China Garden — Restaurant in New York

Easily the best Chinese take out in the neighborhood! Good quality and great value! Though admittedly my girlfriend and I only ordered from one other place. Nonetheless, when I opened up the General Tso's chicken and roast pork lo mein combo platters, and the crab rangoons, the aromas hit my eye like a big pizza pie.

The portions were generous (with more than enough leftovers for another meal for the both of us). The fried rice was fragrant. The noodles were well-seasoned and sauced. The rangoons were crispy, slightly sweet, and not overwhelmingly heavy.

What else can I say? My girlfriend, who comes from a family of Chinese take out restaurants, gave her seal of approval. Even though they forgot our soda, the food is worth five stars! We will be coming...

Ordered: Boneless BBQ rib tips Sesame chicken w/ vegetable fried rice Two shrimp rolls and one Egg roll Large Sweet Tea.

The egg roll and the tea are the only items I finished. The boneless rib tips were low quality and chewy with a weird sauce. But the traditional BBW sauce. The sesame chicken was also chewy and mostly breading. The rice was bland and not fried at all, just yellow rice. The shrimp rolls were over cooked and impossible to bite through.

Do not recommend for life long NYer's looking for old school Chinese...

You know it's good when the sign out front is old and dirty, the menu inside is faded to hell, it's cash (or Zelle) only, and you exchange everything through a literal hole in the wall.

The food does not disappoint. You'll pay for a normal amount of chicken and walk out with a whole coop. And it'll be exactly what you hoped for. So good.

Never change, China Garden....