P23 Jiaozi (Dumplings Imagine) — Restaurant in Montreal

Honest confession: We went to this place after a friend told us they serve a plate of dumplings for 5 dollars. Turns out they cost 11! Totally worth it though so read on...

The location is perfect on the popular St Laurent road and is accessible by bus too. The place is small but bright and very well maintained. There are a few books to browse through too. There is a washroom at the back, and there is no loud music playing on the speakers.

We ordered a plate each of chicken and veggie dumplings. There were several other choices in shrimp, lamb, beef, and pork that we decided to try on our next visit.

Im not an expert in this cuisine but I loved the food. The dumplings were steaming hot, presented beautifullly with a side of two dips. The lady who served us also included a 'spicy' sauce.

15 dumplings for 11 bucks is a great deal, at least for my modest stomach becuse I could only manage to stuff 12 before giving up.

The staff is super friendly. The place is definitely worth a try for the student population living around St Laurent...

The person preparing the dumplings and food behind the counter was not wearing gloves and was also not cleaning their hands between tasks. There were two customers that came in and the same person that was preparing the dumplings proceeded to hand them the menus and seat them and then continued to prepare food, not once did they wash their hands. It also does not help that all of the different meat fillings were outside on the counter and not refrigerated. Definitely feels like they are breaking some food safety regulations.

As for the food, the beef and onion fried dumplings were visibly raw, meat was very pink. The flavour of the chicken and mushroom dumplings themselves were okay at best, same goes for the general Tao which tasted like a frozen dinner meal (one of the chicken pieces was also pink). Definitely the worst dumplings I’ve ever had as well as the worst experience. I rarely even...

I just received an order from Uber eats and wow what garbage.

They had a two for one dumpling deal and I figured it might be a good idea. What a surprise, it was a very bad idea. There is no way that these dumplings are fresh it tastes like leftover dumplings from the day before.

The peanut butter dumplings are absolutely disgusting. The sauce on top was congealed. That shouldn't happen if it was fresh.

I don't understand how restaurants can serve food this badly. Maybe they think they can get away with it because it's take out but it's very obvious the food quality is...