Cathay House Restaurant

Came here for Dim Sum today, and noticed the name has changed. It is now called The Jade.
There are quite a lot of variaties. And the food is not bad at all. It might not be as good as some places in LA. But I think the food is pretty decent. Service is okay. It is worth to give it a try.

I was a little scared coming here after seeing them on Dirty Dining. But whatever the whole Chinatown been on that segment.
So I came here around 1 am and it was completely empty. The guy sat us down and gave us menu. I spoke to him in Chinese and he was nice enough to give us the dim sum menus. We ordered steamed pork buns, chicken feet, shui mui, Crispy pork, walnut shrimp, Hong Kong style chow mein, and salt and pepper shrimp.
Everything was good but just salty and I bet plenty of MSG. Well I mean what do you expect from a late night Chinese food place like this.
Overall service could be a lot better and food is alright.

Alright, I am a huge fan of the food but the place scares me a little after finding it on news channel 13. I know places in Chinatown are always getting hit and they usually clean up their act but sometimes entropy kicks in and you’re risking it. I’m trying to focus on the food here.
I went for dinner during the week and during dim sum on the weekends. I prefer this place during dim sum, it is a huge 180. They are kind enough to let your order off the menu if you have weekend favorites and it’s like Tuesday night, which is very nice. We got their roast duck, calamari, Chinese greens in oyster sauce, and the crispy pork. OMG that crispy pork and dipping sauce, I can’t remember what the sauce was but it was good. and the pork! Crispy skin on the outside, juicy and tender on the inside. Great family dinner. I just hope this place stays clean, if I weren’t a little scared I would have given it another star.

Early August i was in Vegas! Chose this Cathy restaurant because we was craving for Chinese food! I got to say the SERVICE is SUCK!!! From waitress to waiter and as well the manager! everyone was RULE!!!
Will never come back! They need to train their staffs!!! On top of that they are dirty!
We just ask simple things like refill water, ask for utensils, unacceptable service!!!

I love love love Chinese food. I have friends who own a Chinese restaurant in North County (San Diego) — their food is spectacular, and their customer service is second to none. I’ve come to expect similar experiences wherever I choose to dine.
However, during a recent trip to Las Vegas, my expectations were, for lack of a better term, pissed on! My friends decided to have dim sum at Cathay House Chinese Cuisine. They claimed that this place served good Chinese food. I’ve come to decide that they lied to me!
Dining here was an absolute WTF moment for me. For one, the food was subpar. The rolls were not baked fully, and the chicken feet lacked flavor, yet were swimming in suspicious looking sauce. My sweet and sour chicken was neither sweet nor sour — the cook apparently could not be bothered to put sauce on my dish. I will say their noodles were. .. edible, but a little salt would have gone a long way.
The food aside, the piss poor customer service was criminal! Apparently, the staff at Cathay have clearly designated roles from which they would not deviate. Every time I’d ask a food server for something, they’d tell me, rather rudely, «That’s the waiter’s job, not mine.» Twice when we asked for more water, we were told everyone at the table already had a glass (did the service staff not notice our glasses were empty? We were in a desert, and needed our hydration!). My favorite WTF moment came when I asked for a fork. I got a baby-​sized plastic fork to use instead. Did I fail to mention that any request we made was «honored» with dirty looks?
My friends were horrified, I was pissed, and the pennies we left behind as a tip hopefully conveyed our displeasure with Cathay House of Chinese Cuisine. The entire staff (save for the cashiers) need some training in cooking and customer service.

Cathay house conveniently offers up dim sum everyday until 5pm (they close at 5pm every day) and we were also informed that specifically on weekdays, their dim sum is offered at special discounted prices.
We arrived at about 3:45pm on a Sunday and the place was pretty empty, except for another table of 3 sitting by us. The server promptly rolled out a steaming cart and we began ordering. There were a few other items that we wanted to order that weren’t in the cart, but we were able to easily and quickly place a special order for them. Unfortunately one item came out cold, (radish cake) — I didn’t mind flagging her down to ask her if she can warm it up for us, but it is kind of a turn off that it came to us cold.
My favorites:
— Sui Mai was fluffy, tender, moist and very flavorful. Super addicting.
— BBQ steamed buns (white bao) — lots of bbq pork filling and the white bao buns were soft and fluffy.
— BBQ pork buns (glossy buns) — The filling was very minimal, but it tasted great. Also, the buns were soft and sweet.
— Fried shrimp balls served with
sweet mayo came out hot and crispy. They weren’t the best, but I still enjoyed them.
— Chicken feet had good flavor and they were meaty.
These were edible but not my favorite:
— Har gow — the clear wrapper was too thick and chewy. The shrimp filling flavor was alright, but it’s not my favorite version of har gow.
— Rice noodles with shrimp — these were dried out and overcooked.
— Radish cake — came out cold, mushy, and oily. Not served with crispy edges like I’m used to.
Our overall dim sum meal was filling and satisfying. We would return, but only if we are craving dim sum on a random day after 3pm. Other than that, we will continue to make our way out to KJ Dim Sum — they still hold the throne of best dim sum in Vegas!

They should be ashamed to even call this a dim sum restaurant. All the food here is cold and greasy with absolute no flavor. I don’t suggest coming here whatsoever. After reading further reviews, I really question how they prepare the foods. And not to mention, the wait was pretty long.
They are very slow. Only 2 carts running with barely any dim sum. I’ve never been to a dim sum restaurant where I have to wait 10 minutes for a cart to come by my table. The restaurant isn’t even big!
The restaurant is smart though. They are doing a promotion where it’s half off all the dim sum dishes. Hmmm I wonder why? Because this restaurant is awful. They do this to lure people in and show that there are actually a lot of people. When I first came in the restaurant, I was thinking it must be good because there are so many people here, but I was fooled.
I repeat. DONT. COME. HERE.
Don’t let crappy food ruin your lunch/​dinner like it did to mine.

I don’t know why this place only averages 3 stars. This is my second visit here. It’s become my go to place for fast, friendly, and really tasty dim sum while visiting Las Vegas. Did I mention friendly service. Saying «Thank You» really goes a long way and truly adds to your dining experience.
I pretty much order the run of the mill dim sum. Shumai, Hargow, BBQ pork Chow Fun, steamed pork buns, pan fried noodles, etc. You get the idea. All of their dishes. DELICIOUS!
Price is pretty inexpensive too. $ 30 incl tax and tip for 2 people and we ate a lot
So, try them out the next time you’re visiting Sin City. Worth the 10 min drive off the strip.

Ventured off the Strip for dim sum at Cathay House around 2:15pm to avoid the lunch rush.
Savory dim sum circulated on two steam carts.
Cart 1: chicken feet, ha gow, steamed bbq pork buns, and rice roll.
Cart 2: steamed black bean spareribs, siu mai, salty egg yolk bun.
One more cart offered do hua (tofu pudding with ginger syrup).
Didn’t see a fried items/​dessert items cart, but we were able to order shrimp stuffed bell pepper, crab claws in shrimp paste, and turnip cakes from a waiter. The restaurant was out of fried taro with pork/​mushroom filling (my favorite). All of the items were fine, but no real standouts.
Service was prompt and accommodating.

This was only the second time I have been to Cathay House. I came for dim sum years ago and didn’t have much of a desire to return but I couldn’t resist giving them another chance recently.
We arrived around noon and they weren’t too busy. I felt rushed to order, even though we kept telling them we wanted to wait for our entire party to be seated. We ordered hot tea and waters all around and then proceeded to order from the carts that came around.
They pushed the ginger scallion lobster with pasta on us and although a good value at $ 15.99, it had to be reheated before they served it to us. The lobster was chewy and the noodles felt like total filler, didn’t have much flavor and were overcooked. The highlights from our meal were the custard buns and crab balls. The ribs had to be reheated for us before serving which was a turn off.
The rest of the items we ordered weren’t very memorable and I wouldn’t recommend most, if any, of it. The coconut bun, egg custard, bbq pork buns and smelt were all completely forgettable.
Service was ok, although refills were a little hard to come by for our waters and tea. There are other dim sum places in town I prefer with fresher items, so I don’t see myself coming back any time soon.

This is the place to go for Dim Sum. During certain times they have carts that make rounds around the restaurant so you can just pick off what you want.
The food is pretty delicious. Every time I come here I’m not disappointed. My favorites are — Shrimp wontons & shrimp balls. They serve it with a mayo dipping sauce that is to die for when combined! We also ordered crab in this ginger garlic sauce which had a lot of flavor.
I gave them 3 stars because I could have taken a nap & the food would have not arrived yet! Even our wonton soup took forever to come out. We were starving! & today we had ordered deep fried chicken and they forgot it when we clearly ordered it. And funny thing was the waiter recited our order back to us after we had ordered our food.
Overall, I’ll come back here but probably will call to pick up food instead of dine in.

It’s DimSunday and here we are. I haven’t been here in YEARS. It was a packed house and the carts were zoomin’.
Everything was good here especially the pork shumai, and CRISPY PORK!!! AWWW YEAH! I spotted this first and was like GIMME SOME OF THAT!!! My fave! It was friend’s first time having the crispy pork skin like that and MMMM! He loved it too! I want some more! I wanted some veggies in the mix too so got a plate of Chinese Broccoli and that was a great finish to our dim sum dining experience!

This was my first time having dim sum and it was good. Everything was tasty. But left me feeling lazy, greasy, and heavy. This place probably uses msg in their dishes because we didn’t order a lot.

I heard from the locals, this restaurant has been there FOREVER!!!
Crowded even during weekdays. Wait time about 20 minutes. Dim Sum almost everyday.
4 people, 11 dishes… after tax $ 46. And we walk out FULL & HAPPY!!!
Love dim sum because it is like tapa style, you can share the dishes with other and try many different dishes.
Quality of the food, average. Service is fast. We are in & out within an hour.

When you walk in, there are different rooms to sit in and there was no wait when we got there around 11am. I feel that all dim sum places taste the same. Everything tasted exactly how it was suppose to taste. Service was super fast at first but then it go super crowded and service started to slow down. The best thing that I ate here, and I am still craving, is the famous egg custard bun! oMG it was the best thing I’ve eaten in a long time! We had one order and of course, I had to order some to go! It was a great dessert after being in the sun and pool! Bill came out to about $ 80 for 5 people… not bad!
NOTE:
–just order the egg custard bun to go (YOU’LL WANT MORE!)
–One bathroom (kinda dirty)

After a long SUNday of spin class at 24 hour fitness, friends and I wanted to treat ourselves. Since we were on Spring Mountain, a friend suggested Cathay House.
I was eager to try this place as I’ve heard about this place; mainly because it’s a late night dimsum spot open late… maybe 4am???
Ordered the usual egg custard bun, noodles, duck, shrimp hargaw.
It was my 1^st time there and I wasn’t impressed. I was more so dissappointed.
Especially when I bit into my egg custard bun; and didn’t get oooooozyyyy goooooey egg custard goodness coming out of there. =(HOW LAME!
Of course, Imma compare this place to my fave spot (East Ocean DimSum) and it pales in comparison.
If it’s über late and I’m craving dimsum; I guess, I’ll come here again. Whatevs.

I went for Dim Sum lunch on an early Friday afternoon. It was located on Spring Mountain Rd near S Decatur Blvd in Las Vegas in a small strip mall. They were packed with almost all Asian customers speaking their native tongue. The noise level was extremely loud. I was hoping to make a phone call while dining, but there was no way I could talk on the phone.
The server came up to me speaking Chinese. I don’t speak or understand Chinese. I looked at him and asked him for some water and tea.
A cart came around a few minutes later. I pointed to the Shiu Mai and Shrimp Har Gow. The 4 Shiu Mai had the red fish eggs on top. The items on the cart were steaming, but this dish was luke warm. The 4 Shrimp Har Gow had whole and chopped pieces of shrimp.
The 2 Sticky Rice in Lotus Leaf (Loh Mai Gai) were flavorful. They were generously filled with with chicken, Chinese mushroom, Chinese sausage, scallions, and dried shrimp. They were one of the best I’ve had in a long time.
The 3 Deep-​fried glutinous rice dumpling with pork (Haam Sui Gau):were hot and freshly fried. They were stuffed with pork and dried shrimp and even some Chinese sausage.
The Steamed Pork Spare Ribs with Black Bean Sauce had little cubes of acorn squash which was different.
The 3 Baked Sweet Buns had no filling. I would not order them again.
The 3 Custard Tarts (Dot Tot) had lots of crust. It was a little on the soggy side and the custard was a little too soft.
I was able to get a couple of To Go boxes and the check without too much difficulty. I would come back since this is where the natives go but the noise level was something else.

Late nate Chinatown Vegas eats!
Cathay House has pretty good hours for those looking to eat a late dinner. They’re open up to 5am (almost 24 hours– they open at 10am and close at 5am.)
I came here for a late dinner and there were several folks who were also late night dining. This place seems to be known for their dim sum and at night time, they do offer some of their dim sum. We got a couple orders of their pork and shrimp siu mai. Aside from this, we ordered the wonton soup, pork chops, tofu with veggies and the chicken fried rice.
The wonton soup was a nice starter. It had tasty broth and soft dumplings filled with pork. Next up for us was the pork and shrimp siu mai. It’s no wonder their dim sum here is popular, because the pork and shrimp siu mai was delcious! Our main courses of pork chops and tofu with veggies did not disappoint either. The pork chops were nice and crispy. They were also pretty lean. The tofu with veggies had a good mixture of greens and slices of tofu. All the dishes went well with the chicken fried rice. Portion wise was decent though the pork chop seemed fewer than what I’ve seen before. The rice was plentiful but not too much chicken. It was decent though and there was food for to-​go!
Not only was the food good, the price here was decent too with the bill just around $ 44

This used to be my go to spot for dim sum but as of recently I have decided to take a break from here and go else where. Sorry Cathay…
The last time I went to C.H. we got our usual variety of little dim sum dishes but as my mother bit into one of the fried shrimp balls she immediately spit it out. It was bad. Not bad as in bad tasting but bad as in «gone bad.» ewwwww!
We flagged down the server and told him. He told us to tell the cashier. When we went up for the bill and explained to the cashier our little situation, she said we had to talk to the server… WTF! So we went back to the table and flagged down the server who then flagged down the manager. We explained what was going on and the manager said «Sorry, we still have to charge you for it since you ate it.» At this point I was beyond annoyed and explained to him the difference between us not being pleased with the dish and the dish being unpleasing because it had turned bad. I showed him how we did not touch it besides the little bite that was spit back out and that maybe he too should try the nasty thing!!! He then was like «oh…ok… we will take it off for you …» Didn’t even say sorry!
UGH!!! bad service and bad food that day!!! Was definitely a sour situation!!! Pun intended~
Tip: they only carry hot chili oil. I, personally, like the red chili sauce with my dim sum.

I would’ve given this place another star if it still had the same owner/​management. After the change about 4 years ago, things weren’t the same anymore. My family and I used to go here all the time since 1996 but not so much anymore.
Dim sum is from 10:30am to about 2pm. The food still tastes good but sometimes they get extra oily. I’m glad the server we’ve had for years still works there — he’s the only one who gets it right the first time and he’s friendly.
I always get the same dim sum items: shumai, roasted pork, hargao, steamed BBQ pork buns (bao), shrimp balls, shrimp wontons, chinese broccoli, sweet tofu and sesame balls. From the regular menu: fried chicken, yang chow fried rice, honey walnut prawns, and salt and pepper pork.