Mother's Dumplings

What Reddit says

A Spadina dumpling spot that Redditors mostly rate poorly, citing thick skins, sparse filling, and every dumpling style tasting alike. A few mentions refer to Mother, a cocktail bar, which gets favourable comments as a go-to drinks spot.

Paraphrased from the comments below.

What to order

• 9.4
  Cocktails#2 for cocktails in Toronto
  Top pick
• 3.9
  Dumplings#21 for dumplings in Toronto
  Worth trying
• Soup Dumplings (XLB)4 Redditors
• Mapo Tofu1 Redditor
• Wine1 Redditor

In their words

Short excerpts, each linked to the full comment on Reddit.

• “my current go-tos are Uh Bar, Suite 115, Mother, and Bar Pompette.”

• “Mother Cocktail Bar is one of the best in the city. I couldn’t recommend it more”

• “Mother's dumplings is terrible northern style dumplings, skin's too thick and fillings too little”

• “Mother's Dumplings is worse than most frozen dumpling brands that are based in Markham/GTA.”

• “Boiled chives and noodles dumplings, steamed melon and tofu dumplings, green onion pancake, multiple times with dry German rieslings”

• “Every style of dumpling (steamed, boiled, fried, pan-fried) tasted the same”

• “Last I went to Mother Cocktail all other fermentations & house made infusions were not available”

• “I don't think Mother's Dumplings is considered good.”

• “Mothers dumplings was quite mid”

• “I note, however, that I had the new burrata toast last week and I was really impressed.”

• “the dumplings at Mother’s? Mid. Like, real mid.”

• “Mother has a really good matcha espresso martini, an affogato espresso martini, and a secret tiramisu espresso martini.”