Dropped in on Saturday for lunch with my little guy. We both have a soft spot for good Chinese food and this was the closest spot Yelp suggested. We received a warm welcome upon entering and noticed a clean restaurant with a few occupied tables. We ordered two lunch specials and waited a few minutes before being served our beverages and a cup of egg drop soup. The lunch specials were good portions and we had enough for a second serving each. We'd definitely come back for lunch for their reasonable prices! read more

Lee's Garden Restaurant - Broccoli chicken lunch plate - Chinese Near Me - Marina, California

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Portions were generous and service was great. Awesome asian food I did have trouble fitting in the booth seating because I am a big guy so if you are big as well I suggest dining at a table read more

Lee's Garden Restaurant - Dinner Dinner Dinner B For Three Persons - Chinese Near Me - Marina, California

Came here after a long day at Monterey. My daughter was craving for some noodle soup and when that first spot ended up being a complete bust, I was blessed enough to turn the corner and stumble across Lee's Garden Restaurant. While the restaurant seemed bare when it came down to actual customers dining in, the flow of traffic for take out was busy. Not wanting to deal with any leftovers, our family of 3 decided on 3 items: Fresh Mushroom Beef Combination Fried Rice Sautéed String Beans [no spice] The food came out fairly quick and was 100% made to order. My little one had no choice but to be patient while we waited for her food to cool down. The rice was okay- the blandness was a bit much for my tastebuds. The fresh mushroom beef was great- cuts of beef were tender, the mushrooms were generous, and the flavors were well balanced. The green beans were tender and so very flavorful. These two dishes really helped with the fried rice. 4 stars. Lee's Garden Restaurant was just what we needed after a very long and eventful day. read more

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Popped in for order to go. Food was hot & very tasty, it traveled well. Ordered Pho & the broth was Amazing. Son allergic to soy, so their agreement to make fried rice with No soy, my son was Excited & said it was great! Service was quick & staff was friendly. 10/10. We'll return when back in the area! read more

Great food excellent ambience recommend for a relaxing family dinner. They've got awesome bags for shopping reasonably priced at five dollars, nice little bar section and plenty of drinks and kid friendly read more

Lee's Garden Restaurant - Custom bags, wonderful dining room great staff in plenty of kid, friendly menu items - Chinese Near Me - Marina, California

Really enjoyed their orange chicken. Its crispy & savory. Never had orange chicken like theirs. 5/5 The combination chow mien was 2/5. Not my favorite personally. Service was great, very attentive. And inside of the restaurant is very pretty and such a calm place. read more

Lee's Garden Restaurant - Combination Chow Mein - Chinese Near Me - Marina, California

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Food was amazing as it's been for years now. Amazing taste and a great value whether it's a lunch special or full dinner meal. Service was decent, but you can't really ask for much here. The only drawback is no soda machine. Cans to drink, but $3/ea is a bit much. read more

Yummy food! Fresh and delicious. My kids loved everything which says a lot. Customer was 100%

Clean restaurant, was seated right away, and had decent service. I've had a few black bean noodles around San Jose, and this is actually the best one I've had in terms of flavor. Adding chili sauce (the one in the jar) really elavated the taste. I appreciate the noodles and sauce coming separately because I was able to bring the sauce home and have a second meal over rice. Despite that, I can see someone finding the portion rather small if they ordered this during dinner time. read more

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Food was good, service was awesome, and overall just a great experience. Restaurant was clean, too. read more

Lee's Garden Restaurant - Shrimp Fried Rice - Chinese Near Me - Marina, California

This place is a bit hard to review. The ambiance is classic American-based Chinese restaurant. There's plenty of Chinese looking decor. The staff was nice and attentive but that may have been due to that at the time we were the only people there. The food is a bit harder to review as it didn't seem very Chinese. We received main dishes that had good ingredients but they weren't very "Chinese restaurant style" in presentation. My main dish was more a fusion of Chinese and some other style - Korean(?). There are regulars who came in for carry out so there's something but if you're looking for traditional Chinese food this may not be it. read more

Estaba rica y abundante la comida. Open late, lots of food to share, good flavor, clean atmosphere and quick service! Plenty of parking too. read more

Food was made to order, nice and hot not overly salty. Crispy duck has lots of tiny bone, seems like it was not chop properly. Service was great but food took longer to come out as more customers came in. Ambiance of the setting more for family style. Noise level is a little louder. The build seems more older so when you step in you can smell the carpet smell. read more

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Only reason why this place gets three stars is because of the service and for a few dishes. I get the salt pepper pork and it's fine and dandy but my uncle ordered curry shrimp and NONE of us went back for a second bite. Would 150% not recommend that. The salt pepper pork and mandarin chicken I would recommend. This place was beyond fantastic with the previous owner but since the change a few years back, it hasn't been the same. Try the two dishes I recommended to give it a go but as for the shrimp? FIRM NO. read more

Well..... My family and I would frequent this place on special occasions. We loved their seafood black bean noodles, spicy chicken wings, seafood noodle soup and many other dishes. I was so disappointed tonight with the quality. The seafood in the black bean noodles smelled bad and the tasted old. The chicken wings were out of a bag that was pre battered way in advance. The taste was definitely off. My mom had the Mongolian beef which I think was pork? Flavorless and the meat seemed old. The poor quality was very evident. On my way out, I kindly told the lady my thoughts and she basically told me they've never had complaints. Hmmmmm.... Ok. She was nice about it but I'm sure she knows what she's really serving. Don't waste your money and there is better Chinese food near by. Hopefully this was just an off day? Just sharing my thoughts. Good luck read more

This is the only place I get Chinese food from. They have the best egg rolls and the most flavorful food out of the local places I've tried. read more

Full transparency, we ordered: Almond chicken, Sweet & Sour Pork, shrimp fried rice, and pot stickers, along with a can of ginger ale and a can of Dr Pepper our total was $60. The portions are definitely shareable sizes. We didn't know that so we unfortunately ordered way too much. But nonetheless, the food was good. We will probably be back. The staff was friendly and the restaurant was clean and quiet. read more

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Good Food it's not oily or salty and great service friendly environment restroom also clean

Amazing service and food. A Must try for locals. Dim sum is very good too and good ice tea and lunch special and is theme nice china

A first for us. Arrived around 1pm for lunch. The waitress declined to seat us even though there were empty tables. She indicated that they were not providing in restaurant dining as they had a private party. We drove from Salinas and are regulars. Felt very disrespectful. Not sure we'll be back. read more

Always great. Not fancy. Solid and old school Chinese, Northern Chinese, Korean fare. Did I mention it's not fancy. Prices are great as well as the portion sizes. read more

This is it! Since Chongs Changed, and Chef Lee's too.... I have never found the right taste until Lee's! Perfect!

STAY AWAY FROM THIS PLACE! If I could give this place zero stars, I would. I came here about a month ago after golfing with my friends, as we usually do, but this time was the last. I had a couple eggrolls and wonton soup, and a few hours later, I was seriously sick. (Not the first time this place got me sick, my friend pressured us to go which was obviously a mistake). On top of that, the plates were dirty - the bottoms were sticky with a strange brownish-orange sauce, which was disgusting. The owner was rude, which we honestly expected due to her demeanor in our previous visits. She usually answers our questions like some drill sergeant. But this time was the last straw, she made faces at us behind her counter and started talking about us like we wouldn't notice. My friends all mentioned how uncomfortable she made them feel, and we're definitely not coming back. Obviously we come for the food not the service. But this time the food was even worse than the service which is really saying something. I'm telling everyone I know to stay far away from this place. It's just not worth it. Every single food item is extremely greasy. Plus, who knows how unsanitary it is behind that kitchen. read more

What Chinese food place on earth doesn't give you fortune cookies with your dinner? I went to tell them they forgot and it's closed at 3 every day. The dining room looks nice. No Chinese ham with the rice, just bland tasting pork strips. read more

The food has always been excellent and service is top-notch would recommend that restaurant to anybody that was interested in Chinese food

Tried the lunch special here! Wasn't really craving Chinese but I wanted to support this business! It was 8.73 (12 after tax and tip). I believe this lunch special was from 11:30-2:30. I got white rice and stir fried veggies! Not bad for the amount of food. Sadly no soup is available for takeout. The young lady helping me was very sweet and I appreciated all of the Covid-19 precautions the restaurant was taking. read more

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I was craving Chinese food so I knew I had to go to Lee's to pick some up. This is my childhood restaurant and they been around for a very long time. The service and food was great. I ordered: combo chowmein, combo fried rice, mandarin chicken (a must try at Lee's), walnut shrimp, vegetable stir fried, and salt & pepper pork ribs. The food came out hot and fresh to enjoy. Parking/Price: lots of parking in front and on the side. Their price was great for the portion it came with. I ordered a total of 6 dishes and including tax was around $80. Lots of food for that price. Can't wait to try more of their dishes! read more

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Ordered dinner from Lee's while vacationing. All the food was so flavorful and fresh! Definitely will be our go to place when we are visiting Monterey. read more

We haven't been to Lee's Garden for many years since they've changed hands. We decided to give them a try again with a couple of lunch specials. At 12.99 each, the portions were good. The sweet and sour shrimp was excellent. My son said the broccoli beef was good. Their veggie Chow mein was very flavorful. The egg drop soup and rice were a little different and wouldn't get those again. But we'll come back and try some things from their dinner menu. read more

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The service was great and I appreciated that they gave my toddler a special plate and utensils. The restaurant itself is clean and has very pretty decorations. The food was okay. Not the best I've had, but not the worst. It was very oily and only one of our dishes was hot. The garlic chicken had good flavor, but the chow fun was room temp and not super flavorful. read more

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I've only gone to the actual restaurant once (it's pretty big inside) but I've had the food delivered to me quite a few times. As far as food delivery, I've never been disappointed with the exception of one time getting fried rice that seemed to be bad. This actually also happened during my one visit (for to go food)...so I'm assuming their rice isn't freshly prepared. Other than that, I've always enjoyed the food from here. Service was decent when during my visit. I'll keep ordering from them read more

A friend and I were at Lee's three days ago. I'd had their food before and thought it was pretty good, but this time was anything but. A long wait to be seated, another long wait for someone to take our order...and it's not as though they were busy, only a few tables were occupied. (I guess that should've been my clue - it was lunchtime.) The food came pretty quickly, but that's the best I can say about it. The flavors weren't very interesting - fairly bland overall. And the amount of oil in almost every dish was truly shocking; even the fried rice needed to be drained. On the plus side, they did remember extra lemon for my water. Needless to say, I won't be coming back. read more

MENU AND FOOD: Lee's Garden serves a large variety of Chinese and Korean-inspired dishes, such as jajangmyeon (black bean noodles) and jjampong (spicy seafood noodles). SERVICE AND ATMOSPHERE: Service is quick and efficient. Their dining decor is appropriate and somewhat dated. They have plenty of indoor seating. PARKING: Located in a shopping plaza, they have plenty of parking. IMPRESSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS: My family had their sizzling rice soup, sweet and sour chicken, Mandarin spare ribs and kung pao chicken, all of which were nothing special. Their sweet and sour chicken had a pretty thick coating of flour relative to their chicken. read more

What is this, is this general chicken, it looks like a dumpling, please do better. Go to Albertsons and buy the frozen orange chicken looks 10x better. read more

Lee's Garden Restaurant - This supposed to be General Tso's Chicken, this look like a dumpling ,who is the cook fire them asap. - Chinese Near Me - Marina, California

Best Chinese food in the area. I've been coming here since I was a kid. I've tried other Chinese in the area but nothing has been better than lees! We typically order: combo fried rice, chicken chow mein, beef & broccoli, egg rolls. Never disappointed! read more

Good food and reasonable prices Varieties of Chinese foods . Lots of parking Restaurant spacious read more

Came here with my friend last night to get some jjajangmyun. We got walnut shrimp while we were at it and it definitely satisfied my cravings. The waitress here is the sweetest person. Made me feel at home. Would recommend to anyone who is craving Chinese Korean food or anyone who's looking for Chinese food with a little twist :) read more

Lee's Garden Restaurant - Jjajangmyun - Chinese Near Me - Marina, California

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Always my go to while in Marina for Chinese food. Everything on the menu that we've tried has been excellent. Fast service and reasonably priced. read more

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The best price for lunch specials! Also enjoyed their hot and sour soup! Will Def come back to try their bao and dumplings!

It was like having a second or third date after being "away" for maybe a decade? It was like the first time was so bad that you didn't think it was possible again BUT time creates an itch that you need scratched again and for some reason, in the moment, you find options limited and you *just* can't help yourself and call her again. Yeah, it's that kind of thing with Lee's Garden and I. It was that bad the first time (like if I reviewed then, it would a rancid rant) that I have avoided this establishment since. Eventual new management and such wasn't enough to lure me back in then BUT that specific moment came where I found myself unable to help myself and give this place another look. The previous snail pace was gone and the service far more attentive. These two I care less about but had to be mentioned because I can't name another time where I had to wait almost 40 minutes at a "Chinese" restaurant for a single item to show. (Note: good Chinese cooks set a really good example on speed because they work with fire not known to regular kitchens). Yes, it has changed since. There was attention and there was a decent pace on delivery of food even when the dining room was full. A world apart from my last experience. But as always, it's about the food. And since it's a "Chinese" place, it is far more about the food than anything else. It's Chinese right? Who gives a toot about service and such? "You here to eat, so EAT and get out so I can seat the next person who is here to EAT!" So here's the part that bothers me: why are your sides cold? (Duh, I know why and it's rhetoric). I applaud your prep and mise en place. I applaud the major leap in speed and delivery. BUT if my lunch shows up with the main ingredient being the only one *hot* and the others close to being colder than room temp, I have an issue with that. It's not the "danger zone" I care about (iron stomach here). I have an issue with the simple fact that as Chinese culinary foodies would say...everything had to be *HOT*. Why? *We* cook with jet engines blasting our woks. Lukewarm implies...leftovers (even if it isn't; it's what it impresses on our hearts when we taste the chill of death). read more

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