Royal Garden

Have never sat down and ate there. always got take out. The food is typical Chinese food. Has a bar.

Ordered delivery for New Years eve. Was charged extra to swap items on the pu pu platter and they didn’t send the right order. When I called to say they made a mistake, I was told they were busy, call back tomorrow. I told her I didn’t want to call back tomorrow, I wanted them to deliver the items I paid for. She said they would deliver it, but they never did. She lied to me to get me off the phone. I will never order from them again. I hate to be ripped off, and I hate to be lied to even more.

I have been going here for many years and has always been a favorite. The food a good. Just recently they put in a new bar tender that has a big attitude problem. He kept telling us to wait while he took care of the «regulars». Then he thought it OK to yell at the bar maid until she started to cry and she had to leave the room. When asked for the bill he ignored us and made us wait for 15 minutes. think I’m all set with that.

The previous owners had a good reputation because they deserved it. What happened?! Awful.

People who post one star reviews here have either never eaten Chinese food or don’t understand places like Royal Garden. If you want to get some decent food, amazing drinks, and enjoy an old school Chinese Restaurant atmosphere, this is the place for you. Take-​out is always good here, in fact it’s probably better than the in-​dining experience. If you sit on the bar-​side you’re bound to have a good time (if you’re ready for some drinking and don’t mind some noise). This is not gourmet Chinese Food and don’t expect some 5-​star Asian sensation menu. This is an old-​school Chinese restaurant that serves some damn good food. It’s not for the picky or the elite. Anyone from Kingston, Pembroke, and West Duxbury knows this is the place to be when it comes to great Chinese Food.

This place is mediocre. I came here on a hot summer day hoping to go to a nice restaurant with air conditioning. When I walked in, the place was just as hot as it was outside. But whatever, I sat down at a table and opened the butter packet for my bread which spilled on my pants because it was so damn hot in there. Not to mention that the smell of the place is not pleasing. It lacks renovation. I barely ate my food because it was so disgusting and overall a living nightmare. Please don’t come here.

Very disappointed! We hadn’t been there in a long time because we heard the original owners had sold and moved away. We had heard mixed reviews so we decided to give it a try. Well we wished we had gone elsewhere. We went for an early dinner on a Friday and we both ordered dinner combo plates. The fried rice was mushy and tasted like it had been left over from the day before and the chicken chow mein was made with all dark meat! Yuck! Do your selves a favor and stay faraway from this place! We had thought twice before going in because we saw the broken Planter box full of cigarette butts hanging from the deck. We should have listened to our gut! I think we’ll both need tetanus shots now! Ugh!

Horrible Chinese food. Pepper steak dish came without any rice. Crab rangoon full of cream cheese, no crab. Instead of rice we got two plain sub rolls wrapped in plastic wrap. !!! Why sub rolls? I ate one serving of pepper steak and threw rest away. My friend had some beef satay and crab rangoon and got sick a few short hours after eating that. I do not recommend this place.

We ordered the dinner combo platters: he had the beef with broccoli with fried rice & teriyaki steak skewers and I had the egg foo young, fried rice & egg roll. Everything was served piping hot and it the food was decent. We were served bread and butter in the beginning– that was a first for me at a Chinese restaurant– but the bread was fresh & hot, so that was okay.
There was a band jamming in the other room & people were having fun dancing and rocking out on the dance floor. All in all it was a nice dinner and evening.

I decided to give them another try because I want it to be like it was before. It was so bad I threw most of it out. This time it was flat out terrible, never again.

This might be long winded…
My mothers band used to play at royal garden a few weekends a month. Since my husband and I live around the corner, we would frequent the lounge/​bar area while she was performing.
From what I understand the original owners have given the business to their grandchildren and they have taken over. My mothers band was promptly fired, and the food is terrible.
About 6 – 9 months ago we gave take out a try. We ordered a small chicken wing and 3 wings were in the box. 3. Two for my husband and one for myself. It was about $ 6 for a small. $ 2 a wing?!? We also ordered low mein which was greasy and room temperate. And my husband loves the bread. We got home and there was none in the bag. He called and they told him it costs extra and has to be ordered with your meal!!!
Never ever going here again. Driving to Duxbury and getting good food at Tsangs.

Something’s changed. RG has gone downhill. We went a week ago for a Sat. lunch and were disappointed. The appetizers seemed to be very greasy and mostly batter, the boneless spareribs were just pieces of dry, chewy pork, and the egg rolls tasted like they had been in the supermarket freezer a little too long! We won’t be rushing back there anytime soon.

Horrible experience here. They are under new management. Food was cold and tasted awful. Will not be back.

After all the good reviews, I was excited to try this «retro» spot in Kingston. I wasn’t expecting gourmet, but was severely disappointed on a basic level.
I got the General Gau’s chicken. The chicken portion of the dish was the same poor quality you find at the cheap hole-​in-​the wall places found in Downtown Crossing (more soft soggy batter than chicken). I made a very poor choice by upgrading from rice to noodles, as the noodles were absolutely drenched in soy sauce to the point where the noodles were darkened by the absorption. They were also slightly burnt.
Willing to give this place one more try, becauyse every chef can have an off day, but first experience was pretty awful.

My family has been going to Royal Garden since they opened in the 80’s. There has been a huge change (new owners maybe?) in the past few months and this has turned into one of the most disappointing place for Chinese. The last order was very greasy, the duck sauce seemed watered down and there was no rolls with the order — as there always was in the past. I will gladly travel to Boston for a good chinese meal next time I have a craving. Very disappointing…

Ooh, Royal Garden changed hands recently. We had a Pupu platter a month or so ago. It wasn’t very good. The food was cold and they didn’t provide much sterno on the platter to heat it up. Such a shame– the place used to be good. I may give it one more try but they will need to improve.

Over the years I’d occasionally take out or dine in here and was never overly impressed. Last week I decided to give it another try since it’s been a year or so. I ordered take out from the dinner menu and must say it was absolutely horrible! Chicken Lo mien with boneless ribs was my choice. When I got home and opened it the first thing I noticed was the huge volume of grease it was swimming in. I actually pored it through a colander first to try to decrease the amount. I think I counted 4 small pieces of chicken that I had to hunt for and the ribs were not fit for human consumption, all chewy fat and gristle, actually my cat even turned away from it before I decided to throw it away! I really have no problem paying 9 or 10 bucks for a take out meal if it’s prepared right and palatable and at least semi nutritional but for me this was just the opposite.

I’d say we get take out from the Royal Garden every 2 – 3 months. It’s typical American-​Chinese fare, greasy apps, lo mien and fried rice with every protein you’d expect and common specialized dishes like Kung Pao, General Gau’s, Orange Beef and a good variety of seafood dishes.
The food is pretty good, they’re not doing anything out of the ordinary, but they are doing it right and the quantity, oh my the quantity. You can enjoy it for dinner on a Friday night, midnight snack that night, sneak a few boneless ribs for a Saturday morning breakfast and then scrape a dinner together out of again Saturday night. Sure you might pay 70 bucks for a PuPu Platter for two, two apps, a fried rice, a lo mien and one specialty dish, but you can invite the neighbors and all feast until you’re ready to burst.
I wish they would save the bread though. I don’t have a need for a dozen semi-​stale rolls although I can say that the birds in my backyard are also well fed when we bring home Royal Garden take-​out.
The only time I have ever eaten in house (other than a few apps in the bar over a fog-​cutter or three) is one Christmas when family plans imploded. And no I didn’t get a Red Ryder BB Gun that year. I do remember the service as being good and the décor is nice and cheesy with wood paneling and gaudy Asian décor.
They do have an older male/​female combo group that plays often on weekends and they’re a lot of fun. They play everything from Aerosmith to the Beatles to Judas Priest (!!!) and are really entertaining to watch while having a few drinks. Play Keno, grab a few high octane Asian cocktails, throw back some Chicken Fingers and enjoy it! It’s actually a pretty good time (if you’re over the age of 30).

Great Chinese food. I love the scorpion bowls. We also got the Pu-​Pu Platter for 2 and it was $ 22.

I’m puzzled as to how this gets so many «best Chinese on the South Shore reviews.» Is the competition that lame?
To me, a foodie from Boston, this was minimally acceptable American-​style Chinese food which will do in a pinch if you’re on the road and your only other option is McDonald’s. Location is convenient for Bostonians going to the Cape and back. Ambiance is a throwback to the 70s – maroon-​colored booths, wood veneer on the walls and lots of drinks with umbrellas in them.
Despite my love of authentic Asian food, I appreciate a good greasy American-​style Chinese place. Sometimes I’m just in the mood. Today in particular I had a craving for that very non-​Asian confection: General Tsau’s chicken.
The best General’s is addictively crispy on the outside, and slathered with a sweet-​and-​spicy orangish sauce. The dish I got was not even close. On the positive side, it had big chunks of white meat chicken – a higher quality than is often found in this dish. But the rest was wrong, so wrong! Instead of the crispy covering, there was a thin, bland bread coating. And the sauce was brown and goopy, with a strong Hoisin flavor. Overall impression: Overpriced McNugget.
The Vegetable Delight was better. The veggies were fresh and perfectly cooked. The broccoli was just crispy enough. The clearish white sauce was inoffensive but added no flavor. The dish contained red and green bell peppers, which were not listed on the menu and which I do not like. I received a large metal plate with metal cover (I love those) of white rice. A small dish of canned pineapple chunks came with the check.
If I’m hungry in this neighborhood again, and desperate, I would give this another try. But I would *simplest * things – like chicken with broccoli, wonton soup and dumpling – the kind of stuff you can’t mess up no matter what you do.