Reviews for Top Jade Restaurant

by Donna
30th March 2012

We come to this restaurant a lot, and have brought groups of friends, we always get great service and good food. We will keep coming back

by Liz O.
3rd March 2012

A good experience overall. The waitress was attentive and pleasant, good sized portions. We had wantons and stuffed chicken wings for starters, sizzling beef and ginger as well as Schwinn pork as mains. Food was very well presented and delicious.
Well done Top Jade, excellent value for money and a great dining experience.
Liz O’Connor

by Vicki
21st January 2012

Dined tonight, duty manageress was friendly and efficient. We were using a voucher so had a drink each, entrees and mains. The entrees were battered fish and barbequed pork. Both were warm and fairly tasteless. The mains were beef in black bean sauce which was average. The big disappointment was the braised duck and chinese vegetables. There were 6 very small bits of duck(mainly skin) sitting atop a large serving of vegetables. The decor of the restaurant is pleasant but I did notice a couple of dead flies and other things on the large window sill. Based on my experience I would not go back.

by caroline l.
27th December 2011

Went to this restaurant for the first time and probably will not be going back. There were four of us dining, we all had starters which were all brought out at different times, one had finished their starter before others had arrived. The BBQ pork was poor, sliced warm meat (like the meat from a deli) which was tough and chewy, the garlic king prawns were nice, and the stuffed mushrooms were average very oily from being deep fried. Our mains were brought out roughly at the same time (within 5 mins of each other). The sizzling beef satay and sizzling prawn satay were tasteless, the braised ribs were full of fat and gristle and hardly any meat, and finally the red chicken curry was average with minimal chicken. We did not stay for a dessert. The waitress was pleasant and the restaurant was clean and tidy, the food was a real let down.

by sara
4th December 2011

Looks like a dive from the outside, but MUCH nicer inside. The service was friendly and attentative without being annoying, and the food was great. The combination fried rice needed a little more flavouring for the rice, but was good anyway, and the hot and sour chicken was outstanding!
Am definitely going back!

by will
30th November 2011

Went to this lovely restaurant a few months back not expecting a miracle of service and food but to my surprise it was very lovely. me and my partner shared a set menu for two and found we could not eat it all SO MUCH FOOD which is absolutely fantastic we even got offered a doggy bag wow. the service was awesome general check ups but not annoying me and my partner are returning tonight and cant wait we have referred this restaurant to friends and family to which there dining experience has been the same fantastic quality. All i can say is great work TOP JADE A+++

by Di
7th August 2011

Went to Top jade for the third time again. The staff are very friendly. The food is great, good variety and portion sizes – Love the Orange beef! Service is prompt and presentation of food is very impressive. Good price too!

by kirsten r.
22nd July 2011

Sad Sad Sad, dined here with my husband, bought a voucher online, thought we would treat ourselves to a night out, should have saved on the babysitter and not bothered, ordered what i was told more than once mixed meats and veges, stir fried and served in lettuce cups, meat veges, all good, not shrimp, i don’t eat shrimp, had to pick them all out, not good, ordered duck and veges for a main, managed to fill my rice bowl with the skin and fat off this duck, veges were covered in fat, and found a piece of string still attached to my duck, when i asked the waitress about the string she was very blase and didn’t seem bothered. This restaurant had a large group in, 4 big tables in total, very loud, and they placed us beside them….we wont be going back!!!!

by Roger G.
2nd June 2011

Food is delicious. Good range of dishes. Friendly staff. Will be going back again. A bit of a hidden jewel in the Hutt.

by Mark R.
3rd April 2011

Came here a few months ago. The service was ok. The meal was pretty good. I wouldn’t rave about it. It didn’t make us really want to go back over other places we’ve been. Good meals at good prices. Better than 3 stars, worse than 4. If I could give 3 and a half stars this would be its score. Went high based on other ratings.

by Anthony
25th September 2010

Great atomsphere! Dim Sim are so delicious! nice friendly service.. would recommend to everyone. We will see you again top jade, thank you!

by Café Chick ..
3rd September 2010

We went to Top Jade looking for somewhere to have an early Friday night dinner. We were the first guests to arrive, but the restaurant quickly began to fill up, even on a cold and stormy night. We could see why; our meal was excellent. We started off sharing the san chow barl, featuring an assortment of finely chopped vegetables. Our mains of orange beef and hot and sour sesame chicken were very tasty and beautifully presented. Our service throughout the evening was excellent: polite, friendly and efficient. We will happily dine here again and highly recommend Top Jade as an excellent Chinese restaurant in Lower Hutt.

by Benjamin Baker
17th August 2009

This place is a gem, I take my girlfriend there all the time. Its beautiful inside yet the place is hidden away, more people should go there! The food is fantastic, no overpricing to be seen- for food or even drink. Its great value and quality. Just try it!

by Ray
28th April 2008

I went to top jade last year with my new born. The food, price and the service were excellent, they were so nice and helpful it was really unbelievable.

I should be there sometime next month fingers crossed. Thanks Top jade

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