Copper Mansion USJ — Restaurant in Subang Jaya

Copper Mansion (located within Subang Light Industrial vicinity) is a Casual Dining Event Banquet type of restaurant, mushrooming around KL/Selangor, by utilising factory buildings to create the mega size restaurants to offer the space/pax capacity, especially for events.

The chef(s) of this restaurant are not "heavy-taste" type of chef, probably adjusting to the more health conscious public. Therefore, for food/cuisine lovers requiring heavy-taste or intense tingling of taste buds, you may not like the chef(s) of this restaurant.

Ordered Charcoal Grilled Spanish Iberico Pork Ribs, Double-boiled Topshell Fishmaw Soup, Claypot Braised Spinach, Steam Long Tan (giant grouper) with vermicelli, Claypot Waxed Meat Rice and for dessert its Chilled Mango Puree with Pomelo & Sago. The final bill for 6 persons is RM994.10 including the 10% service charge and 6% SST.

Special mention of the chef's skill in preparing the steam Long Tan. The fish was steamed to perfection i.e. meat is tender yet firm, concealing all the long tan aroma. Taking this dish to a higher note is that it is accompanied by vermicelli under the fish, thus absorbing whatever goodness of the long tan. The beauty/skill herein is that the vermicelli is not clumpy or mushy. Just perfect texture. If it is not for my low carbo diet, I would have cleaned up all the vermicelli.

The iberico ribs is standard, as expected of a restaurant of such standard. The double-boiled topshell fishmaw, is not over-whelming in taste and texture, thus making each spoonful deliciously comforting. The claypot braised spinach is refreshing and light, despite having eggs and probably seafood/crab meat in it.

As for the Claypot Waxed Meat Rice, the rice is properly and genuinely cooked in the claypot when ordered. The waxed meat are served separately and mixed into the rice after presenting it to us to showcase the quantity and quality of the waxed meat. I liked this version of waxed neat rice, again not too overwhelming and has more meat than rice! So its good value for money.

The Mango Puree with pomelo and sago, is a tad under-performed in terms of taste, texture and presentation. This dessert is a contemporary Hong Kong dessert invented in 1984 by Lei Garden. This is like a dessert break-thru during that era and has sustained its popularity up till now. Hence, it has a unique demand of harmony of taste, texture and presentation, originally invented and created by Lei Gardens in 1984 which has since etched a place in our dessert memory. Therefore, it may be hard to live up to Lei Gardens, but definitely not an excuse to accept...

Found the manager quite rude and unreasonable for miscommunicating a menu item but not willing to take responsibility for it and arguing extensively with the customer

Then he had the gall to say “I think you’re at the wrong Chinese restaurant” like no that’s why I asked about the menu item before I sat down but you did not explain properly nor was it in the menu to have a visual in the first place. Very impatient and dismissive manner. Also does not know how to properly assess customer needs (I’m vegetarian) and the dish I was served was basic fried rice with green onions but he communicated it as “assorted vegetables”. Hello, if I’m vegetarian you would assess that assorted vegetables would be a substantial portion of the dish but it was literally just a side dish of fried rice and he did not see any problem with that yet created a lot of hassle for the customer. Made it sound like a main dish but it was just rice with some green onions… and refused to amend it still had to pay full price even though I came in as 1 person and it was obviously a portion for 4 people and not a main dish. The manager needs to learn people skills. Left hungry still and def not willing to buy more just a bad taste in mouth if this is how the manager himself treats visitors from his own miscommunication.

0 stars if it was possible. The manager needs to learn manners and customer service. Have seldom encountered this...

One of the better fine Chinese dining halls around the Subang USJ area. The location and size of the lot makes this upper end restaurant a popular choice for hosting grand Chinese wedding receptions. Aside from that, there are also smaller private reception rooms within for family or corporate functions as well. You can also book a table just for dinner on the day itself. This is advisable as the place is usually booked for weddings and corporate events towards the end of the week. Asides from fine dining, many folks come here for morning yumcha sessions over dimsum.

The food here is on par if not better than some of the more popular fine dining Chinese restaurants around the Klang Valley. There may be better places, but the level of service and attention here puts it on par with those landmarks. Even the recent family dinner here was really well hosted by the restaurant crew. The house tea was consistent and not overtly strong nor was it watered down either. Taking this metric into account and you know the food served will have some level of greatness to it. And it was really good so much so, my kid put in a double thumbs up for this place. If that's any indication, this place is warmly recommended all the same. Remember to call in for a table if you plan on coming for either...