Cheng's Garden - Des Moines

This place is not recommended if you are looking for freshly prepared food and good service. The server was very rude and unhelpful, even overcharging us for our order. The only drink option was water which wasn't automatically provided. The food arrived quickly, but my General Tso's chicken was already cold and my kids couldn't finish their lo mein as it was too hard. The atmosphere was unpleasant and there was no public restroom available.

This was the worst Chinese food I have ever had in my life! They gave me the option of a lunch special or a full dinner order, and I chose the full dinner order. However, when it finally arrived after an hour and 20 minutes, it looked more like a small lunch special. I even double-checked with the server to confirm it was the dinner order, and he said yes. But when I tried to eat it, it tasted awful. It seemed like they didn't know how to properly cook chicken or make an orange flavor. I also ordered egg drop soup, which was equally terrible. To top it off, I paid $26 for this meal, which was the worst dining experience I have ever had. I felt completely deceived.

I would give this restaurant a negative rating if possible. The chicken was extremely dry and overcooked, it was almost impossible to even cut with a fork. It was as hard as a rock. I do not recommend wasting your money here. The crab rangoons were also disappointing, and I usually love them!

Ordered Mixed Vegetables with Hot and Sour soup. Also ordered Chicken and beef Hunan style Extra Spicy and a shrimp egg roll. My girl can't eat fried food. She loved the soup and the vegetable dish. My spring roll was adequate. A little heavy with the cabbage. My dish was excellent as it was very meat forward. One complaint. I ordered it to be very spicy. I'm a hot head and eat raw Thai peppers. I told them to add a ton of them. I rated the dish a 3 of 10 on hotness. Iwanted it to melt my face off instead I got an Americanized version of hot. I ordered hunan for the heat. That was very disappointing.

Avoid. They never actually made my deliveey. After 1.5 hours i called and cancelled. After they hung up on me. Lady was telling me they were around the corner for 40 minutes. Plus they have a hidden 6 dollar delivery fee. Buyer beware.