I ordered two dishes and three appetizers and was told that I would be able to pick it up in 20 minutes. When I arrived 25 minutes later they had yet to finish my order and said it would be done in 10. Understanding they were busy I waited for another 5 minutes before requested a refund of the two dishes I ordered and only wanted the appetizers. They refused my request saying it wasn't possible but after waiting a little longer and demanding them take the two dishes off my order, the manager finally accepted and told the kitchen to forget the two orders, which they haven't started yet. Absolutely unacceptable. After waiting nearly 30 minutes when they told me it only needed 20, they hadn't even started my order. After finally getting my 3 appetizers(after waiting for it to come one at a time) I get home to my hungry family to find that they had messed up my order and replaced one of my appetizers for another. For a restaurant that received commendation and awards from Yelp for helpful service this place is unacceptable and has fallen from grace. I am not as mad of the bad service but more irritated of the dishonest and disrespect of customers valuable time. Would not come here again. read more

Quick & friendly service, but NOT worth the price. The quality of food does not come close to ding Thai fung. Unfortunately, I would not recommend. The inside of the restaurant unfortunately also was heavy scented with perhaps stinky tofu of sorts making it very difficult to enjoy our meal. Not the best smell to walk into. We gave this place and honest chance. read more

$10 for shanghai noodles - take out. Just a few slivers of pork and even less cabbage. Noodles were ok.

Our regular spot for quick and delicious dinner. Even though, we always come in the last minute but still get served nicely. We ordered stinky tofu every time we're here. Other regular dishes we usually order are pork chop rice - amazing crispy fried pork chop with well proportioned fried rice, bean curd cold plate, cucumber salad, shanghai rice cake and small dumplings. Love this place. read more

I had lunch here with my kids and friends. This was not our first time and we enjoyed our previous experiences. However, this time with just my luck, as I was enjoying my beef tendon noodle soup, I fished out a rubber band. I waved over a waitress and politely showed her the rubber band and said I found this in my soup. No apologies or offer to fix this in any way, she said "oh not to worry. This is used to wrap the cilantro. It wasn't cooked." I stared at her in disbelief and said "and that makes it ok for this to be in my soup?" After few mins of playing it down, kept saying this is not ruining my food, she said "I can replace your dish or cancel it." By then, I got extremely upset, started to raise my voice, so I said please do cancel it. Some restaurants you go for it's great service, some places you bear with bad service to enjoy their exceptional food. When this restaurant has neither, would you ever go back? My answer is a firm no! Hind sight, I wonder what health inspector thinks of this. Would she tell the inspector not to worry that the rubber band wasn't in there while the soup was cooking. Seeing the violations, though surprised it's still an A, I guess I'm not as surprised to find the rubber band in the soup! read more

The BEST go-to place for noodles!! Seriously, I cannot stress this enough. Although the place is small, there's usually no wait. Parking is also really good because it's surrounded by a bunch of other shops and a big parking lot. Whenever I come here, I order the beef stew noodle soup with the spice level as mild. The first time I came here, I made a mistake and ordered the spiciness level as medium. I was dying, and my throat burned so bad. However, it's probably just me because I'm soo bad at spice. Anyways, the beef stew noodle soup is so delicious and affordable! It's only $9 and they give you a lottt of food. I definitely recommend, and I have to come here at least once a week because I'm in love with the place so much. read more

Ding's Garden - The beef noodle soup is so good! (and photogenic) - Taiwanese Near Me - Arcadia, California

A solid 4 + for the food. Really good and nice portions. Soup & fried rice pork chop great. Pan fried noodles were also delicious. Only complaint, tables and plates....waaaaay too small. read more

Ding's is among my very favorite Chinese restaurants in LA. Their Shanghainese dishes are spot on. The braised duck blows my mind. The beef noodles hit the ma-la target. As well, the service is extremely attentive, and Jackie in particular is supremely friendly. The family comes here regularly, and we're never disappointed. read more

Good place for Shanghai style fried noodle and lady at front desk is very friendly and great customer service.

Had their beef noodle soup here. It was legit. I love how they can adjust the spice level. I got medium spice and asked for more spice on the side just so I can kick it up a notch if the spice level wasn't to my liking. There was a couple next to me that ordered fried pork chop or something like that. Didn't get to try it obviously but it looked amazing. Only complaint is that it's a small restaurant so it's cramped but is great and price is reasonable. read more

Great service, great food, very clean. I was very impressed with this small restaurant, location is combining. The menu is very extensive and gives you many choices, we had one of their beef/tendon spice noodle soup and it was delicious. We also had their beef roll and it was fantastic, it had little sweetness to it. The table next to had a lot of dishes they look good and the people were enjoying them. I will go back prices were very reasonable for the good quality, service of this restaurant. read more

Ding's Garden offers a plethora of options for your authentic Chinese cuisine experience. The miniature restaurant feels more like a boutique shop with crammed sitting that could be intimidating for those who fall onto the claustrophobic spectrum. Furthermore, a stoic masculine figure, who could easily be casted for a Chinese triad boss, stood behind the counter supervising the ravenous diners digging away their meals. An eerie atmosphere would prevail if not offset by the casual decor. This surely was one of the more interesting dining experience that I had in a while. read more

They also have one in Rowland Height which is the original one! Won Ton! Beef! Shanghai Chao Mein! Dan Dan Mein! You name it ! They have it ! Always meet your expectations! Will come back again ! read more

Quality has gone down since they opened. Everything seems premade and super salty. Not impressed.

My personal fav here is Shanghai Wonton Soup. Their beef noodle soup is also tasty then any other place I tried, not a big fan of beef noodle in general, but this one was great ! read more

If you have kids/babies/toddlers, this is NOT the restaurant you want to go to. We were there, happy as can be. My daughter was playing with some paper confetti that they put next to the seats. They were on the table but we made sure that portion of the table was clean so we can put those back and not cause any trouble. All of a sudden, this old lady who is the owner, saw it and yelled at my 2-year old daughter in Chinese "how could you plan with that?!" She proceeded to grab the confetti and put them back at the original place. When my daughter gave her some of the confetti, she completely ignored my daughter. That was definitely one of the rudest restaurant experiences I have ever had. Our table, her chair, the floor were extremely clean and my daughter did not cause any noise or scene at all. I understand if you need us put things back, you can at least ask nicely and we will definitely apologize and put it back. However, that was not the way to treat customers, especially an innocent little girl. read more

The serve is so bad. I will not come this restaurant any more. The food is just so so. The environment is not so good. The place is too small. One of the waiter didn't have any smile . read more

The food is absolutely delicious and the service is the best. We got the salted duck, rice cake, cucumber salad, and sesame rice dumpling for dessert. Jackie was our server and was so incredibly attentive and nice. It made our first experience here so enjoyable. It's rare to find a place that has great food and first class service these days. Ding's resturant is a gem and so happy they are in our neighborhood. read more

Seriously grossed out! Me and my wife went here for an early lunch and we were the only patrons. There were 3 employees just chatting away while one was picking his nose. By picking, I mean shoving his whole finger inside his damn big ol nostrils and searching for lost treasure. He saw us staring at him but did not care and kept digging away. It was such a gross site to see while eating! He shoved his fingers so deep i thought it was going to poke his brains no joke. After finally finding his nasty treasures, he sneezed two times really loudly without covering directing it at another employee there( keep in mind that this is a very small place with only a few cramped tables). The 3rd employee saw the sneeze towards the 2nd employee and began to laugh really loud. Then both of them started to burst out laughing hysterically and annoyingly, while the person that was sneezed at stared sheepishly. Never will i ever go close to this establishment ever again. read more

Food here is good. Fried pork chop on rice, beef stew noodles, and dry noodles with beef on brown sauce. Only giving 4 stars because this place is so small that if you want to just sit and chit chat with friends or family after your meal is a no no. They always need the table and would have someone come up to you to ask you to leave. read more

This place is so cute and the food was great. Compared to other Chinese restaurants, this place definitely has more of an environment. Food is still reasonably priced and were all very delicious. The only downside is that there's only a total of 6-7 tables (including outside area) and this would not be a good place if you have more than 4 people in your party. But the upside of that is that the service is great since there's so few customers and you do not have to wave people down like in other Chinese restaurants. read more

Love this place, love Xiao Long Bao unfortunately I can only two stars. When I come for dinner the guy who helps me is awesome.. But at lunch the counter lady named Qing helped every Chinese person before me although I was ahead of them. Then when trying to buy a soda she ignored me and again helped the Asian person behind me. And I also noticed that even though my to go order was before another person, that person who spoke the language got their food before mine. I hope the owner has a talk with this woman and let's her know this is NOT customer service, it does not matter what color you are because everyone loves dumplings. read more

This place is definitely worth a try! Came here with a small group of 4 so we were able to try many dishes. We shared a cold plate and dumplings and I got dry beef noodle dish for myself. It was so good, very flavorful. The restaurant is small so there's always a bit of a wait when you eat there, especially if there's already a large party sitting inside. On the bright side, they offered to let us order while we were waiting so when we sat down, we didn't have to wait long for our food. I will be back for more read more

Came here at 9:20 waiters give us a dirty look. So I asked are you still open. She said something in her freaking language. Hooker probably cuss me out? Then guy on the counter says order fast. Fu I said. I hate these mofo trying to fish me. Then turn off your open sign and close your stupid doors. And say you close at 930 and not ten. Do your ass could be out at 10:00. I just left don't need to kiss there ugly asses. And check your attitude. You want to leave in my neighborhood then stay open until your time. Food look ok I guess but I'm pretty sure I didn't miss much. read more

Last Friday. I went to this restaurant with my coworkers. When I ordered beef tendon noodle, I asked waiter if I can ordered no red spicy oil, he said yes, I can. I was please with my first meal here. But today, the same server, I ordered beef stomach noodle with no red spicy oil. He still said ok. When my noodle was served, I was very shocked. Very oily and super spicy. I asked him to replace my order, because I can not eat very spicy. He promised me he will, after 5 minutes, he sent my noodle to my table, I was shocked again, the noodle was still soaked in red spicy oil. On top of that, it appeared very messy, like they've eaten it, spinach almost gone. Very gross... I lost my appetite. And the worst things were that they refused admitting their mistake, kept arguing with me, mumbling thru out. Absolutely zero customer services and make me feel very uncomfortable to enjoy a simple meal. I will not go back to this restaurant. Want to give them no star if I could!!! read more

This is my first time going to this place. All workers have great services, especially the tall guy with glasses. I ordered the spicy beef noodle and the peach green tea. Very delicious. read more

When did this place even open? My friend and I stumbled upon Ding's Garden last night and I am so happy to have this little gem in the neighborhood. I almost don't want to write this because the restaurant is tiny and fills up so quick. We ordered the braised beef noodle soup, xiao long bao, dan dan noodles, and green onion pancake. Everything was delicious! I continued to eat long after my friend was finished. The dishes are extremely authentic and flavorful, it's like your grandmother's hole in the wall version of Din Tai Fung. The service was great and prices are reasonable. Cash only!! read more

Ordered the beef dry noodle and shanghai onion oil noodle. The beef noodles were good, but i was not impressed with the onion flavor noodles. There were black burnt onion pieces in it and it was just unappetizing and oily. I dont see how it was even edible actually. Maybe the noodles were supposed to be cooked like that, so dont order if u dont enjoy the taste of oily burnt onions. Overall, im sure other items on the menu are delicious, and the service was pretty good too. read more

Was quite sad when the original SGV location shuttered but hopefully this time it is back for good. The shop is quite small, clearly geared towards takeout. As Shanghainese, this is my go to joint if I'm craving Dan Dan noodles and braised beef soup noodles. Their shengjian mantou is not as good as Kang Kang Food Court. Dumplings were solid and my parents have always loved their cold dishes. I have yet to be impressed by any XLB in SGV. The food is usually ready within 10 minutes. read more

New place. Really good food, friendly staff. We got the onion noodles that was really flavorful and the noodle was the perfect balance of firmness and softness. The fried pork chop was crispy on the outside and juicy on the inside. Even something as simple as their cucumber salad was crispy and had the perfect flavor, too many other places will mess up this simple dish but dings pays attention to all the details. The cold dish sampler plate was fresh and had just the right amount of kick. Oh yeah, also their rice wine sesame mochi ball dessert soup top it off delightfully. Definitely end with that, definitely coming back to try all their other dishes! read more

I've been wanting to try this place for a while. Last time, I came on a weekend and there was a long wait so I ended up not going. I got the cold plate, steamed stinky tofu, beef wrap, and Xiao long bao. The cold plate is a little spicy but really good. I usually don't like beef wrap because it has a lot of cilantro but this one was really good. The server told use the Xiao Long Bao takes about 12 minutes, it was worth the wait. The steamed stinky tofu was what I was most excited about. It's very different from the fried one. It was pretty good but wasn't as good as other places. I will definitely come back to try other items. read more

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Really great mon and pop eatery. Great food. I love everything I tried here pork chops, fried rice, Shanghai cake noodles, and the teas are great here. read more

Best Dan Dan noodle in LA if you can handle at least a decent amount of spiciness (the non-spicy version isn't nearly as good but it's still pretty solid). A great spot overall with good value. Easy parking and easy to find in the middle of the plaza next to Starbucks. Can get pretty busy during lunch/dinner rush so avoid those times if possible. read more

We love coming here for their beef noodle soup. There's 2 variety- one with just beef, and another with beef and tendon. We ordered their Xiao long bao (dumplings) and it can be juicier. The pickled cucumber can use more spices and garlic and vinegar, they were just cut in half with not much flavor. Overall, good food, good service. Small restaurant. read more

Love their beef noodle soup. Need the weather to calm down a bit more so i can go back!

Fast and friendly service. Food was good, will be back again. Had the braised Shanghai duck, caught me by surprise that it was a cold plate. But nonetheless it was delicious read more

Better than DTF. Nice welcoming staff! Jackie was awesome, I will come back again soon. Highly recommend the beef noodle soup.

Our new favorite restaurant. Clean, efficient and friendly. But food is so good. Dan Dan Noodle, Beef Noodle, cold dish. Beef Dried Noodle. Very tasty. I feel my mouth watering while writing this. Better than Noodle Express 101, Simbala and Ding Tai Fung (All of them still my favorites). read more

This place is good. Our friends told us about this restaurant is good. But very small. I don't think we want to wait. Today we went around 6pm. It was not that busy. The food was delicious and they have the best 搞和搞和。 read more

due to covid, the restaurant very organized and customer feel safe when pick up food.