Even though other Chinese-Japanese fusion restaurants are closer by, we come back to Gourmet Garden (formerly Asian-C) for two reasons. First, the food is delicious. For example the sautéed spinach we recently ordered was lightly cooked, lightly seasoned to let the fresh taste really come out. And second, the manager. She welcomes us when she sees us, and she takes care of us. She and the rest of the staff usually look happy to see us. That's why we've been going back for twenty years now.
This is my favorite restaurant on the south shore for Chinese food. I have never had a bad or even mediocre meal here. The sushi is always super fresh and delicious. The Shanghai boneless duck is my favorite meal. Loaded with perfectly cooked duck and fresh vegetables. Honestly anything with duck is a great choice. Just go there you won't be disappointed.
My family has been to Gourmet Garden many times and we’ve always liked the food and service. But this review is concerning their sushi.
My wife and I wanted to go on our own sushi crawl so we picked out four places, not all Chinese restaurants, to try the same sushi roll and rate each one. The roll was one that had shrimp tempura and spicy tuna. Gourmet Garden won hands down. Everything in the roll was super fresh, it was a good size, and the flavor of the tempura was delicious. It was surprising how hidden the tempura flavor was at the other restaurants.
I won’t name the other restaurants we tried, but most have good reputations for sushi. Two of the others in particular I have been told by separate people have the best sushi on the South Shore, respectively. Although prior to this sushi crawl I didn’t think first that Gourmet Garden is one of the top sushi places on the South Shore, I do now.
Amazing food. Staff was really nice.
The food was very very good! The problem was the waiter. He could not get to us in time or get us food out in time. We waited a half an hour to get appetizers and it was not that busy in the restaurant. Did not come back and asked if we needed anything. When he did come he spilled water all over my hands and my daughters as he was pouring. Luckily we pick the cup up away from our plate so he could fill it or else our dish would have been full of water. Very unpleasant demeanor. Apparently he was upset at all the work he had to do that night. There was a woman who waited on the tables next to us she was phenomenal she took their order after hours was put in and they got their food before we did. So if you go there make sure you ask for her. The only saving grace was that the food really was excellent.
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