Lin's Garden 林家园 — Restaurant in Georgia

Be Mindful when coming to this establishment. Please pay attention to what you are being charged before and after you purchase your food here. Upon two occasions I Was overcharged and didn't notice until after reading my bank statements. The first incident was an extra $2 I noticed on my account from them a few months back in which I decided to let go. But yesterday I decided to give them the benefit of the doubt and try them once more. My food totalled to $19.71 which I was fine with. I did not leave a tip and signed the receipt. Once I woke up this AM I checked my card and noticed that they charged my card $24.96 which is almost an extra $5 dollars but my receipt stated they only charge me the $19.71. I contacted my bank and they confirmed that the restaurant charged my card that amount. Upon entering into the restaurant I respectfully approached the cashier who took my order the night before and showed him where the discrepancy was and my proof from my account where they overcharged me and requested for the $4 and changed to be returned but he intended on being very hostile, argumentative, and loud to try and force me out of character stating that the restaurant has never had an issue with overcharging a customer. I asked for his name which he wouldn't give me so that I could discuss the issue with the Police agency that I work for to handle the situation accordingly and he decided to call the police himself as if I were telling him a lie about where I work. The police department showed up and after further discussion with the Clayton county p.d I decided to let it go. It was never about the $5 dollars it was about the fact that they added an extra tip without my acknowledgement. If you are going to run a business in a Brown and Black community make sure to do right by our people. We are keeping you employed by giving your monetary pay, there is no need to steal more than what you are already doing. Spending money with our people is the ultimate lesson here today. Thank you all...

I was disappointed in the service I received today. I went into the restaurant and asked for a wing order and shrimp fried rice. The lady in the front misunderstood me and quoted me with an inflated price. I even mentioned to her that normally this order is within the 8.00 range. She stated that it's higher cause it's dinner time. I left as I was not willing to pay 11.00 for what I normally get for 8.00. I went up the road to another restaurant and decided to call Lin Garden to get a price quote of my order over the phone. The lady then quoted the correct price. Therefore, I returned to the restaurant to pay for the order. Everybody is entitled to make mistakes; therefore, I was not upset at that. What made me write this review was that she didn't even offer me a drink or some money off from the order to compensate for their mistake. Although, I like their food, I'm going to have to put them on the "do not patronize list" for this. I probably need to go to more black owned...

The food has always tasted great. I have no issues with the staff and the food has always been up to standard. The only issue I see, and the reason I gave 3 stars instead of 5 stars is because the portions have shrank in size since Covid shut most things down. Now this, could be because of some sacrifices, the owners had to make in order to stay in business and I can give them credit for this. However, the prices haven't lowered much if at all to compensate for the portion change. So I stand by the 3 stars, not out of anger or spite, but because I'm not getting the same value I came to love for the price I was paying. I will continue to eat here to support them; just not as often, so don't take this as a bad review. It's just merely a critique and I hope that the owners can get back to where they were before...