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Happy Jade Seafood Chinese Restaurant
- Price Range:
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$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- No
- Delivery:
- No
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Wi-Fi:
- No
- Noise Level:
- Average
- Ambience:
- Casual
- Has TV:
- No
5 reviews for Happy Jade Seafood Chinese Restaurant
5 reviews in English
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Review from Nicole C.
4/24/2012 1 Check-in Here
Most people do Easter with turkey and stuffing and all those fixins - what do we do? That's right: Chinese Dim Sum! After reading many reviews I figured we'd try Happy Jade since my grandmother is slowly becoming an agoraphob in her old age and dragging her down to Mississauga China Town wasn't an option.
We hit HJ around 11am because I heard there was some sort of morning rush (starting promptly at 11:30am it was a zoo) and were seated promptly although it took asking 3 servers to finally get a high chair.
Next time in retrospect we'll ask for a table by the wall so that when the kid plays with chopsticks (read: makes giant stabbing motions in the air) he won't skewer the person behind us which he did about 6 times. The food though was pretty fresh and plentiful - once they figured out that we actually knew a thing or two about dim sum (and that the kid was shoving har gow into his trap faster than they could put it on our table) the food was flowing. They even had a few things that I haven't seen passed around at the other dim sum restaurants I've been to recently.
All in all for 4 people and a hungry toddler the bill came out to just under $50 which is pretty good considering how much we ate. Check this place out - and if you see a shumai go whizzing over your head - not gonna lie, that's probably my kid practicing his chopstick ninja moves. -
Review from Kimberley N.
Mississauga, ON
3/11/2012 1 Check-in Here
If you wondered what a typical Chinese restaurant looks like come to Happy Jade. Many celebrations took place at this restaurant many years ago, such as birthdays and weddings. But it's pretty cheesy when you think about it.
My family and I arrived for dinner yesterday around 5:30 and it was pretty dead...well, it is only 5:30. We were seated right away and the waiter immediately asked for our order. Calm down, we just sat down. He was standing by our table just waiting for us to decide which made us feel rushed and didn't have enough time to carefully look at the menu.
We ordered a plate of lobster, pekking duck, and fried rice noodles with beef in soya sauce. The food came pretty quickly, one after the other. We thought the duck was way overpriced, which was around $32. All of the food was hot and tasted fresh, so no complaints there. They also gave us complimentary soup...more like a broth (which we didn't eat) and tofu for dessert.
This is random but the table cloths didn't match the restaurant at all. They were light purple and the main colours found in this restaurant are red and green.
Overall, the food is pretty good and I guess once in a while we'll drop by. It's not very close to our place so it's not very convenient to drive 20 minutes to eat here. -
Review from Grey P.
Milton, ON
1/21/2012 4 Check-ins Here
One thing to note and get over with: the service sucks.
Don't expect too much. In fact, I strongly suggest you tip them badly (if at all) and tell them so that they would change.
Now that we got over that, let's get to the meat of it: the food. This is an above average Chinese restaurant that actually serves authentic Chinese food. None of that chicken ball and other Chinese-American monstrosities that select places offer.
The kicker for Happy Jade are their daily specials. My favourite in particular is Tuesday's Steamed Tilapia for $7.99 I believe. That is a steal when other restaurants offer them for twice or more of that price. It is done well with a delicious sauce and cooked just right. -
Review from Gloria H.
Mississauga, ON
1/6/2012
Been here since I was young, we don't go as much. Their soup, which is free during dinnertime, is usually very good, as are their desserts.
Dim Sum is also decent and well-priced.
Although I gave this 3 stars I'd say it's on the high end of 3; just your typical chinese restaurant (it is authentic most of the time)
Food is generally pretty good, but although I love many of the staff, one lady came out and yelled at us (in Cantonese I believe) after we sent back an order (she knew we were regulars too.) -
Review from Fern H.
5/30/2011
There's not a whole lot of choices for dim sum in Etobicoke/Mississauga besides Sam Woo, Emerald, Tremendous, and the restaurant formerly known as Sun Sun. So when we get tired of those ones, we cycle back to Happy Jade.
We hadn't been to back to Happy Jade for at least a year. We were turned off previously because one of dim sum dishes (rice rolls with shrimps) had a very chemically taste.
We decided to give Happy Jade another chance for dim sum. Arrived around 11:30am on a Saturday. Restaurant was almost full and we were able to snag the last available table.
They have cart service so a few things that we got were cold by the time they arrived at our table (spring rolls, shrimp won tons, egg plants w/ shrimp). But everything that passed in the steam carts were hot and fresh. We didn't see congee so we ordered it directly from a waitress.
They have most of the standard dim sum fare except mango pudding. They did have fresh wife cookies (lo po beng) that were amazing...still a bit warm, fluffy layers and a nice filling.
Cart ladies are quite friendly and most speak a bit of English but wait staff can be a bit difficult to flag down. Also, they did not ask what kind of tea we would like. Maybe because I was with the gwai lo they didn't think it would matter?
The dim sum is classified as S, M, L but not sure what the pricing was. Most of the dishes fell into the M category. Pricing for 2 smalls, 7 mediums and 2 large, plus the congee came to roughly $40. So average pricing, not outrageous.
We will be back for those fresh lo po beng!Listed in: Dim Sum West Side
