Jade Garden

I found this restaurant purely by accident one day, and it is now one of my favorites. I order honey chicken which, I can’t find at most Chinese restaurants, one order is enough to share, or have a second meal, the next day. Always ready fast when I call and order it over the phone for pick up.

The food is excellent. But half the time I order over the phone my order gets messed up. This has happened about 5 times now. And they rarely apologize over it. Last time I went the guy behind the counter started argueing with me, telling me I ordered the wrong food. NOOO I DIDN’T! ! You just have a hard time taking orders. I stopped going for that reason.

From the small samplings of things I’ve had, and what friends have told me, I say this place is way above average in food quality and friendly service. It’s geared more for take out, and as this road is major artery out of town, that’s smart marketing. Actually, it is in between 2 major roads, rt 3 and the Bypass 28. Call ahead, jump into Kmart plaza on your way home, and grab the goodies! The best dollar store in the state is right next door (Dollar Tree), as is a state liquor store — two more reasons to stop! There are some tables for people eat in house, but I get the impression most of their business is take out. It is VERY clean, and I like the exposed kitchen. The woman who is usually behind the counter is right on top of things, and very friendly and grateful. The place gets one star just for her!
The usual luncheon combo platters average $ 5.75, and are excellent.
The vegetables are fresh. Their fried rice in these is kind of light, and much better than what you normally get. The count is good. This menu is your usual, family friendly Chinese items we all grew up on, and it doesn’t pretend to be anything else. No mystery, just fast, clean, reasonably priced, and very good.
I love their hot and sour soup. It is without question, the best I’ve ever had. And the small size, for $ 2.00, is huge, and packed with goodies! If you have a cold or the flu, a blast of this stuff will tune you right up! And they make each batch fresh — another benefit of the open kitchen, you see it is freshly made. Of course, hot and sour soup is not for everyone — I love spicy food but a lot of people don’t.
I also tried the chicken and rice soup, and it was excellent also. This is just a great soup, but it did need my usual overdose of salt and pepper!
I need to sample more things to expand my review, but all the early indicators are very good.
Update: 3÷08÷11
New management took over a while back, but they have maintained the same high quality, reasonably priced, food. Great place!

This place is so-​so just opened in the K-​mart plaza across from the merchants car lot. I think all the Asian restaurants taste the same in this area i have tasted nothing exceptional in this neck of the woods. If i could take certain items of the menus from food places up here and merge them i think I’d be good! The beef-​fried rice is good but the lo-​mein is not for the weak of heart along with a few other things, Hopefully they will get it right, i have no idea why (route)3 needs so many Asian spots but that is just me,

Jade Garden just opened in Hooksett, located in the RK Plaza (Kmart & Applebee’s). I picked up a takeout menu, which looks very similar to the China Jade menu in Epping, where I had a disappointing meal over the summer.
Jade Garden offers the traditional Chinese dishes plus 19 lunch combination platters ($ 5.50-$ 5.75) and dinner combination platters ($ 7.95-$ 8.25), served daily. This takeout style restaurant has an open kitchen behind the counter, Coke cooler, and seating for up to 30 people.
I decided to give Jade Garden a try for lunch. I ordered the Baby Shrimp in Garlic Sauce ($ 5.75 plus tax) served with pork fried rice and one appetizer (I chose chicken teriyaki). The food was ready in 5 minutes.
The food was pretty decent. The dish had mixed vegetables & shrimp in a sweet and spicy sauce served with soy sauce covered pork fried rice. I did enjoy the 2 chicken teriyaki sticks, which were chargrilled and tangy on the outside, but a bit dry and chewy inside.
I’d return for lunch since the Jade Garden is conveniently located near my office and the service is quick.
NOTE: No personal checks accepted.