Min Jiang

Disappointment. Fried rice no taste. No wok hei. First style of the duck is just the skin. The popiah skin is too thick, can’t taste the duck. Had to choose second style so we took stir fry with spring onion and ginger. It’s salty. No point ordering whole duck if you can’t taste the original taste of the duck. Tofu is not worth the money. Baby palm size and starchy. Won’t return and won’t recommend.

Service is excellent; the crew goes around the table replenishing the tea. However, I prefer my tea hot. The duck was rough, and the skin wasn't crispy at all:( The dough is little thicker than I want. The three combination dish - The roast pork sticks out while the rest can skip. Steam fish is the best of all the dishes; it's fresh and delicious. Drunken prawn - Soup was not hot and lacked flavor to our liking. Durian mochi - Too little durian and flavour are not there

Very Disappointment. This is the first time I saw Peking duck first style served with just skin (is Cold), and they fried all meat served in a small bowl, and full stop. The popiah skin is too thick, and the duck skin is too thin, so totally can’t taste the duck. They explained that their Peking duck is not the same as the Chinese standard. We said there's no need to compare it to the Chinese standard, the way another branch does it is very good. They responded that it is also different from the other branch. In short, they had an answer for everything. If your "difference" means it tastes bad and is not authentic, then stop making excuses. The actual dish does not match their poster photo also. There's no sense of service, and tables are cramped, even not many customers. Maybe the other dishes are not bad, but if you're a Peking duck enthusiast, don't even try, totally not recommend.

Throughout the lunch, I was served by a welcoming, friendly and helpful waitress, Chui Hua. I ordered a sliced cod fish porridge, prawn rice roll, and chilled avocado with coffee ice cream. All cooked to perfection. The Chrysanthemum tea was great. Service at the payment counter by Kar Lai was efficient. She offered to bring me the durian cream puff from the hotel cafe side so that I can make the payment together. Overall, it was a perfect dining and service experience. Thank you very much.

Probably the best Min Jiang outlet relative to the rest, the food is pretty good. Recommend the Peking duck, roast pork and fish maw soup. The rest could be a hit or miss depending on your taste palette. Goodwood park gourmet membership card gives you a 25% off here which makes the final price very reasonable.

Service staff turned us away as we didn’t make a reservation as they said they were fully booked. I asked to wait and got a table in ten mins. When we left, there were still empty tables so not sure why they turn us away in the first place. I was asking one waitress something about the menu and she just walked away before I finished my sentence and never came back. Thought that was quite werid. Food was okay. The durian icecream was incredible. The tea was very bland and have no taste.

The one at Goodwood Park Hotel has great food, but they seemed to have an issue with large numbers. My family ordered four dishes, three came fairly quickly while the last dish, which was noodles) came roughly 30 odd minutes later while other tables got their dishes quicker despite coming to the restaurant later. At least the staff made sure the dish was done right.

Came for a birthday dinner 2 weeks ago. Was a busy weekend dinner. Service was excellent, friendly, and attentive staff. The food was wonderful as usual. It's one of the old-time favourite places for Chinese restaurants at a hotel.

Was invited for a dim sum lunch. If I didn't know I was at Min Jiang, I would have thought I was at Crystal Jade Kitchen. Well, the service is good, but the dishes extremely meh. No really bad dish, but no good one either - just very average. And poor value as a result, because it is much pricier than Crystal Jade Kitchen. The Chinese restaurants at the Orchard Road hotels are at different levels, but virtually ALL of them (all except for the Orchard Rendezvous!) are better than Min Jiang: StRegis, Regent, Four Seasons, Marriott, Sheraton, Orchard, Mandarin Orchard, Grand Park.

Disappointing dinner experience. Restaurant was understaffed and food takes a long time to be served. Staff cannot be found most of the time and service was almost non-existent. Peking duck skin wrap was too thick, one of the worse peking duck that I've had so far.

In the Goodwood Park hotel off of Scott's... Ok, it's Chinese food - what's exciting is that it's good and the setting next to the pool is pleasant. Started with the crispy rice - beautiful broth with succulent chunks if scallops, white fish, and shrimp. Then on to the roasted chicken with slivered almonds paired with the "four treasures" vegetables. There was only two of us but this could of easily fed a family of four. The roast chicken was lovely - nice crispy skin, moist chicken and the slivered almonds are an abundant delight mixed with just the right herbs! The four treasures were broccoli, asparagus, Chinese broccoli and mushrooms - treasures for sure. Felt like authentic main land service - adequate but making you want a bit more. Definitely going back. If you don't want al fresco you'll want to make reservations.

Min Jiang is a great place to come for dim sum, with a relaxing view of the Goodwood Park Hotel swimming pool. I come with my family several times a year and we've always had a great time here. We come for the a la carte dim sum during lunch on weekends. The restaurant usually asks that you leave before 3pm, which is when they start serving a high tea dim sum buffet. I've never tried the buffet as I heard that the standard is not as good when compared to a la carte. I suppose if you're not very fussy and don't mind walking to the buffet table to help yourself, then the buffet will suit you fine. Otherwise, the a la carte dim sum is served to you by staff rolling around the carts. Dim sum here is very fresh and not as expensive as you might think it is. I especially like the steamed scallop dumplings, siew mai and fried prawn dumplings. For dessert, try the mango sago.

I feel like I'm missing out a great part of the Min Jiang experience because the family's never been there for their Peking duck--when they custom-build a roasting oven you know they're hard-core! We do like the place for dim sum though, a nice enough range (steamed, fried/baked, sweets), and a tea menu with 8-ish choices means there's something for everyone. You can also order off the ala carte menu too--we did that today because vegetables are unfortunately not a dim sum food! The char siew pastry and the scallop dumplings were standouts; the goldfish dumpling (stuffed with prawn lah) was super adorable. It wasn't very crowded when we were there (we had an early seating) so I'm not sure why service was patchy. And some of the dumplings (siew mai, for example), was stuffed with chicken instead of pork. Still, decent dim sum in handsome surroundings.

Specialising in classic Sichuan and Cantonese cuisine, Min Jiang's food is conservative but not tedious. It's an oldie but evergreen goodie, where you'd go to for comforting familiar fare. We ate: 1) Prosperity Abalone Lo Hei ($78 for small): nuanced and balanced. Not too sweet, just the way I like it. We supplemented with Crispy Salmon Skin ($22) 2) Crabmeat Tofu ($44): Min Jiang uses fresh crabmeat, thankfully, instead of frozen meat. Loved the gravy. 4) Roasted Peking Duck ($38 for small): Paper-crisp skin, with nary a trace of fat, swaddled in soft egg rolls and burnished with sweet hoisin and fresh chives. The prawn crackers was a nice touch, I hardly see that served alongside peking duck anymore. 5) Deep Fried Sea Grouper with Sweet & Sour Sauce ($105 at $15/100gm): sparkling fresh, lightly battered and fried to a delectable crisp, served swimming in a pool of sweetly piquant gravy dotted with peppers. 6) Mango Pomelo ($8): smooth, creamy and refreshing 7) Ingot Flower Tea ($8.80 per glass): kitschily served as a tight coil, which unwinds with the introduction of hot water. Expensive but really lovely tea.

The dining room and environment are very nice. You overlook the hotel's pool, and the dining room itself has a nice welcoming feeling. I came in for the dim sum buffet, so the offering were a bit limited. While the variety wasn't particularly impressive, all the standard dim sum offerings were there. I thought everything tasted pretty good, but nothing individually stood out. At $55 a head it was on the pricey side. Nonetheless I enjoyed the meal, but wasn't blown away.