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    New Garden Restaurant

    3.9 (155 reviews)
    InexpensiveChinese
    Closed 11:00 am - 8:30 pm
    Updated over 3 months ago

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    What's the vibe?
    Moderate noise
    Casual
    Good for groups
    Good for kids

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    Orange Chicken Combo with soy sauce
    Jack B.

    Me and 7 of my friends were looking for a cheap pre-flight meal and found this place. The reviews were praising the food and recommending diners to neglect the scary neighborhood and exterior. (We knew that those factors would only add to the authenticity and deliciousness of the meal.) The food and service was incredible and we got to know the hostess really well. And the ambiance is what you'd expect. By the end it was heartbreaking to tell her that we were flying back to New Jersey, the one thing preventing us from becoming regulars here. Hopefully we'll be back. I hope you are doing well, Lisa!

    Orange Chicken
    Amy Amanda A.

    The location is definitely questionable and that was no surprise, so it's not affecting my review at all. However, saw this place on TikTok and since we were in downtown for a comedy show for the night, thought we would check it out. All the videos we saw indicated you had to walk through the kitchen to get in - not true. The food is decent, but absolutely not worth the wait. The place wasn't even half full and it wasn't traditional lunch or dinner hours so there was no crowd rush at all. Took unnecessarily long to come and take our order and then even unnecessarily longer for our food to be prepared. When it arrived, the temperatures varied so much. Some dishes were cold, others were piping hot - like excessively. While everything was "okay", we will definitely not return. It wasn't worth raising to their attention about the slowness or the varied food temperatures because no one seemed to care much about anything in the place. PS - if you're staying at one or the City Scape hotels (we were at the Moxy), don't walk. It seems like it's gonna be close but with a variety of construction and such, the walk was double what any map indicated.

    Mark H.

    Not recommended. I remember eating here decades ago and have a faded memory of a dive joint, but in an endearing way. I returned and was beyond disappointed. Everything was completely run down, food was mediocre at best, and I spent the entire meal staring at a drooping dusty fan blade on a ceiling fan that apparently wasn't working. Only redeeming quality for me was a nice server. I will not return.

    Orange chicken

    Service was okay. Except they forgot to give me my credit card back and I had to ask for it. Food and cleanliness was abysmal. Orange chicken was dry, tough, lacking chicken and fried to a crispy. Cream cheese puffs we big and had less than a dime size amount of cream cheese. Egg roll was fantastic, surprisingly. Skip this place.

    Orange Chicken Combo
    Evan D.

    I love the vibe. Came here with a hangover New Year's Day. Egg soup yummy. Orange chicken super tasty. I'd prefer white meat but I know that's a me thing. Egg roll wasn't rolled in a wrapper but rather coated and deep fried kinda like relleno. I liked it a lot. Light and crispy. White rice bland but they have table salt. Prices amazing for downtown area. Fast and friendly service. She didn't speak much English but that just makes it feel authentic. Obviously a family business; Toddler running around speaking Mandarin was adorable. Open on Monday. I'll be back.

    Deni G.

    Been Around For a While New Garden Restaurant has been around for a long time, not sure how impasse this place by, until today. All I have tonsay is our food was really good as was the service. This little gem of a restaurant is family-owned and operated and their portions are generous, to say the least. Our food was served piping hot when it arrived and everything was really delicious. On this visit we shared the fried won tons, egg flower soup, egg rolls, chicken chow mein, pork fried rice, and seasme chicken. All our entrees were cooked to order, perfectly seasoned, and very tasty. If you're look for good Chinese food give this place a try, it doesn't disappoint.

    Orange Chicken
    Johann F.

    Absolutely classic Chinese food l. Great quality at reasonable prices. The staff was excellent with great vibes. A must go if you can.

    Big Egg roll!
    William D.

    First visit. I owe them a second try. Large menu, you must account for Cantonese style preparations. Need to go easier on the deep fryer. Enjoyable anyway.

    Chicken Chop Suey
    Sam H.

    Finally got to try this place after 2 attempts to check it out after a post from, a social media post. The first time we tried to dine in, on a Saturday, they were swamped with to go orders and said the wait for seating/food was at least 2 hour wait. Then tried again to just get food to go on a regular work day, only to find out they are closed between the hours of 3 P - 4:30 P (which is not posted on this yelp, but via a sign on the doors). So I arrived at 11:55 AM on Saturday to try and get in to place an order to go. They opened at 12:00 noon and I was second in person to place an order to go; however, it took 30 minutes for the order to be completed (which is understandable, since the just opened for business). This is an old establishment, which is in an old medium size place with several tables and sizes available. It is rather warm inside, which could be due to them just opening and starting AC, can't say...but it was rather warm inside with only ceiling fans running. I ordered the chicken chop suey and their infamous "big egg rolls," which are 2 count per order but only for $5.00. The chop suey is moderately sauced with mainly bean sprouts and good amount of protein. It's hard to describe the egg rolls which appears to be loosely packed mixture of mainly bean sprouts, some cabbage and meat (possibly chicken & pork) in regular egg roll skin, then it may be dipped in a egg/flour batter of some sort. They are big, but a little greasy likely due to the batter. But everything was seasoned ok. My order also included a cup of their egg drop soup and wonton chips. The place was being cared for by 5 gentlemen in the front of the house and they were all friendly & professional. This place was definitely was established many years ago and had that old Americanized Chinese vibe of the 50's-70's, which is not a bad thing.

    CHRISTINE W.

    Parking a little rough. Food was amazing. Great portions and price. Highly recommend.

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    We LOVE this place, it's consistent, reasonably priced and so good! Our go to for Chinese food in our area.

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    1 year ago

    Good service, food ok. Older place, parking area dark at night. Food was fair. Smaller portions that I remember

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    I used to live behind them over 30 years ago and still same. My favorite are the big egg rolls and junk pao beef. Has a kick and great

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    The food is good, but I also have been coming to this restaurant since I was a child so... yeah.

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    2 years ago

    Everything was lip smackingly delicious I licked my plate clean like a starving dog after this delectable beef lo mein

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    It is almost literally a hole in the wall, but the food was pretty good, and lots of it!

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