China Garden

Parking is busy, very fast pace restaurant with long lines to be seated. Luckily, my family and I did not wait too long about 20 minutes for a party of 5 for Saturday lunch time. They give you a number, and once they call it on the speaker twice they move onto the next one, so do not go too far otherwise you will lose your spot. Dim sum carts were constantly going around the tables, prices for seafood were reasonable. Flavor was not overly salty at all, like most dim sum places. A spot if you want something quick.

Dim sum is decent considering not many choices in Irvine. Worse is the service. I don't expect much service during dim sum hours but to overhear the servers speaking bad about customers crosses the line. I overheard a pair of servers speaking cantonese calling customers "trash" over their tip. The customers were walking past them as they were talking, very rude.

A mixed experience due to several factors. Chinese restaurants always have a reputation for having underwhelmingly bad service but good food and it's certainly stands true to this place. Went here for Chinese New Year dinner celebrations, Apparently dimsum are not served during dinner so a little disappointed. The non Chinese servers are nice, but the Chinese ones have attitude.The food is average Chinese dining. The taste factor from all the dishes honey walnut shrimp, sweet and sour fish and all have usual taste factor which is neither disappointing but also not impressive. If you know what I mean. Overall, this place is known to have good dimsum... so I might try this out again for lunch but otherwise, I prolly go here for take out and not dine in dinners.

I don't understand how the reviews are three stats but to me this place deserves a solid 5. Surprisingly the wait wasn't long at all. I was seated in 15 minutes during lunch peak hours. The dim sum is reasonably priced. The best part is the. Lobster Garlic Noodles is only 21.99. That's cheap. The food tasted fresh and always came out hot. The ambiance is a bit fast paced but overall I left full. I highly recommend this place. The salt and pepper pork was super crunchy and juicy. Strongly give this place a 5 stars.

Great place for authentic dim sum at a great price! It is cart style which is my ideal style for dim sum. But it is only cart style for lunch. We ordered the baos, shu mai, and shrimp and rice rolls. All were solid dishes and big portions! The sauces were good but you do have to ask for black vinegar and it can take a while to flag someone down. I've also come here for the Peking duck at dinner time and it was great for a reasonable price again. Service is okay, but I don't expect much from these cart places. They also do charge for the hot tea! Overall, probably one of the more authentic places in Irvine!

It was delicious! But not stand in line for over 30 minutes delicious. I honestly just don't see what the hype is about here. It seemed pretty on par to Capital Seafood to me or maybe one little step above. Also, I don't know if the custard buns are supposed to be liquid but when I bit into one it was just hot liquid pouring out. Everything else was good though! It can just be hard as a non-Chinese speaker to order and such.Definitely come here if you want to get yelled at on a Saturday morning by the ladies with the push carts haha.

I'm starting to think these bad reviews are to keep the star level at the secret 3-3.5 stars which we all know is the secret rating for delicious Chinese food. This is one of the oldest if not the oldest Chinese restaurant in Irvine. They made it through a lot to still be here serving the community. They're also one of the only dim sum restaurants in the area that still have the dim sum aunties pushing the carts. That alone deserves 5 stars but that's not why I'm giving it 5 stars. It's everything. The ambiance, the service ( which is good for a Chinese restaurant. IFYKYK) and the dim sum! They have all the classics and they do them well! Their pricing is also not as crazy as all the other restaurants. What more could you want? I'm coming back for as long as they let me.

Go inside and get a number first. Do not come here on a Sunday. It's a 2 hour wait but they'll tell you it's 20-40 min wait which is a lie. Come on a week day and just walk in. Yes this place does food well, only thing that bothers me is how dirty the bathrooms and the place is. The place really needs to upgrade the interior a little and the dirty carpet floors. One Pro tip: they do serve dinner menu during lunch time and dimsum is until 3pm. Either way, I would come back for food not the interior.

Ive lived in Irvine for over 20 years now and have never been here! I hear about this place for dim sum but never think to dine here. But i finally remembered that there's a dim sum place close by instead of going to LA for dim sum. We came on a Saturday morning at around 10am and the wait was around 30 minutes. The wait was quite fast I might say since they have plenty of seating.They still have the dim sum carts going around. We tried the sui mai, har gow, shrimp cheung fun, bbq pork bun, turnip cake, chicken feet, and chinese donut wrapper in rice roll. I would say everything was decent...nothing was very flavorful though. Some dishes were cold so they didnt seem as fresh. But in all honesty, it is decent for dim sum and you wouldnt have to travel far to LA to get your dim sim fix. I think I would come back if I really wanted some dim sum and didnt want to travel far for it. I also wouldnt wait longer than 30 minutes for this place. Their furniture is not the cleanest but I wouldn't expect anything more from this place. There is plenty of parking though it was busy so you might have to wait for some parking.

I have been passing China Garden for years and every time there is always a crowd waiting to be seated. I finally got the opportunity to check out the hype and I don't regret it at all. It took us about 15 mins to get seated on a Friday afternoon. Host isn't very welcoming and there seems to be chaos at the front counter. Parking can also be a challenge, especially during prime time hours.There's two things that I appreciated about China Garden - the servers and the food! Servers pay a lot of attention to you - great vibes, great attention, great everything - thank you! The food is exceptionally great - love that it's fresh, love that it's not greasy, love that there's variety.I would definitely recommend!