Hong Kong Cafe

This restaurant personnel must’ve read all the low star/negative reviews and took it to heart because they definitely improved based on the reviews I read here. Food was quick and taste good (yes, better than Panda Express and more variety). I had the salted fish & chicken fried rice, hubby got the sweet and sour chicken (light batter and tasted just nice) and baby bok choy with garlic. Service was great, everyone acknowledged us, checked up on us, smiled/greeted us when we came in and left. It was a convenient option for us to get dinner from while staying at the Palazzo since it was couple of steps away from the guest elevator area. I definitely would go again.

tl;dr - the food here was great. the restaurant was spacious and the tables were large and good for groups. the food came out quickly and the staff were all very nice. Longer - I was a bit nervous after making the reservation here when I saw the restaurant was only around 3 stars. Some of the pictures also made it look like the food was not going to be that appetizing but we figured we'd give it a shot since we've been to Mott 32 before (which is the other Chinese restaurant in the Venetian). We were extremely and pleasantly surprised by the quality of the food here!! I think this place probably deserves a much higher rating for food quality and taste. We had a party of 8 people and ordered following (starred items ** were our favorites): Carbs - Beef Chow Fun - Singapore-Style Curry Rice Vermicelli - Yang Chow Fried Rice** Meats - Barbecued Combination Plate (which included a small sampling of the Honey-Glazed Barbecue Pork, Oven-Roasted Duck, and Poached Chicken w/Ginger Sauce)** - Mongolian Beef (w/American Broccoli, Mushroom & Scallions) ** Seafood - Steamed Sole Fish Filet w/Sweet Soy Sauce** - Honey-Glazed Walnut Prawns** - Salt & Pepper Squid** Vegetables / Tofu - Szechuan-Style Braised Eggplant w/ Pork** - Ma Po Tofu (w/Minced Beef)** - Dried-Fried String Beans w/ Dried Shrimp & Preserved Jar Choy, Minced Pork** We were all quite full and had some chow fun and Singapore rice noodles left over. We probably could have just ordered one of the noodle dishes and would have finished everything. I would re-order everything that we had the stars (**) next to and would skip the ones that don't have it. Overall really happy with our dinner there and look forward to coming back!

Salt pepper tenderloin…excellent and super soft as it should be. Honey walnut prawns…more like 16-20 or slightly bigger shrimp…very good and plump shrimp. The beef tendon soup. Very light yet delicious soup. Noodles very soft and delicious. Few gripe I have is…steam rice should come with all entrees, they charge extra if asking for extra cups for 1 pot of tea…noodles soup could use more veggies considering it’s in a nice hotel like Venetian and it’s a higher end category Chinese restaurant.

It's a great restaurant if you order the right thing 😉. Otherwise it's a 3 star experience. Let me explain: Not recommended: all dim sum and BBQ, they are apparently frozen dim sum. Unless you really want to have dim sum, otherwise just skip them all. BBQ and roasted dishes aren't good. Just order the dishes in rice, noodles, entrees section. 😏 I'd recommend the Beef chow fun, Singapore style curry rice vermicelli, sweet and sour chicken, baked Chilean sea bass, stir fried tomatoes beef with eggs and milk tea ☕