Noodle Star — Restaurant in Garden Grove

Harbor Garden has a high review rating for a good reason.

The food is not greasy and it is flavorful. The food was served hot with a nice balance of ingreadients. The portion size is very fair relative to the price. Also, they do give free white rice with the entree when you dine in. On top of that, the hot green tea was served piping hot and it is free when you dine in with the entre. You just have to ask.

The food is clean cooking. Meaning to say the food was not floating in oil and the mixture of protein to veggie ratio is very balanced. The flavor also have enough seasoning and spice that the ingredients have been enhanced instead of overwhelm or overpower the other ingredients.

The flavor of the green tea is excellent and it really helps cleanse the palate and it helps with letting the food settle for the other entre.

The service is superb. The servers were very attentive. And I had the lucky opportunity to talk to the manager. I found out that the chef is an authentic chef from China.

Therefore,the flavors are uniquely authentic Chinese flavors as supposed to other Chinese restaurants.And they make the noodles fresh by hand in the kitchen daily. No extra preservative from factory bought noodles. That adds to the clean flavor and eats I mentioned earlier.

The ambiant lighting is not dark or too bright. The smell is fabulous and not fishy. The accoustic in the restaurant has enough background noise but not so loud that you can't hear the conversation in front of you.

The restroom is clean and it doesnt have a bad smell. The dining room is clean and there is enough space to walk between the tables and chairs. The dining room have a ton of space for huge parties.

I suppose this is a great place to take huge families. Next door is owned by the same family and they sell boba and teas. So if one want to order from the boba shop next door, ask the server. If that isn't a good customer service, I don't know what is.

I had a good experience dining here that felt compelled to write them a review. And no, I am not being paid for the review nor am I related...

We love soup dumplings, so we were excited to try this place as it is close to home. Ordering was a breeze and the staff was courteous and professional. I wish I had more good things to say, but that's where it ends. We ordered 4 different items on the menu at a cost of around $57. Of the 4 items, it would be pushing it to say the best one was average. I am not a picky eater by any stretch of the imagination, but the food was just gross. The soup dumplings were super soggy and mushy at the same time. The food came out quickly and I suspect it may have been microwaved, but i could be wrong. The food was also just above luke warm. That's a big NO for me. We ended up throwing much of it away. I walked out of there wanting to spit. My wife and sister in law also thought it was nasty. Sorry guys, I wish I had better things to say...

Great experience! Exceptional food. We were traveling in the area and looking for a place to have a good dinner. This kept popping up as a recommendation. We came in to staff making hand pulled noodles. Everything we ordered was hot, fresh, and tasted amazing.

We ordered the orange chicken as a starter, and imagine our surprise that it actually had citrus and orange peel in the sauce!

Best noodles and dumplings I've had in years. Thank you for the fun and filling dinner.

Restaurant was clean and the music was a good background noise not too...