Bao
Bao 83 Rue De la Gauchetière O, Montréal
Review summary

What guests say about Bao

Bao seems to be appreciated for its baos, pastries, and bubble tea, with several comments highlighting freshness, good flavor, and affordable prices. Service is often described as welcoming, and the takeout option works well, even though seating for dining in is limited. On the other hand, a few reviews mention inconsistent quality for some savory dishes, portions that are sometimes small, and service that can be disappointing for certain items.

Summary based on 18 reviews.
3.6
26 evaluations
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Reviews / Ratings for Bao

Photo of Wen
11 Oct 2026
Source: Google
4.0

Great!

Photo of Ronnie Chuggybamba
28 Sep 2026
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5.0

Food and service were good. Quaint little seating area in the front, outside.

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Photo of Solah Aloha
26 Aug 2026
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2.7

The steamed bao has little stuffing in it, every type we ordered.

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Photo of Karmen Cheung
9 Aug 2026
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3.0

Fast and affordable dim sum. The texture and flavour isn’t there. The wontons were overly salty and the wonton soup was watery. Beef and onion rice wasn’t anything special. Siu mai was still pink in the middle, hargao shrimp was on the dry side and so were the skins. The staff were friendly and helpful but I wouldn’t come back for the food.

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Photo of DesiLove
3 Aug 2026
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3.0

Visiting from united states i didn't really care for the cakes I ordered

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Photo of eric huang
28 Jun 2026
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3.0

Get stuff that they only need to heat up. Anything the need to cook or fry sucks

Photo of Christina
17 Jun 2026
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4.0

The pastries and buns are so good. I would not recommend the right side with the hot food options - go somewhere else for congee and noodles. Limited seating, about 11 seats.

Photo of Alex Toh
8 Jun 2026
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2.0

Ordered taiwan fried chicken, definitely not taiwan style fried chicken. Its tasteless and too hard to eat.

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Photo of Gabriel G (igabigi)
12 May 2026
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4.0

Price is great, the presentation and preparation of the buns is nice. The taste is good but not impressive. I would still try again but I would try to find something more flavored. The experience is good enough to go back overall!

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Photo of Myriam
10 May 2026
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5.0

Excellent !

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Photo of Pierre Lhm
10 May 2026
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5.0

Best place

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Photo of Rosie H
29 Apr 2026
Source: Google
5.0

I was so excited to go to this place and it did not disappoint. I got 3 buns. A bbq, green tea paste and a brown sugar red bean paste. I loved that they had so many options and with cute decorations. All of them were amazing. Best buns I’ve ever had! I also got a kiwi bubble tea which was delicious. I can’t wait to come back and try more!

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Photo of Monica T
15 Apr 2026
Source: Google
4.7

BBQ pork bun is a must try! Perfect dough and a generous amount of filling. The bun tasted very fresh and delicious. The quality of buns sold at other bakeries doesn't compare to here.

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Photo of Amber Sher
26 Mar 2026
Source: Google
3.3

Immensely disappointed with how small our order was for the price. The spring rolls tasted like grocery store made ones and were tiny. Everything was too small.

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Photo of Stefie
4 Mar 2026
Source: Google
3.7

This was a fast and affordable place to grab a bite. The buns were delicious and the spicy porc bun was so flavourful and definitely had a kick to it. I would highly recommend checking it out. 2 buns and chow mein came out to almost 18$. Not bad in this economy. Would be going back.

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Photo of 05w
26 Feb 2026
Source: Google
1.7

I am just telling our own experience. We’d always bought buns from their bakery next door (I don’t know if it’s the same owner) but this time we decided to finally try the little restaurant. We bought 3 rice cakes in green leaf, insipide no flavor, the rice was a cheap brand, overcooked it just tasted like a white flour paste, ingredients inside consisted of a whole dehydrated mushroom so old that it lost it’s flavour. The other rice consisted of a very dried red been paste which broke in pieces when I went to cut it, no flavor/bland, the third one was a yellow rice (I think they just used food color) same thing not any spice nor flavor. Won ton soup a 5 out of 10. Now the Egg rools: seemed like they just rolled up two tiny cabbage leaves in egg rolls wraps… That’s it! No flavor. How can they be so indifferently apathetic serving such food to their clients! We just felt we’ve been ripped off. I think they just trap new clients/travelers who never return back, who else would.

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Photo of overall remote
20 Feb 2026
Source: Google
1.0

If i can give an 0…i would. I bought two rice, both tasted terrible and too salty. That was an insult to food…look at the photos. The service and attitude were poor too. Want to take back my tips

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Photo of Wil Lo
20 Feb 2026
Source: Google
1.3

bad taste and bad service.

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Photo of Meliii Rahm
13 Jan 2026
Source: Google
3.0

Bao craving people, here's your place to go! All kinds of sweet and savory varieties are available, they also have congee, noodles, and other snacks in the menu. Price is reasonable. I got myself a chicken mushroom congee and bun, it was ok

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Opening hours

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  • Sunday 10:00 - 18:00
  • Monday 10:00 - 18:00
  • Tuesday 10:00 - 18:00
  • Wednesday 10:00 - 18:00
  • Thursday 10:00 - 18:00
  • Friday 10:00 - 18:00
  • Saturday 10:00 - 18:00

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