef and bean sprouts with rice noodles were decent, unfortunately the rice noodles also fell apart as you picked it up.
As I stated, the food came out in stages, so pace yourself.... the staff were friendly and attentive, if we asked for more tea, it was refilled. Definitely worth trying, as this place came up as one of the must try in Ottawa during my research. Street parking, parked in front of the store, parking is free on the weekend, 2 hour max between 7am to 7pm, just keep that in mind.