Jeff Cafe

Ordered the Spicy Chicken Cartilage with Salt and Pepper, Braised Beef Casserole, Cucumber with Garlic, Combination Fried Rice Chicken Corn Soup.No disappointments at all.The Beef was AMAZING!! So tasty, so tender. Chicken Cartilage could’ve done with a bit more chilli, but it was still really good.Will definitely go back when we’re back in Wellington!!

I have now been to Jeff Cafe twice over the last couple of weeks and on both occasions the food was delicious.  <br/ <br/ The entrance and restaurant look is very unassuming and on both occasions it was quiet inside   it gave no clue that the food would be so good.<br/ <br/ On the second occasion we had king prawn with special sauce, kun po chicken and plain rice.  We have had the prawns on both occasions as they are so good they are coated in a sweet sticky spicy sauce. A little pricey but you do get a few.  They are messy to eat but they are good.  The kun po chicken also was very good a spicy sauce could have done with more peanuts in the dish would be my only criticism.  <br/ <br/ Jeff Cafe is close to where I now work so am picking I will become a regular customer. This place is a real find.

A nice little tidy chinese place hidden in ground floor of one of the Oxygen apartment on The Terrace. It is so easy to miss out this restaurant. I had dinner with my friend and we ordered 4 dishes as per the photos and the bill was around $55. Excellent food and service. I would highly recommend this place due to the food.

Another hidden gem. It's on the Terrace and next to Oxygen apartments. If you didn't see the sign or menu outside, it's easy to miss (in fact, the humble restaurant is located in the lobby/foyer space of an apartment). But my rule of eating Chinese is it doesn't matter what the restaurant looks like or the quality if the service (though service here is great) it comes down to how authentic the food is. <br/ <br/ You can pay a lot for a meal at some of the bigger Chinese restaurants in town, usually catered to Western customers so it loses it's authentic flavour. Jeff Cafe stays absolutely true and loyal to it's Chinese roots, serving dishes that may be a bit stranger or daring to try, but the flavours and ingredients remind me of China (having taught English there). The food is on the greasy side but it's superb and very affordable (most mains are $13 $16). <br/ <br/ Try the cumin lamb, spicy pork ribs, the beef brisket clay pot, and satay beef.

The times when I am here to eat, service is good.They are polite and quick with the food.Their mains are delicious and well presented, my favourite would be the egg foo yong.I just have a little problem with snacks the buns.The ones I had didn't taste very good (I tried them twice).They were like those frozen ones from the supermarket, dry if not steamed properly.