
Ming's Garden
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About Ming's Garden
Ming's Garden serves Chinese food on Main St in Gardendale, with a menu of 84 dishes. The lineup covers sweet and sour pork, chicken, and shrimp alongside almond chicken, moo goo gai pan, and garlic chicken, plus recurring plates like egg drop soup, hot and sour soup, egg rolls, beef and broccoli, sesame chicken, Happy Family, lo mein, gyoza, and mushroom chicken. A buffet option is available with self-serve plates for those who want to sample the range at one sitting. Dinner combos come with rice and a choice of egg roll. The restaurant operates on a walk-in basis with no reservations, and takeout orders are placed at the counter rather than through an online system. It opens daily, giving diners a consistent option for either sitting down to the buffet or picking up a combo plate on the way home.
Good to know
- ParkingFree of charge street parking · Free parking lot · Plenty of parking
- AccessibilityHas wheelchair-accessible car park · Has wheelchair-accessible entrance · Has wheelchair-accessible seating
- Good for kidsGood for kids · High chairs available · Family friendly
- DietaryServes vegetarian dishes
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Menu & Prices
84 dishes · mains $5–13- Sweet And Sour Pork$7.25
- Sweet And Sour Chicken$7.25
- Sweet And Sour Shrimp$7.75
- Almond Chicken$7.25
- Moo Goo Gai Pan$7.25
- Garlic Chicken$7.25
Reviews
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention hot and sour soup, egg rolls, happy family and sesame chicken.
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention hot and sour soup, egg rolls, happy family and sesame chicken.
Customer Review Summary
The caveat carries real weight. Some longtime visitors say the restaurant has gone downhill, describing watered down dishes, stale and lukewarm soup and chips, mediocre food, a stuffy dining room and apathetic staff. A first-time takeout customer found the beef and broccoli seasoned only with pepper and fish sauce, with broccoli steamed to mush. At the buffet, one reviewer says staff refused a separate container for wontons, even for extra payment, to keep them from going soggy.
Customer Review Summary
The caveat carries real weight. Some longtime visitors say the restaurant has gone downhill, describing watered down dishes, stale and lukewarm soup and chips, mediocre food, a stuffy dining room and apathetic staff. A first-time takeout customer found the beef and broccoli seasoned only with pepper and fish sauce, with broccoli steamed to mush. At the buffet, one reviewer says staff refused a separate container for wontons, even for extra payment, to keep them from going soggy.
Featured reviews
- Elsie Clark
“I went to Ming’s with my son and daughter in law, a week ago. We have always had great food. But nothing was good that we ate. Everything tasted “watered down.” Even the soup and chips were stale and lukewarm! The food was not hot, except for the egg rolls. Are they under new management?”
- francisco salas
“Nice place for family gatherings good food prices are affordable you need to check it out”
- Tera Cochran
“Visited about two weeks ago for the first time, and likely will not return. The atmosphere was very nostalgic, like the hole-in-the-wall buffets you visited as a kid with memorable dishes. The service was okay. The woman who took the to-go order was polite and said thank you, nothing out of the ordinary. I got takeout. A small egg drop soup and a dinner Beef and Broccoli. The soup was very good, not overly salty like other places, and I appreciated that they don't add yellow food coloring like many other restaurants. The beef tasted like it was only seasoned with pepper and fish sauce. The broccoli was steamed for so long it turned to mush when I bit into it, and was also seasonless. The rice was just plain steamed rice, was good with soy sauce. I'm not sure why so many Asian restaurants around Gardendale are skimping out on seasonings, but it's pushing me to go closer to Downtown the next time I am craving Chinese food, which won't be for a while.”
- Jimmy Wesson
“I haven't been here in a while but I'm glad I went back. My wife and I ordered the Happy Family and Sesame chicken and one egg roll. Happy Family was loaded with seafood and plenty of veggies with it. Sesame chicken was fried crispy and was great. Both dinners and egg roll with water to drink a little over $31.00 and we almost filled up a small go plate with leftovers. Will be going back soon!”
- Kristin Taylor
“The food was good, especially the gyoza and the mushroom chicken. Our server was very polite and the place was spotless. My mom and I will definitely go again.”
Hours
- Monday
- Tuesday
- Wednesday
- Thursday
- Friday
- Saturday
- Sunday
Highlights
- Has fast service
- Popular for popular for lunch
- Popular for popular for dinner
- Popular for good for solo dining
Amenities
- Has wheelchair-accessible car park
- Free of charge street parking
- Offers delivery
- Offers takeaway
- Serves dine-in
- Family friendly
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- Serves vegetarian dishes
- Serves alcohol
- Casual
- Always offers all that you can eat
- Serves coffee
- Serves comfort food
- Dining options· 5
- Serves lunch
- Serves dinner
- Serves dessert
- Has seating
- Has table service
- Crowd· 1
- Good for groups
- Parking· 2
- Free parking lot
- Plenty of parking
- Offerings· 2
- Quick bite
- Serves small plates
- Popular for· 3
- Popular for lunch
- Popular for dinner
- Good for solo dining
- Family-friendly· 2
- Good for kids
- High chairs available
- Highlights· 1
- Has fast service
- Facilities· 1
- Has toilet
- Atmosphere· 2
- Cosy
- Quiet
- Accessibility· 3
- Has wheelchair-accessible entrance
- Has wheelchair-accessible seating
- Has wheelchair-accessible toilet