Chang's Garden — Restaurant in Arcadia

We have been coming here for years and had never done a review. I am surprised that I haven’t done so.

We just love their shanghai/Hangzhou cuisines. They make the foods authentically Shanghai style. So for those of shanghai cuisine fans, I highly recommend trying their imitation of Goose meat with tofu and bamboo shoots. The three cup chicken is excellent. The chicken in a clay pot permeates delicious flavor. Another dish worth trying is their pan fried Shanghai style rice cake. This is a must order dish.

If you like xiao long Bao, this restaurant has good ones and their fried dumplings(生煎包）is very juicy and flavorful.

But please avoid their fried bean noodle. It was too sweet when we ordered it on Saturday. This didn’t taste like the famed Beijing style noodle.

Other then that, all other food seemed to be very good. Service was not bad either. The food came out very quickly and the waitresses were very responsive...

I went there today to get food. They spent more than 30 minutes to get my food ready. And when I finished and left, one of the workers chased me outside and demanded a tip. She harassed me and kept yelling at me and demanded a tip. I was going to leave a tip since I was going back to order more food so I can take home. But she was and is the most vile server there. I am not required to leave a tip and yet again she was yelling at me for her tip. If she wasn't such a vile person maybe I would have left something. I'm a nice person but honestly she doesn't deserve working in a family restaurant. She was disgusting and vile and I would say more but honestly it's not worth me getting mad at. She even said I always go there and not leave a tip. Which as a matter of fact I have, just not to her. She has a stupid bowl cut with ugly color on it too. So be careful of her. She will chase you down the restaurant and harass you to...

Food/Taste/Flavor: 4/5 - the sweet and sour soup was pretty sour but some in our party really enjoyed it. Eggplant Szechwan Style had a small kick was the eggplant was soft and cooked well but a bit too much sugar may have been added during the cooking. Pork Ball Brown Sauce was mediocre and don't have much flavor. Shrimp Pineapple was a bit odd... the shrimp was fried well but for some reason the mayo was a bit watery so there was a small puddle left at the bottom of the dish. The House Special Intestines was delicious and our favorite dish! Fish in Hot Bean Sauce: the fish itself had no flavor other than the heavy seasoning on top.

Ambience: 5/5 - clean and bright store

Service: 5/5 - really attentive and very helpful/friendly

Value for price: 5/5 - lunch price was competitive and the food...