Chinese Restaurant in Al Malqa, North Riyadh

Where is Al Malqa in Riyadh?

Al Malqa is a modern residential district in north Riyadh. In Arabic it is written الملقا, and it has nothing to do with Malacca in Malaysia, which search engines sometimes mix up with it. Two of its main roads are Prince Turki Bin Abdulaziz Al Awal Road and Anas Ibn Malik Road, and much of the district’s dining sits along them. For people living in north Riyadh, that makes Al Malqa a nearby evening destination rather than a drive into the city center.

What are restaurants in Al Malqa like?

Varied, and open late. Searches for Al Malqa cover breakfast spots, burgers, pizza, Italian and Lebanese kitchens, grills and cafés, and many places keep serving well past midnight, in step with Riyadh’s evening rhythm. What the district has far less of is sit-down Chinese dining, with table service and clearly regional recipes. Jade Room offers exactly that: a full Chinese dinner with table service, in the heart of the district.

What does Jade Room serve?

The menu has 41 items in nine sections: dim sum, soups, seafood, chicken, beef, vegetables, noodles and rice, desserts and mocktails. Dishes carry their regional names, from Sichuan Crispy Shredded Beef to Cantonese Steamed Hareed and Peking Chicken with Mandarin Pancakes and Cucumber, and every dish lists its price, calories and allergens.

For a first visit, share Crystal Prawn Dumplings (SAR 50), Hunan Stir-Fried Beef with Chili and Coriander (SAR 110) and Scallion Oil Noodles (SAR 40), then finish with Chocolate Lava Cake with Ice Cream (SAR 50). All food is halal, any dish can be made less spicy on request, and most guests spend SAR 150–300 per person.

A quick guide to the menu

Each of the nine sections has a clear role. Three kinds of dim sum (SAR 45–50) open the meal, and the one soup is Tom Yum (SAR 65). Seafood runs from Mixed Seafood in Sichuan Sauce (SAR 95) to Crispy Chili Garlic Prawns (SAR 120). Chicken dishes sit between SAR 70 and SAR 85, with Kung Pao and Peking Chicken among them, and beef dishes between SAR 95 and SAR 120. Nine noodle and rice dishes start at SAR 25 for steamed rice. The vegetables section has Baby Potato with Crispy Chili Garlic (SAR 80), and two desserts close the meal, alongside eight mocktails at SAR 35 each.

How do I get to Jade Room in Al Malqa?

Head for Sama Gallery on Prince Turki Bin Abdulaziz Al Awal Road. There are two ways in: from the street, through the door under the Jade Room signs on the façade, or from inside Sama Gallery itself. The simplest route is to open the location in Google Maps, and once you arrive, use the basement car park at Sama Gallery.

Before you go

Jade Room does not take reservations. Seating runs through a live waitlist on Requeue, and waiting times vary by day, so join the queue before you leave home or while you are on the way. You can follow the queue in real time, and the team will call you to confirm. Coming as a large group? Call 9200 32131 first. Jade Room is open until 01:00 from Saturday to Wednesday and until 01:30 on Thursday and Friday, so a late dinner is easy to fit in. There is no dress code, no separate family section and no kids’ menu.

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