All of the above was great! The chow mein was very good as well as the salt and pepper fish, only instead of the fish being salty it was sprinkled with a sweet flavor. They did honor my request for little jalapeño and I was hoping for for more vegetables in n the wonton soup with the wonton needing to be cooked more, kinda doughy. The man, who was NOT DoorDash, was very nice and friendly. I can't comment on the ambiance because this was delivery. I would definitely try them again. read more

I went for lunch. I never looked at the reviews. The lady who worked there was a very nice older lady. She made the food fresh to order. It took about 15min. This would be considered a hole in the wall restaurant. The dining area is used for storage. There are 2 vacant tables to sit at, but l doubt you'd want to eat in. I really enjoyed the dry fried ribs. I'd go back for those. read more

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I love everything I've ever gotten at this restaurant. It's mostly order and take home. Everybody's really polite. I've gone here for years.

New to the area and wanted Chinese food for dinner. Lee's Garden was fairly close. Upon arriving the place is more take out then eat in. Not sure they do eat in. The staff was nice enough but the atmosphere isn't conducive to a nice dinner out. read more

Love this place the seafood rice is my favorite so delicious. I get it every time. I also love the salt and pepper ribs.

Need to update their menu prices on the internet. Ordered the beef chow fun (dry) and it quickly reminded of the taste from the 1970's. Pick up the to go order and it was around $2.00 more at the restaurant. read more

Our go to for a quick lunch to go. The all day lunch specials are decent and prices are the cheapest you can find anywhere. The old couple running the place are also quite sweet. Since COVID they only do take out. So call and order or do doordash or something. My favorites are the salted fish fried rice and kung pao fish/shrimp lunch special. It's just off of E14th so not on the main strip but just around the corner. Easy access from anywhere in the 'Dro. read more

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I ordered some shrimp and it taste so old like fried in old oil and the batter was so thick. It did not taste good at all. Plus the cashews tasted old too. Please do not scam your customers use fresh shrimps.!! And use new oil!! read more

Was craving Chinese food so bad last night and came across this little hole in the wall and decided to give this place a chance. The lady taking the order was rude af and so inpatient with you acting as if you should know how things work around that restaurant. Like it was my first time coming here and every place is different so I'm trying to understand how things worked around there. But I have to say the food itself was bomb af that's why I have to give this place a 4 out of 5. Despite the horrible customer service the food is so delicious and flavorful! The chow mein was so juicy and delicious every bite was so good I couldn't stop eating lol! The sweet and sour chicken was so good too!! I'm excited to try out their beef and broccoli and orange chicken! This is definitely my to-go when I'm craving Chinese food!! Don't get the chili hot sauce I think it's expired because my was sweet and did not taste spicy!! read more

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This is definitely a hidden gem! The store is small but super cute! The owners are so friendly! This is my first time here and I'm really impressed by the quality, taste and quantity of their food! Plus affordable as well! Highly recommend and will be back for more! read more

Lee’s Garden Restaurant - Chinese Near Me - San Leandro, California

I was out cruising around San Leandro today, and went to see if one of my old favorite restaurants was still in business. And it's still there.....Lee's Garden Restaurant in downtown San Leandro. I used to come here for lunch when I worked in San Leandro. I would get a bowl of Wor Won Ton soup for $4.95. Well, 20+ years later....Wor Won Ton soup is now $8.95. But Lee's Garden is still making good food! I ordered a few favorites.....Wor Won Ton soup, Chicken Fried Rice, and Prawns in Lobster sauce. Everything was good! Total was about $27. Off Street parking, takeout and delivery only read more

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Is it just me or am I the only one who craves chow fun and fried rice when it rains? I was looking for a little hole in the wall, and something different, that we haven't tried. Usually,we drive past the bay bridge just to get my hubby's favorite pork fried rice... and he ate almost the whole container and that says a lot. We ordered the Mongolian beef chow fun, pork fried rice, salt and pepper chicken so satisfying. Generous portions. Easy pick up. read more

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We like to try new things: The food could be better. Service was good lady was really nice. Will not be be coming back. read more

Got the hot and sour soup on a lunch break. Was perfect timing placing the order online for pick up from my work driving from the 10 minute drive to get there it was ready (though soup is already pretty serve and go so other food might take longer). 1 o'clock on a Friday didn't seem too busy. Soup was delicious and warmed my soul Great comfort food on a cold day read more

Awesome food, fast service and very easy to order ahead. We have ordered party trays from here as well and the food was great! I especially like their BBQ Pork and shrimp chow mein. read more

It's a little hole-in-the-wall type of restaurant on a small street in Downtown San Leandro. I placed an order over the phone rather than through a service like GrubHub because I know how awful it is for small businesses. They lose a large percentage of the order to GrubHub so it's just better to call in and give the full amount to the restaurant. However, I really wish they would have told me over the phone that there is a $10 minimum to use any type of card. When I got there, they told me $10 minimum and directed me to the fridge to get a drink. Sigh, I mean I guess! It really would have been helpful if they told me that so I would have brought cash. I mean most people don't use cash these days right, especially with COVID going on. Do they really want to be touching that? As for the food, it was just alright. I got the salt and pepper chicken lunch special which was listed as a "Must Try!" on their menu, but it was honestly too salty. I would probably try something else next time. The portion sizes are nothing to write home about. Overall, just a very okay-ish experience with nothing that really stood out. read more

Great place for great tasting, fresh, and, no-frills service. It's what it's all about! The place isn't big but the portions are. Helen is great and has been serving up my birthday meal for three years now. Thank you! read more

Food is good but Ordered a wonton and chicken fried rice and found a tiny piece of metal wire on fried rice.

I'm so happy I took a chance on Lee's Garden Restaurant! I was ordering door dash and always have a hard time finding Chinese restaurants that have good reviews on door dash AND Yelp, but this one was close. I really love egg foo young and it's not only hard to find, but risky to order from a new place. I ordered shrimp egg foo young and hot and sour soup. It arrived hot and well packaged. The egg foo young was one large patty drenched in sauce and was absolutely delicious! I thought without having the sauce on the side, it wouldn't be flavorful enough but I was wrong. It was so flavorful and perfectly cooked! I also really liked the hot and sour soup. Sometimes when I order it, it's so hot that I can't even taste the rest of my food, but the balance in this soup was perfect. I definitely recommend and will be ordering again! read more

OK so my go to SL Chinese food is closed on Mondays . So I thought I would give Lee`s Garden a try . Nice family owned folks . Got Sweet and Sour pork , lunch special 10.99 . When I got my change was $ 7.25 from a $ 20 . With 10.75 SL sale tax , shoulda been $ 12.20 FYI . So what it`s only . 55 cents ??? So then there`s the food . Out of 10 pieces of porl ... 3 were just batter no meat and every other piece was tough , rubbery , tendon . Poor quality . I like to try places , and this one will be checked off the list . No fortune cookie either . read more

I came here because of the good reviews. Honestly I'm not sure if it was my bad luck but I had a bad experience. I called around 8:21 hung up at 8:22 .and the person answered really rude attitude saying "were closing in 10 min are you l sure You could make it" with a really bad tone . I advised him I'm literally 5 min away I could be there soon . I got there in 5 min, idk how they where able to cook my shrimp chow mien and beef fried rice in under 5 min?!? They literally had the food bagged up already . That's pretty weird. When I got home the food was undercooked and it made me really sick . I've been throwing up all day . The chowmien felt like they just dumped a full bottle of soy sauce and thrown in the microwave . I told the person who answered the phone and took my money that Google shows they close at 9 PM not 8:30 PM . If they didn't want to serve me they should have mentioned it on the phone instead of them serving undercooked food . Never going back . I left this same review on Google and the owner tried to make it seem like I'm in the wrong . He told me to go to the hospital and have a nice day . Nice service . read more

Nice food & people please it is a must try. It is a family owned restaurant. I been going here for years now.

Wonderful food the owner is so nice! Sesame chicken and fried chicken wings are so delicious read more

Lee’s Garden Restaurant - The sesame chicken and fried rice was really delicious - Chinese Near Me - San Leandro, California

Wow!!! Very disappointed... First of all the older lady running the counter was rude, and inpatient, the guy cooking in the back had his mask pulled down. I brought it to her attention, she walked back and he pulled it up .. We ordered Honey walnut chicken which was super dry, barely any sauce and the walnuts looked burnt,dry and had zero sauce on them. The egg rolls were horrible, when biting into them, they were mushy, not even cooked! The kung pao chicken was ok but they used alot of peanut sauce which took away from all the other flavors.. WE WILL NEVER ORDER FOOD HERE AGAIN! read more

I bought a few items and the salt and pepper chicken wasn't chicken, each and every piece has bones in them and the meat was dark; not white meat chicken like it should be. Broccoli beef: the sprout were yellow and brown as you can tell the broccoli were withered and cook for our order, the sauce had too much aroma and taste bitter. My son ate a broccoli and it had one of those stainless steel metal scrubber in it. Health departmemt should give this place a visit. I'm glad he didn't swallow it or else I would sue them. The salt and pepper porkchops were weird. It's not a whole piece but its rather they cut in half instead, and the pieces were so thin, all I could chew on was batter rather than porkchop meat. Hot and sour soup were funny. Salt and pepper tofu were soggy. Ughh They raise their price so much, 4 small order for a almost hundred buck. Every restaurant is open and serve customer, they're the only one that doesn't. read more

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The food was really good, no complaints. I had to call to receive chili sauce and was obliged. Beef with mixed veggies, fried rice shrimp are good. Hard to find yummy Chinese cuisine these days... Was pleasantly surprised. read more

The food was less than yummy. The white rice was hard and tasteless, the Pork Lo Mien was without much Pork and dry with minimal flavor. Thank God for Soy sauce. The fried Shrimp and Mongolian Beef was ok but the Pot Stickers were inedible. One bright light was the Sesame Chicken. Just no a place I would like to go to again. They may have many other dishes that rise above your expectations just didn't happen for us! read more

The food was alright. I ordered three dishes: sesame chicken (way too dry. Couldn't even bite on it); sweat and sour fish (this one was good. Not too sweet or sour. Big portion too); and braised tofu with veggies (it only had about five small pieces of tofu. Most of them were veggies). Service was good but I don't think I would come back again read more

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I went too Lees Garden for Lunch today . I was there at 2:50 PM. I ordered Dry Fried Ribs and Chow Mein . I received my food 15 Minutes later. The Chow Mein was Average and the Dry Fried Ribs was really Boney not much meat. My Server brought my Check.. I perused it and there was an extra $.50 charge on it. When I questioned my Server , she told me there's and extra charge for lunch specials ordered after 3 PM and that I ordered it at 3:10PM. I told her I ordered at 2:50PM and I could prove it . As I made a Call after ordering and it logged on my phone before 3:00 PM. My Server then pulled a Chucky on me and yelled at me she wasn't going to argue about it tough luck . I responded since she was ethically challenged . I paid the Bill. My Server responded she would teach me to read time next time I came in. $.50 cents isn't much . But for me its the Principle of the Matter . My Server was so Money Hungry she sold her Soul for $.50 cents. I hope She doesn't hold her breath waiting for me to come back . Because I'm not. read more

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Alright so it took me a while but I finally got to it I just wanna say Lee's Garden is one of the best spots I've been too out here in the Bay Area, hands down! I remember moving to San Leandro and trying so many Chinese restaurants. They were cool, some lacked great customer services or just attention of details in the preparation. When I came to Lee's Garden I could instantly smell the authentic Chinese cuisine I order some chicken wings, Lo-Mien, house fired rice, string beans and egg rolls. As I drove home I just couldn't resist digging into the bag and grabbing a wing. Well I'm glad I did, cause they are Bomb as **** My family loves this place also and we're actually about to order some food right now. Oh yea and try the garlic lo-mien they hella good too! read more

We have ordered from Lee's Garden. It was a great run- 1. Until they stopped delivery and allowed the "Beyond Menu" and the "Grubhub" people to deliver orders, adding on an additional 9+ dollars for fees and service charges along with "suggested" tips to 20%; this led to 2. The deletion of the best menu choices ever offered by a local Chinese Restaurant, ever. We now choose from a "hangar-on-the-door" type of menu. This restaurant was never like this, at all. In the end, 3. The Delivery Service from this restaurant has lost it's personal touch (We used to know the delivery person), for some reason cost can cost up to $20.00 more for nothing. Indeed. Take a moment and eat out, or search for those restaurants that still maintain a personal identity with their services. read more

I ordered from here for lunch today. We ordered 2 lunch plates - broccoli beef with fried rice, sweet and sour pork with chow mein, and chicken with black bean sauce. The food was very tasty, flavorful and delicious. Nice portions and it all looked appealing. The right amount of sauce, nothing was dry or tasted old or recooked. I didn't add soy sauce to anything. It took 45 minutes and delivery was free as long as I ordered over $18 through their website. We will definitely order from here again! read more

Love this place, just moved out of the area. However, this was my go to spot for Chinese food. Prices are good, the honey walnut shrimp is amazing. The restaurant is small inside, a few tables but I always took my food to go. Owners and employees are really nice. If I'm ever back in the Bay I'll be stopping off. Keep up the great food and prices. read more

I've been coming to Lee's garden since I was a teen. This little hole in the wall is a must try! One of my all time favorites is their dry fried Ribs. Cooked to perfection and is great either dining in or to-go. It's family owned I believe as I still see people there I've seen since 2008. Don't miss out on this place and support a local business that's been there for years! read more

I placed an order for sweet n sour chicken with steamed rice and I WAS extremely DISAPPOINTED IN WHAT I RECEIVED! I contacted Uber eats and requested a refund. tried to call the restaurant at 510 483 2328 and spoke to a lady she said her name was Chris( I could barely understand her) she informed this is her 1st day and no one was available besides her & the Chef and they don't speak English. I asked for a Manager, she saI'd No One is there. My Chicken was dry & OLD. I WANT COMPENSATION read more

I was troubled about writing an accurate review for this place for the longest time because of the owner. It was impressive that the owner delivered to me both times and was clearly enthusiastic about his business and making good connections with his customers. However, the second time he delivered, I almost felt pressured into writing him a good review based on what he said. There was a reason I was holding off on writing the review, dude... There are some things you need to work on: I love potstickers. I can tell this place makes from scratch including the noodle. That being said, they have great flavor and texture, but they were falling apart both times I got them. This means, all the filling is coming out and I can't grab and bite into it as you should be able to with a potsticker. Also, the last time I had them, I bit into something hard! Could have been bone or something, but the last thing you want to do when biting into a potsticker is chomp down on a hard piece of something. I don't want to know how the sausage is made! I also got their general's chicken, pork chow fun, and the salt and pepper fish. The fish had great flavor, but it was somewhat oily and saturated. The general's chicken was decent and had good flavors. The pork chow fun was awful due to the texture and quality of the food. The noodles were clearly store-bought and did not go well with the medley of ingredients. I will probably order from here again because, like I said, the flavors were there, and come on... HOMEMADE POTSTICKERS. But, I will be careful about what I order here, and I may have to call in to assure that they are all still in-tact when they arrive. I love the passion and enthusiasm the owner has, but maybe put some of that energy into the quality of the food and not into hustling customers for good reviews. Let the quality of food speak for itself and get good reviews and do your part by ensuring that quality. read more

How is this filthy place still serving food! Its like a dirty storage room. It's not fit for animals, let alone people! Unbelievable! I ordered lunch special...Mongolian beef and chow mein....I got fried rice and a little bit of Mongolian beef. Will never go back!! read more

Portions were scarce, flavor was off; all in all an underwhelming, dissatisfying experience. Mongolian beef was salty, didn't taste at all like any I've had before. The order of prawns scallops and greens was even worse. Just a handful of seafood, mostly hidden by the bok choy and the murky sauce. read more

New owner. Not good anymore. Tomato beef chowmein tastes like noodles with ketchup. House special fried rice is just like steamed rice with chicken and egg. The honey walnut prawns aren't even battered anymore. Just regular shrimp with sauce on top. So sad to find out I won't have my favorite Chinese food anymore read more

Lee’s Garden Restaurant - Literally ketchup - Chinese Near Me - San Leandro, California

I am giving two stars because they don't charge their customers correctly. This is typical though for small chinese restaurants and I hate it. And when you question them, they act that they don't understand what you're saying, so you just give up. I bought their lunch special for $7.95 and I was charged $9.95. I didn't leave a tip because I am against on what they are doing. Plus, they already added an extra buck anyways on what they charged me. read more