Bamboo Garden Chinese Restaurant — Restaurant in Twentynine Palms

I think on another day, this would've been a 5 star review.

We came here around 8 pm on Saturday night to find that the restaurant was terribly understaffed. There was just one woman taking order, serving and cleaning up. Half the tables were occupied, the other half still had unfinished food and plates on them. There seemed to be a line to order take out. And well, the same person was taking those too. When we said we wanted to dine in, she expressively gave a big sigh. A regular customer was nice enough to clean up a table for us and her. Sounds like either someone did not show up or just left. Ultimately, this poor woman had to do everything, had her daughter manning the phone and about 2 people inside cooking.

We ordered the garlic chicken, mixed lol mein and the pork dumplings. Food came out pretty quickly. However we ended up with some paper plates and plastic utensils to eat.

The pork dumplings were partially cold but we could easily recognise the quality and deliciousness of them. The lo mein is the best I've ever eaten and same for the garlic chicken. Really good food and makes you want to lick your fingers and the plate off. I've been to several Chinese restaurants in San Diego where I live and nothing comes close to this.

For the price too, it's big portions so it ended up being our lunch and dinner the next day.

I could see that the main woman was exhausted and shewas sweet enough apologise for the above non-food experience. But in all fairness, I have to give this place 4 stars because of that.

I will back again to eat more of this fantastic food and update my rating...

I have no idea why this restaurant has high reviews. I just left and I feel sick to my stomach. I went with my friend and we both ordered the combination dinner. I got General Tao Chicken and Orange chicken and she got General Tao and Sesame chicken, yet they all taste the same. The only noticeable difference is the Sesame has Sesame seeds on it. They were heavily battered, had no flavor unless you enjoy funnel cake and syrup flavored chicken (not in a good way). The fried rice had no veggies of any kind nor did any of the chicken which typically includes vegetables. The egg drop soup was ok. Our waitress was nice but way too eager to grab her tip not even giving me a chance to fill inot the receipt. I guess I should have seen the "No Refunds" sign as a big red flag. Don't waste your money here it's expensive for what should be cheap chinese. We went here instead of another restaraunt to give them business, but I now know why no...

My Family(7) and I just recently went and dined in for dinner. It's a seat yourself set up which was nice. We all ordered different items and to pur surprise the servings were soo large we could have easily shared 1 item between 2-3 people. We all enjoyed each of our plates. A few things we ordered were: orange chicken(excellent,not too sweet) Teriyaki chicken(lots of flavor and sauce) Plain lo main(loved by the kids) Shrimp fried rice(great flavor) Beef and broccoli(veggies were so fresh) Cashew chicken(lots of veggies included) Fries(kids loved them)

We all ate a pretty decent amount, probably more than we should have haha but it was soo yummy and we still took home leftovers that filled 4 to-go containers. This place quickly became a favorite and the pricing is really fair for all that you get! Definitely going back soon! Highly...