Mei Lee Garden Restaurant — Restaurant in Skowhegan

Update: I previously gave them 5 stars- see below. However last night we got food & it was awful. Idk if it’s due to them being so busy cuz of the virus, but I think I’ll drive to Fairfield & order from Cheung Lee next time I’m craving Chinese. The chicken fingers were so grease laden they were just gross!! Hard & dripping w/grease. The lo mein tasted odd & bland. We’ve had this many X & it’s usually delicious. The crab Rangoon was ok but they put onion in theirs. The only thing I really liked was the fried rice & we got very little of that. I’ll wait til the lockdown is over & maybe try again but last night just left a very bad taste in my mouth, literally.

Previous review: The food here is very good. I find it much better than New Garden. (some of their food is overcooked and/or bland, and greasy! U have to know what to order) I like everything I've ordered here. I'd order from here more if they delivered. We enjoy eating in here for lunch sometimes. The service is very good and my kids think it's fun to eat there. I get take out also and it's...

Most disgusting general Tso’s chicken we’ve ever had. Seriously gross. Odd texture, mushy& stringy, like processed chicken & smelled like it was bad. We didn’t dare to eat it as it smelled like chicken that’s gone bad. Called & told them & was told “sorry it wasn’t to your liking.” Fantastic! $15 for this gross meal that we threw in the trash! Spent 45 total. Same food would be 32 at New Garden. Never again! I hope they lose business after jacking prices up & serving bad food to people. Do NOT order gen Tsos. It’s simply gross! 🤮🤢We order a lot of takeout so New garden will get all our business! Guess they are not concerned about repeat business. Prices are the highest in town for the worst food! Their beef teriyaki is also really weird, like spongy mushy odd textured meat. Makes me wonder what I’m actually eating… Rice is good though. Done with this place! Im loyal if treated well & people act like they care & want my business. I don’t appreciate wasting my $ though& am happy to spread the word about bad food with poor...

Mei Lee used to be one of my favorite restaurants to go to. Since it changed owners, though, I've noticed a decline in staff and food quality. The last time that I went, I was part of a very large party (30+ people) about a week before Christmas. It's a tradition that we have upheld for many years and have always gone to Mei Lee. We have never experienced bad service or food, until this year. The servers were unfriendly and didn't pay much attention to us (and it was a slow day, minus ourselves), the food was okay at best, most of the orders were wrong (not mixed up, wrong!), the spare ribs smelled like fish, one of my family members didn't get his meal and couldn't get the attention of a server until everyone had already been half-way done with their meal, and, worst of all, one of my aunts had a mouse run across her foot as she was heading out to the bathroom, a waitress was right in front of her and clearly saw it, but said and did nothing about it.

tl;dr - Don't go here, the food is okay at best and there clearly are...