Orange Garden Restaurant

Its been told that this neighborhood restaurant will close by next year and Pumpkin’s Corgan bought the neon sign, so I had to try it out. Its a Friday in early May 2022 and first thing you notice is that its packed. Every time the door opens theres a buzz announcing your arrival. And it seems that there is 10x take-away for every table occupied. All good signs!!! The portions are huge and the food is very tasty. I personally enjoyed the hot/sour soup. It was hot (temperature) and the sour was a good pucker factor. The string bean combo (chicken/beef/shrimp) was very good. And so was the combo fried rice. The crab rangoons was a bit too soft not quite crunchy like I am used to. The service was a bit slow but i was okay with that cause it seemed they were short staffed. But service was friendly and accurate. Tables were a bit too close to the booths but I will visit again before the retirement of the owner.

Sweet and sour tofu was straight up fried tofu that was hard as a rock with a flavorless sauce, we picked out the vegetables and through the rest away even after attempting to soak the tofu in the sauce. Bag was leaking too. Chow mein didn't have much flavor to it either but the vegetables were great. Kind service from the staff.

We called in our order and picked it up on the way home. My kids LOVE the orange chicken (their preference is without spice). I thoroughly enjoyed the Shrimp Delight (tons of shrimp and mixed veggies in a white sauce). My husband enjoyed the wonton soup and potstickers. Plenty of food in each entree so there were multiple days of leftovers, all feeling like a full meal.