Ming's Garden — Restaurant in San Jose

When you decide days ahead of time where you're going to have dinner, that's usually an indicator that the restaurant is pretty good.

We started eating here after the change in ownership and were quite surprised at the quality and freshness of the dishes. The service could have used a more friendly touch at the time, but it didn't completely put us off. Fast forward a few years and we no longer live in SJ, but will happily detour from our commute for dinner now and again. The service is so much nicer. Restaurant is always clean, and the food is just top notch, save maybe the sweet and sour pork. American Chinese requires a good sweet and sour pork. Ming's is acceptable although somewhat plain. Overall, I've never been disappointed with any of the dishes served here. Of course, no MSG and they don't go crazy with the salt to compensate like a lot of places do. You can taste everything that's in a particular dish. Also, leftovers reheat quite nicely...another indication of freshness. Because if you've ever reheated day-old Chinese, most of the time you'll wish you hadn't.

Some of my favs would be the Beef Curry and Onion, Pork Fried Rice, Pork Chow Mein, General Tso's Chicken, Kung Pao Chicken and the Pork Egg Foo Young. Only thing I don't recall seeing on their menu is cha siu bao. Most places offer them, although likely the...

This is my first time going to this place, I’m in high school so I’m always looking for places to eat in my area. The food was great really, I read previous reviews saying it was flavorless and not good but for me it was quite flavorful and not over powering. The guy at the front taking orders is super nice and was really patient with me and my friend while we were paying. He also was very polite and just overall a really nice guy. However, one thing I find a bit strange is how they use disposable silverware and bowls, I ordered vegetable fried rice and it was served on a plastic plate and he gave us dixie bowls and plastic spoons. Everything you get is to be thrown away after you are finished and our table was a bit sticky too, it wasn’t a problem though. The atmosphere of the place felt very welcoming and it was very calming really. We left full and happy with ourselves, the guy at the front also said goodbye. Overall, this place is pretty good for what they give you, if your just looking for something simple I would...

Came here once before and had a great experience. Don’t know what changed. Must be going bankrupt. Straight up- their prices are terrible especially considering the tiny portions they’re dishing out and the owners literally stare at you in the most awkward and off-putting ways while you eat making for a truly unpleasant dining in experience, to say the least (Maybe I should have just got it to go? Or maybe I should have opted out completely if I have to ask myself these sort of questions to post dining?). Wor wonton soup was appallingly small yet delicious, which is the only reason for not the 2 stars and not 1. There are far too many options in the city with great wor wonton soup with much more generous portions and staff that don’t deliberately go out of their way to make you feel uncomfortable to ever...