Lin Garden Restaurant — Restaurant in Ottawa

I use to love coming to Lin Garden for their buffet. They have gone through several owners in the past few years, and I think it is time for them to shut their doors. I came to the buffet 6 months ago to give the new owners another chance, and I really thought the coconut shrimp on the buffet, was very good. Fast forward, to yesterday, since Dragon city where I usually order from, and that has very good good, was closed. So I was really in the mood for Chinese food, and I thought I would order the Coconut Shrimp that I enjoyed at the buffet several months ago. I picked up my food, and brought it home. I opened up the container, and much to my surprise, I saw these huge looking shrimp, that looked nothing like the coconut shrimp that I had eaten at the buffet several months ago. I bit into one, and it was just a huge clump of batter with some dry shrimp in the middle of it. I couldn't eat it, and had to throw it out. I also had the pork fried rice, and thought, how can you mess up fried rice? They found a way to mess it up. Dry as hell! I will have to wait for new owners, before I give it...

I just had my order delivered that was almost $60 for Large Pork rice, small beef fried rice. 4 eggs rolls, 1 order of fried pot stickers and general sols chicken ( I know that's spelled incorrect) lol. I never leave reviews on orders even if they are bad. However, the disappointment with this order is past terrible. Small beef fried rice, literally had 2 pieces of beef. Eggrolls 4 of them, they were really mushy inside and tasted fishy. Terrible terrible Fried Pot sticker were soggy but would have been great if they were mad how ordered fried.

Large pork fried rice no complaints it was decent. General so chicken was good.

Duck sauce is not sweet and sour sauce I requested sweet n sour sauce and didn't get it.

All in all very verry disappointed in the food that was very expensive. If I am paying that amount of money I expect atleast good food.

I'm sorry for the review but this was just all in all bad.

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Been going downhill fast! Last time we went it was massively hot. The air conditioner barely covered the table next to it. All the stuff on the buffet was sparce and looked as if had been sitting there a very very long time. The peel and eat shrimp were not even covered in ice and looking as if they'd kill someone. I had half the mind to call board of health on them but they'd just pretty it up for inspection and go back to the way it was! Sad it use to be a great place to eat. Currently I never want to go back! We were regular monthly customers, but wife is having a very hard time dragging me back. Oh almost forgot the ice in my drink had a wierd black spot in one of them I suspect was mold from lack of cleaning the ice machine! Fished it out so it wouldn't melt...