Beijing Garden — Restaurant in City of Elmira

This is the right place to go if you want authentic chinese food in the area; their House Special soup is like the traditional one-wonton pp style that in some places is made with whatever is left over from other good dishes; but here it's always terrific and consistent, the same recipe with tasty things in every bite.

We've been going repeatedly whenever we want a pleasant, quiet meal in a classy but not stuffy atmosphere. I still want to taste their Peking duck, but that's just poor planning on my part; you only need a few hours notice to order it, not a whole day or two as i've had to deal with in the past in larger cities.

We regularly order out or sit in to eat, and have Very rarely had any problems; when we ordered out recently and there was an issue with one dish, i called and the owner quickly suggested he comp us the same dish on our next visit -which will be soon.

Sometimes the servers are newer, since this place has been around for a long time, it's just the aging out of the staff, but they are Always!! eager to please! Ask for chopsticks and a rice bowl, if you want to eat in a traditional manner; they serve usually with just the western plates and silverware, so if you don't want chopsticks, you won't be embarrassed either!

Go here for very traditional fare, or just when you want 'Chinese' food; you will not be disappointed!

ps parties can use the more private small room in the rear; we had a really nice dinner there recently with about 20 friends, and the service was...

Just got back to the hotel after eating dinner at Beijing Garden. There was only one other table of diners at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, August 21, 2019. Where were all the diners that gave this restaurant such high ratings? We ordered beef chow fun, Shanghai Pan Fried Noodle, Sesame Chicken, and Beijing Garden Special Soup. A bowl of fried rice was complimentary. The service was fine.

The soup was good, although the wontons in the soup were a little tasteless and were made with thick wonton skins. The Sesame Chicken and Shanghai Pan Fried Noodle dishes was pretty typical of what might be expected of a Chinese restaurant in the middle of Elmira NY, a Caucasian stronghold. However, the Beef Chow Fun was absolutely terrible! I have eaten Beef Chow Fun at dozens of Chinese Restaurants and the Beef Chow Fun at Beijing Garden was the worst I have ever eaten. The beef and noodles in the dish were extremely bland. I couldn't believe that they served this dish the way it tasted.

This dining experience was yet another head-scratcher as to how a restaurant could get such high ratings. My reviews are honest - I can't explain many of the...

I am a self proclaimed American Chinese food connoisseur having tried Chinese all over the country, so take my thoughts for what they are.

My first experience with Chinese in Elmira and my expectations, quite frankly were low due to the diversity in this area.

This was nothing to write home about, I'm sure I've had worse but it wasn't good. Chicken was mush, sauce that the chicken was tossed in was bland, portion size was decent. I will say they piled on the rice which made it feel like you are getting a big helping. Granted the rice is of a low grade and a little too dry for my taste but could have been worse. The egg rolls were pretty good and not very greasy, personally I like grease but I can respect their rolls.

For a price of about $12 and over $1.50 for additional egg rolls this is expensive for the quality of food.

Speaking to an American answering the phone made ordering easy but did not give me the warm and fuzzy that this was going to be good...