Jin Hu Chinese Restaurant — Restaurant in Perham

I've been going here since the place opened many years ago. The staff has changed many times but has always consistently been very friendly and helpful, the atmosphere is typically relaxed and enjoyable, and the seating (before covid) was comfortable.

The food? 19/20 it's good, excellent actually. There has been the occasional bad order, where things didn't seem fresh or very good, but that's been a rare occurrence.

I absolutely love their honey garlic chicken and chef's special, (which is similar, a bit spicier, different texture) their rice, fried and regular alike, and my wife really enjoys their beef lo mein. Their pot stickers are also fantastic. But nothing beats their wonton soup and their cheese wontons. They are, by far, the best I've had anywhere. I never make an order without at least a small bowl of their wonton soup and a side order of cheese wontons. I'm not a fan of spicy or seafood, but I have friends that have said their seafood options are pretty good and their general tso's chicken is fantastic.

They're also pretty quick, it doesn't take them long to cook your order. And if you order it to-go or pick-up, you always find plenty of soy sauce and duck sauce packets in the bag, as well as multiple fortune cookies. They also used to send plasticwear too, but since covid they became pickup only and I haven't seem them do that since, unless you ask for it. They also usually send some stuff to put in the soup and extra sauces depending on your order. And then there's the to-go containers... these things are pretty awesome and make for great reusable containers for leftovers, or even in garage for nuts & bolts and the like.

All in all, a Chinese food experience I...

Walked in the outside door and there was a gas can, boxes and debris just inside. Paper cup for water, plastic cutlery. Dine-in food came in plastic take-out cartons. Ordered the General Tso's Chicken dinner combo. The egg drop soup was just okay with a strong chicken broth flavor. The General Tso's chicken looked great, but was extremely salty and otherwise had no flavor. I've had frozen TV dinners that tasted better. The spring roll was cold, hard and flavorless. The "fried rice" was very plain with no discernable flavor, and had no peas or carrots in it which I've always had in fried rice. There were no other customers and the silence was deafening; Chinese music would have been nice. A couple with a baby came in, and I felt like telling them how bad the food was before they ordered... Was also charged a credit card transaction fee with no posting anywhere that this was their policy. I asked about it and was told "There used to be a sign but the kids took it down." (How about putting another sign up?) Very disappointing dinner out to say the least. The only highlight was the fly who attempted to entertain us by repeatedly landing on...

I ate here on Saturday July 6th 2024 and I was not impressed to eat my food out of a Styrofoam container when eating in the restaurant and I also was not impressed with drinking my water out of a plastic cup and my mom was not impressed either and the waitress was wearing gloves but I caught her touching her glasses with her gloves on and is very unsanitary when it comes to touching food and and restaurant was very dark lighting was pretty dim and just not very clean but the food was good overall and decided not to ever...