Jade Garden or 翠苑 has been in HK for a long time. Semi upscale, clean & high quality. It's the main…read moreResturant in the Maxims group. Complete trust in it to do a great job. Hadn't been to this location before but it was exactly like I imagined it would be. Opens early on a Monday.... And it fills up!

As with most things in Hong Kong, family style eating here is king. The restaurant is located on…read morethe 6th floor of this huge mall smack dab across from an Outback Steakhouse, so it's good for a post-shopping refuel. In order to be seated, you have to request a ticket. We had to wait quite a while, so we started off grabbing a few drinks at the Outback because they had a bar. No rules, just right...because they had a full bar. There are no carts in this dim sum joint (at least when we came) and grabbed a few items from each page of the extensive menu. Tried the fried won ton skins, stuffed bell peppers, these really dense balls of gluten, dumplings, buns, lots of rice, flat noodles with beef and veggies, vermicelli with octopus and pork, and short ribs (tasted like chicken). Overall, it was pretty good. I had no idea that ordering a glass of water with your meal wasn't a common thing, so if you do ask, be prepared for the perplexed looks from the waitstaff. It's worth noting that we came with people that spoke the language, so that helped. Four chopsticks up!

I would say that this restaurant serves the Asian equivalent of American diner comfort food. In…read moreHong Kong, we like to eat dim sum, roast meats with rice, or stir fried noodles. These are our comfort foods. My family and I ordered their roast pork, roast goose, and shoyu chicken with white rice. These came with a side of milk tea. They also served dim sum when we came here. So, we ordered pork siu mai, beef meatballs, and braised chicken feet. Some people would cringe with the chicken feet. But, I grew up eating this. So,don't knock it until you've tried it. All of the meats were fragrant and delicious. I'm partial to the roast pork, since it comes with crispy pork skin. The white rice had good texture, and they weren't stingy with the amount they gave us. But, like the mustard greens that came along with this meal, I wish both of these were actually temperature hot when they served it to us. At best, they were lukewarm and they got cold easily, which I didn't like. The dim sum was pretty good. Not as good as Dimdimsum. But, if we wanted both rice dishes and dim sum, we can come here to get our fix. Just like a diner, this joint is loud and very hustle and bustle. The bell rings and the staff brings you your food pretty quickly. We can be in and out of this place pretty easily. The staff can be quite gruff as well. But, that's normal with any waitstaff here in Hong Kong. Just come and enjoy some Hong Kong style comfort food while you're here.

WOW! What a place to eat! HUGE portions. One order was enough for two but was soooo good that we…read moreate them both. Food was flavorful and done Cantonese style, not spicy. Met my test of Busy = Good Food. As we walked in the area, this place was the busiest and I can see why. Great value for the price.

Service was a bit choppy for us and after ordering they told us they ran out of tofu so we had to…read morehunt for a new dish. The restaurant is fancy inside with elegant decor. The best dish here was the fried shrimp with salty egg yolk! Yum!! We also tried the sweet and sour pork, green beans, and black pepper beef which were cooked well and not overly saucy.

I'm normally a huge fan of lei garden. The food here is amazing for how light and healthy it is yet…read moreso delicious. The food taste and quality easily exceeds my expectations of a 5 star restaurant; however, the reason why I'm giving this joint 4 stars is for their service towards foreigners. We brought our friends here for brunch, some of which are white. The staff treated us so much worse than the times we come here with family. To give you some examples: we were ignored for many parts of the meal with our food delivered very sporadically. we had to ask multiple times to make simple requests. They tried to serve dessert in the middle of our meal, when we asked them to bring it back later the server yelled at me for not making t clear when ordering. This is absolutely absurd! At asian restaurants, this is always assumed since they do not have a separate dessert menu like most western restaurants. A high end chain like lei garden would normally not mess this up. Furthermore, admitting to the mistake would have been fine, but their wait staff yelled at the customer! TL:DR Come here for the food, come with low expectations for the staff, or come here with a local hk family

The best dim sum I've had, I'm serious. But as in my previous HK food reviews; culture here is much…read moredifferent than in the US. Waiters don't ask if you've been here before or how it's going. We sat there for a good 15 minutes just waiting. We saw the dim sum cart so we thought it'd eventually get to our table. We then saw waiters bringing out plates to other tables so then we got super confused. Luckily there was a nice couple sitting next to us that could speak fluent English. He explained this place and with newer dim sum places you scan a QR code and order. He also went through the selection on what's good and what portion is big, etc. I swear we lucked out that night with this kind gentleman otherwise we'd be sitting there clueless for hours. Food was top notch. You know often times you order mindlessly (literally in our case because there were no photos to reference to so we went by the names and the gentleman's recs) and there will be some misses. Not here! Everything was delicious. Literally all. You can't go wrong with anything here, take my word. Just remember to scan the QR code to order so you don't sit there cluelessly like us.

Great dim sum spot! My friend recommended this place when…read morewe were trying to figure out where to go for dinner. They were packed but we were seated quickly. Everything we ordered was absolutely delicious! I love the cute faces on a few of the dumplings. It was also such a reasonable price. For 4 of us, we split the bill and it was about $15 each. We ordered a lot - probably around 10, if not more, dishes. Note of caution: The water with lemon is not a water with a slice of lemon, but also has sugar on the bottom that visibly separates and needs to be mixed. It was interesting.

My BFF made reservations for lunch here. Since I'm traveling, I was in super casual clothing and…read morethere was no fuss at all. We picked different lunch set menus which comprised of various dim sum items, as well as a cucumber and wood ear mushroom appetizer, Ibérico char siu, spicy wontons, fried rice and dessert. We shared everything. I thought the dim sum was good -- nice presentation and tasted on point. I especially enjoyed the vegetable dumpling and the mushroom dumpling. The restaurant's interior is decorated in sage, forest green hues. Contemporary and very comfortable. It reminded me of M on the Fringe from back in the day except the colors were different and the dining room was a lot more crowded. The one at Madame Fu is nicely spaced out. Service was hit and miss but mostly good. A nice place to have a meal after touring Tai Kwun.

This is an incredible dim sum place with an awesome atmosphere - top floor - with a beautiful view…read moreof the Tai Kwun neighborhood; service was also great. Classic dim sum favorites like shumai, egg tarts, dumplings and other dishes - also got lunch here with my aunt and cousin and toured HK afterwards. Most highly recommended!

Tucked away along Hart's Avenue's booze scene is Joy Cuisine, one of the area's only local…read moresemi-grandeur Dim Sum establishments. It is vastly underrated versus the more higher end Dim Sum spots along Nathan, but serves as a solid hidden gem with a good variety of yum cha classics. When entering from the seedy streetside, first time goers will be pleased to see a bustling, fancy looking banquet hall that have seen numerous special occasions. Like many Canto spots, this place is serving patrons from 7am to 4pm a la Dim Sum while the dinner service meant for Chinese group dinners. Bonus: WiFi is available here. And I have yet to be disappointed with their Dim Sum. From steamed buns to fried dumplings, it's a hodgepodge of good stuff that like many other tea houses, is ordered a la carte. I have an affinity for their fried rice noodle rolls (炸蝦腸粉), which came in red for the longest time and adds a new dimension with the crispy interior and soft noodle exterior. I am always pleased with their sticky rice in lotus leaves (珍珠雞) and the pan fried turnip cakes (蘿蔔糕). They also serve the softest sweet custard buns (流沙奶黄飽), which are always a highlight at the end of the meal. They tend to run out after 1pm, but I still ask anyway because I'm an optimist. The egg tarts (蛋撻) aren't the best but they certainly do the job with the mini sized version. On occasion, I'll spring for their century egg pork porridge (皮蛋瘦肉粥) because it's actually really good but it's a semi-premium item. The staff is as hustle / bustle as they come. Empty baskets / plates get swooped up quickly and water / napkins are provided most of the time without even asking. They are pretty good about getting seats for everyone and not making folks share tables during the rush hour. On weekdays, they have a stellar deal in which the food is 30% off after 2pm. Late afternoon lunch anyone?

Solid 3.5 stars…read more Fine dining decor with the chandeliers, and lots of it. The place for a wedding. Ordered the brocolli halibut, watercrest, link cod and claypot spareribs. All edible after airplane flight and tons of private airplane lounges lol. Located in good area. Elevator available for those child strollers ;)

Have been 4 times there: two were good, two were bad. I don't think will visit again…read more Decorated interior with a 50% chance of getting good food, and an average price of HKD 250-300 per dish.

I have to say, this place has the best xiaolungbao I've ever tried. I personally think that it's…read moresuperior to the ones I've tried from Ding Tai Fung. My friend, who happened to visit DTF a few days ago, concurred with my verdict. The skin over here is thinner, the meat filling not as clumpy and juicier. By itself, DTF's dumpling is very good, after all, it's an international chain known for their soup dumplings. But side by side, Ye Shanghai has a better XLB, at least by Hong Kong standard, which always prizes a thin wrapper. We ordered a variety of other dishes, from wine chicken to shanghai noodles, and they are all quite delicious, and compare favorably to the same dish I've tried elsewhere. The only downside is, as you can imagine from its location, that this place is pricier. The pork belly wrapped with fragrant leaves is melt-in-your-mouth succulent, but not cheap at HKD30 (about US$4) for piece slightly over 1" cube in size.

Located at the very end and just across from the main shopping mall this restaurant is well worth…read morevisiting. The decor is nice and well kept, wait staff and kitchen staff friendly and attention. Part of the kitchen in kinda in the restaurant so you can watch the chef working away and likely you will get a lovely smile from him as I did if you catch his eye. We dropped in for breakfast and were not disappointed. We ordered 3 items all were outstandingly delicious. (Usually we'd try more this was the end of a long week of eating) Good value for money. I highly recommend this restaurant in a city of fabulous food.

While visiting Hong Kong I met up with a friend that took me here for dinner. The place is nice and…read morenot too crowded. Great for conversations and friendly meetings. The atmosphere is business casual and somewhat more upscale than local eateries since it's located inside one of the ubiquitous shopping mall buildings found on every corner in HK's touristy Kowloon TST area. On to the food. It's okay but I've had better dim sum even in the US. The whole mean came out to around $250HKD which is about $30USD for food without any additional beverages besides the standard pot of tea for the table. I think you are paying for the prime real estate rather than the food With so many authentic local eateries found on every corner, I think this is a pass for me for the future