Our to go place when visiting El centro We travel about 4 hours and that's our first stop, their salt and pepper chicken are the best and also their sweet tea, we also stopped on our way back home, yes it's that good. We been going there since they opened their restaurant. Big portions, very flavorful. read more

Was hankering for some Chinese & Fortune Garden got the nod this afternoon. Ordered Personal Combos #1 & #4 and hurried home to grub. We were just starting on our meals when I heard my wife make a weird sound. I looked up and she was pulling a 6" long hair out of her mouth. Dinner was definitely over & those take-out containers went right into the garbage. I don't care how that hair ended up in my wife's food, just that it was there. That was freakin' nasty! For those that say the hair belonged to my wife, nope. We did not take the food out of the containers to eat. This is another local eatery that will never see our business again... ever. read more

It makes sense for a large family group to spend time . But if you're looking for quality of Food I do not recommend. We order BBQprk and it was almost impossible to bite through. Zero taste of bbq, dry and cold. (You can tell it's been reheated multiple times). The kung pao chicken is not at all as it should taste. Tasted like vinegar mixed with extra spicy sweet and sour, majority of plate was celery and carrots. And peanuts tossed on top .Fried rice was missing so much seasoning and garlic as well as the chow mein. Zero flavor just oil . We left with my lips tingling itchy which never happens. read more

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It was our first time here. A colleague and I came here to eat after work - late lunch, early dinner kind of thing. We ordered our food from the "lunch menu". The food came between 5-10 mins considering it was starting to get busy. They give pretty big portions that we packed our leftovers for tomorrow's lunch. It's a decent size restaurant to eat in. The service was good and the food was "ok". You can come try it out for yourselves and see what you think of it. Thank you for taking the time to read this! read more

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Whenever I'm in the valley I like to stop here for Chinese food. The jumbo noodle soup is great and it's the best one is when spicy. The salt n pepper fish is one of my favorites too. The service can be hit or miss but that's every spot i feel. read more

Currently waiting 35 minutes after time they gave for pick up. Pretty horrible even considering it's the Imperial Valley. No words from staff. No updates. Maybe they can make it under an hour late. We'll see. read more

Best Chinese food in the valley ! I love the shark fin soup and the Mongolian beef is amazing

Once a year I come to El Centro for work. It is so great to stop by and eat the Duck Tha I LOOOOOVE IT!!!!! Thanks a lot fortune Garden. Delicious... excellent service read more

Fortune Garden - Wonderful Duck. No habia comido Pato en muuuuchos Años - Chinese Near Me - El Centro, California

Kung Pao CELERY???? Wow!! I have had kung pao shrimp..in many many different places... but it has ALWAYS had green and/or red peppers ... this one had. NONE! But in place it had celery ! And LOTS of it! Maybe there was 5 carrot pieces also and some onion... HUGE HUGE portions .. They definitely need to downsize the quantity and increase the quality. I Ordered also ...1/2 order of chicken fried rice that went to waste as it was entirely too much and I was traveling thru so it had to be tossed I believe it was a full order.. it HAD to be!! I really am not one who usually complains about large portions, but this was over the top and decreased the quality of the food with all that celery !! I won't come again as the flavor was weak AF .. Kung Pao is supposed to be spicy!! Like HOT and this had very little spicy -ness to it! 1/2 order of chicken fried rice (that was a 5 at best) One order of Kung Pao shrimp ( almost all celery) One order of wontons (soggy because they did not vent the Styrofoam container, and the steam made them go soggy ) was $46. Fortune Garden was Fortune Garbage! read more

Fortune Garden - Kung Pao Celery??? - Chinese Near Me - El Centro, California

Really bad service, as soon I entered they sent me to the wrong section no Wonder they didn't serve me for a long period of time . read more

Fortune Garden - I didn't order sweet tea. - Chinese Near Me - El Centro, California

great food service was ok ambiance was satisfactory prices were a little high but the food made up for it

All the times I have eaten here I have not had a single issue food quality-wise and I find the dining area nice and clean (they tend to clean tables right away or any spills/accidents) but it can get congested and crowded at times on their busy days. I recommend calling on the phone to see how long is their waiting time before getting takeout or catering services for bigger parties (their food tends to be plentiful and there's usually leftovers when we order from these guys ). read more

Great Chinese food. My wife is from the Philipines and she loves Chinese food. She is a great cook, and this is one of only 2 resturants in the area she will eat. read more

Great food great service and comes with a great price for here in the valley. Wouldn't recommend anywhere else for Chinese food but here.

This place is a legit modified good Chinese food restaurant. The service is good. The ambience is busy usually. But I think that's a good thing. Whether you dine in or are picking up takeout chances are it it's gonna be consistently a good experience every time. read more

We've been here one time before and returned because the food was good. Unfortunately this time the service was horrible and the waiter (Pedro) was one of the rudest waiters I've ever encountered. When called out on our wait he proceeded to argue with the entire table and put the blame on us. He continued to argue until I stated that it was enough. He was so disrespectful to my elderly family members. I won't support a restaurant that allows their employees to treat customers like crap. read more

Fortune Garden - Disrespectful waiter - Chinese Near Me - El Centro, California

Great food and great service! My favorite Mexicali Style Chinese food on this side of the border. read more

Absolutely love the pan fried chicken here! And the bbq pork! The special wonton soup is also a fave! One of my favorite places to go for Chinese food! There's a reason they are always busy! read more

Fortune Garden - 64. Pan Fried Chicken (Hot & Spicy) - 1/2 Order - Chinese Near Me - El Centro, California

Have always enjoyed coming here because their meals are excellent and plentiful. Have never been able to finish a lunch plate because you get so much food! Some may complain that their broccoli was overdone but you just have to learn how to order. If you like your broccoli crunchy then ask for that. I have had one lousy waiter but i looked around & saw whose waiting on their tables. That's when I found the best waitress. The type that watches her tables & is not overly attentive but is their when you need something. Ask for Maribel even though you may not be seated in her station she will still attend you. There's nothing worse that getting a lousy waiter but you won't find that in her. read more

Fortune Garden - (M) Mongolian Beef (Hot & Spicy),Egg Roll and Pork Fried Rice. I subbed for the chicken chowmein, as I'm not a found of noodles. - Chinese Near Me - El Centro, California

Food was delicious but the pineapple orange chicken was cold. Service was TERRIBLE except for ONE lady who was hustling around doing OTHER waitresses jobs. Sadly there was no name on the receipt of my waitress nor the lady who was doing a great job. Place was decently clean, but other than that this place is a 2/5 overall. read more

This place used to be the best! Ate here every week or 2 for 10 years. But what a waste of money and time now. I ordered take out on 11/01/2023 at 6:30 pm. Vegetable shrimp, Mongolian chicken, and vegetable chow main. The veg shrimp had little flavor but the shrimp were large and vegetables plenty and fresh. The chow mein had plenty of fresh vegetables and cooked enough to have some crunch but tender at same time. But, it too, was almost tasteless and to eat it I had to add soy sauce and hot mustard, which until recently I never had to do with their food. The Mongolian chicken was horrible! It was dry and tough and flavorless. Totally inedible. I called the resturant to complain and the male owner said "there is nothing I can do about it now, but how about I promise to give you excellent service next time you come in?" I said "how about you make me another order right now and I bring this chicken back to you". After some discussion with his wife, he agreed. When I returned, the female owner was at the counter and did not acknowledge me for several minutes. I finally told her my name and she said my order was being prepared. A few minutes later the male owner comes out of the kitchen, plops my order on the counter in front of me and walks away without saying a word. In turn I plopped the chicken I was returning down on the counter in front of the wife and walked out with my new order. I did have some of the new Mongolian chicken and although it was not as dry and tasted better, it still was not as good as it should have been. Their quality of food and service have gone down hill and after eating here the last 3 times and receiving tasteless food and now bad service with attitude to match we will never go back. We threw the food away. Just looking at it made me sick and angry as we just couldn't eat it after such an horrible experience . The wait staff all look stressed, rushed, and ill at ease. I recommend you check out the Face Book page called rants and raves of Imperial Valley to read all the negative reviews of this resturant . Avoid. Avoid. Avoid. read more

3.5/5 stars We have tried every Chinese restaurant in El Centro and were going back to the first one when a friend mentioned Fortune Garden! We drove home from San Diego and decided to try it for lunch. The Yelp reviews are scary-food is good but service is horrible. Well, lunch is safer than dinner so not to eat much if the food is meh. We used the GPS to find it and found the turn but not the place. There's a Johnny Carino's and a Chili's. And then we see this beautiful stone brick building and light shone down on it! It is modern and nice. Hope sprung! We got there a little after noon and there were quite a few cars already and more coming in behind us. I hurried out to snap my Check in Photo and go in to get our names in. No wait! We get a nice booth and they take our drink order and leave menus. The place is huge and it was pretty full with many families already. There is a good sized parking lot which is good because this place gets busy! But so far, we were not seeing what all the talk of poor service was about. We were helped immediately by the hostess with a smile. The menu is good sized with lunch specials and family meals and then the regular entrees. Cool, we see quite a few things we like. Our server came by to bring water with lemon (our drink order) and took our order since we were ready. We had the Lunch specials because we weren't that hungry. My husband chose C-chicken Chop suey with BBQ pork and fried rice and I selected J-Fish in black bean sauce with an egg roll and steamed rice, my request, instead of the fried rice. We kept seeing giant plates of food going around to tables and it looked good. They brought out small plates but we ordered just the lunch special which isn't usually family style. Then our order came. It was good sized amounts of food. Plenty for us for 2 meals. I took the egg roll off the top so it stayed crisp. It was good-no meat but it had good flavor. Even my hubs liked it and he usually doesn't like anything but the big greasy ones with pork like he would get in New York. Next time, I will see if they have a dipping sauce because the red bottle on the table next to the hot mustard was more of a BBQ sauce. It was unusual with the hot mustard I put in it and dipped the egg roll into. The chicken chop suey had really good flavor and unlike the other places, actually had quite a few chunks of chicken. Not a lot but better. The fish was lightly coated and in a good black bean sauce. Maybe not the best I've ever had but I would definitely order it again. The fried rice was just ok-brown sauce on rice with, what I guess are, frozen carrots & peas. The steamed rice was the better choice. Overall, we are thrilled. The service was excellent-and they were extremely busy. Our server, Lupe, was wonderful and checked on us to be sure all was good and bring to go boxes. Other servers refilled water and the young man bussing tables was wonderful to take my plate with the BBQ sauce-hot mustard experiment and give me a clean one. As I told Lupe, this is our spot. I have to admit, I was losing hope to get decent Chinese without driving all the way down to Mexicali. But Fortune Garden brought us the fortune of good food. I definitely recommend it and we will be back for dinner and to try new things. We held off giving a 4 stars until we try more things but from the looks of it, that will be soon. Great service from all. Thanks! read more

Fortune Garden - Chinese Near Me - El Centro, California

I did not like the food last time I went. Food was dry and bland. It was also expensive for the quality food you were getting.

Eh. It was ok. The service was slow. The food wasn't the greatest. There was no sake.

On Feb. 18 I ordered for take out a full order of sweet and sour pork. I don't know if I had this meal before but I was expecting fresh just fried battered pieces of fresh pork tenderloin with bell peppers, onion and pineapple. I got home expecting a delicious meal, I opened containers and found old battered pieces of what the restaurant calls pork.I tried to find the bell peppers, onions and pineapple. I found 4 pieces of large chunks of pineapple so hard that I had to cut them in real small pieces to be able to swallow them. I'm going to save the portion that were left because it was imposible to eat them and maybe on Wednesday Feb. 21 I'm going to take them back abd possibly beg for a $25.00 refund(amount reflect Gas to and from, to and from. P.T.S.D and pain and suffering read more

I've been coming to this place for many, many years. It was always okay, however, this last time, it wasn't. The server wasn't very attentive and the food wasn't all that great. We had to wait on our server a lot and even had to get up and ask for her. They brought my mom's coffee without sugar or cream. By the time the sugar and cream was brought, the coffee was cold. I will say that the quantity of food is good! Don't know if I'll be back. (Got the special soup, and package #1 for 5 people, which had 2 rice plates, chow mein, beef & broccoli, egg rolls, sweet n sour chicken.) read more

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I ordered To-go the lunch special, (B) Beef and Broccoli, substituted BBQ Pork for Fried Shrimp (you can also substitute the fried pork rice for chicken chop suey in case you don't eat pork at all) and I got a Spring Roll order (4 pieces). Within 15 mins the food was ready. The spring rolls here are the best, not greasy and with a hint of ginger, the filling has a lot of flavor. Portions are big, this plate can be easily shared by two. read more

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I come almost weekly and the food is great .The price is good for the amount of food you get and the servers are very professional. Plus it's local owned which is always a plus . read more

This place has the worst to go service. Trying to get through their phone line is a nightmare and the last two times I've tried to place an order I've been told they are closed. The first time this happened was more understandable because their website says 7:30 and I tried placing a to go order at 7pm. I told them they need to change their availability on the website. It's been a while since then and I decided to try again today. I called at 6:00pm and was told they're closed. I again explained what their website says and it made no difference. On top of everything they are really rude and trying to get off the phone. read more

I go here all the time for lunch and have never had a bad experience. I always stick with the lunch Mongolian beef. It is inexpensive and a lot of food. The food always comes out super fast no matter how busy they are. Food has always been very good and the food my coworkers get always looks good and they love it. read more

Fortune Garden - (M) Mongolian Beef (Hot & Spicy),Egg Roll and Pork Fried Rice - Chinese Near Me - El Centro, California

I went to Fortune Garden and really enjoyed the place. The food was served nice and hot with a great portio

Foods amazing. We were having trouble ordering the lady on the phone was very helpful. It's always packed and they are always fast to serve you. It's also good read more

My first time eating at this place and for us food that we ordered are delicious. Service is good staff are friendly and our server always asks us if everything is okay and place full of customers. read more

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Hmm, I used to come here for veggie soup and white rice. Well, I asked for brown rice, but was sent back to the hotel with fried rice instead. When I walked back to return it, they looked at me like I was crazy since it was obvious that it was ME that was mistaken because if I looked at he fried rice, its obviously brown....ish. So, don't ask for brown rice unless you want fried rice. okay, fast forward to today. Huge, ridiculous portions of amazing looking food ...if only it had flavor. If this is what Chinese food tastes like without MSG, for God's sake, use some! Is it edible? Yes. Do you get your money's worth? most definitely and then some! My sister and I ate and [unfortunately?] have enough for another 3 meals for the both of us. I usually slather all fast food Chinese with Sriracha anyway, so the food being bland on its own doesn't really factor in so much. What DOES factor in though is the subpar service by seemingly unprofessional waitstaff (with the exception of this amazing server who wasn't even MY server, but showed amazing skill and took care of us when our waitress was no where to be found. Thank you, mystery woman with long, dark hair up in a pony tail!) Another factor? Finding a strand of hair imbedded into my steamed rice. tsk tsk. Food: My sister enjoyed the orange chicken...it was super sticky, crunchy, and tons of it. She also dug the beef chow mein, albeit it was a bit bland. I ordered fried tofu n vegetables and I requested they put in black bean sauce, which they accommodated me with. I have to say, they put in a beautiful mix of veggies: broccoli, carrots, snow peas, zucchini, halved bok choi pieces, shiitake mushrooms, and asparagus...delish. Would I be back? only if my group of coworkers are deadset on it, but I'll probably stick to their veggie dishes sans the white or "brown" rice. Why be back at all? Because unfortunately, there aren't many places to choose from and because of that, they can get away with this kind of food/service. Sadness. read more

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Food is good ! My favorite combination plate is letter H ..workers are rude & disrespectful ! Hard to get their attention since they go to the back by the register and laugh & talk away .. read more

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My go to spot when I am in town. Hands down the BEST chinese food. It's a family fav for us. The food is always fresh, quick and never have any issues. Favorites are salt and pepper fish and Mongolian beef! read more

I give this zero stars. By far the worst mexi/American CHINESE food ever. Pot stickers that are supposed to be pan fried are microwaved. Breading on all breaded food was rock hard. The pork in the fried rice was so dry it surely was from leftover. When our server came to place the bill, we told him exactly why are played were hardly touched. Our server made no mention of this to management so no alternative was even offered. Service is like an assembly line as the food is probably cooked ahead in huge batches. We HATED everything about this place. I don't think the locals & Hispanics know what Chinese food is supposed to taste like if they eat here. TERRIBLE TERRIBLE TERRIBLE read more

Love this place! If you think this is bad Chinese food you probably haven't been in San Diego For reals!

Ordered takeout from Fortune Garden today. Ended up buying chow fun, chow me in, Mongolian beef, orange chicken, and salt and pepper fish. As usual we were given large quantities and the food tasted good. The only reason I gave this a four out of five stars was the fact that the lady giving us our food wasn't very friendly. read more

The quality and taste of the food is average, sometimes not seasoned well so it's hit or miss ordering from here. If you're looking for fresh ingredients and good food, this is not the place to go. If you want stale food with horrible service, you found your new favorite restaurant! Be warned, the lady that takes the phone orders and charges customers is RUDE and spends her time gossiping instead of doing her job. If you ask for an update on your order she'll roll her eyes and give you attitude; please don't interrupt her socializing time! read more