The way staff speaks to people is terrible. My family has lived in this neighborhood since the 1950s. This is not how our neighborhood treats people. Last night the cashier forced delivery drivers out of the delivery line and to the back of the customer line shouting “if you don’t like it, find another job.” That is an emotionally abusive thing to say to a human who makes money by the delivery not by the hour. The pay decreases as time to deliver increases. Essentially, if you don’t like being held hostage with a pay cut by the store while delivering their customers food get another job. Considering the driver is a contractor that’s servicing the customer and she is self-employed… that is a bizarre frame of mind. In addition, the delivery food was ready and just sitting on the back shelf getting cold during this incident. It was unnecessary and abusive. The staff didn’t realize that the drivers are contractors servicing orders that were already placed by customers and thus had nothing to do with the line of customers waiting to place orders or sit. The restaurant should train the employees better before putting them in front of customers.If a driver leaves there is a penalty to the ratings which impact the type of deliveries and eventually drivers are unable to contract if they have too many incomplete orders. The restaurant knows that. In this case the driver was on her second order for their mutual customer. The driver lives in this neighborhood and would have taken the penalty on her ratings. The worst part is the driver is a customer and lives a few blocks away from Bill’s… It impacted her emotionally to be humiliated in front of her community members and to be marginalized and verbally harassed as she walked out of the store was degrading. You don’t know what’s going on in her life. Maybe the job is a break from an abusive situation or a transition from something. The staff treated her bad because they thought her only job is food delivery and they think it’s okay to treat people poorly based on that. She lives close by. It is convenient to have door dash while at home for extra cash because she’s a solo mom.The driver has arranged for the restaurant to block her from getting orders and she will no longer be receiving orders from here due to abusive treatment and they also lost customers too. I hope this review helps them make positive changes and to promote spreading kindness and compassion.I recommend the Crystal Garden as an alternative nearby. They’re a few blocks East at 4711 Hiawatha for Nokomis area neighborhood. Crystal Garden has been in our neighborhood for decades! The buffet is amazing and WAY better flavor. The employees are super sweet and always have been. They recognize folks by name and ask how we’re doing. It’s a community.Vegetarian options: Cream cheese puffs
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 3
Service: 1
Hannah Brugman
Best fried rice in Minneapolis. The almond cookies are surprisingly really good. Definitely try
Food: 5
Service: 5
Evelyn Staats
my fiancé and i love bills. we order their orange chicken for takeaway when we watch movies such as the vagrant and final destination 5. we have also had the cream cheese wontons which are great. real little pieces of orange peal in the orange chicken.
Noah Danaher
I've lived in Mpls for my whole life. I've passed by Bill's Garden literally hundreds of times. Today, belatedly, was the first time I've tasted Bill's. This review is immediately after finishing my first meal of several from the one takeout box for one dish. When I say I am currently sitting here with regret in my heart, confusion in my mind, I mean I am experiencing another reality that has surpassed everything that has gone before10/10 would recommend again
Recommended dishes: House Special
Chris Hambones
Best Chinese food ive ever had, and I've lost count of how many Chinese places I've eaten in more states and cities than I could ever keep count of. The sesame chicken is my favorite dish there, they hand bread fresh chicken breast daily and everything is served very fresh and very hot!
Tried Bill’s for the first time wanting to love it, but got our 6:15pm pickup order at 6:55pm. I understand a busy dinner hour but the situation wasn’t ideal for the friends waiting on us. This was an online order, so I would recommend calling in your order for maybe a better experience or going elsewhere for your Saturday night.
Atmosphere: 1
Service: 1
Asia Manning
I'm reading Bill's garden A1 I've been going here for years ever since the 1990s I'm very highly upset and disappointed with the food that I got yesterday and very embarrassed I was telling everyone that was at my house how good their food is and really got let down once I receive my food my spring spring rolls were burnt I ordered three bags of chicken to only get eight pieces and that's because of the pandemic and the pans that make us over with my rice had too much soy sauce on it very salty I was really upset about the chicken because the chicken was undercooked it was slimy the breading was coming off of the chicken and once the breading came off of the chicken underneath it it was very soggy and like I said before I spent $82.26 and it was not worth it I'm very upset and very very hurt that I spoke so highly of this place that has been good to me for years to find out they don't take pride in their food like they used to the cashier looked at me crazy when I asked for extra duck sauce as if I didn't already spend a nice pretty penny for food that was cooked for an animal no four children oradults I would never recommend Bill's garden for anyone ever again in my life I will never buy food from Bell gardens a day in my life their customer service sucks the guy at the front is very rude and nasty or maybe he's just racist also for someone to spend as much money as I spent you would think that they would cook the food with love and happiness but they did not
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Recommended dishes: Shrimp Fried Rice
Paula Christen
Best take out in the twin cities. I've tried many and nothing compares to the fresh cut veggies, white meat chicken used in each chicken dish, amazing fried rice, great prices l, friendly staff and huge portions ! Bill's been around a looong time for a reason ! Go !
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Orange Chicken, Chicken Fried Rice, Sesame Chicken with Cream Cheese Wonton, Pot Stickers 6, Sweet and Sour Chicken, Beef, Roll, Shrimp Fried Rice, Chicken Lo Mein, Beef and Broccoli with Fried Rice, Chicken Chow Mein, Pot Stickers, House Special, Beef Lo Mein, Beef & Broccoli, Egg Roll, Pork Fried Rice
Jim Hartmann
Singapore noodles are great, also egg rolls and crispy and perfect size cream cheese
Food: 5
Recommended dishes: Chicken Chow Mein, Pot Stickers, Egg Roll
The best chicken egg foo young! Fluffy with plenty of chicken and tasty gravy. Kung pao chicken, chicken friend rice, chicken lomein spicy are a few of my other favorites. The place has been around forever. It’s more a take out restaurant, but you can eat in. Service is always
Ordered online, food was amazing and hot, this is my new favorite place. I will be coming back.
Stacey Robison
Best Chinese in Minneapolis!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
P S
Place was cold with no atmosphere. Server preoccupied with people he knew and service. ALL food is served eat-in, in Styrofoam containers and plastic utensil packets that contain small plastic knife, fork and spoon. The menu (one worn out menu for our table to share!) is out dated, sealed in plastic and a message on it that says: "All prices are inaccurate." The chow mein was soupy, runny. Egg fu young, warmed in microwave just like the egg rolls. BTW... All food to go are served in Styrofoam containers which is a code violation of City of Minneapolis for ALL RESTAURANTS. It used to be a halfway decent place to go to for eat-in, good, hot food, with good portions and reasonable prices. A real restaurant. I will never be going back nor will anyone else who was with me.
The way staff speaks to people is terrible. My family has lived in this neighborhood since the 1950s. This is not how our neighborhood treats people. Last night the cashier forced delivery drivers out of the delivery line and to the back of the customer line shouting “if you don’t like it, find another job.” That is an emotionally abusive thing to say to a human who makes money by the delivery not by the hour. The pay decreases as time to deliver increases. Essentially, if you don’t like being held hostage with a pay cut by the store while delivering their customers food get another job. Considering the driver is a contractor that’s servicing the customer and she is self-employed… that is a bizarre frame of mind. In addition, the delivery food was ready and just sitting on the back shelf getting cold during this incident. It was unnecessary and abusive. The staff didn’t realize that the drivers are contractors servicing orders that were already placed by customers and thus had nothing to do with the line of customers waiting to place orders or sit. The restaurant should train the employees better before putting them in front of customers.If a driver leaves there is a penalty to the ratings which impact the type of deliveries and eventually drivers are unable to contract if they have too many incomplete orders. The restaurant knows that. In this case the driver was on her second order for their mutual customer. The driver lives in this neighborhood and would have taken the penalty on her ratings. The worst part is the driver is a customer and lives a few blocks away from Bill’s… It impacted her emotionally to be humiliated in front of her community members and to be marginalized and verbally harassed as she walked out of the store was degrading. You don’t know what’s going on in her life. Maybe the job is a break from an abusive situation or a transition from something. The staff treated her bad because they thought her only job is food delivery and they think it’s okay to treat people poorly based on that. She lives close by. It is convenient to have door dash while at home for extra cash because she’s a solo mom.The driver has arranged for the restaurant to block her from getting orders and she will no longer be receiving orders from here due to abusive treatment and they also lost customers too. I hope this review helps them make positive changes and to promote spreading kindness and compassion.I recommend the Crystal Garden as an alternative nearby. They’re a few blocks East at 4711 Hiawatha for Nokomis area neighborhood. Crystal Garden has been in our neighborhood for decades! The buffet is amazing and WAY better flavor. The employees are super sweet and always have been. They recognize folks by name and ask how we’re doing. It’s a community.Vegetarian options: Cream cheese puffs
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 3
Service: 1
Best fried rice in Minneapolis. The almond cookies are surprisingly really good. Definitely try
Food: 5
Service: 5
my fiancé and i love bills. we order their orange chicken for takeaway when we watch movies such as the vagrant and final destination 5. we have also had the cream cheese wontons which are great. real little pieces of orange peal in the orange chicken.
I've lived in Mpls for my whole life. I've passed by Bill's Garden literally hundreds of times. Today, belatedly, was the first time I've tasted Bill's. This review is immediately after finishing my first meal of several from the one takeout box for one dish. When I say I am currently sitting here with regret in my heart, confusion in my mind, I mean I am experiencing another reality that has surpassed everything that has gone before10/10 would recommend again
Recommended dishes: House Special
Best Chinese food ive ever had, and I've lost count of how many Chinese places I've eaten in more states and cities than I could ever keep count of. The sesame chicken is my favorite dish there, they hand bread fresh chicken breast daily and everything is served very fresh and very hot!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chicken Fried Rice, Sesame Chicken with Cream Cheese Wonton
The chicken was sooo nasty don’t order
Food: 1
Tried Bill’s for the first time wanting to love it, but got our 6:15pm pickup order at 6:55pm. I understand a busy dinner hour but the situation wasn’t ideal for the friends waiting on us. This was an online order, so I would recommend calling in your order for maybe a better experience or going elsewhere for your Saturday night.
Atmosphere: 1
Service: 1
I'm reading Bill's garden A1 I've been going here for years ever since the 1990s I'm very highly upset and disappointed with the food that I got yesterday and very embarrassed I was telling everyone that was at my house how good their food is and really got let down once I receive my food my spring spring rolls were burnt I ordered three bags of chicken to only get eight pieces and that's because of the pandemic and the pans that make us over with my rice had too much soy sauce on it very salty I was really upset about the chicken because the chicken was undercooked it was slimy the breading was coming off of the chicken and once the breading came off of the chicken underneath it it was very soggy and like I said before I spent $82.26 and it was not worth it I'm very upset and very very hurt that I spoke so highly of this place that has been good to me for years to find out they don't take pride in their food like they used to the cashier looked at me crazy when I asked for extra duck sauce as if I didn't already spend a nice pretty penny for food that was cooked for an animal no four children oradults I would never recommend Bill's garden for anyone ever again in my life I will never buy food from Bell gardens a day in my life their customer service sucks the guy at the front is very rude and nasty or maybe he's just racist also for someone to spend as much money as I spent you would think that they would cook the food with love and happiness but they did not
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Recommended dishes: Shrimp Fried Rice
Best take out in the twin cities. I've tried many and nothing compares to the fresh cut veggies, white meat chicken used in each chicken dish, amazing fried rice, great prices l, friendly staff and huge portions ! Bill's been around a looong time for a reason ! Go !
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Orange Chicken, Chicken Fried Rice, Sesame Chicken with Cream Cheese Wonton, Pot Stickers 6, Sweet and Sour Chicken, Beef, Roll, Shrimp Fried Rice, Chicken Lo Mein, Beef and Broccoli with Fried Rice, Chicken Chow Mein, Pot Stickers, House Special, Beef Lo Mein, Beef & Broccoli, Egg Roll, Pork Fried Rice
Singapore noodles are great, also egg rolls and crispy and perfect size cream cheese
Food: 5
Recommended dishes: Chicken Chow Mein, Pot Stickers, Egg Roll
Restaurantji Recommends
The best chicken egg foo young! Fluffy with plenty of chicken and tasty gravy. Kung pao chicken, chicken friend rice, chicken lomein spicy are a few of my other favorites. The place has been around forever. It’s more a take out restaurant, but you can eat in. Service is always
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Orange Chicken, Chicken Fried Rice, Chicken Lo Mein, Chicken Chow Mein, Beef & Broccoli
Ordered online, food was amazing and hot, this is my new favorite place. I will be coming back.
Best Chinese in Minneapolis!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Place was cold with no atmosphere. Server preoccupied with people he knew and service. ALL food is served eat-in, in Styrofoam containers and plastic utensil packets that contain small plastic knife, fork and spoon. The menu (one worn out menu for our table to share!) is out dated, sealed in plastic and a message on it that says: "All prices are inaccurate." The chow mein was soupy, runny. Egg fu young, warmed in microwave just like the egg rolls. BTW... All food to go are served in Styrofoam containers which is a code violation of City of Minneapolis for ALL RESTAURANTS. It used to be a halfway decent place to go to for eat-in, good, hot food, with good portions and reasonable prices. A real restaurant. I will never be going back nor will anyone else who was with me.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 2
Consistent and delicious.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5