China Garden Restaurant

The food was really good. Dinner for 2 under 40 with drinks. Portions were good too. Plenty of seating also. Good place to eat, will return soon.

Food is wonderful.i have been going for 20 years. Service not always pleasant by a female who is there but we dont go for her hospitality.

Long a reliable fixture in Sunny Downtown Okolona for sit down Chinese food, China Garden has toughed out the Covid-19 pandemic as a carry out restaurant. Recently, if you check in at the old entrance, lately used as a carry out pick up location, or perhaps call in first, they will open the locked door on the south side of the building and seat you for table service. (Yes, you have to walk around the front from the other door on the north side to get there.) It lends an air of the old era of the speak easies in gangster land Chicago where you had to know the right person to get in. Well worth the effort. The food and menu are the familiar comfort Chinese we have long expected here, and after so long an absence it sure feels great to chow down to a good plate dinner of San Shen Kuoba, puffed crispy rice, topped with chicken, beef, pork and shrimp. While listed as a spicy dish, it was only a little warm in the mouth, but satisfying. If you like heat, go ahead and ask for a little more. They take pride in their hand made egg rolls which actually have cabbage that is still a little green, a rarity these days in the Chinese restaurant milieu. Regrettably not so in the spring rolls we had. I won't go into exact prices except to say that, yes, they're up. That they are able to continue business in the present environment certainly earns them the right to a little profit. A shared single dinner with two Diet Cokes, an extra spring roll and an extra cup of their excellent hot sour soup brought the total within kissing distance of 30 bucks, not including the tip. The spare, but hard working crew deserved a good one, too.