The Forbidden Garden Chinese Restaurant
14810 Cantrell Rd #140, Little Rock
(501) 868-8149
Customers' Favorites
Bowl of Hot and Sour Soup
Sweet and Sour Chicken
Combination Fried Rice
Sweet and Sour Pork
Goverror's Chicken
Fried Rice Entree
Pu Pu Tray for 2
Szechuan Chicken
S3 Hot Sour Soup
Orange Chicken
Appetizers
A1. Pu Pu Tray for 2
Assorted appetizer tray including barbecue ribs, crab rangoon, vegetable spring rolls, egg rolls, and cho cho beef. Served with flaming hibachi.
A2. Egg Roll
A3. Vegetable Spring Roll
Vegetarian.
A4. Crab Rangoon
6 pieces.
A5. Boiled Dumplings
6 pieces.
A6. Pan-Fried Dumplings
6 pieces.
A8. Fried Shrimp
6 pieces.
A9. Cho Cho Beef
4 pieces.
A10. BBQ Spare Ribs
4 pieces.
Soups
S1. Egg Drop Soup
S2. Wonton Soup
S3. Hot & Sour Soup
Spicy.
S4. Vegetable Soup for 2
Vegetarian.
S5. Assorted Flavor Soup for 2
Soup made with chicken, pork, snow peas, and Chinese mushrooms in a delightful broth.
S6. Sam Shien Soup for 2
Soup made with chicken, beef, shrimp, and vegetables in a special dark broth.
S7. Chicken Sizzling Rice Soup for 2
S8. Shrimp Sizzling Rice Soup for 2
S9. Chicken Velvet Corn Soup for 2
S10. Seafood Gumbo for 2
Chef's Specialties
C2. Governor's Chicken
Chunks of chicken battered, deep fried, and stir fried with hot, sweet, and sour sauce.
C3. Beef with Cumin
Beef stir fried with onions in spicy cumin sauce.
C4. Szechuan-Style 3 Kinds of Meat
Chicken, pork, and beef stir fried with celery and carrots in spicy sauce.
C5. Two Kinds of Flavored Shrimp
Shrimp stir fried with vegetables in spicy brown sauce and white sauce.
C6. Crispy Beef
Flank steak marinated with egg flour, fried to a crisp, and stir fried with hot, sweet, and sour sauce.
C7. Four Treasure Kung Pao Style
Shrimp, scallops, beef, and chicken sauteed with peanuts in hot sauce.
C8. Triple Fragrance
Shrimp, chicken, and beef stir fried in hot garlic sauce.
C10. Imperial Shrimp
Lightly-battered shrimp marinated in wine, ginger, garlic, and honey sauce and pan fried with vegetables.
C13. Szechuan-Style Shrimp & Chicken
Shrimp and diced chicken stir fried in hot and spicy sauce with cashews.
C14. Governor's Shrimp
Shrimp battered, deep fried, and stir fried with hot, sweet, and sour sauce.
C15. Happy Family
Shrimp, beef, and chicken stir fried with vegetables in brown sauce. Not spicy.
C19. Basil Chicken
Chicken and green onions stir fried with a special basil sauce.
C20. Shacha-Style Three Kinds of Meat
Chicken, beef, and pork stir fried with traditional oriental shacha sauce.
Chicken Entrees
P1. Sweet & Sour Chicken
P2. Moo Goo Gai Pan
P3. Hunan Chicken
Spicy.
P4. Chicken with Broccoli
P5. Sesame Chicken
P6. Chicken with Snow Peas
P7. Diced Chicken with Hot Green Peppers
Spicy.
P8. Chicken with Hot Garlic Sauce
Spicy.
P9. Kung Pao Chicken
Spicy.
P10. Moo Shu Chicken with 4 Pancakes
P11. Chicken with Almonds
P12. Chicken with Cashew Nuts
P13. Lemon Chicken
P14. Orange Flavored Chicken
Spicy.
P15. General Tso's Chicken
Spicy.
P16. Teriyaki Chicken
Pork Entrees
M1. Sweet & Sour Pork
M2. Twice-Cooked Pork
Spicy.
M3. Szechuan-Style Shredded Pork
Spicy.
M4. Pork with Hot Garlic Sauce
Spicy.
M5. Kung Pao Pork
Spicy.
M6. Moo Shu Pork with 4 Pancakes
Seafood Entrees
F1. Sweet & Sour Shrimp
F2. Chef's Shrimp
F3. Shrimp with Broccoli
F4. Shrimp with Snow Peas
F5. Shrimp with Hot Garlic Sauce
Spicy.
F6. Hunan Shrimp
Spicy.
F7. Shrimp with Lobster Sauce
F8. Shrimp with Cashew Nuts
F9. Shrimp Delight
F10. Kung Pao Shrimp
Spicy.
Diet Entrees
D1. Steamed Mixed Vegetables
D2. Chicken and Chinese Vegetables
D3. Shrimp and Chinese Vegetables
Fried Rice Entrees
R1. Vegetable Fried Rice
R1. Chicken Fried Rice
R1. Pork Fried Rice
R1. Beef Fried Rice
R2. Shrimp Fried Rice
R2. Combination Fried Rice
Chop Suey Entrees
U1. Vegetable Chop Suey
U1. Chicken Chop Suey
U1. Pork Chop Suey
U1. Beef Chop Suey
U2. Shrimp Chop Suey
U2. Combination Chop Suey
Rice Noodle Entrees
N1. Vegetable Rice Noodles
N1. Chicken Rice Noodles
N1. Pork Rice Noodles
N1. Beef Rice Noodles
N2. Shrimp Rice Noodles
N2. Combination Rice Noodles
Duck Entrees
P17. You Lin Duck
Beef Entrees
B1. Pepper Steak
B2. Vegetable Beef
B3. Hunan Beef
Spicy.
B4. Beef with Broccoli
B5. Beef with Snow Peas
B6. Szechuan-Style Shredded Beef
Spicy.
B7. Beef with Hot Garlic Sauce
Spicy.
B8. Kung Pao Beef
Spicy.
B9. Moo Shu Beef with 4 Pancakes
B10. Beef with Bamboo, Snow Peas & Mushrooms
B11. Mongolian Beef
B12. Orange-Flavored Beef
Spicy.
B13. Beef with Black Pepper Sauce
Vegetable Entrees
V1. Chinese Vegetable Combination
V2. Sauteed Broccoli
V4. Szechuan-Style String Beans
Spicy.
V5. Szechuan-Style Bean Curds
Spicy.
V6. Family-Style Bean Curds
Curry Entrees
U1. Vegetables with Yellow Curry
U2. Chicken with Yellow Curry
U3. Beef with Marsaman Curry
Egg Foo Young Entree
E1. Vegetable Egg Foo Young
E1. Chicken Egg Foo Young
E1. Pork Egg Foo Young
E1. Beef Egg Foo Young
E2. Shrimp Egg Foo Young
E2. Combination Egg Foo Young
Lo Mein Entree
L1. Vegetable Lo Mein
L1. Chicken Lo Mein
L1. Pork Lo Mein
L1. Beef Lo Mein
L2. Shrimp Lo Mein
L2. Combination Lo Mein
Desserts
T2. Cheesecake
Your choice of topping.
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Recent Reviews
This restaurant has the most delicious food served by the sweetest people! We left with full, happy bellies, and the cheap prices seemed too good to be true. This is truly one of those rare places that still puts heart & soul into making the food.
December 2025
The service is timely and feels genuine. The atmosphere is gentle and welcoming, and the food…
I came here a handful of times as a kid and remembered the food to be great. But my most recent visit with my new bride has cemented in my mind that Forbidden Garden serves the best Chinese food I have ever had. The egg drop and wonton soups are delicious. The sesame chicken was perfect. I found more nostalgia on that plate than I do on most Christmas mornings. I felt like...
I came here a handful of times as a kid and remembered the food to be great. But my most recent visit with my new bride has cemented in my mind that Forbidden Garden serves the best Chinese food I have ever had. The egg drop and wonton soups are delicious. The sesame chicken was perfect. I found more nostalgia on that plate than I do on most Christmas mornings. I felt like...
December 2025
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