I ordered 15 eggrolls from this restaurant through UberEats - that's all I wanted. On the app, it indicates if you buy $30 of food you get a 'free gift'. I bought exactly $30 (pre tax, pre fees) and no free gift. The eggrolls are tiny. Won't order from this restaurant again. read more

This place was great! Open on Christmas Day. Super super busy but the service was fantastic and the food very fresh. Our family enjoyed our lunch very much. read more

As an ABC, this is my go-to dimsum place in Montreal. My five starving buddies and I feasted here and absolutely loved the signature "Cantonese Chow Mein" for a ridiculously good value of $8.75 CAD for a huge plate. Pro tips: 1. Sit in the main dining room to get more dim sum carts to swing by. We were placed in the annex and it sucked. 2. There's free coffee by the buffet area so it's time to get hydrated. read more

Well the place has not changed much in 10 years . They are known for Dim Sum .We got there late 2:30 pm on Saturday. The place was empty . This is Chinese New Year weekend . That should have been a sign. They had a small menu which we ordered from but it is not the same as picking from the carts. They had only one cart and the food was cold. Overall disappointed but we will come next time around noon. read more

I am a regular at Kam Fung and this place serves pretty good dim sum. The service is a little bit off. The day i come on lunch time, the place is not packed but the food is good. I personnally will go back. The location is a little hard To find since you have To go through the main door of a shopping mall, go up a stair and you Will find the restaurant. Overall, this place is a good place To go instead of the popular Kam Fung place. read more

Love to come here for dim sum! They also have awesome char siu and duck available at a cheap price for take out. Service is okay, don't expect anything too fabulous. This is a great please to come eat with family or friends to share plates. I come here at least once a month and I never leave without a full belly! Recommend :) read more

Restaurant Ruby Rouge - Char siu - Dim Sum Near Me - Montreal, Quebec

Pretty basic dim sum to satisfy dim sum brunch needs. Came here quite a few times for dim sum. Food quality is decent, but I've definitely had better (coming from toronto) I would've liked if they had a greater variety and more of the dim sum classics. They have a bunch of Cantonese dishes that aren't dim sum but you can get a small plate. The place is pretty big, but they don't have that many carts. A lot of the food is found at a buffet style area where you ask the person behind the counter to grab you an order. The system is fine, but it takes away from the whole cart experience. The general atmosphere is great though! Lots of energy, TVs playing the toronto Cantonese channel, and lots of the familiar dim sum noises. You can't expect too much in terms of service, but they do the job efficiently. The prices are also pretty reasonable, I believe they have a discount if you get food before 11am. read more

Worst dimsum I've ever had! Varieties are very limited, those routine dim-sum need to be ordered and wait for 30 min. one dish we ordered taste like it's gone bad! Asked a plastic bad for the to-go box, and they charge it for .10! I didn't leave any tip, and the waitress chased me to the street asked for tip! read more

Decent place for dim sum. The cart experience needs to be refurbished. The place is big and not many carts pass by. You often need to get up and pick yourself your dishes. Waitresses are stressed, they really need some help. There's a buffet place but with many people out there it is kind of messy. Price is good. I've ordered a lot of food for 3 people and we paid $40, tips included. As there's just one other dim sum place in Montreal, I would say it's ok to go to Ruby Rouge. It's subpar compared to Toronto. read more

Français après: I don't know where'S my Review but I've been going there a lot lately and it's pretty much my favorite thing of the Hour. Why? Staff is friendly even though they sometime (and that's quite polite) lack skill in French but hey I don't even care 'cause the food is that good. I go there with a REALLY empty stomach each time to make sure I can abuse in quantity. 2 super ultra hungry person is like 55$ with tip and 1 drink each. There's two menu. White people not to say Non-Asian get what I call (you'll guess it by now) The White People menu. ASK FOR THE DIM SUM ONE! They'll kindly get a menu for you. I'll tell you 2 things for this review: The type of guy I am in terms of eating and the stuff I believe that everybody that kind of «get me» should also try. Ok I like everything at least once and I'm not disgusted by anything. If I hate it it's still an experience that brang a result: Knowing I don't like it. I personally have a fun game with friends as willing as me: Find something on the menu that you know the other might not like and ask that friend to do the same thing. The result are usually disappointing in a good way: You end up liking it! 1: Crab Roll. This is a big-filled-with-crab-crispy ball with nice tempura-ish (see picture) 2: The Pork dims sums: Whatever the religion, cross your fingers and dig in: Simply put a huge bite of amazing flavoors. 3: BBQ Pork Steam Bums: Nough's said. 4:Shrimp Rolls: Since when there'S too much shrimps? 5: Sticky Rice Balls: They are filled wit meat: What meat? dunno, I just know I like it. 6: Sweet Tofu: Hot Tofu with ginger sweet sauce. Just great! The staff, when you are smiling and friendly with them and show empathy for their lack of french-speaking is very pushing harder to help you have a nice relaxed meal. Je pense que mon avis a été effacer ou j'ai une revue sur un autre avis du resto mais peu importe. Ces derniers temps je suis complètement méga-giga accroc au Dim Sums. En gros, c'Est juste un excellent coin ou manger comme un cochon pour pas plus que 55$ pour 2 personnes (avec tip inclus). Ils ont l'habitude d'amener ce que j'appelle amicalement le Menu des Blancs. Mais je demande toujours le menu dim sums. Dans le fond pour cet avis je dirais simplement quel genre de foodies je suis et puis les mets que j'aime prendre chaque fois que je vais là 1: La boule de crabe croustillante. C'est juste tellement plein de chair de crabe, cE'st génial. 2: les Dim sum au porc; une explosion de saveur en bouche 3: Les pains à vapeur au porc BBQ. 4: Les rouleaux de crevette: Juste encore des crevettes mais c'est juste trop bon 5: Les boules de riz collante: un peu comme les onigiri japonais. Cest juste délicieux enveloppé de feuille qui sent le thé. 6: Du tofu sucré. C'est du Tofu chaud (assez liquide) avec du sucre de gingembre: Superbe Le personnel n'est pas vraiment qualifié en français mais en démontrant de la patience, de l'amitié et de la tolérance, on obtient un très bon service relax. read more

Went for Dim Sum. We just wanted to try it. We weren't starving, so we just got three things. The bean curd rolls were great but not incredible. The pork dumplings were average. The Chinese broccoli was incredible!! I think the broccoli was the best we'd ever had. Perfectly cooked, not too oily and a little salty. The servers were well coordinated with each other and were very good about keeping track of which table was finished or who had just arrived. Service was quick, efficient, and extremely polite. TVs on the walls showed public service announcements or Asian soap operas, alternating every few minutes. It was entertaining. Go inside and up the stairs to find Ruby Rouge Overall it was fun to try Chinese Dim Sum in a French area of a French/English speaking foreign country. read more

Our (Fiancee and Myself) final dinner in Montreal and a perfect way to round off a week of fun filled immigration paperwork, meetings, security checkpoints, and sightseeing. My fiancee and I were feeling in the mood for some Chinese or maybe even dim sum, so I popped on here and found this place located in Chinatown. 20 minutes later we were circling the block trying to find a place to park, which, having it be a Friday night was next to impossible. Add-in the fact that she rolled her ankle the night before, I knew if we ever wanted to eat "tonight" I couldn't park at any of the lots down the road, we'd never make it in time. 45 minutes after arriving in the location, and our 6'th trip around, I saw someone begin to pull out and I snaked the spot, only a few hundred feet from the entrance. We made it in, and to the second floor. There must have been some kind of party going on because there were whole sections blocked off and people setting things like tables and speaker systems and the like. After standing at the top of the staircase for a few minutes wondering if the place was closed down for some kind of rented out party. A smartly dressed elderly gentleman grabbed some menus and gestured for us to follow him, alrighty then. We were sat in the back room next to the window overlooking the street we just came in from, nice spot, gave us a view to look at. Something I did notice was the large flat screen TV that was in front of us, wasn't showing a sporting event or anything, it was showing what was going on in the adjacent room. In case I wasn't interested enough in watching the people close to me eat, now I can watch the people far away from me eat as well. The menu is quite substantial with many options, but what I immediately took notice to was the lack of "carts" pushing around Dim Sum. We must not have been there at the right time, so we decided just to go for the dim sum sampler platter to get a feel for what they served. Neither of us could decide on any one dish so we gave the "Dinners for Two" a shot with, I think, platter "E" Not a bad deal when you look at how much food they give you. 2 soups, 1 order of Dim Sum, 5 plates of various meats and fortune cookies. It seemed to be the best way to try a variety of what this place had to offer and satisfy our confusion on what to get at the same time. Since we didn't have any particular server we just told the first one who stopped at our table what we wanted and off they went. Within a few minutes the Dim Sum platter was sitting in front of us, not bad considering they were a little busy, the cooks must have been on top of things in the back of the house. Everything on the plate was fantastic, my fiancee especially loved the pork siu mai. We weren't even halfway through when the soups came to the table. Hot & Sour and Wonton. I can say with hindsight looking back that the wonton soup was the most disappointing thing we ate. It had no flavor and smelled a little...Earthy. We elected to just share the H&S. The food began rolling out at a nice pace. Starting with the Lobster shrimp, and ending with the Beef w/ Broccoli, the middle also had Pork, Chicken, and Duck. All the meat groups were present and all of them tasted fantastic. It took us about 2 hours to take everything in and we enjoyed everything we had. Finally the cheque came with the 2 fortune cookies. Now I have a rule I made with myself, albeit a silly one, but it's still one that I follow. I will never choose my own cookie. I will either take by process of elimination of what is left on the plate, or allow whomever is with me to give me one. I dunno, just something I do.. This particular day as I said before, was filled with immigration paperwork that has taken almost 2 years to complete. Two long arduous painstaking years.. I am in the process of getting my Canadian Fiancee down to the states, and that Friday in Montreal marked the day that she was given the green light to come. It was quite a joyous day for the both of us, which is why we were treating ourselves to a big dinner. I tell you that part of the story so the conclusion makes a little more sense. We cracked open our little sugary sweets in unison and read our fortunes. Normally we play the "In bed" game, where you put the words, "In bed" at the end of whatever it reads, try it sometime, it always makes them sound better. "You Will be experimenting with new and exciting things....In bed.." See?? However in this case, that was not needed. After a brief chuckle from the both of us, we read them to each other. Hers read "You will soon be traveling abroad" and Mine... "Patience Will Triumph". It's like, they knew we were coming. We definitely had to be there that night. Give this place a try, everything was great. Would have been a 5 star experience, but the soup tasted like soil, and there was a very loud band warming up for whatever was going to happen later in the evening, made eating and talking to each other difficult read more

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Dim Sum on this Sunday morning in Montreal turned out to be a real treat. Open earlier than other places (9:00 AM), Ruby Rouge was already packed at 10:00 AM when we arrived. With patience and persistence, we left full to the gills with delicious treats. Carts are only part of the story here. You can also order from the buffet and from the kitchen. My favorite: the sticky rice wrapped in tea leaves. Truly wonderful! My only regret is having only my one stomach to fill. Oh, if only Gluttony weren't one of the Seven Deadly Sins! read more

Worst dim sum place in Montreal. Siu Mai was bland, actually- most of the dishes we ordered were. The shrimp dumpling's skin was too thick. The chicken feet was okay. I feel that the quality went down over the years. Another thing I noticed - there were Chinese customers who arrived after us and were served first. Disappointing. Well, at least it was cheaper than other places (Kam Fung and Imperial). read more

Packed with Chinese patrons and a haunt with local students, Ruby Rouge is fantastic. The wait staff is very efficient and the carts keep coming without long waits, although I'd really like more dim-sum carts and less of the fried/heavy stuff. Try their dou-hua (or do-fu-fa, they'll understand), I think it is to die for. They got me so hooked on it I get cravings every week now. I think it is slightly more expensive than Kam-Fung in the neighborhood, but I recommend trying it. I found Ruby to be less hectic and better organized. read more

Wanted to go to kam fung but unfortunately it was closed so we went here. The reason I gave a 2 was the service. When we arrived it was empty, there were only 2 tables eating. Nobody was there to greet us until 'luckily' the waiter showed up and we were seated. He was quite rude when I asked if they still served dim sum (it was 3pm). I saw 2 patrons came, weren't greeted at all, looked at the menu and left. I believe some of the cooks/staff who were having their lunch saw them coming, yet nobody said anything nor called for the waiter. Another 3 patrons came, same thing happened to all of us, confused of the huge deserted place without anybody seemed to care just waiting patiently to be greeted. Food was mixed. The fried turnip was dry. The shrimp of the har gaw (which was the shrimp dumpling) was good but the wrapper was too thick and chewy. However the pork steamed bun, pork dumpling (siu may), and the pork and mushroom dumpling were good. Tea was complimentary. All and all $23 with tips for 3 people were quite affordable, 6 portions in total. read more

once again a disappointing dim sum experience in Montreal. When the f--k are they gonna get it right here??? Except for the pork dumpling everything else was not even close to china or HK dimsum. I will not waste might time writting more than that. Its everywhere the same here. I am waiting for the day someone from Guangzhou will open up and give these old timers here a run for thier money. read more

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I was here a couple of years ago and the dim sum was good.

This place is great! An excellent selection of dim sum dishes. Fresh! Noisy because busy. Good value. One of the best dim sum experiences I've ever had. The atmosphere is fairly standard but dim sum restos that I've been in aren't really big on that anyway. I found the staff helpful, you might have to flag them down to get their attention but once you have it they are quick to sort out your questions/requests. Definitely worth a visit. read more

We ordered pork dumplings and they had shrimp with no indication on the menu that there was seafood in the dish. Apparently most dishes have shrimp in them even if the menu does not mention it. Very dangerous if you are allergic. How hard is it to put a symbol beside all the dishes that have seafood in it? When we were served the spare ribs, they were half fat and grey looking. Not appetizing at all. The waitress made us pay for it even though we did not eat it and they were far below acceptable standards. She even admitted that they were not quality controlled by the kitchen. All she did was give us excuses. If you're not Asian, you will not receive great service. They will give you the bare minimum. They will not care about you. We were the only non-Asians in the room and the quality of our food looked way worse than the tables near us. I will never return to this place. Not even for a free meal. read more

Worst dim sum we've ever had. As vacationers, we've been eating out for every meal and needed a break from French/Canadian cuisine. We decided to have dim sum for brunch and realized there were very few options. (Probably should've been our first clue...). The restaurant is located in a run down Asian plaza. The chairs were a little sticky, table cloth had a few spots, dishes ... (we cleaned them again ourselves). We arrived before they had the food carts ready so we just ordered from a checklist menu. The food came out pretty fast, but it wasn't hot. I almost wondered if we were served leftovers. The rice rolls were gummy. We ordered fried turnip cake but were told they had not turmed on the fryer yet so it would be a 20 min wait. Also, they don't clean their shrimp. Appetite gone. We couldn't wait to get out of the restaurant. Terrible food. Luckily, it was pretty cheap. read more

Let me preface this review by saying that my wife is Chinese, so I'm very familiar with what to expect at most typical Chinese restaurants. That said, this place was special and not in a good way. The chopsticks, plates and especially the cutlery they gave us were beyond dirty. Really gross. The food cameout slowly, very slowly and was less than fresh. I could go into detail but there's no point. The extra star here is for the above average cleanliness of the bathrooms. Other than that this pace is on the permanent no go list. read more

Decent Chinatown dim sum place upstairs in the heart of Chinatown. My review however is based on my multiple experiences on takeout. So I realize by the time I get my half hour drive away from downtown it's not exactly the freshest dimsum. I still enjoy it. I have ordered some of their soya sauce chicken, shrimp har gow and sticky rice. Price of each is reasonable and they have been more than courteous to help me quickly with a takeout order. The quality of the dim sum is decent. Is it the best dim sum in the world? No. Is it the worst? No. I would concur that it falls somewhat in the middle. Peering into the restaurant it looked like it could use some TLC. Decor seemed a bit dated but dim sum trolley carts were being wheeled around. Overall three stars is a generous review. read more

We have not been to Montreal from the US for three years due to Covid. We had been to Ruby Rouge on previous trips for dim sum, but never for dinner. My husband loves Peking Duck, and since our favorite place for this was now charging $75 for it due to a duck shortage, we decided to give this place a try because the price seemed reasonable. We have had Peking Duck at several restaurants, and it always consisted of pancakes with duck skin, hoisin sauce, sliced scallions and pickled daikon first then a remaining duck and vegetable stir fry. Ruby Rouge's menu says that the Peking Duck is a 3 course meal - soup, pancakes, sliced duck. No duck/vegetable stir fry. Evidently, they consider the pancakes a course? We decided to skip it and ordered wonton soup, fried rice and a pork dish that was described as BBQ sliced pork with XO sauce. Waiter had no idea what XO sauce was. The wonton soup was terrible. Broth was tepid at best and the wontons were cold. The filling had no flavor whatsoever. A few shreds of some kind of crunchy vegetable. The pork dish looked nothing like what was described on the menu and by the waiter. Pork did not looked BBQed and was tough. Was mixed with green beans and a few chopped onions. Very disappointing. We were the only people in the restaurant. Our waiter disappeared. I had to go hunting for him to get water. I found him sitting in another room separating wonton wrappers. We had finally had enough of this place and decided to leave. Had to hunt down the MIA waiter again for check and take-out containers. When he finally brought out both, I had to ask for fortune cookies, which were brought and thrown down on the table. Have to say this is the worst restaurant experience and meal we have ever had in any restaurant in Montreal. read more

I went there for a family gathering. The restaurant holds a lot of events so be sure to call them before you go there or else they will wear you in the private rooms but It can still be loud. read more

Restaurant Ruby Rouge - Dim Sum Near Me - Montreal, Quebec

Awful experience. First off we went for dim sum brunch. The waitstaff were extremely rude when we first arrived the food took a bit to start coming and when it did it was extremely cold. We were there for about 10 minutes when I took a bite into the luke warm spring rolls and found a piece of metal! Needless to say we got completely turned off of any of the food and the staff still tried to charge us for the uneaten spring rolls and the one with the metal piece in it! 10/10 would not recommend this place only nice thing about it was how open it was. Went to the dumpling place on the corner much cleaner and the food is made fresh. read more

Restaurant Ruby Rouge - Dim Sum Near Me - Montreal, Quebec

Before I begin, I should note my boyfriend is Cantonese, so it was a bit easier for me to order than it looks like it was for some of the other people who have reviewed. Personally, I thought it was all delicious. My boyfriend on the other hand said it was pretty mediocre, so I would trust his opinion over mine, but he still enjoyed it. The part that kind of ruined the experience was the cart service. Most of the things that we wanted to order never came around. As we were leaving we noticed a kind of buffet style, serve yourself station at the back end (? Still unsure) so the way they do things was a little confusing and we left not entirely satisfied, as we would have ate much more had we known it was available. Prices were also quite reasonable at around $3 a dish. We would probably return if we were hungry and nearby, but wouldn't go out of our way to come back. read more

The service was terrible. They did not remove the protective covers from the chairs before we sat, but they did for the Chinese customers. The food was subpar. The service was terrible (probably because we were white). To add insult to injury after we paid our bill the waiter accosted us to give a big tip of at least 15 % because it wasn't included in the bill. I told him in French (because even though he spoke to us in English when seating now he suddenly didn't speak English) that the size of the tip is determined by me not him. Would not go there again and don't recommend it especially if you are not Chinese (they want your money but not your presence) read more

Don't be turned off by the fact that it is right next to the Holiday Inn. I would be the first to say that hotel restaurants or restaurants connected to the hotel are often mediocre and high priced. This restaurant is neither. They serve both Cantonese and Szechuan cuisines but the main draw is the dimsum. Dimsum is served from the traditional metal carts. Diners simply pick which item they want and the server then marks the price of the item on the provided check. All the traditional favorites are available like pork siu mai, har gau, pot stickers, egg rolls, fried crab claws, char siu bao, etc., as well as, the more exotic items such as chicken feet. Congee is also an option with all the necessary fixings. For dessert, they really did an excellent job with egg tarts and sesame seed balls. The other dessert items are still great options. There are also some dimsum items (mostly dessert) that are served from a dedicated table. As with the carts, diners simply pick which item they want. Despite the variety of dimsum items available, it is clear that quality was not sacrificed. The only areas that could be improved is service by wait staff (slow and not very responsive) and decor (dining room flooring and walls could be refurbished). read more

Terrible service and dirty restaurant. The vacuum right beside your table. I'll never go back.

Run of the mill dim sum joint. We went during off hours so we didn't have to wait and the food came out pretty quickly and it was fresh. Like most reviews nothing special in the food, but it hits the spot if you're jonesing for dim sum. read more

Being the only other Dim sum houses in Montreal (Kam Fung being the other) I was disappointed in the food. I'm from NYC and quickly realized how spoiled we are since we have 2 Chinatowns (NYC & QUEENS) So after moving here I asked around where we can have dim sum and was told Ruby Rouge. Nice large dim sum house but the food was not up to par. Being chinese and knowing good dim sum you can always tell by a good dim sum house by their "Har Gow" ( shrimp dumping) Sort of like going to a italian restaurant and finding out they can't make a proper plate of spaghetti! In A har Gow-The Shrimp dumpling rice skin should be soft, moist, silky and the inside should have full perfectly cooked shrimps inside! ~Fail~ Not what we got at Ruby Rouge! Tough rubbery skin and tasteless over cooked shrimp! I won't go into the other 3 dishes we ordered... I will say that the size of the dim sum was unusually LARGE so you will fill up but as one reviewer (Jando S.) said "Bigger isn't always better though" The food was just adequate! He was absolutely dead on about his review (see below " Jando S.") I even went back 2 more times on weekends and week days and it was the same. In short if you can't get into La Maison Kam Fung then some dim sum is better than no dim sum! read more

2.5 STARS - i don't visit montreal very often, but this is a very serviceable spot for dim sum. not toronto or vancouver good, but if you need a har gow or sticky rice fix, it's a decent spot. - being a place that takes up the entire 2nd floor of a small chinese shopping building, i was very surprised at how jammed the place was. it was a packed house, and we had to wait a few moments for a table for two. read more

This restaurant is located on the second floor with plenty of seating. The price were reasonable if you go on the weekday. More expensive on the weekend. This restaurant also caters to tourists as part of the package. Came here for dim sum and it was awful. The cups and spoons were dirty. We ordered a lot of food, but what I remembered the most was the Hai Gow (shrimp dumpling). The skin was very dry and the fried noodles that we also ordered did not taste fresh. The sauce was not well mixed in and tasted like it was just oyster sauce. read more

I had dim sum during peak hours for Sunday brunch. The selection was good and prices were cheap. Service was as expected (poor but not to the point of hostility). However, I have to say this was one of the dirtiest Chinese restaurants I've been to. I asked one of the cart pushers for a different plate but all of the ones she had were equally crusty. When I was eating one of the tofu skin rolls, I found not only one short black hair, but a second longer blond hair. How the heck did both manage to make their way in there?? Having grown up in both China and Chinatown (in Toronto), my tolerance for unsanitary foods is higher than average, but this takes the cake. Also, they make you pay at the counter but you have to go back and place your tip on the table whilst being followed by a server. Je ne comprends pas. read more

If you go to the restaurant on Monday to Friday before 11 o'clock，some special dim sum dishes will be offered and the price performance ratio is highest compared to other similar restaurants. But most of the dim sum dishes and chinese cuisines will be provided after 11am. The food is very tasty and you can hace a good meal with friends here with the low price. read more

Food is good but very oily! The price is very competitive! I been here a few times for dim sum! At night I don't believe they have much business because the last time I went for diner we were the only table in the whole restaurant! It is very rare for a restaurant in Chinatown to be so empty at at diner time! read more

Restaurant Ruby Rouge - Dim Sum Near Me - Montreal, Quebec

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Came from the convention center with a group of 8 on Sunday at noon (peak day, peak time, large group). Despite the throngs of people waiting, we were immediately seated and regaled with fabulous odors. I thought it was really cheap, also... $11 for basically all you can eat. Service was friendly, and fast. Recommend to first-timers and veterans. read more

Food was fine - nothing special but not bad. I will never eat here again though because THEY SERVE SHARK FIN DUMPLINGS! Please boycott this place as shark fin dishes require the shark to be de-finned while alive then thrown back into the water to die at the bottom of the ocean. read more

Roast Duck - flavorless and soggy skin, I left most of it, as a duck slut methinks not in every way. Now to find a foot spa.