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Category: Dim Sum
Neighborhood: International DistrictMon-Sun. 9:00 a.m. - 2:30 a.m.
"The dim sum is amazing. It's hot, it's plentiful, it's cheap, and most importantly, it's GOOD. There are a few places in the ID that are…" read more »
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A couple things you should know first:
1.) I've been to dim sum only twice in my life, both times to Jade Garden and both within the last month.
2.) I've never had to wait longer than a few minutes for a table because on my first occassion to Jade Garden, it wasn't crowded (not sure why, I know if was a weekend) and on a second visit our group had a reservation and we were seated promptly despite a milling crowd. Perhaps calling in a reservation will help with the wait??
With that preface, you must know that I am well pleased with the place. The location may be a bit difficult to get to and parking a trifle hard to find, but the food is fun and delicious--an adventure for me, really. And, I enjoy the fact that the restaurant is seemingly small and inconspicuous on the outside, but inside it can be really hopping, especially on a Sunday morning!! Oh my! Much larger restaurant than I originally thought.
That makes it a fun and exciting restaurant for dim sum; delicious, and inexpensive. The variety of dim sum, too, is extensive. Pretty much an awesome place! Do try. :)
A surprisingly paradoxical dim sum restaurant. The standards were simply atrocious. Gummy hao gao wrappers, chewy rice noodles, "tea" that was brewed with bags as old as the decor, spare ribs that were nothing more than salty, greasy blobs miraculously still attached to bone, egg tarts of such small proportions and flavor that I could've swallowed it whole and I wouldn't have choked or tasted anything. And yet at the same time, some of the specialty items were fairly well-done: crispy tofu-wrapped shrimp were hot and delicately crunchy, daikon cake had a nice earthy flavor of the radish punctuated with the savory sausage.
All in all, eating at the Jade Garden is like looking into a yard with a yellowed lawn, but beautiful topiary. If it could work on the basics, it'd truly be a nice place to enjoy the view.
all right dang it! I see so many 5 star reviews I hav e to weigh in. I don't like to review with one stars and leave some experiences in my mind BUT here goes! I went here in particular because it was well-reviewed on Yelp. And! Dim sum!
I was seated .. and seated and seated. I sat. There were only 2 other tables occuppied - both eating.( Yes the tables were eating - probably the people!) (This was likely after a lunch rush - about 1 PM.)
Then nothing!
More nothing!
The waitress came and went. I had my menu down- probably 10 minutes. I wanted to order.
Nothing.. get my drift?
When she left the room and it was me and the hungry tables and a cook in a backroom.. I left.
Hungry!
I will go back to Jade Garden to give it another shot, because there were many things that I liked about them on the first shot. Their tea (jasmine!), for instance, was great. Also, I have never liked shu mai until I had theirs, it was soooo delicious--there was shrimp in it! yum! The steamed bao was tasty, the service was pretty typical of most dim sum places I have been to in the past, and I like it that way thankyouverymuch.
The har gow wasn't the best I have had, nor the scallops. They were enjoyable enough, but--dare I say--I like House of Hong's better.
Well - I'm new to this site and if a place has over 200 reviews not sure what I am adding. But, in any case, this is an excellent Dim Sum place in my opinion. To those complaining of sub-par service, I guess I think you are not familiar with how Dim Sum is typically served? Thumbs up.
This is my favorite dim sum place in Chinatown. I'm here at least twice a week for an order of chicken wraps (chicken, mushroom, fish maw and imitation crab wrapped in lettuce) togo. I park under the bridge, grab my wrap togo and eat while walking and catching the metro in the tunnel to work. Everything is made and kept warm on a steam cart so I'm in and out in under 5 mins. Works out perfectly and fills me up for breakfast for only $3.25.
This has got to be one of the greatest deals on dim-sum I've ever had (I've ventured dim sum in San Francisco, Oakland, and San Diego)!
The serving sizes are soooooooooo big.
We ordered 7 dishes:
1. Shu Mai
2. Turnip Cake
3. Gai Lan (Chinese Broccoli with oyster)
4. Calamari
5. Honey Walnut Shrimp
6. Egg Custard Tarts
7. Sticky Rice (with pork inside) wrapped in a Lotus Leaf
+ Jasmine Tea
$29 + tax divided by 4 people = Less than $8 per person!
Dim sum pieces were the largest I've ever had -- piping hot, and tons of cart-pushing servers available!
On a Sunday morning, it only took us about 15 minutes to get seated (this being that we were chill with sharing a table with others).
The chairs and tables are old and warn, and the decor could use a little sprucing up, but the food is good. My husband and I started going here when we first dated, and he had come in when he was a child with his parents. Seems much of the food goes unchanged. We generally go there for dim sum, If going on the weekend it is important to get there before 10am, otherwise the wait times are long and people are waiting on the sidewalk as the entry is packed. The deep fried seasame balls, steamed hom bow, and sticky rice always hit the spot. Just make sure to drink lots of water, as it is a bit salty. This place is really inexpensive, and tasty.
Eating dim sum is alway such a carefully planned out event for me. I don't like going with less than a group of 4 people or going anywhere other than JG. The problem is, if you have a large group of people (over 4), the wait can be monsterous, especially on Saturday and Sunday mornings (unfortunately my favorite days of the week to go to dim sum.)
The selection here is vast and because they are consistently busy, the dim sum is always fresh and piping hot. It's also cheaper than most other dim sum places. The portions of some items are a bit smaller too, which, I think, is the right way to go because it's all about variety and quality over size and quantity.
If you can swallow the wait and can accept the fact that you might circle the block 6 times for a parking spot, you should go here for dim sum. I used to go to Sun Ya to avoid the parking situation, but it honestly can't compare. Now I just go to JG, or I skip dim sum altogether.
Yay for dim sum! I've been here a couple of times before but this week, I took my mom who's visiting from Maryland to eat dim sum. She has to drive one hour to get some decent dim sum so she was craving it.
Surprisingly, even on a weekday, we still had to wait for a table... we had the option to share a table but we preferred to wait instead. We waited for about ten minutes which wasn't so bad.
We got the usuals, shrimp dumplings (ha gao), siu mai, radish cake, pork buns (cha siu bao). But the best dish was probably the chicken feet... which we waited FOREVER for. We asked the lady with the cart twice and she told us that they were still cooking... and then finally fifteen minutes later, she came with chicken feet, yayayay!!!
My mom really enjoyed them, she pointed out how flavorful the sauce was and how she wanted to come back later in the week. We haven't yet because I like variety in my meals but maybe we'll check out Top Gun in Bellevue too or something.
Good dim sum+cheap prices=4 star dim sum experience.
I quickly became a fan of Jade Garden after my first trip here and I can see why it gets such a loyal following. The dim sum selection is good and the flavors are really awesome. The staff is constantly coming by with their carts and you are bound to keep your plates full!
My personal favorites? Oh where do I begin? The Chinese broccolli had me at oyster sauce....the Char Siu Bao made me bow on my knees...the look fun made me look fat after we were through.
All in all, a great experience, the only downside....you can wait a LONG time to get a table, so be prepared!
Oh Jade Garden how I love thou. Your dim sum are drool worthy.
I can't barely pronounce the dishes correctly so there is no way that I'll be able to spell it. Basically everything with shirmp in it is yummy. Their egg rolls are so good, and the fried taro stuff with pork is sooooo good. Trying new things here is fun because if you don't like it no biggie just point and pick something else! Oh, and I love their fruit tarts.
I only come here for dim sum so I don't really know how about their rest of their menu. Keep in mind that this place gets very busy on the weekends (during dim sum hour) and it's also busy on weekdays during lunch (so around 11-12:30). The wait here is unbearable during the weekend if you come during rush hour on an empty stomach. So if you want dim sum on the weekend and don't feel like waiting for 30+ come after 1:00.
***Since it's super busy during dim sum hour they put your name on a wait list and they NOT call your the names in order. There were people whom came after us and we get tables before us! Took off a star for this! Another thing to keep in mind is that finding parking can be hard since they don't really have an allocated parking lot so you have to find street parking.
I can't even begin to suggest that I'm a dim sum connoisseur of any kind, so I can't speak for those with more discerning tastes, but all of the food I had was delicious. I left in a sleepily-ever-after Chinese food coma. We finished eating at around 1pm, and now, almost five hours later, I am still not hungry -- not bad for $10, I'd say.
As far as service goes, I found it adequate. You will obviously fare better here if you speak the language, which can be intimidating for those who don't, but it didn't bother me. I didn't come here expecting to be coddled, and no one was ever rude to us anyway. Carts rolled in quickly and the tea was flowing, so who am I to complain?
The decor and atmosphere weren't ritzy, but I actually enjoyed the feel of stripped down communal dining adorned with cheesy Asian trinkets. Jade Garden feels like a Chinese family version of a greasy spoon diner, which oddly reminded me of hanging out in the kitchen with family in Russia, homey and comfortable.
I've NEVER...EVER understood the hype about Jade Garden. Weekend after weekend, people line up like dim sum-bies waiting an inordinate amount of time for spendy (by ID standards and my own local dim summing experience) eats served dismissively by a crap-o-la staff.
To be fair, I've given Jade Garden a number of chances...over the course of a few years, even. Each time was adequate/fine/passable, but nothing really ever won me over. My last (and FINAL) time there was during their notoriously busy weekend service. We arrived early, so avoided any build-up of crowds - the dining room, however, was packed. The hostess asked if we'd be open to sharing a larger round table with another small party, which we gladly accepted.
Typically, even before your butt hits that vinyl seat, the carts are all already pointed and heading in your direction. Not true at Jade Garden...it felt like nearly 10 minutes to even get water and tea, let alone any food. Subsequent carts seemed to take the same amount of time to reach us, so we devised the strategy to pile up on reserves and take our time to enjoy.
To its credit, Jade Garden did have options that were unique to the Seattle dim sum scene, which I appreciated. The food was good - not sure I'm adept enough to discern the nuances of dim sum to effectively rate one establishment superior to another.
Meanwhile, our tablemates were finishing up their meal and about half-way through OUR meal, we found ourselves alone at a 10-top. Didn't think anything about it until, mid dim sum bite, the hostess approaches to ask if we'd mind moving because "it's busy and there are a lot of people waiting". Oh, and to sweeten the deal, the owner arrives offering to "help us" move our food and drinks across the room to a smaller table.
The look on my face must have been pure disgust (and astonishment). The hostess and I stared at one another blankly for a few seconds. We promptly asked for takeout boxes and our check - to which they graciously replied "Oh...you guys don't have to go." No shit we don't have to go, but at that point I wasn't going to waste any more of my money on that place.
You'd think after this shitty exchange, Jade Garden would do something to allay any ill will - I was hoping they'd comp part of our check, but that was too much to expect cause we got a takeout order of egg tarts. WOOHOO!! We didn't leave a tip that morning, but here's one now: hostess lady - learn how to fucking manage your dining room better!
To you Jade Garden dim sum-bies piled up out front - China Gate and Sun Ya both have FREE parking lots, and their food is AS good as Jade Garden (if not better) and much more affordable. Give 'em a go...you'll, in my humble opinion, have a much better overall experience.
Just moved up from the San Diego area where I worked as a pastor at Chinese Bible Church. Was a big fan of Emerald in Rancho Bernardo. First thing I did when getting up here was to look for good (frugal) dim sum.
Well, I found it. New favorite dims sum place - Jade Garden.
My #1 favorite place in Seattle! Their dim sum is SOOOO good. I would recommend this place any time any day.. I would eat here everyday, its awesome. The service is okay, and its a little spendy, but WAY worth it. If you dont want to wait in line for an hour for dim sum, come on weekdays around 11am or weekends but only after 2pm or so. Love this!!!
This restaurant stays open late enough for correctional officers to enjoy a family style meal after midnight. Therefore, it shall now be known as the Jade Guard Den.
Onward, to the food. The food. The foods. The foods. Oh, the foods.
Excellent dishes:
Honey Walnut Prawns
Peking Duck
Chow Mein (of any sorting)
Hot and Sour Soup
Presumably Excellent Dishes:
Everything else on the menu
Jade Guard Den is an excellent establishment.
Of the 5 area dim sum restaurants I've been to so far (Top Gun, New Hong Kong, Sun Ya, Noble Court) this one is the best deal. The quality of the food is slightly better than New Hong Kong, but the prices are WAAAY cheaper. We had 11 in our group, all stuffed ourselves to bursting, and paid only $143 including a 20% tip.
Well I don't have much to compare it to since I have been eating at sun ya for the past 15 years, but this place has got them beat. The parking lot is nice but the food is worth the frustration of making your way around the international districts driving up one 3 minute zone after another followed by 6 30 minute spots...why I'm not sure.
The ginger pork dumplings art off the heezzzz and the cilantro shrimp things are the well over half way to flavor paradise. A true party in my mouth!!!!
This place will be frequented by me and hopefully all who read this!
Gosh...really hit or miss it would seem. I have been back here twice in the last month and received both superior service and borderline insulting service. Still rating it a 3 because even though the food is better than others in the ID their service leaves something to be desired.
The Har Gow is perfect...especially when it comes straight from the kitchen. I find no matter what...whenever I ask for Har Gow the response is always, "Har Gow Later." It goes pretty quick and if you taste it fresh from the kitchen you know why...the wrapper is the perfect consistency, the shrimp has the slightest taste of ginger.
They also have the Chinese donut rice roll which I LOVE. The outside is the sticky, slightly chewy/soft dough and the inside is the crunchy donut. It is served with a special sweet sauce and its perfection! It is never on the cart as it has to be made fresh so make sure you order it from one of the waitresses.
The rest of the fare is just so so...average dim sum...nothing great although I do have to say their Nor Mai Gai is disappointingly mushy. Once we were sat in an optimal location and had the carts jam packed around us. The upside being we always had access to food...the downside was the constant chattering by the waitresses which made it impossible to hear my dining companions. More recently we were seated in the back and it took a good 10 minutes before a cart made its way over to us...
A solid 3 but no more and no less.
Everything else is pretty much your standard fare.
Considering the wait time...I was hoping that Jade Garden would be better than it was. We showed up… Read more »
I had two friends who I wanted to take to dimsum as one of them hasn't had dimsum in many many years. I wanted someplace that had a bit more variety food-wise than Harbor City. Unfortunately we got there a bit late (2:00PM), so it was towards the end of their dimsum service, but seeing as there were 4-5 other tables eating at the time, we still felt pretty good.
The carts descended pretty quickly on us so we were able to quickly get the first batch of food onto the table. Unfortunately, this was pretty much the end of their dimsum service, and the waitresses would henceforth just stand together by the wall not far from the table, staring at us and speaking quickfire Cantonese. One of my friends eating there was Cantonese, and much to our horror we realized they were talking about us, and hoping we'd quickly eat and be done with it.
We wanted to try some other dishes on their menu, so we summoned one of the waitresses to get us some, only to get terse responses saying they didn't have any left. The waitresses always seemed impatient and frustrated with our requests for more tea or dessert items.
In the middle of our service as well, another waitress interrupted our meal to take our condiments (vinegar, soy sauce, hot sauce) away, to prep for dinner service it seemed. That was rude and uncalled for. It was as if they couldn't let us eat in peace and we were invisible obstacles to their dinner cleaning and prep.
OVERALL:
This place would get a better review if it weren't for their rude and mediocre service. Shame really, as their food was ok. They are slightly more expensive than Harbor City next door, and given that the food isn't any better, the wait times are longer during peak times (weekends for brunch and lunch), and the service ruder, I can't think of any reason to come here.
There was a cockroach in the hot sauce.
I love hot sauce and probably ate about 4 table spoons of it with my food until I realized the cockroach on my plate.
I will never eat here again.
You will wait forever here. No doubt about that. Well forever as in 30 minutes. But it is worth it. No question about it.
Everything is hot and fresh and the sticky rice is the best in the city hands down.
The chow mien, while not 100%, is as close to what you could get at the legendary King Cafe as I have found.
You can get dim sum to go if you want to avoid the wait or you can call in your name.
Worst Chinese food we've ever had. Our eggrolls were coated in a thick 1/2 inch batter on top of the rice wrap and then deep fried as was the chicken dish. The walnut shrimp tasted old and the mayonaise used as an accompaniment was clear - a sure sign it's been setting out on the counter for a while. When we walked in at 4pm they tried to sell us their old dim sum from the morning and we passed. Thinking we would get a great fresh meal - we were shocked. My husband is half chinese so he knows something about decent chinese food - this made him sick. I'm wondering if many of these posts may be fraudulent. There can't be this many happy people coming out of this joint.
I went to Jade Garden only once, and that will be my last time. Overrated and poor overall: mediocre food, very poor service and very rude hostess / owner / cashier (the woman with short hair behind counter).
Several of my food loving friends went there because we were curious about the hype. It turned out to be the worst Dim Sum experience I ever had.
The place is crowed, lots of college kind of young people were waiting, noisy and dirty, very unpleasant. When we asked how long we need to wait, the woman with the short hair behind counter told us "20 minutes" just to keep us waiting. We waited for about an hour and half, several groups came after us but being seated before us (??)..... then we had to bear all those waiters, waitresses and cashier's very loud yelling during the whole time, on top of being bumped around by them... ...while waiting I asked the college kids what brought them here, "uh...... I don't know..." seemed no one had a clue! People maybe just like us, thought this might be a place worth a try.
After long wait, finally we got a table, it was dirty, and lack of service. We asked for a dish three time, they never brought the dish to us... we couldn't even get server's attention. They just ignored us for no good reason.
Their dim sum were average or below average, compare to other dim sum places in International districts, such as House of Hong.
Our friends and I like to try all kinds of ethnic Asian food, since two of our friends are Chinese, we had a lot of dim sums together in past several years. This place is a total disappointment to all of us, not worth to go again, NEVER.
Warning to new comers, beware of the hypes, it does not measure up at all. Somehow they attracted lots of college kids and new comers.
Last to point out, the owner cashier is so rude and abrasive, she yelled at customers when they asked questions. It's pretty low class place.
These guys have the best DIm Sum I've ever tasted. The half hour wait on any given day is worth it. I normally stay away from places thta are busy but I will wait if I have too since it is the best.
The good thing is that, they do take reservations, which i find AWESOME!!
Have yet to try their dinner or lunch. One of these days I will but I'll stick with my lunch and dinner places for now.
HANDS DOWN. Best Dim Sum in the area. In the whole Seattle area.
Its also very inexpensive! I bought a lunch for 8 people for about 65.00. And we had plenty leftovers! Though a drive from Renton to bring it home, I would defianately do it again!
BEST DIM SUM! It is worth the long wait. Mmmm.... shrimpy goodness!
I am an instant gratification sort of person. The fact I can walk in, sit down, and have food in front of me before my tea has been poured makes me all sorts of happy. That's why dim sum and I have a long and loving relationship.
Jade Garden does it right.
We ended up with a table right next to the kitchen during the middle of the 2 o'clock "dim sum ends in an hour OH GOD RUN!" rush today. This meant we got EVERYTHING super fresh.
Huge portions, reasonable prices... for $24 including tip it fed two ravenously hungry girls and sent them home with enough leftovers for tomorrow's lunch. And possibly dinner.
And the woman who most frequently visited our table was super friendly and helpful -- not typical of any dim sum experience I've had, heh.
quality is going down. They substituted ingredients because they were out of the real stuff and never told me till I got the food. Messed up my order and then wanted me to pay for the extra dish I never ordered.
too much MSG
I've heard that this was the place in Seattle to go to for dim sum. Being the curious, food loving person that I am.. I decided to give it a try. Upon arriving here on a early afternoon Saturday.. it was PACKED. I thought to myself, "oh, wow.. this must be THAT great".. the lady told us 30 minutes.. which was more like an hour and 30 minutes..... but I made myself feel better by assuring myself that the food would make it all worth it. I was wrong. Honestly, I've had way better dim sum at other places.. where I didn't have to wait over an hour for a table. Seriously, save your money and time and go elsewhere.. this place is definitely not worth the wait. They are overrated.. way overrated.
Food wise, everything here is good! My favorite dishes here are the salt & pepper squid, beef chow fun (DRY not gravy), honey garlic ribs, and pretty much all of their dim sum items (they have good hagow, cheong fan--the rice noodle with shrimp-, siu mai and the fried taro with pork and mushrooms).
I hate that it gets really busy here on weekends and the wait can literally be up to an hour for a table for two! Weekdays are not so bad though. The hostess with the short hair can be really rude at times.
**I advise that after you get your name on the waiting list, keep checking with the hostess to see when you will be next because she jumps around and doesn't go in order when assigning tables.
Other than that, the servers are really good during busy hours and remember what you ask for!
I'll do mostly anything to get this place move to Tacoma.
It's probably true for most dim sum places, but your experience heavily depends on where your table is located. If you're taken to the small area behind the wall of the main one, resist. You will get lots of leftovers (if lucky) or be neglected for a long time. At least I got that a few times.
Dim sum yum!
I think this was my first dim sum experience. I called in a reservation for 5 at 11am on a Saturday. When I got there, the place was madness! We went up to the counter to let them know we were here for our reservation and were seated within a few minutes, even though it was just 2 of us for now.
We were hungry, so we decided to get a couple dishes to share and somehow ended up with 4 plates of food...in about 4mins! It wasn't even 11am yet! So our friends weren't even late, we were early. Heh. We shrugged and ate until our friends showed up.
I lost count of all the dishes we shared, and after a while they all kind of taste/look the same..one is fried, this is steamed, but the filling is the same, etc. But it was still a fun bonding experience.
Afterwards, we split the check and it was about $14, which I suppose is on the high end of a dim sum (how do you eat at just $8pp??).
I noticed people boxing up their leftovers too, I think that's pretty swell...it seems like dim sum is a type place that wouldn't let you take your leftovers (which is lame, because you paid for it!)..but Jade Garden lets you do that. :)
I am not averse to dim sum, but it's not something I would make an extra special effort to go towards. The place was very loud and overwhelming and though the cart ladies were nice, they were also pushy and sometimes I was like: ahhhh and pointed to random things without knowing what they are. And that's my fault, but also adds to the ~mysterious food~ experience.
We had just gotten off a cruise and needed a Chinese food fix. I yelped for dim sum since we were staying in Seattle for the weekend and found Jade Garden.
A few blocks up the bus depot on King Street we came to Jade Garden on an early Saturday morning at about 9am. The restaurant is not a beauty. It looks old from the outside and the inside is not grand, no fancy decor like the ones you see in SF, LA, or even Vancouver. It reminded of your typical old school Chinatown dim sum place and that's exactly what it delivered.
The ladies pushing out the carts were nice and I showed us the different things they had. There was a variety of dumplings and different steamed and pan-fried goodies. They had my favorite dish, turnip cake, so satisfying, so good!
The bill was relatively inexpensive as well and as we were leaving we started to see that the tables all around us had somehow gotten filled.
Very good, would recommend if you need a dim sum fix. I was a happy camper after this meal =)
This review is for dim sum service only.
We asked some locals (a chinese dude we saw walking around the "international area") about where he would go for some good chinese food and he said this place, gesturing to Jade Garden. The wait was short and we were then seated in a pretty big table for 4. As we sat, a lady and her cart soon greeted us with her dim sum dishes: assorted dim sum shrimps and I went ahead and asked her to drop off all of them at our table. So even before we were officially sitting down, we had 5 dishes at the table already. Where can you have that in the SGV? Then eventually another lady came by and brought over the beef rice noodle dish, which was also good.
I was stuffed at this point since my parents and my wife don't eat much and I had to finish off a bunch of dishes already, but here comes the honey walnut shrimp dim sum dish. WTF? Maybe this is a new trend that they're doing with dim sum cuz I've never had the honey walnut shrimp dim sum dish before. Although it's way oversauced, it's the crispiest honey walnut shrimp I've ever had!
The prices are a little more than what you'd see at the SGV but the portions are much much bigger. I'd say they were about twice the size of the SGV portions.
As for the service, it's what you'd expect from a chinese restaurant. Maybe I'd put it slightly above average since the waitress gave us a slight grin when we came to the table. Yay.
Is Jade Garden the best restaurant around? Not even close. I wouldn't even say it's among my favorite Chinese restaurants. So why the 5-star rating? Only because they have the BEST DIM SUM around. Anybody that knows, should agree with me. For those that don't, no offense, but you're wrong! I won't say that better doesn't exist around here, but I have yet to eat there or hear about it from a credible source. Don't get me wront, there are other good ones around, and I've eaten at many of them. Some come really close, but so far Jade Garden has remained my favorite for the last 5 years or so.
There's usually a bit of a wait, especially long on the weekends, and rightfully so. I continue to endure it each and every time without complaint. It's worth it. Oh, and good prices to top it off.
too awesome. words can't describe.
except for the parking.. that sucks.
Yes... I know... 3 stars... I am sad to have ONE negative thing to report. My wife, 2 young kids and myself enjoyed Jade Garden. Flavor-wise it was not bad at all.
Why I am not giving 4 stars:
One of the 8 dishes we ordered smelled VERY strong, and tasted horrible... My wife (who unfortunately discovered this the hard way) was disgusted and upset. The fish was bad/old/unsafe/etc. We told one of the staff, he smelled, and said... "I *think* it is supposed to smell like that" (but he did not look convinced) ... He took it back to the kitchen hastily. We don't know what happened to it. We eat Dim Sum all the time and we know that fish was NOT safe!
We are not going back... We will default back to Top Gun or Noble Court. We never had any issue with those.
the long wait at this place is justified by the excellent quality AND variety of the dim sum here. even in los angeles where i come from you don't see many dim sum joints serving up so many unuaual items such as lobster dumplings & peking duck. most are content with just the har gao, chia xiao bao and radish cake. i also salute their use of traditional bamboo (not aluminum) steamers. i guess seattle's chinese people are fewer in number but have more discriminating taste buds. OT- i've also noticed many white women - asian men couples up here in seattle, which you rarely see in los angeles.
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