The soul dumplings were fantastic, and easily one of the best things I've ever eaten inside of an airport. Service was fast and friendly. Our window side table afford great views of planes coming and going. read more

美心・翠園 - Soup dumplings - Cantonese Near Me - Hong Kong, HK

I've eaten here a few times with my parents and I've always had high regard for this place for being a "high-tea" dim sum place--high-tea, as in dim sum on the second floor, overlooking the ground floor of Asia's most bustling airport. But, of course, you don't think much of food when you're a kid. My friend and I came here on a rush for breakfast about 1.5 hours before my flight, but we wanted something nice as our last meal together. Although there was a queue, it went by surprisingly quick. Our food also came at a very quickly. We had the bbq pork steamed rice noodles, egg tarts, fried turnip cakes, and the sticky rice in lotus leaf with abalone. Subpar quality overall; the bbq pork steamed rice was a bit too watery and the fried turnip cakes had very mushy-like texture. The lotus leaf wrap was average--I think the only good thing going for it was the abalone, but was totally not worth it. They also forgot out pork buns, which was alright, since I was on a time crunch. To say that I've had some bad dim sum is an understatement. Maxim's Jade Garden wasn't terrible, but not as great as many people make this place out to be. Sure, you can see famous people. And you can people watch, too, but that's weird. It's overpriced dim-sum and if you have a flight that's not in the morning and you're craving dim sim, I would just suggest getting your dim sum fix while you're still in Hong Kong. read more

This may not be the best place for dim sum, but when you're at the airport, it's a damn good option. It's on the 2nd floor so you're isolated from the chaos of the check-in area. You order off a menu (instead of carts) so your food is guaranteed to come out a little fresher. The service is very attentive and professional. The food is quite good (order the chung fun). The atmosphere is amazing considering you're in the middle of one of the busiest airports in the world. If you have some time to kill at HKG, I highly recommend a bite to eat here. read more

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One of our go-to places for food at the airport. I always feel the need to have one last dim sum meal before leaving Hong Kong, so Maxim's fits the spot. Eating area is spacious with plenty of room for suitcases, so that's convenient when it's not time to check-in yet. Although the menu is sort of large, dim sum items seem limited. Food is delicious although a bit pricey, but good enough for one last dim sum meal. read more

美心・翠園 - egg tarts - Cantonese Near Me - Hong Kong, HK

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Perfect way to end the trip in HK with Dim Sum at the airport. So delicious! The rice noodles with roasted pork was by far the best beating out the local eateries. Shrimp dumplings was superb with transparent dough and very large shrimp! Mini egg custard was so good, we had two orders. read more

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Eating at HKIA Now that Yelp has hit Hong Kong, my fellow Yelpers will see that Hong Kong International Airport is my home away from home. I've flown through HKIA enough times that I know my way around without having to look at a directory or ask for directions. I've also eaten my around the facility, this last time, being at Maxim's Jade Garden. First - it's located at the airport so don't throw a fit because of the prices. it's like the prices you'll see at any tourist destination. If you want to pay less, head back into town or cross the border into Shenzhen, Mainland China. It's Dim Sum made to order. No carts or buffet line. Just order as much or as little as you want and enjoy. Decent views of the airport if you like people watching but as you may have guessed, a little loud. it's an open restaurant so no walls to buffer the noise of all the people - so intimate conversation can be a little challenging. Service was great as there's a lot of staff around. It's not that they were or weren't friendly but they were very attentive and efficient. Must be all the practice of having flyers rushing to eat and hop on their flight. I like Maxim's but definitely wouldn't eat there all the time when there are other lesser expensive restaurants just a short Express Train ride away in the city. read more

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Pretty decent dim sum considering it's at an airport. Prices are pretty expensive though. Usually end up coming here for a quick bite before I left or fly from the HK airport. Items tried: Shrimp rice roll - decent Beef Wet Noodle - decent Pork Bun Pastry - good Egg Tart - standard Pork White Bun - this was not good =/, not much meat and very peppery read more

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In the Hong Kong international airport early for a flight. The breakfast options are aplenty. However, many of the others had long lines and I wasn't keen on wasting my time queuing so headed to the more upmarket and pricey Maxim's for some high-end dim sum. When you order dim sum off a menu instead of hailing a cart, the expectation is that the dishes are going to be freshly made. That means that some strategy is going to be needed. If you are not going to wait hungry, you need to order something that will come out fast, and others that will take time to make. So, in the first category is one of the steamed or braised dishes that should have already spent long hours being ready. I chose the braised chicken feet in abalone sauce. This arrived almost immediately and I started tucking in. Perfectly braised, soft enough and yet left enough of a bite. The abalone sauce was delicious and not too salty. So enough, the barbecue pork in puff pastry arrived. This has to be baked early, and they can leave it in a warm oven and it may take 5 minutes in a hot oven to heat up. Again, delicious and arrived steaming hot. Finally, I ordered the steamed rice rolls with prawns and chives. This can take up to half an hour to arrive if it is made fresh. The rice rolls have to be made. Then they are stuffed, and steamed again. As usual, they arrived at the table steaming hot with a little carafe of warm flavored soya sauce. Here's the final part of my meal choices. Instead of using the sauce that came with the dish, I poured the yummy abalone sauce from the braised chicken feet onto the steamed rice rolls. The combination was spectacular!! Service was attentive and courteous. Probably as the crowds hadn't started coming in yet. Prices were quite a bit higher than similar quality in town, which was to be expected due to the high rents in the airport. So, for an airport dim sum restaurant, a solid 5 stars. read more

Probably one of the more expensive meals that I had in Hong Kong, consider the portion and type of food offering. Made sense as it's located right inside the airport. Quality wasn't too bad and the food was definitely fresh, but I would've expected a bit more selection and and service given the price point. I guess if you're craving for dim sum even though you're at the airport, then why not~ I will personally opt for something else next time. read more

美心・翠園 - Cantonese Near Me - Hong Kong, HK

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Decent eats in the airport. When you're in the airport and just have a couple of hours to spare, but not enough to go into the city and have some fun, it's a great place to get some food - they have plenty of space for all the people eating at the airport. That's for sure. I probably ordered way too many things, but I just love dim sum. Nothing was super amazing, but nothing was bad either which is pretty good for airport food. Protip: if you only have a few hours, this isn't a bad place to grab some food. read more

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When Princess Carewee and I saw the cutest, most mouthwatering pictures of the dimsum on the menu, we rushed inside to Maxim's Jade Garden for her final meal in Hong Kong with high hopes. And then the food came. The dissimilarity between the menu picture and the actual dimsum is equal to the dissimilarity between reality and a Tinder profile pic. Damn it, Maxim. Why did we swipe right? Apparently, Maxim's ethics on consumer fraud is rather loose, or arguably nonexistent. In addition to those Tinder dimsum pics on the menu, the names of their dimsum also serves beguile those who are dumb enough to trust airport food (me and Princess Carewee). The Signature LOBSTER Dumpling, which cost a whooping $68 HKD each, had only a very small trace of lobster in it. Technically speaking, the lobster was present, but it definitely won't be enough for me to be the lobster's alibi if it ever broke the law. Well whatever, as long as the food tasted good, right? The food tasted like nothing. Kinda like Aquafina. We had to drown our ugly looking dumplings in chili oil to give our taste buds some action. If the NBA season ended today, the MVP award wouldn't go to Curry or Harden. It would go to the chili oil in a unanimous decision. "Chili Oil, you da real MVP." It was an incredibly disappointing experience. The whole meal (4 dishes) drained us for $316.80 HKD. This was the worst money I've spent on this trip, narrowly surpassing the $150 HKD I threw away at NAMECO Arcade. If you're hungry at the airport, you'll be better off with Mickey D's. Or just suck it up and wait for SkyChef. read more

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I personally find this restaurant food to be quite mediocre. It is obvious that this restaurant main selling point is not on the food itself, I find that this restaurant main selling point is on the atmosphere as well as the location. The whole design of the place looks quite elegant. Food is also presented in a quite elegant way. But that's the thing though, it stops there. There is a lot of small improvement that can be made to instantly enhance the whole experience with food. As per my menu, I find that the goose is quite oily. I mean fatty is one thing but oily is quite another. The bunny that I've ordered is exactly what I've ordered. I would be nice if I could get some sort of surprises in the middle of it. Like... Strawberry jam in the middle or melted chocolate oozing out from it. All in all, it's a place that you expect to pay more for the atmosphere than the quality of the food itself. I mean... Opera did say you can have everything but not all at once. She is right read more

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Great food! I went to Hong Kong for business and had time at the airport and wanted to have good dim sum. The restaurant was packed when I went there, but I didn't have to wait to be seated. I ordered xiao long bao, wonton soup, and dumplings. All food were great considering it was the airport. I really enjoyed the food. Service was okay. I would love to visit again when I go to Hong Kong next time! read more

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Very busy place, the hostess did not speak English and shoved a piece of paper in my hand and showed me the walkway. The waitress screamed at me to follow her in Chinese, no big deal that's the way things go sometimes in China. But two waitresses that came over to take our order did not speak English at all and left us. It took us a long time to get our order taken. We had the crispy suckling pig , pork dumplings, and meat pastries. We were also informed we could not have any water but could purchase bottled water. The food actually came quickly the meat pastries were tasty but the crispy pork was disappointing. Maxims is good that is for airport dinning but the service was dismal. read more

美心・翠園 - Cantonese Near Me - Hong Kong, HK

Don't pay attention to the low ratings of this restaurant. I could never expect this quality of a restaurant INSIDE a busy airport past the Inspection areas. We had two hours to burn before our flight to USA. The end of our tour of Asia. What a great meal to leave a good taste and a pleasant ending . Take your CarryOn luggage with you to your table. Our food came out in a timely manner. No unusual wait. We ordered the roasted goose, chicken with abalone, marinated cucumbers, won ton mein as our soup option, and an order of fried dumplings. I can't say enough GOOD things about this meal. A wonderful array of flavors... my first chance to try goose, I think I now prefer goose over Peking duck. It was THAT good. It also happened to be my birthday. For dessert we had the sticky rice mango pudding- Excellent This was one of the best birthday lunch'si for me. This place is busy, they move a lot of people in and out. Unfortunately few of the employees speak English, but we got by. When you are first seated, you will be asked if you want tea "cha". The menu has English labels and descriptions. Just point. If you want dim sum, take The printed menu and mark the items you want - use a pen. Otherwise order from the big menu when your waiter arrives. If you are interested in Excellent Cantonese food before you leave Hong Kong, this is a MUST eat here stop. 2nd Floor HongKong Terminal 1i read more

Maxim's Jade Garden can easily be seen while looking up from the main level of HKG's T1. You don't have to pass thru security in order to access the restaurant, but you will have to go up a level to reach the restaurant entrance. My family and I came here for dim sum, and weren't expecting too much out of here since it's in an airport. There weren't too many choices here, but we picked out the staples such as siu mai, beef balls, shrimp dumplings, etc. The only disappointment IMO was the siu mai (which tasted nothing like siu mai), while everything else was actually of decent standard. Again, for airport quality, don't expect much. Also expect higher prices than usual. Service was okay, but they will rush you out once you finish your meal. It's a very popular place, but there's not a lot of tables for the demand it gets. Overall don't expect much from here, but if you want somewhere to dine in at the airport, this place does fit the bill. read more

Cons: Super over priced place but pretty good for a airport restaurant. Service was alright ... defnitely don't deserve the 10 percent charge. Hidden charge for even hot water that I have been waiting for for a long time (and some snacks I neevr wanted) Pros: They have the south african abalone and sea cucumber. read more

Ordered their special fried rice, stir fry beef with veg, BBQ pork, marinated soy chicken and crab & corn soup (crab or crab sticks missing). Food tastes good and at par with authentic Cantonese food standard. Soup was a little less amazing and tastes similar to those instant Knorr Chinese soup packs where you add water, boil it, add the soup powder then 1-2 eggs. Overall if you want to find a less expensive one then feel free. Not worth the cost. We didn't have time to check other restaurants to compare though. read more

Decent breakfast spot in the airport that my mom's friend took us to right before our flight. It's kind of amazing there's this gigantic restaurant right in the airport before entering into the departure gates. This place is seriusly massive, it must take like 3 minutes just to talk from one end to the other. The pork belly was pretty tasty, but a bit overcooked to me. The real star of the show was the giant hargow, which was basically like 5 of the regular sized ones combined into one. I wish I took a picture but I was too much in shock as to the size of the thing (and of course I demolished that thing, real quick). It was probably the size of my fist and delicious. The service was pretty slow though, so if you're in a rush, definitely don't sit down here for a meal. The layout and decor of the restuarant also blocked much of it from the airport, so it certainly doesn't feel like you're in one. read more

Avoid this restaurant if you dont want to miss your flight. The worst food and slowest service ever for its price. We ordered 4 dimsum dishes and 3 desserts. After waiting 10 minutes the desserts come out and we had to wait 10 more minutes just for real food. Why desserts first way before main dishes. I asked the waitress and they just sorry and keep stonning time. Is dimsum suppose to be serve fast, fresh and hot ? We be charged for $48 for each person tea including my 7 years old boy. We paid for a plastic box for our leftovers and have to wait 10 more minutes after I came to ask another waitress again. The food is not even that good and very small portion. We paid allmost $500 for small dimsum dishes. Nothing fancy. read more

美心・翠園 - Cantonese Near Me - Hong Kong, HK

Nice fancy restaurant in the airport. Authentic Chinese food. Loved the duck and rice noodles. Their fried rice was really good too read more

美心・翠園 - Not ready to go home - Cantonese Near Me - Hong Kong, HK

By surprise, the dim sum here at the airport is better than I expected except the food in HK is generally on the salty side anyway. The atmosphere is nice and seating is comfortable. read more

Worse restaurant- expensive with small dish portion. Only a few pieces of fish meat in a fish bowl. Also only has small amount of tomatoes n egg in a tomato/egg dish. Will never patronize again. read more

I'm a local Hong Konger. Just visited them a few days ago w/ my kid and parents. My kid took one of their dim sum ordering sheets and wanted to make a plane with it. This rude woman server came and took the sheets away saying, "These cost $0.50 each." I have never ever been told something like this as a customer. And the food per my standard isn't any special at all. And before this, I've been to this restaurant at late night after a flight, and the place was just filthy(dirty). I know Hong Kong has had a hard time hiring enough people to fill these jobs, because there's just too many tourists and people eating out. And this problem of low quality service really started even before 1997 w/ this influx of mainlander workers. But we really shouldn't live with something like this. Please help me make our restaurants better by only supporting good behavior. read more

Service was good, but the food sucked. We order half a roast goose and we took a few bites, soooo hard to chew, last time going there!!!

We were there Jan 2016. I used to have dim sum there many times. This time I was with my family. However we had the worst experience! The head waitress was extremely rude. We want to have ice water for our two kids。She told us no free water available. When we took our own bottled water out, she rolled her eyes and scolded us for it. At that moment I wish we just stood up and left. Unfortunately we were too tired to leave. Later found out they forced us to pay for salted peanuts which we did not order. It was late afternoon, they didn't serve dim sum anymore. Dinner foods were okay but over priced with bad services. At the end a man rushed us to pay the bill, again very rudely. Beware! Extremely unpleasant experience. read more

Excellent dimsum. Soy chicken and duck appetizer was delish as well as the steamed pork buns. Too bad we discovered it at the airport 1 hour before our flight. read more

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I wish i have gone downstairs to crystal jade. The location seems more attractive but food doesn't taste good.