Oriental Garden — Restaurant in Thunder Bay

What does one say about this place other than DELICIOUS! I lived in Thunder Bay for years and frequented a different place. Moved away but the first chance I had I went to my favorite Chinese restaurant only to find out that it was different owners and the food was horrible. Now the hunt began again for another favorite place with spectacular food and service, well looked for a few years and settled on a so-so place. My love for oriental food drove me to continue looking with not much success. Then one day a good friend mentioned the ORIENTAL GARDENS. Needless to say I am so impressed with the food and service here that whenever we are in Thunder Bay we can not pass up a chance for a great meal and a friendly face. They are extremely accommodating to your taste buds as to whether you like your food regular, medium or spicy. Cooked fresh for your specific taste and your food is served up quickly by friendly staff. We live out of town and like I said don't pass up a chance to eat here and it didn't take this place more than 2 visits to remember us by name and what we liked. If I have one complaint about the Oriental Gardens it would be that it is small and the atmosphere lacks but truly who cares about that when the food says it all. They also offer take out and even here they don't lack. No styrofoam containers but solid plastic ones that are reusable. Prices are a little higher than most but I personally think that once you try the place you can overlook anything you may find to be negative. I give this place a 5 star rating. Try it, you won't be...

We ate in and arrived just at 5 o'clock. They cleaned off a table and we were seated within a few minutes. Our service was prompt, drinks were brought right out and refilled a couple times duringthe meal. We ordered sweet & sour wontons. Very delicious, very meaty. Then we had ordered combo plates. My husbands plate had 5 large sweet and sour shrimp, 5 large meaty chicken balls, and the rest was full of chicken fried rice. I think the price was $13.50. I had chosen a daily special for $9.50 which came on a smaller plate fried rice, chicken balls and an egg roll. Even when our friend combo plate was put down they immediately said you are missing a shrimp will bring it as soon as it is done. Service was great. People were coming into the restaurant just as we were packing our left overs up and they told them 20 mins wait and I spoke up and said we are leaving. So the people waited a few mins instead of 20 for us to leave. There is no place to sit and wait at all. Food...

Update January 2025 It was all really good, except my fish sauce for my spring rolls was very spicy, so I used my own fish sauce.

July 2023 We ordered enough food for 8 people and had leftovers. Everything was good except the Spring Rolls. They were so soggy and saturated with oil that we couldn't eat them. It really was like chewing leather when I was trying to bite into the end of one. Chicken fried rice was very dry, but I was impressed with the amount of actual chicken in it. Wonton soup, s&s chicken balls, bon bon ribs, vegetables chow mein Shanghai noodles, deep fried wontons, mushroom egg foo young - I think that was about it... We spent around $280, but it was my birthday!! I haven't been to this restaurant in a couple of decades because I live on the other side of the city, but I highly recommend almost...