China Garden Restaurant

Gave this fast food restaurant a shot because of my close friend told me that this place has good big portions at a reasonable cheap price; I ordered my chow fun mix and lemon chicken. My friend ordered a combo with fried rice, orange chicken, and egg roll. The chow fun was pretty decent it has more veggies than what its supposed to have which is the noodles and beef/​chicken. My lemon chicken didnt look like authentic lemon chicken. It was more like katsu chicken chopped with a bland taste of the lemon sauce. (The sauce was watery down and didnt have that lemon taste.) I was disappointed for the price came up to be around 10 $ –15 $. But the portions are in fact huge. I wasnt able to finished it because that reason and its lack of form and taste. Will I come back again? I probably wont but its good for a try decent mediocre fast food. If you ever want fast food chinese food and huge portions.

Avoid. Probably the most tasteless war wonton soup I’ve ever eaten. Unfriendly service. What a shame. Ice to go there all the time.

Food is super flavorful and priced just right. Parking can be a bit of a challenge so take out is a good option. Their take out is always on point and I don’t believe I’ve ever had an incorrect order. The egg flower soup is one of my favorites as well as their fried rice. The smoothies are a nice touch and nice and sweet. Over all a solid choice for Chinese take out in this part of the city. The only thing keeping this from 5 stars is the parking

Had a less than pleasant experience.
ordered online.
30 $ order. First time I’ve brought food home from anywhere and all dishes were rather difficult to eat.
Didn’t seem fresh and the color was all greyish and dare I say mushy?
Not like the pictures.
Maybe just a bad day for them when they shouldnt’ve been open?

Horrible service. And apparently they no longer do delivery. The waitress said they have not offered delivery in 4 years however there are reviews from only days ago that review their delivery service.

This place sucks. You have to go through a third party for a delivery order. They charge you a delivery service fee, gratuity fee, and then the third party charges you a fee for their service. Twenty dollar bill goes up to be a forty dollar bill. What makes this restaurant even worse is the customer service is horrible and they don’t even have what you ordered.

Restaurant has okay service, Food is very tasty love this location I’M 100% SUPPORTER OF A CASE SMALL BUSINESS RULES… Honestly I will not be complaining. Why ??? this is not (Fogo di chao cuisine, Italian, zheck, burmese, new Zealand cuisine, French or Mexican restaurant.
This is Chinese. As we all know Chinese food is easy to prepare, not high quality of products. Of Chang restaurant wanted to make it happen
(Chinese gourmet cuisine.)
Nop didn’t happened.
Not sushi etcetera.
But not because of this you should complain… Please deal with it don’t come to small businesses and expect the Best and Excellent service for $ 6 dollars or $ 10 dollars you spend… Honestly you can’t get 5 stars service. If you like that go to millionaire chain restaurant. Any in Santana row. For example…
I’m very upset all this people damage a lot of this small business for stupid reviews… I’m sure you don’t even left a tip. But yes had all time in the world to complain… :-(
Shame On All of You.
Bad Unilocalers I dislike you. 100% Losers.

Ordered by phone and went in to pick up order Pork Chow Mein, Garlic Shrimp & beef Broccoli. Before this place was sold I had been ordering for years the food was great. Now the food is of poor quality the Pork was very tough and no flavor to anything. I will never go back again. There was no one in the restaurant maybe that should have been my first WARNING.

This is my little family’s fav Chinese place. I’m pretty sure it’s family owned and they probably recognize us by now. We always get the family style dinner. We get the «Mandarin» option and add a Chinese chicken salad. The food is not gourmet by any means but it hits the spot. We have never been disappointed here and we come pretty regularly.

I have come to China garden a few times because it is close to my school for lunch or special events. I am not a huge fan, here’s why;
1. The orange chicken doesn’t taste orange and tangy.
2. I ordered a lunch special and it was supposed to taste like honey BBQ and it tasted like soy sauce.
3. My students weren’t huge fans of the food and kids eat anything!
Upsides;
1. Service is fast
2. Food is cheap
3. The portions are good size

Good and bad!
Prawns…Good!
Service…Bad!
Gioza…err pot stickers… Good!
Utensils…Bad!
Wonton Soup… Good!
Spare ribs… Ok!
*small fra la la la la A Christmas Story appeal.
Love the Alameda upscaling. Wonder if this place will survive the long term renovation!

Waited over an hour for my food and when I called they said «This isn’t our problem, the food2you people said they’d be here a half hour ago». Then she proceeded to talk super fast and not answer any of my questions. Shitty service and a waste of money.

I love this place! The Honey walnut prawns are so tasty, nothing is soggy, shrimp is not chewy. What we had today were
Crab rangoons– they make them great here, although they changed the way they fold them, the ratio is just right. Ive had them barely full, all cream cheese, or fried for too long, or chewy… these crab rangoons are not that.
Sweet & sour chicken– white meat, not fatty, not soggy, veggies are cooked but still crunchy (which i like) vs soggy fully cooked that get nasty trying to reheat leftovers. Yuk
Mongolian beef– perfectly spicy where ur not gonna regret in the bathroom later, veggies same
Chow main– how can u screw up chow main? Flavor i guess… its not salty and its not bland either…

Great place to eat !!!

Wanted to give this place a chance. We ordered and the food was honestly so, so. The problem came when I got the bill. The bill was like $ 8 overcharged. I told them about it and they said the menu prices had changed.
WTH?! Then update the prices! You can’t just show lower prices then overcharge us.
I then asked what were the new prices and was still over charged by like $ 6.
They said it was tax but tax was not that much.
They then told me they did overcharge me. But only refunded me a partial amount of the $ 6.
Not good. Not going back.

Definitely time for an update considering my last review was nearly 3 years ago and ive been back countless times since.
My boyfriend use to love this place since its a short distance from his house and he grew up knowing primarily just this chinese restaurant. He raved about this place time and time again before finally bringing me here. ever since we’d been together (2011), i had the opportunity to introduce him to many other asian restaurants, including those that are much more authentic and of superior quality. That might be why he no longer favors this restaurant lol. Occasionally, we still order here since it is the most convenient for us. My gripe with this place is that i feel as if i always have to prepare myself for dehydration after my meal if i were to eat here. It may be msg. Beside from that, it really isnt that bad of a place (taste wise), i just think i can get better at competing locations for matching prices.
I also find it a little odd that theyve changed owners a handful of times eversince 2011. Not sure if i should be a little concerned in regards to their food quality, since businesses such as this that dont do so well tend to serve old food.

I ordered chow fun and Mongolian beef for pick-​up. Why does it taste like it’s two days old?

I live a couple houses away from this restaurant and I would rather go to McDonalds and spend my money. Ive never wrote a review but after visiting this place I felt it very necessary.
The food is mediocre, the place is rundown (they constantly have dirty mattresses lying around outside), and the staff/​managers have no customer service skills what so ever. If I could give this place a –5 stars I would.
I have given this place 3 different visits since I live so close, and every time is a problem. I gave up when on my last visit we were told «She can change the prices on the menu anytime she wants, she’s the owners daughter» EXCUSE ME!!! That is illegal. The bill is written in Chinese and never adds up correctly. And when you try and ask what your getting charged for they don’t answer but argue with you and throw the menu at you then tell you to figure it out yourself. RIDICULOUS!
I could keep on ranting on on how terrible this place is or I could just tell you to STAY AWAY.

Pretty mediocre, at best.
It’s too hot today (100°F) so I’m lazy to write a full review. Just avoid this place and will not be disappointed.

Eh.