Jade Garden

Freaking delicious and cheap every time. Been living here 4 years and I’ve stopped looking at other places to get Chinese food.

I’ll start off right away by saying, if you’re looking for high quality over the top great Chinese food… this is not the place. But why 4 stars then… full disclosure, I’ve been going here for years, and simply put, it’s cheap dive’y Chinese food.
The quality of meat they buy isn’t the highest, but it’s good. Their service is good, the building itself could use a little love. However, at $ 7 for a buffet, and only $.75 for a soda. It makes up for the average quality of food.
Would I recommend it, depends on what you are looking for. If it’s cheap good quality these this is a regular location for me. In fact I think I’m the Duke… :-)

For a Chinese buffet, this far exceeded all expectations my friends and I had. Usually we just hope to not get food poisoning, but we exceeded that exportation by leaps and bounds. We came after a long day at the Dels and we were famished. Dinner buffet costed 8.59 base which turned into around 11 after tax and tip. We also drank water to be safe for not paying extra but did not ask about other drinks. When we entered, the waitress greeted us nicely and we were seated quickly. The interior was nothing special, but was nicely lit. The tables and chairs seemed to be clean and well kept (no patched up chairs). There were several tables in the middle that could be combined and many booth seats around the exterior. As for the food, I will list the items I remember below which hopefully will be useful for anyone that might be craving specific items! Overall, I was really impressed with the quality of the food, from hot soup, fully cooked green beans, tender and juicy chicken, fluffy donuts, to reasonable food replacements. This buffet had quality across the board! There was quite a limitation in desserts, which would be the only reason to keep this from a 5 star review. Ice cream would hake been nice, but I think a 4 star buffet that is this cheap is hard to come by. Especially since other Chinese buffets around the area Costa several bucks more. I didn’t taste their takeout, but would expect it to be satisfactory for a quick meal. If you are in the Madison area and craving a Chinese buffet, this is a highly recommended place!
Moving to the food: there were 4 sections of food stations. The food items we saw were sweet and sour chicken that was fried with dipping sauce, peanut butter chicken (crispy chicken in peanut sauce), potstickers, donuts (the typical fried balls with sugar all around it), fried fish, meatballs, bbq chicken skewers, egg drop soup, hot and sour soup, fried green beans, crab rangoons, terriyaki chicken, fried shrimp (thinly battered with shell on), butter shrimp (battered shrimp without shell, kinda salty), vegetable lo mein, fried rice, steamed rice, broccoli chicken, general Tsos chicken, butterfly shrimp (bread crumbed with tail on), seafood delight with veggies, mushrooms in oyster sauce, black pepper pork, and scallion pancakes (didn’t have much scallion in it). There is also a salad bar (I didn’t fancy salad so I didn’t inspect it closely) and some desserts: bananas in some sauce, lime jello, cherry jello, almond cookies, and some cake that had crème inside it.

Awful. Stay away. It is cheap and not tasty.

GROSS. undercooked chicken, slow delivery, no flavor. would not recommend this to anyone

Great spot. This place has a great vibe, and good food. I like coming here whenever I need to eat lots of crab rangoons, which is often. I always have a good one when I come here. And I always leave happy.

Kindly staff, quite good crab rangoon, but the entrees were bland as can be. We ordered delivery and got chicken with garlic sauce and szechuan chicken. We could hardly tell the difference in flavor between the two. Maybe they were having a bad day?
The pot stickers/​fried dumplings were acceptable. Not as gross as some places can be but not very exciting either. Their crab rangoon was pretty good though! I wish they’d bump up their taste. I can’t find a good Chinese place in madison.

This place has one thing going for it, it’s busy at the noon rush so the food is constantly fresh. If it has good egg drop soup, a decent egg roll and steamed pot stickers I’m happy. This is all good here. The other dishes are all decent and they have cellophane noodles which I prefer instead of rice. They also have egg fu young which is usually pretty good but not on this day. Very salty and over cooked. In the years I have going here for the buffet it’s been better than most of the places and the staff has finally started being nicer to the customers. Maybe it was a language thing but at first no one even made eye contact with you and now they do. There are lots of choices here but it’s not as big as some, which is probably good. The building and booth seats are getting very run down and probably should be looked into. Water marks on the ceiling tile and broken springs and cuts on the seats are evident. All in all give it a try. Its about ten bucks for the lunch buffet. There is some confusion on the location on The Unilocal page which is probably why there is no reviews for the Jade garden. It is here in Madison, not Bay Creek. The Park street address is correct.

Delivery dislike… did an online order… It’s about 1.5 hours and delivery has not arrived. Food might be good, but cannot say that kind of service is worth telling my friends about. Tip has to be given online with the order, kind of disappointed in that… now…

The food was fresh and tasty the service was a little slow with drinks and clearing of plates but otherwise made up for by the food taste and price. The cleanliness could use a little improvement but that was really not a big deal I would recommend anyone who likes buffets to enjoy this one

When I ordered Jade Garden rather hungover on a Sunday, I expected to get greasy Chinese-​American food. And that’s exactly what I got. Jade Garden will happily fill your Chinese food cravings, and keep you on budget! Not to mention delivery was very fast. Only complaint was my Crab Rangoon were a little cold, but everything else was nice and hot.
I was not impressed with the Crab Rangoon (cold or not). There just wasn’t a lot of flavor. I did enjoy the Scallion pancakes however, as well as the Sweet and Sour Chicken. Crispy Chicken plus Sweet and Sour sauce equals happy Kelsi.
Next time I hop on the struggle bus I’ll be sure to remember this place.

Not nearly as good as the one in Eau Claire (same place, I checked). But it’s ok. Not my first choice for Chinese, but it’s alright.

This is a pretty average Chinese buffet. Some of the food is quite good. I went at 1:00p on a week day and some of the buffet dishes were dried out. The staff was friendly. There cubby for the drink fountain and bus station smelled slightly moldy. It was noticeable whenever I walked by.
I would eat here again because their selection was good and the price was about $ 7.50 with a drink.

I’m a regular at this place (the the point that the staff knows what I want to drink) but I have to admit that it isn’t the best place in the world: The cooking staff have been going through the motions for years and it shows, and if you’re not there twenty minutes after it opens the buffet is going to be pretty severely picked over and congealed. That being said, the service is quick and the prices are reasonable. If you’re not one of those food snobs that obsesses over the ‘nuances’ in your food, JG is a good place for a quick lunch or dinner before heading out for the evening…

My boyfriend and I gave Jade Garden a try before we ordered their takeout food. It was great. Not a huge buffet, but the food was hot, and yummy. We are definitely going to go back and order their takeout.

Good cheap Chinese buffet. The spiced potatoes are amazing, and the crab rangoons are really good too.

This is a typical Americanized Chinese restaurant. They have a decently price lunch buffet with a good selection. You’ll find all the standard breaded meats with familiar sauces such as sweet and sour, hoisin, etc…
You’ll find better in Madison but at least they deliver.

We went here on a saturday night, about an hour before close. I appreciated how the wait staff offered to make any dish we wanted fresh. They watched what we and other patrons were taking off the buffet and quickly made up small portions to replace. The selection is pretty good and varied.

Hunan Beef: Overloaded with average-​quality vegetables… there was hardly any meat to speak of in this dish. I don’t appreciate that. You’re clearly trying to rip me off for the cost of the most expensive ingredient and it just reflects poorly on yourself. In addition it was really spicy without having any actual flavor to it — kind of like when you dump tabasco on something bland.
Crab Rangoons: Delicious, crunchy and sweet wontons with an excellent sauce to complement it. Mouth waters just thinking about them.
Veggie Egg Rolls: Excellent, crispy both inside and out… Not soggy at all. Not even that greasy for a deep fried food. Goes great with any and every kind of dipping sauce, plus they’re cheap and plentiful.

I love Jade Garden!
I have been a regular, stopping in about once a month or so for about 3 years. Coming here is basically a tradition for my Grandma and myself.
They are very good about keeping their offerings fresh and rotated, unlike the revolting «Yes Buffet» on Fish Hatch. Family owned and operated, meaning they recognize their regulars and treat them like family!!! They only have meat egg rolls in the buffet, so every time i come in they automatically bring out some veggie ones at no extra charge, since I am a regular and a proud vegetarian. GO JADE GO!!!