This was my favorite Chinese place for the last 20+ years !and was soooo disappointed to discover it was closed when I walked up to the door! After moving up in life and moving away from town it was always my favorite place to go when I was in town. If you have never been, you truly missed a great atmosphere, excellent food and spectacular personal service. I suppose for me this is more of a "goodbye" than a review in hopes that the owners will see this and know that their service will be severely missed! And if you want to open another location, Rockwall or Royse City would be great! For now I wish your family the best of wishes and a hearty good luck! 祝你好运 Zhù nǐ hǎo yùn Phil E.
Nate C.
Absolutely destroyed that this amazing restaurant closed down due to contract issues with the landlord. Been going there for over 30 + years and an absolute extended family staple when they come to town. Amazing food and such an amazing family: I really hope they take their delicious recipes and find another location. I hope there is a horrible spot in hell for the landlord.
M B
Placed an order for take-out and got there in under 10 minutes and it was ready! Better than that - all the food we ordered was piping hot and delicious. It wasn’t over-salted/seasoned which is an issue we take with most other Chinese restaurants. Seriously the BEST Chinese food we’ve had in this area. We’ll be back for sure!
Jae L.
End of an era for Korean/Chinese food. Family that run it is closing down. I've been coming since my elementary school days. Last time was several years ago but had to come to try it one more time. Most Koreans that grew up in Dallas probably have eaten here. Our last meal here.
Lashanti Johnson
I ordered orange chicken, i never ever had orange chicken that look like this, it literally had oranges in it, making it to have a overbearing citrus flavor also there was no peppers onion or chillis in it, (which if it was, im sure the flavor would have balanced out) then my fried rice was actually steamed rice with some eggs in it, only thing was good was my egg roll thats it! im so annoyed i wasted money and now have to go spend more money for a much better meal! yall need to get it together,( seriously orange chicken doesn’t mean people want mandarin oranges in their orange chicken!)Then my lo Mein was only noddles no peppers or nothing once again!
Bill Meyer
The meals here are always good hot and fresh. They were low on staff but they were still friendly. Enjoy the artwork on the walls, you can get lost in them.
Helen E.
I wanted tasty Chinese food that I could pick up and bring home. This was good and we enjoyed it.
Debby Lewis
We had a lovely dinner tonight. We shared the Imperial Dinner for 2 which includes (I am just going to copy and paste so I don't leave anything out...): Sizzling Rice Soup, Fried Shrimp and Dumplings, Mongolian Beef, and Sweet Sour Chicken. Everything was spot on. Came out quick and hot. We ate every bite - except a few onions.... not because we were that hungry, but because we couldn't stop. :-) These combo dinners, like the Imperial, are the way to go!
Alexis Truth
The guy at the counter was very rude, it was as if I was bothering him by placing my order. The noodles were over cooked and under seasoned, the noodles were almost almost like dough...No one likes over cooked, flavorless noodles and that's what I got.Lo mein is my favorite Chinese dish and this was the worst I've ever had.
Tom Proctor
Sigh, it was a good place to go but now I wouldn't recommend. Went today for lunch and as all the other reviews said the fried rice is not fried and should be labeled dry rice. Don't know what happened. Service was poor.
Smaller restaurant but good food & service, much more impt than the classy restaurants w poor service & not so delicious foods. Keep up!
Courtney B.
For 31 years, I've eaten at chien garden and I love it! The family staff is always friendly, the food is fresh and delicious, and it tastes way better than any other Chinese restaurant I've ever been to.
Amanda L.
For me it's my top just for the vibes. Here's the trick though. Stick with a few. Crab rangoon? fire. Black bean noodles? Fire. Orange chicken? not bad. There's some really good hits, and then some misses. Cheap price tag and it's really tasty depending on what you get.
Shelley Fang
I decided to go here because I was in the mood for jajangmyeon, but I didn't want to drive all the way out to Carrolton. The jajangmyeon here was okay. The black bean sauce was lacking flavor. On the other hand, the sweet and sour chicken was pretty good. The staff were very friendly and the place was clean.
Brett Fontenot
DO NOT EAT HERE, DO NOT EAT HERE. Worst Chinese food ever. Previous reviews stating this place is great, MUST BE FAKE. You are wasting your money. Ordered combo fried rice. Rice is steamed with fried egg, few tiny baby shrimp, few small pieces of beef, no chicken or pork could be found. Szechuan beef was terrible, not even Szechuan beef. It looked like steamed beef and onions, no carrots, no Szechuan sauce, not spicy. DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY. Over priced And terrible food. Restaurant is very dimly lit so you cannot see how dirty it is.
This was my favorite Chinese place for the last 20+ years !and was soooo disappointed to discover it was closed when I walked up to the door! After moving up in life and moving away from town it was always my favorite place to go when I was in town. If you have never been, you truly missed a great atmosphere, excellent food and spectacular personal service. I suppose for me this is more of a "goodbye" than a review in hopes that the owners will see this and know that their service will be severely missed! And if you want to open another location, Rockwall or Royse City would be great! For now I wish your family the best of wishes and a hearty good luck! 祝你好运 Zhù nǐ hǎo yùn Phil E.
Absolutely destroyed that this amazing restaurant closed down due to contract issues with the landlord. Been going there for over 30 + years and an absolute extended family staple when they come to town. Amazing food and such an amazing family: I really hope they take their delicious recipes and find another location. I hope there is a horrible spot in hell for the landlord.
Placed an order for take-out and got there in under 10 minutes and it was ready! Better than that - all the food we ordered was piping hot and delicious. It wasn’t over-salted/seasoned which is an issue we take with most other Chinese restaurants. Seriously the BEST Chinese food we’ve had in this area. We’ll be back for sure!
End of an era for Korean/Chinese food. Family that run it is closing down. I've been coming since my elementary school days. Last time was several years ago but had to come to try it one more time. Most Koreans that grew up in Dallas probably have eaten here. Our last meal here.
I ordered orange chicken, i never ever had orange chicken that look like this, it literally had oranges in it, making it to have a overbearing citrus flavor also there was no peppers onion or chillis in it, (which if it was, im sure the flavor would have balanced out) then my fried rice was actually steamed rice with some eggs in it, only thing was good was my egg roll thats it! im so annoyed i wasted money and now have to go spend more money for a much better meal! yall need to get it together,( seriously orange chicken doesn’t mean people want mandarin oranges in their orange chicken!)Then my lo Mein was only noddles no peppers or nothing once again!
The meals here are always good hot and fresh. They were low on staff but they were still friendly. Enjoy the artwork on the walls, you can get lost in them.
I wanted tasty Chinese food that I could pick up and bring home. This was good and we enjoyed it.
We had a lovely dinner tonight. We shared the Imperial Dinner for 2 which includes (I am just going to copy and paste so I don't leave anything out...): Sizzling Rice Soup, Fried Shrimp and Dumplings, Mongolian Beef, and Sweet Sour Chicken. Everything was spot on. Came out quick and hot. We ate every bite - except a few onions.... not because we were that hungry, but because we couldn't stop. :-) These combo dinners, like the Imperial, are the way to go!
The guy at the counter was very rude, it was as if I was bothering him by placing my order. The noodles were over cooked and under seasoned, the noodles were almost almost like dough...No one likes over cooked, flavorless noodles and that's what I got.Lo mein is my favorite Chinese dish and this was the worst I've ever had.
Sigh, it was a good place to go but now I wouldn't recommend. Went today for lunch and as all the other reviews said the fried rice is not fried and should be labeled dry rice. Don't know what happened. Service was poor.
Restaurantji Recommends
Smaller restaurant but good food & service, much more impt than the classy restaurants w poor service & not so delicious foods. Keep up!
For 31 years, I've eaten at chien garden and I love it! The family staff is always friendly, the food is fresh and delicious, and it tastes way better than any other Chinese restaurant I've ever been to.
For me it's my top just for the vibes. Here's the trick though. Stick with a few. Crab rangoon? fire. Black bean noodles? Fire. Orange chicken? not bad. There's some really good hits, and then some misses. Cheap price tag and it's really tasty depending on what you get.
I decided to go here because I was in the mood for jajangmyeon, but I didn't want to drive all the way out to Carrolton. The jajangmyeon here was okay. The black bean sauce was lacking flavor. On the other hand, the sweet and sour chicken was pretty good. The staff were very friendly and the place was clean.
DO NOT EAT HERE, DO NOT EAT HERE. Worst Chinese food ever. Previous reviews stating this place is great, MUST BE FAKE. You are wasting your money. Ordered combo fried rice. Rice is steamed with fried egg, few tiny baby shrimp, few small pieces of beef, no chicken or pork could be found. Szechuan beef was terrible, not even Szechuan beef. It looked like steamed beef and onions, no carrots, no Szechuan sauce, not spicy. DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY. Over priced And terrible food. Restaurant is very dimly lit so you cannot see how dirty it is.