Rainbow Garden

Don’t waste your time or money. Not even worth the one star I have to select to post this review. The food is not that great and the woman there is rude. If you do order, don’t get anything specific. We tried to order pepper steak with more meat and less pepper and onions, which was clearly stated and we even paid extra for it, and upon picking it up they stated «and pepper steak with light vegetables» so great we happily paid and went home. We get home and open up our food and the entire dish is all peppers and onions and barely any meat. We called them to let them know and they were very rude, tried saying that we didn’t pay for it, which we did, and argued with us on the matter and tried saying that it was our fault and not theirs? Needless to say we will not be ordering there again and definitely recommend no one else waste their time and money there either.

I was unsatisfied with the meal. I found bits of steel wool in my food and couldn’t even finish it. I had stomach issues after I ate it and so did my friend who ate there also. This was a two star on Unilocal before we ate there but we gave it a chance because it was close by and we were hungry. Not a good idea.

I have eaten General Taos from coast to coast and this has to be one of the worst Chinese restaurants I have eaten at ever. Maybe some of their other dishes are good but I am not going back to find out.

Recently, I was able to return and try another meal. I easily ordered ahead by phone and promised my meal in «ten minutes». My meal was ready as promised.
Rainbow Garden packages take out meals in quality containers so the food is not crushed, leaking or cold. While it seems like a minor point, nothing irritates me more than when arriving at home, my car not only smells like a Chinese restaurant but looks like a stained tablecloth at a Chinese restaurant.
The restaurant has a few booths for eating at their location but for this style of food, I prefer take out. I have been impressed by the fact that the place looks clean and at each of my three visits an employee is cleaning the floors or walls.
Their Hunan Chicken was well prepared, mildly spicy as requested, generous in the portion size and with a nice ratio of chicken to vegetables. Properly cooked with fresh al dente vegetables and tender chicken, I found this to be simple and enjoyable. The white rice has always been fresh, not overcooked, starchy or clumped together.
I usually avoid egg rolls, especially shrimp egg rolls, because there is never any shrimp inside for which they charge extra. No restaurant of this caliber makes their own, they are purchased as a frozen product and simply cooked on site. On top of that, they have the taste of month old deep fryer oil.
In this case, forget what I just described !! While these clearly are not a homemade product, they were cooked properly to a gentle crispiness with a very clean taste. I even found and tasted the unexpected: Shrimp.
There was one inconsistency with fried won tons which were overdone resulting in dry, tough to chew morsels. That was one minor error but I still think this is a consistent solid American style take out Chinese joint.
Enjoy !