I got the sweet and sour pork lunch. The sweet and sour pork had no veggies, the chowmien I ordered wasn't skinny noodles and drowning in cornstarch slurry no taste had big pieces of cabbage laid on top. When I asked the servicer about the skinny noodles she said maybe they ran out. It was sad because years ago I swore by how good their food was. Needs to be revamped. read more

China Garden is delicious. The staff is friendly and I like how the owner is always avaliable to help her co workers. The food is delicious and the prices are great for the quality of food you recieve. I go atleast once a week and never disappointed. Sharing is perfect too. Thank you Amber Zut read more

"I frequently order from this restaurant, especially their Chinese chicken salad with crispy sliced chicken. The signature Chinese dressing has the perfect balance of tanginess and sweetness, adding richness and depth of flavor to every bite. It's light yet satisfying, and honestly, I could eat this almost every day." And added the chili oil is a bomb highly recommended for this salad read more

The food was AMAZING!! i went here with my best friend today and we ordered chow mein with orange chicken and honey walnut shrimp, the chow mein was soo good in my opinion but it was a little bit salty then what i expected but it was still so very tasty! i would definitely come here again because our waiter was so nice and friendly and the service was super good too. the environment was chill and welcoming and i liked how it wasnt busy. read more

China Garden Restaurant - Pork Chow Mein Orange Chicken honey Walnut Shrimp - Chinese Near Me - Los Banos, California

I really do love this place -- was my go to spot but they seriously need to improve their takeout process. Every time I order to‑go, I have to double‑check everything because something is always missing. Last week I sent my daughter in to pick up our order, and since she didn't double‑check, we got back to the car and realized they forgot the napkins and the fork. We weren't even going home our plan was to eat on the go ...so it was extra frustrating. I called, and the lady told me that we're supposed to ask for utensils and napkins now. Honestly, that makes no sense. How do you assume someone ordering takeout is going to eat without utensils? She said it's "the law," which made me laugh because I've never heard of a law that stops restaurants from putting a fork in a to‑go bag. If some people don't need them, fine but at least ask, or make it clear. Don't just leave customers without basic things they need to eat their food. I love the food, but the service needs improvement, especially for takeout orders. read more

So the food was quite tasty. I have to say the service lacked the care to details and attention I would expect of a sit down meal. My suggestion is take out and skip the dining experience. I had to ask multiple times for things I needed to package my food to take home. It's a luxury for many of us to eat out since Covid and I like to enjoy the experience. The atmosphere was fine but the wait and feeling I was putting out my waitress was definitely a damper on my experience. read more

China Garden Restaurant - Sizzling plate on chef's special. Pot stickers and War wonton soup. - Chinese Near Me - Los Banos, California

The food was pretty good, nothing out of the ordinary. The staff seem a bit shy but over all the experience wasn't bad. We ordered the 3 plates for 2 of us, the food lacked a little favor but it was okay. The rice was nice and fluffy, the sweet and sour chicken sauce tasted a bit off to me but my husband enjoyed it, and the mushroom chicken was very good. Although I personally might not go back by myself, I wouldn't say no to eating there again read more

Things tried Mongolian beef pork fried rice chow mein soup and sweet and sour chicken pork fried rice chow mein shrimp vegetable soup(to be tried at a later time) for take out. I'm going to be brutally honest the chow mein and pork fried stale!!!!! I couldn't believe anyone would serve stale food the Mongolian beef was fresh tasted ok to some credit but with the majority of food stale I couldn't eat past one bite sent the food back save your money never ever coming back to this place does not matter if they try the rectify this with free food no thank you keep your stale food. read more

Straight up the food had no flavor it was nasty I paid $18 for soup that had no salt no flavor and then I got chop suey that look like running mocos nasty if I could give it a zero I will the young waitress she was very nice though I will give her that when I told her about the food she said the cook must be having a bad day well he's having a bad day and I'm paying for it that's my thoughts. read more

In a pinch..and we don't want Panda and it's a Wednesday and Teriyaki House is closed we came here. I don't know what it is. I really want to like the food because chinese food in LB is slim pick-ins but.... Customer service is nice enough. The prices are I guess what it needs to be with how expensive everything is but I want the food to hit way more. There is plenty of parking. Portions sizes are decent. I just want the flavor to pop more. House chow mein is good and packs a lot of meat which is nice. The sweet and sour pork has a good meat to breading ratio. We ordered kung pao chicken and I felt like it was missing something and "gravy" seemed like it was lacking. The lunch options are great and are decent for their price points, it's an opportunity to get a little bit of everything. The ingredients seem fresh. The veggies in the kung pao were vibrant in color and had a good bite to them, like I said there was just something missing and I can't pin point it. I see people have good things to say about Ming's and I unfortunately moved here after they closed. When we first moved here 6 years ago I thought this place was good. A gem in a little farm town. So I don't know if they've changed cooks, recipes..I dunno. read more

Service was good and the restaurant was nice. The food was mid, it didn't really have flavor.

Love it they make chow mein three different ways. They have chow mein with crunchy noodles, which is more of a corn starchy sauce with a lot of celery and bean sprouts which is the way the old chop Suey was done back in the 60s and 70s they have pan fried, which has the noodles with a little bit of beans sprouts then they just have the regular chow mein but everything they make is delicious. I don't even live in Los Banos but every time I go by I pick some up. read more

In the past, China Garden was a place to enjoy some Chinese food with friends. We had take out and I was very disappointed. The oil won tons were fried in appeared to have gone bad, cashew zucchini was off too. Sad to take it off the list. read more

This place is disgusting. I ordered take out and it's obvious the pork is old and from a prior cook. The beef was bland and chow main was flavorless and gross. I have eaten here in the past inside the restaurant, but I'll never do it again. Absolutely disgusted with what they served read more

Sizzling rice soup was amazing! Definitely a must try. All the good we ordered was good. Service was polite and respectful. We'll def be back! read more

China Garden Restaurant - Sizzling rice soup - Chinese Near Me - Los Banos, California

A little taste of home. Is it anything extraordinary? No. But everything here is good. It's truly traditional in the sense that Chinese cuisine doesn't follow a fixed recipe or have an absolute method that must be followed. Their dishes are familiar but have a local twist. It's not bad, it's different. You can taste the quality and the care that goes into each dish. I come here every so often and have never been disappointed. read more

I was on a National Parks tour throughout the state of California and had just completed 3 wonderful days exploring Sequoia and King's Canyon and was venturing over to Pinnacles for the following day. I was spending the night here in this random roadside town of Los Banos. Having arrived in the latter part of the evening and hungry for dinner....I was craving comfort type food after all the hiking and running around I had done the prior few days. As I was driving, I stumbled upon China Garden. I thought this would be a good place to grab some hot soup and Chinese food. Nothing too heavy, yet filling enough to end my day and get me ready for more excursions and rock climbing the next day at Pinnacles. I arrived about 8pm back in June over the summer time. From the outside, the restaurant appeared sort of mediocre looking, very plain and isolated from all around, yet it had a few cars parked in the lot that convinced me this place had been frequented enough to warrant giving it a try. On the inside, there were plenty of tables, chairs and booths for dining in. The restaurant was clean looking and the atmosphere seemed homely. I felt better and my fears were calmed about dining here from the appearance on the interior. (Reason I'm saying this is because Los Banos exuded a dim, quick-stop type of town without much going on at night and I questioned whether Chinese food would be the best option to select.) The menu had plenty of varieties of Combination and Family Dinners. And they were fantastic values ranging in the prices of $8.99 - $10.99 for full course meals. You couldn't go wrong with any option. I chose Combination Dinner #3..... It included Soup of the Day, Fried Chick Wings, BBQ Pork Fried Rice, Chicken Chow Mein and Chicken w. Broccoli - all for $8.99. Wow....yes what can I say....it was A LOT OF FOOD!!!! And included with all this was hot tea....which I appreciated as I was yearning for some simple, hot broth and fresh cooking. The soup came out immediately after I ordered it - a small cup of egg drop soup.....a nice starter. Right afterwards, my entire meal arrived - just a HUGE PLATE OF FOOD! There was enough to feed at least 2 people. The chicken and broccoli had a flavorful brown sauce on it and I liked the chicken chow mein as well. The fried rice was pretty standard for any Chinese restaurant. The chicken wings though....were a little too breaded and I didn't care for them. Although I ate as much as I could and had plenty leftover, since I was staying at an arbitrary motel down the road without a mini-fridge, I opted not to take the food with me. Still, overall.....I was fulfilled from my dining experience here. Everything was satisfactory enough.....pretty much this is your typical, generic Chinese food type of restaurant. For just passing through town, I'd recommend if you're craving Chinese cuisine.....China Garden is worthwhile. And especially for the value....as affordably cheap as the prices, the portion sizes were quite enormous. read more

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The food is good although I rather take it home. If you're planning to enjoy a sit down meal expect the wait staff to be rude. They don't acknowledge you and seem to be too busy to be bothered by your needs or business. I no longer think about China Garden when I'm looking to have a sit down meal at a restaurant. read more

Whomever answers the phone to take orders seems very agitated to do her job. I've also never seen a restaurant who doesn't allow customers to order their food they way they choose too being they are paying for it. It's ridiculous that you cannot order extra chicken on the chicken salad anymore and also ridiculous suddenly you can't get the rice noodles on the side. Make that make sense you guys definitely need to step up your customer service game and allow customers to order what they are paying for that's bad for business. We need Ming's back!! read more

How are you going to make sweet and sour sauce chicken and forget the sweet and sour sauce

Great food and service. The homemade potstickers and their special sauce are to die for!

This place was good in the beginning when I tried it ,,now this place is not so great the service is slow the food is horrible , small portions cold food rice was cold ,the the whole plate was cold ..I told them about the food all they did is went back in the kitchen think they would give me fresh hot food but nope nothing happen. So I will not be returning to this place. read more

Absolutely the worst Chinese food in town, hands down, Kung Pao chicken, Bland and with no chile peppers?! Chow Mein, , Mongolian Beef? Smells like Mongolian Feet..this place is strait garbage...Wtf? Do you even taste your own food? Terrible. Wanted to give 0 stars, but have to put at least 1 to be able to post review. Stay away from this toilet. read more

Was really disappointed ordered 2 wonton soups got 1. Chicken fried rice had no vegetables and no egg. Kung pao chicken no flavor. Ordered 2 sodas girl didn't seem happy that I ordered 2 fountain drinks. I will never come here to eat again read more

I came here for lunch on Father's Day. I was with my whole family, so we were a big group. When we came in, the hostess was surprised there was so many of us. I'm guessing they don't get too many large groups coming in to eat. They had us sit in the back since we were such a large group. There was 15 of us. Our waitress seemed pretty occupied with other customers. It wasn't a packed place and she wasn't the only waitress there. Their menu selections are what you expect from any Chinese restaurant and their prices were reasonable. We made our order and once we got them, we were surprised and disappointed. The portions are literally enough for only 1 or 2 people. We had to order extras for some dishes because they were so small. The quantity didn't justify the price unfortunately. The flavors were on point so that's a plus. This place is good for a date night or dining solo. I wouldn't recommend it for large groups. read more

Why is there no good Chinese food in los banos. This place is so awful. Everything you eat tastes the same I would rather go to Panda Express. read more

The food was absolutely disgusting and the service was horrible and rude. The place was filthy. There was cockroaches dead in the window seal and we didn't notice until we was already fed up with the rude service and horrible nasty food. I had to put at least one star just to give a review this place deserves a Zero and should be closed permanently. read more

People are so rude in the reviews :( I've been coming to China Garden for the past 8 years and it's been good every single time! For Los Banos, I can honestly say that it's better than a lot of other Chinese restaurants I've been to. I would definitely recommend the orange chicken, vegetable chop suey, chicken fried rice, and their egg rolls! read more

This place should be closed. Dinner plates did not include everything ordered and when requested the missing items the waitress was rude and said she needed the plates back to take to the chefs. She then started asking if we wanted a box when dinner plate wasnt even served correctly. The white rice was all over the plate when brought back and still no other items included in the dinner #2. Friends complained of their dinner as well. This place before the Covid closure was great and now that its reopen its digusting and service is horrible. They also sweep the carpet floor while people are eating their food. Panda Express does MUCH better! read more

Great food! The restaurant is cute and traditional. The service is good for the most part the owners are great people

Loved the gravy chowmein !! Must visit on the way to Yosemite valley park Coming here again for our next visit .. read more

I love the potstickers. I go there just for those. Definitely not like other places that don't seem to make them in house. Staff is friendly and accommodating. These days I appreciate friendly welcoming faces instead of grumpy post pandemic staff that makes you feel like you are bothering them. I also like the egg foo young and gravy style veggie chow mein. read more

Just ok not horrible but not great. Lb is in need for good Chinese restaurant like Mings use to be.

Super yummy! Did take out for two. Ordered the walnut shrimp, kung pao chicken, veggie chow mein, and crab cheese ragoons. Wish the kung pao chicken was spicier and the shrimp was more fresh but it's great for the price and I'm not picky lol. Would order again! read more

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I just ordered dinner for my family from this place and I will never do that to us again. lol Customer service is lacking and the food was terrible. Yuck. read more

If you're looking for take out for a date night or just hungry China Garden is the spot! Have been eating here for years now, and it never disappoints. Food is great, customer service is great, all at a reasonable price. read more

Delicious! Mama ordered the bomb Chicken salad and I got the Chicken Fried rice. China gardens fried rice is now my faveee place to get fried rice has a lot of flavor, just perfect. I love my food spicy so i recommend drizzling that chili sauce all over I don't know exactly what it's called but it looks greasy with chili flakes lol read more

China Garden Restaurant - Chinese Near Me - Los Banos, California

So we went in on mother's day knowing it was busy and going to take a minute. But they couldn't seat us at a 4 seater table because they had none clean. About 5 were dirty. We sat at a larger table finally to be moved once one became cleaned. Ordered our food. Begged for soup to come before meal. " they will see what they can do" entire time we felt like we inconvenience them. Then as food came...45 min later... it was cold. My husband watched our sweet and sour chicken sit up under the lamp for over 30 minutes. When we asked for fresh the server was extremely rude so we walked out. 1 hour 20 min later. read more

The soup of the day is okay it doesn't really have any flavor unless you add some pepper and salt. The prices are definitely fair for the portions that you get. You get filled up pretty quick and may need to ask for a to go box. Their fried rice, chow mein and egg rolls are delicious. The orange chicken on the other hand had a rubbery like texture and wasn't pleasant to eat. read more

China Garden Restaurant - Orange Chicken - Chinese Near Me - Los Banos, California

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This was a good surprise to find a good Chinese restaurant in Los Banos. We moved here from SF and can say that the food here was comparable to a lot of the delivery places in the city. It wasn't perfect, but way better than I expected. I ordered from Doordash, which is great that it finally started up in LB. I'd definitely recommend this place, at least for the quality of what we got delivered. read more