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| - Went for Sunday lunch, using the Groupon deal (their menu shortchanges you 1 dish, but oh well) - only 2 other tables occupied at the time. Apparently somebody didn't show up for work, but we didn't think it would be too bad. Big mistake.
The 2 hot & sour soups and beef shank app came out, all tasted good, but the owner (man) pretended he didn't speak any english and claims we didn't order the tomato/egg soup - which was clearly written on the little paper that we gave him. Then you hear him speak on the phone IN ENGLISH, but he continues with his little act throughout the lunch service. Actually there was no "service" to speak of, so that's not the right word to use. Another note, thank goodness we wrote down what we ordered or we would have missed 3 dishes, had we not gone back into the kitchen (because that's where everyone was, certainly not in the front of the restaurant) and asked for our dishes ourselves.
At any rate, we ordered beef pancake, shrimp & chive, pork & cabbage steamed dumplings, xiao long bo, and chicken & mushroom panfried dumplings. Everything was just ok, as another reviewer mentions, but it took TWO hours. I don't care if it's made by hand, there was absolutely no reason for the meal to take this long, and if I have to go into the kitchen to ask where my food is, get my own tea refills, etc... it's not worth it. I've been to so many chinese restaurants around the GTA and I don't expect amazing service, but this has been by far the worst restaurant experience ever. And I don't say that lightly. I think it had more to do with the owner pretending he didn't understand us when it suited him, but he was just fine asking for money from everyone on their way out. Unbelievable.
I will never go back and will tell people to avoid this place. You have been warned.
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