Best hidden gem of Whitestone. A not so typical Chinese Taiwanese take out owned and operated by an old Taiwanese couple. I literally ate here for 20 years. Food is always solid and the owners are always looking out for you. It's takeout only, so buy different things, bring it home, and enjoy with your loved ones! My faves; 1) sweet and sour fish over rice 2) hand made vermicelli served with pork chop 3) jia Jiang mian read more

ordered two dishes for two people but probably could have fed 5 people. huge and valuable portions and packed with flavor. we got the crispy chicken cutlet over rice and stir fried taiwanese rice noodles. it came with a sweet soup dessert and soup. loved the tea egg in the rice order and so many ingredients in the rice noodles. I never had a taiwanese sausage before but it was a pleasant taste of sweetness. the soup was also so warm and comforting on a cold night. would 10/10 order here again. They close by 8pm so definitely place your lunch and dinner orders early! read more

Pearl Garden - crispy chicken cutlet over rice and taiwanese stir fried rice noodles - Chinese Near Me - Flushing, New York

Great Taiwanese dishes. It is a take out only restaurant, so no seating. Fast service. Prices are about $12, which is cheap and in line with inflation costs. Menu prices on yelp are old and needs to be adjusted. read more

Excellent pork chop over rice. I highly recommend getting the pork chop with Taiwanese sausage bento box. Plz be patient when ordering this is a mom and pop restaurant usually only 2 ppl at the spot. They get pretty busy for phone ordering. read more

Food: 3/5 Local takeout spot Very hole-in-the-wall, mom + pop style. Lunchtime STEAL- big portions w protein, veggies, carbs + comes w soup. Veggies + soup change often depending on season/availability. Heads Up: cash only, no seating. What I Ordered: - Fried Fish Over Rice: breading got a little soggy from the walk home. well seasoned. surprise minced beef(?) + tea egg read more

Pearl Garden - Fried Fish Over Rice - Chinese Near Me - Flushing, New York

Delicious food with big portions. Free dessert (sweet soup) or regular soup. Friendly service, hands down. read more

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You cannot judge this book by its cover. Pearl Garden may sound and look like your average Chinese-American takeout joint, but looks are deceiving. The old pictures up on the board showing moo goo gai pan and beef & broccoli are misleading and probably left over from the previous owners. Don't try ordering General Tso's chicken here. The menu is surprisingly short as compared to previously mentioned takeouts. It now features mainly Taiwanese specialties and they're amazingly cooked by a Chinese grandma. As I walked in, she yells from the kitchen what I would like. My Taiwanese is spotty to non-existent, so I just point to the menu items I would like. She loads up a round plastic container with rice, some meat sauce, cabbage, eggplant , a soy sauce egg and a fried chicken leg that looked like it came from an emu. The chicken was a little overcooked and underseasoned but still good. Pictures of the containers are misleading because they are not the normal 6" diameter takeout ones. They are the 8" oversize. In the other container she puts a huge fried fish fillet the size of my shoe. It would be an order of British fish & chips if you replaced the rice with fries. Then she asks if I want soup. How did she know I love soup?? I gleefully said "yes, please!" and she dips a big ladle into a huge pot on the stove to fill 2 pint containers. It turns out to be bitter melon & pork bone soup with lots of ginger that's been simmering all day. It's really tasty and included with each rice dish. Pearl Garden is just off the first exit (14th Ave) from the Whitestone Bridge and super convenient on my way home to pick up a quick dinner. Free parking is available around the corner on the side streets. It says they are closed on Mondays & Tuesdays, but I took a chance today and walked out with a huge amount of amazing food. I'm curious to see what the Taiwanese Bento Boxes will be like, especially the Railroad Bentos. Next time: Eel Rice & Jia Jiang Mein! read more

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This no frills takeout place offers authentic homemade style Taiwanese rice dishes and noodles. We ordered pork chop over rice, beef stew noodle soup and a chicken leg. The beef stew was surprisingly delicious and comes with a good amount of beef. The pork chop is seasoned well with a bit of sweetness over rice with a side of eggplant, zucchini and an egg. The side order of chicken leg was huge for only $6. read more

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Small mom and pop spot. Tasty and quick. Great go to for something different. I always stop by when I drive through the area.

Haven't been here for months. Called on a Sunday 3:45 pm. Pick up ready within an hour. The store itself nothing changed much. No dine in. Nice little old lady still works the counter. - Bento box #8: Eel, chicken leg ( not a chicken leg, it's a piece of fried chicken cutlet), pork chop over rice. $18. Portion is smaller, chicken and pork is thin and dry. Eel was awesome as before. - Each dish comes with half quart of choice of salty soup or sweet soup ( dessert). If you want more, you pay extra $3 for half quart and $7 for one quart. - the salty soup of the day is pork and vegetable soup. Like before, it's tasty and lots of fresh ingredients. Minimal to none of MSG taste. - Sweet soup of the day is 糯米粥， sticky rice porridge. It's obviously less ingredients than before but nevertheless tasty with perfect sweetness. read more

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this is an extremely small mom and top take-out place that serves the most delicious taiwanese home cooking! when i came by it was literally just the elderly couple taking orders, doing all the cooking, running the shop... so do be prepared to wait if you aren't calling ahead. i ordered the sea, land, sky combo bento (with eel, chicken cutlet and pork chop) and taiwanese beef over rice. both meals came with a container of soup - i believe the choices rotate but the day i came the options were sparerib soup or glutinous rice sweet soup.. i chose the sparerib soup. the soup was so good. i will be calling in and ordering just the soup in the future. each serving had turnip, carrots, one giant fishball with mince filling, and pork ribs. it tasted super fresh and homey and helped cut through the sweetness/richness of the other food. sea, land, sky bento - this was good, although i always forget i'm not that crazy about eel lol. the pork and chicken were delicious. this came with bok choy, a cake of julienned carrot ribbons and rice with some sweet minced sauce. the serving size is seriously massive and could easily feed 2 or be the only thing you eat for the day. taiwanese beef over rice - the beef was so tender and soft, it really melts in your mouth! it did have a lot of fat running through it which i'm not a huge fan of but that's a personal preference. it came with a yummy soy egg, carrots, okra, thin strips of egg, and rice. again, the quantity is massive. really good food and this is the type of business i love supporting. worth trekking out to this out of the way spot in whitestone to try. read more

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This is a great go to place for authentic Taiwanese flavor palette on Chinese food. It does not have your typical Chinese takeout food but their specialties such as their Taiwanese bento boxes are a must try! This place is my go to place when I don't know what to eat and have some time to wait. I'd give it 5 stars if it wasn't for the long waits I have experienced. The owners are hard workers and constantly doing their best to serve everyone. Because they are always busy, you can expect the phone line to be busy and quite a wait even when you arrive at the store to pick up your food. Another con is that the owners predominantly speak mandarin and not much English. Sometimes, there is a third person who is able to speak English but it is unpredictable of when that person is present. The wait may be long and you might get impatient but the food is worth waiting for. If you don't know what to order, I'd recommend anyone to try any of the Taiwanese bento boxes. All rice boxes come with a complimentary soup! You can choose between savory or sweet. The type of soup varies every time but you can guarantee that it is very homemade and comforting and worth trying! Everything from here is a huge portion and a great value for the price you're paying for. I also suggest to be prepared to pay with cash for their a 3% surcharge for using credit cards. read more

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On the outside, Pearl Garden looks like any other Chinese takeout restaurant. But on their menu, you will find Taiwanese dishes that make this restaurant stand out from the crowd. I heard about this place from a Taiwanese foodie friend, and have eaten from here a few times already. I love the Eel, Chicken Leg and Pork Chop Over Rice bento box because it is such a massive meal. We've tried a couple other bento boxes in the past, and they are a step above the quality you might expect from a take out place. Definitely give this place a try the next time you don't feel like cooking at home :) read more

Pearl Garden - Chinese Near Me - Flushing, New York

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Excellent Food!! Always order from them when I'm in the mood for Chinese food. Food is very consistent in flavor. read more

It's a small place, but packed with people ordering. I checked on the menu, everything looks so delicious. Had hard to go decide what I want. Then I saw on the menu , there is combo that has Pork chop, Chicken, Eel ( they called it 海陸空， From the sea, land and sky, I don't think Chicken can fly） Anyways, it's a great deal! Only $20 ( it was $18, I added the sausage ). Also, it came with homemade soup, you want sweet soup or normal soup, your choice. Highly recommend this place, fair price and great taste and I AM Soooooo FULL! read more

Pearl Garden - From the sea, sky and land and Taiwanese Sausage. - Chinese Near Me - Flushing, New York

Another really good meal. Pass up on the Kung Pao...hard and dry for my taste. Stick with the Taiwanese Beef Noodle Soup for sure! How it is, that they make the beef so juicy and tender is beyond me...but a must try here! Will be back to try m read more

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Came back here recently. Post-COVID. Same consistently good value fare. Got the railroad bentos again. Yum. Great if you are looking for quality takeout. Call ahead if you can - they don't have call waiting so you may have to call back if you get a busy signal. #HiddenGem read more

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The chicken cutlet is so dry it doesn't taste fresh at all！I would never order it again! read more

Pearl Garden - Chicken cutlet bento box - Chinese Near Me - Flushing, New York

安慰打工人的灵魂，安抚鸡飞狗跳日程。为啥没有牛肉饭的照片呢？因为和我妈抢打起来了就没顾上。卤蛋入味，小黄瓜配牛肉汤文德富。一定要喝排骨苦瓜汤和花生西米露汤。一个鲜亮，一个糯甜。分量&味道！ read more

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Hands down and by far the best Taiwanese bento box. You can't go wring with either pork or chicken leg over rice in all of Queens. If you don't trust me or then look at all the other reviews they gave five stars. I this little mom and pop takeout is something special. Been coming here for over 10 years snd still no other is comparable. Each take out Bento comes with a homemade soup of day as well. $11 per bento is a bargain. read more

Pearl Garden - Taiwanese railroad bento box (Chicken Leg Over Rice) - Chinese Near Me - Flushing, New York

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Pearl Garden is the secret Chinese restaurant loyalists don't want you to know about. I've driven by here hundreds of times and always ignoring it. "Meh, another typical Chinese takeout". That's what the exterior facade made me believe. Then one rainy night, we randomly searched and noticed their ridiculously small menu. Surprise!! It's Taiwanese style "takeout". We had the beef noodle soup and chicken leg over rice. Each order can feed two people. They even give you soup and a side of Taiwanese "sweet soup" for dessert. Not bad for $22. The best part is the food does not taste like takeout. It's got a homemade taste to it. We're fans. My one issue is they do not offer delivery which is very inconvenient. They're situated on a busy street and parking out front is rare (bus stop). You'd have to park around the corner. Can't wait to come back! read more

Called to place an order and the woman who picked up was impatient and rude. It worth my time in this day and age to be treating customers with an attitude and being unfriendly. Will never order here again. There's better places. read more

An unassuming small Chinese takeout with old aged renovations on the inside that looks like a crappy takeout where you get some soggy sesame chicken and flavorless fried rice. Except it's a hidden gem selling real authentic Taiwanese food run by a old elderly couple and you won't find any American Chinese garbage food on the menu. This is some real tasty stuff and you can see the fresh green vegetables laid out in the back that get used when someone orders a dish with those vegetables. read more

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This place has been hiding from me! I've always wondered why I can't find any taiwanese food near me when I search it up on Yelp. Fortunately for me, my friend suggested this place for our group of 5 to eat for takeout last week. We ordered 5 dishes and shared everything family style. I was pretty impressed at the quality containers and presentation in the way they pack their food, especially after reading that this restaurant is owned by an older Taiwanese couple. Bento box with pork chop over rice: I really enjoyed this dish. The pork chop was so flavorful and there was plenty of it. The color wasn't the most aesthetically pleasing, looking a little too charred? The Taiwanese sausage was dry - my Taiwanese peeps at the table said it was not a good one. I would definitely re-order this in the future. A steal! Bento box with chicken leg over rice: Good, but not much special about it. Tasted like a regular chicken leg with no special flavors. Same Taiwanese sausage. Stewed beef noodle soup (niu rou mian): This is usually my go-to dish, but not on this hot day! The beef was soft. The broth was unique, seemed kind of sour? I would retry this on a colder day. Shredded bean curd with pork over rice: Surprisingly so good. Really fragrant. Couldn't get enough of the flavors while eating this. Eel, pork chop, and chicken leg over rice: A big big portion. Eel and chicken leg weren't very impressive to me, so I'd stick with the pork chop. But good if you want variety! With the big portions, low prices, and delicious food, I am looking forward to ordering takeout again in the future. I'm so happy to have a found a restaurant nearby that my mom wouldn't mind ordering for takeout, because it passes the 'asian mom price screening.' Will hopefully update my review to a 5 star once I order again! read more

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This unique Taiwanese Chinese takeout restaurant is a solid 4. Almost everything costs $8-9. Huge portion and free soup comes with every order. The free soup includes sweet red bean soup and various veggies ribs soup. The soup options change daily. The taste is authentic! Our favorites are: 1) fish fillet over rice; 2) stewed beef over rice; 3) bamboo shoot with pork over rice. Delicious! read more

Pearl Garden - Chinese Near Me - Flushing, New York

Overrated!! Portions are big but taste getting worse and worse! Over cooked! Fried chicken dry like hell!

Haven't been here in a long time but got the pork chop over rice and chicken leg over rice and it was great. I would rate this on one of my top 3 to go to for Taiwanese food in Queens. read more

Don't judge a restaurant by its outer appearance. To the naked eye, you would think that Pearl was just another ordinary Chinese Take out. My friend suggested getting some Taiwanese porkchop over rice. He drove up to the store and I asked him where it was. I glanced around and didn't see anything resembling a Taiwanese restaurant. Little did I know, this takeout spot has a lot more to offer than what meets the eye. Ranging around 8-12 dollars a dish. The porkchop over rice, Chicken thigh over rice and a noodle dish came out to only 24 dollars. They came with soup or soda too. The portions are really big and I thought the porkchop wasn't too bad either. The benefit is not having to go all the way to the heart of Flushing for something like this. read more

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Picked up to-go and ordered chicken over rice with egg, Taiwanese style noodles (with everything) and a side of pork chop. Inquired about the type of soup they had but the sweet elderly lady didn't quite understand my broken mandarin so gave me dessert "soup" and gave me extra homemade soup (no extra charge). She said they made too much soup, so offered some for free. It was pork with radish soup (reminds me of home cooking). The portions were massive and delicious! The wait was a bit long, but only because the entire restaurant was overseen by these two lovely old couple. The woman took orders and helped prepare the food along with her husband. Without a doubt, I will be coming back! read more

12 dollar (March 2023) bento box with type a of protein, sausage, veggie, egg, meat sauce on rice and a sweet/salty soup of choice. Very worth of the money and also taste great. I suggest to call 20 mins before pick up. There's only take out no dine in, the inside is just like another Chinese take out spot. read more

Pearl Garden - Railroad pork chop bento with soup - Chinese Near Me - Flushing, New York

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Authentic Taiwanese rice box. Simple menu but all are delicious and high-quality. Good price for a big portion of rice box with egg and either savory soup or sweet soup. Highly recommended! read more

The first time I went here with my wife and kid, I was a little put-off because the place supposedly closes at 9PM, and we arrived at 8:30PM and found the door locked. We knocked, and I made a gesture as if to say "What gives yo? You guys done for the night already?" The woman who works the counter came and opened the door. I was happy about that, but then I felt that she was rushing us to place the order so they could go home exactly at 9PM. Under pressure... I ordered Chicken with Broccoli. While it was pretty good, I regretted that I didn't have the time to soak-in their menu and order something more adventurous. But the food was pretty damned good, and I was impressed with the Taiwanese leanings of many of the items on the menu. The woman I mentioned earlier, she may be an owner or manager... she recommended a dish, pointing at a hand-written sign, written entirely in Chinese. LOL... I'm looking at it like, "I really wish I knew what it was you were so highly recommending to me. I really do." Another customer was banging at the door... we let her in, and she said that she loves the fried rice there, as it's not greasy/oily at all. I went back again the other night, the door was unlocked (it was only 8PM), fortunately. The woman at the counter seemed happier to see me, and I got some pork chop over fried rice. I had actually asked for an order of Pork Fried Rice, and an order of Pork Chop over Rice, but her English is very limited... I suspect she understands about 30 to 40% of what we're saying. The fried rice, as it turns out is NOT greasy. It's not the best fried rice I've ever tried in terms of flavor, but it was nice to see that it doesn't need to be oily. And let me tell you... the Mai Fun was AWESOME. The Pork Chop on rice was good, too... and she gave me a free take-out container of some green tofu soup that was pretty decent. Prices are not bad at all, and portions are LARGE. I recommend trying this place, but get in before 8PM, circle the dishes you want on a paper menu, and hand it to my new friend there. Make room in your refrigerator! read more

When you drive by outside you would think it's only a Chinese takeout place. But inside they also happen to sell Taiwanese "lunchboxes". We got the pork chop and chicken over rice (both come with a soup). They take credit but highly prefer if you pay in cash. The lady gave us an extra soup which was cool. They offer you the choice of a savory or sweet soup (we chose savory). They had the dishes ready (in a warming station) and when we ate them, they didn't feel semi-warm or soggy (as one wound assume if a hot dish was immediately closed by a lid). Both the pork chop and chicken were good (also came with sautéed string beans, picked Taiwanese cabbage and a tea egg). I thought the pork chop was better. There are a few seats inside and once you finish eating, just leave the rest on the table for them to clean up. This is a good spot if you're in the area and want a very filling meal. $8 / dish was more than reasonable especially since it was pretty big. read more

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Went to this place on noon time Sunday , the service was terrible ! Wouldn't back again read more

I love Pearl Garden when I'm craving noodles and a good fish fillet over rice. The restaurant looks like a typical fast food Chinese joint but the owners make nostalgic and comforting dishes. Each meal also comes with a soup and reminds me of what my own mother would make at home. Their pork chop with noodles is also a hit. Heard that the owner might be closing shop some time in the future but let's hope she doesn't! read more

Worth the money for Pork Chop Over Rice, $11 in the big tray. Minced pork and pork chop over the rice, comes with the bitter melon soup and choice of Soda. Only take out order, and only the lady who serve and prepare everything. What a lunch! read more

The best takeout I have ever had. Very nice food and great people. The owners are so friendly. read more

I'm giving an extra star for the super hard working (I assume owners). Went here with high hopes based on good reviews. The chicken leg was dry though. Served with a ton of rice, some pretty good veggies and a soup that smelled of fish and tasted weird so I didn't eat it. The pork chop over rice was MUCH better...though could have been much more tender. The chicken with broccoli- pieces of chicken were much too tough, it was very oily and well...coulda been better. Huge portions, low price. You can fill up for cheap here. read more

A great lunch for take out. I'm not sure if it's me but everytime I go back there's something a little different about the same order. It's nothing bad but just something different. I usually get rice with eel pork and chicken ($18) which is enough to feed 2 people. Comes with a soup too. read more

Very authentic Chinese food. Looks like an American Chinese place from the outside but after ordering the dishes were surprisingly authentic. Pork chop rice includes tea egg. Generous amount of pork. Shrimp rice cake delicious with lots of shrimp too. We selected fish head soup and red date soup which were both authentic and delicious. Pleasantly surprised. Such a great value with the dish, veg, tea egg, AND sweet/fish soup all included. read more