G. Jin Restaurant(Guang Jin Restaurant) — Restaurant in Schererville

I moved into town a year ago and G. Jin is my local Chinese restaurant. In that time, I have ordered from them 14 times. Obviously, the convenience of having take out Chinese minutes away from home is very appealing. However, the convenience is outweighed by the negative food experiences.

During Lent this year (2024/02), I had the Hunan Shrimp. I didn't get full food poisoning symptoms, but I did get diarrhea and decided I would not go back to G. Jin for seafood again.

Later, I had the Beef Egg Foo Young (2024/07). I expected something close to an omelette, but it was more like a ball of noodles, egg, and beef deep fried into one giant mass of food. It has absolutely no flavor to it. I couldn't taste the egg or the beef, and the water from the noodles was trapped inside of the mass making it a soggy mess.

After that, I deleted my password and didn't order Chinese for the entire month of August. I was committed to not making the same mistake.

Lastly, I had the Sesame Chicken (2024/09), a staple of Chinese-American restaurants. Horrible mistake, I should have gone with the Lo Mein. You know when you order deep fried food and you get a ball of batter with no meat? There were many of these. The chicken was very stringy, with some bits that I had to spit out. I wasn't able to finish the meal, unlike most Chinese food where I don't leave a single bite.

And that's where the trouble started. I was woken up with indigestion 10 hours after eating it. Constipation for 16 hours. Even after alleviating that symptom, I am doubled over in pain from my intestines past noon the next day.

Now, you might ask why I don't just stick with one of the other 11 meals and why I keep experimenting with other dishes. Well, treating the menu like a minefield is already a red flag, but the other dishes are just... ok. I've had better orange chicken and Kung Pao chicken before. The beef dishes were just ok.

Since deleting my password wasn't good enough, hopefully posting this review will disincentivize me from ordering Chinese and getting this...

Been ordring here for years. Woman was rude on the phone, always in a rush, can barely give your order, We literally ordered 2 simple dinner combos. My daughter got S&S chicken, Which is very, very basic and standard. The chicken pieces were so burnt and overcooked. They were dark brown, dried out and inedible. I ordered Szechuan vegetables which I’ve ordered my entire life at many many restaurants, Szechuan sauce has always been a brown gravy based sauce that they can make a little spicy. Get food home, the schezwuan saice is thick, orange-gel like, sauce and grease is already coming out of my container, The vegetables were saggy and orange pink colored from being cooked in sweet and sour sauce, It was so thick and sugary, It was in edible. I called up there to let them know, Not angry or aggressive, The woman who answered the phone was so rude, So aggressive, So shitty. She accuse me of not knowing what Szechuan sauce should be, Insisted it is always a red sauce Refused to believe that my daughter’s chicken was burned, She said “ We have sold a lot of that today and no one has complained”, soooooo, Are you implying that you cook one perfect batch at 11 AM and then serve that all day or what?? Did not offer a refund, We did not want our food replaced at this point, I just said forget it I’ll throw it And we won’t eat here again (Ordered from them for 15+ years btw) she said “OK” & HUNG UP on me! Lol. Do nottt NOT Patronize this business or waste your money. 2 Crappy dinners cost me $30 that went in the trash....

I am still in search of finding a "Go To" Chinese Restaurant near the St. John, Schereville, Cedar Lake, Indiana area to replace my favorite since moving to the area. Have been trying them all one at a time and surprised at the lack of choices. G. Jin has been one of the better ones I have tried so far. Still can't give it a 5 - the food was good, and the service was good. The reason for 4 stars is that we ordered 1 Garlic Beef and 1 Beef Kow. They tasted and looked exactly the same. I think we were given the same dish 2ce. Most of the garlic beef dishes I have had in the past have had a recognizable garlic taste with green onion on it. Our 2 dishes were good, but see photos - they look the same. Our appetizer of Crab Rangoon were very good, large and plenty of filling. I am very thankful for the cookies that they included with our order which is a nice touch that other places in the area are not giving so that makes it stand out and will return again. We were given a bag of plenty of...