Tibet Cafe

On my search for restaurants in the Spadina/Dundas area, this restaurant caught my attention with all the raving reviews and since Tibetan Cuisine is one of my favourite food, we decided to give this place a try.

Our server was excellent giving us an overview of their signature dishes such as Thenthuk (Tibetan noodle soup) and Tingmo (steamed bread) and these two items go perfectly together...loved it! We also had their Cajun-chilli beef Momo (dumplings) which was delicious. I enjoyed almost all the dishes but I wasn't a huge fan of their steamed chicken Momo as the skin was a bit thick and the meat was a bit dry in the dumpling...probably better if it was deep fried. And I must mention their Chili Chicken was a bomb. And the prices were very reasonable ranging from $13 to $15 per dish. For the four of us, the total bill was $82 including taxes for 4 main dishes, an appetizer and 2 smoothies.

Overall, we thoroughly enjoyed our visit and we'll definitely be back!

Fan of momos ? This is your place! I'd only had momos once before but these far exceeded those. Part of our food tour Tibet cafe, is a no frills all about the food cafe. Authentic food, family run with things I'd never heard of on the menu. Part of our tour was stopping here for momos which are essentially dumplings, filled with either veggies or meat. We had the veggie and beef ones to try. I loved the veggie one, the dough is thicker than most dumplings. With the spicy sauce it tasted really good, and they were steaming hot! I wasn't a fan of the butter tea, smelt too much like butter for me to drink! Also very milky. This is a nice way to sample foods you may have never had without breaking the bank. Nice little patio out back and seating inside too and out front. Another little gem in Kensington market.

Not sure why a Tibet restaurant would serves also pasta. It is also a pub serving alcohol as well. The reason I visited this restaurant was due to my longing of tasty MoMo dumplings.

When I was in Hong Kong, I have tasted the best dumplings ever, and it was from a Tibetan MoMo restaurant. It was juicy with a thin soft dumpling wrap, finished with a very flavorful sauce. However, this restaurant has nothing that resembles that. The dumpling wrap was thick and floury, the meat was dry and lack of meat flavor. And the sauce was like a tomato pasta sauce!!! This is all wrong.

So, if you want real MoMo, this restaurant does not do MoMo the real justice.

After my husband and I watched the movie "Seven Years in Tibet" on Netflix, we were craving Tibet food. We saw this place in Kensington market, so we decide to come here to try it out.
I recommend this place for food, but I don't recommend the movie "Seven Years in Tibet", I don't like the movie.
We order the beef momos, thukpa noodle soup, and butter tea. I like the beef momos, it is different from the traditional Chinese dumplings. The thukpa noodle soup is made of short noodles and vegetables. Butter tea is not my cup of tea. It is BOBA, but with salt.
This place has a patio. It is a nice gem in the Kensington market.

Cozy restaurant in Kensington, roomier than I expected. Had the pan fried chicken momos ($14), the dough thickness was ideal and I liked the spicy sauce. Good service, I think they are family-owned. Worth trying

First time tried Tibet's cuisine and it was yummy, kind of reminded me my native Ukrainian one to be honest -:)

After having tried momos in many different Tibetan restaurants in the GTA, I keep coming back to Tibet Cafe in Kensington Market because their vegetarian momos are simply one of the best out there. The vegetarian filling - made up of vegetables (cabbage, mushrooms) and tofu - is packed with flavour. The outer dough is nice and chewy. It's served with a side of simple fresh garden salad and spicy red sauce.

The interior of the restaurant is cozy - there are patios both in front and at the back of the restaurant (the patio at the back tends to be quieter). There are big tables near the back / middle part of the restaurant - perfect for groups.

On a rainy day while walking in the Kensington street, I stopped by this Tibet Cafe and ordered chicken steamed momos.

A plate of momos should cost you $10 and you'll get 8 pieces and some salad.

The momos were very juicy and tasty, the chilli dip was too the point and I was satisfied with the quality and quantity served. I would highly recommend this place to people who crave for Momos.

The ambience is also super amazing for both inside and our door sitting.

I ordered beef Momo and tingmo. Momo was good but I would have enjoyed it more with different traditional "achar"/sauce.

The Tingmo I got here was just amazing!! Such butter flavoured.. Yumm.

Very good fried chicken momos at a non-fussy hole-in-the-wall in Kensington Market! The shells were not too thick and the fillings were flavorful. Sure, there is absolutely not much of an ambiance, but the service was friendly and pretty quick, so it worked great as a quick lunch stop.

I would definitely consider coming back if I find myself craving Tibetan food in Toronto!