Fairwood Cafe — Restaurant in Newark

Update June 15 2025 Fathers day Breakfast - Everywhere was crowded so we went here. Never been here in the morning and they have a breakfast menu from 9:00 to 11:00. My partner says it is a modified version of the Hong Kong menu. So aside from the soup you see here, they also have porridge and other foods but it's a pretty simple menu. Only six different choices. They have a brunch menu after 11:00 and apparently at includes savory crepes. So something to try next time. But the big thing is if you are really stuck looking for a place for Father's Day, give Fairwood a try. Or any Sunday when Denny's, IHOP and other cafes are packed.

Update, 1/17/25 Happy New Year! Back at Fairwood for our comfort food fix Mine is P25, bok choy and rock cod, partner got vegetable beef chow fun with gravy. Both delicious. The beef is perfectly tender, not overdone. Fish and bok choy is enough for two so I will have leftovers for tomorrow We also got the complimentary vegetable soup and bread, and at the end, small dishes of ice cream. Vanilla and mango tonight. Love this place.

The go to late night place for Cantonese food in the Hayward Newark area. Very yummy food - this was the beef chow fun and a pineapple smoothie(?). Beef is wonderfully tender, the gravy was very good (I am a dry chow fun guy myself but partner likes the gravy). we've been here multiple times. It gets pretty busy after 10 some nights. Parking is easy, in the shopping center lot. Easy access to HWY84 and the Nimitz. This is CLASSIC Hong Kong fare because on they have a lot of interesting choices influenced by the colonialism of the UK and Portugal. If you try the other side of the menu there's all sorts of interesting dishes. Tonight a seafood omelette and French fries, and partner got dry beef chow fun. They have other fun...

I was craving Hong Kong style cuisine so my kid and I decided to have lunch here on Friday around 1:30pm. We were seated immediately and the server was kind to give my kid a juice box. I ordered baked pork chop with rice to eat there and salted fish & chicken fried rice to go. The server gave us complimentary tomato soup and garlic bread which were good. We waited around 15 minutes as expected for baked item.

The portion for baked pork chop was generous. Even after sharing this dish with my hungry kid, we still have some leftovers. The sauce was tomato based and on the sweeter side - which I like. The pork chop pieces were tender yet crispy on the outside. My only complaint was the pork chops were a bit thinner than from other restaurant. The gooey cheese were perfect to complement the dish. The fried egg was perfect (esp. the crispy edge!). The fried chicken was good too. Overall, it was delicious!

The salted fish & chicken fried rice was delicious as well. The rice had the perfect firm texture as in Chinese fried rice. However, I wish that there were more pieces of salted fish as it was a bit lacking. Overall, it was good food and I'll be back to try different menu.

The restaurant is cash only. It was located next to McDonald's...

Okay, we were lowkey sussed out by seeing an Asian restaurant serving so late at night but decided to try it since it couldn’t be worse than our other options of In N Out or McD’s at 11PM. But to our pleasant surprise, this place was pretty great! I was impressed with how extensive their menu is. Not only do they serve a multitude of Asian/Chinese dishes, but they also offer breakfast dishes like crepes, eggs, as well as fries and nuggets! We visited on a late Tuesday night and the restaurant was pretty busy so we took that as a good sign.

The portions were huge for such decent pricing. We got the beef chow fun (amazing!), veggie crunchy stir fried noodles, and black pepper steak dishes. We also got the mango milkshake which was good but extremely sweet. We didn’t have to wait very long for our food to come out at all.

HOWEVER : I will note that one of us ordered the beef ramen and got very very ill shortly after (intense sweating and nausea)… definitely steer clear of this dish 🚫😷

Otherwise, the rest of us had a great experience and were pleasantly surprised. Hopefully this business continues to make great food available late night all while keeping...