China Garden

I'm still on the hunt for the best Curry Chicken inside the Loop, one that rivals Wong's in League City, so after seeing the great reviews at China Garden, I decided to give it a go. This place looks as though it has not been updated since the oil crisis of the 80' and I could not quite place my finger on what the decor was trying to be. That aside, we were seated immediately and there were quite a few people there because the Rockets were playing that night so everyone was eating before the game.We started with the egg rolls and the cheese puffs. The egg roll was super yum and full of goodness. The cheese puffs were good but I found the wonton wrappers were way too large for the typical serving of cheese. That aside, they did taste good!For my entree, as I noted above, I ordered the Curry Chicken. While it was good, it just wasn't on point with what I am use to. Nonetheless, I would eat there again if I had to. Husband ordered the Moo Goo Gai Pan and he said it was just ok. The sauce was too brown (normally it's white).We had the misfortune that our waiter did not give us any fortune cookies, yet other servers gave them to their tables. I guess no biggie, those cookies generally taste like cardboard anyway. LOL.

My mom saw this place on a TV show and asked us to go with her there. We had read the reviews and were pretty excited to check it out. They open late on Fridays so we were there not long after they opened. 7 of us. We sat for awhile before the waitress got to our table. It was understandable since they had just opened and several other people had come in around the same time. After she took our drink order she asked if we needed menus. We said yes. She came back with 2 and literally threw them on the table and said "here's for mom and dad". We actually laughed because it was just so odd. The menus don't have descriptions so we tried our best to figure out what we wanted. When she finally came back she was pretty short with us. One person in our party ordered fried rice as a meal my mom asked her for suggestions and she just said "ya it's good. Everything is good". Ok. Then she asked her to order fried rice. She told her "he got fried rice. Take some of his" . We lost it at this point. It was useless to try and argue with her. We weren't getting the fried rice. We weren't getting water either we found out. We asked several times because that's all a few of us had. But nothing. We asked a man but he ignored us lol. When our food came out she just sat it on the table. Didn't tell us what it was (which wouldn't be hard to figure out except 2 things were not what we ordered) and walked away. Told us to keep our plates she didn't have any more clean ones lol. Overall it was just. Underwhelming. The food was ok. But just okay. It wasn't amazing. It definitely wasn't I was thrilled about paying $300 for. And the service was really what made it where we would have to think hard about coming back We might have caught them on an off day. They have great service reviews but we didn't get that. It really made all of us feel like we were a bother being there. Super uncomfortable.

I learned of this place by watching Eat Like a Local. The food here is GREAT!! Especially the egg rolls!!!!

We were very excited to hear about this place. The reviews did not disappoint. It's not a fancy place but it has been there for many many years. You could tell they had a lot of regulars and everyone was very welcoming. We had some complimentary hush puppies brought to our table. We ordered a couple of appetisers to share for our group. We had pork dumplings and cheese puffs. Pork dumplings were excellent. The puffs had a little to much wonton wrapper and not enough filling for our taste. Dinner was great all around: Lemon Chicken - Sweet & Sour Chicken- Chicken & Vegetables- Beef & Broccoli- General T Chicken Egg rolls were a hit with this group of ours. We could see why they have been in business this many years.

We took our mother to China Garden because she saw a video of the food online. Our server Chantel was very helpful with our questions. The whole experience was delightful. We shared a sampler platter that was delicious and plentiful. I ordered the Mongolian Beef and I have to say that it was one of the more tender and tastier beef I've ever had in a Chinese restaurant. My mother also enjoyed her dish of chicken w/ vegetables. It was a perfect afternoon! I can't wait to go back!

Hot, fresh, fast service, the vegetables were fresh and bright with lots of flavor. The home made sweet and sour sauce was also really good with the egg roll and entree. We will be coming back.

The best Chinese restaurant I've been to in quite some time! The staff is very polite and their teamwork is impressive. Definitely be back again.

The food is really good. Especially the crawfish fried rice! The hush puppies they make are really good also. Everyone there is nice!

Had a wonderful dinner at China Garden last night 6/8/24 and as always the food was impeccable. We've been going to China Garden since the 70's when I was working for Tenneco downtown. Enjoyed talking to Carol as always and reminiscing about her sweet Mom. It's the best Chinese food in Houston, love the egg rolls, lemon chicken and kung pao chicken. All their soups are devine as well. If you get a chance to go please do, you won't be disappointed.

I've never heard of this place but a co-worker suggested coming here because he said the food was good and it was close to the Toyota Center since we were in the area. It was a Rocket's game night and we came together to enjoy some food before the game. I ordered stir fried beef with snow pea leaves and it came with white rice. I didn't take the rice but the food was fairly good! Service was average, they didn't come by to refill our waters as frequently which left my glass and another co-worker's glass of water empty half way through the meal until we were almost done and then we got our waters refilled as the server picked up my co-workers finished plate. My other co-worker (there were 3 of them) ordered a lemon chicken which I got to try and it was delicious! I would probably order that next time I come! Good service, good space, but not meant for groups larger than 6. The space is quite cramped, at least the side of the room I was seated on but good enough for tables of 4-5 people. Pricing is pretty average and food quality is good so I'd say it's a good "bang-for-your-buck" option specially if you want something quick just before the game! They also allow you to park in their lot for the game, just have to pay a fee otherwise your car will get towed.