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| - If you came here because you Googled "giant xiao long bao" and were hoping for something great, then you're not in the right place. There were only 2-3 options for the giant xlb, and none of them were the classic pork, which confused me since that's the one I assumed most people would have liked to try. We ended up ordering the crab one, and while it was significantly larger than your average xlb, it wasn't that good. I felt that the soup base lacked flavour and that the meat was just meh. If you want the Instagram pic, then sure. Otherwise, it's super overpriced for what's basically a big dumpling.
If you're wondering why I gave four stars though (it's actually a 3.5 and I'm still waiting on Yelp to implement those half stars into their system), it's because all the other food we ordered was actually really good. I think we got four other items, but it's been a while so I can't remember all of them. We got the beef wrapped foil, Shanghai noodles, pan fried dumplings, and some chicken dish. Although I came in here not expecting too much, I was surprised at how solid every dish was. They were all flavourful and decently sized.
Service was okay. A little slow, but we had come in about two hours before closing, I believe. Prices were slightly higher than other places, but nothing so outrageous that I'd feel the need to dock points for.
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