China Garden - Hamden

What can I say. The garden is the Meca of Connecticut Chinese food. The menu has a plethora of delicious options, whether it be rice or meats you simply cannot go wrong. The fact that other Chinese restaurants open in Hamden and think they can compete with the garden baffles me. Do yourself a favor and get into the garden.

Got a very bad stomach ache after getting orange chicken, it was a late order idk how long the chicken is out for, I even saved some and tried it the next day and regretted it. I do have a sensitive stomach but if you do too, skip this place. Hate to say it because it tasted good but I can't go back.

I ordered from them last night. I thought it was the restaurant across from the Hamden High school. I should have canceled my order immediately. The shrimp dumplings were delicious. The wings were too. The egg foo young was inedible. I had to throw the first patty out. I saved the second patty as I was going to return it and ask them that they redo the order. I spent $57, so I thought that would be an easy ask. I called today to tell them of my experience; starting with how the food was good except the egg foo young which was burnt. She said it is deep fried...so it is dark like that. I told her that I had been eating egg foo young for 40 years and this was burnt. I know what char and carbon tastes like. This was burnt beyond being edible. Well, we have been selling it for years and never had a complaint , she said rudely. I told her well, I 'm telling you that it was burnt and I will bring it back and would like another one. She made it plain that wouldn 't be happening. I made it plain I would leave this review and that she lost my business forever. Not because the food was burnt. Anyone can make a mistake. She lost my business because of her attitude. For the price of less than $1, she could have made $50+ a week from me. Serves me right for trying something besides my usual even if it was by mistake.

February 2022. Had menu up on screen. Had a question and called. Woman answered. I asked question. Could not understand her answer. Tried several times. No success. I decided to order. Pork in Garlic Sauce with NOT white rice. Dumpling soup. Pickup. Lunch menu. 16+. 20 minutes. Stopped 30 minutes later. Order ready. Paid. Thought the amount for the Lunch Special was too much. Pork/Garlic sauce: container filled 7/8 with, what was white rice, and a few sprigs of broccoli, possibly a few pieces of onion or unknown vegetable, and 2 mini corns and NO garlic flavor at all and tough pork. Soup: had two double size pork dumplings (forgetting what they are called) and 8 ounces of soup. I know, because I poured the soup into a measuring coup. The dumplings had very thick dough and a very little ball of pork inside. The soup was salty and had no distinct flavor, just salt. Aftertaste! Will I return? NOPE.

Ordered $60 worth of food. Lady said card wasn?t going through. Tried another one and she said the same thing, so she didn?t deliver my order. Come to find out the money went through on the first card. I call back to tell them so I can?t get reimbursed and they saying they didn?t take anything out. Won?t be back at all