Fine Taste Hakka Chinese Restaurant

Fine Taste lives up to its name by offering a straightforward dining experience focused on good food. The interior is fine, and the service is efficient. The real star here is the delicious food. The Crispy Ginger Chicken and Black Bean Sauce with Beef were highlights. Fine Taste makes a satisfying choice for a no-frills meal.

Food is really good but the service is sub par. I've been going here for several years and it's always been the same. My kids love their Hakka chicken noodles and spring rolls otherwise we'd stop coming here because of the service.

Been going here for the last three years. Almost better to go inside to see if they are busy. And only then order. This way you know the food is moving. Always got the Bombay chicken.

How ever after getting it yesterday. Was too salty and not enough of the garnish dressing like they did before. Ended up going in the waste.

If I could give this place a 0 rating, I would. I decided to try this restaurant for a lunch special as the place that I usually go to was closed that day. It was a mistake. The male staff working were all extremely indifferent and rude. They had people sitting and eating at tables but where you place your takeout order there is a large piece of plexiglass with a hole cut in the bottom of it and you are speaking to someone several feet away who is wearing a mask. You cannot hear clearly what they are trying to say and they are not pleasant to deal with. When you get your change, they just put a tray in front of you and walk away, not saying thank you. The food was not impressive, just warm, shrimp were small shrimp and the container was not closed properly when put in the bag resulting in a mess when it was taken out. From the comments that I have read, there is consistency with respect to their treatment of their customers and there are many who will not return (me being one of them) because of it. Restaurants these days cannot afford to lose customers and if the management was wise, they would educate their staff on how to treat customers properly or would replace them with people who will. I strongly recommend people to avoid this place and spend their hard-earned money somewhere else where they are treated properly and the food is of good quality. Hakka Passion in the Harwood Centre is excellent. The staff is always nice and grateful and I have never had a bad meal there. Unfortunately, it was closed that day or else I would have enjoyed a wonderful lunch special instead of going through such a bad experience as I did at this place.

Disclaimer: I have been a supporter of Fine Taste Hakka even during Covid when places were just starting to get back up their feet. I have sampled a number of their lunch specials in the last months and I love the food! Today was just a really bad experience. I ordered my lunch special for take out, not realizing that I will be coming with my motorcycle. When I got there to pick up my food, there were a few empty tables. I paid for my food and decided I would eat there since it would be hard to bring the take out in my motorcycle. Not very long one of the servers just short of yelling told me I should not eat in as I ordered take out. He said the price is different for dine in, and said 'this is not a food court'. He mumbled that it was disgusting for me to eat THEIR food in their restaurant. He basically told me to leave. I left with a heavy heart knowing this is probably my last visit to this place. Wow, I guess patronizing this business doesn't mean anything.

I stop by for to order take out deep fried calamari and seafood fried rice.calamari don't even taste like calamari very small piece of calamari and they just make it big by using a lots of breaded and seafood fried rice very low quality of rice and very little of seafood.very low quality and no taste at all.never go back there again.

When you're in a time crunch and want fast food but not "fast food"! Hot food, prepared in a timely manner!

Worst service! Would not recommend the food of this place to anyone! Ordered takeout Bombay paneer and received chicken instead, which was absolutely careless of the staff. Mind you we are pure vegetarians and have never eaten non veg in our entire life. Two of our friends tasted the chicken today, this is totally careless and unacceptable behaviour. When we called the restaurant, they were blaming it on us asking us the colour of the food and whether we were really sure if it was chicken. They should be questioning their own irresponsible behaviour while packaging with orders. The mistake itself was a very unfortunate oversight, but the way it was handled was simply unacceptable. Instead of showing genuine concern and immediately resolving the situation, they seemed disinterested and indifferent, as if they couldn't be bothered to correct their mistake. The lack of empathy displayed by the staff left me feeling disrespected and invalidated as a customer. Definitely -1000/10 regarding the food and service and will never order from this place again! Totally ruined the mood!
In light of this experience, I cannot in good conscience recommend this restaurant to any vegetarian or anyone with dietary restrictions. Their lack of attention to detail, apathetic customer service, and inability to rectify their mistakes demonstrate a complete disregard for their patrons' needs. I am utterly disappointed and I strongly advise against dining here!

DO NOT ORDER ONLINE for pickup. Prices are approx 20% MORE for convenience of paying in advance by DoorDash

Used to be regulars here. Food is now not only bland, but not worth the money. Schezuan noodles with chicken had literally 2 slivers of chicken in it. For almost 20 dollars on uber? Garbage

Lunch is priced quite well $10.xx. Portions are very good, taste is on spot, lots of meats.etc Cash discounts on non-lunch orders. Recommend their pan fried rice noodle with beef and Cantonese chow mein.

Still one of my favorite Hakka places in Durham. The food is still a bit oily, but the portions are great, food is tasty and they still give you free white rice depending on your food choices!

The food is good, but the customer service is not very professional, as new customers are going to order I was not impressed

Ive only tried one item here and its the white meat bombay chicken. Its delicious esp with their pickled chillies. Its sooo good. However, its way too expensive and price keeps going up! If it was cheaper id buy it multiple times per month instead of a few times per year. They would make more money off me that way.

Customer service can be hit or miss. Theres an older man who may be the owner or manager as hes been there for years. He can be very blunt or tends to over react sometimes which can be a lil off putting. They do charge automatically 10% service fee for dining in so you should know that. I guess this is a forced tip which i find is controversial to be charging that. Like what if you receive bad service? Do they expect you to leave a tip after the extra 10% fee is added? Not sure.one day id love to dine in but my already expensive dish would become even more expensive.

Best in terms of taste, portion, and price. Definitely try once and you will hooked up for regular visits.

Smaller restaurant. Love it for takeout, but due to the layout of space, not the best for dine in.

It was great to see that they are still practicing COVID safety guidelines with masks, etc.
We ordered their Hot & Sour Soup and Singapore noodles to go and their lunch portions are large and we enjoy these dishes.
Will definitely go again

Horrible service. Very rude staff. They are not honest about their prices. I’ve continuously ordered the same thing and yet every time it’s a more expensive price, of which the food is never representative of. There are much better Chinese restaurants out there, please go find one!

The chicken in the chicken balls is so minimal its more dough than anything! The procedure to pay/pickup orders is a nightmare during dinner hours. SUPER unorganized.