HK Grand Cafe

Finally a decent Cantonese restaurant near Temple City! I went here for dinner with my boyfriend, we waited about 30 minutes to be seated. Noted that they had just opened and were very busy, all our dishes came out in a timely manner with no mistakes! We ordered the fried spicy salted squid, Chinese broccoli, and bitter melon and everything tasted delicious and not overly salty. My boyfriend and I didn't detect any MSG and the food didn't leave a nasty oily feeling in our mouths. Needless to say, we will be coming back again for dinner and will be trying out the breakfast in the future.

The tofu fish fillet dish was good but the beef ribs with roasted chicken was mediocre at best. The beef tasted gamey. The roasted chicken wasn’t too bad. It was soft and tender but it lacked a bit of flavor other than the skin. You would definitely require the garlic sauce that was included among other sauces of choice. Parking is horrible, and if it weren’t for pep boys closing or moving their location, they would have not had enough parking for all their guests. The atmosphere is noisy. They seem to have a game room. The worst part of the restaurant was it’s service. You would call a few waiters a few times only to be ignored unless you practically go and grab them it seems. Sometimes, I think they purposely ignore you. No one ever comes around to ask if you need anything. Chinese waiters and waitresses alike all need some training! Don’t expect WiFi here either.

I went during grand opening night. There were a lot of people but the number were called fairly quick. My girlfriend and I ordered the black peppered udon, crispy calamari, and the garlic bok choy. All of which, I'd strongly recommend. The food weren't too salty - which is always good because I'm not trying to get high blood pressure. It was a very busy night so the service wasn't as quick as they should be but I'm letting it go because it's a new staff.

This place is pretty big with lots of seating available. The service was kinda alright/ meh, I totally get it since they JUST opened but they really needa get it together. One of the servers were talking and laughing to their co-workers while in the middle of taking our order. C'mon at least do that AFTER taking the order. For food, I got the signature whole roasted chicken. It was definitely good, the seasoning really reminded me of Costco's rotisserie chicken lol! The chicken was not try and pretty tender. The spaghetti that came along with it was great with a slightly sweet tomato flavor. I did not like the sides at all, the mashed potato were dry had no flavor at all, it reminded me of boxed mashed potatoes. It also came with a side of steamed peas, corn, and carrot, which I wasn't a huge fan of either. My plate was $7.50, I believe they have a promotion going for their opening, not sure how long this will last. Overall, everyone in my party didn't complain about their food. Not sure why they have such low ratings, but this is typically any other Hong Kong styled cafe.

(1) Food is good. But I found hair in the stream rice. (2) The waitress/waiters are not attending, some are rushing and being rude. In general, they are lacking experience. (3) They advertise on their own paper placemat that they offer free coffee or tea with entree orders. Yet they claimed that is a misprint. If that is so, they should cross out the offer!

5 minutes to get seated 15 minutes waiting before I wave with my arm fully extended to get the waitress to come. But when my seafood spaghetti sauce tasted like made it off sugary catchup I just can't recommend this place.

Dirty chairs and dirty utensils that are not washed well! There were rice and left over food on the forks. After eating, we asked for the check, and we had to ask at least three times just for them to have the check ready. I DO NOT RECOMMEND YOU COME.

I rather give them a 0 star if I can! It seems their servers are never trained. Very not professional. They are not familiar with their menu. Long wait to be seated in a not busy time. Horrible service. Never come back again.