I had a bad experience back a few years ago with the food, but I just recently started going back to China Garden. I was going to Real Lucky or should I say Real Yucky and the food went down hill there. I said what the heck let me try China Garden again, and I'm glad I did. The egg rolls are excellent, and the Beef Lo Mein is superb. I love the Lo Mein noodles that they use. I only wish they had Beef Chow Foon. I would recommend trying China Garden. read more

Shanghai Moon was closed so I came here. It looks super shady. it tasted super shady. It was amongst the worst Chinese food I've ever had. That said....it met my expectations! 3 stars. Keep MSG'in, my man. You guys are taking the mediocre train to a whole same level. Ever drop a 10 dollar bill and can't find it later in the day? Buying from here is just like that. No big deal as long as you can keep paying rent that month. read more

Usually, we can find a place that does great junkfood-Chinese food (chicken fingers, egg rolls, chicken wings, etc.) and another place that does good meal-Chinese food (lo mein, entrees, soup, etc.) but it's rare to get both needs at one restaurant. We've been on the hunt for THAT place for a long time (so one delivery can satisfy multiple cravings). The egg rolls are as good as everyone says. They taste home-made. The wrapper was really fresh and it was PACKED with a ton of cabbages, onions and tender (not overly dry and stringy) pork. The duck sauce was NOT all applesaucy in its consistency - it was great. They *were* a little soggy but hey -- that's delivery. Find me a restaurant that can deliver deep-fried food in perfectly crispy condition just like I was in the restaurant and they can have a customer for life. For delivery, they were better than usual in terms of crispiness. The lo mein noodles are either made fresh on site or ordered daily from a fresh noodle supplier -- either way -- superb noodle quality. I didn't eat the shrimp with lobster sauce by my partner declares it, "DELICIOUS!" We also ordered egg drop soup which we were too full to eat last night - stay tuned for an update. One note of caution: the soups come in "one size only" and that size is QUART. Mind you, I am not unhappy to have two quarts of soup (I freaking LOVE soup) and the price was fair for that size but do keep that in mind if you don't want twice the soup you are expecting. My only complaint: canned mushrooms. Usually rage-inducing, Chinese food is the only cuisine where I have forgiveness for canned mushrooms if everything else is good. Everything else was good but still, I feel an obligation to put it out there. I look forward to giving other menu items a try based on the quality of last night's meal. The lo mein and egg rolls are a DEFINITE repeat and I'm especially excited to try anything noodle-based if they use fresh noodles in all their dishes. read more

I go there when I am craving lobster sauce over fried rice. Their sauce is nice and thick dark and just the right combination of sweet and salty for me. It's as close as you can get to the lobster sauce I grew up eating from the Gold Coin in the seventies. Rice is typical east coast greasy fried rice the way I like it. Nothing fancy... walk in order and its ready in 10 minutes. Not high end like All Seasons Table but exactly what I expect from chinese takeout. The Beef Terriaki is good too. read more

First off Food is pretty good! Great lunch specials. Not much room to eat inside as its meant for takeout. Same beatup table and chairs from the 1990s. I moved to Arizona and was back and excited to have my favorite chinese food but really not best service. Guy at counter seemed sour. Maybe a bad day but I got the impression like i was bothering him? Do they not want my business? God forbid you say hello or thank you after handing me the food. Again.. Great food but work on your damn people skills if you expect people to come back. Typical arrogant Boston attitude. read more

good, greasy chinese food! Love the noodles they use for the lo mein, medium thickness and perfect! My go to take out chinese in the medford/malden area. The one negative is cash only. read more

I have gotten take out from here a bunch of times. The egg roll and boneless spareribs are excellent. Their vegetarian dishes are also very good along with their orange beef and other stir fry's. I would give it more then 3 stars if it wasn't for their fried rice which I did not care for and their moo shoo which is only so so. That being said the other things I have tried have been good. If you are looking for cheap fast take out that's open late you won't be disappointed. read more

I live close by been going here for years it is consistently good tasty and hot. If you want good clean takeout this it the place to go. best egg rolls around. Ok just ordered their again let me say this place is my go to Chinese food place but they could put more meat in their dishes all veggies and sauce and the beef dishes are always tough But the apps are always very good ! read more

Me and my family love this place! Love the boneless spare ribs with white rice!! Scallion pancakes are good as well.

Just ate there again. I get food there on random occasions. I determined that the food is consistently good. Big fan of the egg roll, It may be home made. The generals chicken is one of the best I have eaten. Again, I highly recommend The Generals Chicken all day special meal. The chicken is not overly battered and is tender. It is your typical take out restaurant. Nizze an Greazzy That's all I have eaten. read more

Quick fast service - I try to order basic white rice dishes - this is the only good place to order chinese junk food. The customer service is excellent and they know how to introduce new dishes from the menu for us to try out. read more

I decided to try this place after reading the reviews and It's a solid greasy spoon Chinese place. Sometimes I like authentic and sometimes I like Americanized. As stated in other reviews the guy who takes your order is all business with an upbeat attitude, food's always ready when I get there and the order's are consistently accurate. I don't normally care about egg rolls but theirs are very good. Like some have said, I think they're made there. There appetizers are all good. Tried the Lo Mien, Beef and pork fried rice, all very good. It read more

The food I received was NOT what I ordered. when i called to inform them they gave me the wrong dishes the man on the phone rudely argued with me and insisted on telling me I was wrong. Horrible customer service and terrible food. not only was the order incorrect, the food I DID receive was disgusting. the orange chicken had NO flavor, and was drenched in pineapple sauce with large chunks of stale pineapple (a fruit that i am allergic to and was in no way informed was part of the dish). in order to even ingest the food i had to whip together some vegetable and curry sauce and turn that sows ear into a silk purse. IMO i should not spend money on take out when i am going to have to cook it inorder to make it edible. final summation: poor service, gross food, just go somewhere else. read more

Very reasonable prices, and they give you tons of food. The food itself is pretty amazing, always delicious. Oh, and they are very quick to deliver. The biggest negative is that it is cash only, so please be aware about that before going to China Garden. Other than that, they are pretty rude and the exterior and interior of the building are kind of a mess and off-putting. read more

China Garden is one of my favorite Chinese restaurant! My personal favorites are the homemade egg rolls and the crab rangoons. The restaurant is very known for their delicious eggs rolls. I recommend you guys to dip the rolls in duck sauce. The prices are reasonable and the food is fast and ready. I also like how I can watch the chefs cooking. read more

Meh. Very garden variety. I think that's why the call it China Garden. Not bad per se but I wouldn't go again since there are many other excellent choices around here. read more

Not good - just picked up a bunch of items - they are terrible - ratings here should be double checked because I went here because of the 4 stars it's not worth 2- stay away read more

Stay away ! Awful food ! Ordered $26 of food, none of which was good. General Tso's chicken was chalky tasting, with a flour after taste and overpowering sauce. The rice was very dry. The beef broccoli was not better: beef was tough, and stringy. Order at your own risk. I couldn't finish my meal and tossed it all out. read more

the thought of eating here makes me want to flip out like ric flair cutting a promo. its the best chinese food i've ever had on this planet ever. no exaggeration. read more

This place is horrible. We ordered delivery from them for the first time last night and it took two hours for the food to be delivered. We called them after an hour and was told that the delivery person had just left. We called back after another half an hour and we were told that the delivery person couldn't find the apartment (we live in a gigantic complex with over 400 residents so that seems unlikely). When the delivery guy finally showed up, he said the they had a flat tire. These were all pathetic exuses with no consistency at all so it was obvious it was made up. If it was going to take 2 hours for the delivery, they should have at least been up front when we placed the order. The food was horrible as well. I would not recommend that anyone get delivery from China Garden. read more

Five star egg rolls. Dig around for change in your car and get some egg rolls; they're the bomb! If you can't handle MSG, don't go here.

BEST crap ragoon around.. the general gao chicken was so so ..the best place in malden for chinese food that i have found

this place was horrible just horrible pu pu platter for two and i just wonder how they beleived the paper boxes could hold duck sauce and it leaked all over the bag.....i was so disapointed aat this horrible pu pu platter missing crab ragoon and beef teriyaki sticc were jus nowhere to be seen i jus wonder why... read more

I'm a huge fan of Real Lucky (Chinese food right across the street) so I have often passed by China Garden. I decided to switch things up, in case my love of Real Lucky was blinding me to other options. Big mistake! This place is truly disgusting inside - there were weird slop buckets full of food scraps and grease on the floor, and a centerfold shot from a pornographic magazine tacked on the wall (you can easily see into the kitchen from the counter). Don't take the kids if you're getting pick up. The food itself was really gross, and seeing the kitchen really spoiled my appetite. read more

If you are looking for the quick Chinese food take out joint this is it. The food is good, very good but do not go in expecting gourmet Chinese cuisine, this is nothing but good old fashioned I got hammered last night and need chicken fingers and pork fried rice to soak up the booze. Delivery is fast, prices are reasonable, and you can walk in and actually watch them make your food to order, how many Chinese takeout places do that!?!?! Do not go into the restaurant expecting to be seated by a hostess strictly takeout and delivery from this place, but well worth every penny. read more

I was staying over a friend's house in Malden so we decided to order a delivery from this spot! They don't offer too many combinations only like 1 or 2. The food was Dead. No flavor, and it did not taste like chinese food at all. Im a big Chinese food fan but this was crap. Im sorry. Don't order read more

Hands down the worst General Tso's chicken I have ever had. You can get far better Chinese food at a mall's food court. Very disappointed with this restaurant, as the reviews seemed so promising. Spent over $50 on food from this place and white rice didn't even come with the meals ordered, nor was there even fortune cookies with our order. Save yourself the money, time, and food depression that comes with ordering from China Garden. It's really a shame that all this food has to go into the trash can. Woof. read more

4 or 5 years ago i got a plate with rice and appetizers. i took my food home . late nite . and i started to eat my enjoyable chinese food. when i looked down at my rice. and saw a white dead roach. i recently moved to the neighborhood again. and can not eat there. i wanted to throw the food trough their window but did not do that. i will never go back. there. i feel like i should of atleast threw the food at the front steps. not a good feeling when you have been eating for a while and to find an albino roach inside your rice. i just had to get that out. read more

I called today to order some food for my husband to go pick up because he was already out of the house. I ordered off the menu that was linked from Yelp and was promptly told I was not looking at the menu because they didn't have an online menu. After arguing with me about whether or not I was actually looking at the menu, the person on the other end told me to come down and look at their menu. When I told him the whole point of me calling was not to leave the house, he told me "well you're going to have to because we don't deliver." Little did he know I already had made arrangements for that. I could not believe the rudeness of the person on the other end. Regardless of whether or not this place has good food, I will NEVER eat here. You simply do not speak to customers that way. Needless to say, I can't even rank the food. Also, big thumbs down to Yelp on this place for posting whatever menu they did post AND they also say this place delivers, which seems to NOT be true. read more

This is my first Yelp review. Normally I don't bother writing reviews good or bad but this experience was so bad I just had to say something. I have been struggling to find a decent Chinese restaurant in the area. Based on the great reviews on Yelp I decided it was worth a try. I drove 20 minutes out of my way just to get there but thought it would be worth it. Boy was I wrong. This was probably the worst Chinese food I have eaten. I knew something was wrong as soon as I opened the box. I ordered # 21 which came with General Gau's chicken. The sauce was already coagulated like you would see if the leftovers were refrigerated over night. The chicken was covered in a batter and deep fried. It was dry and tasted like it was old not moist and fresh. The combination came with an egg roll which was laying in a pool of oil. I also ordered vegetable lo mien and that was not much better. Neither one of us finished what we had on our plates and we through the rest of the food out. I hope this review helps someone else from not wasting their time or money. read more