So this is the second Chinese restaurant in the Manchester area where we had a decent to good first meal and then a crappy second meal. My partner is Chinese, so we've eaten a fair amount of Chinese food in top US cities. Speaking bluntly and honestly, Chinese in New Hampshire is Chinese adjacent. It's designed for pallets that aren't educated on proper Chinese cuisine and flavoring. In saying that, they do have a good value menu of acceptable food. However, our last meal, the quality took a pretty big dip. I was frustrated that the sesame chicken was not white meat by default. Dark meat is an acquired taste and in this area, this is the first restaurant that served it as default. Another strange and frustrating trend with Asian restaurants in New Hampshire is that they offer two or three cuisines instead of focusing on one. A Chinese restaurant should not try to be doing Japanese cuisine and vice versa... read more

Chen's Garden - Sesame chicken lunch, you need to ask and pay more for white meat - Chinese Near Me - Manchester, New Hampshire

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Excellent service but our friends knew the owner, which probably helped. The food and drinks were good, too. The pepper shrimp was a table favorite. I had a sake coffee drink that was pretty dang good. It was definitely a nice change from the excessive amount of bar food we had during our stay. read more

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A decent stop for our day 2 in the area... Admittedly, sushi is not the 1st thing that comes to mind when I was looking for food options but our hosts were pretty set on here, as it's one of their favorite places. The service was excellent, probably BECAUSE they are regulars & the food was good. The black pepper shrimp was our favorite, along with the sake coffee drink. Pricing wasn't terrible. read more

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Ordered a seafood plate type with shrimp, scallops, calamari, fish, vegetables. The fish was like freeze dried hard to cut and eat, no flavor. The scallops were tasteless and cut up, not sure if real. The calamari didn't look like calamari, no tentacles only overly large rings, heard some restaurants substitute with pig intestines. Rest of the plate was filled with vegetable stuff. Place used to be my favorite spot but second horrible meal that I didn't eat and refused to take home. Service was ok but not great, didn't reflect the price I paid. I don't plan on going back. read more

Chen's Garden - Plate ordered, the stringy stuff looked to be fake seafood you buy for low grade seafood subs. - Chinese Near Me - Manchester, New Hampshire

Best hot and sour soup anywhere! Lots of great plates, dishes, and appetizers. I've been a customer of the restaurants for 20 years. NEVER disappointed. read more

Used to be a lot better. First, I'm pretty sure they use the same fryolator for the fish and everything else. Our crispy sesame chicken tasted like fish. It was supposed to be white meat but seemed to be dark meat. The crab Rangoon had a strange taste. The pork lo mein had all the pork sitting at the very top of the container so one person got some pork while the rest of us didn't...and the rest of the lo mein had no flavor...like at all. The rice was dried out. The best part were the beef sticks...but they were actually better cold. Overall not a great experience. The leftovers went in the garbage. read more

Chens is always great, never disappointed. We visit regularly for years and the owners are so nice.

My order included: SESAME CHICKEN: chicken cuts were thin and tender; not a sesame in sight; sauce tasted like barbecue. VEGETABLE LO MEIN: angel hair pasta instead of lo mein; the only vegetables included broccoli and chopped cabbage; bland taste. HOT AND SOUR SOUP: it was hot, I will give it that, the taste was burnt, like the end of the pot, and I really couldn't distinguish many vegetables; no tofu. PEKING RAVIOLI/fried dumplings: honestly haven't tried them yet, not holding out much hope. read more

$15 specialty plate, came with 1 beef teriyaki stick and 3 chicken fingers. Literally any other Chinese food place will give you a better value. read more

Chen's Garden - $15 specially plate, 1 teriyaki beef stick and 3 chicken fingers........... literally any other Chinese good place is a better value. - Chinese Near Me - Manchester, New Hampshire

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I would not recommend. The sweet sour soup was good. For $60, you don't get much. And the quality of food is really not that terrific. and if you order online, don't think you're gonna walk in there and pick up your food. They want to see your cell phone with your online order confirmation to release the food to you. Molly 56.66 was not sufficient. I had to go back out to my car to retrieve the cell phone the order was placed on. It's 5° outside. I'm just agitated with the place all around. read more

Last time we ate at the restaurant there was a long wait and find their take out more convenient. The food is good but a little pricey. There are several other Chinese restaurants in town that are cheaper with food just as good if not better. read more

Will not order from this place again. One of the worst Chinese food experiences I ever have had. They deep fry everything without any effort to make the food eatable. read more

Bartender was great they were very busy. Chicken teriyaki was absolutely the worst I've ever had in my life. Tasted like boiled flavorless chicken with a hint of mustard. The worst I've ever had and I've tried many places. Definitely not teriyaki in any capacity. Would come here for drinks not food. Expensive food too even for Chinese. read more

Still feeling the side effects from what we ate. Boneless steak on a stick was 5 of 5 but that's it. House fried rice 1 of 5 tasted like dust from a vacuum bag, boneless pork same thing 1 of 5 awful. Beef with bean sauce one bite and to the trash bin inedible 0 of 5. Crab Rangoon 1 of 5 if a Chinese place can't get this right shutter the doors. After what we had I'll be looking for the shutters next time by. Won't ever go back and certainly wouldn't recommend it. I would recommend another choice Stay away. read more

The online ordering process is poor. Placing an order is easy. Getting a call or text when your order is ready does not work. I had to call them to find out that my order was done. After all this it was cold and unappetizing when we got home and my wife had to microwave it. I understand the dine-in experience is pretty good, but don't bother with ordering online. read more

It's a very nice place inside and out always very pleasant great stuff great food great drinks the sushi is outstanding 100% read more

Chen's Garden - Table at chens - Chinese Near Me - Manchester, New Hampshire

The menu explicitly states to inform your server of a food allergy, the waitstaff and chefs should be well aware of the most common allergens in their dishes. I told the waitress that I have a gluten allergy. We review what I was interested in ordering and she assured me there was no gluten. When my order arrived I didn't see anything on my plate that lead me to believe there was anything containing gluten. However, as I ate the sushi, I noted a crutch and upon inspection I noticed tempura flakes. I asked the waitress and she confirmed with the chef that there was in fact tempura flakes. She told me all spicy crab roll contain tempura, as if I was supposed to know that. I have now have had a reaction for the last several days. Very frustrating. I reach out to inform the owner via email and did not get a reply. read more

Very good luncheon menu. Hot and Sour Soup was very tasty and the luncheon specials were as well. Generous portion and very reasonably priced. read more

Tried Chen's Garden takeout for the first time today because our usual Chinese joint is closed on Mondays. We were not impressed. The chicken fingers were over fried. The lo mein lacked flavor and was made with thin thin noddles. Not my favorite. The general tsos I couldn't eat. It tasted vinegary and was super watery. The duck sauce was too watery too. I don't get why anyone would offer that duck sauce. Gross. Fried rice was mediocre at best. Might be the worst Chinese we've had. Disappointed. Will not eat here again. read more

I prefer my chicken cooked. I prefer my drink prior to my dinner and I do not like to be ignored by my waitress while she is having laughs with the male clients. read more

Simply delicious! We ate here as a party of 4 on a week night. The food was great, service was wonderful and the restaurant was very clean. Some staple items are made a bit different than what we were used to such as rice noodles for the lo mein, but we enjoyed the change! At the end of the meal we collectively agreed that we had found our new favorite spot for Chinese/Japanese take out! read more

I just ordered here for New Years Takeout and the food was one of the worst experiences I ever have had.I know by the looks of the place they were extremely busy but in my mind this is not an excuse for garbage food.The house fried rice tasted like it was made three days ago.It was a carton of brown rice with chicken and beef shoved over the top and thrown in the container.I ordered three pu pu platters for two,big mistake.Everything was cold and very poor quality.The Crab Rangoon was the worst I have ever tried to eat. We ended up tossing almost all of this food .I am not usually a complainer but feel this warrants this kind of review.I should have known better than order takeout on a holiday but did not expect it to be this bad,buyer beware. read more

Chen's Garden thinks they are PF Chang's or something charging the prices they charge. $15 for orange chicken? Whew. The food here is mad expensive for Americanized Chinese food. To be fair, the restaurant is very spacious, well kept, and clean for a Chinese restaurant. The best Chinese food is from those hole-in-a-wall mom & pop joints though. I ordered the "Seafood in the Bird Nest" which traditionally is a bunch of seafood and mixed vegetables in a light sauce in a "bird nest" made of crispy, crunchy, fried noodles. Chen's Garden's version of the "Seafood in the Bird Nest" was the ultimate cheap version. The seafood was obviously not fresh at all. I don't need all the seafood to be fresh but if frozen, it should be some good quality frozen seafood. Some of the seafood tasted like it came out of a can or something. It wasn't good. The actual "nest" was NOT made of noodles. It was like a big, fried wonton wrapper. For $18.95 - it was not worth. Actually for $18.95 the seafood should be fresh and the portion size should have been bigger. Rip off. My friend got the pad thai and said it was really bland. Another one of my friends ordered a lemonade and when he got a refill the waiter made it seem like the refill was included in the initial charge but he got charged again for another lemonade. The wait staff definitely needs to be more clear when it comes to beverages. read more

Chen's Garden - Seafood in the bird nest - NOT WHAT A BIRD NEST SHOULD BE MADE OF - Chinese Near Me - Manchester, New Hampshire

I chose Chens garden because it looked like an "upscale" chinese/japanese restaurant. Nice ambiance. Food was absolutely horrible. Mind you, I may have ordered the wrong things off the menu; but I left feeling sick to my stomach. My party of three ordered shrimp tempura app, chicken wings, Peking dumplings and chicken fried rice. I understand we ordered fried food, but everything tasted just like oil from the fryer. The wings had no flavor and could only eat one. Dumplings were heavy on the dough and only good with sauce. The shrimp tempura app only had 2 shrimp! The rest were veggies?!?! When we asked our server what that was all about, he could not care less we were dissapointed even though we had disgust written all over our face. The two shrimp we did have, were MUSHY?!? Never in my life have I had mushy shrimp. Horrible experience, never again. read more

Chens is the best Chinese I have had in awhile! They have great attentive staff that get to know you. I have quickly become a regular!

Kind of expensive for the portions you get. Beer was really pricey. Food was just OK.

Always great food, super nice staff and delivered as promised! Lot of Chinese food around town, but there's is the go to if you don't want Re heated frozen food! read more

Excellent food. Service is also top notch. The atmosphere is perfect. You can enjoy a lively experience at the bar/sushi bar or a more personal visit at one of their tables. These folks really know how to make everyone feel welcome. I highly recommend the sushi. Fresh and flavorful. I ordered hot and sour soup. Very good although I forgot to ask them for the vegetarian option. That was on me. The rice was exceptional. The appetizers were very good. All in all it was a great experience. We will be back. read more

Take out was rediculous. Vermicelli noodles for lomein. Shrimp breaded in bread crumb for friend shrimp . I would never go back there

Doordashed this food because my Friend wanted beef and mushroom. I didn't order here before. The prices are hella expensive for fast food Chinese. And let's say I rather and should have ordered from Bamboo Garden like I knew I should have. They give it tiny white rice to go containers and the meals were the size of one from any Chinese food place. I got the orange chicken-It was soggy, chewy and not at all tasting like orange chicken. Her beef and mushroom she said-was not worth 20 bucks on its own. The crab Rangoon? Don't bother. Never ordering again. It wasn't worth 62 bucks for crap. read more

Mediocre food. General Gao's chicken was good. Lo mein was good not great. Fried rice was lacking flavor and missing ingredients, basically just rice they turned brown. Certainly not worth the price. read more

My husband and I ordered takeout Chinese Lunches today. The beef with mushrooms and shrimp in lobster sauce was fresh and delicious. The crab Rangoon appetizers were very good. The service was good for my takeout order read more

Thought we would give it another chance for sushi. Rolls are large but honestly all of it tasted the same....placed was packed with all the regulars which they seem to cater too. Sapporo on draft was the only highlight of the visit. read more

If you are going to own and run a restaurant then try and pretend to have a little interest in the quality. Fast food from the mall would have been higher quality. We have been eating here for 8 years and we literally just threw away every single dish except the sushi which was only alright. The wonton soup was a bowl of pure salt. Inedible- tossed. The shrimp friend rice had nasty dirty shrimp and who wants to eat that? Would they serve that to their family? Another dish- in the trash. Such a sad day when the restaurant cares so little about their customers. read more

Worst Chinese food I have ordered in Manchester. The chicken wings was very small and dry and the egg roll tasted like cardboard. I ordered lomein with my meal instead I got fried rice. The rice was starchy like it was sitting around for some time. I had no idea what kind of meat was in it which also was dry. The only thing that was edible was the crab ragoons but it was all cream cheese. Will never order from grubhub again from this restaurant. This meal was not worth the price I paid for it. read more

Extremely poor service, staff was rude and unhelpful. Food took way too long and wasn't even hot when it came out. Atmosphere of dining area was closer to a bus station than a restaurant. read more

Look at the size of this pupu platter. Are you out of your fucking mind? 30$ for this? We are splitting bites like 18th century peasants. You should be shut down immediately you clowns. read more

Chen's Garden - The 30$ pupu platter - Chinese Near Me - Manchester, New Hampshire

They always seem to get things wrong whenever I order, and when I ask about it being incorrect when I pick up they tell me that no, it's correct. Next time I'm better off opening the containers and saying it's not what I ordered. Further from that was was correct was not great either. Better off ordering elsewhere read more

Best rolls in Manchester. Only issue is parking can be tough during peak hours. Great place every time we go Also, great scorpion bowls. One more thing, they make the best crab Rangoon in town too. read more

I gave this restaurant five stars last month but today unfortunately, I couldn't rate it that high. I ordered a combo meal for $12.95 and it didn't even come with fried rice! The rice was $9.95 more and that's just plain rice! Everything was cold and the rice had a kind of fishy taste. It's going to be a while before I come back. read more