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    Chen's Garden

    3.2 (206 reviews)
    ModerateChinese, Japanese
    Open • 11:00 am - 9:45 pm

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    Casual
    Moderate noise
    Good for groups
    Good for kids

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    Sesame chicken lunch, you need to ask and pay more for white meat
    Eric R.

    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...

    Plate ordered, the stringy stuff looked to be fake seafood you buy for low grade seafood subs.

    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.

    $15 specially plate, 1 teriyaki beef stick and 3 chicken fingers........... literally any other Chinese good place is a better value.

    $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.

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    Ray E.

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

    Seafood in the bird nest - NOT WHAT A BIRD NEST SHOULD BE MADE OF

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    Tom & Sammy are the best. Food is excellent too. You won't be disappointed. Andy is great for sushi dishes.

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

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    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!

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

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

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    Chen's Garden - chinese - Updated October 2026

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