Lam’s Garden

Mom and Pop shop that’s really good. I went to an event they catered and their food was a huge hit! Highly recommend it!

Lams is a good, neighborhood Chinese place. I always get takeout. Usually vegetable fried rice and sometimes I may get a combo meal. I have never been displeased.

My mom used to take me here back in the day (90’s) it’s still a great hole in the wall place. I suggest carry out. Prices are reasonable and they have a great selection of food. Good value for your money.

Favorite! I live in Los Angeles and I make sure to eat here at least twice a year when the family and I are in town. It’s places like this that remind me of my childhood in the Lou. see you soon !!!

I’ve always been pleased with Lams Garden take-​out. The place looks sketchy and dirty and I wouldn’t eat there, but for good cheap Chinese food that’s alright with me. I really love their Szechuan Beef, and their fried rice is great. I did find a shrimp in my chicken fried rice one time, which was only significant because I am allergic to shrimp, but it wasn’t a big deal.

I had Spicy Szechuan Chicken and it was pretty good. But seriously…
Garden? More like a former Chuck-​A-​Burger. The Chuck-​A_​Burgerness of the place was reason #1 I drove past so many times hungry and in search of sodium. Garden? Who keeps a filthy stationary bike in their garden? Yet there it is, amongst the tables. Maybe a better name would be Lam’s Former Chuck-​A-​Burger and Crappy Gym.
And the Vess salesman surely saw these people coming from five miles away. Or, more, likely, he’s their son. They have five year’s worth of every possible flavor, cans and bottles, colorfully displayed in the cooler.
Me: Do you have Diet Orange-​Pineapple Soda?
Lady: Yes! YES! I think nobody evah ask!
Me: I’ll have a Diet Coke (then to myself: hee hee)
God: I wish I would have thought of all these flavors when I made the Garden of Eden, then Eve would have just had an apple soda.
Wait a minute… colorful display, Garden of Eden. Now I get the name!
Tip: When you go to Lam’s Soda Garden, bring your own fork. Or chopsticks, I guess. Just don’t try to use the extra EXTRA cheap, flimsy and tiny little fork they give you. What horrible company sells these things? These forks couldn’t stab a bowl of pudding, much less big chunks of onion and green pepper. Try loading those onions, peppers and maybe some chicken onto one of those little forks for a good bite and you’ll understand why I stayed up all night thinking of creative ways to dis this place.
Next visit:
Me: I’m Back! And I brought my own fork!
Lady: You that Unilocalah. No food! Go home!
Me: Uh… do you have strawberry kiwi soda?
Lady: Okay, you stay.
God: Next time see if they have apple.

Fried Rice.
For me, the rule is the nicer the place,” the worse their fried rice is.
This is the main reason why I try all the ghetto places in town, even if they’re right next to more «legitimate» places.
The stuff I usually try at these places are wings and fried rice. The wings at Lam’s are typical of any other takeout place, nicely marinated in what is likely soy /​sugar /​sesame oil and coated in whatever they coat their general tso’s in. I think people underestimate the quality of takeout wings.
The fried rice, however, is pretty good, but not something I’d get out of my way for. The main thing that I didn’t like about it was that a lot of the meat was dry.
Either way, if I’m jonesing for fried rice and wings, I hit this place up or Wong’s Wok. However, Sun Restaurant still holds my heart as the best ghetto takeout place in town.

Best take-​out /​ghetto Chinese place in St. Louis. The duck noodle is off the charts and the pork fried rice is awesome.

Great fried rice, and unlike many Chinese carry-​out joints, it’s consistently good. The food is cheap and the portions, large. What’s not to like?

This place isn’t great. It’s not bad. It’s ok though. Their prices are pretty good, and they give you a lot of food for their dishes. Fried rice is dirt cheap here. But they’re not even close to the best in town — especially considering Lam’s neighbors.
They’re cash only, and relatively quick. I only did take-​out, and was fairly pleased with the responsiveness. Not the most polite folks, but I just wanted my food to go so it didn’t really matter to me.
If you’re looking for a great place to eat, this is not it.
If you’re looking for a quick in-​and-​out type of chinese takeout place, and price is your biggest factor, then Lam’s might be for you.