The best fried tofu been going there for over 15 years!
Chris K (Crispy)
While most restaurants reopened their dine in service long ago since covid isn't a pandemic anymore, I'm happy to say Orient Garden has finally reopened their dine in service rather than just having take out.
The menu isn't as big as before, and the prices have gone up, which is understandable. They haven't added soup back to the menu yet, but they said they will soon.
My spouse and I each got a spring roll, which was bigger than I remembered. Unfortunately, it wasn't as good as I recall it being.
She got the shrimp and mixed vegetables, which she said was just okay, but it was a very big portion. I had the Szechuan chicken, which had tons of huge pieces of chicken, but was just okay too. We both had plenty of leftovers to bring home. It tasted much better as leftovers.
Hopefully, this was just reopening jitters cos they always had the best Chinese around.
So sad I've been sleeping on Orient since I moved to this area months ago. I would always see a line of people in front of the window, and I just thought it was because they hadn't started in person dining yet. No, well, maybe some was due to that, but most was due to the amazing food.
Immediately upon walking in, I was told to order the general tso chicken. However, I went with the broccoli and chicken, which I was told was also good. I got a side of fried rice and was excited upon opening my food. The dish had tons of chunks of chicken, broccoli, and carrots--literally, I haven't seen pieces of carrots so big in my life.
Similar to other reviews, the food is good, but it could use some additional seasoning. I decided to add red pepper and garlic when I got home, and this really popped it up and gave it so more flavor-if they could do this in their kitchen, it would make it even better! The service is also great and quick as well!
Be prepared for two to three meals as they give you tons of food for a pretty good price. And now that I know I have a good Chinese fusion spot near me, I will be checking them out more often.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: House Fried Rice
Taaliyah H
Best Chinese food in the triangle area! Always fresh, hot, and flavorful. They give large portions of food as well. A little pricey but worth it!
I'm writing this review because I take this restaurant for granted. You see, Orient Garden is my "go to" (American) Chinese restaurant. However, they're not open on Sundays. And this past Sunday I wanted Chinese food. So I ordered my usual from a different restaurant. A restaurant equally as convenient to my location and that actually has more reviews and more stars on both Google and Yelp. And look, the substitute restaurant was no slouch, they had fair pricing and generous portions. But at Orient Garden 1) I'm confident you get more food for your money AND more importantly the food (General Tso's) is way better. In hindsight, I would have rather skipped out on Chinese Sunday to get my fix from the Orient Garden later in the week.
Orient Garden, I apologize for my past indiscretion. I'm not perfect. I can't promise I won't stray here and there in the future. But I do promise never to take you for granted again.
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Sesame Chicken, General TSO's Chicken
David Welch
Used to be 5 stars. But as others have said: it seems like the new management has changed the recipes. The chicken they use is definitely different. My wife always gets the orange tofu and reports that that is different too. Bummer.
Not terrible but not up to the standards this place used to put out.
Food: 3
beth griffin
Good food.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: General TSO's Chicken
Jaron Henderson
My family has been coming here for years. We noticed a change in the quality a few months ago but figured they were just having a few off days. Today we got our usual , sesame seed chicken , with an order of Shrimp fried rice and 2 egg rolls ($35) and it was awful. They switched over to a breaded chicken that is hard and chewy. The shrimp fried rice had no flavor, and the egg rolls were Chewy and doughy. I called to ask if they changed the recipe or changed ownership. The lady responded that it’s the same and that nothing has changed.
After 5 years of being loyal customers ( 2 to 4 times per month). Im sad to say that we will no longer continue to eat here.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Recommended dishes: Sesame Chicken, General TSO's Chicken
Mike
Update after the ownership change: the General Tso's flavor I love is still going strong and the texture was thankfully still a great balance between crispy, chewy, and juicy. I was scared that things had changed too much after reading the critiques, but despite some small differences overall, but they've still got the taste that brings me back. Still the best General Tso's chicken I've had in Durham by a long shot ?
When I moved to Durham, I spent months trying to fill the sizable Chinese takeout hole on my go-to restaurants list. My search came to an end when we found Orient Garden.
They have the best General Tso's Chicken in town with the perfect blend of savory, sweet, and spicy that I crave almost every week. Far from the sesame-chicken-without-the-sesame-seeds "General Tso's" that you'll find at many restaurants.
This alone has put Orient Garden at the top of my list, but the service from the owner is always excellent, and though you may wait a few minutes outside to be served (in "these trying times"), the consistent quality of the food makes it always worth the wait.
My GF wishes they offered Mushu Pork, but she loves the dumplings, soup, and egg rolls, so Orient Garden keeps us all satisfied.
Very disappointed. We ordered curry chicken and got a pile of steamed vegetables and sautéed:chicken
Steve Zissou
What happened to my favorite Chinese restaurant!? :’( this was my first time getting takeout since the new ownership. The flavor is all gone. I will say it’s cooked well and portions are still nice, but gah no spice or strong flavor.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Sesame Chicken, General TSO's Chicken
Ayri (Inmyopinion!)
I treat myself once a month to their Sesame Tofu! It's worth every bit of the cost!!! I even have my coworkers ordering from here. The food is fresh and they give you a lot for this dish.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Sesame Tofu
Kimberly Jenkins
Food is suuuppperrrr bland and overpriced. Even the soy sauce doesn’t help. I won’t be back! And the lady was kind of rude on the phone. I got the vegetable lo mein and house rice
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Ayritha Sample
I treat myself once a month to their Sesame Tofu! It's worth every bit of the cost!!! I even have my coworkers ordering from here. The food is fresh and they give you a lot for this dish.
The best fried tofu been going there for over 15 years!
While most restaurants reopened their dine in service long ago since covid isn't a pandemic anymore, I'm happy to say Orient Garden has finally reopened their dine in service rather than just having take out.
The menu isn't as big as before, and the prices have gone up, which is understandable. They haven't added soup back to the menu yet, but they said they will soon.
My spouse and I each got a spring roll, which was bigger than I remembered. Unfortunately, it wasn't as good as I recall it being.
She got the shrimp and mixed vegetables, which she said was just okay, but it was a very big portion. I had the Szechuan chicken, which had tons of huge pieces of chicken, but was just okay too. We both had plenty of leftovers to bring home. It tasted much better as leftovers.
Hopefully, this was just reopening jitters cos they always had the best Chinese around.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 4
Food is great! Still no soup. Maybe soon?
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Sesame Chicken, Mongolian Beef
So sad I've been sleeping on Orient since I moved to this area months ago. I would always see a line of people in front of the window, and I just thought it was because they hadn't started in person dining yet. No, well, maybe some was due to that, but most was due to the amazing food.
Immediately upon walking in, I was told to order the general tso chicken. However, I went with the broccoli and chicken, which I was told was also good. I got a side of fried rice and was excited upon opening my food. The dish had tons of chunks of chicken, broccoli, and carrots--literally, I haven't seen pieces of carrots so big in my life.
Similar to other reviews, the food is good, but it could use some additional seasoning. I decided to add red pepper and garlic when I got home, and this really popped it up and gave it so more flavor-if they could do this in their kitchen, it would make it even better! The service is also great and quick as well!
Be prepared for two to three meals as they give you tons of food for a pretty good price. And now that I know I have a good Chinese fusion spot near me, I will be checking them out more often.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: House Fried Rice
Best Chinese food in the triangle area! Always fresh, hot, and flavorful. They give large portions of food as well. A little pricey but worth it!
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Sesame Chicken, Orange Chicken
I'm writing this review because I take this restaurant for granted. You see, Orient Garden is my "go to" (American) Chinese restaurant. However, they're not open on Sundays. And this past Sunday I wanted Chinese food. So I ordered my usual from a different restaurant. A restaurant equally as convenient to my location and that actually has more reviews and more stars on both Google and Yelp. And look, the substitute restaurant was no slouch, they had fair pricing and generous portions. But at Orient Garden 1) I'm confident you get more food for your money AND more importantly the food (General Tso's) is way better. In hindsight, I would have rather skipped out on Chinese Sunday to get my fix from the Orient Garden later in the week.
Orient Garden, I apologize for my past indiscretion. I'm not perfect. I can't promise I won't stray here and there in the future. But I do promise never to take you for granted again.
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Sesame Chicken, General TSO's Chicken
Used to be 5 stars. But as others have said: it seems like the new management has changed the recipes. The chicken they use is definitely different. My wife always gets the orange tofu and reports that that is different too. Bummer.
Not terrible but not up to the standards this place used to put out.
Food: 3
Good food.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: General TSO's Chicken
My family has been coming here for years. We noticed a change in the quality a few months ago but figured they were just having a few off days. Today we got our usual , sesame seed chicken , with an order of Shrimp fried rice and 2 egg rolls ($35) and it was awful. They switched over to a breaded chicken that is hard and chewy. The shrimp fried rice had no flavor, and the egg rolls were Chewy and doughy. I called to ask if they changed the recipe or changed ownership. The lady responded that it’s the same and that nothing has changed.
After 5 years of being loyal customers ( 2 to 4 times per month). Im sad to say that we will no longer continue to eat here.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Recommended dishes: Sesame Chicken, General TSO's Chicken
Update after the ownership change: the General Tso's flavor I love is still going strong and the texture was thankfully still a great balance between crispy, chewy, and juicy. I was scared that things had changed too much after reading the critiques, but despite some small differences overall, but they've still got the taste that brings me back. Still the best General Tso's chicken I've had in Durham by a long shot ?
When I moved to Durham, I spent months trying to fill the sizable Chinese takeout hole on my go-to restaurants list. My search came to an end when we found Orient Garden.
They have the best General Tso's Chicken in town with the perfect blend of savory, sweet, and spicy that I crave almost every week. Far from the sesame-chicken-without-the-sesame-seeds "General Tso's" that you'll find at many restaurants.
This alone has put Orient Garden at the top of my list, but the service from the owner is always excellent, and though you may wait a few minutes outside to be served (in "these trying times"), the consistent quality of the food makes it always worth the wait.
My GF wishes they offered Mushu Pork, but she loves the dumplings, soup, and egg rolls, so Orient Garden keeps us all satisfied.
Recommended dishes: General TSO's Chicken
Restaurantji Recommends
Very disappointed. We ordered curry chicken and got a pile of steamed vegetables and sautéed:chicken
What happened to my favorite Chinese restaurant!? :’( this was my first time getting takeout since the new ownership. The flavor is all gone. I will say it’s cooked well and portions are still nice, but gah no spice or strong flavor.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Sesame Chicken, General TSO's Chicken
I treat myself once a month to their Sesame Tofu! It's worth every bit of the cost!!! I even have my coworkers ordering from here. The food is fresh and they give you a lot for this dish.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Sesame Tofu
Food is suuuppperrrr bland and overpriced. Even the soy sauce doesn’t help. I won’t be back! And the lady was kind of rude on the phone. I got the vegetable lo mein and house rice
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
I treat myself once a month to their Sesame Tofu! It's worth every bit of the cost!!! I even have my coworkers ordering from here. The food is fresh and they give you a lot for this dish.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Sesame Tofu
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