Chinese food prepared quickly and served hot. The location on 36th Ave is among a cluster of other restaurants extending several blocks along the LIC-Astoria boundary line, a veritable restaurant row. They've got a few tables inside but takeout and delivery are the way to go. I like to get lunch specials here on days when I'm busy working or want to indulge in some tasty eats. The prices are reasonable and the portions are huge. I had the general tso's chicken a couple weeks ago and the container was chock full of saucy crispy chicken and freshly cooked pork fried rice. Wonton soup, egg drop soup, egg roll, all good side options. I find the quality of the food here to be a bit better than the average neighborhood American Chinese spot. If you're a discerning connoisseur of the faster foods in life, you'll likely enjoy this classic cuisine, harkening back to happy childhood memories, the takeout aesthetic you see in old TV and film. read more

Rating: 6/10 Date Last Visited: 10/12/2025 I ordered a beef dish and Chicken and Broccoli Combination ($12) with Pork Fried Rice and soup. The chicken and broccoli was pretty delicious - the chicken was not dry and there was a good amount of vegetables that tasted great. The fried rice itself was good too. The beef dish was a little underwhelming, as there were only a few pieces of beef, which made me feel like I was eating most veggies with a side of meat. This is a very classic Chinese takeout place, so don't expect anything crazy. Since I live close to here, this place will definitely become a staple if I want takeout. For the price and quantity, this place is worth it. The service is decent and the restaurant itself is pretty small with a few tables, this is mostly for takeout. Overall, I would recommend this place if you want takeout near your area. read more

East Garden - Beef - Chinese Near Me - Astoria, New York

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Not worth a second visit. This is your usual grubby Chinese restaurant in Astoria with the sweet and sour source on the side. I will not be back. read more

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I've had a few other options between LIC/Astoria/Greenpoint area, and I think East Garden is the most consistent. Their food isn't overly greasy and always tastes fresh. Their delivery is quick, and the food is also well packed. I also appreciate that they put veggies in their fried rice as many places seem to omit that these days. My favorite items from them would have to be their ribs (you can actually get them broiled, roasted or grilled), chicken wings, house fried rice and their shrimp with broccoli. Their food is super good, so don't let the lack of reviews deter you. read more

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A typical Chinese fast food take out joint in Astoria that has the typical Chinese take out menu and east garden is more then typical in the quality of the food as grub is yummy . Stopped by before watching a few college football bowl games and I got a list from my boys but no money was included with the list . Let's keep it simple and follow the list , spare ribs , egg rolls , wanton soup, steam dumplings , chicken with mixed veggies , chicken fried rice , veggie low mein and thats everything on the list . Good size portions , prices are reasonable and final results, food is good and boys are happy . Will order again as college football bowl games are in abundance.4 stars on my yelp meter. read more

My coworker/boss decided to get some food from here so of course I wanted to try it after he raved about it. I have to see that the food is soooo good! The brócoli in garlic sauce was tasty and the brown rice cooked just right. I order the spring roll with it. It was a vegetable one that was seasoned just right and tasted fresh. Will definaltely order from here. read more

East Garden - Brócoli in Beef with Garlic Sauce w brown rice - Chinese Near Me - Astoria, New York

Have been going here since I was little and it's always consistently good! Great comfort food

Good Chinese food. They might be mean to you but that's expected. Good food that's all that matters

I had been going to this restaurant for a couple of months now because the food is decent but today I ordered the chicken and mushroom with garlic sauce and they left out the garlic sauce. When I called the same lady picked up the phone and denied that I ever said it, when I know I did. What pisses me off about them is that when they deliver your food they never give you exact change back. They always take it upon themselves to take a tip. I will not be going back to this place and I would advise anyone else go to the Chinese restaurant that's literally right down the street from this place. read more

Super large portions! The chicken wings here are the best around the area (if you're looking for something quick and cheap)! Super crunchy! The fries are soggy but you can always pop them in the air fryer. Crab Rangoon is okay (not enough filling) but super crunchy. The pork ribs here are sooo good!! Ask for barbecue sauce on it (they charge extra but so worth)! read more

East Garden - 14b. Fried Onion Rings 2. Fried Chicken Wings French Fries - Chinese Near Me - Astoria, New York

Amazing Chinese food. My general tso's tofu hasn't tasted this good in years. Every other restaurant is crap compared to here for the past 8 years. Now, I am comparing to the Chinese restaurants in Arizona cause that's where I've been living for that time frame. But as a New Yorker, I approve of this spot and give it the official thumbs up and go get you some now!!! Clean restaurant, great food and they have a teenager working there that speaks perfect English. read more

East Garden - Half way through my General Tso's tofu - Chinese Near Me - Astoria, New York

Ordered delivery from East Garden for the first time this week and giving four stars because while nothing amazing, it was what I was hoping for in finding some decent, cheap Chinese takeout. My General Tso's tofu wasn't spicy as it said, which was a bummer, but was otherwise really good and fresh. I also got a side of cold sesame noodles -- these were a huge serving for the price but pretty dry and bland. Delivery was on time! read more

Service quick and the Chinese food is usually good quality. Been eating there for years

This place is truly a disappointment. Tried it twice just to make sure that i wasn't being fooled. Ordered two separate times and both times I wasn't impressed. The first time I ordered, I got the shrimp in lobster sauce. Boy, oh boy, it was straight up liquid, it wasn't even sauce. It was just water. Second time, I ordered sesame chicken thinking this was safe to order because it's one of their popular times. Nope. Chicken was drenched with sauce and the meat was too rough. Yes, it's "Chinese" fast food but come on, the food is not even good fast food. So the verdict is, I would avoid this place. read more

East Garden - Hand painted menu sign. - Chinese Near Me - Astoria, New York

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Make no mistake, regardless of all the 5 star ratings, this is the usual mediocre pseudo-Chinese food that is prevalent in NYC. This was my first time ordering. It came quickly and the delivery guy was very nice. But they forgot to include the rice, which renders the entree pretty much useless. I called, and after a lot of confusion on their end at the concept that the rice was not in the bag, they agreed to send some. That rice never came. This was my first and last time ordering here. read more

I've been coming to East Garden for over 10 years. I moved out of the area and anytime I'm back I make sure to make a stop in here. I typically order fried chicken & fried rice. However, the chicken & broccoli and BBQ spare ribs are on a completely different level of greatness. It's amazing to see this business withstand the test of time. Stop in and give it a go! read more

Hands down, the best Chinese delivery/carryout restaurant in the area! Killer prices, superstar service and yummy food - what else could you ask for from a delivery/carryout restaurant? I usually order from the "Health Food" options and it's less than $7.00 for oodles of steamed veggies and chicken/shrimp with a pint of brown rice! Unlike other establishments, they use large juicy plumpy shrimp! Also, their egg drop and vegetable bean curd soups are fairly good. Shockingly, their Tostones taste decent, however, their French Fries are no bueno. As for the delivery service, it is fast, the food is packaged with love and the delivery man is super nice. I've only been in the restaurant once, but the workers were very nice as well. read more

East Garden - Steamed mixed vegetables and chicken - Chinese Near Me - Astoria, New York

I always order take outs from East Garden. Nice portions, tasty and clean. Fast service also. Typical Asian cuisine . I recommend this place. read more

A true Chinese restaurant will be have plates priced between $4-8. Any higher, then it's probably a franchise or not really Chinese. This restaurant has the correct pricing. The menu is listed along the top and the day I came here, the covered the old prices with pink sticky notes. They actually lowered the prices of certain menu items. The Shrimp Lo Mein was only $5.40. The Beef & Broccoli was lowered from $9.00 to $6.00. This is an assumption: they might be lowering prices of things they need to get rid of before the ingredients expire. The portions are good, especially for what you pay. One plate can get you pretty full. read more

East Garden - Shrimp Lo Mein. I paid $5.40, but price probably changes during the year. - Chinese Near Me - Astoria, New York

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Food was barely edible, became completely turned off when the top of the sodas looked they were pulled out of someone's brown eye. Thought it couldn't get worse but after washing the top of the soda can off and opening it noticed it didn't taste right, checked expiration date and noticed it had expired 8 months ago. The chicken in my rice looked freezer burned and the shrimp looked disgusting, didn't even eat half before throwing it out. Never again, to avoid potentially getting sick don't ever risk that place. read more

East Garden has the best Chinese food in the area. They have many options for affordable prices. Selection is big. Ordering one large entre will leave leftovers for the next day! The food is delicious. In the past I've provided strict instructions for my order and they've obliged. I called in once and the person on the other end was very considerate regarding my dietary needs. Positive experience from that, and I didn't worry as much if they understood my instructions. They did and they followed it. With consideration, this restaurant deserves 5 stars. read more

Amazing! From out of town visiting family and there are no decent Chinese places. This place by far is the best in Astoria. Food: beautifully seasoned, a great variety, and not overly "Americanized". We had the steamed dumplings (flavorful), house Lo mien, beef lo mien, and chicken fried rice. The only item that we did not enjoy was the chicken fried rice. No flavor and little to no seasoning. I'm pretty sure they rushed on that item because they forgot to make it (which was okay because I wasn't in a rush but I get the hurry). Crab Rangoon oh my gosh!!! The best! Perfectly fried and the filling WOW!! The young man who helped me at the front was polite and helpful. All in all I will be making this location a regular eatery read more

Good food. Would definitely come back for high quality Chinese food. From a native New Yorker.

This is my go-to Chinese takeout place. Everything here is excellent. I've been ordering here for years and I've never had a wrong order or anything less than hot, delicious, filling food. They are open late, have great lunch specials, and really speedy delivery. I especially love the sesame chicken, hunan chicken, ma po tofu, mei fun noodles, egg rolls, and spare ribs. You can get 2-3 meals out of one order, and everything is super flavorful. This is a great NYC Chinese takeout standby, and the best for sure in Astoria. read more

I love this place, I usually get food from here through seamless once a week! Hands down the best Chinese in Astoria! I've tried many other places and now I find them repulsive in comparison to this one! read more

We ordered food two and a half hours ago and it's still not here. They've lied to us every time we called claiming it went out "ten minutes ago." Seriously unprofessional. Stay away. read more

Cheap, fast and tasty Chinese delivery open till midnight seven days a week. When a craving struck, we ordered a few combo plates (prices range from $6.85 to $7.40), which come with fried rice and your choice of one of the following: wonton soup, egg drop soup, hot and sour soup or an egg roll. Delivery arrived in less than 30 minutes and all of the food was piping hot and less than $30 (with a generous tip). This is definitely a solid choice for take out! read more

Pros: Lots of options, portions are hungry hungry hippo sized, cheap prices, open later on NYE, food was adequate, friendly people Cons: one dish was wrong (we ordered chow mein and it was cabbage and rice), restaurant address needs to be updated (hard to find) read more

This place is my usual go to for better than average Chinese food. The flavor profiles are usually on point and the portions are great, especially at their prices. The only reason why I'm not giving them 5 stars is because their delivery staff could use some humility when making deliveries. One delivery person tried to basically deny giving me my food because he wanted the $5 tip in cash and not made online. read more

It's not the greatest Chinese food I've ever had, but then no take-out place can ever come close to the late great Lums of Flushing (may it rest in peace), which forever ruined me for any other Chinese food, *especially* take-out. That said, this place delivers on quality of food, and while some dishes are a bit ho-hum, the ones that deliver (pun intended) really deliver. Tops for me are the Singapore Mei Fun and the Young Chow Fried Rice, which we order every time. First time I saw the YCFRice I thought something was wrong as it lacked the traditional golden/yellow color of typical Chinese fried rice. It was white. And great. I now try to hide the container when it arrives to keep cavone #1 away. But here is something that might put these guys over the top if you're on the fence: customer service. Yes, I said it. I often order online at GrubHub (these guys are not on Seamless, jot that down) and they "do not deliver" to my home according to GrubHub. So I take care of the transaction online, wait 5min and call them and they happily deliver my order. So I can use my credit card and get my delivery. Nice. But that's not so much good customer service as plain good business. Where the good customer service comes in is when you call they speak English. So far, every one of them. Not perfect English, mind you, but completely functional English. That's a treat. But wait... there's more... Often the "free" items (spend $20 get this free, $30 get that free...) seem to get lost in the online ordering translation. Or the occasional order gets screwed up. (note: they've never *not* sent me something, but have on occasion sent the wrong item.) So what do you do? You pick up the phone, tell them that this is missing. or wrong, or they sent you free soda instead of free fried rice, and what do they do? Most every other place that I've ever dealt with (admittedly this is not an every-order event) says in their worst broken English "...you tell me again when you make next order..." and expect you to a) remember to cash in the next time you order (I never remember) or b) give up and let it die. I get that they don't want to send their guy out just to bring your pint of free fried rice. Or free soda. Or whatever. 1 item. Waste of time. I get it. But East Garden sends the guy, and not 70 minutes later, but then and there. He delivered missing/correct items ten minutes after the call last time. 10 minutes! TLDR: East Garden's food is a solid 7 out of 10 (some dishes higher, nothing I've tried lower), and consistently so. Their customer service and delivery time is a 9. You do the math. read more

Helping my daughter move to Astoria, we found a menu on the doorstep of her apartment building. Good thinking. Chinese. I picked up the phone and ordered from their very extensive menu, very easily, I might add. They delivered in less then 30 mins. and the food was great and very hot. All came to $30., with tip, for the 3 of us. Would do it again. Great takeout. read more

Favorite Chinese food, wings were perfect and crisp. Beef and broccoli really good too

I've ordered from here a few times and it's completely hit or miss. All fried food I've had from this place has been nearly swimming in oil. The rest has been okay for the most part...but after two times (due to lapse in memory) of getting sick from eating their food, I can't recommend this to anyone. read more

Wanted to try this new takeout out and ended up with nothing but disappointment when we got our food. Both the lo mein and beef chow fun (looks nothing like the photo we saw from another Yelper) were soggy and bland. It takes a lot to mess up lo mein as this is a basic dish. All it takes is the sufficient flame to stir fry the noodle. They tasted like mixed soggy noodle not stirred fried lo mein the way it should. The chicken tasted funny also ...yuck. This is my first and will be my last. read more

They're pretty good. But whatever you do, just don't order the 1) pork steamed dumplings - which literally had a skin to filling portion of 9 to 1. Skin also tasted like frozen dough and more or less had the bite of a Hershey's bar. 2) Young Chow Fried rice, which was a) not fried b) sticky rice? If I wanted Japanese style fried rice, I'd order it in a sushi takeout bro. 3) Onion rings. Half soggy, half crunchy. Small, boring, supermarket style. Oh wait. That's everything I ordered. Ah well, better luck to you perhaps. read more

First and foremost, it is absolutely possible East Garden has created a network of fake yelpers to spread the lies of Mao, himself. 715PM we hastily order our first Chinese food in our new LIC residence, and low and behold we find that East Garden has decent reviews, so we engage. 820PM our "food" arrives. We unpackage the items that were labeled to be Sesame Chicken, Dumplings, General and Lemon Chicken to find that they themselves may have been hijacked and replaced with other grub/filth/Nast that we had just tipped some butthole $5 to deliver to us. At this point, I'd tip him another $5 to get it the hell out of here for us if he was still outside our door. Please, for your own sanity, don't order this filth - find something under the Queensboro Br. to eat tonight instead. The peach snapple was delicious, though. hothotheat read more

Our go to place. The food is consistently good. The restaurant is following Covid protocols and are safe in handling food.

I've only gotten delivery from here but it's usually delivered fast. Food's been good for me, have tried it only once.

Ordered from here while in town for vaca. The food was OK. Quick, fast delivery. You get a TON of food for CHEAP. Dirt cheap! They also have no sodium options, which works real well for me, being on a restricted diet. The food wasn't too bad. They did the job and fed my stomach. Can't be mad at them, right? read more

Great at specific things. My go-to items are APPS: steamed shrimp dumplings, crab rangoon, Soups: wonton, hot sour; Mains; chicken w string bean, happy family, seafood delight, Ma Po Bean Curd, singapore chow mei fun. black bean sauce chicken One of my friends stops here every time she visits me.She lives on the UWS, but says the food here is better than any Chinese in her neighborhood. read more