Lin China — Restaurant in Florida

I've traveled to China several times, including Fujian (where most of our local cooks come from) and I can cook myself. This is not Chinese food. Lin China doesn't even make the American-style Chinese food good. Vegetable and chicken are rarely cut into bite size pieces....good luck using Chopsticks. The recipes are inconsistent depending on what is on hand and who is cooking. They started using spaghetti noodles instead of LoMein....some supplier probably convinced them they could save money.....Lo Mein is wheat flour but Spaghetti is durum-wheat semolina....very different. The free General Tso's chicken has about 2 bottles of Texas Pete hot sauce in it. Its the same menu items that every take-out place offers but they assume we will just eat anything and we don't know quality... I'm sure the staff doesn't eat it. I've complained before and no change.....I won't be ordering again as the cooks are worse. Dzaijyan Lin Jung Guo.

Further to above, the owner responded to ask what I ordered...I have had Triple delight, Roast Pork Lo Mein, Szechuan Chicken, Kung Pao Chicken, General Tso's Chicken, Hunan Chicken, Wonton Soup, Fried Rice, Broccoli & Beef, Crab Rangoons and Egg Rolls. Like I said, I've given you more than one chance and complained....the only thing good is the egg rolls and rangoons which may come pre-made. The rest...

Update: I changed my rating from 3 stars to 1 star due to the unapologetic response from the restaurant.

“My daughter confirmed the entire order for you. You kept saying it was your order.” — No, actually, she didn’t confirm anything with me. We barely had a conversation, if that. All she said was my name, I said “yes that’s me”, and she handed me the order and I told her to have a great night.

“A customer came in and said you picked up the wrong order.” — Why should it take another customer to point out the error? The responsibility lies with your daughter who literally handed me the incorrect order. Take some accountability for yourselves.

“My phone has been disconnected.” — Well that’s a bold thing to say when I actually answered the phone call to learn that I was handed the wrong order.

Do better, Lin China.

*Original Review: After placing an online order and picking it up, I received a call from the restaurant 15 minutes later, just as I was arriving home, informing me they had given me the wrong order and telling me to return. Despite my frustration, upon returning, there was no compensation or even an apology offered for the inconvenience. The food is good, but the poor customer service leaves me...

Wow…what a horrible mistake we made choosing this place to get takeout for NYE(first time we’ve ever done that!). BTW we’ve been getting takeout in the Tampa Bay Area for 22 years. We’ve enjoyed some good places in years past but in recent years there has been a shift in quality, ingredients and overall flavor at our favorite places so we’ve been searching. When I ordered takeout, I requested 2 specific things…hot n sour soup(pork) and asked whether the hunan sauce had black beans(he said no). Hot n sour soup…WORST EVER! NO PORK, no hot, no sour, no special Chinese mushrooms or bamboo shoots or anything. So disgusting. SWEET(like sugar added) button mushrooms tofu and egg. Flavorless and Horrible! Hunan flavorless with black bean sauce. HOUSE egg fu young flavorless…only saw shrimp with PEAS AND CARROTS(no other meat). Oh I also really enjoyed the.calcium from the egg shell included in the batter. We ordered shrimp chow mai fun…terrible. Plain rice noodles, shrimp and carrots…no seasoning, or flavor!!! Almost everything lacked seasoning or flavor. The ONLY THING that was good were the steamed dumplings and sauce. Very good! I won’t be back...