Emerald Chinese Cuisine at Jamul Resort was just an okay experience overall. It's definitely on the pricier side, so I went in with higher expectations. The menu is interesting because it offers a range of Asian dishes, not just Chinese food, which gives some variety. The interior is nice and fancy for a Chinese restaurant, smaller so if you have a big group it might be hard to accommodate. We ordered the surf and turf, and the salt and pepper lobster. The siu mai was fine, but the lobster was disappointing I'd skip it. It was deep fried, not very flavorful, and didn't feel worth the price. You get about five lobster tail halves for around $40, which didn't feel like a good value. The surf and turf was also deep fried and then stir-fried in sweet heat sauce. The sauce was tasty, but the dish didn't feel very authentic. Service was okay. When I asked questions about some dishes, our server didn't seem very knowledgeable and kind of brushed off my questions, which made ordering harder. I might try other dishes next time since the menu is large, but this visit was just average for me, especially for the higher price point. read more

Emerald Chinese Cuisine - Surf and turf - Chinese Near Me - Jamul, California

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This restaurant was really good I was surprised because usually restaurants inside casinos aren't that great but the Chinese food It was very hot Got big portions Service was on point very cool atmosphere not a real big restaurant inside the casino but it was adequate enough didn't wait long for a seat but when we did eat it was around 10:00 at night so maybe that's why I wasn't too busy definitely will go back when I'm in San Diego area Nice casino also definitely five stars read more

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This place is winning. Whether you are up or down Emerald is the fuel that will keep going while chasing that jackpot! The initial dining area was decent - not exactly fine dining. The food is always great. BUT the remodel - wow. It has been elevated to an elegant Asian cuisine dining experience. The decor is spectacular. The service is always excellent at the many food places. read more

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I decided to come to Jamul casino on NYE. Emerald happened to be one of the few dining options we opted to try. I would say they didn't disappoint. The portions are flavorful and generously large, all priced modestly. The thai style fried rice was delicious with the seafood crab meat and shrimp. I think it has a unique taste compared to other fried rice dishes. The orange chicken was crunchy, with succulent juices. The duck noodle soup was decent in flavor. Finally, we gobbled up the Szechuan eggplant quite rapidly. That must have been our fave. In the end of the meal, we had a lot of leftovers. So we decided to eat the duck noodle soup clean, since it's difficult to pack that home. Again, unexpectedly large portions for a modest price. read more

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First time this restaurant is inside of Jamul casino. Very clean and friendly staff. Food was very tasty I got chicken with veggies grilled and it coming with white rice . The menu is extensive like 3-4 pages. I recommend this restaurant ahh they have to go outside. Good job! Carlos was my server very friendly! read more

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Aside from the amazing food ( must try to the banh Mi) what makes this place so desirable is the customer service . For years Leonila has waited on us , always smiling , her customer service is top notch!!!! She remembers repeat customers and if she doesn't know you she will sure strike up a conversation and make you remember her ! Her smile is infectious ! 5 Stars all Day !!! read more

Emerald Chinese Cuisine - Banh Mi - Chinese Near Me - Jamul, California

The food is amazing at Emerald Chinese. It is fairly new here and we are happy to have a new Chinese restaurant nearby. The service was cheerful. The ambience was very, very beautiful. read more

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We have tried almost every item on this menu and keep coming back to the bbq fried rice. Every time we have food credits, we use it all up on bbq fried rice. It is the best fried rice out there. Yes, fried rice is super easy to make but their version is so addictive. The rice that they use is short grain rice and it's dry not wet which makes it the perfect fried rice. The seasoning has a bit of sweetness and tons of bbq pork. You can place your order on the touch screen kiosk or walk up to the window to place your order. There's also 8 milk tea flavors. read more

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This restaurant is inside Jamul Casino. My friend and I ordered some food here to go. It was all wonderful. We had a noodle dish that was absolutely delicious. We also have the beef and broccoli that was so good and flavorful. And. I am normally not a fan of honey for this absolutely amazing. Prices for also very reasonable. Less than $20 a dish and then if you're eating remember at the casino you get a discount as well. Brought ours home which was 30 minutes away and everything was packaged great. Apparently speak on the service since we just placed a to go order. read more

Horrible service they don't fill water I asked 3 different servers and noodle came out overcooked suck all brought in when I asked for extra brought they said $4 we said okay and after that 15min still haven't get water refill or my brought that we said ok for $4 extra charge supper disappointed my aunt normally tip 20% she said id leave $2 for this ugly service read more

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Food is great! Service can use a lot of help.. The ambiance is nice, loud but then again, it's located inside Jamul Casino. Nothing much more to say besides the salt & pepper mussels & calamari are yummy. read more

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When in Jamul Casino, this is a great place for your Asian food fix. You can dine in or take your food to go. The food is decently priced. If you are a casino player you can get a discount. Portions are decent and the quality is also decent. Since this is a casino, the ambiance is always a bit noisy or loud. If you're not in the mood to sit down, they can take your orders outside a kiosk stand to the right of the outside. They serve boba and Vietnamese coffee here if you decide you want something sweet. My recommendations: Angus pepper beef Salt and pepper squid Vegetables read more

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I had excellent service from Sowena tonight she was Albert attentive to my requests. Definitely will ask for her next time.

We had dinner at Emerald and ordered Surf & Turf and Chicken Asparagus. My 75-year old mama is very strict with her salt intake so I asked the server to lessen the salt and make the veggies a little bit overcooked coz she wears dentures and its much easier for her to chew. I am kinda hesitant because most of the time, restaurants would stick to the standard taste and ways of cooking. So when the food was served, I tasted it first and to my surprise, it was done according to our request. Surf & Turf - it was very delicious. Less salt but the taste is still there. The beef was so moist, the veggies as requested to be a lil bit overcooked, the sauce was on point. Generous amount of shrimp too! Chicken Asparagus - oohh my mama loves it too much! Chicken is tender, she can chew well the asparagus, less salt but tasty. Everything is on point. When I asked the server who cooked the food, said it was CHEF ALLAN ANG. Commendation for this chef because he was able to pull it off, granting customer's request specially for older folks who have a strict diet. It was a busy night but still he managed to cook everything accordingly. Emerald is lucky to have an employee like him who prioritizes customer satisfaction. I would love to request Chef Allan to cook again for us the next time we visit. Good job Chef! Keep it up! read more

I love this place! Food is fantastic, drinks are great and the employees always go above and beyond shoutout out to Rozette you rock!!!

I wish I was reviewing the food. And I hate to say or imply what I'm gonna imply. We were seated after waiting a little bit. Tiny table barley for two. Finally took our order. We then noticed other tables became empty & quickly filled . But to our surprise within a few minutes their food arrived. Then another table and thier food arrived. I got up and approached the hostess. Explained what was happening. Her response was " it all depends on your server " We noticed they were all speaking in their native language. English at that moment was a foreign language. I belive 15 minutes or longer is too much time to wait. Only because dishes we ordered were being served at those recently occupied tables. We decided to vacate the premises. I don't believe that they even missed us . Eaten at hundreds of Asian restaurants this was a first for us. Usually a Asian restaurant is very polite , friendly , courteous and fast. This night not for us. read more

I think the food can go up a notch better, but I think the chefs are limited to what they can cook and dictated to cater to general population only (B- to C). However the service crew or servers are amazing. Nimfa for one, her friendliness, attentiveness, and efficiency is what makes me to keep on patronizing Emerald Cuisine. read more

My family and I had the pleasure of visiting Emerald Chinese Cuisine this past week. The food was delicious and we could tell that it was made fresh. I would highly recommend their Salt & Pepper crab. As someone who does take note of service our server Nimfa was very friendly and knowledgeable of the menu. Her attentive nature made us feel like we were being cared for throughout our visit. Not needing to ask for a refill , she was already on top of it. This made our experience even better. This is a location I would highly recommend for the delicious food & the warm friendly environment brought on by servers like Nimfa. read more

I've been here multiple times and this place has delicious food, Great atmosphere And of course best of best service from server Jacqueline.. read more

Amazing service! The staff, Sowena went above and beyond to make us feel welcome. Attentive, friendly, and professional from start to finish. Great food and an even better dining experience--highly recommend! read more

Cyndy is by far the best server at Jamul Emerald Chinese Restaurant. She always greet me with a big smile and I get my food right away.

What an amazing staff and the food is great too! The new ambiance is about to be unfurled in the next two weeks. Design & Build by : Iconik Builders Vista, Ca. 92083 read more

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One of a kind chinese cuisine with great food, plus factor is to have a accomodating setvet name Nimfa. p

Was here last night and would like to share our dining experience, food was great, cozy place and our server ROZETTE was amazing she deserve 5+++ we will certainly come back and recommend this place. read more

The lead cook Named Francis T,he was the one who cooked the beef Asparagus and the taste is absolutely delicious.I will come back for sure.

Great food serving and server (Cristina) is very kind, always proactive and smiling. Will definitely comeback again.

Service was great. Food was good. Thanks to Christina, our Emerald server. She did an amazing Job.

The food is amazingly delicious and the experience was a 10/10 especially with our server Nimfa. We essentially felt really welcomed from her as she was really kind and sweet! Would definitely recommend to others about this restaurant :) read more

Cristina provided me and my wife great costumer service!!! She was very attentive and answered all our questions with the food menu. Will definitely come back for more. She deserves a promotion! read more

Surprised such good Chinese food at the Jamul casino. Love the salt and pepper wings, pad Thai and fried rice. Recommend

Been here last week July 14 and we are very happy with an excellent service by the name of Juvelyn Jimenez, highly recommend this restaurant in Jamul, look for her and she will assist you very well. Thank you to this amazing lady. read more

Not sure why this place has such low reviews!? It's clean and reasonably priced. Just a few steps off the casino floor. They offer boba with or without alcohol! Their specialties are the seafood fried rice as walnut shrimp. Thank me later. Next time I'll visit and get a comp, I'll redeem it here! Holla! read more

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I see a lot of low reviews for Emerald, but it's generally been solid for me. My complaint is the service staff, who seem overwhelmed. Anyway, sat down to eat last night and for casino food, it was pretty decent. I'm a huge char siu fan, but the pork here is just a little too fatty for my liking. The shrimp noodles were good and the walnut shrimp is one of my favorites. The shrimp themselves are crispy and toss in a sweet sauce, but it doesn't compromise the texture of the shrimp. I know most people like the salted pepper wings, but I got for the salted pepper chicken. Tastes just like the wings but boneless. read more

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Noodles of any kind are my favorites here along with the dragon chicken. They also serve boozy bobas which I had never heard of before but totally on board for it read more

great service with rose and she make sure we get all what we needed and serve the food hot and deliciouse.recommended this restaurant for good pansit. read more

Some of the worst Orange chicken I've ever had, far worse than Panda Express. Completely dry (overcooked) with mediocre flavor. Also got our order completely wrong. This "restaurant" has bad cooks, bad workers, and bad food all around. I would say high prices, but everything is high now. Avoid this casino and its bad food. read more

Girls night out! While my roulette play can be unpredictable, at least I know I can get some tasty food at Emerald in Jamul Casino. My friend Jenna and I came with full appetites & were generally happy with our selections! Staff were friendly and attentive. We were greeted and seated immediately. We actually commented on how many staff were working (a lot) despite the restaurant not being too busy (we also ate early, like 5:15pm). We were both really happy with our spontaneous decisions to get Boozy Boba drinks. The black milk tea with boba and - get this - PATRON, were so delicious! My friend's eyes bugged out of her head after her first sip. It tastes almost like a Baileys or Kahlúa. Yum! Never had anything like it before. Our entrees were hot, flavorful and delicious! We would both order the Honey Walnut Shrimp & Orange Peel Chicken again. Crispy and generous portions, enough to take home leftovers. Downsides: the white rice was a little dry, didn't taste super fresh. The spiced brownie was not very good at all. It tasted grocery store bought, was dry and cold. They were out of a few things we tried to order first (Thai Tea and flan). Also kind of a bummer that I asked about the pancit (I love Filipino food) and our server couldn't make a recommendation on it because he hasn't tried it (at least he was honest). Anyway, we would go back because our drinks and entrees were so good and that's the most important thing! read more

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I don't ever write reviews, but I gotta say this place was a huge disappointment. Not only was the food plain, but the bean sprouts that were given for our pho was spoiled. If you're looking for Asian food, this is not it. read more

Emerald Chinese Cuisine - Chinese Near Me - Jamul, California

Ok check this out. Since we can use a $25 dining credit almost every week at a few places inside the casino, this is one of our preferred choices. (When I say we, it's all her comps. I just enjoy the ride!) We've ordered several items that were a little above average for the most part, but portions are smaller. Flavors are decent on the Chinese items, as are the pad Thai style noodles. I thought the Phõ was very good. At least twice they forgot to give us rice with our order, so that kicked them down a star.. At times they can have a long line for orders but it does move faster than a snails pace. I would say overall pretty decent, most dishes we've tried had good flavors, not salty or too sweet. I do like that when you order for here they serve on nice plates and silverware. It would be nice if they could use eco-friendly containers for the to-go orders though. They must go through hundreds a day, shortening all our landfills life span. I don't like thinking about this stuff TBH, but it is reality. read more

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I've been here twice and I wasn't impressed either time. The rice was very mushy - not acceptable in the Asian culture. I get it's a casino but when they're charging $15+ for an entree, they should at least make sure the main staple is prepared properly. I had the walnut shrimp and it lacked flavor. The shrimp was slightly mushy and undercooked as well. My friend had the Szechwan chicken, I believe. They said it was just ok. The sauce was "ok" but the chicken was prepared "fine." Nothing really positive to say unfortunately here. I will say Loft 94 looks really nice with great views. It features an Asian menu as well but different than this one. read more

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