Mini Garden Orient Cuisine

WHAT I ORDERED WAS JUST OK. NOTHING SPECIAL EXCEPT THE MAPO TOFU WAS PRETTY GOOD. The minute chicken with cake noodle had only white meat which I'm not a fan of but the taste was ok and the noodles were good. The crispy gau chee was not that good ... I like Golden Eagle's and House of Wong much more. Theirs are not as flavorful and they were a little skinny. The stewed noodles with tendon was decent except there was a hint of ammonia in one bite. The tendon with egg noodles in soup was so-so. Soup was bland but I'm glad they didn't put in a lot of msg. I ordered takeout via online and the order was ready when I got there.

Chose to come here after passing it for so many years. Was looking for a quick bite and I was in the area. This was the place for me at the moment. Decided on beef chow fun, crispy chicken and salt and pepper fried tofu. The ambiance was ready to get busy for there were reservations for the UH graduation and I was glad I came early! There are many tables so that wasn't a problem. Food didn't take too long and the dishes came out one by one. The chow fun was good and tasty. The tofu was so so and needed more flavor (in MY opinion) and the chicken I expected extremely crunchy skin and juicy chicken but the skin wasn't very well seen and the chicken was rather on the dry side. I could have ordered the wrong things and I know they were busy so maybe the kitchen wasn't up to par that day. It's ok, I'll return and try other items. Everyone was cheerful and kind so I didn't mind my lunch. The price wasn't too harsh but I will have to return.

I have been here about 5 times and since I wasn't familiar with the menu options, I would see what others were eating and ask for recommendations. The food is excellent! Very tasty and cooked to perfection. The veggies were crunchy just as I prefer. Serving size was descent for the price. The staff were very helpful and the restaurant was clean. They even give complementary dessert. I always come here when I am in the area. Dine in and take out. I tend to order about 3-4 entrees with lots of leftovers to take home. Support local businesses, folks. Good Chinese cuisine at this establishment.

Impromptu dinner...My indecisiveness makes for it a crazy decision making and what better place than Chinese cuisine as they have incredible menu choices for my belly to inform my thoughts for the night.With a decent size parking lot right beside the building makes it easy especially during the rush hour as street parking isn't allowed also making it safe to access the restaurant. Walking in I was surprised how spacious it was and with the old school style setting a lady came and took my order was nice and polite.What interest me is that they have a Vegetarian menu section for allergies like mine does make it comforting to know though there's no meat whatsoever which doesn't bother me and using mushroom stock actually sounds yummy and with so much to choose from I decided on the "Mushroom Fantasy Chow Fun" which is a dry type of noodle dish it didn't have the "star" notation categorizing it vegetarian she assured me there isn't any seafood in this dish.Food came out nice and fast I was surprised how little mushroom it had, using shiitake is great as it's my favorite type of mushroom it also had sprouts and some broccoli for the $13.95 price it wasn't much of a fantasy or mushrooms but it really was tasty and light not all covered in heavy seasoning which I do really love and would actually like to try other vegetarian dishes as well.Thank you!

I have not been here for a long time and was very pleasantly surprised on my last visit. I attended a Chinese society luncheon and we took up almost the entire restaurant with 7 ( 10 top tables) there were still other tables available for people to eat at. There is street parking along Beretania street and they have their own parking lot right after the restaurant. The reason for 4 stars is that I think they may have either gotten a new chef or proactively stepped up their menu and food. Honestly everything that we had was delicious and my picky mom and grandmother agreed which is amazing in itself if you know old Chinese ladies and how picky they are, usually they complaining about too salty, not enough salt, too little/ too much of something etc..lol. Fried flounder was tasty and delicious a different dish we dont normally get. Cold ginger chicken was tasty even though it wasn't as "green" as we are used to but still tasty. The stand out dishes was the garlic shrimp look fun, braised beef and the shrimp tofu with ong choy beautifully presented. We had a few more dishes but I couldn't get a pic before my family dug in. Food was good not too oily and some of the new dishes were terrific!

This is an okay restaurant that's good for family style and large parties.The food price and portions are okay, the food taste is kind of okay, and I'd say is below average.I think there's better places, but for the fast service, logistics and practical nature, it does the job.It's not destination dining per se and I doubt if I would ever crave any specific entree.There is definite room for improvement.

I came here a weekend ago w a large group of about 7 tables w 9-10 people per table. I think we took up almost the entire restaurant. The food was great, we all had Bittermelon Fu Yung, Oysters with ginger and green onion, Scallop with Tofu and black bean sauce, Chinese broccoli (gai lan) with lup cheong, Deep fried whole flounder, Beef with sour cabbage, Crispy seafood noodles, Almond Pudding with Strawberry sauce.Everyone enjoyed the food. Sadly they only had one waitress for the entire restaurant! But wow she did a great job at serving all 7 of our tables of almost 70 people. There is a small parking lot shared w a few other eating places so come early for a parking.

Just returned and unfortunately I was disappointed in the food this time around. Got the usuals, minute ckn chow mein, honey walnut shrimp, gaugee, beef brocolli and snow peas with black mushrooms.The taste just wasnt enjoyable. Maybe it caters better to the vegetarians because the vegetables wete enjoyable but the noodles although more crispy tasted a little stale? The waitress was very kind and very enjoyable. I hope it was just an off night with the chef.

owner was the sweetest lady who took such good care of us n our kids food was big portions which is great for the price and the volcano beef with hot mustard was amazingthe environment was family friendly and i felt so comfortable i didnt want to leave

The quality of their food has hit rock bottom! Their juicy roast duck used to be the star attraction but there is no excuse for what looked like the reheated leftover dry duck that was pieced together to make it look whole. All the entrees were too salty, poorly executed, and practically inedible. So disappointed ... what happened to their cook??? The empty restaurant and parking lot should have been a red flag. Not going back anytime soon!