Very elegant and welcoming place. They provide large meals and for fair rates. I liked the meals very much and the staff members were super welcoming and explanatory. Highly recommended.
Harto Alvias
Delicious chinese food, omakase style! You won't know what you will get. There's no menu, apart from how much you want to pay for the dinner. I believe price starts from $108 per person (but I might be wrong).
John Wilkins
They close at 2am I guess that is what he said he was to busy staring at the floor I was asking some questions and the kid was acting extremely rude and impatient towards me so I never ate there and I won't be back
LaurelW
Extraordinary food, beautifully presented, in a somewhat spartan setting. Jai Yun is a restaurant within a restaurant, located in the lower level of a nondescript eatery on the edge of Chinatown. But the unlikelihood of the locale is part of the adventure. An English-speaking host is on hand to put non-Mandarin speakers at ease. The experience is not inexpensive, but we thought it was worth every penny. Food is served banquet style so best to go with another couple or in a group. Jai Yun is not a conventional restaurant -- in many ways, it's really more like eating in the private home.
kitana76
Our second time here and we had a blast. We brought our parents this time so we could share this amazing experience. Amazing food by a very talented chef. Both the chef and Eugene were super friendly, communicative and wonderful to interact with. Check out the reviews online and try this place for yourself. I cannot more strongly recommend this dining 'experience'!
EVDW
Deliciously traditional Chinese food thoughtfully concocted by a chef who is a lover of poetry. And the poetry is evident in every dish.
Graham Trummell
Jai Yun is a shining example of the highest culinary skill to be seen in Chinese cooking. I am fortunate enough to dine there with a Mandarin-speaking friend, who arranges the meal for us every now and then.
traveller
This was our fourth experience with this chef over the past decade or so, our third in this location. The chef's experience comes from cooking for large banquets in China for wealthy businessmen and politicians. This is not Chinese food you are likely to experience anywhere else unless you travel to China and know people. It's certainly more interesting than anything I've been able to find in Hong Kong over a few visits. There is no menu and often the server speaks very little English. You point to one of 3 prices on the card placed in front of you. We have always been satisfied with the middle price ($128 per person for couples, it goes down for larger groups). Pricey and in a very ordinary room with plastic flowers. So clean it feels a bit sterile but this is a vast improvement over his original location. The meal begins with 16 appetizers on small dishes - various pickled vegetables and thinly sliced meats, some intensely spicy. There is terrific variety in the flavors. His signature dish is bland but delicious: "velvet abalone" which consists of very thin ribbons of abalone mixed with cooked egg. Small plates of perfectly cooked shrimp and beef will also appear in course after course. The past few visits we've had him stop after about 2 hours of continuous nibbling when we couldn't eat any more. It's really a place for foodies who are relatively insensitive to price and setting.
Patric Lee
Unique eatery in the city. No menu at all, just a list of price (excl. tips and tax) per customer. Nothing tells you what you could get at different given rates(from $65 pp).
Anthony Wu
Price is a tad more but food is okay.
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Chinese, Hong Kong Style Cafe, Cantonese, Vegetarian, Coffee & Tea
Jai Nun offers a price fix menu of many, many courses of delicious Chinese food. But having encouraged guests to be on time (because the Chef is preparing the fresh food), it was 45 minutes before we were served. There were few wine choices and I wonder if beer might have been a less expensive choice. The waitress was very attentive, but had little English. All in all, I think this restaurant is worth visiting once, but is overpriced.
SLDC
You're at the mercy of this fine chef, since there is no menu. One of the most interesting meals I have ever had. It starts with ten little bites and then there are at least 10 more courses to go, but you don't feel stuffed when you leave. They demand a reservation.
Andres Carrillo
I definitely had the worst experience.
Sysdude
Making a reservation for Jai Yun was easy on OpenTable, but if you need to contact the restaurant with question and make changes was a bit hard if you don't speak Mandarin Chinese. The chef speaks very little english, but tries very hard to communicate and accommendate. We had a group of 11 people and everyone had a great time. I loved the 8 - 10 small cold dishes as starters. It is fresh, unique and delicious. I lost count on how many hot items we received, but I like the concept that it started small and get larger as the dishes progresses. IMHO, everything was expertly prepared and flavor was well balanced. A good advice someone gave me is to let the chef know what price you are paying when making a reservation(if it is not just the minimum), it will help him plan your meal better.
Angie
We had Christmas dinner here and the restaurant was very busy. We arrived at 6:30 and ordered the $80 meal for three people. In spite of explaining the prix fixe, lack of ambiance, and high rating on Open Table, my dining companions were pretty shocked by the looks of the place and the seemingly high cost of the meal. Be patient, I said...This is the TOP RATED RESTAURANT for OPEN TABLE IN ALL OF San Fran!! That has to mean something, right? I'm not sure what it means. My husband said "it is a gimmick, it is rigged" and I wonder. I've never traveled in China, so I have no way to compare the food we were served with fine Chinese cuisine. I do, however, live in Portland, OR...home to some of the best restaurants in the USA, and by my standards of frequent fine dining Jai Yun was just ok. The first round of appetizers (all cold chopped vegetables, as I recall) were very good. The rest of the meal came out one dish at a time. Two or three were fantastic. The other 5 or 6 were good. For $240 dollars (plus drinks, plus tip) for a mostly vegetarian meal, we felt dramatically underfed. Tomorrow I dine at Beast in Portland and will pay $275 pp. for a truffle dinner. I'm curious to see how I feel about that experience as compared to this one. Let the consumer beware at Jai Yun.
Very elegant and welcoming place. They provide large meals and for fair rates. I liked the meals very much and the staff members were super welcoming and explanatory. Highly recommended.
Delicious chinese food, omakase style! You won't know what you will get. There's no menu, apart from how much you want to pay for the dinner. I believe price starts from $108 per person (but I might be wrong).
They close at 2am I guess that is what he said he was to busy staring at the floor I was asking some questions and the kid was acting extremely rude and impatient towards me so I never ate there and I won't be back
Extraordinary food, beautifully presented, in a somewhat spartan setting. Jai Yun is a restaurant within a restaurant, located in the lower level of a nondescript eatery on the edge of Chinatown. But the unlikelihood of the locale is part of the adventure. An English-speaking host is on hand to put non-Mandarin speakers at ease. The experience is not inexpensive, but we thought it was worth every penny. Food is served banquet style so best to go with another couple or in a group. Jai Yun is not a conventional restaurant -- in many ways, it's really more like eating in the private home.
Our second time here and we had a blast. We brought our parents this time so we could share this amazing experience. Amazing food by a very talented chef. Both the chef and Eugene were super friendly, communicative and wonderful to interact with. Check out the reviews online and try this place for yourself. I cannot more strongly recommend this dining 'experience'!
Deliciously traditional Chinese food thoughtfully concocted by a chef who is a lover of poetry. And the poetry is evident in every dish.
Jai Yun is a shining example of the highest culinary skill to be seen in Chinese cooking. I am fortunate enough to dine there with a Mandarin-speaking friend, who arranges the meal for us every now and then.
This was our fourth experience with this chef over the past decade or so, our third in this location. The chef's experience comes from cooking for large banquets in China for wealthy businessmen and politicians. This is not Chinese food you are likely to experience anywhere else unless you travel to China and know people. It's certainly more interesting than anything I've been able to find in Hong Kong over a few visits. There is no menu and often the server speaks very little English. You point to one of 3 prices on the card placed in front of you. We have always been satisfied with the middle price ($128 per person for couples, it goes down for larger groups). Pricey and in a very ordinary room with plastic flowers. So clean it feels a bit sterile but this is a vast improvement over his original location. The meal begins with 16 appetizers on small dishes - various pickled vegetables and thinly sliced meats, some intensely spicy. There is terrific variety in the flavors. His signature dish is bland but delicious: "velvet abalone" which consists of very thin ribbons of abalone mixed with cooked egg. Small plates of perfectly cooked shrimp and beef will also appear in course after course. The past few visits we've had him stop after about 2 hours of continuous nibbling when we couldn't eat any more. It's really a place for foodies who are relatively insensitive to price and setting.
Unique eatery in the city. No menu at all, just a list of price (excl. tips and tax) per customer. Nothing tells you what you could get at different given rates(from $65 pp).
Price is a tad more but food is okay.
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Jai Nun offers a price fix menu of many, many courses of delicious Chinese food. But having encouraged guests to be on time (because the Chef is preparing the fresh food), it was 45 minutes before we were served. There were few wine choices and I wonder if beer might have been a less expensive choice. The waitress was very attentive, but had little English. All in all, I think this restaurant is worth visiting once, but is overpriced.
You're at the mercy of this fine chef, since there is no menu. One of the most interesting meals I have ever had. It starts with ten little bites and then there are at least 10 more courses to go, but you don't feel stuffed when you leave. They demand a reservation.
I definitely had the worst experience.
Making a reservation for Jai Yun was easy on OpenTable, but if you need to contact the restaurant with question and make changes was a bit hard if you don't speak Mandarin Chinese. The chef speaks very little english, but tries very hard to communicate and accommendate. We had a group of 11 people and everyone had a great time. I loved the 8 - 10 small cold dishes as starters. It is fresh, unique and delicious. I lost count on how many hot items we received, but I like the concept that it started small and get larger as the dishes progresses. IMHO, everything was expertly prepared and flavor was well balanced. A good advice someone gave me is to let the chef know what price you are paying when making a reservation(if it is not just the minimum), it will help him plan your meal better.
We had Christmas dinner here and the restaurant was very busy. We arrived at 6:30 and ordered the $80 meal for three people. In spite of explaining the prix fixe, lack of ambiance, and high rating on Open Table, my dining companions were pretty shocked by the looks of the place and the seemingly high cost of the meal. Be patient, I said...This is the TOP RATED RESTAURANT for OPEN TABLE IN ALL OF San Fran!! That has to mean something, right? I'm not sure what it means. My husband said "it is a gimmick, it is rigged" and I wonder. I've never traveled in China, so I have no way to compare the food we were served with fine Chinese cuisine. I do, however, live in Portland, OR...home to some of the best restaurants in the USA, and by my standards of frequent fine dining Jai Yun was just ok. The first round of appetizers (all cold chopped vegetables, as I recall) were very good. The rest of the meal came out one dish at a time. Two or three were fantastic. The other 5 or 6 were good. For $240 dollars (plus drinks, plus tip) for a mostly vegetarian meal, we felt dramatically underfed. Tomorrow I dine at Beast in Portland and will pay $275 pp. for a truffle dinner. I'm curious to see how I feel about that experience as compared to this one. Let the consumer beware at Jai Yun.
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