China Garden

I wanted to get a vegetable with garlic sauce dish or just chopped garlic in the sauce if they don’t make a specific garlic sauce…and I got the order pretty fast like 10-15 min at most but when I went home to eat it, the smell was medicinal and I realized it was due to the many celery pieces they added which makes the whole dish taste really bad, there were fresh (not canned) mushrooms, onions, and some carrot slices. But the broccoli wasn’t really fresh and they added whole garlic pieces which were mushy and tasteless which happens when you don’t chop it for the flavor I was hoping for. Then after I put it in the fridge I saw that the sauce turned into a gelatin like texture. So I had to wash out all the sauce w a strainer and added my own chopped garlic and soy sauce to be able to eat it. Otherwise my $15 take out dish would have gone to waste. The staff are nice and they were mostly young high school to college age students and they were kind and respectful. I just wish the food reflected the goodness of the hospitality. A nice surprise: A nice ramen like base soup…complimentary with the food. Has rice and scallions. Tasty.

The food is good but the restaurant needs a good cleaning. This is not a buffet so the food doesn't sit out. The sweet and sour chicken is unfortunately the North Dakota norm. Batter dipped chicken and a separate red sauce. I would love to find real sweet and sour chicken. Though the place was not busy, our booth was gross. Greasy hand prints and a questionable substance was on the glass and chairs. My suggestion... order your food to go.