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    Lantern Garden - Downtown

    3.7 (115 reviews)
    Open 11:30 am - 11:00 pm
    Updated 2 months ago

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    Cream cheese wonton
    Jenn D.

    Great food portions! Great flavor. The lady behind the counter was so friendly and nice! The only thing was the food was only lighly warm bordering on room temperature. I can reheat it once home but I did eat it there but left with a lot of left overs as they give big portions. The cream cheese wonton were also very good and the house made sauce was delicious

    Javier S.

    Don't come here lady is no respect for customers food is good but I don't want to come here again

    2 item combo tofu and shrimp
    Britney M.

    Hit the spot!! I was craving some tofu and decided to order from Lantern Garden. I ordered the country style tofu, and a couple other meals for the week. I got the shrimp fried rice, country style tofu, and kung pao shrimp. I skipped the appetizers and just went with entrees. The country style tofu was good. I love the firm tofu! Yummy. I enjoyed the shrimp fried rice too. That was really good and the shrimps in that were cooked perfectly. The kung pao shrimp definitely had some heat to it, but it was still good. Overall, all 4 of the entrees I ordered came out good. I love that they have a happy hour special on door dash!

    Cathrine S.

    I was craving chow mein and orange chicken and wanted to try something different than the chain restaurants. Unfortunately Lantern Garden fell short of my expectations for the quality of their food. Their chow mein noodles were oily and didn't have a ton of veggies in them. The chicken, both orange and mushroom, had several gnarly pieces that made you question whether or not to continue eating them.. overall was not for me. Pros: portion size and friendliness of the staff

    Orange chicken broccoli beef, green bean chicken, and chow mein.
    Vanessa G.

    I could have sworn I already did a review of this place, since I am such a huge fan. The food here is delicious. The broccoli beef is some of the best I've had. I also love the orange chicken and green bean chicken. The fried rice is tasty and also the chow mein. The egg rolls are fresh and crunchy. The won ton soup is also great. Service is always wonderful. [[HIGHLIGHT]]The ambiance is simple and casual.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] [[HIGHLIGHT]]There are a few tables, but it's more of a take out spot.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] One box of food can feed two people or be 2 meals.

    Korin T.

    Relatively cheap for the area, the staff is nice and the portions are massive for what you pay! Really good authentic food as well. Unfortunately there are no free refills but that doesn't take away from the experience

    Left: 3 item combo, Right: 1 item combo
    Enielle L.

    They were very generous with the servings. Their noodles was al dente, which was good versus other place having soggy overcooked noodles. I really enjoyed their fried rice which had lots of flavor! I deducted one star because they wasn't a proper line and there was a table (vacant) right by the food display. It was in the way when I'm trying to see the food and trying to tell them my order. We took our food-to go.

    3 combo Mushroom Chicken Country Style Tofu Vegetable Chow Mein

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    Is all right and the orange chicken is not good do not try orange chicken and grilled chicken is good

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    Typical family style Chinese restaurant. Good prices. Lots of food. Not very welcoming ambiance but mainly to go. Counter service.

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    Husband and I came in on recommendation from a friend. I ordered the lunch special, which was the…read morechow mein & kung pao chicken that came with an egg roll and egg soup. My husband ordered the seafood boil style shrimp. We also ordered extra egg rolls for appetizers. The egg rolls came out instantly! They were soggy and cold. Did not come with any dipping sauce either. The chow mein had a shrimp taste to it, a strong shrimp taste! Very turned off by that. The kung pao chicken was "ok" there were more vegetables than chicken. The seafood boil style shrimp was TERRIBLE! Had very little seasoning, hardly any sauce and came lukewarm. Yuck on many levels. The service was just as bad as the food. Never checked on us ONCE or even spoke to us for that matter, after taking our order, other than to give us the bill. Rude as hell. Really pissed at the friend that recommended this place. Hoping I can spare some of you the trouble and wasted money. It's trash. Would never come back.

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