Old-school trolley service is having a moment in Hong Kong, and Canto Jade (粵翠) is the newest, and one of the grandest, examples. The Cantonese fine-dining restaurant opened on 30 July 2026 on the fifth floor of Cityplaza in Quarry Bay, pairing classic cart-service dim sum with a Song dynasty-inspired dining room. This guide covers the address, opening hours, prices and signature dishes at Hong Kong's newest Cantonese restaurant for 2026.
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What is Canto Jade?
Canto Jade is a new Cantonese restaurant at Shop 506, 5th floor of Cityplaza mall in Quarry Bay, on Hong Kong Island's east side. The 2026 opening leans on a design concept inspired by the Song dynasty, with geometric caisson ceilings and a formal, jade-toned dining room. The restaurant was reported on by Time Out Hong Kong, which confirmed the opening date and menu details.
The headline feature is the return of cart-service dim sum — staff wheel trolleys of freshly steamed baskets between tables, letting diners choose dishes by sight rather than from a printed menu. It's a service style that has become rare in Hong Kong as rents and labour costs have pushed most restaurants toward order-sheet dim sum instead.
Canto Jade (粵翠)
What should you order at Canto Jade?
The cart-service dim sum is the reason to visit, led by the Eight Delights Dim Sum Birdcage (HK$238 for two) — a steamer basket presented in a birdcage-style vessel that riffs on old teahouse presentation. Beyond the trolleys, Canto Jade runs a six-dish signature menu of Cantonese mains.
- Eight Delights Dim Sum Birdcage — HK$238 for two, the restaurant's headline dish
- Baked beef with tomato and cheese, served with a fried dough stick — HK$198
- Crispy three yellow chicken (half bird) — HK$208
- Deep-fried salt and pepper eel — HK$228
- Flambéed pork belly char siu — HK$168
- Crispy chicken with scallion oil and mushroom sauce — HK$208
For dessert or a takeaway coffee on the way out, Canto Jade also runs Canto Sweet, a separate takeaway counter inside the restaurant serving traditional Cantonese sweets alongside tea and coffee.
Why are dim sum carts making a comeback?
Rolling dim sum trolleys were once standard across Hong Kong's teahouses, but most restaurants phased them out from the 1990s onward as rising rents made floor space for trolleys expensive and labour shortages made the extra serving staff harder to justify. A handful of veteran restaurants, along with newcomers like Canto Jade, have kept or revived the format as a point of difference.
For diners, the appeal is straightforward: seeing and choosing dishes by sight, rather than ticking boxes on an order sheet, recreates a dining ritual that's increasingly hard to find in the city. Canto Jade pairs that nostalgia with a considerably more formal, design-led room than the format's original teahouse setting.
Canto Jade joins a busy year for new Cantonese and Chinese openings in Hong Kong. For more of the city's newest tables, see our coverage of Quan, Central's new Fujian fine-dining restaurant, and TORIKIZOKU's sixth Hong Kong branch in Mong Kok. For the wider Cantonese scene, browse our guides to the best Cantonese restaurants in Hong Kong and the best dim sum in Hong Kong.
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Book your table
Old-school carts, a Song dynasty dining room and a six-dish signature menu — Canto Jade is one of Quarry Bay's most striking new openings of 2026. Reach the restaurant via Instagram or WhatsApp to reserve.
Insider tip: with cart-service dim sum, the freshest and fullest selection of steamer baskets comes off the trolleys closest to opening — 11am on weekdays or 9am on weekends — before the early lunch and breakfast crowd picks through the carts.