Disgusting food and really awful service!!
Ate: vegetable fried rice and vegetable lo mein soft noodles $14. This was the second time this month that I have ordered these 2 dishes from China Gardens and both time the same results: Gross. The rice was dry and it was so overpowered with msg that I could taste it. There were no vegetables in it besides a few slivers of green onion. The lo mein noodles were very oily and lacked flavour. I could feel the oil all over my lips and they were nice and shiny. Good portion sizes, but poor flavour. I ended up throwing out the rice. This is worse than the chinese food you get at the mall. The only people who are giving good ratings are staff, family members, or people who have only ever ate cheap, "fast food" style chinese.
I picked up my meal and the service was terrible both times. The lady at the counter (the owner) was standoffish. She would only give me 2 soy sauce packets with my meal. The first time I just dealt with it because I was caught off guard. The second time she went on about how she'll sell me additional soy sauce packets (10 for $1) !!! I pointed out that I had just been there 2 times ordering $14 each visit and it was over a short period of time and that I wasn't going to be back since she won't even give a couple extra packets of soy sauce. (Oh, and don't bother asking for plum sauce packets unless you order an eggroll.) After she realized that I wasn't going to come back and I called her out on how ridiculous she was being, she gave me 4 extra soy sauce packets and told me "you people use too much soy sauce". Thanks. I told her that her food was bland so it needed extra soy sauce. She went on and on about how the soy sauce packets cost money and people want 8 of them with their order. I took my food and soy sauce and left. Make sure you have cutlery and napkins because those aren't provided. I gave this restaurant one star because the food was...
Ā Ā Ā Read moreMy kung pao Chicken was not fresh, wilted rubber veggies in it, came with SOuR Rotted rice ,also kung pao shouldnāt be swimming in thin liquid , at least add some starch to thicken the sauce or reduce the liquid in the pan . the sauce was thin as water . And I kno for a fact thatās not how it should be . The sauce itself tasted ok but I wouldnāt even call it a sauce is was like soup . I rarely complain but this wasnāt ok , and the rice that came with it was OFF rotting and sour .
Whoever is making this , they have lost all pride in their cooking and within themselves , you could have at least made sure the Rice wasnāt Rotting , cause if the rice would have been ok, I would have used it in all that liquid to soak it up and I wouldnāt be here giving a bad review even tho the kung pao isnāt authentic . Why are you giving out sour rice , put a time and date on your stuff so you kno when to make a new batch . How can you be proud of serving this , you can do better with minimal effort if you really wanted to , there is no excuse for something as important and as simple as rice .. itās like they went dumpster diving for ingredients, get rid of the rotting stuff keep your frige clean of rot so it doesnāt infect the rest of your food so u lose less money.
I donāt like giving bad reviews but have some more pride and passion in your food , you can get ppl sick and in the end how would that make u feel good , it wouldnāt , but trying your best and keeping things at least fresh would make u prouder as owners , so your only harming your company by not addressing the quality dude . Sorry to say I had to throw most of my order out , so basically u took my money and gave me garbage or what should have gone in the garbage even before cooking . Ppl arenāt stupid people can tell itās rotting and not ok , u have the power to change that u kno . If u did ppl would rate u higher ....
   Read moreplease note this review was for the previous restaurant that has since been purchased and is under new management⦠I have not tried the new place
I have been ordering from this place for almost 8 years now and Iāll be honest I have never left a review⦠but now I am and Iāll explain why in a minute. Iāve moved three times since I started ordering from them ⦠we ordered from another place before and their food never tasted fresh so we decided to try this small place outā¦. Now the early on when we ordered we had one bad meal - the fried rice tasted burnt I called and they IMMEDIATELY re made it and brought us new fresh rice and since then weāve been a fan ⦠today makes us more of one and wants everyone else to support this small business. Their prices are reasonable and the taste is amazing and it always šš» tastes šš» fresh šš»ā¦. Well today we wanted something different than our dinner for two a combo so decided to pick it up ⦠we talked and I mentioned how we have always ordered from them and how we never see them delivering the food now (I get it itās not easy anymore) we mentioned where we lived prior to our current place and as soon as the husband clicked that it was across from no frills he was able to remember the address to the place before and even the make and colour of the car we had!!!!! Talk about MIND BLOWN 𤯠this in itself shows how they appreciate their customers and Iām so glad we decided to do pick up today because it brings me to this review. This isnāt somewhere to sit down and eat but you wonāt be disappointedā¦. Thank you for China Garden for putting us in...
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