Peking Garden Restaurant

Came here on a Weekday evening for dinner to catch up with a friend, and decided to bring along the family — the more the merrier, right? It turned out a great idea as we were able to order a four-​person set dinner plus an order of classic dumplings, which filled us just enough.
This particular location is connected to Harbour City, meaning it’s popular among the tourists. Be sure to make a reservation no matter how small your party, to ensure seats are ready for you in a good location. It’ll also ensure you’re located in a decent spot to see the handmade noodles performances that occur after 7:30pm. While not super amazing or intricate, it still gives the vibe that food is being made from scratch in front of your eyes. If you’ve never seen handmade noodles, this is a good introduction. One side of the restaurant also overlooks the harbour across to Hong Kong Island — a great nighttime cityscape view to accompany dinner.
The set dinner we chose was recommended by the supervisor overseeing our table, and came advertised at a deep discount if you pay with a China Bank credit card. It had all the works — fried shrimp, zucchini starter, abalone, Peking roast duck, thick soup, fried rice, dessert. The highlight was the Peking roast duck, which is really what Peking Garden and Beijing is famous for. The duck is shown to you once it’s roasted pre-​carve, and once it’s carved we saw lots of meat and crunchy skin available. There was tons to go around and sufficient tortilla-​like wraps to accompany the duck. I was thoroughly impressed and especially satisfied after having heard negative comments that the location is a tourist trap and has lost much of its allure.
The rest of the meal was somewhere between average and good — nothing stood out but everything was quite satisfying. Portions were appropriate for the intended dinner for four, though one may argue that four large appetites would be left craving more.
The service was good and the supervisor that oversaw our table was friendly but not invasive. There was never any rush on our eating pace, which I greatly appreciated. The restaurant was nowhere near full, so we sat for quite some time eating and chatting away. Food came out timely one after another, and plates were exchanged for clean ones regularly.
The price of the meal came out to be on the expensive side, though reasonable given the style of Chinese restaurant, the experience, and the location. Comparing to a Western meal at a steakhouse or grill and bar, the price is about the same. This is a great location for occasions and treating guests from outside the city.

Peking Garden belongs to the famous Hong Kong based Maxim’s catering group. Peking garden has different outlets all over Hong Kong. As the name states they serve Beijing cuisine. All outlets have the same menu. This one is located in the Star house in the busy Tsim Sha Tsui district. The crowd is mixed including many tourists, mainland Chinese and some locals. It’s a buzzing and casual atmosphere, normally noisy, with lots of people walking around.
The setting is simple, old style Chinese, mostly round tables with a lazy Mary.
Service is efficient and friendly, even when it’s packed. That happens a lot as this is a very popular place. They have a little wine list covering most parts of the world.
All classics are on the menu, including Peking Duck, Beggars chicken, deep fried fish with sweet and sour sauce and various kinds of Beijing dim sums.
If you order beggars chicken, you’ll get a hammer to break the crust. They’ll take a picture of you which you get as a souvenir together with a miniature hammer. There’s also a noodle show where the guests will see how to make noodles from scratch.
In general quality of food is high. Go for the Peking duck which is one of the best in Hong Kong. Try the different dim sums which are all very good. And leave room for dessert as they are really good as well.
Inexpensive, around HK$ 250 per head, great value for money!

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Nothing spectacular about this place. Prime location at harbour city for many years. However the few is quite nice if you get to sit near the tables to look outside at Victoria harbour!
One of the biggest tourist trap dishes is the beggar chicken dish. They let you wack a big ball containing the cooked chicken already, take a photo and put it on a card for you. They also give you a miniature golden hammer to keep. This chicken is really dry and definitely does not taste moist at all. Need to chug tea to make it go down. Aside from that, they are famous for their Peking duck which i found was pretty average and like any other place needed an additional order of wraps for the extras pieces of duck! Nothing else stood out, but nothing was bad either. Overall, I was satisfied with the food selection, but nothing more than a place to stop by for the view.

My cousin and his family took me here for a catch up meal, we have not seen each other for a couple of years. Originally, he wanted to book the restaurant upstairs but it was full and so booked here instead, especially since they had a special 40% off set dinner for 4 persons promotional meal for Hang Seng Credit Card Holders which consisted of seven courses, like a banquet.
Starter — Marinated chicken with rice wine sauce accompanied with sea blubber (jellyfish) in Spring Onion Sauce. Very tasty and I love the texture of Sea Blubber which I would imagine what eating rubber bands is like, but tastier!
Second course — sauteed prawns in garlic sauce — the large tiger prawns served in a spicy garlic sauce with winter melon were really succulent and fresh.
Third course — Braised Bird’s Nest Soup with seafood and pumpkin. This was a strange dish, orange in colour. I could not taste the pumpkin or the seafood although there were bits in the soup. Not a fan of bird’s nest as it is made from bird’s saliva!
Fourth course — Steamed Pork Dumplings stuffed with Supreme Soup — which is really xiao long bao — the crème de la crème (or dumpling de la dumpling) of the dumpling world, it is filled to the brim with juicy minced pork and trademark soup. This dish originates from Shanghai. Best eaten while still hot. The skin was a little thick here, but still tasty.
Fifth course — Barbecued Peking Duck — The pièce de résistance of this restaurant. Delicious and succulent duck perfectly cooked with crispy skin which we wrapped in thick pancakes with cucumber, spring onion and plum sauce. The duck could be eaten on it’s own and it is still tasty. We got two plates full, and what we could not finish, you can ask for it to be boxed up to take home, so nothing is wasted.
Sixth course — Braised whole abalone with oyster sauce and Chinese cabbage. A slippery dish, but nothing special in taste here.
Final course — Sweeten mashed walnut cream — a hot sweet walnut soup dessert (Hup Tul Woo). It should be rich and creamy and best served hot, but it was none of these, although it nicely rounded off the meal as something sweet.
NB: Supposedly, the Chinese believed that walnuts resembles the shape of the brain and, therefore, they are good for nourishing the brain. Walnuts are also associated with longevity, since walnut trees live for hundreds of years.

First impressions are quite suspect as you have to enter the restaurant through a shopping mall but once you inside it is a lovely restaurant with spectacular views of the city. The staff were a mixed bag really. Some had suits on and were very smartly dressed however the waitresses were in ‘normal’ clothes and our waitress had a face mask on which I found a bit off putting. The food was very good however with a lot of choice on the menu and good portions. Would recommend to anyone visiting Hong Kong and request a table near the windows for a great panoramic view of the island.

Recently visited HK and this was one place a friend said we had to go for dinner. So plans were made and before a night out in LKF a few of us got together to indulge in the bird. Conveniently located right off the Star Ferry, the venue itself is on the 3^rd floor and opens up to a huge space. The place is dressed in expected décor but really… is that what you want to hear about?
I think not.
The duck. Nearly every table has one. The duck is cooked beautifully and is cut immediately before being delivered to the table. Each morsel was so juicy and crispy… just the way it should be. I could taste my cholesterol going up a point with every few bites. (That’s a good flavor by the way ;))
Now the rest of the dishes we ordered were mediocre. Good yes and nothing that would make me give a negative review, but they did not live up to the duck. What dishes am I talking about? Well friend, that would be the sharks fin soup, mapo tofu, and fried rice. Of these dishes, I’ve had better elsewhere but still good, so don’t let that scare you away!
I’ll definitely be stopping by the next time I’m in HK!

The Peking Duck is a bit over rated. Lots of tourist there. I like their hand pulled noodles and especially the ‘Scallion Pancake’ they are one of the best –try it!
Most of the appetizer items are very good, don’t expect a huge portion, just enough for a taste for 4. I enjoy the lunch there rather than dinner. Price is average not too high for the location. Service is very attentive and on the spot which I like.

I’ve been to Hong Kong twice in my life, and both trips have included a dinner at Peking Garden. Ten years ago, I didn’t know this was one of the most well-​regarded Peking duck spots in town, but I remembered liking it enough that I looked it up when I was in Hong Kong last month. I was happy with our dinner.
The restaurant is located on the water, though the views, particularly at night, are not particularly clear. It’s a nice space, casual and vibrant with a lot of staff walking around. I also gather that it caters to tourists – we were there, as were an astonishing number of white people taking iPhone videos of chefs hand-​pulling noodles.
We were a party of seven, and we decided on a set menu designed for six people, which cost $ 2180 (in HKD). This was plenty of food, and it came course by course, rolling out like a royal feast. We drank tea and wine. Service was prompt and pleasant, and there was no language barrier.
The food was all good, though not all amazing. We started with two kinds of cold cuts: chicken marinated in rice wine sauce and something called, appetizingly, sea blubber – I believe it was jellyfish or one of jellyfish’s boneless relatives. They came with some hot mustard on the side. The chicken was slippery tender and I liked the marinade. Wasn’t a huge fan of the goosepimpled skin, but it didn’t bother me. The jellyfish was vinegary and tasty, if a little too soft. Next up were deep-​fried prawns in chilli sauce. These were meaty and sweet, with great textures between the battered and fried shells and the thick, juicy prawns. The chilli sauce was appropriately spicy. We didn’t lick everything clean on our table, but this dish we polished off easily. The braised shark’s fin soup with shredded chicken was good if you like shark’s fin soup. I’m not used to the goopy, gelatinous consistency, but it tasted great, with deep, warming flavors.
The Peking duck is the centerpiece of any Peking Garden meal, and it was definitely the main event of our dinner. We watched our duck get carved right near our table, and then we ate each crispy, fatty, caramelized piece. The meat came beautifully arranged on big plates, carved into a few different cuts that allowed for meat and skin in every bite. There was a ton of flavor from both the duck and whatever the duck sat in to get that lacquered roasted skin. We ate it up taco style with thin floury Chinese tortillas, some leeks, and plum sauce. My first visit to Hong Kong was after a year of college Mandarin, in which we spent a whole unit learning how to describe the process of eating Peking duck in Chinese. By the time I got to Peking Garden, I was ready to be entranced by the ceremony, and the meal here does not disappoint.
We wound down our dinner with some sautéed Shanghai cabbage with mushroom and a round of xialongbao, described on the menu as «steamed stuffed pork dumpling with supreme soup.» The cabbage and mushroom weren’t my favorite on their own. I feel like they would’ve worked better as a side, but oh well. The soup dumplings were excellent, thin-​skinned and juicy, the hot, porky soup most definitely supreme. For dessert, there was a simple fruit plate with honeydew, cantaloupe, watermelon, and a little strawberry. A nice, clean way to end a heavy meal.
I didn’t love everything in the set menu, and watching the noodle-​making process made me really wish we were eating some noodles. If I were to come back on a future visit to Hong Kong, I’d be into getting the duck, the prawns, the dumplings, and some noodles a la carte. I hope I get the chance to eat here a third time.

You would never guess that there would be a huge, decent looking restaurant three floors up if you walk into the building on the ground floor, past all of the cheap looking stores. Although Peking Garden wasn’t our first choice, we finally ended up here and were seated right away (only two of us). The place is semi-​fancy, with virtually every table ordering duck. Unfortunately, they don’t have half orders of the duck, so we ended up ordering (and attempted to eat one) by ourselves. We ordered:
Hot and sour soup: decent (you can order the soup by the bowl here).
Sizzling rice with seafood: pretty good (always love crispy rice cakes)
Sauteed pea shoots: standard, but we wanted some vegetables with our meal
Whole duck: this was pretty good. They actually carve it with both skin and meat, so it is only a one course duck meal. Hoisin sauce, green onion, duck meat in a pancake: aren’t too many things better than that. However, we were served two plates of duck, and it got repetitive after a while. We took some to go, and it still tasted pretty good the morning after. At 400 HKD, it was decently priced.
In total, the meal was around 900 HKD (115 USD). Not bad for the quantity and quality of the food that we got. If you are in this area and are looking for duck, this would be a good place to try.

Ou la la best Peking Duck in town! I look forward to my next visit! Great noodle show!

400hkd for a BBQ duck… Gotta do it. Food was great. Everything was clean and the staff spoke English. Other items were reasonably priced for portion size and couldn’t be happier after dining with a group. Meals are served family style. Everything we had was delicious. It wasn’t the best I’ve ever had, but definitely reasonable. Average entrée item price 70−80hkd.

Peking Duck is the prime real estate here. Perfectly cooked, complimented with lightly seasoned crispy skin. Served with traditional rice paper and plum sauce, this dish will satisfy the taste buds any time of the day.
Overall excellent food and excellent view. Staff are friendly and speak good enough English. If your in the area try this place out and enjoy some traditional cuisine.