Jin Yue Xuan — Restaurant in Taichung

I was sadly thoroughly not impressed with this place. There was a rather odd smell of sewage that slightly reeked the place. Assuming it may have been enhanced by the warmth indoors as some of the private booths needed the waiter to bring in fans to help lower the heat. The utensils and floor was definitely not thoroughly cleaned, as shown with the pics below. This was rather unpleasant with the warmth and smell floating around. Food pricing is definitely on the higher end. And as another reviewer stated, there was a couple dishes that were quite salty. Many young new staff, I am assuming new because their knowledge of their menu, what is available, and pricing was rather poor.. Hence I could only assume they were still learning. Front desk cashier staff was perhaps getting pulled down by the heat or their motivation to work for this place because it was rather unprofessional. Only one waiter, had a very positive attitude and good knowledge of what the restaurant offers.

Overall, I would sadly not recommend this place at all. With the level of pricing, I would expect a much more clean, temperature controlled, better trained staff and quality of food. I would have more to complain about, but I think this covers a decent range of why I would never return...

Everything was delicious, prepared in an absolutely professional manner, so my biggest issue wasn't really the food, but the way it was served and the overall attitude of the staff. We received our dishes in a weird order, like whatever was cooked first has been sent to us first.

The staff also didn't care much about acting a bit "elegantly" or in a way that can be expected from this grade of restaurant. Whenever we got a new dish, the other dishes already on the table were casually tossed out of the way, like we were being served pork blood soup at a roadside food stall run by a 87-years old agong. We didn't really felt like the staff is happy about us, I don't know, maybe it's part of the Cantonese dining experience. The friendliest people were at the cashier, cheers for their 人情味.

Unless they use imitation ingredients, shark fin dishes on the menu are also concerning. No restaurant should serve such things in 2022, no matter how...

at this price point, i’d expect more from the restaurant in regards to taste, service, and cleanliness…

we waited over 20 minutes for someone to take our order, in the end we had to remind someone to come

the plates were slightly dirty and there were bugs occasionally flying around our table

the server forgot the sauces for our bbq plate (which was 1.4k ntd by the way!) and we had to remind them

there were only two toilets in the restroom but one was broken and the restroom didn’t feel clean

and the taste overall was mediocre for the price. for half the price, i feel like i can eat something of similar quality.

i just felt really disappointed by this experience and it didn’t feel...