Charming, authentic restaurant with a selection of dishes in the counter (get them with porridge as a base, or with rice) as well as a large menu of orderable menu items. Everything we tried from the counter was delicious, with my favorite being the bamboo. The woman who served us was very kind and friendly. Prices are very reasonable for the amount of food you get.
My parents love coming here. All the dishes reliably good and the owner is very friendly, she's always working! It has an authentic Taiwanese feel. I'm glad they have been around for so long.
There’s is a variety of side selection of food at this location all visible to see. They have dine in where you just take a seat and someone will assist you and there is a take out section where it’s cafeteria style take out (all cold dishes) when ordering your main dish. We got lamb soup with three sides, garlic & spicy pork cold dish, bamboo curd and celery, and bok choy. The lamb soup is southern Chinese style. I loved the curd and celery dish!
Amazing food. You can select a huge variety of small dishes to eat with some of the best congee I’ve had (with yam/sweet potato inside)! Plus it’s so cheap. I come here at least once every time I’m back home.
More of Taiwanese kind of fast food. There's great portion of porridge and various of dishes to choose from. Decent price and friendly service. Aside from plates, there are also options for bento, noodles, and beverages.
Natalia Soesilo (Natalia Sandrina)
+5
FOOD WAS SUPERB, SERVICE NOT SO PERFECT.
Good delicious simple chinese taiwanese foods, we came in on a Sunday, this was the third time I came in to this resto this week. I need to beg several time talking in English to get decent unchip serving dishes, I told her my reason was that I want to take photos of my foods for my FB show off, when at somewhat crowded time its service was bad, and lack of hygine, a server served from the buffet and keep talking, imagine her saliva could splash into my dish she was holding onto. So I did not give tip today on purpose and a Taiwanese tall pretty lady did not hesitate to remind me for the tip, she can talk in perfect English when asking for her tip to me, but was speaking mandarin all the time during serving time, even though I told her that I did not understand mandarin too well. Foods was good, was just that one personel who was lacking of good manner.
Delicious! Yu’s Garden is one of the oldest restaurants in Irvine. I remember been there when I was in the college. Great flavor and value with good quality of foods. Miss Yu is also very sweet to every customer. Highly recommended this place.
Update: tried calling in tonight on a Saturday at 8:55pm and was told they were cleaning and I couldn't order food that wasnt already display. That was super disappointing as I've now been a repeat customer. Hopefully just a 1 time thing because I work late and liked that they're open later than other Asian restaurants in the area. Also the beef dish isn't always made with bamboo, more often its with bok choy.
Just went here for a couple things and ordered over the phone. The staff is really nice, especially the woman that answered tonight. I got the hot and sour soup and the boiled beef in spicy sauce. Very reasonably priced for so much. The beef dish was so so good!!! I'm absolutely coming back here. The flavors of that beef dish were a great spice and a little numbing Sichuan flavor to it with perfectly cooked bamboo (not crunchy). That's gonna be my fave.
Amazingly priced authentic Chinese food. You can pick three dishes at only 11 dollars. Large variety of selections of chicken/beef/pork and vegetables. Food is fresh and decent.
Place to have Taiwanese taste dishes. The bento for three dishes with porridge or rice is a great deal. Many selection for dishes and you can build your own meal. The taste of the dishes are authentic Taiwanese style. Slightly blend of sweetness make them tasty and worth to try. Cash only for under$20 dollars.
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