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    Linden Garden Chinese Restaurant

    3.4 (40 reviews)
    InexpensiveChinese
    Closed 10:30 am - 10:30 pm

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    Mapo tofu
    Eric L.

    I have been looking for a place that makes really good mapo tofu and not just orange sauce covered tofu. The sauce thickness was just right and had a very good taste. It was so good that I could eat the sauce alone. The tofu also was made with a nice mix of mushrooms, peas, carrots, and scallions. I could tell the tofu was prepped well because it wasn't spongey, but rather soft, and just right. This is definitely my new go to place, I am coming back for more.

    Shrimp Mei Fun!
    Cheryl W.

    I come here occasionally, the food is pretty decent, this is not the place to go for a sit-down family dinner, there are so few Chinese Restaurants around where you can still eat in, but there are 3 tables with 4 chairs each, if you are so inclined to do so. Their prices are reasonable and you get your food in a reasonable amount of time and great portion on size, especially with the lunch specials. It's not Gourmet Cuisine, but it hits the spot for a to-do order.

    Shrimp with lobster sauce lunch special. Mostly rice.

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    2 years ago

    Classic Chinese place, nothing special but good food.. small place, quick service, good prices

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    2 years ago

    Food is great, great service. I've gone here for years and have never gotten a bad meal. Quality Chinese food, consistently good.

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    3 years ago

    This place is filthy dirty and needs a deep cleaning. I was afraid to walk out but the board of health needs to pay a visit!

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    3 years ago

    One of the better places in the area. Very convenient as 3 foos choice in 1 locations.

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    8 years ago

    Horrible service rude delivery people !! very rude food is poor rice very stale and chicken disgusting

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    9 years ago

    Good food except for the hot & sour soup which had to be the worst thing to be called food I ever experienced. Not even sure what was in it.

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    9 years ago

    Fast delivery... delicious food .. had the chicken fried rice with spicy shredded beef . Good flavor zero complains

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    11 years ago

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    11 years ago

    Meh... Chinese as good as it gets around here... The platters are good and food is good so far. Nothing crazy delicious but it does the job

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    9 years ago

    Very fast and always fresh! Never had a problem with anything I've ordered! My go-to Chinese restaurant.

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    10 years ago

    The best Chinese in town !!!! Been ordering from this place in years !!!! Always nice and friendly !!!! Everything is always fresh !!!!

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    14 years ago

    Best Wonton Soup in Union County hands down!!!!

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    14 years ago

    Good Chinese food. Love their egg rolls

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    I ordered the combination plate of shrimp chow mein which came with pork fried rice and an egg roll delicious.

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    Red Apple

    Red Apple

    3.9
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    Back when I first moved to Elizabeth, NJ one of my go to places to get Chinese take out was Red…read moreApple. The General Tsao's Tofu and Lobster Lo Mein were among my favorites. For a variety of reasons once 2010 or so rolled around I stopped getting take out from Red Apple. Recently I wanted to grab some food for dinner so I got off my bus before my stop to grab some food. This is not a sit down restaurant. You go in and order your take out, sit on a chair to wait and then head out with your food. The place looks very much the same as it did over ten years ago but they added a Hibachi extension next door. When I look back at my older review, I really feel that I should have given it 4 stars, but Yelp ratings were a tad different back then if I recall correctly. I have to say that after all this time I am very sad to give it such a low rating now. I am very sure at this point that the owners of this place are not the same ones from years ago (at the very least the chef is different). I picked up three dishes and well...read on... SHRIMP TOAST This is a Chinese take-out classic that I remember having back in New York City from several Chinese places so I've had this dish a *lot* in my time. Usually you want it to be crispy but light with a nice chew on the inside where the shrimp paste is sandwiched between two pieces of bread. For the most part they did an okay job here but the toast was fried too long. Much of the outside ranged from black to dark brown when it should really be golden brown. The flavor was good but if it had not been overcooked it would have been better. COLD SESAME NOODLES This is one of my favorite dishes from Chinese take-out places. However, it is hard to find a place that does it *well*. Even when it is only "okay" however, it has some commonalities. Usually there are egg noodles with some type of peanut or sesame based sauce, scallion and sesame seeds. Some places also add hot sauce to give it some extra kick. What Red Apple gave me was...not this. Oddly, I"m not sure *what* they gave me. The noodles were warm, the topping was a vegetable medley with...onions? There was no sesame or peanut sauce. Really, the whole dish just tasted like a light veggie lo mein which was *bizarre* and not at all what I ordered. GENERAL TSAO'S TOFU This was one of my favorite dishes from this place so I was excited to have it again. Then I saw it and I knew something was wrong. Most General Tsao's dishes should have fried chunks of something (chicken, tofu etc.) with a thick red sauce that caramelizes around the edges. The sauce should have some sweet and savory elements (and ideally a tad of spice via peppers). What I got? Was...not that. The tofu chunks were in a runny, thin sauce that tasted *terrible*. It just tasted like sugary sauce with a pile of salt on it. It was so terrible I wound up eating a few bites and tossing the rest. I'm so sad to be writing this review. I really had hoped this update would be a 4* celebration of a place I used to go to but I think I'll be staying away for a while.

    Delicious. Love their sesame chicken, half fried chicken & boneless spare ribs. Delivery extremely…read morefast.

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    Sesame chicken w pork fried rice, boneless ribs w vegetable fried rice, fried spare rib tips, soda and pork egg roll.
    Sesame chicken w pork fried rice, boneless ribs w vegetable fried rice, fried spare rib tips, soda and pork egg roll.
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