Very elegant and welcoming place. They provide large meals and for fair rates. I liked the meals very much and the staff members were super welcoming and explanatory. Highly recommended.
Daveen L.
Anyone knows where this chef is? The chef has a terrible temperament but his food is indeed good to try once a while.
Harto Alvias
Delicious chinese food, omakase style! You won't know what you will get. There's no menu, apart from how much you want to pay for the dinner. I believe price starts from $108 per person (but I might be wrong).
John Wilkins
They close at 2am I guess that is what he said he was to busy staring at the floor I was asking some questions and the kid was acting extremely rude and impatient towards me so I never ate there and I won't be back
Dana O.
Delicious food that you'd only ever be able to eat in your favorite grandma's home. Comforting, clean dishes keep coming out and the ingredients range from simple mushroom and tofu to river eel with bitter melon. This might sound gnarly but it's really well done and delicious. Highly recommend it. Chef shops for produce and meat same day.
LaurelW
Extraordinary food, beautifully presented, in a somewhat spartan setting. Jai Yun is a restaurant within a restaurant, located in the lower level of a nondescript eatery on the edge of Chinatown. But the unlikelihood of the locale is part of the adventure. An English-speaking host is on hand to put non-Mandarin speakers at ease. The experience is not inexpensive, but we thought it was worth every penny. Food is served banquet style so best to go with another couple or in a group. Jai Yun is not a conventional restaurant -- in many ways, it's really more like eating in the private home.
maria B.
The food at Jai Yun is the same as other 5 star reviewers said, and delicious. Chef Nei now can challenge all of the reviews about decor ,service, and language The restaurant has a native american speaker answering the phone and questions in the restaurant. There are white tablecloths and orchids on the table. How can this be you may ask? Well, it is now a pop up restaurant inside of a rather utilitarian restaurant on Broadway. The space is protected by shoji screens, and feels lovely, and will last until the chef finds a new restaurant space. I suggest that one goes now for delicious freshly prepared Chinese cuisine, for one never knows whether he will get a new place!
kitana76
Our second time here and we had a blast. We brought our parents this time so we could share this amazing experience. Amazing food by a very talented chef. Both the chef and Eugene were super friendly, communicative and wonderful to interact with. Check out the reviews online and try this place for yourself. I cannot more strongly recommend this dining 'experience'!
Michelle A.
CNY dinner 2017- better late than never. This is NOT your typical Chinese restaurant. They do not offer any menus, it's all chefs daily creations. The four of us dined here on CYN, I believe we selected the special tasting menu for that evening. I also read that the chef does his vegetables and meats shopping every morning to insure the best quality and freshness to create very unique dishes for that evening. The dishes are beautifully presented, they were indeed very unique and fresh. The favors were fantastic! They only had 3 bottles of wine that still had price tags on them. We ordered all the wine they had. We did have a wonderful unique experience and laughter throughout the night, as we tried to interpret what they were saying about about ea dish. Definitely challenged my mandarin. The price tag was $800 for the four of us.. great experience! Definitely should try once just for the experience. No hot and sour, no Kung Pao, no beef and broccoli... just wonderful flavors of freshness!
Graham Trummell
Jai Yun is a shining example of the highest culinary skill to be seen in Chinese cooking. I am fortunate enough to dine there with a Mandarin-speaking friend, who arranges the meal for us every now and then.
i would rate this place 4.8 star if i could because like every restaurant, it has it's flaws. but i'm rating 4.8 for the food not for service. to be honest, the food is good (portions look small but surprisingly it's filling) they don't have a menu where you can choose what you want, it's by surprise. there's different price ranges, and it can range from $68-$128/per person. the service was okay, and the interior was alright also. the decorations were pretty tacky but i mean, i'm not the type to judge the restaurant by the inside. the owner (chef nee) is the only chef cooking and he's super sweet! but overall, food was delicious and some flavors are super unique!
Darren J.
A disappointing experience. Good food but the service did not live up to the high price tag and the promise.
traveller
This was our fourth experience with this chef over the past decade or so, our third in this location. The chef's experience comes from cooking for large banquets in China for wealthy businessmen and politicians. This is not Chinese food you are likely to experience anywhere else unless you travel to China and know people. It's certainly more interesting than anything I've been able to find in Hong Kong over a few visits. There is no menu and often the server speaks very little English. You point to one of 3 prices on the card placed in front of you. We have always been satisfied with the middle price ($128 per person for couples, it goes down for larger groups). Pricey and in a very ordinary room with plastic flowers. So clean it feels a bit sterile but this is a vast improvement over his original location. The meal begins with 16 appetizers on small dishes - various pickled vegetables and thinly sliced meats, some intensely spicy. There is terrific variety in the flavors. His signature dish is bland but delicious: "velvet abalone" which consists of very thin ribbons of abalone mixed with cooked egg. Small plates of perfectly cooked shrimp and beef will also appear in course after course. The past few visits we've had him stop after about 2 hours of continuous nibbling when we couldn't eat any more. It's really a place for foodies who are relatively insensitive to price and setting.
Andrew G.
What a strange experience. I don't mean strange as in 'exotic' - that would be uncouth. No. I mean strange like I threw down $80/person at a place decorated to the brim with knick knacks (plastic grapes and doll houses and lacquer treasure chests). Like we called ahead on a Thursday afternoon and they opened just for us, a group of 4. Like the food is high-end but there's a bowl of mini Milky Ways at the counter when you leave. I am not well-versed in this manner of Chinese cuisine, so it was all new to me. A couple highlights: Abalone and scrambled egg whites, candied eggplant, tofu skins, beef tongue, crispy mushrooms. In all, we had more than 15 small dishes, each a small treat. I was not blown away, but it was a fun experience. Make sure you bring a Mandarin speaker - English won't get you far.
Patric Lee
Unique eatery in the city. No menu at all, just a list of price (excl. tips and tax) per customer. Nothing tells you what you could get at different given rates(from $65 pp).
Very elegant and welcoming place. They provide large meals and for fair rates. I liked the meals very much and the staff members were super welcoming and explanatory. Highly recommended.
Anyone knows where this chef is? The chef has a terrible temperament but his food is indeed good to try once a while.
Delicious chinese food, omakase style! You won't know what you will get. There's no menu, apart from how much you want to pay for the dinner. I believe price starts from $108 per person (but I might be wrong).
They close at 2am I guess that is what he said he was to busy staring at the floor I was asking some questions and the kid was acting extremely rude and impatient towards me so I never ate there and I won't be back
Delicious food that you'd only ever be able to eat in your favorite grandma's home. Comforting, clean dishes keep coming out and the ingredients range from simple mushroom and tofu to river eel with bitter melon. This might sound gnarly but it's really well done and delicious. Highly recommend it. Chef shops for produce and meat same day.
Extraordinary food, beautifully presented, in a somewhat spartan setting. Jai Yun is a restaurant within a restaurant, located in the lower level of a nondescript eatery on the edge of Chinatown. But the unlikelihood of the locale is part of the adventure. An English-speaking host is on hand to put non-Mandarin speakers at ease. The experience is not inexpensive, but we thought it was worth every penny. Food is served banquet style so best to go with another couple or in a group. Jai Yun is not a conventional restaurant -- in many ways, it's really more like eating in the private home.
The food at Jai Yun is the same as other 5 star reviewers said, and delicious. Chef Nei now can challenge all of the reviews about decor ,service, and language The restaurant has a native american speaker answering the phone and questions in the restaurant. There are white tablecloths and orchids on the table. How can this be you may ask? Well, it is now a pop up restaurant inside of a rather utilitarian restaurant on Broadway. The space is protected by shoji screens, and feels lovely, and will last until the chef finds a new restaurant space. I suggest that one goes now for delicious freshly prepared Chinese cuisine, for one never knows whether he will get a new place!
Our second time here and we had a blast. We brought our parents this time so we could share this amazing experience. Amazing food by a very talented chef. Both the chef and Eugene were super friendly, communicative and wonderful to interact with. Check out the reviews online and try this place for yourself. I cannot more strongly recommend this dining 'experience'!
CNY dinner 2017- better late than never. This is NOT your typical Chinese restaurant. They do not offer any menus, it's all chefs daily creations. The four of us dined here on CYN, I believe we selected the special tasting menu for that evening. I also read that the chef does his vegetables and meats shopping every morning to insure the best quality and freshness to create very unique dishes for that evening. The dishes are beautifully presented, they were indeed very unique and fresh. The favors were fantastic! They only had 3 bottles of wine that still had price tags on them. We ordered all the wine they had. We did have a wonderful unique experience and laughter throughout the night, as we tried to interpret what they were saying about about ea dish. Definitely challenged my mandarin. The price tag was $800 for the four of us.. great experience! Definitely should try once just for the experience. No hot and sour, no Kung Pao, no beef and broccoli... just wonderful flavors of freshness!
Jai Yun is a shining example of the highest culinary skill to be seen in Chinese cooking. I am fortunate enough to dine there with a Mandarin-speaking friend, who arranges the meal for us every now and then.
Restaurantji Recommends
i would rate this place 4.8 star if i could because like every restaurant, it has it's flaws. but i'm rating 4.8 for the food not for service. to be honest, the food is good (portions look small but surprisingly it's filling) they don't have a menu where you can choose what you want, it's by surprise. there's different price ranges, and it can range from $68-$128/per person. the service was okay, and the interior was alright also. the decorations were pretty tacky but i mean, i'm not the type to judge the restaurant by the inside. the owner (chef nee) is the only chef cooking and he's super sweet! but overall, food was delicious and some flavors are super unique!
A disappointing experience. Good food but the service did not live up to the high price tag and the promise.
This was our fourth experience with this chef over the past decade or so, our third in this location. The chef's experience comes from cooking for large banquets in China for wealthy businessmen and politicians. This is not Chinese food you are likely to experience anywhere else unless you travel to China and know people. It's certainly more interesting than anything I've been able to find in Hong Kong over a few visits. There is no menu and often the server speaks very little English. You point to one of 3 prices on the card placed in front of you. We have always been satisfied with the middle price ($128 per person for couples, it goes down for larger groups). Pricey and in a very ordinary room with plastic flowers. So clean it feels a bit sterile but this is a vast improvement over his original location. The meal begins with 16 appetizers on small dishes - various pickled vegetables and thinly sliced meats, some intensely spicy. There is terrific variety in the flavors. His signature dish is bland but delicious: "velvet abalone" which consists of very thin ribbons of abalone mixed with cooked egg. Small plates of perfectly cooked shrimp and beef will also appear in course after course. The past few visits we've had him stop after about 2 hours of continuous nibbling when we couldn't eat any more. It's really a place for foodies who are relatively insensitive to price and setting.
What a strange experience. I don't mean strange as in 'exotic' - that would be uncouth. No. I mean strange like I threw down $80/person at a place decorated to the brim with knick knacks (plastic grapes and doll houses and lacquer treasure chests). Like we called ahead on a Thursday afternoon and they opened just for us, a group of 4. Like the food is high-end but there's a bowl of mini Milky Ways at the counter when you leave. I am not well-versed in this manner of Chinese cuisine, so it was all new to me. A couple highlights: Abalone and scrambled egg whites, candied eggplant, tofu skins, beef tongue, crispy mushrooms. In all, we had more than 15 small dishes, each a small treat. I was not blown away, but it was a fun experience. Make sure you bring a Mandarin speaker - English won't get you far.
Unique eatery in the city. No menu at all, just a list of price (excl. tips and tax) per customer. Nothing tells you what you could get at different given rates(from $65 pp).