#1 Garden Chinese
“Delivery is really fast and the driver remembers a good tip and will make sure he gets to you quick on follow up orders .”
“Some outstanding dishes includes crispy fish with garlic sauce, bok choy, eggplant, bean curd (there's lots of steamed vegetarian and seafood dishes) along with the typical "take-out".”
“They deliver lightning-fast, and brown rice is no extra charge.”
#1 Garden Chinese
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Caters: Yes
Price range.
$ Price range Under $10
5 reviews
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A craving for wonton soup hit me today. It was strange, but since my buzzer is broken, I figured I would venture out for some.
Scene: I ask for a large wonton soup with a few extra wontons. Lady asks me how many. "4, maybe 5?" I say with a smile. $3.85 gets me home quickly with a tub of wonton soup. BTW – there were 12 wonton in there… I counted. Me so happy and full.
The egg-rolls are excellent here–crispy, fluffy, and hot–but not so good as to make up for the ways in which #1 Garden is otherwise lacking. The way they package the food here must be with only cost-savings in mind: entrees are served over rice in one container, which results in rice soup and dry entrees. I find it hard to believe that with all the business this place does with people streaming in from the nearby subway stop, they really can't afford to put the rice in a carton and fill the container with the amount of entree expected for the price. Aside from the fact that under the current packaging protocol, the rice serves as a sponge, the chicken is always desiccated, as if it had been cooked hours ago (or, worse still, frozen) then flash fried. I've tried both a special entree (basil chicken) and a standard menu entree (chicken with "szechuan vegetables," which merely consisted of onions and snow peas) and encountered the dried-up protein issue in both. Dishes not served with rice, such as lo mein, are more successful.
Am I a Chinese take-out connoisseur? No. Do I like getting yummy food fast and cheap? Well, yes.
#1 Garden is my go-to place when I not only feel like making dinner, but I also don't feel like making dinner…another night. There is always enough for leftovers, and I've never paid more than $6.25 for my meal. They deliver lightning-fast, and brown rice is no extra charge. I've gotten a decent amount of the vegetarian options, and my carnivorous friends can attest to the fact that they do the standards (sesame, sweet and sour, General Tso's) very well.
Delicious. Is it the best ever? I don't know, but I like it.
solid Chinese takeout joint that I like to order from when visiting my family in Brooklyn.
the menu is standard Americanized Chinese, but the actual food is much less salty/oily/greasy than your average Chinese takeout place. for that, I'm bumping them up to 4.
their Kung Pao chicken is awesome here. probably one of the best Kung Pao chicken dishes I've had, actually.
a little costlier than Mr. Tong's (on Fort Hamilton), but the better quality is worth paying for! also, recently I've noticed Mr. Tong's adding more vegetables and skimping on the meat in the meat dishes, but #1 Garden has a perfect balance.
#1 Garden is a very good Chinese take-out place with speedy delivery and satisfying food. The dumplings are its forte, though I recommend the lo mein and chicken with Chinese vegetables too.