Hakka Seafood Chinese Restaurant in Cambridge

High price but not high quality of food and service. There was only one person running the whole restaurant(the waiter, the cook, the cashier). And only half of the lights were turned on. The whole table needed to share one menu which is printed on a A4 paper. And the quality of food is really really bad.

Hak-ka was superb, food was delicious, fresh and authentic. Highly recommended.

Would defo recommend this restaurantWe decided to visit at short notice & without a reservation & after reading mixed reviews about this restaurant we weren’t SureAll I can say is ‘wow’Food was excellent & freshly prepared & not pre cooked & re heatedThe owner made us feel so welcomeThe food took a while to come but was worth the waitWould defo recommend going to this restaurant when visiting Cambridge

Service is very slow. Only 1 person works in the place. The owner is very stingy. It is incapable of even hiring one employee and paying itself 8 pounds an hour. He takes orders, cooks and serves, but can't keep up with anything. Service is too slow. While ordering, he went to the kitchen twice because the food was cooked on the grill.

Me and my Wife went in last night for her birthday and what DISAPPOINTMENT it was. We booked a table at 6:45 and when we went in we were waiting for about 5 minutes by the door, then 3 other customers were behind us and the waiter/cheff sat them before us why? After then we got seated and gave us the menu. We were after a mix seafood plate wich is called Hakka Seafood set 38£ per person. We choose a bottle of pinot grigio to drink wich was nice and chilled, after almost 45 minutes I called the waiter/cheff if he could come to take our order? I ask him if they still make the Hakka Seafood and he said No but he could make something similar and we said yes. He said he was going to bring us some tempura calamari and gambas with chilli for our starter we said yes that's fine, and he kept saying no worries i will make something similar to the set Seafood Hakka. After 30 minutes arrived the starters only 1 plate for us to share, so we thought well the mix seafood Hakka must be a big plate. By the time we finish with our starter until he came to clear our table and to bring the main course we wait at least 1 hour and 30 minutes if not more. Finally he came with our main course, no seafood but he brought only one piece of black cod, small tray of scalops, 1 bowl of sticky rice and 1 tray of vegetables, we ate it because we were very hungry, and also was my wife's birthday. By the time we were eating our main course we thought about dessert. But then my wife said I'm not gonna order any dessert or other wise we will wait another hour or more for it. We booked some cinema tickets at 22:15 glad we book for that late. After we ate it we ask for the bill and he came to our table saying he has no paper for the bill, so he decided all together will be 120£. My wife just said just pay for it I Don't want any problems on my birthday. I SAID SERIOUSLY 120£ FOR 1 BOTTLE OF PINOT GRIGIO, 1 STARTER AND 1 MAIN COURSE?? SO IF GO THERE BE PREPARED TO WAI LONG TIME YOU EAT WHAT HE WANTS AND BE PREPARED FOR AN EXPENSIVE MEAL

Best Chinese restaurant in Cambridge by far with superb wok hay and fresh seafood

Dreadful restaurant avoid at all costs, if I could give it 0 I would. I booked a table turned up and waited 10mins before any staff appeared in the restaurant. When we were sat down by what appeared to be a chef, we were told “have a look at the menu, whilst we get you a table ready”. Looked at the menu and there is a £2 charge if you don’t spend £25 or more “per person” on food and then there is also a mandatory £3.50 service charge.My wife and I looked around other tables were waiting all with empty plates & glasses.We left after 5mins and went down the road for takeaway.

I am sorry to leave one star which I normally won't. The waitor took our order said that he is the only one running the restaurant that night. From waitor to chef to cashier. So, we need to take all the order in one go, which is fine. Then, after we ordered, he told us there are £25 minimum charge per person including children. We went through the menu again and found the clause in first page but the minimum amount is £15 instead. I told the waitor and he said it is inflation but he will let go this time. After one hour wait for the food, it turned out not taste good.In short, you may want to check if they have enough staff when u book. And you are fine with the minimum charge.

The best Chinese we've ever had! The crispy chilli prawn and Mongolian lamb pancakes to start were sensational, followed by sizzling Cantonese beef and kung pao prawns with egg fried rice. Absolutely no problem with the owner/chef – he was lovely, though the atmosphere isn't exactly buzzing, but we were there for the food!

Some of the best Chinese seafood I've ever eaten !!! It was so good.Don't let the looks of the restaurant put u off, its alittle dated and could benefit from a freshen up BUT the staff and food defo makes up for it ! Please take my word for it ! The man who served us as the waiter was also the cook on the night, ive heard this is rather normal on quiet nights, I feel this worked in our favour though as we got to ask questions about different dishes and he could really help recommend dishes and change dishes to suit us ! Sometimes we had to wait a few extra minutes to get a drink as he was cooking our dinner but we didnt mind as it was worth the wait and he was really friendly! We ended up getting a mixed seafood sharing set menu !!! It was so amazingly yummy..... I've never had flavours like it ! The set menu was supposed to come with a seafood chowder but he asked if we like mussels instead, fresh in that morning ! We jumped at the chance and were so happy we did !!! They where stunning, cooked in a blackbean, garlic, ginger and oil mix sauce ! Wow ! Everything else was so nice but these mussels really stuck in my mind !! Oh and the seabass was just as good, I couldn't believe what I was tasting when I had a bit of that, the sauce it was cooked in was stunningI'm 100 % going here again and would love to take some good friends with me.Hope this review has tempted you!! Its got me excited just writing it :-) feel free to click "like" haha