Local hidden gem for dim sum in Midtown!!…read more All-day, made-to-order Cantonese dim sum and classic stir-fry dishes, instead of the traditional dim sum cart service. Parking: One of the few spots in Midtown Sacramento with a dedicated private parking lot for customers, which is a big plus! The dining room also has a fun interactive fish tank. I really like that they make everything to order. Since the dim sum doesn't sit on a heated cart going around the restaurant, the food comes out piping hot and full of juice. The restaurant has a relaxed neighborhood-staple vibe and doesn't have the chaotic feeling of some of the bigger dim sum halls. Portions are also pretty big, and the dim sum pieces are generous enough to share. We ordered some regular dim sum staples: har gow, dumplings, porridge, taro, etc. One of the stand-out dishes was the shaomai. They are packed really densely with thick pieces of pork and shrimp instead of a lighter, paste-like filling. The egg tart was another favorite. Good size, flaky and warm crust, with a perfectly silky, warm custard center. The scallion pancake (green onion pancake) is also a must-try appetizer. It has a really light, crispy and flaky texture. The only thing I thought was a little off was the skin on the har gow and Shanghai dumplings. It was a bit thicker than I personally prefer. Service: Fast and friendly. They kept checking on our group: clearing used dishes, refilling the tea pot, and bringing the bills when we were ready. Price: Very competitive! Overall, a really nice neighborhood dim sum spot in Midtown. I would definitely come back, especially when I want hot, freshly made dim sum without the busy cart-service experience.

Walked in on a Saturday around 5 and was immediately sat at a table and given waters and a menu…read more Within 15 minutes all of our food had arrived (staggered every 2-3 minutes) clearly hot and very fresh. Every dish was honestly so good with well balanced sauces and perfectly cooked proteins. Our favorites were the Mongolian beef, cashew chicken, and honey walnut shrimp. The family dinner was a great value too. The bathrooms were clean and someone came by every few minutes to refill waters and check on us. Excited to have a new place for dinner.

Local reasonably priced great quality Dim Sum…read more Recently I had the House Special Chow Fun.

ok - again, patronizing some old school locations to see if the food is consistent with the new…read moreowners. The food does look fresh on the buffet assembly line and the dim sum looked decent. But for today, i wanted to try their take-out stir fry dishes. So what did we order. 1) Broccoli chicken in garlic sauce entree. chicken was rough and lacked flavor. It seemed recooked and prepped earlier. Broccoli was fresh and cooked very al dente (i guess it is better cooked less to retain the vitamins and nutrients). the garlic sauce had minimal flavor. i would say it is meh. would i order this dish again....good question. 2) spareribs in black bean sauce over rice. the dish looked very good. Too bad it didn't taste as well as it looked. Let's start with the rice. The rice was cold, grainy, a little hard, and tasted like it was prepared the other day. Blah. The pork also lacked flavor- it had a mealy texture and dry. As if the pork pieces were boiled in hot water first as the initial prep which destroyed the texture hoping the black bean sauce would cover the poorly prepared pork pieces- blah, Yuck, awful. However, the veggies (bell pepper:onions) were tasty and prepared well. The sauce was decent but it did have more of a soy sauce flavor than black bean flavor. Would i order this again- nope. never. walk away. I hope their other pork dishes are not boiled in water first as well. blah. Prices are a bit higher with the new owners. But food cost are higher everywhere.. $15 for the broccoli chicken and $12.75 for the spareribs in black bean sauce. Would i come back for the entrees- nope. but perhaps i will try their dim sum another time.

Adj: dependably and predictably ok Chinese food…read more We've been coming here for Chinese meals both sit down and take out from when they used to be Holiday Villa. That was decades ago. About 10 or so years ago, they changed ownership or rather they went through what seems like several changes and then they became Lucky Jade which is kind of a chain but not exactly. I recall at one time, the workers wear shirts that look kind of like uniforms with another store's name on the back with address and phone numbers, so apparently Lucky Jade is owned by people who also own a few other Chinese restaurants but not by the same exact name. In any case, Chinese food can be pretty formulaic, so it's not really that hard to have consistency as long as the cooks know how to make common standard dishes, the taste generally would not be too different. This is true for Lucky Jade. We had take out recently and got a chow fun, a chow mein, and a broccoli beef. The first was quite tasty, on the oily side but I've not found any place able to make it not too oily and still yummy so it's necessary for this dish. Then there's the chow mein, this one was not good. Kind of non descript and the oil tasted oil (reused). Not too greasy which is my biggest complaint of chow mein from elsewhere like New Lai Wah, but again, this did not taste fresh. Finally, the broccoli beef was overcooked. Broccoli was not quite mushy but almost, still a little bit of crunch but you can see they were turning yellow. And the beef was so chemically tenderized (hopefully only with baking soda and not worse) bc it was also almost mushy. Wasn't cheap either, but on par with other Chinese restaurants around here for take out. I think I'll just tell my in laws they can just order from Bel Air Hot Chinese food deli on Florin Rd which is in the same plaza and they'd pay less and the food would actually taste better with fresher oil (probably not reused) and better quality beef that doesn't need to be tenderized to a questionable quality. Overall, not too good.

ok- how can a prior review go from a 4 star to a 2 star in less than a month? Here is my…read moreexplanation. We had some friends over and decided to grab some traditional and non traditional Chinese cuisine for lunch. Hence we opted to dine at Lucky Jade for their diverse menu, accommodations to dishes due to allergy constraints, and fast service. So what did we order: 1) chicken teriyaki with sauce on the side: the entree arrived covered with teriyaki sauce. What was troubling, the server was trying to have our diner accept the kitchens mistake of covering the chicken with sauce..even when our diner refused, the server tried again to convince our diner to accept this dish. finally, the head wait staff told the server to take the item back to the kitchen. However, when the dish returned, the chicken was no longer grilled but fried. I hope the kitchen didn't rinsed the chicken off of the teriyaki sauce and deep fried the same chicken instead of grilling a fresh piece of chicken. Plus, our diners bowl of rice was forgotten and we had to remind the wait staff. 2) broccoli chicken w/fried rice: it was your basic american chinese dish and our diner only orders chinese combo plates. So he had no complaints. 3) Green bean chicken in black bean sauce: very nice black bean flavor, tender moist chicken but half of the green beans were old and stringy. The prep cook needed better prepping in food preparation- please toss out old green beans before the cooks prepare an entree- what was sad, this dish is always exceptionally well prepared in the past. Not today. 4) fried smelt: very good. no complaints on this dish. 5) chicken and asparagus in garlic sauce: moist chicken but again the prepping of the asparagus was lacking. When our wait staff informed us that they had fresh asparagus- we jumped to her reco. Unfortunately, this dish was served with the woody bottom ends of the asparagus. Which is tough, stringy, and just inedible. Plus, our dishes arrived at different times- in some cases 5-10 minutes apart. Perhaps the Kitchen staff had communication and food prep issues today. Not sure, but i would not recommend dining here on a Sunday. Perhaps the "B or C" team of cooks and prep cooks were definitely working tonight. And the wait staff should have caught the mistake from the kitchen and never served that dish...let alone, trying to push a dish that was not properly prepared or requested by the diner. That is also unacceptable. sorry no pics. Would I return....not sure now.

I've wanted to come here for sometime, so since I was heading south on 5, I stopped on my way out…read moreof town. Well worth it. The place is very nice, and the lady was very friendly. They do primarily to go, although they do have a couple of. Tables for dine in. The menu is mostly dim sum and buns, but they also have some soups on the menu. I definitely want to try that. pork and preserved egg porridge. I got three items this time. I got the big chicken bun, and yes, it was*BIG!*. The chicken was amazingly moist and tender. I love the rice paper rolls so I got the barbecue pork, rice, paper rolls,. It was a very good quality barbecue pork. Finally, I got the shrimp dumplings, the dumplings were tender, and the shrimp inside was absolutely perfect. I I took my meal to go, and munched on it in the car I really enjoyed my meal. The price was extremely reasonable. They are cash only, unless you are spending more than $20. Then they will take plastic. I'll definitely be back to try more things. Thanks.

Delicious: shrimp cilantro dumpling, shrimp chive dumpling, lotus leaf chicken rice, egg tarts,…read morefried taro puffs, red bean balls, green tea sesame balls, tofu skin rolls, taro pork dumpling (no longer produced). Could be much better: their baos (ABC Bakery wins in this category), turnip cake, curry puff pastry (most of their puff pastries in general). Below a certain amount, advisable to use cash.

When you walk up to the entrance there is the smell of Star Jasmine in the air. You are greeted by…read morethe host and seated quickly. The restaurant is spacious and very clean. The first thing that I noticed was that about 95% of the diners were of Chinese origin. That means to me that the cuisine is good! There are carts with fresh Dim Sum and an extensive menu to choose authentic Cantonese dishes from. The wait staff are friendly and helpful. This is most likely the Finest Cantonese Dim Sum and Seafood in Sacramento.

I always liked this place. I haven't been for over a year and decided to stop in and get myself…read moresome Dim Sum varieties that I can't get from the takeout bakeries that do such a great job in town. My service was good. It was lunchtime prime time and I was instantly seated and carts came right over to me, which is so amazing. I love that this place still has carts! When the one item I wanted, wasn't on a cart they specially ordered it for me and brought it out pretty quickly. The decor is still bare bones no real ambience whatsoever. But that's OK because they have carts and that makes it all worthwhile. Now for the sad news.... The Dim Sum is just not that good anymore. I always really enjoyed having the black bean spareribs and these ribs and have a couple black beans in them are just devoid a flavor. There's a little bit of jalapeño flavor, but I would never order these again. The pan fried shrimp and chive dumplings were very stale tasting. The inside was perfect consistency and ratios, but the outside noodle was dried and chewy and just not good. I also got the steam steamed then pan fried pork and vegetable buns, which are normally to die for good here, but oh-my, they were just awful it taste like eating cardboard. The inside was OK but outside was so bad and so stale tasting that I just was left with a bad taste in my mouth. Don't think I'll be returning anytime soon, which is really sad.

My family had a reservation for a party of 30+ people, and the organizer selected the menu in…read moreadvance, so I'm not familiar with the full menu offerings or pricing. However, I can still speak to the food quality and overall ambiance. My favorite dish was the Peking duck--it's honestly one of the best Peking ducks I've ever had. The buns were steamed perfectly, and the duck meat was tender while the skin was crispy. The sauce really ties it all together. We also had fish maw soup, a clay pot dish with shrimp and vegetables, chicken and rice, bok choy, and several other dishes. Everything was flavorful and well-prepared, and I would happily reorder most of the items we tried. The ambiance was pretty much what you'd expect from a traditional Chinese-American banquet restaurant. It had the large round tables with lazy Susans to accommodate big groups, along with a stage off to the side for events like wedding receptions and other celebrations. This is a great spot for a large family gathering or celebration. The food was delicious, and the space was well-suited for hosting big groups.

Dim Sum carts come around and you take what you want and if you don't see it, you can aways order…read moreit. Becareful there is one cart lady that would put dishes on your table without even asking. She will "hear" that you wanted it but no one actually pointed or said "yes". Food overall is pretty decent, but nothing really jumps out as outstanding. Men's room is old and run down. 2 toilets, 1 urinal and 2 sinks. One of the toilets is on a raised floor so becareful of the trip hazard. Plenty of parking...large strip mall parking. PC - Eddy Y

small bakery with a cute patio area…read more service was fine, the young man behind the counter had one of his wired earbuds in, which i wasn't a fan of, but he was kind and helpful. my pineapple bun was good! bread was soft and fluffy, and the cookie was nice and crunchy. only complaint i have is that the bottom of the bread was a bit moist and also didn't come lined with paper. the fish congee was delicious, seasoned perfectly with a good ratio of rice to soup. the fried shrimp ball was also really good, the ratio of batter to shrimp was perfect and the shrimp flavor was very prominent.

First time actually going inside taipan lol. Came sunday around 2pm, heard they have 50% after 12pm…read moreso decided to check it out. Not too much selection with baked baos, only saw cocktail baos. A lot of steamed baos, dumplings, food, cheurngfun, mochis n dantats. We got a 6 pack of dantats for 12$, 2 3pack peanut mochi containers (not sure how much), 4 dumplings (1.85 each), total was abt 18 some. Not sure how much the mochi was but with calculations seems to be over 8$??? Unless they also included tax or mischarged us idk. Their dantats were okay, not enough custard filling, not that fresh, mochi is good as always. Good deal with 50%

Great food, friendly staff, and always fast!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!read more

Love getting takeout from Chef Bo. Food is tasty and ready fast~…read more I like getting the Mongolian chicken and stir fried noodles here. The food is always flavored super well. Their cooking style is on the heavier side so I like to pair a carbonated drink with it. I've only dined in once and remember it to be cozy. But for the most part I like getting takeout from them~