An excellent Chinese restaurant with a very attentive staff. They're located on a corner property in the Safety Harbor area. China Garden is in the Plaza at the intersection of McMullen-Booth and 590. On the west side across from Speedway, Chase Bank, and Applebee's. When the cooler weather prevails we often walk to this strip mall restaurant to enjoy their hospitality and sample food we have not had before. The food quality is better than I have had elsewhere. The tables/chairs are institutional, but comfortable. Most patrons take advantage of the takeout option. We however, have enjoyed their hospitality in the restaurant and enjoyed their food at home and work. I highly recommend this restaurant to anyone in this area of Clearwater. read more

Best Chinese in this immediate area in my opinion. We have tried at least 8 different dishes and always good.

Update 5/9/12 Stopped by again with a family member and the food was great. It was their first visit and they gave it a big thumbs up for taste and couldn't get over the large portions. Whatever happened on the visit where the rice was dry is history, so I'm raising my score back up to 5 stars. Update 4/21/12 Back again to check out other menu items and see how they did on the fried rice (after my last visit - see below). Came on late Saturday night, and it was not too busy. Ordered the shrimp and broccoli and upgraded to shrimp fried rice. The shrimp and broccoli was excellent, again with a light sauce letting the ingredients shine through. Definitely one of the better takeout meals I've had in the area. With the upgrade to shrimp fried rice, it had good portions of shrimp, and the moisture and flavors were back to the solid standard from my first time, and definitely not dry like my last visit. Only thing I can point to for the difference may be the times I visited? When the rice was dry it was a bit after lunch. Perhaps their rice in the vessel had dried out after the lunch traffic? Could be. Both times the rice was good it was off-hours and slow traffic. On the other hand, this meal had the shrimp fried rice upgrade, and of course, it was freshly made vs. the standard pork fried rice. Whatever the reason, this meal had the problem solved, and I'm upgrading to shrimp fried rice from now on. And the fact I've been here 3 times in about a week because of the excellent flavors speaks for itself. I'm still holding my overall score at 4 stars until I'm wowed again a few times. ----------------------------- Update 4/19/12: Came back for more Chinese since I had been so pleased just a few days before. Had the Szechuan beef again and it was just as good, but the pork fried rice was far too dry. As in, "I can't believe this is the same place," kind of dry. Not sure what happened as I ate at lunchtime both days and it was never that busy each day. I did try the pan fried dumplings and they were small, but tasty. I'm dropping my food score to 4 (the rice was actually a 2), and overall score to 4 based on the rice. If a Chinese takeout place can't do fried rice consistently well, it's disappointing. I'm sure I'll be back in a few days to try it again and will update my review then. ----------------------------- My new favorite Chinese takeout place! I have no idea how this place escaped me in my Yelp searches for this area. Fortunately I was talking Chinese takeout with a good friend, and he said, "Say no more, we're going to China Garden for lunch tomorrow!" And am I glad we did. China Garden has been open since 2000 and it located on McMullen Booth, in the large plaza on the west side between 590 and Drew St. It's in a small store right in the middle of the plaza and can be a bit hard to find with all the retail stores surrounding it. But it's definitely worth the search, and you'll be richly rewarded. The interior is modest, but very clean and neat, and the menu is large and has typical offerings priced well. And the owner that took our order was very kind and attentive. There are about 90 items on the menu including apps, soup and fried rice. The remaining dinners are well priced at ~$8-10 for a large order. They also have about 30 dinner combos at $7-8, ~15 chef's specialties at $9-12. But the huge hit is their ~30 lunch specials (with pork fried rice or white rice) priced at $4.50-5.25. I've found no Chinese restaurant that serves this quality for such a great price, and the my plate was covered with a healthy serving. I ordered the Szechuan beef which you can choose with your level of heat. I kept it standard (average heat) as it was my first time, and the heat was perfect. In appropriate time our orders landed on the table. China Garden is one of those rare Chinese takeout restaurants that doesn't oversauce their dishes. One thing I look for in all Asian food is a light hand on the sauce, with a delicateness of flavor where each ingredient shines through, and the sauce doesn't overwhelm the dish but rather pulls all the flavors together. On this measure, China Garden is off the charts compared to other places I've tried in the area. The Szechuan sauce was quite flavorful, but never once did it mask the taste of the ingredients, which were quite fresh and blended well. As to value, China Garden is excellent. My lunch plate completely filled me up for $4.50. A fast food place could hardly do it for that price, and the ingredients would not be near as healthy. I'll definitely be back to China Garden the next time I'm in the mood for Chinese. My ratings on the local Chinese takeout scale are: Atmosphere: 4 Service: 5 Food: 5 Value: 5 read more

We had Chinese dinner from china garden last night! Fresh and perfectly cooked. My cashew chicken had chicken that was so tender and moist!! Vegys were perfect too! So delicious! Highly recommend! Loved the left overs just now for lunch! They are also very efficient! Order ready before we expected it! read more

Well it tasted amazing until my husband found A ROACH in the food I can't give it a star. Customer service was amazing, smh I don't know. read more

China Garden - Roach alert - Chinese Near Me - Clearwater, Florida

this is some of the worst Chinese food ever. Sweet and sour pork nothing more that greasy chunks of small pork from some junk food place fried rice was sticky soy flavored stuck together god knows how long it had been cooked. and the pork low mein was over over cooked with small slivers of what may or may not have been pork. If you want better Chinese go to the grocery and buy PF Chang frozen food much much better than this. Also order egg roll just as bad as the rest. Paid way too much for this junk read more

This is my local Chinese carryout. I've had Chinese food at some of the best, most expensive Chinese restaurants from the east coast to the West Coast to China and all through Asia. And while I may have had fancier dishes, the basic everyday food that Americans expect from a Chinese restaurant are done extremely well at this little restaurant. I have not had one thing in 20 years to complain about. If you are looking for good food, go here. read more

The food is good and so are the prices. However, the Lo Mein and the white rice are very high sodium so it may make you very bloated. I eat Chinese food alot but this restaurant definitely uses more sodium than I am used to. I still recommend it cause the food is good and they are fast, but just eat a little at a time. :) read more

food is awesome, I got sweet and sour chicken with egg rolls and white rice and my husband got bourbon chicken. with fried rice. I tried his and it's amazing. he hates sweet so would not try mine.. but he loved the egg roll. read more

China Garden - Chinese Near Me - Clearwater, Florida

Food was bleh, no flavor. Typical Chinese place nothing good about it.. I had the Pepper Steak with Onion for lunch and it was ok, rice was horribly hard that I ended throwing it away, not even compared to the "New York style" like they advertise on their menu. Not coming back. read more

My favorite Chinese fast food by far. Very clean kitchen and very polite staff. They have been here for many years and have never disappointed. Sesame chicken combo, hefty portion of chicken and fried rice with an egg roll. Wonton soup is always perfect, not mushy. read more

That has to be some of the worst shrimp fried rice I have ever tried. Please stop serving that to people. It's really just awful.

Attention veg*ns: do not eat here! I ordered the Ma Po Tofu, which is listed as spicy, with steamed rice. I got it home and noticed that the tofu is in huge, *completely* raw chunks. I sighed because I had been at work 9 hours and was soaked from rain. I decided to cook the tofu myself and go ahead and eat the veggies and rice. The dish was not spicy by anyone's standards, and it wasn't even a proper Ma Po, which has beans and wood mushrooms. This dish has carrots, bell peppers, and pea pods that still have the inedible strings intact. The tofu took 20 minutes to cook, as usual. Sooooo disappointed with this place and will not be back. read more

My favorite Spring rolls, House Fried rice, beef with broccoli n fried wings. Clean, pleasant friendly owners. Food is delicious and always fresh. The location n prices read more

Best Chinese food in the area! Fast service and the kitchen is very clean.

Best Chinese food in town. Fast, friendly, delicious, inexpensive, ready fast & open late! We have been going here for almost 10 years & love this place. Some of our favorites are the Dumplings, House Special Soup, Hunan & Orange chicken. Never had a bad meal & the customer service is great as well. Very clean & you can eat there as well. Highly recommended! read more

Small chinese restaurant with exceptionally good takeout food. Servings are large, prices are reasonable and food is exceptionally good. They offer a large selection on their menu too. Definitely, some of the best Chinese food in the Clearwater area. Only negative is the dining room itself, which is spartan at best. read more

Mediocre Chinese food at best. Soup was cold, General Taos chicken wasn't even heated through. We microwaved all when we got home. Won't be back read more

Have had very good food from this location. Regretably have had very mediocre as well. The kitchen is so very inconsistent ordering the same meal and the quality, taste and ingredients changed so much that I am not sure if I can go back. read more

Best Chinese food I've had! I get it every time I'm visiting from Michigan!

Had Chinese here a few times and I find it to be good! Will be back. The shrimp in the combo platters are large which I am surprised about and love! The prices went up a bit since the last time I had lunch there but still good. read more

Great Chinese food every time! Love the shrimp, love the spring rolls and so much more. Very consistent and I highly recommend this very affordable delicious food. read more

This place is GOOD! It sucks they don't deliver but they're totally worth the 15 min ride. Good food, decent service. Hours are Mon-Thurs 11am-10pm Fri/Sat 11am-1030pm and Sun 12pm-10pm. Couldn't find the hours anywhere so I called about 15 mins till close (I hate doing that) but they insisted I come anyway. Love that I found this gem close to home. read more

Friendly, fast and fresh. First visit, had pepper steak with onions, hot. A little milder than I like but tender and tasty. Rice maybe a bit better than average. About average, $6.50ish, for a big lunch. I'll try it again when I'm in town. read more

Always do me and my complicated order right. Love this place great food and great price.

This is my favorite Chinese restaurant in the area. It's the closest thing I've found to the style I grew up with in Western NY.

Friendly people. Food is excellent. I especially like the pork fried rice; plain and simple. Food was served quickly!

BEST. CHINESE. EVER. I'm a fool for Moo Goo Gai Pan and theirs is the best I've ever had. The veggies are fresh and cooked perfectly! And the pork fried rice actually has chunks of pork in it! Awesome stuff. read more

It's hard to find decent Chinese food in florida. This place is the best I've had in the Tampa area. Very inexpensive and excellent customer service. Love the crab rangoon!! read more

Very good Chinese food. Crab Rangoon excellent. Had beef with garlic sauce. Veggies cook as they should be, just not as spicy as I would have liked. Will definitely go back. Egg rolls a little too chewy. read more

This place is by far the best Chinese food in Clearwater. They are quick, friendly, and give good portions

I'm very picky about oriental food so reviews are important to me. Here you get fresh food, HUGE portions & is pretty tasty. Chicken wasn't fatty/ gummy. Veggies are crisp! Inside was clean when I picked up my order. Not great curb appeal but will be returning. read more

I got 1 Combination special to go with Chicken fried rice and another also to go with pork fried rice. When I got home, there were these super tiny bugs that came out of the containers. I think their facility should be inspected by the health department. I though they were lice but since I had to call the exterminator company, they said the tiny bugs were some type of very small ants. Again, the health department should inspect and make them clean their facility BUT WITHOUT KILLING US WITH CLEANING CHEMICALS. read more

Everytime I have ordered from this place its been good. It is hard to find good Chinese food. My girlfriend always buys the shrimp lo mein and she has never complained about it. I typically order general tso chicken, sweet and sour chicken, or sesame chicken meals and they have all been really good. I might be more adventurous and try something other than chicken with this place because everything I have tried so far has been well worth it. read more