"2017-08-30T00:00:00"^^ . "0"^^ . "1"^^ . . . "0"^^ . "1"^^ . . "I came very excited about this concept. I will say that the glassed-in display-front where you can watch them being made is a great idea, and the overall decor of the place is clean and modern. Unfortunately, everything was a big disappointment from there.\n\nFirst of all, I expected there to be a wider variety of fillings, and at least 4 or 5 very unique or unexpected. Most were quite basic asian fillings, variations on pork or onions and the like. (They were all out of one potsticker with ricotta in it, which did sound good.) I was disappointed that there were only a few unique fillings. I was still fairly excited about trying a whole bunch of different ones, until I was informed that it was not allowed! They not only do not allow mixing and matching different dumplings, but they have a minimum order of 16 dumplings at once! To make matters even worse, you cannot order more or less as your appetite may dictate after that, but instead only in full multiples of 16 at a time! But, even if you want that many (16 or 32 or 48), you are still restricted to ONLY TWO TYPES OF DUMPLINGS for EVERY 16 of them! So, in my eyes, all of the fun that I could have had trying varieties of dumplings was destroyed. \n\nIt got worse. Next, my daughter crashed to the floor. She'd been given a damaged chair, with one of the legs bent inwards, making it unstable. The server was attentive and asked if she was okay. However, the matter was left at that. While not necessary, it would have been nice to offer her a free dessert dumpling, or an effusive apology from the manager (since they are responsible for customer safety), or maybe even a discount off our bill for this accident.\n\nThen, our food arrived. The pork dumpling was good, but nothing special. But to my dismay, all of the mango dumplings had RAW dough in the centre on one side. After pointing it out, they made us a new batch of them, but unbelievably, they too had stretchy, gooey raw dough in the centers. We did not eat all of them, it was too off-putting. I let them know that the second batch was also raw when they came and took up the plate before giving us another. The giant dumpling was just okay. Oddly, it came with straws. When I asked why, the server indicated that we should suck soup out of it. We dutifully tried, but there was honestly absolutely nothing liquid to sip. That was just plain confusing. The beef dumpling was just okay. The chicken and pine nut dumpling was better... it had a crunchy fry to one flattened side which made biting into it delightful. The filling was again, just okay. The best thing I can say about the food we had, overall, was that the dough - when fully cooked - was fresh and pleasant in bite and flavour.\n\nThey had 4 \"dipping sauces\", although counting soy sauce and chili oil as a fun variety of dips is a stretch, if you ask me. Their signature D-Lab sauce was good, however, particularly if you enjoy a sweet kind of soy.\n\nIn the end, they did give us 10% off for the partly raw dumplings. In my opinion, if you serve uncooked food (especially if it is your ONLY food!) that item should definitely be at no charge. At least they did acknowledge it, kudos for that. Really though, all things considered, it was more unpleasant than enjoyable, and I will not be returning. Hopefully the owners might read this and consider adding more varieties of fillings, a new sauce or two, reviting the cooking protocol, and remove the ridiculous \"buy only 16 dumplings of only two flavours\" limitation."^^ .