The food is really good if you're craving traditional Chinese breakfast/brunch dishes. It's small, and thankfully the servers and menu are multi lingual (English, Cantonese, and Vietnamese). They're nice and give you your space after taking your order.
John Lee
One of my favorite places to eat Asian dishes that exists nowhere in Portland. Southern Chinese and Vietnamese with satay and Singaporean influence. Best in the city, hands down.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Heather R.
I enjoyed a great lunch with a friend at Jin Jin Deli. As other Yelpers have noted, there are 10 tables so you may need to wait to dine. My friend and I got lucky and got seated right away. The shopping center has a limited amount of parking. We got lucky with the parking as well. We got spring rolls, kimchi fried rice clay pot with beef, and the special spicy dry tossed noodle with egg noodles. The food was ready quickly. The spring rolls were tasty. The fried rice was fantastic. I loved the crispy rice at the bottom of the pot and it was so flavorful. The noodles came with some sauce to pour over. They were delicious and had a good amount of meat in them. They weren't very spicy but that was okay. Overall, I would highly recommend visiting this restaurant and I could see it being a great take out spot as well.
One of my favorite restaurants!!! Their rice pots are the best!!! I also order their kimchi fried rice pretty often too.
Vo Nori
Good food for good
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Bot Chien
crazy smith
great food and
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Andrew A.
I'm stingy with 5-Stars, this earns more like 4.5, but heck, let's round up.Winner, Winner on taste and price, i.e., value. The first item is usually the most popular and that applies here: the pan fried rice cakes were excellent?The salted fish and chicken fried rice is one of the best versions I've tried. For certain, it's tops in Portland.The complementary tea was above average, while the iced limeade was oh so refreshing.Service was friendly and fast. Prices are more than fair. Ambiance is so-so as it seems like the seating layout could be improved to allow for more customers. Parking can be tough during peak hours. Lastly, they close way too early for an Asian restaurant, especially a popular tone.
Jenn Lin
Pan fried Taro cakes and rice cakes with extra egg it's the best. We order it everytime we go there
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Pan Fried Rice Cake, Fried Taro Cake
Tony A.
Tasty meals in a small, busy, obviously popular restaurant.When you walk in you see a sign by the door that says the wait for a table will be thirty to forty-five minutes. Jin Jin is worth the wait. Lunched with Dan and fully agree with his assessment. The beef sate hot pot is ample, satisfying, and delicious. Nicely spiced, very flavorful. An ideal meal for what was at the time a somewhat cold and rainy day.Ordering isn't easy since Jin Jin seems to have two menus -- one taped to the wall and another handed to you as you sit down. Part of the restaurant's charm.
Fast and friendly service. Wish the bot chien was crispier but overall it tasted great
Dan R.
Small place with two huge menus, one text one pictures, different items. So much to choose from so went for the beef satay hot pot--spiced beef w/ some onions on rice in a hot bowl-so simple yet so satisfying and delicious. some nice crusty patches of rice. and both Tony and I detected 1 piece of liver in each our bowls. I took the picture after breaking the egg and starting to stir--stirring as you go is important.
Sherry H.
If you want fantastic food this is the place. It's not a fancy place. Who cares? It's awesome food!
Angel P.
Food here is always delicious. It's an Asian owned restaurant and a classic family restaurant. Wait time may take awhile but I think it'll always be worth it.
Joseph Range
I have been ordering from Jin Jin for 2-3 years weekly and they have never disappointed. Fairly quick, reasonably priced, fair service, and medium/larger portions. Their Spicy Sate dishes are excellent.for a treat I recommend the Pan Fried Taro Cake
The food is really good if you're craving traditional Chinese breakfast/brunch dishes. It's small, and thankfully the servers and menu are multi lingual (English, Cantonese, and Vietnamese). They're nice and give you your space after taking your order.
One of my favorite places to eat Asian dishes that exists nowhere in Portland. Southern Chinese and Vietnamese with satay and Singaporean influence. Best in the city, hands down.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
I enjoyed a great lunch with a friend at Jin Jin Deli. As other Yelpers have noted, there are 10 tables so you may need to wait to dine. My friend and I got lucky and got seated right away. The shopping center has a limited amount of parking. We got lucky with the parking as well. We got spring rolls, kimchi fried rice clay pot with beef, and the special spicy dry tossed noodle with egg noodles. The food was ready quickly. The spring rolls were tasty. The fried rice was fantastic. I loved the crispy rice at the bottom of the pot and it was so flavorful. The noodles came with some sauce to pour over. They were delicious and had a good amount of meat in them. They weren't very spicy but that was okay. Overall, I would highly recommend visiting this restaurant and I could see it being a great take out spot as well.
Legit soup & noodle joint on 82nd
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Dumpling, Sate Pork Noodle Soup, Noodle Soup, Soup
One of my favorite restaurants!!! Their rice pots are the best!!! I also order their kimchi fried rice pretty often too.
Good food for good
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Bot Chien
great food and
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I'm stingy with 5-Stars, this earns more like 4.5, but heck, let's round up.Winner, Winner on taste and price, i.e., value. The first item is usually the most popular and that applies here: the pan fried rice cakes were excellent?The salted fish and chicken fried rice is one of the best versions I've tried. For certain, it's tops in Portland.The complementary tea was above average, while the iced limeade was oh so refreshing.Service was friendly and fast. Prices are more than fair. Ambiance is so-so as it seems like the seating layout could be improved to allow for more customers. Parking can be tough during peak hours. Lastly, they close way too early for an Asian restaurant, especially a popular tone.
Pan fried Taro cakes and rice cakes with extra egg it's the best. We order it everytime we go there
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Pan Fried Rice Cake, Fried Taro Cake
Tasty meals in a small, busy, obviously popular restaurant.When you walk in you see a sign by the door that says the wait for a table will be thirty to forty-five minutes. Jin Jin is worth the wait. Lunched with Dan and fully agree with his assessment. The beef sate hot pot is ample, satisfying, and delicious. Nicely spiced, very flavorful. An ideal meal for what was at the time a somewhat cold and rainy day.Ordering isn't easy since Jin Jin seems to have two menus -- one taped to the wall and another handed to you as you sit down. Part of the restaurant's charm.
Restaurantji Recommends
Fast and friendly service. Wish the bot chien was crispier but overall it tasted great
Small place with two huge menus, one text one pictures, different items. So much to choose from so went for the beef satay hot pot--spiced beef w/ some onions on rice in a hot bowl-so simple yet so satisfying and delicious. some nice crusty patches of rice. and both Tony and I detected 1 piece of liver in each our bowls. I took the picture after breaking the egg and starting to stir--stirring as you go is important.
If you want fantastic food this is the place. It's not a fancy place. Who cares? It's awesome food!
Food here is always delicious. It's an Asian owned restaurant and a classic family restaurant. Wait time may take awhile but I think it'll always be worth it.
I have been ordering from Jin Jin for 2-3 years weekly and they have never disappointed. Fairly quick, reasonably priced, fair service, and medium/larger portions. Their Spicy Sate dishes are excellent.for a treat I recommend the Pan Fried Taro Cake