Lei Garden

Stopped here after a ferry ride from TST area. After lots of walking and shopping, my family and I wanted an upscale but fairly quick place to eat Dim Sum/​general Cantonese food. We didn’t know what to expect, but apparently they had seated us just before the kitchen goes for break around 3pm so they can prep before dinner time.
What looked to be the head waiter came over to us and rushed us to order before we had time to read the menu, because «the kitchen was closing so we had better hurry up»
I know typical Cantonese and Dim Sum style places will come over right away to take your order but he stood there telling us the kitchen was going to close. We asked him for the best dishes he could suggest but he still stood there. I then asked for just one more minute so my aunt could decide for the table. I was starting to lose my patience around this time.
We saw another younger waitress who could take our order and thought she placed it, but the same head waiter came over with the order sheet and rudely asked us if we weren’t going to order more because it didn’t seem like we ordered enough for 4.
We told him we weren’t super hungry and wanted to be sure to finish. Finally our dishes came out and then he walked over again to ask if we wanted to order anything else. We told him no because by this time we were so tired of the bad attitude.
Then, he came over again to bring the bill — which, if I’m not mistaken it’s again considered rude to rush customers when they haven’t asked for the bill. About 10 mins later another younger worker told us that the restaurant was closing in 5 minutes (again reminding us that we needed to leave).
For such an expensive place, I would hope management would be better trained to serve. Plus it was $ 10 USD for the tea only… and they wouldn’t even provide iced water. The food was decent but I nor my family will ever go back or suggest this place.

This place is F.A.N.C.Y!!!
I’ve never heard of a dim sum place where u can or must make a reservation! They also have fresh flowers at every table! Like nice flowers — ones you would see at a four star hotel. The place is also furnished with nice furniture and fancy chopsticks lol.
The food is just as fancy! They come in these pretty white plates. I mean, they even made chicken feet look like a high end delicacy. All the dim sum we ordered was delicious! Three of us had ~ 15 dishes, that seems like a lot to even me. But it was all so good — even their Shanghai dumplings. I was also skeptical bc this was dim sum, but nope — it’s good stuff haha

Reservations a must on weekends!!! I’m in HK for a layover and saw the great reviews so I thought I’d try it. I walked around the ITC mall until it opened only to find out reservations are a must for lunch on a Saturday. The lady at the front shooed me away, typical rudeness I expected in an Asian restaurant. Lucky enough there’s a restaurant a few door, s over, Tasty Congee which was great.

Must eat: their soup of the day, cheong fun, red date pudding and chicken feet.
Must do: eat quickly as they have a limited amount of time for you to dine before they kick you out for their next booking

Lei Garden sets the standard for quality dim sum in a beautiful and clean setting. Every time I visit Hong Kong, I make a habit to visit any one of the Lei Gardens. This Central location is my favorite of all. Located inside the IFC on the third floor, this place is a great stop if you happen to be visiting the famous IFC (where Batman jumped from IFC tower 2 to tower 1 in Dark Knight).
When Lei Garden received a Michelin Star for its dimsum, I wasn’t surprised. Consistency along with quality is what makes this place a gem. Every visit was memorable and every piece of dim sum here is top notch.
There are a few things this restaurant is known for besides their dim sum:
Tofu Ensemble — razor thin slices of tofu served in a very attractive presentation. It tastes good, but I feel like it is more about the presentation than anything.
Long boiled soup — our waiter said that you could only order this by phone when you reserve your table but made an exception. This soup varies from day to day. The one we had was winter melon with silkie chicken soup. By far the smoothest I’ve ever had. Much better than homemade.
Roast pork — A definite must get. Suckling pig roast pork is one of those things very unique in Hong Kong. You’ll find roast pork in any Chinatown around the world, but in general, Hong Kong’s suckling roast pork is on a whole another level. Lei Garden’s roast pork is spectacular and so is the presentation.
On a few occasions, service was little slower than expected. Servers are usually very attentive. The attention and therefore, service, escalates if you’re in a private room. Expect huge crowds on weekend brunch or on holidays. Since this is considered luxury dim sum/​Cantonese dining, expect much higher prices than your standard Chinese restaurant.

one of my favorite top chinese food chains. can pretty much trust that it will be good no matter where you go. Like choosing any Din Tai Fung in the world. Lei Garden executes dim sum and cantonese dishes well, at a bit higher price.