China Garden Inn Restaurant

I was in town for work and looking for a place to eat. While looking I came across China Garden Inn. Now from the outside it looks like a basic plan Chinese restaurant, but when you go inside wow. The staff is friendly and great you right away. The decor is amazing and your can't miss the giant fish tank in the middle of the restaurant. Now onto the food. I order steamed dumplings, beef with broccoli, which also came with choice of soup, fried rice and egg roll. All the food came out hot and flavorful. I can't wait to go back to this restaurant and enjoy something else off the menu.

Dont order from here. I order a large wonton soup. No flavor only got 6 wonton. But the biggest problem was there was almost no meat. I opened all of them. Also ordered shimp and broccoli. Only got 3 shrimp and a bunch of peas, paid $11 for a lunch special. Crazy. The veggie lo mein taste like garbage. Like a hot dumpster on a hot summer day. Thats what it taste like. Disgusting.

I am honestly shocked to read some of these recent negative reviews. My experience has been nothing but very pleasant here and even with two young children in tow the staff has been very hospitable. The food is very flavorful and larger portion sizes than normal, which leaves room for leftovers. My wife loves the shrimp with broccoli and I like the chicken with garlic sauce extra spicy. The hot and sour soup is tasty and the pork fried rice has nice chunks of meat. For the suburbs of Philly and not able to get the Chinatown experience, this is as close as it gets. The ambiance is what you expect from a classic, no frills Chinese food joint with the aquarium included. I personally love this place and have gone back several times with never a complaint.

I have been going to China Garden for over 30 years. Their recipes are fantastic and they have, hands down, the best hot & sour soup of anywhere I have traveled to.

Do NOT order combination platters! Ordered take out. The portions were significantly less than what you would expect after paying $18 per platter. They didn't even fill the platter with rice. Each portion was barely the amount it should be or would be if eating in. To top it off, the food was terrible. Spare ribs were dry and tasteless (I asked for boneless tips) $95 for 5 plates of Chinese food? We didn't even get a dine-in experience. No drinks.