Jade Court Cafe - San Marino

I usually have zero expectations for tourist restaurant areas ? but boy was I stunned!!! Especially for the price of the meals, they were so good for so cheap!

The Huntington needs no introduction but the renewed and greatly expanded Japanese and Chinese gardens are amazing. In between is the Jade Court Cafe. Does what it says on the tin: large open air courtyard with plenty of tree shade and quiet corners. Fast self-service food counter. Great Korean Chinese food delivered to your table. Brilliant!

Great food, in a beautiful atmosphere of the Huntington Library!

The food is way too salty but fish is nice. I liked fried catfish but wish it’s little sweeter and less salty. Prices little high

I was surprised that the food was actually pretty decent with authentic ingredients in some of the dishes. Some of the food was definitely spicy and used chili crisp oil. The one downside of that the food wasn't really super hot and somewhat lukewarm when it should have been really hot, especially when you can see real fire from the woks during cooking. The cucumbers in chili oil were probably the highlight.