Super clean place with a simple menu and great lunch specials. But I had to order the mu shu. Hard to find dish and theirs is fantastic. We also got pork chow mein which was great too. Nice family owned restaurant with parking! read more

May Garden - Chinese Near Me - Santa Rosa, California

Now under new ownership. I placed an order "to go" off the lunch menu. They would not honor what the menu said about the lunch special including a side of soup. He said it's only for dine in. It's a real shame too. I've been going there for 20 years or more. Angel was the nicest lady. I miss her. The new May Garden is no longer somewhere I want to eat at. And the service sucks. read more

Really good food. Service is excellent and cheerful. My go to place for Chinese food.

The sweet-and-sour soup was good and the potstickers were good. But the Szechuan beef was horrible all gristle.

We've been coming here for years. The food used to be really good now it has no flavor. The service is great the ambience they need to do a whole Nother interior makeover. read more

We love this place!!! My boyfriend and I eat here at least once a week and have never been disappointed. The owner is so sweet, personable and respectful. Always greets us with a smile and treats us like family. The food is amazing and always fresh. So many great options and modifications for vegan/vegetarian. Prices are very affordable and portions generous. Dining room is clean, tables and booths spacious, and overall welcoming. Highly recommend! read more

This restaurant is located in a shopping center with plenty of parking. I would recommend this restaurant for the delicious food. Every time I have ate here, there has been plenty of pick up orders but not a lot of people dining in. We always choose to dine in and the food always comes out fresh, hot, and quick. We have had the whole restaurant to ourselves two times in a row which is nice for a quiet dinner. The people who work here always are very nice and welcoming, even super funny! Hidden gem for great quality food and taste! I always order the honey walnut prawns and make it a dinner combo. The plate is served with 8 large battered prawns, with a delicious sauce. The batter at this restaurant alone is worth trying. The pork fried rice is very flavorful, smokey, and hard to stop eating. My partner always gets their spicy chicken noodle soup which is packed with veggies. The chicken wings are battered and very crunchy, would highly recommend. It's mine and my boyfriends new date night spot. read more

May Garden - Spicy Chicken Noodle Soup, Crispy chicken wings (8), eggroll - Chinese Near Me - Santa Rosa, California

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This place is one of my favorite restaurants. The food is delicious and the portions are really big for a great price. The potstickers are definitely my favorite. It's a nice quiet place. read more

May Garden - Spicy Chicken Noodle Soup - Chinese Near Me - Santa Rosa, California

Food was so so, to bad. Unlike any Chinese restaurants I have eaten at in Santa Rosa. Just NO.

$81 for two people take out is ridiculous, not that good will never be back WTF, have been here before the prices are Bullshit no one comes here anymore read more

Once again, we had a great dinner here. We always get friendly and engaging service and tasty food. We look forward to our next visit. The chow fun was a nice dish. My mom loves the honey Walnut prawns. read more

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I stopped eating here when I moved down south. I moved back, and the food is still as delicious as ever!!! read more

May Garden - Yummy food it was a great meal - Chinese Near Me - Santa Rosa, California

I've been here twice for lunch recently (Fall, 2024). I love this place! The food is absolutely delicious and the service at lunch is quick and outstanding! They are so warm, friendly, and nice. Both times, I ordered one of the lunch specials, and it arrived piping hot. I ordered the sweet and sour prawns, and chose the side of chow mein. The prawns were to die for, it was that good. Perfect flavor, succulent deep fried prawns in a coating, reasonable amount of prawns for a lunch special (5 or 6 medium-sized). I had to go back just two weeks later, the taste was so delicious. The only drawback is that the prices are a bit high for me.The prawn lunch special was $14.99? Other specials were $12.99. And both times, I thought I'd be full from all the food, which includes sweet and sour soup as part of the lunch special. But both times, I was starving at the end of the meal, and had to order takeout pork or chicken fried rice, which I had a few bites of before leaving the restaurant. So my bill was very high for lunch: the first time with 15% tip, around $32, the second time, I ordered brown rice with my meal, but that wasn't enough, so I also ordered the fried rice at the end. So the total with tip was almost $40. From now on, when I go, I must eat a really big breakfast and a morning snack before going, so I don't end up needing to order more than the lunch special. But I will go back, because the food is that good. Next time, I may order something heavier than prawns, such as pork, beef, or chicken, to see if that fills me up better. Thank you, May Gatden, for your delicious food and friendly service. Also, at lunch, they had almost all takeout business, so the restaurant was quiet, peaceful, no blaring music (a rarity nowadays, for a place that has modest prices), so it would be a great place for a lunch meeting for up to half a dozen people. Their national chain competitor has blaring music. It also feels good to spend at a locally owned business. And my takeout food came in paper boxes on request, instead of Styrofoam, which I really appreciate. Well done, May Garden! read more

I like to write reviews when I detect issues that people should be aware of. It's around 1 o'clock. They have a lunch special that goes till three. So I ordered an item on the lunch special which is about 10 bucks. And then I look at the receipt because I'm getting this to go. And it's 17 bucks. But that includes tax. I guess I should've checked first, that she was going to give me the lunch special. But she charged me the full dinner price. So I asked why is it so much & because I didn't specify that I wanted the lunch not the dinner she gave me the higher costing item. I did request brown rice. She told me that the lunch would not come with brown rice. So I would've had to cancel my order and re-order it again, and probably pay extra for brown rice. I did not want to deal with the hassle. But it also makes one frustrated. When one goes to restaurants and they have two different prices for the same item. And we one goes there during lunch and they charge you for dinner? One good point is the food is good. Normal Chinese American cooking. It's kind of a small portion. It will be what I would expect to get for lunch. So to pay extra for a dinner when I wanted lunch? In my opinion $17 is too much for this. read more

May Garden - Mugu guy pan and brown rice. - Chinese Near Me - Santa Rosa, California

Honey walnut shrimp ok, not as good as hang ah or royal China. Egg roll the best item delivered Pork fried rice ok not fluffy like others I've tasted. read more

We do not live on this side of town anymore so we are rarely near May Garden and honestly it hasn't been on our radar in years. However, we were recently near and decided to stop in for dinner. Wow! The restaurant was so clean and the staff was so welcoming. We received excellent service and the food, OMGOODNESS, was very fresh and delicious! We were told it is the same family recipes being used. As we left our 18 year old son couldn't stop talking about how good the food was, and hubby, who rarely gives restaurants a compliment (especially in Santa Rosa) was singing their praises. We will definitely put May Garden on our go-to for Chinese food even if we have to drive a ways to get there. It's worth it! We had the crab Rangoon and pork buns for appetizers, Mongolian beef, orange chicken and garlic noodles. Yum! read more

Sometimes, things that seem pricey at first turn out to be worth the price. Our first experience with food from May Garden was definitely one of those things. The "small" hot and sour soup was not only deliciously bright and balanced. It was also enough for my wife and I to have two servings each. The pot stickers seemed to have overly thick skins -- until we tasted the fillings. (The skins were only really too thick at the pleated folds. Which I still ate and enjoyed.) The combination rice noodles were cooked perfectly. They were also well populated by bits of meat, seafood, and veggies throughout. The steamed pork buns were tasty and fresh-tasting. The beef with mixed vegetables was another nice mix, albeit a bit garlicky for my wife's tastes. And the salt and pepper calamari could have used more salt and pepper, but was crunchy, tender, and not greasy at all. The standout dish we had, though, was the combination egg fu young. I have eaten and loved this dish since my childhood. This version may be the best I've ever had from a restaurant. I could almost imagine the swoons of those who first experienced the dish when it was invented in San Francisco as I enjoyed my first few bites of the May Garden version. Is May Garden expensive? Kinda-sorta. Is it worth it? No doubt. Treat yourself and check it out. read more

I wanted to try a new chinese food place and already regret it after trying one bite of each dish. The fried prawns look like they bought them at costco. I expected real battered and fried prawns. The Mongolian beef had a strange aroma, taste and chunks of raw jalapeno throughout it. Not appetizing. The fried rice was very mediocre. It just had eggs, beef and eggs and it tastes old. But the chicken chow mein was the worst. The noodles themselves weren't horrible (they weren'tgood either). But i actually vomited in my mouth after chewing the chicken because it literally taste rotten. I just spent over $50 on this food and am currently waiting for a pizza to be ready for pick up probably the worst chinese food I've ever tasted. The lady who worked the counter was nice though. read more

May Garden - Fried prawns, beef fried rice, chicken chow mein, mongolian beef - Chinese Near Me - Santa Rosa, California

We love this place. They are so friendly and the food is good. We like to get their soups on cold winter nights.

We order by phone two meals so I ask how long will be take they say 20 mins At the time I arrive I waiting 20 mins more my lunch is only 30 mins so is something to concerts because you asking approximately how long will be take so to the end I eat my lunch dinner until my next break Flavor is ok Place is clean But they need to May sure if who long will be take a order read more

Food is so good and tasty and great portions. Lovely and people there too! Highly recommend eating or dining out. You can feel the love!

Always delicious and fast. Always dependable . Must try , you won't be disappointed !!!

A friend wanted to go there for their birthday as it was a restaurant they used to like. By the end of the meal, the friend said, "Never again." (In all fairness, I have never been a big fan of this restaurant even back when it first opened. It has always been Americanized Chinese to me...and at this visit, only worse.) When we arrived , the man greeting us assumed we were there for a takeout order rather than actual customers. Since there was only one other party in the restaurant, I guess they assume that. Also, in very large letters at the front is a sign about a 3% surcharge. Since so many restaurants are now charging customers for things that used to be the normal costs of running a business, I asked what that was for. It had to do with credit cards. We were told to sit anywhere and were followed with menus. Man waiting tables was just waiting for the end of his shift and quite annoying. We ordered. It took a while, but the appetizer arrived. Soggy doughy crab rangoon. My friend was disappointed. I had expected it to be less than stellar. And then the wait. It became obvious that the takeout orders were given priority over the customer orders in the restaurant and there was no rhyme or reason to when orders arrived at the tables. According to the man waiting tables, there was only one cook. When the food arrived, the chow mein was basically noodles with a few shreds of cabbage and carrot and some chicken. My friend had ordered sweet and sour pork. Pork was good, but only three pieces of carrot, 2 pieces of green pepper, a few pieces of pineapple and some onion. My friend commented the size of the order was half what it used to be. My Mongolian beef was unlike any Mongolian beef I have ever had or had ever made. Never had it made with jalapenos and liberally sprinkled with black pepper. The waiter came over and commented on why we weren't eating it. When I told him it wasn't very good and the Mongolian beef was not really Mongolian beef, he just walked away. Why ask if you aren't going to satisfy the customer?! His relief came and he left. His relief brought the bill. I paid in cash. $70.00 for dinner and you leave disappointed. The worst part was my friend was disappointed on his birthday. So never again May Garden. (Yesterday, I took my friend to a Chinese restaurant I like a lot to make up for the bad experience. My friend really enjoyed it so we toasted to a happy birthday just a few days late. And, my friend has a new favorite Chinese restaurant that cost less and was more good food than we could eat in one sitting.) read more

5 Stars because they are consistently very good. Bottom Line You Do not stay in Business over 25 years... unless you offer Quality and Value I drive from Windsor ,,, and this is my go to for a take out read more

I've had take out a bunch of times from this place and always bee pleased! Their food is Fresh and Freshly prepared...NOT fast food Chinese! We had potstickers which were huge and juicy,Szechuan chicken, minimal batter, nice kick to it, chicken chow fun, all delicious and served 3! Prices are going,up everywhere, this place is comparable to like restaurants. Never had a bad dish here! read more

I choose to go to May Garden after reading the great reviews. But I was disappointed in some of the dishes we ordered. The mu su veggies looked over cooked at it was somewhat of a mush when eaten and the pancake was not served moist so it fell apart when rolled. Usually the pancake is served in a special container to keep it warm and easy to work with when filling. The coconut shrimp had a lot of sauce on the plate and the shrimp was also over cooked. Fried rice was good......... read more

May Garden - Chinese Near Me - Santa Rosa, California

Possibly the worst take-out Chinese food I have ever had. What wasn't tasteless tasted funny.

Terrible food. Ordered dinner for our family of 5 chicken fried rice ( chicken tasted really old ) Chicken mein chicken and noddles tasted really old, beef Schezuan ( tasted like a soggy mess ) terrible. Orange chicken was also a soggy mess. Although I love to support our local restaurants I will never go back to this one. Waste of $70. read more

Best Chinese food ever! Tried garlic chicken and omg so good. Everything taste fresh. Amazing spring rolls.

The lunch portion changed and it's a lot less. My dad used to bring us here when we were little. The recipes changed as well. They used to have the best moo goo gaypan and it was the only place I ever went for it. Went in and now it's a brown sauce and it tastes like something completely different. Safe to say I won't be coming back :( read more

May Garden is a typical clean chinese restaurant. it was empty at 1ish. comfortable, nice ambience re decor. Sampling:4.99 lunch special , kao bao chicken or lemon chicken with either rice or chow mein noodles *kung pao chicken, -fried breaded chicken cubes kind of dry, onions, diced bamboo, and celery in a vinegary sauce, not a spicy hot sauce. -chow mein noodles on the large size, kind of doughy, some "oiling" but not enough to make the noodles gourmet, just average. -semifresh food, passable, eatable. 2.5 stars -tasted like something i cooked decades ago. ( i was a meh cook). footnotes: -fast, courteious service- chinese lessons mandarin lemon chicken ning2 meng3 ji1 read more

Food is bland pricey and tiny servings. Won't go back. If you have to go here the pot stickers were good though read more

Unfortunately we threw all of the food we ordered away. My vegetable chow fun only had bok choy and chow fun noodles. It tasted fishy. I've had vegetable chow fun at multiple restaurants and this was just terrible. I'm a vegetarian so the fact my food tasted "fishy" it killed my appetite. My son order prawns and cashew dish and he spit it out. Unfortunately I ordered through Yelp and pretty much just threw $40 in the garbage. read more

Received through Grubhub. Ordered the sizzling rice soup with no meat and the cashew chicken dinner. It came to almost $40 which is insane. They forgot my sizzling rice for the soup (which was just zucchini) and the chicken was nasty and only had 6 cashews in it. Not worth it. Don't waste your time and money. read more

Very disappointed, I ordered 2- Steamed Rice , Homemade Egg Rolls, Mixed Vegetables and General Tong Chicken plus selected to make it a Combination Dinner (egg roll, hot and sour soup, and personal pork fried rice) for an additional $6.99. none of the combination part was included in the bag (Strike 1) it does not say anyplace on their website that when you order chicken it will be less because they place it on a bed of broccoli ( about 1/4 broccoli 3/4 chicken) ( strike 2). I order 2 steamed white rice and only receive 1. (strike 3) It is not difficult to get an order right when it is ordered online, order accepted and press print - Simple and the Price $60, To me this shows they DO NOT care about getting new customers read more

When I called in my order recently, the woman gave me the total and then said, "The VISA machine adds $1.53 processing fee. Is that OK?" to which I said, "Nope. Cancel my order." Nice try--the machine doesn't add a processing fee, the business owner does. In my opinion, credit card fees are the cost of doing business and not my cost, either. The food here is average but they are in my neighborhood and I used to order from there about three times a month. I won't be giving them my business until they stop this egregious practice. I have to put up with it from PG&E but there are too many Chinese food restaurants around to put up with it from May Garden. read more

I ordered twice about a year ago and was not pleased. I gave it another try ... Lets just say "Bad Decision" Portions are alot smaller than any other place around and it's either the same price or higher ??? Got the Salt n Pepper Calamari (tasted NO salt or pepper) and there was exactly 9 rings of Calamari "ARE YOU SERIOUS" tasted like the oil it was cooked in. A waste of $10 basically. Obvious they sprinkled it on after cooking it, pepper was visual but tasted nothing. I could recommend 3-4 other places where the portions double May Garden's - at the same price. NOT making another Bad Decision again read more

4 Stars = Great...it was our first time using DoorDash, and it couldnt be more simple. Thanks a lot for an easy experience read more

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May Garden has the absolute best hot and sour soup of any Chinese restaurant around! It's the only place I'll go for hot and sour soup. They also have great customer service, my food was ready for pick up on time and it was hot! I recommend it to everyone! read more

The food is way over priced for what you get. The sweet and sour chicken or any battered meat is mostly batter with a tiny piece of meat in it. It's not very good. I prefer more meat then batter. Plus I never feel good after eating here. I've given this place many chances, but that's it. I can't go back. read more