Maxim’s Jade Garden

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!

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

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.

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 décor of the restuarant also blocked much of it from the airport, so it certainly doesn’t feel like you’re in one.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Eating at HKIA
Now that Unilocal has hit Hong Kong, my fellow Unilocalers 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.