China Garden Restaurant in Livermore

For the past year, China Garden has become my go-to Chinese restaurant in the Tri-Valley. Pre-pandemic, I use to go onsite for their lunch specials - the lunches are a strong value at around $10 and included an entrée, fried rice, chow mein, soup, salad, and spring rolls. The food is good, comes out fast, and the restaurant is clean. The wait staff is really nice too; for example, the times Ive taken my Kindergarten-aged son for lunch, the primary waitress whos on the floor has been very playful towards him. These lunch specials are pretty standard fare for most Chinese restaurants that cater to American audiences.During the pandemic, Ive been taking advantage of their delivery services for dinner. This worked out pretty well given its given me a reason to try some of the other items on their menu that I probably wouldnt have considered because I of my penchant for lunch specials. My new standard items include Spicy Crispy Tofu, Mapo Tofu, Chicken and Corn soup, and the Combination Chow Mein. Im especially pleased with their Mapo Tofu, which reminds me of my moms cooking and hits just the right spice levels.Regarding deliveries, theyre inexpensive at $2 within a certain radius (I think its a little bit more if its further out). The delivers are always the same two people - they are consistent with speedy deliveries, wearing masks, waiting 6+ feet away after ringing the doorbell to ensure that the food is collected, and generally just being pleasant.

For little plate of vegetables “dinner special “ they charged me $17.85. All prices in menu maximum $14.95. I can’t understand where they took $17.85 for little plate of vegetables. Not coming back. Next door Afghan authentic restaurant I got the same plate for $8.

This was pretty good place to eat at. Consistent for Chinese food. Prices are decent too.

The food was actually pretty good. We were inspired by a prior review and ordered spicy fried tofu, mapo tofu, chicken corn soup, mixed chow fun, and mixed egg foo young. The mapo tofu was flavorful, spicy and excellent. The fried tofu was piping hot and very good. The corn soup was fresh and the chou fun had excellent wok hei. The portion sizes were good for all dishes.Now the not so good, for which I had to deduct 2 stars. The egg foo young was pretty bad, without salt, full of bland corn starch and nothing like the crispy, egg-laced patties you get in other parts of the country. The lady talking the order duplicated my chou fun and charged me for it, which I didnt realize till later. But most importantly, I found an inch long piece of metal fastener in my food (photo attached). This can happen, but is incredibly dangerous, and I hope the restaurant owners read this review and take corrective action. I would go back though and support this family run place.

The food was so flavorful and service is outstanding. I had the Mongolian Beef plate, the meat was very tender. My Husband had the beef broccoli, he said the same and his brother had the sweet and sour pork. All of us left satisfied! We will definitely be back.

Decent lunch specials!Edit: Last time we went the sweet and sour soup of the was too salty and I couldnt eat it. Also the fried noodles were a bit too oily. The Honey Walnut Shrimp was still good.

Ordered food to go on a Saturday afrernoon. Ordered 3 items the portions are half the normal size of what they were before (white foam containers). Paid $45.I will try one more time to eat in.

ALL THE FOOD IS DELICIOSA...FOR THIS COLD SEASON ...START W/HOT AND SOUR SOUP. FOLLOW BY ORANGE CHICKEN...BEFF BROCOLI CHOW MAIN AND MONGOLIAN BEEF SPICY * .EXCELENT FOOD. SERVICE AND LOCATION.

Great food, I have been coming for years. best hot and sour soup in livermore. Kung pao chicken and Mongolian beef or chicken is excellent. they do delivery also.

Great service and really tasty food. Everyone there is very friendly and fast & the food is delicious. I got the mango chicken with pork fried rice! Highly recommend