May Garden

I have been getting Chinese food here for years and have watched the family grow. You people that complain are stupid. They haven’t had a buffet in 5 years because of the other place that is much bigger down the street but food is not as good. Someone complaining about delivery, idiot they have never had delivery, someone complaining about taking a credit card over the phone! Idiot number two. Why would you need to give a card if you have to pick it up. The food is way better then Panda Garden who cannot get an order straight and they speak fluent English. The food is always fresh as the go to the local markets and pick out there own vegetables

I called and the lady answered. I asked about delivery and she said they don’t deliver and hung up. I called thirty times in a row and no answer.
They were a three start for me for pretty okay food. Not for customer service.
Their «Lobster Lo Mein» is actually crawfish. Nasty.

Had to grab a quick lunch and went here for a lunch combination. It was t11 and had boneless spareribs, lo mein, and fried rice. The boneless spareribs were dry and over cooked. They didn’t ask me what kind of lo mein I wanted so I ended up with shrimp lo mein. I hate shrimp and just picked it out. But one bite of the lo mein was disgusting. Slop. The rice was literally yellow and dry. It was just an awful awful meal. I threw it all out at the first trash can I saw. I can’t give this negative stars for a rating.

I lived in southbridge for many years and their Chinese is way better than panda gardens. (The other Chinese place in southbridge) they don’t use msg in their food. And overall it’s just way better, less greasy, less fatty, more menu options and it’s cheaper. They’re a cute family and I went to middle school with their children. It’s a good place for take out or dine in for lunch or dinner.

So it was New Year’s Eve and of course it is such a novel idea to order some Chinese food for take out, right?
Living in this area for almost 4 years now my fiancé and I have tried a handful of the Chinese Restaurants around and have been satisfied with a few of them. This is not one of them!
PROS:
1) On New Years Eve when everyone and their brother is ordering Chinese May Garden answers the phone on the first call attempt and takes my order.
2) Average pricing.
3) Order was completed in under ½ hour.
CONS:
1) THEY ANSWERED MY CALL ON FIRST ATTEMPT on New year’s Eve???
(This should have been the sign to go elsewhere seeing how when after 32 phone attempts to reach Jasmine in Auburn MA I was unsuccessful, and when my fiancé drove there for walk up service she was met by a line out the door, and after 15 — 20 minutes in line was informed that they would not be able to take any more orders for a half hour=what you would expect from a well liked establishment that has very good food, reasonably priced, and has developed quite the customer base over the years)
2) The food was HORRIBLE!!! Ordered appetizers, pork fried rice, chicken fingers, chicken wings, beef teriyaki, boneless ribs, and beef & broccoli. (The boneless ribs were actually good, the broccoli & beef was okay but everything else was AWFUL!)
3) They will not except credit/​debit card payments over the phone.
Lesson learned: do not expect to be able to get Chinese food from a GOOD establishment on New Year’s Eve without a long wait, or perhaps just wait until after 9 PM when many of the customers have gone away and there will be less of a wait.
In fairness to May Garden they may have other items which they offer that are good like the boneless ribs are, I just did not try them yet… and perhaps will never try them.

Don’t let this little hole in the wall fool you. The place is drab and cold but I don’t get their food for the ambiance. Their broccoli and chicken (C7 combo) is the best in the area. The food is cooked fresh. It’s not sitting around in a warming bin some where! Give them a try for take out. It’s the best in the area for Chinese food!!!

«Don’t go if you want a restaurant. There are a few tables, but it’s really a take out only. No service or atmosphere. Actually don’t go at all. Got two spicy items. Very little spice and not much flavor. One of the dishes was supposed to include some lobster. So…»
To the Unilocal computer folks (with apologies to those who want to read about the restaurant): I wrote and sent in my review about a week ago, right after eating there. What is in the e-​mail that just came today from you to «complete your review» (see 1^st paragraph) has only a fraction of my review. You somewhere have the rest of it, but I can’t remember the details and don’t want to take the time and energy to try to recreate it. It you can find the rest, put it in. As far as I’m concerned I had completed it. Are you giving me reason to believe that you don’t deliver what you say any better than May Garden?

Don’t be fooled by the signs. It appears the buffet has been closed for a while. Though there are three or four tables inside, this is really a take out place now. Looked a bit sketchy as it was dark inside, but that wasn’t a bad thing.
Being that my five year old had a hankering for Chinese again so we tried this place out. We ordered a quart of chicken and broccoli, chicken for her, broccoli for me, and a small order or boneless spare ribs.
Food was ready in about ten minutes and we were on our way. There was plenty of food and it tasted great. It definitely had her seal of approval as she ate most of the chicken.
We would definitely return.