Little Garden

I wanted to give one star so people won’t come to my favorite place. This is one of the best kept secrets. Amazing food at a price that we used to pay 10 years ago. I totally get what people complain about the service but it is all about the expectation. If you ask the server what the wait is they will tell you. Your order will take an hour because we have tons of to go orders for example. If you are in a rush, go to other places. I find this place to be super friendly. Oh don’t forget to buy the frozen dumplings. Can you believe it is only 10$ for 2 lbs???? I love this place and always tip very generously as their dishes are very reasonably priced.

No fuss restaurant offering a wide variety of Chinese dishes from various regions. The dishes are plentiful and a great deal considering the price. Our go to dishes include the mini fried dumplings, pea vine shoots, and beef chow fun, and braised pork shoulder. Don’t expect too much from the decor and service without a smile, typical of Chinese restaurants.

Pretty authentic place to get some Chinese food. It also tastes like a real homemade meal. Feels like it’s a family owned restaurant. Everything was great when we went there. As others have said, don’t expect it to be very quick. Wait times can be up to an hour if you wait there to eat. Because they prepare the food by the order it is received. Definitely try going by 5 PM if you want to eat there for 20 or 30 minute wait but otherwise recommend takeout. We will definitely be going back. Thanks for a good meal.

The service and the food was great. It was the first time we visited Little Garden. We arrived at 5pm when they opened, on a Monday. We had a party of 8 and were the first party there. I liked that they had two large round tables for larger parties. The food did take awhile to start coming out as other reviews mentioned, about 40 minutes. I also read that others didn't receive good service and the servers'attitudes were bad. We didn't experience that. They were very nice and helpful and filled our water glasses frequently. You can't beat the value of the food. We had eight dishes and the total was only $123. We will definitely be coming back

The portion was GIANT here with reasonable price. Holy cow, can’t believe that it was my first time dinning here two weeks ago, food was great but we had to wait for 45 mins (there might be a big take out order coming in right before we headed in) Highly recommended to do take-out or come in early to secure a spot. Best spot for post hiking or post skiing Chinese food (yes. When you are hungry, you are ready for Little Garden)

Large portion of braised chicken with potatoes, only $20 after tax! The taste is good, like authentic Northern Chinese home cooked comforting food. During meal times, the wait can be quite long. I recommend ordering 1-2 hours in advance by phone and pickup. Better avoid dining in, it takes at least 30 minutes to get the food

Mediocre food. Food was served pretty fast but not much seasoning. Tastes very plain…. The waitress definitely has an attitude like other review mentioned. Not very authentic Hunan Cuisine.

It was Monday night so we didn’t wait too long, but it did take longer than most restaurants. The pickled long bean with smoked pork & sizzling lamb plate were flavorful and big portions, good value. Will stop by again only when they are not busy.(menu as of 2024 March)

I love Little Garden. This is probably my favorite Chinese spot. All their dishes are cheap and come in big portions. The Hunan cold noodle was good. I wanted to try something new, but I probably won't order this again. I enjoyed their other noodles more. I'd recommend their Tan-Tan noodle or spicy beef brisket with yam noodles. I liked the stir-fried cabbage, and holy cow, the huge plate was only for $9!! I think this is enough for 10 people. We ended up only finishing half and took the rest home. The Lamb on Sizzling Hot Plate was just okay--I was really excited when they brought it out and you could hear the sizzling sound, but the meat quality was very average. I was surprised Little Garden has such low ratings, but seemed like most people were only complaining about the wait. This is a popular restaurant, so the wait can be long during busy hours (sometimes even 1.5 hr). They don't take reservations, so make sure you go early and plan for wait time. I got lucky this time and went at 1pm on a Friday and there were many empty tables. Food came pretty fast too. The service was good. The waitress provided high chairs and plastic utensils for our little kids.

This restaurant is a little hidden on the backside of another strip mall area. The restaurant is small and there's limited parking directly out front, but plenty on the backside if you're willing to walk. The menu is large and has a good variety of items. We ordered a couple plates of dumplings, pea vines and the Chinese rice cakes with beef For three of us and it was more than enough. The portion sizes were good, the food came out fast and the food was flavorful. Service is pretty standard for a Chinese restaurant (don't expect much), but you don't go to a Chinese restaurant for super attentive service. Will definitely come back!

Food was sooo good. This has always been one of my favorites and they've been very good about getting the dishes out quicker as I remember they used to have extremely long wait times. Staff is also a lot more friendly today! The seats are a little uncomfortable in my opinion, they're a little too low for the tables but not a big deal.

If I'd read the reviews I would've come here much earlier in the day so that I wasn't dying of starvation by the time they took our order. When people say slow service they were NOT kidding. We ordered after 6:30 and our first dish landed on the table maybe around 7:30. Make sure you only come here with someone you REALLY enjoy the company of. Or someone you really want to trap for a few hours. To be fair, they did warn us when we came in that it'd take a while. And we were indecisive while ordering so she said "look im going to have to take that other table's order first then" which would've been fair warning that our dishes was gonna be even later on the chef's list but we didn't realize what the wait situation was like. We were joking that it must be one guy in the kitchen and he must be running to asian family market for each individual dish as the order comes in. Another table did it right. The dad and sone walked in and ordered while the mom went grocery shopping and came in later. Ordering was very no nonsense. She kept coming by to hurry us and when we said oh maybe we'll start with one or two then and keep a menu to keep looking she said "nuh uh you don't wanna do that". Very brisk chinese mannerism but not in an unkind way. As we were waiting, she later joked with us (I'd somehow gotten a pack of chopsticks that only had 1 stick in it and she was joking that I should buy a lottery ticket, and later when my boyfriend finally couldn't hold in his hunger and ran to 85 for a bread only to have our first dish arrive seconds after he ran out, she thought the timing was so funny lol). I was confused by the menu though. They have a bunch of sichuan dishes but I feel like their forte is more in the cantonese arena. We ended up getting the 萝卜排骨 (radish and spare ribs), 鱼香茄子 (fish fragrant eggplant), 铁板羊肉 (iron plate lamb), and 湘西炒饭（xiangxi fried rice). The eggplant was a classic and very good, the fried rice was unique because of the sour pickled veggie, the radish and ribs was saucy, and the lamb came out very sizzly. But it's tenderized in that cantonese way that I personally don't like all that much. Overally not bad tasting but I think whatever oil they use isn't great quality and there's a lot of it. I was queasy after eating in the same way I usually only get queasy after eating too much fast food fried chicken. We probably should've gotten some lighter dishes like a soup or something. Oh well at least the portions were huge so we'll be fed for a while.

All the food is extremely generous portion and for a very affordable price. However it all lacked SALT. I been here years ago and I do not remember all their food being saltless Service was friendly but due to too many to-go orders wait time from order to food being served was over 45 min. Casual and friendly place. Just hope this lack of salt was a fluke.

My favorite place gets one star. Literal an hour to bring out a simple dish. I know this place is known for a slow service but today was way beyond what I could possibly imagine. If you are super patient and willing to wait indefinitely this is the best place.

Pros:一个集合了全国很多菜系的餐馆，位置很方便离我们原来住的Renton开车十几分钟。这个地方可以说是全西雅图为数不多的较便宜餐馆。15美金不到的炒菜能吃两三顿。还有比较正宗的湖南大碗菜和川菜、江浙菜系等等。大盘鸡味道也非常好，可以说价廉物美。 Cons：缺点也很突出。上菜速度及其慢，态度也有待提升。感觉服务还停留在上世纪8、90年代，也没有网络渠道来点餐。有可能他们优先出外卖单子，堂食的话经常要等半小时甚至更久，而且也无法提前预定座位。所以要来的话需要预留好充足的时间。 总体而言还算是一家比较好的中餐馆，当然美中不足之处希望他们尽快改进。 美食：5/5 | 服务：2.5/5 |氛围：3/5

Went for lunch at 12:30 PM yesterday for the first time. I ordered vegetable chicken. The food was very tasty and portions were large. I am impressed and will definitely return again.

Terrible experience. Nothing related to Sichuan and Hunan. Waited more than 40 mins to get our first plate on the table and more than an hour to get all dishes. Service was not good. They do not care about you and your dining experience. Had never checked on us to see if everything is alright (if we still have water, if we need anything, etc). I'm sorry to say this but this place was such a shame to represent traditional Chinese food (as they advertised on their glass windows). Food is edible, but nothing delicious or close to traditional Chinese food. All dishes do not have flavor and are VERY OILY. Dishes we ordered that marked spicy on the menu were not spicy at all. Overall, these dishes were.. very abysmal. When these dishes come to you, they looked alright; if you try them, nothing is right. I know the price at this place is cheap. But price definitely comes with the same quality of food and services. There are plenty of other spicy Chinese food spots around Bellevue with reasonable cost and so much better taste and dining experience. It might be worth considering these options. However, if you still decide to give little garden a try, just remember, I had warned you.

They may be Little Garden, but they sure dish out large portions! These days, it's rare to find restaurants that serve such generous servings at reasonable prices, but this quaint establishment is one of them. Six of us arrived for dinner right when they opened at 5:00PM and there were already a number of customers picking up their to-go orders. We were the first group seated, but by 6:00PM tables started filling up, especially with their capacity of about 60 people. Throughout the duration of dinner, just one woman handled all customers by herself. She constantly ran back and forth taking orders, setting tables and serving food. I was impressed and she did a great job! When one of us dropped our chopsticks, she must have heard it clang on the ground since she brought over another pair before we even had a chance to ask. Their menu is extensive with sections of "Small Eats", Hunan specials, Sichuan specials and seafood dishes. Outside of the Small Eats, most plates seemed to be around $12-$14 which is pretty reasonable. We ordered six dishes which provided more than enough for all of us. + Eggplant w/ Spicy Garlic Sauce: The eggplant was cooked well, but the sauce wasn't spicy at all and I didn't taste much garlic. Instead, the sauce was on the sweeter side with a gingery flavor. It was tasty, just wasn't what I expected. + Rice Cakes with Pork: This dish was pretty oily, but I loved the chewiness of the rice cakes. With some veggies mixed in and thin pieces of pork, this actually reminded me of rice cakes at Din Tai Fung. It wasn't too salty either, which I appreciated. I'd definitely order again! + Pea Vines w/ Garlic: Now these are garlicky! I wish I captured a photo of how gigantic the serving was... they were piled high! The greens were tender, tasted fresh, and had a slight smokiness from the wok. + Mongolian Beef: This is the first Mongolian Beef I've had that wasn't covered in a syrupy brown sauce. Instead, the thinly-sliced beef seemed to have been marinated and therefore still had plenty of flavor. I could actually taste the beef for itself. + Four Treasures: Tofu, black mushrooms, some shrimp and a type of white fish all in a brown sauce. It wasn't too oily nor salty and was definitely on the healthier side. Compared to the other "treasures", there was barely any fish, so the dish felt a little incomplete. + Mandarin Chicken: Fried nuggets of chicken tossed in a sweet and tangy sauce with a hint of spice. This was one of my favorites of the night! Note: We visited on November 13th. As of October 25, 2021, King County imposed a new policy where restaurants are required to ask diners for proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test if they are dining in. Little Garden has a King County health rating of "Excellent", so we were rather surprised that they did NOT verify vaccine cards before seating customers. Some people walked in without masks which was also not enforced despite having signage on the door stating they're required. I'm disappointed to say I didn't feel the safest here, especially as the restaurant is smaller with little spacing between tables. While this is not impacting my rating, I thought I'd mention it for anyone curious.

The food here is extremely delicious and cheap! If you want Sichuanese food, this is your spot! I highly recommend cumin lamb and the beef and onion dishes. Pork with garlic sauce is a great option as well. You get a generous portion of rice here and tea. The ambiance is pretty standard casual Chinese. The only reason why I'm docking a star is because of service. It is slow and the wait staff is basically nonexistent...

This is Bellevue's hidden gem - ABSOLUTELY delicious and the portions are huge!! Great value and authentic sichuan and hunan flavors! The potstickers (10/10) are BOMB! Crunchy skin and great filling, I was popping them in my mouth so quick because it was so delicious. They even sell their dumplings frozen which is awesome. You just definitely need to get their fried fish (10/10). Fish is battered and decked with sauce - and not to forget how flaky it is inside! We had so much food leftover and it still tasted good the next day. Sizzling beef (7/10) was standard in flavor, not very impressive compared to everything else we ordered. Eggplants (8/10) were delicious as well - only didn't love because I was expecting a more salty and fish sauce flavor, perhaps I ordered the wrong style. They did have 3 eggplant menu options. Overall, I would definitely recommend others to come here! The menu may be confusing so I help some of my food reccs help! Don't expect top tier service and ambiance because we're not here for that. It's like your Asian mom serving you dinner, she just wants you to eat well and nothing else. You're here for good food and good value - like cmon they gave me a whole bowl of rice complementary to my meal!!

Price: 5 Taste: 5 Quality: 5 Quantity: 5 Service: 2 I really enjoyed this restaurant. I will say that it helps to understand what exactly you are getting yourself into before coming. For starters, our friends came in about 30 minutes before us (5:00 on a Saturday night) to get the table and we didn't have any issues. They were telling us that they tried coming after 5:30 in the past and they were turned away with no hope of getting seated. If you plan to come, the food is what will set this place apart. The service is almost nonexistent, which is okay if you know going in, so temper your expectations on that front. The menu is quite a bit to digest, no pun intended. It's extremely long with no pictures, so it helps to go with someone that knows these dishes, speaks the language, has been here before, or all of the above. Im afraid you won't find the picture support or waiter recommendations here. We ordered 6-7 entres which was MORE than enough for our party of 6. We ordered, cauliflower veggies, chili oiled green beans, mapo tofu, pork and veggies, cumin beef, egg plant, and fish in chili oil. I think all of it was pretty good. The Szechuan flavor here (on the mapo tofu) leans slightly higher than what you'd find to be the average level of intensity at other restaurants, so if you like that, definitely give that one a go. All the meals come with hot tea beforehand, but the waters, we had to ask for. So, make sure you ask for water before all the spicy food comes out. It could save you lol. All things considered, this restaurant is an awesome spot to bring friends, break bread, and not feel like you're unwelcome. I'd recommend this spot and I'd be open to coming back, but if I'm in the area, I might be tempted to explore other restaurants given the density of awesome cuisine in the area.

Dont order Mongolian Beef. The quality of beef is just not good. I have tried the Mongolian Beef a couple of times. This is my conclusion.

As a creature of habit, it is going to be hard to be critical of this joint. This review is biased because I have been coming to this place for maybe 5 years for their shui zhu yu - stewed fish, spicy fried fish and green onion pancake. I used to love it but of late my heart does want other places more....yet I like this place Their food quality does vary (with exception os spicy fried fish...that for me has always been good). Sometimes service varies too. I usually am met with their extremely warm and welcoming owner lady. Of late I have had few to the point, no-nonsense service - but definitely not rude.. There are more nicer places coming up that serve better shui zhu yu but I know i will keep visiting this place to keep up my habit.

This place is hidden in the main Asian Family Market plaza. Drive too fast and you will miss it. They do take a while to prepare each dish and are short staffed so tip: order at least an hour ahead or more before you want to pick up food. Sometimes we will order a day in advance if we are taking it to meet a family friend the next day. For my family , this has become one our go to places during Quarantine. They have a couple dishes that deserve some praise and have been approved when we have family friends over: 1. Tea Smoked Duck (rare find in Bellevue where roast duck is very popular and the other place we go to is in seattle) 2. Dan Dan Noodles- I have tried multiple versions of this Sichuan dish at other Chinese restaurants but I still think this place gets the balance of the sauce and spice just right. If you like noodles that are all about the sesame sauce and flavor of spices with ground pork no soup broth less this is the dish for you.

Excellent food: best I've had in a while. Standouts- spicy fried fish, four treasures, Dan Dan noodles, spicy eggplant & pea vine. Just meh- wonton soup, cilantro chicken & spare ribs. Very generous portions. We got 2.5 meals for four from five dishes. Service was rough but we knew that going in. Only one server and she's not a patient person. You have to ask for water. Give yourself up to two hours even if it's not busy. Can confirm- take out is a two hour wait, even if not busy.

Okay here's the deal with this place, and this is coming from someone who has been coming here for almost a decade now, and knew the original owner/waitress for 20+ years going back to when she worked at Sichuanese Cuisine in Seattle. First off, a new owner (the lady who sits at the round table) has recently taken over in the last year or two and presumably a new chef too, because the food taste has gradually changed (taste and ingredients have started to drift from the original recipes, and not in a good way). This establishment has never been somewhere to go if you want A+ service, it has always been about the food, and because the food was good many of us were willing to deal with the long wait times and mediocre service. This restaurant has always been run with an extremely bare bones kitchen and wait staff. If I'm not mistaken there was and still currently is only one chef, hence the reason why orders take so long to pump out. As for the new owner, yes she can seem a bit unfriendly, but this is pretty typical at hole in the wall Chinese restaurants, and even other Asian restaurants (Korean, Vietnamese, Thai). To outsiders this can seem standoffish and unfriendly, but it is what it is. Not justifying the behavior, but rather pointing out that this is pretty typical for these types of restaurants (I'm half Asian and grew up going to these types of restaurants). Even us asian customers get treated the same way, and most of us don't even think twice about it. So if you feel offended in any way I'd recommend not to take things too personal. With that being said, I think the new owner is coasting off of the reputation of the old owner/chef. The restaurant used to be packed during lunch and dinner, and it still pretty busy, but traffic has definitely died down. I think the new owner has arrogantly assumed that they could just come in coast off of that reputation. The problem is that the food isn't as good anymore. While the menu remains the same, the flavors are changing ever so slightly with each visit (I've been coming here at least once a month for over a decade). I used to go out of my way to eat here, meaning that the food tasted so good (and was a good value too) it was worth all of the hassle (long wait times, mediocre service, etc.). Not anymore. It went from a 5/5 to maybe a 3.5/5 for me. It's still good, cheap, no frills Sichuan food, but I'm starting to look around for new spots in the area. Haven't found any good replacements yet but yeah, when I do I probably won't be coming back here too often. But yeah, back to the new owner, I think they're used to seeing the restaurant packed and so it gives the that feeling of entitlement, like they're holding the golden goose and you'd better wait your turn, and if you don't, then they could care less. This attitude worked when the food was top notch. Not so much anymore.

This is an ok place. I don't mind the food but it is definitely tailored for a more western crowd and not as authentic as I would like. A few things to note. The flavor profile is great, but not what you would all authentic. I could go into each dish but its going to be the same comment. What I would note here is that IF you are going to make an order here. The phone rarely gets answered. When you do order prepare to wait at least an hour and probably closer to 1.5 hours.

Refuse to seat costumers 1 hour before closing time on Saturday noon. The service is horrible.

A small place, where most of the customers you see are Chinese, which is always a good sign for an ethnic restaurant. And Little Garden lives up to it. A very large selection of dishes, vegan or a variety of meat. The portions are large and the price very reasonable. It is the only Chinese restaurant I go to!

Mixed bag. Food here is good, some standout dishes, but service ranges from fine to terrible, and it can take a LONG time to get food. Portions are enormous, especially for the price.

I used to eat here regularly years ago, but a lot has changed here but I went in, asked to see a menu to order to go. I was met with a lot of hostility and rudeness and told that any to-go orders would take several hours. I'm not sure who has time to wait hours for dinner in a restaurant.

Worst customer experience ever in any Chinese restaurant I been in Seattle region. Extremely rude and impatient

Little Garden is a small family restaurant located in an Asian plaza. At first the location does not seem like much, and honestly this shop is easy to pass up. The wait will be quite long, as there is only one chef for the entire restaurant, but at the end of the day, the food portions are SO big (especially for the lunch specials) and the prices very very reasonable. I feel it's rare nowadays to find restaurants that serve such generous servings at reasonable prices, but this location fits the bill as long as you are ok with waiting a while for the food.

Super rude. Order one item to go and told me it takes 10min after 10min when I ask about my order she told me " are you really looking at the time" wtf and the waitress is rude to keep telling me it's not ready every single time she walk by me. Food is not good either. Won't ever order here again.

The female server is really rude at this place. She stared at us and told us rudely we have to wait for an hour when there is clearly space and no people waiting. Do not know what is wrong with her. Went to another place nearby (Simmer Huang) and served nicely immediately and food in this other place was delicious. Read other reviews. Looks like this middle age female super rude server has brought down their review 1 star. Does their owner come to Yelp and care about his restaurant's reputation at all?

3 stars pre covid! 4.5 stars in covid!! I've only been here once for dine in a few years ago and it took forever. Over an hour and half forever for lunch. I was not happy with it! So I took a huge long break. And started doing takeouts! Takeouts are the way to go here. They still had/ have a huge long crazy wait during lunch and even dinner. But I started doing takeouts here about 2 years ago. And they are always on point for me! Lunch specials used to come with fried rice and soup! Prices are so cheap for this area. Food is plenty! I wish I can read their Cantonese menu to order from! But so far, so good. It's an amazing little mom and pop spot. You call, ask for the wait time and you order. Usually there's an over an hour wait for lunch takeout. I don't mind it. Once you're there, it's ready and waiting! Never had to wait! The husband, wife and daughter work here. The lady that always answer is the wife. She's super nice! Their menu items are extensive! A lot of Sichuan and Cantonese dishes. Love: Pickle pepper fish ( delicious) Fish in white sauce ( my goto) Jalapeños stir fried with choice of meat ( chicken, super spice and tasty) Spice thick noodles ( with beef! And so good) Mini steamed dumplings ( with pork! 6 is plenty) Hot oil seared noodles Spicy peppercorn chicken ( mouth numbing) And their soup! A lot of noodle soup. Even their hot and sour is flavorful. Fried rice is also tasty!! Prices now went up $2 per dish with covid but still worth it. So much food! I usually get one fish one chicken order. Or chicken jalapeños and steamed dumplings. Now in covid: food comes with steamed rice. I skip the steam rice usually since it's way too much! And takes away the flavors of the sauce. And my bill is never more than $20-$23 for 2 dishes!! This is my goto takeout! I never dine in here but takeout works for me. And now with covid/ it's the best way!! So much so that, the lady knows my order now. It's becoming a thing with several places I frequent my takeout from. They usually can tell from my voice ( which they all say is pretty unique and lovely) :D Say what?! And I don't even have to finish my sentence. They know what I want! Woooot! If only I can speak a few Cantonese/ we'd be besties!! :)) Definitely my goto Chinese takeout!

Based on the price, it's safe to say that it is the best Szechuan restaurant in Bellevue area. I thought the taste might be so so because it is really cheap but I was surprised. We ordered the spicy and numbing chicken and pork belly in sauce and the dumplings. Everything was so good.

First overtly racist experience in a long time. If you look at my other reviews, you will see that my family and I frequent ethnic restaurants as our normal. We tend to choose places that have more patrons representing the ethnicity of the restaurant, because we actively expose our children to authentic cuisine. We came in, sat, waited for several minutes and then someone came out and informed us that they were closed. Well whatever, I don't raise my kids to be racist and now they understand how it feels to receive targeted discrimination. We will chalk this up to a character building experience. If you're not Chinese, don't bother.

Large portion but low quality ingredient. Why would you want to eat it and more food to waste. Meat is so tenderized that you are not sure what you are eating. Very rude waitresses and it is rushed and rushed. They kept stop talking amongst themselves loudly for all to hear, so not a romantic place at all. The place was fairly busy when we were there. Parking can be a challenge with many restaurants close by. I do not recommend nor will repeat.

Super impatient owner/waitress told us take-out would take 45 min and didn't want to take our orders. We said we could dine in instead and she said she had no time to serve us. Why don't you just close your business then? Super unpleasant way of treating customers, as if they are just burden. Will never return.

Been a rather regular patron with family and friends last 2+ decades till the original owner (husband and wife) were no longer there (~ early 2020?). Still occasionally popped in. Sadly, Little Garden has obviously made a rapid dive since then. Today: *Service - worst. consistently very bad for a while now. day and night contrast to the days when the owner(s) were present. *Servers' mannerism (especially there is a middle-aged woman) - habitually rude and explosive, as though all diners owe her something. *Food - normal - realize there are tons of similar cuisine in Bellevue/Redmond/Seattle today - many are a notch higher - better ambiance and newer, similar price point, significantly faster service, waiters/waitress that eagerly welcome and ready to serve diners, those that professionally treat diners with respect and dignity. * Wait time after order - unbelievably long. (just look up what other reviewers had posted) Even if the food is good, it upset me and ruined my appetite and mood to see how arriving diners and others were harshly treated. I will no longer go there. Many of my eating buddies said the same. There are already many similar cuisines within walking distance, or within 5 mins driving distance, from this crude service place. Just look up Yelp.

For #thegreatamericantakeout my fam got takeout from our favorite spot on the Eastside. With classic Chinese dishes, highlighting both Hunan & Sichuanese specialties, we can't get enough of this place. Spicy dishes to our hearts content~ but also many non spicy dishes as well! A huge menu, super cheap prices with hefty shareable portions. For example, 20 dumplings is only $6.50! Noodles can be shared among 4 people and it only costs something like $7.50? Everything is amazing here and I wish I could eat here every day honestly. The noodles are sometimes a little bit overcooked for my liking, but good enough. Fast service, but I definitely recommend takeout when dine-ins are an option bc they usually have lots of patrons. Egg tarts pictured but not from them (made by a family friend), my mom just really wanted it in the picture haha

Sometime during December 2022, I went to dinner with five other friends to try out this Chinese restaurant in Bellevue. It definitely helped when most of them have been there before. They knew what to order, which I'm grateful that they did because there were so many options on the menu. I tried out the five-six dishes that they ordered, ranging from tofu, beef, soup and veggies. They were all very delicious! Most of them were Szechuan seasoned dishes, so if you're not a big fan of this type of spice, it might not be for you...unless you're like me who chugged a lot of water. The other thing is the wait time. It will take a while to get your food as we waited roughly 40-45 mins. It helps when you are in a big group to talk and pass the time. But it's worth the wait especially when you see the check bill at the very end. For the six of us, we only had to pay $72 total for five-six dishes. Overall, I would love to eat here again, especially during the cold-weather days.

Updating to 4 stars due to the fact that Little Garden is consistently under-staffed. They usually have just a single person waiting tables during lunch. They also don't always answer their phone so placing to-go orders is not possible.

Unfortunately I didn't event get a chance to eat here. Came at ~5:30PM and there was only 2 other tables. Placed our order and waited for 40min without any updates. When we asked our server how much longer it would take, she casually said wait another 30min without even stopping at our table. Another 5 min later she came out and said they hadn't event started on our food yet because they were processing delivery tickets. We ended up cancelling and leaving. I understand busy days, but give your customers a heads up please especially if your restaurant was practically empty. I wasted half an hour only to be told the kitchen hasn't even started on our food. Also prioritizing delivery over dine-in just feels bad to customers.

Food is great. Authentic Price is right! Food quality is very good. Only thing is you need to be patient because they only have one cook and too many orders. Good thing is they give you a rough estimate of wait time. I think it's worth the wait (within an hour).

Great location and you do get your moneys worth with the low prices still on the menu. Very clean, plenty of tables (with large tables that could accommodate a whole family) Another great option when you're in Bellevue.

Little Garden is definitely a hole-in-the-wall but offers very authentic Chinese cuisine. We ordered the stir fried pea vines, 回鍋肉 (pork belly with leek) and 水煮牛 (spicy stewed beef) and the flavor was all on point!! The pea vines were strangely oily but in a light way (similar to oil on salads) but the pea vines themselves were very fresh and cooked just right. The pork belly with leek was very fragrant with lots of flavoring and spices. I thought it was a bit too salty though but nothing more rice wouldn't fix. The stewed beef was definitely my favorite! Very generous portion of sliced beef and lots of cabbage that soaked the sauce nicely. If only there was some kind of vermicelli noodle to go with it!! My only disappointment was that it was just barely spicy I also ordered a cup of fresh soya milk that they make in house daily-- it was of great value at only $1.50 but the taste was pretty average. Overall I would keep coming back for their Sichuan dishes!!

Best deal for Chinese food in Bellevue. We know that the pandemic shuttered many of our favorite places so we are thankful Little Garden still offers great Chinese food at reasonable prices. Sometimes the wait can be a bit long so it's helpful if you plan ahead (for example, calling in your order before you arrive or getting takeout but giving plenty of advanced notice). However, when you realize there are only two people working (the chef at the back and one woman running the front of the house), you actually realize they're pretty fast and efficient. I haven't eaten anything off the menu that i haven't enjoyed. That said, it is helpful to go with someone who speaks Mandarin. I really like the mung bean noodles I hope Little Garden sticks around for a long time

worst service ever and wait for 1.5 for the first plate（we walk in 10 mins after open, food is not good comparing to nearby Chinese restaurants , won't go there again

Customer service absolutely sucks. Was rude with no patience and we were trying to decide but it was so bad.

When we arrived, we stood at the entrance for more than a min. No server came. After a long time came this old Chinese waitress who was very rude from the moment she spoke. She asked "Did you order by phone? No? Expect 90 min wait!" From the tone, she wants us to leave. So I fulfilled her wish. Don't waste your time here because there are many other great Asian food places next door.

The Chinese food here fire it's a Chinese restaurant so don't expect great customer service and know what you want off the menu. This place is a gem in the east side

The rudest service I've ever encountered in a restaurant. Had reservation for 5 people, the waitress said they don't have a table if we don't have a reservation. While there were two large tables open in a "less than 8 table small place. I did have a reservation so we were" allowed" to sit. When we were ordering same witness told us they didn't have two items, and then asked me "what did you say?" When I said a dish name, when I paused, she all of a sudden snapped "I'm very busy are you ready or not." Then picked up her phone in her other hand when it rang. After we quickly finished our order, she came back 5 minutes later and said, your dishes is going to be more than 30 minutes. I asked "why?" She snapped again,"do you understand?" I was dumbfounded. RUDEST staff, waitress or owner whoever she might be. DO NOT GO THERE unless you want to be treated like crap. After waiting for 30minutes with no food, and the rude woman giving us couple more dirty looks. We left, best decision today.

Now one of my favorite places for Chinese food in Bellevue! With my party of four, we were immediately seated and taken care of. I'm surprised to see other Yelp reviews commenting on the slower service. I found my experience to be perfectly great--no waiting to be seated, food came out quickly, and the servers were so kind and attentive. I really enjoyed my experience here. Regarding atmosphere, the place is conveniently located in the mini mall area of Asian Food Market, Swish Swish, and Nuodle. The atmosphere is cute and cozy--similar to other Chinese restaurants and their no-fluff, simple environment. Food here is extremely reasonable priced and delicious. We ended up ordering Mala Noodles, Dan Dan Noodles, String Beans, Sizzling Beef Plate, Shengjianbaos, and Xiaolongbaos. We were so stuffed by the end of the meal, we had to take food home, and our total only came out to be around $45 for four people!! Sizzling Beef Plate--extremely tender and (haha) VERY LOUD. This plate literally broke the silence of the whole restaurant, and other tables started looking over. Dan Dan and Mala Noodles--AMAZING DEAL. $8.95 for a huge bowl of hand-pulled, delicious noodles. Definitely recommend getting one of these! Xiaolongbao and Shengjianbao--delicious as they should be. String Beans--always my personal favorite. All food is delicious and fresh here! Overall, food is delicious, servers are extremely warm and kind, and prices are very reasonable and cheap. I loved our meal, and I will definitely be bringing people here in the future and introducing to this mom-and-pops-style, homey restaurant!

Called for take out and the lady was rude answering the phone. She told me "no take out, too busy" and then hung up. Wow! Last time I'll call or be a patron.

Very rude... just let everyone knows... they would never pick up their phone to take to go order, and when I got in at 11:40 on a Sunday, the lady said it took 2 hrs for the to go order where there's not many tables to serve.... I guess because usually she doesn't get tips for her to go order and that's how she scares ppl away... how dumb.....