Basic tasting Chinese food but better looking inside. Green Garden isn't the typical strip plaza restaurant. It probably is the best of this cuisine in Woodstock. Could be because there aren't that many around. The menu includes cocktails as well as classic favorites. A place that's better looking than expected. It's not like the typical Chinese restaurant in a strip plaza. There's not a counter to order at with lots of big pictures of the food and the place actually has tablecloths. Certainly there's the classics everyone knows. It's about $6 for a cocktail, all with Asian and Pacific themes. Best one we got was the Pina Colada. It's about $11 for entrees. They have pretty good variety. I got the Bean Curd Home Style. This has black mushrooms and vegetables. Good and filling. There's also fancier things like fish and seafood. For sure it's pretty okay and we could go here again. It's got delivery if not wanting to go eat inside. They're closed Tuesdays. read more

Green Garden - Pina Colada And Bean Curd Home Style - Chinese Near Me - Woodstock, Illinois

I've gone to many Chinese restaurants but this is always my go to, affordable menu with great tasting food. Service is always quick and you never wait long. The restaurant ambiance also is just so relaxing I wouldn't mind if I had to wait with soft music, colors, lighting, and endearingly retro decor. Portions sizes tend to be generous, and the staff come by frequently to ask if everything is alright or refill drinks. I just feel at home and never like I'm bothering the staff by being there. Every time I go in I feel like finding a new item to try on the menu, this time I got Beef with Orange Peel because they were out of their delicious fried duck and I think I found a new favorite! Give them a try if you're ever running through Woodstock. read more

Green Garden - Beef with Orange Peel and Chicken Fried Rice - Chinese Near Me - Woodstock, Illinois

The egg foo young was terrible. It was tasteless and the consistency was spongy. To top it off the egg foo young was way overpriced. We did not like the egg rolls either, it was just all cabbage inside. The Shrimp Kow was ok though. This take out order was very disappointing. read more

Great variety and food. We appreciate the quick service. We have been looking for catonese pan fried noodles for a while and this hit the spot. read more

My family and I came here for dinner and although there were plenty of tables in the restaurant they had only 2-3 tables filled. The inside walls are pink with a green carpet and tables decorated with the classic 90s style plastic table cloths. More people seemed to come in for take out. The servers were attentive and food came out quickly. We ordered the Bo Bo Fire Platter which had a nice stove/fire in the middle with a mix of appetizers around it. I liked the BBQ and the shrimp toast. The other appetizers were a bit bland. For entrees it was family style sharing and we got the crispy duck, seafood sizzling rice and hong kong steak with a bowl of white rice to share. The portions are large and we had a lot of food brought home as left overs. Warning that the crispy duck has a lot of small bones and the meat was a bit dry/tough but the skin was indeed crispy and delicious. They don't have dessert beyond fortune cookies. read more

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watch your bill. i left tip on the table and when I checked my debit card the next day found they tacked on a 15% tip that can didn't approve on my receipt. not happy and service was terrible that day read more

Food is good. Service was great. Typical ambiance for your Chinese Restaurant. Very clean too. Had beef egg foo young, pork fried rice and a bobo platter. Will return now and then. Pricing is reasonable. read more

I've been coming to Green Garden in Woodstock for over 25 years. It is by far the best Chinese food in the area. Always hot, fresh ingredients and tastes great with quick deliveries. Their buffet is top notch and a great value when you have time to dine in on times that it's open. read more

Food was good and hot (temperature). Entrees were generous and tasty. Service was good and quick.

I so regret cheating on Chop Suey Hut today.. This place was close to our errand route so we gave it a whirl. MISTAKE. I went there specifically for Spring Rolls as the picture on their menu, depicted on their website. Spring Rolls are shrimp with vegetables, wrapped in thin rice wrappers. What I got was egg ROLLS. Veggies wrapped in I don't know what and deep fried. NOT Spring rolls. My husband got fried rice. Mediocre. #3 out of 1-10 scale. Then for the on the cake, not rude, but not the least bit friendly. Wow! Crappie customer service right now? You are lucky to have any business. You will never have ours again. If you want really good Chinese, go to Chop Suey Hut. Not exactly in the square but by those r.r. tracks. It is superb and the most friendly staff anywhere . If I just save one person, I will be happy read more

Not a fan, the food has a strange taste to it. It's almost likke, 1-step above frozen food, strange texture and really not much of taste, like instructional food. read more

The food was hot, fresh, and delicious! The wait staff was friendly and attentive. The restaurant was clean and comfortable to enjoy our meal. We will absolutely be back. read more

This place used to be the BEST CHINESE in the area. However, quality is now horrible! Ordered hunan chicken last night and the only flavor was an overwhelming flavor of RUSTED METAL. I took 1 bite and threw the entire dish in the garbage. I don't think even rodents would eat that. And now 1 day later I'm vomiting and have liquids coming out the other end. DO NOT order hunan chicken read more

Good food and good service! Sesame chicken and Singapore noodles are my favorite! Fresh and fast service! read more

Lady said they been there 30 years, food tasted 30 years old.. give me a break . If you like old azz week old reheated Chinese food then this is the place for you. Mostly old people eating there as they probably don't know any better. read more

Got a sunflower seed in my fried rice..was disgusted and didn't end up eating the food. My friend said the Egg roll taste like play dough. I wouldn't even give this place any stars read more

Green Garden - Sunflower seed in my food - Chinese Near Me - Woodstock, Illinois

Great place I have never had a bad experience here. I'm always greeted by the owner and staff and the food is always great. This is overall a great place that is owned by locals who have raised their kids here and have provided great service and food for the community. read more

Very bad experience here. The food is generally good, not great, so I would give it three stars. My cause for giving it one star is a STRONG issue with the menu. We ordered Spring Rolls, which were cooked in vegetable oil (they advertise this on their menu). Our son has a STRONG peanut allergy so we carefully ordered chicken with Hoisin sauce and Spring Rolls . While eating our son did not feel well, and after he vomited we found out that they use peanut butter in their Spring Roll; this was NOT disclosed anywhere. The reason I give it one star is that we cannot trust the restaurant menu. As parents, we could have asked, but when the item says vegetables, meat, etc. we did not see it as necessary. I put 1/2 blame on the restaurant for ack of disclosure on something so commonly at issue. read more

Stopped in for the lunch buffet. No frills, simple furniture and no decorations to speak of. We were shown to a booth and someone set down waters and a pot of hot tea. We were left to fend for ourselves at the buffet. The selection of food was...uhm, spartan let's say. Maybe around 15 items total. But what do you expect for $6.50, right? There was hot'n'sour soup, eggdrop soup, a couple choices of entrees, and a mound of fried rice, and another of noodles. Their regular menu is HUGE, not sure how this little place can offer so many items. Also the people working there had kind of a strange attitude...seems like they just wanted to get you in and out of there. read more

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My family and I ordered from here last night for the first time. As I am writing this - my face has become distorted with a look of disgust. Can you picture it? The food here is not even mediocre - it's just not good. Period. We ordered the Chinese BBQ Pork - the pork tasted like it's been sitting in the fridge for at least a month. We also ordered Kung Pao Chicken - I can't even describe the flavor -- my first thought was that it tasted like cleaning supplies. And it wasn't spicy even though it's marked with a red pepper on the menu. The vegetable fried rice looked edible - our vegan son said it was pretty good even though he continued to say the spoonful smelled like farts. LOL We also ordered a small sweet and sour chicken which was absolutely flavorless. The crab rangoon was ok. This was the second Chinese Restaurant that we tried in Woodstock. We will not be returning to this one EVER!!! We will be going Chop Suey Hut instead. read more

Pretty darn good! We ordered the dinner for two which came with Happy Family, pork fried rice, sweet and sour chicken, an appetizer plate of fried wonton, spring rolls, and ribs, plus soup. The whole thing came with hot tea, too! So. Much. Food. The appetizers where yummy! Crispy vegi packed spring rolls and sticky tender ribs where a great meal kickoff. I've never been a huge fried wonton fan so for those I'll reserve judgement. The fried rice was a perfect proportion of rice, veg, and pork. We both agreed that the addition of bean sprouts was a nice touch. Happy family made for a happy Misha. I would have liked more chicken but the shrimp and scallops were perfect! The sweet and sour chicken should just be the standard. Plenty of veggies and meat with yummy bursts of pineapple. I'll definitely be back! PS. To the fella who left the one star rating: SHAME ON YOU for knowing your child had a serious food allergy and not asking about the ingredients in prepared food. Your assumption was very dangerous and then to take your negligence out on the restaurant? Deplorable. read more

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We have been going here for 3 years. Been pretty happy until recently. Last time we ordered it seemed a little different, but still a good meal. We always get the same amount of food. Considering that they secretly upped their prices it will be out last time. It cost us $20.00 more. The prices online are not the same as is on our receipt. read more

Was not a a fan of the flavors of anything, and it was more expensive than other places. Egg rolls and crab Rangoon were shoved into the same bag. The bag felt greasy and, when opened, the contents were soggy and smashed together. The crab Rangoon was more of the "salty" vs "sweet" style (if that makes sense - so some may like that since it seems like most places lean towards the sweeter style). Ordered chicken fried rice, and to be honest, the chicken was so discolored I thought that they had given us beef at first. Requested extra spicy General's Chicken and was not given anything resembling spicy. The tray that it's given in contains dividers in which one side is the chicken (probably 10 pcs at most) with the other side broccoli and carrots. Not enough to split with my husband, so I had two pieces and gave him the rest. Didn't feel like I was missing out. I typically try to give a place a few tries before I completely cross them out, but I do not anticipate going back to this place... read more

Ordered take out tonight from Green Garden in Woodstock IL We love the chicken and peapods so we decided to order a large portion for dinner very disappointed it was all peapods and water chestnuts only five pieces of chicken very small in the entire order called the Manager all she did was argue with me then my Husband got on the phone with her she continued to argue with him we order twice a week they don't care about making a repeat customer happy We just wasted our hard earned money for a unpleasant experience read more

Food was bland and not very good. Ordered spring rolls...they were expensive and tasted like cardboard with some cabbage. Hot and sour soup was ok but needed some zest. Wonton soup was decent. Ordered vegetable egg foo young...it was icky. Patties co e in one box and then you get this gravy that is dark brown with uncooked vegetables In it. Not good. The patties had uncooked vegetables as well. Go to the Panda Garden down the street...it is 100% better and less expensive. I would not return here. read more

If there was a way of giving it negative Stars I would do that. This food is absolutely horrible. I thought I would give it a chance after my last visit a couple years ago and I guess I shouldn't be surprised some things never change I just left the restaurant and left 90% of the food it was absolutely disgusting I have lived in Woodstock for 10 years it is impossible to imagine how this place stays in business if you look closely at the other reviews apparently other people feel the same it is disgusting. read more

I was so disappointed with the food we ordered. It was all so bland. I had the pork fried rice and the meat barely had any flavor to it. I also tried the crab Rangoons and spring roll. Also disappointing and not much flavor there. read more

Excellent dinner for 2 special. Generous. Took plenty home. Friendly and comfortable good sauces. The happy family was very good.

This is a gem of a restaurant, located in a strip center just north of the major highway intersection on the south side of town, virtually across the street from my hotel. I placed a carry-out order that was ready incredibly fast. The menu is large, reasonably priced, with numerous offerings from mild to hot. A unique feature of the menu is offering entrees in regular and small portions. I don't eat much, and the small portion was more than enough for me. I ordered Chicken Kow. The dish had bite size, tender and tasty bits of breast meat. Vegetables in the dish included pea pods, mushrooms, bok choy, bamboo shoots, water chestnuts, carrots and broccoli, all in a light, flavorful sauce, all served with rice. The restaurant doesn't seem to cater to travelers, though, with no utensils or dishes included. If you're in a hotel, see if there are place settings available, or you'll end up eating out the box, like I did. That's a minor inconvenience for a good dinner that was a wonderful alternative to a franchise meal. I will return! read more

Having lived and traveled throughout the U.S. and patronized many Chinese style restaurants, this little gem is not a upscale like PF Changs, nor at the other end, China Buffet or Happy Wok. However, it is reasonably good and have eaten here and taken out a couple of dozen times over the years. I considered value and cost in evaluating this restaurant. That being said, here is my take on them: The buffet is limited, but the type of dishes and quality are above average, with some of the dishes close to outstanding. None of the dishes are unique, just good, mostly flavorable and decently executed. Their take on Crab Rangoon and Barbequed Ribs is different and could be a turn off to some. It took me a while to come around to the Rangoons. The dinner menu, is extensive. However, zeroing in on a few items: the Sesame and Hunan Chicken are superb entries as is the Sweet and Sour Pork. General Zhou's is nice and spicy. Beef with Broccoli and Kung Pao Beef are quite good. Shrimp with Pea Pods is excellent. Children generally have liked the various Fried Rice dishes, Chow Mein,, Egg Drop Soup, different versions of the Chop Suey. You can ask the server to have the cook tone down the spicy heat or to ramp it up. (I've seen customers who were perspiring while they eat - no kidding!). You can ask them to make vegetable substitutions. Cocktails are not their specialty. Bottled beer goes well with a lot of the dishes, especially the spicy Hunan style offerings. Tea and almond cookies can really top off your meal. For takeout, as with all restaurants, you should check your order before leaving the premises. read more

Where's the love for Green Garden? Been going here on/off over the years and always get a tasty meal. I've had NUMEROUS bad experiences at Chinese restaurants and you Woodstock folks are LUCKY to have a Green Garden in town. White meat chicken, big menu, the choice of large/small servings, and the pastel decor??? Come on. Sesame Chicken is a favorite. Sweet and Sour Chicken and Empress Chicken are close seconds. Crab Rangoons are crispy and great with hot mustard. Egg rolls do, though, pale in comparison to Plum Garden in McHenry. Got takeout the other night and the owner was friendly, patient and served our takeout FAST. Whenever I'm visiting home and have a taste for Chinese, Green Garden is my go-to place. read more

Decent Chinese food. Been here several times with co-workers for the lunch buffet, which is just that... buffet food. Price for the buffet is under $10, and it has a decent selection. My co-workers selected this as the best Chinese restaurant close to work. I feel like I can't be too picky, being Chinese and feeling that I can cook better than the meals this restaurant offers. It gets pretty busy and has a consistent flow of patrons. If you're craving Chinese and don't want a quick, take-out-hole-in-the-wall, type of food, this is an ok bet, but don't bet too much. read more

My mother-in-law and I stopped in yesterday and had the lunch buffet. First thing we noticed was that there wasn't much veriety, not to mention that most of the pans had minimal food in them. The food was room temperature except for the General Tso's chicken, which was just filled prior to us getting to that pan. We had the house tea and water for drinks. The staff was so, so, but that is normally expected at a Chinese style restaurant. A few hours after we got home we both started feeling sick to our stomach's. It got much worse for me as I probably ate more than my mother-in-law did. Well that was just the begining of what turned out to be one of the worst nights of my life. I won't go into details, but let me just say that I've never been so sick. As of the writing of this review, I am still sick. I'll never go back again. read more

I've been eating at Green Garden for more than 20 years and the food is always consistently delicious. You can't go wrong with their buffet at lunch (but this during COVID times, of course we can't do that) and we've been ordering take out lately - Ridiculously fast and SO GOOD! 2 weeks ago we ordered Thai from Green Peapod on a Saturday night. 110 minutes to be ready. Nearly TWO HOURS. Tonight we ordered Green Garden. Same time ordered. Ready in FIFTEEN MINUTES. And just like expected, everything we perfect. Some favorites - Mongolian Beef, Sesame Beef, Shrimp in Black Bean Sauce, and of course outstanding appetizers like Shrimp Toast, and Pot Stickers. I think it's the best Chinese food in Woodstock, McHenry or Crystal Lake! read more

The shrimp fried rice and beef & broccoli are very good!! My wife and I will definitely be back! Highly recommend this restaurant!

This is my favorite Chinese restaurant. The food is always so good and there's so much of it! I only gave it 4 stars because the customer service could be improved. read more

First time at the Green Garden and we will definitely return. We were greeted by a friendly hostess even though we arrived close to closing time. She answered all of our questions and our to go order was ready in less than 10 minutes. We ordered crab rangoon which was well prepared. I ordered the chicken with garlic sauce. It was spicy without being overwhelming. We also ordered the shrimp lo mein. Very tasty. read more

Green Garden makes the best Pork fried rice with peas, carrots, and pork. It taste the best in McHenry County. Our family loves their Singapore Fried Rice Noodles. read more

Very good food every time we go here. No MSG is used and you feel good eating their food. The tastes are very good and the food comes out so quickly that it is hard to believe they made it all fresh. Large portions also. A must try for the Woodstock area do yourself a favor and give it a try! read more

I ordered crab Rangoon and it was soft and tasted like reprocessed meat. Kinda like it was bought at Costco and resold and cooked in a microwave. My wife said her sweet and sour chicken was good. I ordered general tso chicken and it was like 12 little chunks in a red sauce. It wasnt spicey(thats what I ordered). They don't allow u to substitute the white rice with Any other rice(not even if ur willing to pay extra), and they only have 1 type of egg roll. The don't have vegetarian egg rolls. I will not be going here again. The beef fried rice I ordered was also very bland. No taste. Go somewhere else. read more