Jean's Chinese Restaurant

I love it here. Lots of good food for a good price, always worth it! Conveniently located, one of my favourite restaurants in the city.

Really tasty, affordable, rich and fresh. The service was exceptional. I am definitely coming back.

I called to order food and was left waiting for almost 9 minutes. My snack is only half an hour, when I arrived I saw that I was on hold so I ordered my food in person.

60 dollars for dinner for 2 and spare ribs. 1 hour and 20 minute wait for cold food with no flavor and the texture of under-cooked and re heated not fresh. Stale dry ribs not sticky. Infuriating. This restaurant has gone down hill. Will order from the silver dragon next time.

Edit: To put the absolute slovenliness in perspective, it took 50cents worth of beef oxo to make the rice taste like beef and take away the white from the rice, 1/4 cup of sugar $1 and 1/4 cup of lemon juice less then a dollar + a half a bottle of honey garlic sauce, $2 for a total of $4.50 it cost $6 dollars more then the last I ordered it.

I won't say the Chow Mein we tried were authentic, but still taste good! Super big portion, me and my boyfriend couldn't finish one single Chow Mein!
A crowded restaurant with 5-7 tables, so I only dined in Once, usually order take-out.

I ordered off Uber eats. There was a glitch in the order. Called them to plead my case that it is a wrong order. There were unwilling to help. Called Uber eats back. They lied and said they’d correct the order.

The still delivered the wrong order. I know it’s a business but have some decency. Been ordering from this restaurant for years.

The staff were very kind and quick but the food was not great.enormous portions, ate my fill and the container still looked full but taste-wise it’s unfortunately a miss.lots of batter on the ginger beef which isn’t needed with the already large portion.the batter made me feel a little sick after a bit so i switched over to the rice.can’t go wrong with staple chicken fried rice!

the sauce for the ginger beef was marked as hot so i thought it’d have more kick but the sugar almost put me out before i felt a hint of spice so it’d be good to ask for it extra spicy if that’s how you like it since i’m not even big on spice myself.very very sweet though.the egg roll had a puréed meat filling i think? I’m not sure since i haven’t had that kind of egg roll before but it isn’t my favourite.was pretty bland sadly

i’m disappointed but you can give it a go if you’re open to it

The portion for the price one cannot complain 5/5

Quality & taste 3/5

Speed 1/5

This was my first time and got the price one can’t complain. I got a number 7 and added the Jean’s chicken. It was your classic Chinese take out. I do not recommend the meat egg roll at all. If it wasn’t for that I probably would have given the food a 4.

My biggest complaint is I preordered in the afternoon knowing it was NYE. When I showed up my order just went in the queue for their 90kin wait, they were busy! Luckily I asked the status and they moved me up so I only ended up waiting a grand total of 45min and 35min past the time I pre-order for.

Of note: 10% off for pick up if that’s a driver for you.

Coin toss if I try again.

Not dependable, keeps changing their words, drags you and then after waiting for long they says if you want you can cancel. I had rang them to check on the delivery timing since we were really hungry and the person confirmed it will be within an hour, after waiting for more than an hour, on my follow up call, they says its gonna take more and ‘you can cancel if you want’. So rude and unprofessional….

Really happy with my first order of a combination plate from this restaurant. The combination plate 1 has fried rice, Jean’s sour & sweet chicken (love it) and egg roll. The size of the portion is large which I like very much and price is fair.

Unfortunately, I can only say it was the worst Chinese food I've ever had. Too much batter on chicken, rice was dry and tasteless. Chiw mein had some taste so was edible. I rarely leave food on my plate but left at least half. Extremely dirty so afraid to think what kitchen was like. My friend had about 2 mouthfuls and asked to have her plate removed. Never again, never.

I've been here 5x and was disappointed by 3 of them. The food was great on my first visit, however the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th were horrible. On my 5th visit it was amazing. You've sucked me back in

Disappointing food quality, except the sweet and sour chicken is fabulous. Portion size is great, but I don't think we will be back.

Very little sauce on my lo mein noodles, some had no sauce at all and it had very little taste. 3 or 4 thin slices of scallops and a few pepper slices. There were 5 or 6 large shrimp, tho they too were pretty tasteless. All in all a waste of 15 bucks. They certainly have gone downhill in the last couple of years

Was glad to see the place hasn't changed. Had a combo with fried rice and sweet and sour chicken. Both were excellent, best I have had in awhile. Also ordered chicken chow mein which I didn't care for, it tasted and smelled fishy. Prices were cheap and waitress was very friendly.

Jeans Chinese food is delicious, inexpensive, and fast. I’ve been recently eating here for about a month now and I can say it’s definitely a new favourite of mine. The lunch specials are all amazing, I will be trying more menu options as keep attending. Many are saying the place itself isn’t the best looking, although that may be true, it is NOT dirty. The interior is home-like and comforting. I love this place!

Decent food, huge proportions, perfect for a place located near the university. Any combo can last for two meals atleast.

The dine-in area isn't too big, so I usually get take out from this place. The quantities are great, and the food always tastes fresh!

The portions are very good and the food is so good, I always order delivery and very friendly phone staff and delivery drivers. If a mistake is made they correct it with no issues.great place to eat

Ordered through door dash and had my delivery brought to the wrong area HOWEVER the costumer service at the place is TOP TIER. Dawn delivered my order to my place after WORK HOURS. Once again, Dawn great customer service!

I only order very specific dishes here which works for me. Dine in service is good. Try curried chicken, Spicy chicken combo for 9.99$ and shrimps with lobster sauce. They are good.

The food might not be perfect, but it is very good and affordable. The employees over there are all very nice people. The boss Jeans is also very kind. I will definitely recommend the restaurant to my friend.

They are currently improving their service, and I hope their business can get better.

I just ordered from here through doordash and I'll tell you it was cold and uncooked I'll never order here again that's why I gave them a 1 *

Middle of the road, well prepared but basic, general tso more sweet and sour than General tso. Huge portions. Near university so more targeted towards student budget and palate.

The best chineese food in nova scotia we travel from the annapolis Valley all the time just for chineese food from jeans and no other

It was amazing fast service a huge amount of food and the quality was amazing so flavourful not greasy at all 10 out of 10 would reccomend and the ricw was so cheap for a large amount of food

I'm sorry, what I ordered for tonight tasted awful. It’s so annoying to pay $45 for an order and you’re unable to eat it. The food tasted bad and spoilt.

The food was good and the waitress was on point very attentive. No better place to spend a birthday.

. I was very disappointed.the food was alright. However

my friend and I decided to eat inside and it had just about appeared unsanitary, I had to use the restroom bad! And honestly the bathroom was horrifying so I didn’t even use it.it was dirty and so was the silverware.honestly.
I cannot support it. I won’t eat there again

It was not a vibe.

If you do decide to eat here have a seat by the window. The Ledge is COVERED in mouse droppings. And they just leave it there, I mean really. This place is nasty

Food was really good and quantity wise too. Only thing was customer service was little off. Other than that everything else is good.

Underwhelming. All the "authentic" beef/chicken dishes are the same deep fried protein/veggie combo with a different sauce. Probably good for late night, no other option scenario, but not for an authentic experience

I am surrounded by Chinese food places where I live and I still order from Jeans. A delivery driver from there is the first person who ever found my house without directions. I assume I must be chipped from a previous order and that's how they know where I am. So long as they use this data to deliver deliciousness and not retribution I'll keep ordering.

Worst Chinese food in a Nova Scotia. Health & hygiene dangers.

Update: November 2nd: two out of a group of 5 people who ordered from here have been violently ill for 7 hours into the evening and early morning after eating delivery from the night before. One is a child. No one felt good afterwards.

This place should be shut down by health authorities. Absolute corruption that a place like this is allowed to operate. Health authorities do not care about your wellbeing and that this vile operation is allowed to continue proves it. Somebody must be getting a kickback to look the other way.

I have ordered delivery twice. Tried three dishes so far.

Jeans spicy beef was just as described and I really liked it the first time so I ordered it again. It is a great dish over rice and the portion was very generous and good for a couple of meals.

Shanghai noodles were also good and reheated well.

The ginger chicken was ok; lots of chicken but its breaded and the flavor was really sweet and not very hot. If it was spicier I would have liked it more.

All the dishes were reasonably priced and came in recyclable containers with the exception of the accompanying rice which was in Styrofoam to keep it warm. I would order from here again

The food is amazing, and the service is ok.but honestly when it comes to hygiene, they are lacking a lot.the place is not the most appealing.

Hole in the wall restaurant.
Might have been up there years ago.
Place needs a do over remodeling bad!
Food?

Tried their tofu pad thai. Delicious! Jeans is a long tradition for many, reasonable prices and friendly service.

Great food, the portions were large and the food was freshly prepared, fast service, definitely some of the best Chinese food I have ever had.

Food is low-quality. Don’t expect much here. Not authentic chinese. Your typical canadian-chinese. I don’t see many chinese/asian people eat here. Pretty much mean the food is not good (which is true). Two stars because staffs are nice and it is edible.

Was closed at 10pm on a normal Thursday when it says you close at 11pm? Didn't pick up phone and walked all the way here for nothing.

Recently ordered takeout and the food was terrible. I had Mogolian beef which tasted like fish. I had to throw it out. My daughter had ginger beef and the sauce was too sweet. I will not order from here again.

Debit machine didn't work at door. The containers were covered in sauce and a mess to deal with. Not everything that was ordered was delivered, which I didn't realize until after I paid for it.

Hi I Love the food here. The restaurant its self is lacking. It just doesn't look clean. The bathroom was horrible. I love love the food so don't want to see kitchen. If they would put a bit of scrubbing into the entrance and rest of place would be great improvement. The low rating is for the condition of the place.

This was our first order from here, and We are so happy with the food, and the quality of service, thank you! Best take out experience, if I could give more the 5 stars we would!

Where to begin? I guess with the worst, the fried "wontons". I put wontons in quotes as wontons, by definition, have a blob or meat or other filling inside their fried wrapper. Jean's doesn't understand this. Their "wontons" were just fried chips of egg roll batter with no dumpling filling to speak of. Just dry, half stale, scummily greasy pieces of egg roll wrapper. Never have I seen a place try to pass off chips as wontons. It was astounding. The "wontons" wouldn't be that bad if they weren't fried in the same mystery oil as everything else in the restaurant. This shared oil imbues everything it touches with a slight but very noticable taste of fish and chicken fat rendering anything that has been placed in it a off-putting, eerily mysterious flavour area. The fried chicken balls were questionable at best and physically revolting at worst. The coating was the same bland, slightly fishy oil and batter combo seen in the "wontons" and the chicken seems to be composed of several malfitting chunks of chicken giving a single chicken ball multiple textures of meat as it's being bitten through this giving the whole experience an anxiety inducing uneasy of never knowing what may be bitten into. The egg roll was your average mince meat paste in a wrapper but, like everything else fried, contained a fishy taste and a strange oil that leaves a slick scum on the inside of the mouth. The chicken fried rice was surprisingly good but I'm not sure if that's just because it's night impossible to get chicken fried rice wrong or if everything else in the meal was of such low quality that it just seemed like a shining beacon of flavour at the end of the arduous journey that was the trek through the rest of the meal. Would not, and will not, order again.

My lunch special was $8 for a mountain of rice, around 7 chicken balls, and a spring roll. Tough to finish, and a huge quantity for only 3 types of food.

One of my most favored food spots in the Dalhousie area, if only just for the reason that it offers one of the only non greasy options for late night food. The staff here are also really kind, and you'll occasionally find a small gathering in its cozy environment.

Large portions and a cheap price. Not the most quality ingredients. Lots of msg but not unusual for chinese food.

This is hands down the greatest Chinese restaurant in Halifax, and one of the best in all of Canada.

Excellent Chicken fried rice. Won't say the same for other items though so price is kinda fair: "You get what you pay for". The dining area seemed small, dark and gloomy. Could use a little makeover.

They accept Dalcard.

Best authentic Chinese I have ever had! I highly recommend going for lunch as it's like $8 for what would be 2 meals for me. I always have leftovers

Took almost an hour and a half to deliver. Was told 45 min. Legit fell asleep waiting for the food to show up and missed the call. Called back 5 minutes later apologizing, with the intention of offering extra money for the missed call (even though they were almost an hour late!) and got chewed out by the lady working at the restaurant. I’m a good customer and have ordered regularly, always tip well, and to not even be afforded a second to explain myself on the phone is insane. Order elsewhere! Place is an unsanitary looking nightmare if you ever visit in person as well. Could explain the stomach issues some have complained about!

Best Chinese for me and very affordable. The quantity which they give us awesome. My fellow Indians you should try this restaurant. Everyone else too

We ordered out from jeans today the food was ready in 15 min and really hot the sevings were large which was great for leftovers. Chicken balls are delicious. We will be definitely eating here again.

Ordered food 2 hours ago, and never delivered. Werent answering the phones as well, tried calling every 20 minutes after they it would be there in 40 minutes. Awful service.