Absolutely love old crystal jade! One of my favourite yumchas to visit. Although there could be a bit of a line it is all worth it because the food is delicious & is always consistent.
Cosy place for hot pot! The staff are great. Mushroom soup was so delish.
Delicious fish soup base, really unique base for hot pot.
Honestly great service for a Chinese restaurant and loved the soup base. Everything was fresh, but alittle pricey (or maybe we just ate too much)
Food was fantastic but pricey (spent $150 for two with the half price fish soup promotion).
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fish soup! It is very yummy and came with a plate of fish and lots of vegetables. Fish balls- they are fresh and chewy. Wagyu- tasty but expensive. Sesame sauce - the special sesame sauce here is outstandingly flavorsome.
Not very impressive- the coconut jelly dessert. It could be a better dessert for $15.
Overall a good experience. The restaurant was extremely busy- hard to get in without a booking.
Food 4/5
Service 5/5
Environment 5/5
I strongly recommended the fish soup, very fresh and strong flavor, the best for this cold weather. And I also recommended if you have enough budget, try the live fish instead of others. For the hot pot, the best always fresh. And only fish can make you happy. We also tried the fresh handmade fish balls and prawn balls, which taste amazing.
The seafood plate and other meat were just average.
This is easily my favorite hot pot joint. Make sure you book head for this one as wait times can leave you hangry. Old Crystal Jade offers an ala carte menu and the food is so fresh and great quality. My favorites are the wagyu beef that melts in your mouth and the juicy king prawns. The service here is exceptional and the staff are very attentive. I recommend coming in a group so you can order more dishes to share as they have a good variety of menu items to choose from and portion sizes are decent.
Absolutely love this place for hotpot!
The fish soup base is a must! (Don't think I've had a fish soup base quite like this at other hot pot restaurants). Love a variety of condiments to mix up your sauce concoction and to suit your palette, actually my fav to do before a hot pot session! Because sauce is key to dipping in your food! (game changer)
As you can tell, I'm getting quite excited just writing up this review.
This place is on the much pricier side, so be prepared to splurge a little (or a lot) otherwise make sure you order sufficiently. There's an unlimited refill of soup so that itself can already make you quite full (if you're not willing to splurge)
All their hot pot "toppings" are super fresh and of good quality ingredients. Make sure you get the beef slices (can't do a hotpot without beef), fish is great too and all their veg/mushroom sides! Can't go wrong with what you order essentially. All rounder excellent place to eat and fantastic service!
If you like alleyway food , this is the one! Hiding inside Chinatown gotta GPS the location , very bricky front door , by walking inside feels cold but friendly staff , the menu is way too pricey for a single person , I ate $50 before I get full :) the hot pots pretty fresh and the prawns are nice ,,,, 4.5/5 so I guess I give a 5 star :) can’t complaint much :)
I never knew that this place existed until my colleagues took me here.
Love the fish soup base. Make sure you enjoy the soup before you start cooking the stuff in the soup. The produce are fresh but can get a rather pricey if you have only 2 people dining.
The staff were very friendly and attentive, taking plates away, changing our plates, asking if we want more drinks etc.
Be sure to book a table to avoid disappointment
Definite deserve my 5 stars.
EXCEPTIONAL CUSTOMER SERVICE: polite, friendly, speak English (im side-eyeing you David's Hot pot), changing plates for you, refill water without you even asking (side-eyeing lots of restaurants)
Must: beef, ox tongue, tripe, jelly fish, soy duck tongue (major love), prawn ball, pumpkin cake, fish slices
No: cheese sausages - extremely salty, no cheese to be found
Overall: very good value for money, spicy chicken mala soup (or something like that - need to update the Menu) isn't spicy at all so we'll upgrade that, the pork bone broth (with a chunk of meat on the bone and corns and carrot (need bit more salt)
New favourite hot pot joint! Been here twice and the service is top notch. Long waits if you don’t reserve a table so would highly recommend booking. Food is fresh, seafood is tasty and the wagyu is amazing. A little expensive for hotpot but worth it.
😱Lizzie’s first impression: I love the vibes of this hotpot place - the fit out reminds me of what they have back in China.
🍩Lizzie enjoyed: the produce is all very fresh - the fish balls are freshly made so you literally have to spoon it and make them yourself. They also have a wide selection of meats, balls and veggies.
🍅Lizzie did not enjoy: prices are pretty affordable - however since the fish balls are freshly made they can get a little pricey. Worth it though.
🥇Lizzie rates overall: I love this hotpot place and it’s perfect for a cold night!
Very nice hot pot restaurant! Both me and my friends like it so much. Lots of choices of the hotpot soup. And the portion size is big. Will come back again.
来老翡翠不下十次，各个方面都不错，最最主要是开的晚😂，唯一美中不足就是桌子有点油。
服务员很棒真的很棒，很亲切，有几个一股嗲嗲地台湾腔，
超爱他家的虾滑，猪血，牛百叶每次必点
他家的芝麻酱料，很浓厚，是我目前吃过芝麻酱最棒的一家
汤底用的真材实料，走地鸡汤底里面鸡肉真的用走地鸡
Service service service. Am a regular customer, always host dinner there, great experience! Sauce station is always topped up, staffs very attentive but never intrusive. Would highly recommend this to be the place to dine for hotpot!
My 4th or 5th visit, if you would like to “test the water” hotpot or want something other than the standard hot and spicy hotpot fare, Old Crystal Jade is a must do! Food ingredients are consistently fresh and top notch quality, service is always friendly and attentive, every visit have been pleasant. The fish broth has the genuine double boiled soup taste, very much worth price paid, unlike some other “big” players in the hotpot game in city where you pay more for less in terms of food and service. I could not recommend this place enough to my friends and everyone I brought here fell in love with them.
Nice place in small lane. Came with friends. We are really happy regarding the service before we start the meal. Definitely the service is more than 5 stars. Food is also nice. Highly recommended if you are a hot pot lover.
I actually quite like this place. YES! It's expensive but for that quality, why not? I normally come here on special occasions. It's not a place where I would go to on the regular. A must try soup base is the fish soup - oh my goodness it's amazing. Presentation and quality of food is top notch. Really like their home made balls. It's not like other places that serve you frozen packaged stuff. Staff are really attentive. Would recommend for special occasions.
Must come here for the fish soup base hot pot and take a sip of this hearty soup before adding all your hot pot items in! They fry the fish first before making it into a soup which makes it extra flavoursome. they also have taro, tomatoes, bamboo shoots and cabbage in there. I thought chucking the fried fish skin in the fish soup is over kill but surprisingly not!
This place is not cheap though. Each plate of hotpot item is min 10/12 dollars and the soup and goes up in price if you order more premium items but service was excellent, staff was very attentive and always came at the right time to replace your bone plates and or refill your drinks.
We got a free serving of the desserts. the lighter yellow is a passion fruit dessert and the other is a mango all made with organic ingredients. Don't ask me what that means, but they both tasted quite light and refreshing after the hotpot.
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Went for late dinner and happy to have a gd promotion going on when ordering the Tiger Grouper Hotpot. Fresh ingredients and very gd service staff. But it's a little expensive if without the promotion. Still a gd place for hotpot in a cold winter night.
I have to say the hotpot in this place is totally shocked me, the soup is the best I can ever have no kidding, decoration is great, service is good, highly recommend. Also love the fact of the restaurant is actually quite hidden, feel mysterious.
Great hot pot without the MSG, soup base is rich and creamy! The veggies and meat were very fresh. Would recommend this to hotpot lovers.
Great Service. They filled your drinks up before you do when there's not that busy.
Fresh food. As good as you can see by pictures. Fantastic soup and ingredients. Would definitely coming back.
Excellent service, quality food. Watermelon juice, while good, was pricey. Around $40pp.
Best hotpot restaurant in Melbourne, the food is so good & fresh!! Hidden gem!!
Really happy with the place. Yummy food very good service
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