Considering all the good food options in the Portland metro area, it surprisingly isn't easy to find really good Chinese food. After reading the reviews I was excited to try Pine Garden. Sadly it isn't much better than other Chinese food in the area. The egg flower soup was just ok, the spring roll was greasy, the general Tso chicken had a very thick and dark sauce which was a bit overwhelming. The best part of my meal was the pork fried rice. Now I might have given this place another try and picked something other than the general Tso chicken, however they REFUSED TO ACCEPT THEIR OWN COUPON. The coupon clearly states that you must spend $25 or more and purchase 2 beverages. NO WHERE did the coupon say that the beverage price does NOT count towards the total spent. So my wife and I spent $21+ on food and another $5+ on 2 beverages only to be told we didn't spend enough to use the $5 off coupon. This is very poor customer service and I feel ripped off.
Let this be a fair warning to anyone attempting to use the Buy Local Magazine coupon for this restaurant, they will use any excuse to not accept the coupon. I drove 25 minutes to get to this place as well. I hope the $5 was worth it to them to lose my...
Read moreI've gotten Togo twice from here. Very kind people! My great grandma would be happy that I found a good togo Chinese place so close to home!
Salt and pepper tofu is one of THE BEST I've ever had. Please don't change this recipe. The crisp, the FLAVOR, wow. 10/10
Beef chow fun is always a go-to, huge portion and lots of flavor. 10/10
Crab puffs are good for the price with how many you get
String green beans are good! I wish I could find a place that put minced pork and preserved spicy radish in it. Still one of my favorite dishes.
General Tao's was good but not my go-to dish. Ordered it for my husband.
Prawns with lobster sauce is ok. I tried the prawns in black bean sauce last time, I liked that better. I think I'm looking for something too specific. I had a dish in Louisiana that was crawfish in lobster sauce and the sauce was a dark brown, very flavorful, lots of onion, had black beans too. I can't find that here (not expecting crawfish but I'd like the same sauce) I think they mix the two together? Not sure but I'll be doing some research to find the exact sauce!
Overall WOW this place is really good, affordable, and has...
Read moreUh oh, didn't want to do this. Took my daughter to lunch. Place was pretty slow for 4pm. Greated and sat right away. Noticed lots flys and the entry door covered in finger prints. Ordered our food and came out daily quick. My daughter had ordered some white rice so she grabbed the soy sauce and poured. Out came a fat fly/gnat came flowing out into her rice. 👀🪰 We picked it out and placed on the side plate. She wasn't grossed out and I was just like oh well ... Gnats are bad during summer. I got up and went to the adjacent table to grab another apt sauce to use. The waitress saw and asked if everything was okay. I showed her the gnat and explained it rolled out of the soy sauce that was on our table. She rolled her eyes and took it away. No "sorry", "oops", "let me replace the rice" and unfortunately no "you don't have to pay for that portion of the meal" no "discount".... nothing. Forgot to mention, my fork that was freshly placed on my napkin have a dried piece of rice in it. 😳
Am I off base? Is this normal now? Full price...
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