Asian Garden Restaurant — Restaurant in Boston

An authentic Chinese—specifically Cantonese—restaurant that could be hard for non-Chinese to navigate/adapt to.

Tip for non-Chinese adventurers: just order their Coconut Chicken pot. It’s a $49 non-spicy hot pot full of aromatic coconut water-based chicken broth that’s good for 2-3 people. (Of course you probably need to add a few other vegetables/tofu topping for dietary fibers and carbs).

But if you ever seek a comforting broth to sip on on a windy cold day, this restaurant is one of the few places in downtown Boston that serves this dish other than your Chinese friends’ own home.

$49 is not exactly so cheap for a pot dish, but if you were to try replicate this dish, you’d realize how much it costs just for the ingredients—a full pot of real coconut water (easily $20), fresh coconut meat (a $5 coconut & the hassle of opening it), a fresh half chicken, and some spices (goji berries, jojobas, etc.).

Plus the Chinese ladies who work there are passionate and warm-hearted to tell you how she’d eat the dish and guide you along the way—quite a bit of sharing while you eat which I find endearing but certainly can be annoying for some people.

This restaurant also has alive fishes that they cook to order and to your preference (typically minced garlic, preserved soy beans, or salted fried).

However, words has it that their line can get long for dinner, so if possible, lunch will be a better time to visit them. Also, their environment is not entirely up to the standard of their pricing range, so one star deducted for warning purposes.

All in all, the Asian Garden is a decent Chinese restaurant authentic to the bone and only recommended to natives or open-minded explorers up for an non-Americanized...

i don't go as much as my family friends, but when i go, never get disappointed. seafood is always fresh, other dishes fantastics as well, their "salt & (spicy) pepper" varieties are raved about. table service varies depending who you get, but the boss is always very courteous and soft-spoken.

appreciates that they serve a sort of Hong Kong style meals - limited variety, but one and only I've seen in Boston.

casual dinner sets available, pick 3 dishes from their list of items for $29.95, or 4 for $39.95. high-roller sets also available, if you go 6 people and up. but I'd usually stick with a la carte, some freshly prepared seafood and a couple other things.

dining room seats are as tight as the bathroom space, though they may have a second level that I've never been.... (?) street parking only, so prepare to walk as the street right outside is always filled up. don't risk double parking to pick up food or what not either, I would...

I wanted try this restaurant because of the review said they have or can make it gluten free and because it was a family owned one too. The restaurant is very small and you have barely enough room to take a seat at the table. After the lady gave us tea and the menu which was very confusing if you don't speak chinese I wanted ask her about GF options. She looked at me shock her head and left, she did this 2 more times when finally she said she doesn't understand english. I was a little frustrated by then, she could have told me that in the beginning so I pulled my phone out ant used its translator to see if there is anything GF. She said only the stem vegetables. It took her 20 minutes to tell me this, I was very disappointed so I left. The service is awful, NO GLUTEN FREE OPTIONS so if that's what you looking for go to The Q they have plenty of GF options and the service is excellent also they nice and clean...