Beijing Garden

I am a self proclaimed American Chinese food connoisseur having tried Chinese all over the country, so take my thoughts for what they are. My first experience with Chinese in Elmira and my expectations, quite frankly were low due to the diversity in this area. This was nothing to write home about, I'm sure I've had worse but it wasn't good. Chicken was mush, sauce that the chicken was tossed in was bland, portion size was decent. I will say they piled on the rice which made it feel like you are getting a big helping. Granted the rice is of a low grade and a little too dry for my taste but could have been worse. The egg rolls were pretty good and not very greasy, personally I like grease but I can respect their rolls. For a price of about $12 and over $1.50 for additional egg rolls this is expensive for the quality of food. Speaking to an American answering the phone made ordering easy but did not give me the warm and fuzzy that this was going to be good Chinese food.
7 years ago (07-01-2018)

This is my favorite place for Chinese. The staff always makes it a great experience. Love the hot tea and fried noodles. The duck sauce is made there. Poo poo player is so yummy! I love the beef & Broccoli, my husband loves the pepper steak. Nice atmosphere.
7 years ago (26-11-2017)

It's a little more upscale than your typical Chinese food for about the same price. Good value. The food is typically good. Do yourself a favor and skip the complementary mustard dipping sauce, the duck sauce is fine.
7 years ago (18-01-2018)

What was once the only game in town is now irrelevant since Taste of Asia and Thai Asian 119 have opened. Beijing Garden was always pretty awful, but they were able to fool people in a town without compitition for many years. Now that we have restaurants that actually serve GOOD Chinese food (along with Thai, Japanese, Korean) there is no longer any reason to go there. I'd highly recommend avoiding it.
7 years ago (20-11-2017)

Always good food, fair price and they are always friendly.
7 years ago (28-12-2017)