Emerald Garden Restaurant

Family eats here all the time. Best chinese food in town. Every occasion with family and friends are done here. Food is great. Kids love the lemon chicken. Service is fast and crew is nice. Highly recommended !

We’ve eaten here a few times, and ordered off both the Chinese menu and the Macau menu (Portuguese influence, not Portuguese food). We’ve enjoyed everything so far, it’s been fresh and delicious, and with excellent (kind, attentive) waitstaff. I love the braised lamb (very rich — avoid if you do not want fat in your meat), and the chinese broccoli (not on the menu, but sometimes a special). Tasted my husband’s ginger beef and thought it was quite nice, pleasantly gingery, a bit sweet, and plenty of meat in each bite. There’s also an extensive cocktail menu. In terms of ambience, the first time I tried this restaurant, on a dark evening, I thought the décor was a bit tired and drab feeling, but when I returned months later for a summer dinner in the light of day it was quite cheerful. I’m not sure if they renovated in between or if it just looks very different depending on the natural light coming in. In any case, I’ll definitely return to find out. Five stars for the consistently great food, good service, uniqueness of offering both Chinese and Macau cuisines, easy parking, and positive atmosphere.

My co-​worker raved about Emerald Garden. I thought it was okay, but not as good as my favourite places in the city (Ho Won, Lucky, Chong Fat). The prices were more expensive and the portions were smaller. The hot and sour soup was stellar — good mix of ingredients and there was a good spicy kick to it. The ginger beef was one dimensional in flavour (sugar), and the beef was skimpy. The beef chow fun was done well. Slippery noodles, wok smell/​taste and the beef was tender. I didn’t see any Portuguese dishes — so not sure what the other Unilocalers are talking about…

Our Family Favourite, this Chinese restaurant not only offers a Chinese food menu but also a Portuguese menu, an influence from MACAU, the Portuguese colony 40 minutes from Hong Kong, our family get togethers or celebrations happen here often, the service is always great, and the food, always pleasing and delicious, the only thing I can say is the seats are uncomfortable but everything else is great, I am trying to get family together here lots in 2015, the prices are great, just nice evenings out, our family fav dishes include the Ginger Beef, Ginger Chicken, Corn Soup, Coconut Rice, and many more.

Suitable for big family/​group so that you can have many dishes! Very good mapotofu!!!

We’ve gone to this restaurant for a few years now and every time we go it’s been very good.
We usually order the typical dishes (Beef & Broccoli, Egg Fu Yung, Fried Rice, Ginger Beef, etc.) and are always totally happy with the food served. We’ve never had an issue with the dishes being too greasy and we’ve always been pleased with the freshness of the vegetables.
Service is bang-​on and the food arrives arrives quickly, piping hot. This is a really good restaurant.

I found the food very greasy and heavy for my taste. Some of it did taste very well but I found a lot of it overly greasy. I really dislike having a film of oil on my lips.
We had a big group we had the dinner for 8. I thought everything was fairly average. I did not like the dumplings they were large in size but so oily. The salt and pepper squid was really salty and the squid tasted off. It tasted like bad fish to put it bluntly. I ate two pieces and refused to eat any more.
I got a wicked headache. I’m pretty sensitive to food so I’m guessing it would guess it was something in the food maybe all the salt and oil my body is not used to. If I had to pick a «favourite» dish I would say the beef and broccoli was pretty good. I don’t know if I would come back. It has parking which is nice but the stalls are pretty tight.

The food here is ok. It’s not bad, but its not great. Just your average canadian chinese food joint. Chicken balls were a disappointment as well as the lemon pepper spare ribs. Not the worst chinese food place in Calgary but definitely not worth the money you spend.

I have driven past this place many times and never really noticed it. Last night was the night to give this restaurant a go and it was a really good experience. It began with a very friendly greeting which is always appreciated. It was a group of 4 of us and with none of us being familiar with the restaurant, we chose to go with their dinner for 4 and added in a seafood dish. All the food was really good. Some of the better Chinese food I have had. And the service was attentive and friendly throughout our time there. I would definitely go back.

I’ve been here half a dozen times, and am always impressed by the consistent quality of both the food and the service. The sign says «Peking & Seafood», but they also specialize in dishes from Macau. These include various Portuguese seasoned char-​grilled meats, and delicious curries with aniseed for an Asian twist. These are not items you’ll find on many menus, but they are definitely approachable for the average Calgarian. If you’re afraid to order new dishes in Chinatown because they might come with that nasty pork that has the texture of pocket lint, try the all-​kinds-​of-​awesome offerings at Emerald Garden instead. You won’t want to touch bobo balls or sweet and sour chicken with a ten foot chop stick afterwards!

Stopped in for super on a Saturday night, not too busy, maybe eight or ten others in the place, service was great, food was average, not great but not horrible, found a big black hair in the pineapple chicken, that was a big turn off. The staff was very apologetic and replaced it immediately but still …

I keep receiving flyers from Emerald Garden in my mail, and I usually just toss them into the recycling. I don’t know what made me change my mind the other day and finally order some food from this place.
The place is on 16^th and the food arrived surprisingly fast. It was like they already knew what I was going to order and had someone dispatched before I even called. It was awesome. And, because the food was so quick to come, it was still nice and warm when we got it. I love warm delivery.
They have a pretty standard Chinese menu with the usual soup, noodles, fried rice, beef, chicken and pork dishes. They’ve also got a couple items that break the fold when it comes to menus such as duck, hot pot dishes, egg foo yung, and sizzling rice dishes, whatever that means.
It has average prices for the food you get, but you always get a lot of food and have leftovers for a couple of days. That’s the beauty of Chinese food. Emerald Garden certainly satisfied our taste buds that night and next time I won’t be so quick to disregard the menu.

The service here was impeccable. We just stopped in for take-​out, but they were very prompt and even offered us some water while we waited. But after that, the whole experience went down-​hill.
For the most part, the food was average. The chicken fried rice was terrible (the pieces of chicken looked raw – not fried) and the whole dish had this ozone of oil all over it. The sweet and sour chicken was okay and the veggie surprise was decent. But that rice was a real turn-​off. It reminded me of that Arrested Development episode where they boil chicken in water and then feed people the water as chicken «sauce» or something. It was disgusting…
If you eat here, either stay away from the chicken fried rice or insist that they actually fry it.