China Jade

I cannot say enough good things about this restaurant. The service is always great, and the food is always fantastic. Every time I am in Colorado this is on my MUST DO list. The char siu bao (baked or steamed) is the best I’ve ever had.

Time and Time again… Last minute catering
China Jada HAVE ALWAYS pulls through for my crazy family’s events.

I just recently moved to Denver from Houston, TX. Houston has the most vigorous asian community and I am ½ chinese myself so I know how chinese food should taste. China Jade is one of those hidden places that was worth finding. If you crave dim sum and want it not just on the weekends, this is definitely the place for that! They serve dim sum all day.
Ordering dim sum is like ordering sushi. You are given a menu sheet and you check how many of each item you want and hand it to the waitress. They also had a menu for full plate dishes. There is also fresh duck and pork hanging in the window. Love this place!

I rarely give a place to eat five stars with such satisfaction.
I am a huge fan of dim sum. It’s a comfort food that warms my heart. One translation is a dot of heart.
In forty years, I have never had dim sum this good. This restaurant is so good that it is worth choosing the Denver area as a travel destination.
Every item we chose, from the spring rolls, to the dumplings and she mai, to the turnip cakes was exquisite.
Even the bitter melon and shrimp, which normally is shunned by an American palate was so good I’d consider it accessible to anyone.
I could tell that the folks who run the place put love into every creation, and take pride in their food. While we were there, every single patron looked and sounded happy.
Eat here. You won’t go away disappointed.

I love the Little Saigon area of Denver, and we stopped by here on our way up to the mountains to get some food to go. My husband was a little over-​eager, and so we walked away with way too much food, but who doesn’t love leftovers?
We got the steamed dumpling appetizer, which was delicious — and a good sized portion with 8 instead of the regular 6. We also got roasted park, BBQ pork and roasted duck. The roasted duck is amazing — you can get a whole one for $ 20. I was a big fan of the BBQ pork as well — sometimes this can be overcooked but this was juicy and just a little sweet. The roasted pork was good as well but I think if we go back we will stick with the duck and the BBQ pork. They roast a whole pig at a time, and we got some of the last parts, so perhaps that was part of it.
Since we ordered to go, we sat around and waited for a bit, and I want to note that Susan, (I think she is one of the owners) was so kind and welcoming, and we really enjoyed talking with her. She showed us their Dim Sum menu (open for Dim Sum 7 days a week), and it looks fantastic — I also like Dim Sum where its not on the carts and you just order the small plates to your table. We will definitely be back to try the Dim Sum!

Kings Land is still the best dim sum in the area (I’ve tried them all), but I would probably come here over Star Kitchen or Super Star for a couple reasons.
It’s less crowded; much more a mom and pop place which I like. And while some things were a disappointment (wu gok/​fried taro) it has many redeeming qualities.
The har gau filling was probably the best I’ve had in denver; really flavorful (others tend to be bland). The bbq pork wasn’t overly sweet. The pork in the other dumplings was noticeably fresher than other dim sum places, and the house made chili oil alone is reason to return (honestly is great stuff, and I normally don’t eat it). Yes, the buns and dumplings lack a little refinement, but its a cozy and tasty experience here.
Give this place a shot for sure.

I have got to say, their Shrimp Lo Mein is FANTASTIC! Great flavors, cooked perfectly, good spices. I did not even need to add anything to it but when I did Oh man was it even more delicious! Depending on your taste tho. I also felt that without any sauce it was great.
The duck is as good as everyone says. lol. GET IT. TRY IT. You will not regret it.
Dont get the spring roll tho — it was OK. nothing special. nothing great. just OK.
Other than that, everything else I tried was delicious.
Good service too!

Ok. I’ve been coming here for quite a few years now, but only for the char siu to go. The roasted pork. See there was this place called «Mago’s» in LA that had these great char siu burgers with avocados and tomatoes with a slight shmeer of mayo. They killed! They closed. So anyways, when I’m Jonesing for one of Mago’s burgers, I’d head to China Jade for some roasted pork, pick up the other stuff at the local market, and make myself one.
Things were great, but the last 2 times, the pork hasn’t been so good. The flavor is still spot on, but it has been far fattier than ever, and the service is less good than it has been in the past. Now maybe you are saying to yourself, «kent, pull your head out of your (choose body part), that’s exactly how fatty it should be!» I’m just saying it’s far fattier than I like it. I’ll still go back, maybe not as often. And if you like your char siu less fatty as well, and know where I can get me some, let me know where, as I could use a Mago burger soon.

Authentic, traditional dim sum and family-​style dishes
I love this place! I lived in Asia for over 20 years and this is the best place I’ve found in Denver for REAL Cantonese food in a casual setting. My parents and I went for lunch on a Friday, when the restaurant was pretty much empty and our server was attentive and friendly. We ordered way too much food and everything was perfectly authentic. The stand-​out was the roasted duck, and the pan fried vegetable noodles and kai lan (chinese broccoli) with oyster sauce complimented it well. Off the dim sum menu, we had har kow (steamed shrimp dumpling), baked char siew bao (barbecued pork bun), baked cream buns, and steamed chicken bao. We also ordered the chicken moo shu which we couldn’t get to due to extreme fullness; I ate it the next day at home and it was good, shredded chicken with hoisin sauce in a crêpe. Our total bill for a gigantic meal for 3 that left us stuffed AND yielded 2 big takeaway boxes of leftovers was $ 55. My new go-​to for Chinese food.

The last 2 times I have been here the quality of the food has gone down in my opinion. The roast. pork was dry, chewy and lacked flavor and the duck tasted as if it maybe was not fresh from that day and was over cooked too. The wait staff is friendly which is a plus but compared to some other places nearby the food is a little more expensive, get smaller portion size and the quality has slipped. Sorry china jade but I have to be honest. Probably more like 2 stars today.

My family has been coming here for years and they always remember us! We always have excellent service and the food is always on point. We come for dim sum without the frenzy and wait for the right cart to pass by. We also always get the chow fun, combo fried rice, galangal, and iced coffee. The roast duck and pig are always perfect. Hubs favorite bao is from here as well. Highly recommended!

Originally tried to go to Star Kitchen but the line was out the door and we didn’t have a ton of time to wait. So we decided to try this place. There were about 3 tables with people. Pretty empty. I waited at the table for 10 mins before someone came by. I ordered a few different types of dim sum, stuffed eggplant, BBQ pork bun, taro dumpling, egg rolls, and Shu Mai. Also ordered hot and sour soup that they forgot. The soup was terrible. Too much white pepper and a taste something similar to a bathroom cleaner product. I took one bite and didn’t touch the rest. I had to ask three people to get hot mustard for us. The eggplant was yuck. Ground up crab that tasted like imitation crab. I am never coming back again and would recommend that people stay away.

Ill keep this review short and simple. The key to having a good experience at this restaurant is knowing what to order.
A good starter meal is:
Soup (The soup is their specialty)
Baked Pork Buns on the side
And follow it up with sesame seed balls.
The standard Chinese fare is ok but not going to blow your socks off unless you Look at the Duck or the Soy chicken (which you can order at the front as well and take home to eat as well, check out the front and see what they offer in terms of Chinese BBQ). Anything on BBQ menu is good. I also recommend trying different things on the Dim Sum menu to see what you like. Be very careful though, they have some very authentic Chinese dishes there that do not agree with American palates. A great place to eat if you know what to order.

We spent Thanksgiving in CO as my mom and sister still lives there. As soon as we landed, I was looking forward to some good dim sum for lunch before going to my sister’s place.
Anyway, I had several other choices, but this is the one that was recommended by my sister as one of her favorite. Looking on Unilocal,I was not too sure, but coming from sister, I had to give it a try.
Typical service, or lack of service for a Chinese restaurant. I was looking forward to some dim sum type, which they had. It’s on a little ordering sheet that the customer would fill out as they do not have any push cart… also not enough business. We were there on a Saturday around noon, the weekend before Thanksgiving. The place has maybe 25% full.
We ordered the typical dim sum. I really don’t recall anything specific other than that we had ate about $ 50 worth of food for 2 adt/​3 kids, but we were all still hungry. We later went to 2 other bakeries to get more food, but that’s in another review.
For what you get, it’s not worth the price. Not sure why my sister suggested, but it was fast at least since they didn’t have many customers. I guess that itself should have given me the clue.

The best dim sum in Denver hands down… I love the duck it is so crispy and juicy, I have never had anything bad here and I have been going there for over twenty years. My seven year old son begs me to go every Sunday

China Jade is nestled in the back corner of East West Center and one of those good hidden jems off the beaten path.
I found this joint a couple years ago and have been back only a couple times due to personal schedule and crazy work hours.
Recently, we had a terrible meal at another dim sum restaurant we were trying for the first time and instead of waiting another day for «food redemption» (more on that later) specifically «dim sum redemption» we ended up at China Jade.
The décor has changed, its a lot brighter with new paint on the walls but still the same tables and chairs. No problem there, I like when chinese restaurants are a little clapped out, gives it that feel of home.
Ordering dim sum is like ordering sushi at most sushi bars around town. check how many of each item you want and hand it to the waitress. They also had a menu for full plate dishes. We were in a bit of a hurry so we just went with dim sum items.
When the food arrived and quickly I might add, everything was made fresh, like just a couple minutes ago fresh and piping hot, not melt your face hot but good enough to pick form the baskets quickly and placed on the plate to cool. All in all an awesome meal, served quick hot and all with a smiling waitress who also happily bagged and boxed our leftovers.
Food Redemption is something my wife and I came up with whenever we have a bad meal. Example, say you order some take out pizza from your usual place and it just happens to be bad, bummer, it happens.
Now its time for food redemption, specifically Pizza Redemption. This when you are «allowed» to go get pizza at a different place or order it again to «satisfy» your pizza carving regardless of price. This can be applied to whatever specific food you had last that was not good because life is too short to have a bad meal.

Even though I’ve hardly dined here, anytime I need to order a roast duck, roast pig, or BBQ pork, this is the place to go! Reasonably priced and absolutely flavorful and delicious! While other places sometimes the roast duck turns out too dry, this place is always roasted to perfection. Tender and succulent! The dim sum here isn’t too bad either.

Eww. No. I feel bad writing this review. I really do. Our waitress was one of the friendliest people I have encountered in a while and I wish that I could write a 5 star review just about her. Alas, that is not how Unilocal works. Sorry, waitress.
Travis J and I wandered into this place last Friday because we were checking out the Asian grocery store next door and decided to try it out for a bite to eat. I wish we would have kept on our way.
Eating here was like being on a rollercoaster.“Umm, I hope this isn’t a reflection on the food.” «Hey this is really good!» «Yum!» «Ewww…» «Ouch!» «What the heck is that chick doing?!»
Let me break this down for you, my dear Unilocalers:
«Umm, I hope this isn’t a reflection on the food.» Our sodas were completely flat. They tasted like they were old. REALLY old. They had no fizz and left a funny after taste in my mouth. I mean, how do you mess up a coke?
«Hey this is really good!» We ordered off of the regular menu and the dim sum menu. The chicken lo mein was excellent complete with perfectly caramelized onions. I would order this again if I was drug back here.
«Yum!» The sesame chicken was also excellent. Nice and sticky served with complimentary steamed rice.
«Ewww…» For one of our dim sum orders, we got the shrimp and pork steamed dumplings. These were just gross. I love dumplings, so I was really disappointed by this. They were still cold in the middle and just tasted off. Maybe they came from the same spot as the coke…
«Ouch!» We ordered the spare ribs off of the dim sum menu too. They were pretty much all fat and were dangerous to eat. The way they were chopped left shards of bones splintering throughout the meat. Travis actually got a bone caught on his gum and started bleeding.
«What the heck is that chick doing?!» I hate writing this. I really do. I am not one to call individual staff members out, but the girl (probably late teens) who was working along with our waitress is the reason for the one star and why I will never come back here. Towards the end of our meal, I looked over to the bar and saw her swishing her mouth like she was gargling. She then spit a mouthful of water (I am assuming) into the bar sink from a standing position leaving it to splash up and into the cups that were waiting to be taken to a table. She did this repeatedly and I just about lost my lo mein! This is unsanitary and I will never be back.

Man, I really wanted to like this place. Really, really truly. I’m a fan of dim sum, and I’d been on a Super Star kick, and needed to break the rut I’d gotten myself into.
The people who work here are super nice. It’s obviously a family joint, and everyone is incredibly friendly, and it seems pretty clean. But I think I got spoiled by Super Star – most of the dim sum items that came churning out of the kitchen tasted like they had been frozen and steamed to order – like the kind you buy pre-​made at Asian grocery stores. The fillings of a couple of the steamed buns had an unnatural color, and just didn’t taste fresh, bottom line. There’s a bakery right next door that serves fresh dim summables to go… why not just buy from them? It’s frustrating… Anyway, I probably won’t be back. I feel for the people who run this place, but there are absolutely better options within a couple of blocks. Step up your game, please!

This was like my 3^rd trip to China Jade. Was here with my friends for a «snack» or perhaps super early dinner. Wednesday February 1^st 2012. Time: 16:00hrs ish.
We opt for SEAFOOD HOR FUN, the term we are used to, and from their menu, if I am not mistaken its called as SEAFOOD PAN FRIED NOODLES ($ 11.95). Just mention to the waitstaff, the «slightly wet kind» aka with gravy. The noodles they used to cook this dish was the broad white noodles aka flat noodles, and the dish comes with shrimp, scallops, slices of calamari and chinese broccoli. All in all, an OK dish for me, though I so wish, they should have pickled green chillies on the side to make the dish an extra umph!
If I am not mistaken my other friend also ordered the Bean Paste Bun in which I forgot to take pictures of. Then I also took notice, that they happened to just pour out Soya Bean Drinks from cans, so that means they do not brew their own Soya Bean Drinks. Big Bummer. Nevertheless, this establishment remain 3 stars in my books with regards to food and service.
Or another side note, if you want to know more about Hor Fun this is the link from the internet :
@22/2012