Mini Garden Orient Cuisine — Restaurant in Honolulu

Decent place for better than okay Chinese food. We ordered vegetarian dishes that used some kind of meat substitute. It was not the best or the worse but better than okay. The portions we're good sized. The staff is pleasant, the service was fairly quick but the restaurant was not busy so this helped. The restaurant has parking and appeared to be clean. The best dishes I had were the eggplant and the green beans. The strangest was the substituted fish like dish. I'm unsure if I would come back again and I don't think I would recommend it unless the people I am with are strictly vegetarian and they wanted to try it out. I have no issues with MSG so don't know and don't care if it's used. Overall we had a good dinning experience and the food was...

Stopped by on a random Wednesday evening and the place was busy. They have a shared parking lot on the side of the building and there wasn't a spot open. However, I was craving Chinese food so I took a chance. I put in my order and waited for 40 mins for my food. Did I mention this place was busy, there was only 1 waitress working 2 tables of 10, and 5 tables of 2, as well as all the phone/walk in orders which I counted 7 while I was there. But the food is so delicious that it was worth the wait. The pricing is fair and menu has items that you don't always see at other Chinese restaurants. The waitress was super nice and attenuative to all her customers. My advice if you choose to takeout, order online at minigardenhawaii.com I think it's easier...

If you like real Chinese food you need to eat here. This little hole in the wall is a hidden gem. We recently spent a week in Honolulu and what we ate at Mini Garden was THE BEST meal we had the entire trip (and we ate at Morimoto and Stage). This is not the super Americanized "Chinese" food that must mainlanders are used to, but it's not intimidating either. Anyone can find something they like here. The ginger fish and char su pork were AMAZING! We loved the salt and pepper tofu and the duck too. Go with a big group and eat family style so you can...