Mean Bao Menu Prices Canada 2026
Toronto bao chain · Steamed buns · $5 baos
Mean Bao Menu Prices Canada 2026
Looking for Mean Bao menu prices in Canada? Short answer: every bao on the live in-store menu is $5.00 flat. Pork belly, braised beef, jerk chicken, tofu and enoki, all five bucks a pop. These are CAD prices, checked October 21, 2026. Mean Bao is the little Toronto bao chain that started as a takeout counter in a student food court and now has spots tucked all over the downtown core. I have eaten here more times than I can count, usually grabbing two baos between errands, and I will lay out exactly what everything costs so you know what to budget. If bao is not the mood, the Big Star Sandwich Co menu prices guide covers a proper Toronto sandwich shop for comparison.
🥟 Mean Bao Menu Prices Canada 2026: The Full Bao Menu
The menu is beautifully short. Four baos, all the same price, and that is the whole pitch. Mean Bao started at Village by the Grange, the OCAD student food court, and grew by word of mouth into a small downtown chain. The buns are the soft, airy kind that steam up properly, not the dense doughy ones some places pass off. The Mean Bao menu Canada lineup has not complicated itself with twenty options, and honestly I respect that. Here is every bao on the live menu with its current price.
| Item | Details | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Pork Belly Bao | Signature: pork belly on steamed bun, cucumber, green onion, hoisin, peanuts, black sugar | $5.00 |
| Braised Beef Bao | 12-hour braised brisket, bok choy, Taiwanese pickle | $5.00 |
| Jerk Chicken Bao | Signature jerk chicken, in-house coleslaw | $5.00 |
| Tofu & Enoki Mushroom Bao | Vegan: satay-fried tofu, carrot, red cabbage, sesame, satay sauce | $5.00 |
Mean Bao Menu Card Canada 2026
The Mean Bao menu card with the current verified bao prices in CAD, built from the live merchant-managed order menu.
One honest note about this card. Mean Bao has no official brand website, so there is no brand menu page to point at. These prices come from the brand-managed live order menu on Ritual.co for the First Canadian Place location, and the Union Station menu mirrors it at the same $5.00 across all four baos. You can also get your bao “granged”, which is their word for dressing it Grange flagship style with pickled daikon, carrots, red pepper and cucumber. Try it at least once.
🐷 The Mean Bao Pork Belly Bao Price: The One to Order
If you order one thing, it is the Pork Belly Bao. Five dollars gets you pork belly on a proper steamed bun with cucumber, green onion and hoisin, plus peanuts and black sugar doing quiet work in the background. The bun stays soft even when you take it to go, which is more than I can say for a lot of bao spots. Their other house specialty is the “sloppy jones”, and it has its fans, but the pork belly is the reason people keep coming back. Worth the hype? In my opinion, yes. Two of these for ten bucks is one of the best-value lunches downtown.
Mean Bao Pork Belly Bao Price Toronto
The signature Pork Belly Bao at $5.00: pork belly, cucumber, green onion and hoisin on a steamed bun.
A quick word on the extras beyond the bao menu. On the merchant-set delivery menu, dumplings run $7.35 to $8.10 (pork and shrimp, pork, taro and shrimp at $7.35, chicken at $8.10), Mean Bowls sit between $16.50 and $19.80, and features like garlic eggplant, lotus-leaf sticky rice and shrimp cakes are $8.50 to $9.35. Those are delivery-channel prices though. I could not confirm them against the in-store board, so treat them as the honest ballpark and not a quote. They also run collab menus from time to time, like the Radical Road Brewing “Food by Mean Bao” menu where the same Pork Belly Bao was $7.05. Event pricing is its own thing.
💡 What to Know Before You Go
Three things, straight. First, prices move between channels. The in-store order menu has every bao at $5.00, but the merchant-set delivery menu lists baos at CA$4.00 each. Same restaurant, different price, so do not be surprised. Second, the dumpling, bowl and feature prices above come from the delivery menu only. If a number matters to you, check with your location directly before you commit. Third, there is no official Mean Bao website, so the live order menus are the source of truth here, checked October 21, 2026. For a different flavour of downtown lunch altogether, the Press’d Sandwich Shop menu prices guide is a solid sandwich-shop side-by-side.
📍 Mean Bao Toronto Locations, Hours & Getting There
The Mean Bao locations in Toronto are all downtown and transit-friendly: 167 Bathurst St at Queen and Bathurst, First Canadian Place, Union Station in the Bay Street Concourse at 65 Front St W, 376 College St, 181A Carlaw Ave, 275 Dundas St W, and the Bay-Adelaide Centre. The Union Station spot runs Monday to Friday 10:30 to 19:30 and weekends 11:00 to 19:00, and you can reach them at (647) 352-3848. Hours shift by location, so check the order menu for your stop before you go. Prices last verified: October 21, 2026, from the brand-managed live order menu.
❓ Mean Bao Menu Prices Canada FAQ
What are Mean Bao menu prices in Canada?
Every bao on the live in-store menu is $5.00 CAD flat: Pork Belly, Braised Beef, Jerk Chicken, and Tofu & Enoki Mushroom. Dumplings run $7.35 to $8.10 and Mean Bowls $16.50 to $19.80 on the merchant-set delivery menu. Prices checked October 21, 2026.
What is the Mean Bao Pork Belly Bao price?
The Pork Belly Bao is $5.00 on the current live menu. It is the signature: pork belly on a steamed bun with cucumber, green onion and hoisin. The house specialty is the sloppy jones, and you can get your bao “granged” with pickled daikon, carrots, red pepper and cucumber.
Where are the Mean Bao locations in Toronto?
Mean Bao has several downtown Toronto spots: 167 Bathurst St at Queen and Bathurst, First Canadian Place, Union Station in the Bay Street Concourse, 376 College St, 181A Carlaw Ave, 275 Dundas St W, and the Bay-Adelaide Centre. It started as a takeout counter in the Village by the Grange student food court.
Are Mean Bao delivery prices different from in-store?
Yes, they can be. The live Ritual.co in-store menu shows every bao at $5.00, while the merchant-set DoorDash menu lists baos at CA$4.00 each and adds dumplings, bowls and features. Treat the $5.00 bao price as the reference and the delivery menu as its own thing.
What dumplings does Mean Bao sell and what do they cost?
On the delivery menu, dumplings run $7.35 to $8.10: Pork & Shrimp, Pork, Taro and Shrimp at $7.35, Chicken at $8.10. Siu mai and steamed spare ribs are $7.35 and $9.35. These are delivery-channel prices, so they may differ in store.
Is Mean Bao good for a quick downtown lunch?
Yes, that is basically what it was built for. Two baos for ten bucks is one of the cheapest proper lunches in the downtown core, and most locations sit inside office buildings and transit hubs. For another quick downtown lunch read, the Druxy’s Famous Deli menu prices guide covers a deli with the same grab-and-go crowd.
