Hong Kong Garden — Restaurant in Capitola

I’ve had better and fresher food from gas stations, I have been going to Hong Kong Garden II in Watsonville for close to 15 years and their food is always made to order, fresh, and amazing. However the Hong Kong Garden in the Seascape shopping center was a absolute let down. The sizzling rice soup had bagged frozen peas and carrots, 6 shrimp, in what seemed to be a canned soup base, the egg rolls and dumplings were from Costcos frozen section (my stepdaughter pulled the bags out of the freezer and compared), crab and cream cheese wontons had zero crab or cream cheese rather were filled with something that resembled cheddar cheese, they tasted rancid so they went straight in the trash. I’m pretty sure the hunan shrimp were also previously frozen but eatable, the pork chaw mein...

It's just not good. I've tried it at lunch and dinner, appetizers and entrees and noodles. I feel like I've given them a chance. The food is fine and a fair value but there's no flavor. I even tried getting things labeled spicy, no taste.

A lot of people love this place which is fair since it's one of the best Chinese restaurants in the county. But that's more a criticism of the lack of good Chinese food than a compliment to this place.

It's bland white people Asian food. If that's what you want, just prepare for a long wait. Definitely call ahead if you order here, and multiply the estimated wait time by at least four.

And if you want flavor, you'll have to add it...

We wanted Chinese Food while staying at the Seascape Resort. This small, husband (Chef), wife (everything else) was a find and went back two days in a row. Great Chinese food, like pizza, must be Awesome when freshly cooked and then on warming up later! This place truly checked off those two qualties. Met a patron who has been coming to this place 15 years on our first visit (both time we had take out). He could not say enough beautiful platitudes about this couple and the food! We must agree and will be back when visiting again! The restaurant itself is nothing fancy in the least. The owners and Food sdo All...