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Jules W., Rol San is not Taco Bell, you are supposed to tip, and the amount you left is pretty unacceptable. I completely side with the restaurant on that one. You gave them $0.50, Canadian standard tip is 15%, so that means you should have given them at least around $3.50. $0.50. Wow.
Now on to the restaurant review:
I usually prefer Forest View for dim sum, but since it was closed for renovations, and my friends and I were starving, we decided to give Yelp recommendations a try and went to Rol San. The total bill was around $70 for 4 people, so we definitely tried many different things. Why I will never go back:
- no carts. gotta have the carts (but this is a personal preference thing).
- the dumplings all tasted the same. The shrimp, the pork, everything was pretty indistinct.
- the tofu skin with shrimp paste was FOUL. Weird texture, sort of like that of a plastic wrapper that had been accidentally steamed onto what we were eating. Nearly impossible to bite through.
- I can't read kanji, so when I saw the name "soup dumplings", I thought "Yes!!! They have xiao long baos!!" Nope, it was literally soup WITH dumplings. huge frown, but that was also my fault for not clarifying. still, felt a bit salty.
- egg custards had zero flavor.
- The staff is definitely not the most pleasant and friendly bunch of people. We felt like we were inconveniencing them when we wanted to order beverages or were ready for our bill.
So, all in all, not terrible, but definitely not worth going back for.
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