South Garden Chinese Restaurant

Typical, but will return for the service. Decor, service and food are slightly above average. It’s pleasant, and staff are nice. Food is not greasy. A few dishes could have been hotter. Loose leave Jasmine tea is nice although I don’t taste jasmine but my taste is not all that sharp anyway. They slide the menu up front - maybe they expect you to order off it, even there are multiple carts circulating the room - the ladies all dressed in a burgundy color Chinese style top, which is neat and nice. One lady is clearly pretty old whom I found cute: she came to our table, open the covers of the dishes two at the time in her cart continuously until I signal the chicken feet. All the while she utters nothing. Yellowish 8 River hot pepper sauce is a discovery -:) Small plates - dim sum we’ve:

The Fried rice was drenched in oil. I returned it and told them it was greasy and tasteless. They made me new rice which I appreciated but when I got home, it was more greasy than the first time and it was absolutely disgusting. It looks like the doused in oil on purpose.

Went in there as they open up on Sunday at 1030am. I Was nicely greeted and sat down. The place looks very clean and well maintained. Lots of family style tables with a carousel in the middle, perfect for sharing dishes. Service was good , drinks were given right away and the dim sum cart was ready to go. Though all the servers were Asia (good sign)Everyone spoke English no issues. The standard expected dim sum were good and well made. I picked 8 plates and a hot tea that came out to about $35.00 USD. Not bad for Miami in 2023. Overall and nice casual dining experience. I will definitely go by there again but this time with a friend as the food was way too much for one person.

I've never dine in this place, always called for pickup or order to go. Foos was always ok as any other regular chinese place but this time the foavors were very off. I order the lunch special szechuan pork that comes with wonton or egg drop soup, one eggroll, and pork fried rice. Everything tasted like their oil went rancid. So badly that I only had the eggroll because is one of those industrially manufactured meaning, they didn't make it there. Ohh and the fortune cookie. Everything else was tossed out. So, I don't know if this specific date (valentines) made them go so bad with the food but I don't think going back ever. And it's a shame because it was an ok alternative to fast food.

I usually order take out but decided to dine in for dim sum. The food was delicious and service the service was pretty good too! Unsure when the space was updated but the decor is pleasant and the single restroom is spacious and clean.The only thing I wouldn't order again were the bbq ribs (they were out of char siu pork). They had great flavor but the meat was a bit hard. Everything was freshly made - including an off menu request and the entree portions were huge!