I love this place. Definitely my go to for take away! The crab rangoons, chicken lo mein, and broccoli & beef are amazing! I've tried a couple other things and they've all be great too! I think it's a nice family that runs it. Great price, great quality, delicious food! read more

Food is always spot on. I order via Grubhub and always get my food on time. I usually get the Hunan Beef but the beef and mushroom and beef and vegetables are great too. read more

After my usual place closed for retirement, I had to go to the other Oriental restaurant in town. Then they went on a 6 week vacation. So I was happy to find a great stand-in at Ming Garden. Counter person was super friendly, portions are great and the taste is amazing. May just make this my primary go to restaurant. read more

Very excellent service, hot delicious food. 6 stars. I have been coming to this restaurant for over 10 yrs and it has always been fantastic!

Very great customer service every time, great food selection very nice and reasonable wait on fresh food!

Really great dumplings, lo mein, and generals chicken. Carried out on a whim after driving past a few times and was not disappointed. Definitely a hidden gem and will be ordering from there again. read more

I am really starting to like this restaurant. Quite a few years ago, I had a bad experience with sketchy meat and poor taste and quality. I tried again and was pleasantly surprised. Meat that I could identify. ( I have managed food service establishments for over 15 Years) My food was hot fresh and ready in 15 minutes. I am a big fan of lo mein and theirs' was amazing. I included pics for you. The chicken was crispy and flavorful. I will order again! read more

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I've been eating here for a long, long time and I've never gotten ill from their food or served anything inedible or ever sketchy. I know that's a pretty low standard, but considering the shape and notorious lack of cleanliness associated with mom & pop Chinese shops I think that's worth a mention. There are about half a million Asian folks and an equal number of Asian eateries in Chambana. So there are certainly finer and more.....interesting joints out there especially if you aren't looking for "Americanized" food. But, this is always my first choice for carry out. Best dumplings, egg rolls, egg foo yung, generals chicken, sesame chicken, orange chicken and look mein I've ever carried out. It's consistent, tasty, always piping hot, a great value and always ready in "tin minit" read more

Lately, I've had a craving for Chinese takeout for lunch. After my previous favorite place changed hands several times, the food was no longer recognizable as what I had previously enjoyed. I'll settled into a rut of visiting nearby Panda Express locations. While the food was adequate, the cost seemed a bit high, which limited my visits. So, this summer, I've planned a bit of a tour of the local Chinese carry out locations. Ming Garden was my first attempt As I plan, in each case I will be ordering the same, favorite thing -- Sesame Chicken My Ming Garden experience was pretty good overall. The location was a bit hard to find and baffled both Siri and my cars navigation system. The restaurant is unassuming but the food was goo, hot, and fresh. For a lunch portion, the serving was a bit on the large side, but not by much. Lunch specials include a egg roll which was also pretty good. There was no question of the value. My only personal negative was the sauce for the chicken. It was not quite as sweet as I ahad come to expect and a little additional sauce would have been appreciated read more

Best Wok used to be my goto Chinese food place. Ownership changed and doesn't taste as good so I have been looking for a replacement. Green Jade is good...best dumplings in town, but decided to try Ming Garden as a closer option. For 4 adults, We got an order of fried dumplings, generals chicken, with fried rice, chicken in garlic sauce with white rice, veg lo mein, sizzling rice soup, wonton egg drop soup, and chicken chop suey with fried rice. Dumplings were ok. Generals chicken was average to below at best...no heat and the chicken was basically all batter. Chicken in garlic sauce was sautéed and had no flavor. Fried rice isn't your normal fried rice...it was just yellow rice? My wife got sick after eating the chop suey. No feedback on soups. Veg lo mein was good so if you must order, go with the lo mein. We won't go back. read more

I'm not a Beverly Hills trixie that likes to order off the menu at Spago, but I did want some scallops specially added to the normal Mongolian Chicken (trying to get a bit more seafood in me.) I made it clear while asking, that I understood I would be charged more money. The ten year old taking my order came back from the kitchen with a rebuke in tote of "no, sorry." It sounded like I asked them to calculate the intercept tangent of the derivative to a elliptical satellite orbit of Venus. The lobby was indeed dirty. The Chicken Teriyaki was too vegetable laden and bland. This is gringo Chinese that's not even pulled off right. Go to Green Jade up the road. Thanks read more

I placed an order over the phone and was told it would be here in 45 minutes. It's been almost an hour and a half and they aren't answering the phone. Will not be ordering from here again. read more

My husband and I found this tucked-away place by chance while driving by and decided to give it a chance. We each ordered a lunch special (only $4.55 each). For the food quality and generous portions, this place is inexpensive. The orange chicken was heavier with the orange than most other Americanized Chinese places, which was a nice change of pace from some others we've tried. The general Tso's (ordered extra spicy) was a little softer and heavier on the soy sauce than most others I've tried, but still quite good. My husband, having more of a taste for soy than me, found this a positive quality and liked it far more than most others he's had. The specials came with pork egg rolls and these were simply phenomenonal! They were very crispy and had distinct vegetable and pork flavor in the contents rather than the usual wilted salty mush found many other places. We'd also ordered some pork lo mein, which were on par. The fried rice with the specials was admittedly a little bit dry, but otherwise perfectly fine. About $20 for the approximately three meals each of good eats? We'll be coming back for sure. read more

NEVER CALL TO PLACE A DELIVERY ORDER!!! I've given this place two chances at making my order experience acceptable. Both times the same lady, who can barely speak English, argues with me loudly. I try to tell her my address is 1606, she replies 606?!? "NO 1-6-0-6!!!" This goes on for about five minutes and STILL both times the delivery guy called me while at the door of 606, so Ive had to explain to him the difference between 606 and 1-6-0-6!!! Then actually placing the order is ridiculous because of the incompetence of the order taker. It takes another 15 minutes to argue with the lady about my order and try to get it right. Then when thats all over she shouts at me "$28.95!!!" When, according to the menu they gave me, it should have only been $19.95. $9 DELIVERY CHARGE?!? I try to ask the delivery man why I was charged $9 extra and he tried to pull a fast one by saying "ooo new menu!" I told him the new menu is the same one i have and tried to go through our order with him adding it up with him while he mumbles "uuhhh chicken fry rice $2!" Which makes no sense seeing as its $4 on their menu and factored into my calculations He said nothing about a delivery fee and I finally got fed up and handed over $30 I asked him for a receipt and he handed me a piece of paper with Chinese written all over it that could have said "F**k You American!" for all I know I originally ordered from this place because of the decent prices but that was a LIE!!! I tried to give them another chance and they failed. I tore up both "new menus" they gave me and NEVER AGAIN WILL BE ORDERING FROM THEM! The food wasnt impressive enough to put up with their crap. If you want to order from this place I suggest physically going in, getting a paper menu, and circling what you want...but i havent tried that....they still might try to argue with you over price. And considering they ONLY do carry out or delivery they SUCK AT THEIR JOB!!! read more

Carry out or delivery only. Small basic business. Food was ready in ten minutes and was VERY reasonably priced. It was very good and tasty. Excellent value for the money. Will enjoy again. read more

I first discovered this hidden gem in 1994. I think the menu hasn't changed since. I'm positive it's the best kept secret in champaign. It's delivery or carry out only and I suppose that's one reason and it's kind of dingy inside but man the food is good. Not high brow enough for some I suppose but I hope it's here for another 20 years. Anyway give it a try. read more

Ming Garden - Mongolian beef tastes great more filling. - Chinese Near Me - Champaign, Illinois

I really like it. The portions are good sized and the food is DELISH! I especially like the House Egg Fu Young, with pork, beef and shrimp. The sauce is amazing. However...DO NOT MESS WITH THE FRIED RICE....it's boring, dry yellowed rice...period...Absolutely no reason to call it fried rice. I'm assuming the meat fried rice is probably actual fried rice. I'll have to try that sometime. read more

I ordered here last night to have it delivered. There was a wait time of approximately an hour. It got to my house in 30 minutes. The sesame chicken was really good. Hot. Fresh. A ton of chicken. The fried rice didn't have any veggies in it which is what you expect from most Chinese places, but the rice was good too. I also ordered crab Rangoons and the sauce to go with it. It was all soooo good! I'm very pleased with the quickly service and yummy food I got last night! read more

This is my favorite Chinese restaurant in champaign! Their orange chicken and crab ragoon is the best! I only give it 3 stars because its in a bad location and the place itself is kinda dirty! read more

Best Chinese food I've eaten since moving to Champaign.. HANDS DOWN! Delivery is fast, no insane wait with walk in service! Wish they had to option to dine in but nonetheless they still get my vote!!! LOVEEEEEE IT! read more

I just called to place an order and when I went to the web site to look at the menu and decide what I wanted I then called they then proceed to tell me they don't have why I wanted so I told them they need to update their website several times due to the fact he couldn't understand me. So he then asked what I wanted I told him I didn't know to give me a minute he then hung up on me, I thought that to be very bad business and called back and told him so and said he now lost my business... For me this restaurant get no stars and it used to be my favorite read more

Never have I had Chinese fried rice and the rice (shrimp, beef) be yellow, looked not thoroughly cooked, still at restaurant and was immediately told, NO REFUNDS! Other items ordered tasted subpar kind of like frozen chinese dinners from a grocery store isle $15 Wasted! I went to Ming Garden because I'm recently new to Champaign and this place is the closest to where I live; but won't visit again. Save yourself time and money and go to "Chopstix". read more

I'm not a huge fan of Chinese food, but I've been more impressed with this place than any. My boyfriend is fixated on Chinese any time we have takeout and each time I dread the meal, finding each one expensive, mediocre and far too much, which would be an attribute if the food were good reheated, but it isn't. This last time he suggested Ming Garden. Directly following my eye-roll, I read Yelp reviews and agreed to try it. Delivery was fast, food was relatively inexpensive and it was the tastiest Chinese meal I've had in Champaign. Now, I claim not to be an expert on Asian food and fully realize this is likely not authentic cuisine, but I used the adjective TASTY, not culturally significant. It's delicious. That's my top priority here. I had the sweet and sour chicken, chicken egg roll and chicken fried rice. Though the rice contained large onions, which I'm not keen on, the material around the onions was the best fried rice I may have ever had. read more

Great, greasy hole in the wall Chinese place. Get delivery because you don't want to see the building.

Walked up to the door and glanced at the menu taped to the glass. There was a dead bug squished between the menu and the glass. I turned around and went home. read more

Carryout only. Best Chinese takeout in the area right now. The Singapore Angel Hair actually had curry flavor. Friendly staff, too. The food looks good and tastes better. read more

I wouldn't feed this to my dog. The rice was incredibly greasy. My general tsos chicken tasted dry and gristly. I left simple delivery instructions and the driver decided to do what he wanted . Then the little mother ****** decided to argue with me over his tip. My total was $28.84. I gave him $30.84. I think I was fair. **** this place. There is much better in town. read more