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3.8

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Nº 1795 in 2648 in Liverpool

Nº 73 of 116 Chinese in Liverpool

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Absolutamente repugnante sobre arroz cocido lleno de grumos todos pegados juntos frío sobre cocido Sui Mia eran como bolas hinchables sólido frío a través de patatas fritas eran roca gris duro mantenerse alejados de este lugar chicos

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Jim T . 2024-12-02

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Ordered prawn chow mein, salt and pepper chips and chicken in orange from uber eats. absolutely the worst chinese i have ever had. Salt and pepper chips for £4.50 came cold and as plain chips! Chow mein was in separate containers, cold and VERY bland. Chicken in orange was not tried as chicken in LEMON was delivered - also COLD and not tasty at all. The most disappointing meal - DO NOT RECOMMEND

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Daisy Thompson . 2024-08-26

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Without a doubt the worst Chinese I’ve ever had. Paid £5 for salt and pepper chips for them to be plain and cold. Prawn chow mein looked like vomit. Duck in orange sauce ended up being lemon and was also cold. Definitely avoid

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Jack Doyle . 2024-08-26

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Absolutely gorgeous food and I’m quite fussy. Lovely atmosphere lovely helpful staff can’t fault it highly recommend

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jane Burn . 2024-08-23

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Lovely little place first time eating in here can honestly say the tea time special is spot on! Great value for money and food lovely especially the staff! Thank you

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Shaun Bamber . 2024-07-17

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First visit, great food and a good selection, staff very friendly, will be going back.

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David Taylor . 2024-07-01

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Awesome food, great service! Very nice atmosphere and doesn't cost too much.

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Keiran . 2024-05-31

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Food was nice but definitely not value for money. Mushrooms £7 for a tiny tub is shocking.

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Neil Kenny . 2024-05-28

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If you like everything boiled, it's a delight but if you prefer Chinese food cooked in a wok like myself don't bother. Everything was tasteless and the chicken sweetcorn soup was so thick with some sort of thickening agent it resembled snot, all four of us where actually gagging at the glue like substance hanging off the end of the spoon. I ordered chicken chow mein which consisted of fried noodles covered in over boiled tasteless chicken and boiled vegetables with no flavour, my partner ordered Cantonese chicken which was the same boiled, pure white chicken with raw sliced onions and a Cantonese sauce simply thrown across the top. My father ordered beef curry which again was beef boiled in nothing but water dumped in a bowl with raw onions and curry sauce poured over it. Plenty of food, but all as bland and tasteless as chewing on a bath mat ! Avoid at all costs unless you are allergic to anything that has flavour.

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David J . 2024-05-14

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Cheap food. Delicious. Quick service. Staff are all super friendly. Good to eat in or takeaway. My friend is fussy and has no veg in any of his food (usually sweet and sour chicken) and they always accommodate him.

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Dom Boyle . 2024-05-11

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one of the worst Chinese I have ever tasted and I say tasted because it was like trying it and throwing away the plate. A Cantonese chicken that has no vegetables and the chicken was breast, without batter or anything, it's really bad. In Fazakerly I haven't tried Chinese food that's worth it, the only one in Liverpool was in the Chinese neighborhood

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jesus lopez rodriguez . 2024-04-27

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Today I bought chicken noodles, noodles was too salty and tasted like it was burned. Unsatisfied.

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ashish george . 2024-04-25

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Food arrived on time, hot and very tasty. This is the first time we’ve ordered from Chins Garden and will definitely be ordering again…

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Christine . 2024-04-11

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For your own sake DO NOT ORDER from here waited over an hour for are food we ordered special fried rice chips salt and pepper chicken and salt and pepper chips £32 never got the chips hand full of salt and pepper chips and 5 pieces of salt and pepper chicken which was cold phoned up to complain and ask where the chips where and was told that there was no more delivery's being made now chip where frozen chip not fresh the chicken was dry as a bone and rock hard definitely reheated absolutely disgusting now I have eaten a lot of bad take aways but this is literally the worst food I have ever had so please be careful

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wayne tarleton . 2024-04-10

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What a shame food cold and late, it had right flavour and if hot I would 100% order again. Sorry but I won’t order again.

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Christine . 2024-04-09

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First time ordering food was exceptional and I will definitely be ordering again

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Robert . 2024-04-06

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Food is nice the service is ok and atmosphere is fine oretty good overall

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Carl . 2024-04-04

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piping hot just as we like it, the food didn't disappoint as per usual it was perfect yum, yum 😋

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Peter . 2024-04-04

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Prawn crackers missing from order but otherwise good.

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David . 2024-03-30

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In hotel. On my own. Ordered twice. The Sui mai, both fried and steamed were excellent. The crispy pork with pancakes great and the crispy chilli beef really good. Portions generous. Delivery fast. Food still hot on arrival.

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John W . 2024-03-28

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The Chicken in Szechuan Sauce is like paste and has a very bad taste

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TONI . 2024-03-18

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Not the best takeaway and for a restaurant and price paid the food was definitely not restaurant standard.

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DALE . 2024-03-17

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Half of my order didn’t arrive

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Mea . 2024-03-13

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We often order from here and are yet to have a complaint. food has always been quality

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Craig . 2024-03-12

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Hot and sour soup should have been hotter spice wise

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Stephen . 2024-03-09

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Gorgeous food - as ever! And very generous servings.

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Tanya . 2024-03-08

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Lovley staff is always happy, and the food is fantastic, and from a delivery driver perspective they never make me wait more than 5 mins. I love it here. Thanks again.

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Jay . 2024-03-05

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Lovely food. Our family use the restaurant for birthday meals but they do a lovely takeaway too.

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Jean . 2024-03-03

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The quality has drastically changed from how good this place used to be. My partner couldn't even finish the items they'd ordered. We used to really enjoy going here, but this was the last time, unfortunately.

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Sean . 2024-03-02

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Ordered on Uber Eats. Delivery arrived without cuttlery even though I requested it. Was a bit of an issue since I stayed in a hotel so I had to walk to tesco and buy some. Also, the food was awful. The beef just tasted bland with a weird consistency. Save yourself the money and eat somewhere else.

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Céline E. . 2024-02-23

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Fantastic food, taste, texture, decent portions, good quality, totally live it!

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Karolina . 2024-02-18

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Absolutely beautiful food. Genuinely best Chinese restaurant in Merseyside, nothing compares. Huge portions, wonderful tasting food, lovely staff, brilliant prices, such good value for money. I've been coming here for years, and have never, ever had a bad meal here! Anyone who enjoys Chinese food would be doing themselves a disservice by not trying the China Garden. Absolutely the best! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 (Picture taken just before closing time) .......( Banana Fritters and Toffee Banana are particularly excellent! 😙👌 )

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Kera Sage . 2024-02-17

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Food fantastic and tasty mmmmmmm

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Jemma . 2024-02-14

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Went with wife and neighbours. Food was excellent and service too . Lovely atmosphere.

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Sean Flannery . 2024-02-14

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Duck was delicious but the seaweed was awful over cooked and tasteless

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Alexandra . 2024-02-12

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ordered salt and pepper chicken, hardly any chicken just batter, noodles were dry, and sweet corn and chicken soup was just transparent slop with no flavour. waste of money

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Faye Jones . 2024-02-11

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Ordered on Uber eats salt and pepper chicken and crispy chilly chicken There was no chicken in me crispy chicken and my jaw hurts from eating tough batter was awful won’t order again!

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Tristan Mc Cabe . 2024-01-30

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Always lovely food from China garden

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Ruth . 2024-01-27

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food was lovely and tasty 😋 enjoy it every time

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Peter . 2024-01-25

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did not get any update about delivery was going to be late until I enquired 20 mins later, requested money back where it gave option, but not heard nothing back about that even though I've put request thru, still waiting, was not impressed with house special curry , was exackly same as the beef curry taste wise. disappointed usually always been happy with China garden in past.

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Fiona . 2024-01-24

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Excellent food been here a few times now service is great food is excellent and staff are very polite and also very reasonably price.

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Mike Brock . 2024-01-23

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the chicken sweetcorn soup was like water ,the spare ribs sauce was watered down ,main meal was very salty special chow mein .

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John . 2024-01-19

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Ordered a couple of times now and each time food has being lovely and still very warm/fresh

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Craig . 2024-01-18

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Food was boss as always- here super fast and piping hot!

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Viki . 2024-01-13

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food tastes delicious lovely & hot

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Peter . 2024-01-11

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I ordered beef in black been sauce which I have had many times I am allergic to chilli's I ordered it with green peppers not chilli when I phoned up all I got was screaming at me down the phone 😑 I will never spend my money there again

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Anne Melia . 2024-01-02

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I would not order Chinese food from anywhere else always 10/10 lovely food

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Peter . 2024-01-01

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Food had no flavour very bland the whole lot an Luke warm

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Philip . 2023-12-30

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Chicken like rubber cold. I'll never go back there.asking for tips aswel disgusting

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Stephenn monks . 2023-12-29

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food was absolutely delicious and enjoyed every bite never fails with they're food will be ordering again in the future xx

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viki . 2023-12-27

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I didn't get my food still waiting

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Shane . 2023-12-24

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Order came perfect can’t complain

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Emma . 2023-12-20

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Spot on meals. Alittle small but the quality was excellent. Crispy shredded beef chilli was to die for. 👍🏻

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Iain . 2023-12-16

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Lovely hot food delivered quickly

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Lauren . 2023-12-10

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Worst chicken chow mein ever. Not worth the money at all !!

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Edwina . 2023-12-09

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The staff were extremely friendly, rare to find in Liverpool. As Spaniards, we adore close people. We were very comfortable.

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M. Lluch Part . 2023-12-08

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Food very hot. Good quality. Delivered within half an hour

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Lynn . 2023-12-05

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Absolutely disgusting will never order again no wonder it was early delivery

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Sarah . 2023-12-05

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Food took almost 2 hrs to arrive, when I opened the bag the sauce from the ribs had leaked and covered everything. And as it was so late the food was cold

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Anthony . 2023-12-03

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Ordered from Uber Eats as the reviews said it was good. I ordered a Chicken Chow Mein and I received a slimy, potent, greasy broth and dry vermicelli noodles that smelled and tasted like seafood. The chips portion was more expensive than average and was smaller than expected but still tasted okay, the salt and pepper chicken pieces were probably the best part of the order but still average as they were expensive and the portion wasn't very big. We also ordered egg fried rice and curry which were both standard. I'm disappointed as we spent just over £30 for this food. Won't be ordering from here again.

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Anthony Mahon . 2023-12-03

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5 atar hygiene but for £40 for 3 meals it was snide

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Paul . 2023-12-02

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Perfect as always, ribs massive, salt and pepper chicken portion huge and egg fried rice nice.

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Vincent . 2023-11-30

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I drive past this restaurant regularly and tonight I wish I would of done the same

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Lauren . 2023-11-27

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Food wasn't nice.. cold food chicken want best quality. Will jot order again

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Simon . 2023-11-19

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I think the portion sizes is terrible not worth the money got 4 squid pieces for £7.20 what a rip off

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Natalie . 2023-11-18

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Delivered promptly. Tasted great.

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David . 2023-11-17

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Amazing food, fantastic service, definitely recommend

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Annalise Hampson . 2023-11-08

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Food was absolutely lovely and piping hot when it arrived will deffo be using again 10/10

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Peter . 2023-11-08

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The restaurant is very clean and warm. Food is always hot and tasty and very reasonable priced especially the tea time special which comes with a large bowl of soup, appertizers of ribs, spring rolls, seaweed, prawn toast and pickled veg, then crispy pork and pancakes with cucumber and spring onion and then a main course of your choice from a large list it is excellent. The staff are very nice and friendly especially Cherry. Well worth a visit https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/ShowUserReviews-g186337-d5779039-r922942389-China_Garden_Restaurant-Liverpool_Merseyside_England.html#

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Derek Hampson . 2023-11-08

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First time customer, food was delicious and delivered on time! Recommended

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Dave . 2023-11-08

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The food was cold when it arrived Chicken was undercooked was unable to eat it .

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Debra . 2023-11-06

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Ate at China Garden lots over the years always top food

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neil . 2023-11-03

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The food wasn't what I ordered come and take it back it was also cold an looked uncooked

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Sharon . 2023-11-01

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GOT A TAKEAWAY IT WAS DISGUSTING WENT IN BIN SPECIAL CHOW MAIN WAS TERRIBLE GOT CHIPS AND CURRY ALL WENT IN BIN LOOKED LIKE SLOP

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Margaret Hignett . 2023-11-01

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great food and customer service, we had the tea time special which was great value!

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Irene M . 2023-10-29

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The restaurant is very clean and warm. Food is always hot and tasty and very reasonable priced especially the tea time special which comes with a large bowl of soup, appertizers of ribs, spring rolls, seaweed, prawn toast and pickled veg, then crispy pork and pancakes with cucumber and spring onion and then a main course of your choice from a large list it is excellent. The staff are very nice and friendly especially Cherry. Well worth a visit

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dahampson@aol.com . 2023-10-25

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We have been visiting this restaurant for over 15 years. Everything from the food, the space itself, to the amazing staff, is absolutely outstanding. The food is of exceptional quality; always hot, fresh and delicious and the prices are unbelievable as well. Spotlessly clean everywhere, with a lovely feel to it. I HAVE to mention the staff; honestly the most warm, welcoming, kind hearted people I have ever had the privilege of meeting. Nothing is too much trouble, they honestly go above and beyond. Eric is a true gentleman and Cherry is wonderful. I regularly visit with my elderly mum and Cherry is so kind, patient and attentive with her, helping her with putting on her coat and walking mum out to our car. The warmth and hospitality of this wonderful restaurant and its truly wonderful people, you will not find seconded anywhere else. Please visit, I can assure you, you will not be disappointed. 10 out of 10, would give 100 stars if I could.

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Helen Susannah Richardson . 2023-10-21

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A lovely experience with my friend who visits frequently :) Tasty food, great service and highly recommended!

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Laura Mackie . 2023-10-19

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My favourite restaurant ever! Best food, beautiful staff. Staff are so happy, polite & can’t do enough for you. I wouldn’t eat anywhere else. Take out or eat in, delicious food. 10/10 xx

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hayley stanton . 2023-10-19

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I have just got a delivery from here salt n pepper chicken (so hard it nearly broke my teeth) egg fried rice ( with no egg ) and chips which were also hard n to crispy it was all inedible £15 for the dog to eat

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Luke M . 2023-10-12

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It's ok, would not say it's an amazing Chinese restaurant, with amazing food. Very nice staff.

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Andy martin . 2023-10-11

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Sorry but the rice was cold there was no spring onions the sui miers were cold sorr will not be ordering from there again

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steven . 2023-10-06

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Really disappointed I ordered chips with my prawn cashews and got some sort of rice and I hate rice soup was nice as was the prawns but not the same as a proper meal with chips so sorry won’t be ordering again

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Elaine . 2023-10-06

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Normally very good food but both shredded chicken and salt and pepper chicken had been over cooked by some way and was not able to be eaten

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Matthew . 2023-10-01

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Food wasn't great ,main meal of vermicelli was the blandest meal I've tasted, salt n pepper ribs were in batter but soggy ,the rest was just warm ,won't order again from here ,waste of my hard earned money

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Steve . 2023-10-01

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Food was so delicious 😋 absolutely 💯% love the food from this restaurant

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Peter . 2023-09-29

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Went with family and friends to China Garden to celebrate my daughters birthday. The staff were polite and helpful the meal, we had banquet B and food was excellent best chicken and sweetcorn soup ever. Well worth the money as around £35 a head with drinks. We will return

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Jean White . 2023-09-24

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One of the meals I was given was wrong but the food wasn't bad. I guess I just expected a bit more flavour for the cost.

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Lauren . 2023-09-22

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really nice food and good service. will reorder!!

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alannah . 2023-09-20

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Updates were not acurate delivery est 8.15- 8.35 spoke to restraunt still waiting for delivery even though on just eat now says enjoy your food which i cant as not been delivered how can i get money back if delivery is not here

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Tom . 2023-09-17

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Food is bland but was hot at delivery. Delivery was ok

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charity . 2023-09-17

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Very tasty.....only negatives......noodles too thin and size of chip portion for price....unreasonable

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Liz . 2023-09-15

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Food was terrible never had bad Chinese food like that before the sweet n sour chicken looked like it was cooked during lockdown starters was warm dry and funky whole thing was not good atall.

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Ste . 2023-09-12

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Terrible quality.. chili shredded beef tasted and smelled like it had been stewed in a bowl of vinegar, 'singapore style chow mein' didn't have chicken or shrimp in it but instead shredded char sui. Bao buns were dry and stale. Very disappointed

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Georgina Ranson . 2023-09-07

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Another lovely takeaway meal from here tonight I’ve ordered a few times now and it’s always spot on I added a note this time and they read it and amended my food accordingly and I really appreciate it ,Don’t hesitate to order from here you will not disappointed, will definitely order again

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C Withe . 2023-09-03

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We ate here late in the evening after a visit to Liverpool with my partner. The owner here was very welcoming and friendly. We wasn't quite sure what we wanted to eat. He was very helpful and talked us through the menu and recommendations. Our meal came to our table quite quickly and before we knew it, our stomachs were full & very satisfied! The food was fantastic, authentic Hong Kong cuisine. Great food, great customer service and a great time. I will definitely be returning the next time I visit Liverpool, and I would recommend you to!

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Anthony . 2023-09-03

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Met a couple of friends shopping around Liverpool, then decide to go for food. We came across china garden, staff were very friendly and came to take our drink orders, food was absolutely delicious, we ordered a couple of starters to share between us came out at a reasonable time very fresh and delicious. Our main then came out not so long after, the chicken chow mein was definitely my favourite. I would definitely recommend china garden again and i will surely visit again.

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Ying . 2023-09-03

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They missed fried rice off the order so waited another 30 min for it by the time opened other food all of which was cold . The food itself was absolutely awful, bland watery mess" on the beef in Blackbean chips were vile , and fried rice was awful .I can honestly say this is the worse restaurant i have ever been to and won't be recommending to knowone . Its ruined my night and had to pay for the privilege complete let down. Fuming !!!! I will not eat here again if the owners paid for the meal !

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jay banks . 2023-09-02

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The meals were very nice and hot, they arrived on time and the driver was friendly, would definitely use again

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George . 2023-09-01

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Salt pepper chicken pieces not the best, chewy an lacking flavour. Chips decent. Special fried rice was good, the meats wasn’t cut into small pieces like other gaffs. Curry sauce was up there.

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Tom . 2023-08-30

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