Lee's | Chinese Restaurant — Restaurant in Fort Bragg

Not great. I am a foodie living in a Great Food Desert. Except for Taka's Grill, there isn't a restaurant I can afford on the coast that I would eat at twice if I had a choice. Starving for decent Chinese food, every couple of years, I give Lee's another chance.

Tonight, the Mushu Chicken was okay. We ate it all. The Hot & Sour Soup was also just okay, neither as "hot" nor as "sour" as I like, but I think that Lee's has been here on the remote north coast of California so long that the chef has completely lost touch with his/her roots. We ate it, though.

On the other hand, the Sweet & Sour Pork Tenderloin was a complete loss. We paid an extra buck for the "tenderloin", but the pieces of pork were so tough & dry, my dog could've used them as chew toys. The chef was stingy with both the pineapple and the green pepper, both ingredients that make sweet & sour dishes complete; and the green pepper was cooked to near dissolution. Furthermore, the sauce, which thankfully was not the artificially colored, overly sweet stuff that must come out of a can, lacked punch.

The front person was, as always, cheerful and provided service with a smile; though after this review, I'll probably have to give a different name the next time I order to go.

All in all, a big disappointment, but the raccoons will get some chewing exercise tonight. (No lectures on feeding raccoons, please. It's a lifestyle choice. And raccoons have been raiding our middens for thousands of years. Town raccoon food IS human food.)

EDIT: How can some people experience truly flavorless, over- or under-cooked food and others give this place 5 stars? Either the people who give Lee's 5-star reviews have no taste buds or are wholly unfamiliar with real Chinese food OR ... does Lee's have different chefs on some days/nights? If they do have better food on some nights, I'd really like to know when those nights are -- because I miss good Chinese cooking (and am too lazy to crank up my wok burner, pull out my well-seasoned wok, prepare a variety of ingredients and cook for one!).

Lee's! If you read these reviews, please post on your social media when the "good" chef is in the...

You know how when you order Chinese food you don't worry about getting too much because you

ll want left overs? I picked up some take out while in town to take home 45 miles away. The house fried rice and the cashew chicken with all of their many different ingredients was so unfresh both dishes were just grey. The only thing with color was scrambled eggs which led me to believe everything else was frozen at some point, probably to long based on the funny taste. The fried prawns , which I always get at any Chinese restaurant with spicy mustard, would have definitely been sent back if I were served them in house. No where near fresh AND hard. The Hunan beef was watery and tasteless. Hmmm, sounds like reheated frozen food to me. Didn

t finish what I put on my plate and threw the rest in the garbage. \$75 with 15% tip. Saddened me because I noticed one of the original family girls still there. I

please do not go there. the food is not cooked right and the owner acknowledges but just simply does not care. we've tried their food 4 times now because we just moved here and thought maybe it was a bad day kind of thing. but every time our chow main noodles came out so bland with no sauce and only 2 pieces of shrimp for $12. then the pork fried dinner tasted over powered with baking soda so bad we had to wash our mouths out with water. when we called after the 4th time to politely explain that our food now every time is so bad that maybe they should reconsider a different approach the owner said "listen sweetie! this is how we cook for other people if you don't like it go to the next town since there is no other Chinese restaurant." i take it that the owner knows but just doesn't care. i can't imagine what else is going on behind close doors with that attitude. we are the kind of people that give chances because we know how hard it is to own a business. but this owner gives no care in it's authenticy of product or care in management. so you know the food purchase or the quality in cooking is going to...