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love yum cha and have been having mad cravings for ages. found this spot and thought "yup!"
small and intimate, greatdishesand options, friendly staff with more english speakers than any i've been too and accommodating to large groups because this was a mothers day service.
considering how much i know i can eat and how much i did eat, very good value.
the rating is more of a 4.8 only because one of the servers spilt her "tray juice" on my leg when she walked past but other than that i will definitely be back.

one of the better yum cha places in wellington. though the prices of thedishesare not the cheapest but relatively expensive you are paying for quality.

i would not say all yum chadishesare top notch but there are certainly some good tasty dishes.  and one in particular that i enjoy is the durian mochi - yes i understand durian is not for the faint hearted and not to everyones tastebuds but with the lack or limited cream inside makes it one of the better durian mochi that i have had.

please visit my website for an indepth review of what we ate here.

we came here for dinner last night with the family being my mum in law's 90th birthday.
being a monday night the restaurant was extremely quiet. we felt we were the only people eating there all night. there was also a table of 5 people there but they were the owners friends and family.
a total of seven courses was ordered being the usual fare which was plates of roast duck, steamed chicken, steamed blue cod fish in ginger and soya sauce, long life noodles, choysum vegetable, a tofu and pork dish, and a bowl of spicy prawns.
all the food offered was ranged from quite nice to not-so-nice. nothing really stood out in my opinion. hence l scored it 3 out of 5 for food.
the service we received wasn't especially good. there were two waiters there all night one of them being the owner l believe. what i hated to see was a fully messy table that no one bothered to clear all our emptydishesand bowls of bones and dirty tissues, etc. until where we were leaving. other competitive chinese restaurants in the area are generally much better in this respect. hence i would scored it 2 out of 5 for service and comfort.
i hope our experience would be better on our next visit here.

we ordered a chicken fried rice, one chicken chow mein (hot), one chicken chow mein (no spice), one shredded chicken in schezuan sauce and a sweet corn chicken soup. that’s a lot of chicken!! chicken was very juicy and all thedisheswere very well prepared. the server recommended we cut down on our order as we were over ordering and rightly so! awesome food, sumptuous portions, great service, good ambience and value for money!

visited today as a group of three adults and two kids. have been here before and the place hasn't changed in that its still inviting, cozy and the staff are nice and friendly. thedisheswere delicious, had a wide range and while this is not the cheapest yum char, its certainly worth the extra few bucks once in a while. would be happy to visit this spot again as a break from the usual!

very bad service and horrible food! wasted our money going to this restaurant, 4 of us we were waiting a long time before we got severed. they were busy taking pictures with a group of people. finally got seated and table wasn't even clean, the waiter or maitre d came to get the order and it was hurried. then we had to wait for the food almost 40 minutes.

we thought must have been a busy day for them but we ordered two entrees and four main dishes. when the meals come the waiter brought the entrees and mains together. one of the orders was eggplant dish, it was more like a "eggplant soup" very watery.

when told the maitre d that this must have been a mistake that wasn't what we ordered. ''she said that others were eating the dish, we've had no complaints and she just walked off''. when it came to paying the bill she refused to deduct the eggplantdishesfrom the bill and she stared arguing with us and she stared getting angry with us. we just paid the bill without further embarrassment.

went for a sunday lunch yum and cha and we were very impressed. this my second visit and the first was was very good as well. however this must have been one of the best yum cha's i have been to recently.
our booking was ready on time and we were ushered to our seats by a very pleasant maitre d.
we were very impressed by the service and their attention to detail although we had to call for more tea on several occasions. delivery of the food was prompt and pleasantly presented.
the quality and variety of the food was impressive. as a european kiwi i was impressed by the chicken feet which were the best i have ever tasted! we were disappointed that there were so many interesting and yummydishesthat there was no way would could taste them all. clearly we will have to return.
the sweetdisheswere an excellent end to this dining experience. the duran 'tarts' were a particular hit!
top rating for an excellent experience.

majestic has slowly improved their customer service over time. we frequent this place enough to see the general improvement in overall level of service.

the smaller tables are uncomfortably tiny and you have to watch out and avoid other diners when the place fills up.

for yum cha, there is a wide selection to choose from the usual suspects of steamed dishes, dumplings to deep frieddishesto some unique ones that you can't find easily elsewhere like the mango pudding and durian pastry.

contrary to word on the street, majestic is not the best place for yum cha, unless you have an asian palette or ambitious with the choices offered. it will be a shock for some to read this but most diners who are not familiar with yum cha will play it safe with the fried chicken, bbq pork, spring rolls or gai lan/chinese broccoli. a good baseline is to ask yourself if you order the phoenix claws or the beef tripe. if the answer is a no, you are not missing much. the said genericdishesare available in other restaurants that taste better for cheaper.

a group of ten had dinner at majestic cuisine last weekend. having experienced their yum cha in the past, i thought i knew what to expect. let's start with some positives: our entree of deep fried prawn balls featured tasty whole prawns and was delicious. we enjoyed the orange beef main dish and the chicken and black bean sauce was ok but nothing special. we had some very long waits for service; from sitting down, to finally catching someone's attention to ask for menus (one menu to share between ten people is a bit rough), to placing our order, then another half hour before entrees started arriving and a further wait for mains. in between all this, we tried to ask for water for the table; again, two glasses between ten people is just frustrating. i would say it's been a long time since this restaurant was actually majestic. the decor is tired with unsightly water stains on the ceiling. too many chairs are crammed around the round tables meaning that there is barely enough space to negotiate all thedisheson the lazy susan and the noise levels were very high during dinner. in all, a costly meal for the quality and level of service. i'd possibly go back again for yum cha but not dinner.