Lin's Garden — Restaurant in Princeton

Lin's, Lin's, Lin's...I wanted to love you. I really did. It's lovely inside, has a great location, and the young gentleman who was working the front gave me some insights into regional and traditional Chinese foods. However, I can't say a lot about the food. It was barely average. Standouts were the mushrooms, the green beans, and the hot tea. Yeah... To be fair we did the buffet and didn't order off the regular menu so I may have to amend my review later on. It's your usual Americanized Chinese food and in the Midwest at that. The pork skewers were dry (we went when the place had a lot of people in there so I was hoping dishes would be replaced more often, giving us a better idea as to their quality), the chicken and broccoli was almost tasteless (I will say the broccoli was still firm and not overdone, which was a plus.), and please don't ever ask me about the desserts. I don't want to relive that horror. Suffice it to say they were drier than my sense of humor. Positively Saharan. Oh, and there were some unforgivably soggy and flavorless egg rolls.

I will award bonus points for having Sriracha available and a larger, better, and fresher selection of sushi than I would have expected. I'll finish this by saying: Their lunch prices are phenomenal. If you have a family or group to feed this will do the job. One standout: The shrimp in their dishes were not freezer burnt or rubbery- which is an accomplishment in...

when I got out of car there was puke all over ground and up to door. I didn't want to go my grand daughter is visiting and she loves it.. well we went in I had 2 bites and was sickly . went to get shrimp and crab i always get and it smelled like puke so pretty sure that's why someone puked outside . I've been I. bathroom 3 hours since I left there . it smelled rotten nothing tasted fresh they need shut down. and when I said something they came back saying 10 % off I said when we didn't eat hardly anything and I know they are known to never comp meal I understand that but they went 20 % this should say alot about how right I was .. then went to pay and lady rang it like normal and I used credit card and refused to sign at regular price bad enough I had to pay anything.. and the other lady handed me $8 cash back which wasn't in full what was supposed to be but at least she was sensible.. Honestly I still smell the rotten food that was on bar and they never switched it out and they knew it was rotten. this business needs shut down asap before someone gets sick elderly and dies . I always loved the place but last year they have went way down hill and smelling rotten food on bar well...

The server that got my drink and cleared the table were very friendly and attentive. Okay, that was the one good thing. Now for the negative, the woman running the counter with rude to the staff and me. Not a very friendly person at all. My first plate was fried rice, pork and mushrooms, green beans, and egg rolls. It wasn't the best but it wasn't the worst either. Pretty much middle of the road. I got a second plate that was white rice, chicken and vegetables, lo mein noodles, and crab rangoon. While the first plate was middle of the road, the second plate lost its brakes rolled down the hill and crashed into a tree. They talk in China of tofu dreg construction and I think I got that kind of food. The chicken and vegetables, I don't know what the hell was going on with that but it barely tasted like food. The crab rangoon was runny. I've never seen crab rangoon runny before and it tasted what you would expect. That second plate was so gross that I didn't even finish half of it. I just tossed my napkins and stuff on top of it and called it a day. I can safely say that I will never go...