Lion City Chinese Restaurant — Restaurant in Branford

The food is good, but it’s pricey and for some reason every time I go in, the owner is very stand offish towards me. I see everyone else has had a pleasant experience, but I don’t receive the same treatment. I pay a lot of money for the food, in my opinion the least the owner can do is be friendly. The wife I’m assuming who works there is very nice though and makes me feel comfortable ordering food. I’ve only gone back because the food is delicious, but aside from that I think today was my last visit. Don’t need to feel like I’m constantly offending the owner when all I’m doing is trying to...

Worst Chinese I've ever had. Giving it an extra star since the service was good. Seriously BAD FOOD. The eggrolls are bland; it's like they have one ingredient in them. The crab rangoons- I had to throw them out after one bite! They were....grainy and slimey... like they were made with tiny bits of dry cottage cheese. The general tso should be a safe bet but no. The sauce is plainly okay (though it is very thick and gooey and they give you far too much of it) but the chicken they use has a thick, rubbery layer of bread and the chicken itself is sparce and dry.

Definitely...

I literally can’t believe how incredible the food was. This is what casual Chinese used to taste like back in the day. It was as if I was a child tasting boneless spare ribs and crab rangoon for the very first time.. The spare ribs were charred and tender and the rangoon was made with actual crab as opposed to the typical “crab flavored” cream cheese. The pork fried rice was also remarkably flavorful with large cubes of pork and perfectly cooked onion. Those who have complained about the food specifically must be miserable Karens. This is my new favorite casual...