Northern Dumpling Kitchen is easily my favourite place for dumplings in the city. I have recommended many friends to this place and they've yet to disappoint anyone.
Pros:
Very good dumplings
Prices are excellent
Cons:
Not too many seats
Growing up on dumplings as a child, I'm very picky about dumplings. Having tried all sorts of places around the city, Northern Dumpling is easily my favourite. This review will focus only on the dim sum part of the menu. I have not tried anything else here because that's all you need to order when you come here!
Northern dumpling has about 15-20 different types of dumplings to choose from. Let me tell you this, they're all very good. My favourties are definitely the pork and fennel, pork and mushroom and soup filled dumplings. Northern Dumpling seems to be one of the few places that uses fennel when it says fennel. A lot of places seem to use dill hoping you will not know the difference. You'll also notice right away the prices are excellent. 10 dumplings for $4-5?? Amazing. You will rarely find value like this in the city
Service is on par with many places. There usually are 2 servers working at all times. When it gets busy, it can get a little hectic for them. They try real hard though to make sure everyone is content. I can see some people will get irked by the wait, but it's not the servers fault there's only two of them.
Northern Dumpling is not a very big place. There are about 6 tables and 6 booths if I remember correctly. The place can fill out fast during certain parts of the day. When it's full, it can be cramped, but nothing crazy.
If you're looking for dumplings, give this place a try. This place will teach you what a dumpling is really supposed to taste like. I guarantee it!!