Lychee Garden Restaurant

We so badly wanted this place to be good, but unfortunately it fell pretty short of that. We live only a mile away and really hoped we could find a good sit-down location that wasn't take-out only. I drive by it every day on the way home from work, and their lot generally looks pretty busy, so I took that as a good sign. My wife and I decided to give it a try; it is a Wednesday night around 5pm. The lot again had about 6-7 cars which seemed good for so early. We entered to find the place empty except for one lady sitting at a table eating. Okay, not great but it being early, that's okay. We were greeted right away and were seated at a table by the buffet area, which I guess it permanently shut down. We were given two paper menus and ordered a couple of sodas. I ordered a crab Rangoon appetizer for us, as well as the sweet & sour chicken. My wife order the chicken kow (her go-to for places that carry it).

The crab rangoons came out first. They looked alright. A little on the anemic side, but as long as the flavor was there I was okay with that. It was not there. There honestly wasn't a whole lot of flavor at all, other than the sweet & sour table sauce they gave us. Very this wrapping and the cream cheese had nothing going for it.

Next we got the main dishes, and they actually looked pretty good as the waitress put them down. About 8 very large fried chicken pieces in the classic sweet & sour sauce, with pineapple, tomatoes and peppers. The chicken kow dish was a nice portion as well. Unfortunately, the presentation is about where the good part ended. The fried chicken only had the flavor of the very old oil used to cook it, and the sour sauce literally had no flavor, other than some pineapple notes. The sauce was also already starting to turn into gelatinous goo instead of remaining a sauce. There were a couple of chicken pieces that were extremely chewy and I had to spit those bites into a napkin. The chicken kow didn't fare much better. Virtually no flavor in the sauce as well, and the chicken was not the greatest. The best part of the meal was honestly the sodas and the almond cookies at the end. We took our remaining food to-go, and ended up tossing it at the Sendik's across the street when we shopped for other food to take home and munch on.

Our total for two dishes, 1 rangoon appetizer and two sodas was $50 + $8 tip.

I wished so hard for this to be good because I really hate leaving reviews like this, but for $60 I felt I must.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 2

Service: 5

The BEST Chinese food in Milwaukee!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The food is ok. I will probably not return.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 2

Service: 5

Love this place, Frendly waiters, Food excellent. Miss the buffet, wish they would bring it back.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Egg Rolls, Crab Rangoon, Sweet and Sour Chicken

I have been coming to this restaurant since at first opened, In 1985 I just wanna give an update on this. I never had a bad meal and I still haven’t got a bad meal from this restaurant as good as the food is is their friendship and their friendliness. They’re always very cordial and very professional, yet, Family atmosphere.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Only there for pick up order . Ordered for 3 people .

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

The restaurant gave a darker cozy atmosphere inside but it was empty besides one other table had people dining. On the other side of the restaurant were older people huddled around the bar watching the football game. That was different for a Chinese restaurant but okay.
The food wasn't the best. My daughter ordered a shrimp dish with lobster sauce. It had a strong fishy smell and was very salty. Too much soy sauce. It also had beef in it which was weird.
I ordered General Tso Chicken and it wasn't bad but it had plenty of soy sauce too. Everything could've used more flavor. We weren’t happy. For 2 meals and a drink, with a low tip was $50.
The staff was friendly and always checked on us.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 5

The lo mein was not good.

Always a great meal and friendly staff

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

a family favorite of ours, for many years. A real treat for a Friday night dinner. We have moved out of the area, but are planning a return this summer, and want to visit Lychee Garden!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Always great food !

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Loving this place for a dose of Chinese and Excellent mixed drinks - had the pepper steak 😋

Chicken fried rice. Chicken was so dried out i literally couldn't chew it. Rice was saturated with oil and soy sauce yet had little to no flavor and had an old taste to it. General Tso Chicken was so soggy and drenched in liquid. Watery. Hard veggies and charged a ridiculous amount of up charges for extra veggies which were not even correct and little to none were added. Even the side container of white rice was dry. Never returning. Carry out order and were there early to pick up so it was not sitting. Egg rolls were OK. Best thing was the wrapped fortune cookies. Seriously disappointing meal. Never returning to this place. Yuck!

The food was definitely not fresh and the menu has very little detail so our orders came out very different than explained. Just unfortunate we did not like most of our dinner.

Best egg rolls in town!