Casual & inviting choice for sit-down Chinese meals, with an extensive menu of familiar dishes.
Address and Contact Information
Address: 16645 E Smoky Hill Rd, Aurora, CO 80015
Phone: (303) 693-6290
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Reservations: auroraformosagarden.com
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Reviews
One of the best sesame balls and scallions pancakes. My fav is the hot and sour soup when I’m sick, for some reason after a bowlful I always feel a lil better!
The vegetable egg rolls and the egg drop soup were bland with very little flavor. We ordered the chicken Gyoza and the Chicken skewers and both were great so we highly recommend. I ordered the combo fried rice with chicken,shrimp and beef and it was also really great. My wife ordered the BBQ Pork with vegetables which she found to be overly drenched in BBQ sauce. Our waitress was ok and she met our needs but seemed to not like interacting with customers. The entire restaurant is out of date and makes you feel like your visiting your grandmother’s house with flower pattern all over it. It wasn’t horrible but was a little weird. The bathrooms on the other hand are gross and need a massive cleaning and update. Not trying to be rude but it would definitely help in the customer recommendation to other people. Overall it was a good place to eat and a definite diamond in the rough.
The staff were extremely friendly and I was sat quickly to wait for my friend. I loved the complimentary hot tea and the water with a slice of lemon. These were great touches that separate Formosa Garden from other “Chinese” or east Asian restaurants.
The atmosphere seemed like a relic of the 80s or, at the very least, the early 90s. I understand that small restaurants can’t always keep up with the times, but updating to a modern look would change the ambience significantly. Unless you like that dated look, then: great!
I ordered the Orange Chicken and was thrilled that the spicy dish was actually spicy. Most places will tell you their orange chicken is spicy, but in reality, it never is. Formosa kept that promise, to which I’m grateful.
My friend ordered the Cashew Chicken and had two complaints:
[1] There weren’t enough cashews, and
[2] The meat was a tad rubbery.
As we discussed this, I realized my orange chicken was also more ‘chewy’ than chicken should be. Almost as if the chicken was thawed in the microwave, then cooked.
All-in-all, the experience is one I’d try again to see if these issues were outliers or the norm.
The lunch price was great and very competitive with Panda Express.
We had the pan fried dumplings. They were delicious. The soup was also really good. We ordered the chicken with garlic sauce and the sesame chicken. Both were hot, fresh and delicious with a spicy kick.
The only weird thing is they served fried rice that was broken rice and no veggies in the fried rice. So it was good but not great. The egg roll was small and crispy but tasty.
Our first visit here will definitely return!! Very friendly and great customer service.