Imagine every time you've ever been let down at a gross Chinese buffet - that's the experience you're going to receive. The food was lukewarm at best, looked like it had been sitting in the warmer all day after being microwaved. The sushi was semi decent, but I was scared to eat more than one bite because if the rest of the food was disregarded and left to sit all day I can't imagine the sushi was done differently. The price for 2 people both with waters was $29, which is a bit steep considering the quality of the food being served. Would have happily paid more if the food was fresh-er and of higher quality. The restaurant was extremely dark which concerns me about the cleanliness of the space. Will not be returning. read more

My son and I went in tonight to celebrate my late father's birthday together because his favorite food was Broccoli beef. When I say we walked in to huge smiles and the fastest service of drinks, I'm not exaggerating. It was early evening and pretty busy but the buffet hot lines were stocked full and piping hot. The food itself was delicious, hot and exactly what my dad would have adored ,us too :) . The restaurant is cozy and has a very relaxed atmosphere. To top it all off my son was speaking to the older gentleman about his art and they had a great interaction while the man drew a tank for my son because as he said, "We are friends now, practice this at home too." I can't wait to come back with my husband as well. Thank you guys for making us feel like family. read more

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This place is gross. It's packed and LOUD. It had an odd smell in some parts and is STICKY. I have been to many buffets in multiple states and this is by far one of the grossest ones that come to mind. Don't trust the people who claim it's amazing. They've probably only gone to this one and forbidden city which is equally as gross (aesthetics aside). read more

Not sure what has happened to this place. It use to be good. Lo mean had a weird taste. The peas in the rice were HARD! The broccoli in beef was not cooked. read more

Chef Lin - Chinese Near Me - Dalton, Georgia

None of the sushi was good it literally looked like Walmart sushi and was and was actually bad and the cream cheese was not cooked right and tasted like a plan chip and but the sweet and sour chicken was Ight read more

Family oriented food was amazing so was the staff. You must come to Chef Lin and see try for yourself. read more

Chef Lin - Chef Lin - Chinese Near Me - Dalton, Georgia

Firstly, don't employ people who pretend like they don't know what "table for 1 adult, 2 children" means, when their job as a hostess entails seating people. I should've walked out then. After being sat, we went to the buffet. The customers making their plates were literally like scavenger's. This is not the fault of the restaurant. I just can't believe how uncouth the customers making their plates were. You typically allow to see people maybe not at their best at a buffet style meal, but these folks were unhinged and acted like the food was going to be gone if they didn't bump you out of the way right when they walked up to where you were, or stare at you while you were serving yourself. The three of us each made 1 plate and one soup bowl each. It was nearly impossible to even get the food we got because of the other people eating there. The chicken- maybe it was orange? Was gummy and hard in some bites. Kind of tasteless. The soup was ok. We each picked around our plates. The only one who got dessert at all was my youngest son. The ice cream machine was broken and all they had in that direction was individual ice cream cups. The ambiance was off. The lighting was too dark and everything just seemed dirty. We couldn't wait to leave. I admit I was also shocked at the price- $43 for 3 people with all waters. Turns out, they consider children to be 3-9. At the end of the day, I was happy to just pay and get out of there, with note to self that we won't be returning. Also of note, my 11 year old has been vomiting all day today, and my youngest son and I both had stomach sickness directly after we left. I imagine it's because of how gross the clientele were, all over that buffet like flies. I also witnessed a woman making a styrofoam to go plate, and she would put food in her to go plate and use her fingers to eat out of the to go plate right there at the food bar, and then add more food. So gross. That's another reason we only picked around our food and didn't go for seconds on anything. Yuck. read more

Not a very good place bathroom need to me clean more and food need to be cooked right place needs to be shut down

Love it here!I actually worked with them before they where always nice ,I like what they did to the place and the food is always bomb and the service is fast and friendly there always welcoming:) read more

Very good array of Chinese food. Items are fresh and tasty. Plenty of sushi rolls but no Nigeri Service is good and the place is clean. I would return again. read more

Chef Lin - a man and a woman in a restaurant - Chinese Near Me - Dalton, Georgia

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Went for a simple quick dinner, pick up my food. Greeted with a piece of hair in my food. No it isn't mine my hair type is a lot thicker than the one I found. None the less, hair doesn't belong in food, very disappointed to have encountered this. From this incident I will never return to Chef Lin. read more

Chef Lin - hair in my low mein - Chinese Near Me - Dalton, Georgia

Post Covid: It is no longer a buffet as stated in other reviews but the staff are friendly and eager to help serve you food. The process to receive food is very organized and it seems to have been very planned out from the beginning. The food was great and I would recommend to anyone who is missing the traditional sit down dinner. read more

Chef Lin - a table with plates of food on it - Chinese Near Me - Dalton, Georgia

POST COVID RE-OPENING... they have finally opened. In short it is a shadow of what it was... It is no longer a buffet.. but rather a Chinese cafeteria. No Mongolian grill... no sushi... no fresh fruit... just two steam tables with Chinese stir fry items... lots of rice and noodles... very basic bare bones Chinese food. They have installed plastic shields and all food is served to you... ya can't serve yourself. All workers were wearing masks and gloves... many tables have been removed to comply with the social distancing requirements. Frankly my wife and I were disappointed and will probably not return in its current configuration. read more

we drove an hour from blue ridge to eat here, we had moved up here 2 months prior and were shocked at how few chinese places they were... we decided to go here and were amazed HUGE buffet DELICIOUS food and SUPER cheap. LOVED it. ...until about 3 o'clock in the morning when I threw it all up... so disappointing I was really hoping that this place would be the ONE. read more

Great buffet place where you can get a great bang for your buck lots of sushi and crab legs very reasonably priced read more

Here is the deal. They jack prices on the weekend by 2-3 bucks on the buffet. Prices go up after 3 or so for dinner menu. This adds ribs and crablegs..both taste good. The stir fry grill is HORRIBLE. They only have non-English speaking Mexicans and they basically overcook the food so much it is not edible...skip the stir fry. The primary reason I go to the restaurant here is for the chicken Buffalo wings. I will load up 3 dozen or so and drink my iced tea. If still hungry load up the shrimp. Very easy to get your 10 dollars worth (lunch price with tea) if you are semi hungry. Good Soft Serve. Good Sweet and Sour chicken. The beef and broccoli and other "Chinese" dishes have little flavor...they have no idea what chicken powder is or starch. Not as good bang for the buck as Emperor of China but they have the best wings on a buffet in the city. read more

Good food but the restaurant is really run down. Good service I'll definitely go back. Don't really know what happened to good Chinese food in this area but this is as good as you can get here now. read more

Very poorly tasting food every time me and my kids eat here they get sick so please be aware when going to eat here I would highly recommend not eating here the food was terrible read more

This use to be my favorite go to buffet but I don't have the luxury of eating out much anymore. So when I got the chance today to dine I wanted to get the best for my money. We walked in and there was a smell of maybe wet carpet, we were seated quick. But almost everything that I got to eat was overcooked or had no flavor. The rice had zero flavor, the noodles tasted of nothing but garlic. The fried prawns were mush, and the egg roll had very little stuffing and then it tasted lime just steamed cabbage. I will never choose this place again. I can cook better at home than go pay $40 for us to eat out at this place ever again. read more

After reading the three negative reviews right below this, it is hard to believe the folks writing them actually ate there. (You might notice that all three of the reviews were written in an 11 day period.) My wife and I have eaten there more than 50 times over the last five years, including at least three times this year, most recently this afternoon. While we have never tried the stir fry grill, we have tried pretty much everything else there and love the place. The idea that they "only have non-English speaking Mexicans" there or that the food is overcooked or inedible is absurd. The buffet price, variety (more than 50 items), food quality, and service are all good. The only real reservations are that the place often has a noisy child or two, and that like most Chinese restaurants, they are pretty weak on deserts. read more

I've been going there ever since I was a little kid. Best Chinese buffet you'll ever go to. Have various food choices and desserts. I love it and hope to go there once this virus goes away. read more

Just went in there today and I was super disappointed. Floor was not clean, everything disorganized and the staff I had to deal with was not friendly at all. My family and I love Chinese food and we don't eat it often but this place makes me not even want to eat it again. Maybe they haven't changed the cooking oil, I don't know. But that 1st bite, everyone was disappointed in the food. When we went to pay, it was no one up front so a lot of us were just standing and waiting, causing people to try and cut in line. It was awful. Maybe they were just having an off day, but I know I won't be back anytime soon. read more

My boyfriend and I have been here before to eat in, which in my opinion still is overpriced, but last nite went in and got it to go. First of all I didn't see any prices anywhere and the guy handed us a divided styrofoam box to fill up. I had to ask for soup cups and he told us if we put anything else in them he'd charge extra. So I could barely close my box, got my soup and then we checked out and our total was $21.30! I couldn't believe it. No drinks or anything. Then when we got home, my boyfriend found a hair in his food! Disgusting! I don't think we will be going back here anytime soon. read more

I've been very disappointed the past few times I've eaten there. They don't even serve their crab legs anymore. They use to have a decent variety of sushi, and now it's mainly California rolls. Probably not going back. read more

Eh, there isn't much to say about Chef lin. It's a pretty big Chinese buffet with a lot of choices. The main problem is that the food they serve is not very palatable. For some reason, the food just tastes old...a lot of the time it isn't cooked all of they way through. I also don't like the price...I feel that it isn't suited to the quality of the food. You'd be better off going somewhere else. read more

Chef Lin is just your average cheap Chinese buffet. A few of the foods were just simply bland or tasteless, and seemed to be a bit inconsistent... One piece of chicken felt as hard as a rock, and I think something jabbed my throat on the way down as I was eating fried rice. As far as the inside, there were two flies that kept bugging the life out of me, and they have a few Christmas lights up all year. Other than that, on the inside is your standard Asian patterns and statues, fairly clean it would appear. They were pretty packed out when I went, but it still would have been nice to get a refill on my drink. Not much else to say, you get what you pay for! Also, I'm not much for sushi, but a few of my friends loved their sushi and kept going back just for more of it. read more

This is where I go for Chinese buffet. It's really good and great price.

Meh. I heard a lot of great things about this place and I decided to try it. My first experience was alright. I went with some friends and I expected some awesome food. We were seated in a nice quiet part of the restaurant. I went for the sushi because it was said to be delicious. I think the sushi might have been out on the trays a bit too long. The California roll was good, but not quite good enough to get seconds. The rice and beef broccoli were alright. I expected more from this place. The waiters were very nice and attentive. My second trip to this restaurant was uncomfortable. A few friends and I arrived and we were seated in some small, run-down, and uncomfortable booths. What made my experience worse were the little obnoxious kids that kept rocking back and forth behind us. My friend and I had to deal with bobbing or bodies frontwards and backwards. (I'm passive about little kid shenanigans, but this changed after this experience) The food was as mediocre as I remembered and the waiters only came to our table to refill our drinks once, and bring out the check. I will not go back. read more

This review is for the lunch buffet. (I've never eaten here at night) I love this buffet. It has a wide variety of Chinese dishes with only a few non Chinese entrees. The dumplings are good and the spicy dishes are very good. Also have sushi for those so inclined. read more

Unsanitary and disgusting. Red flag went up when I noticed there was no soap and very little paper toweling in the restroom. During our meal, water gushed in from the ceiling right onto the first two buffet tables. Our meal was ruined, of course, and when I asked for a discount (not a free meal, just a discount) the manager refused. read more

This restaurant boasts "the best Chinese food in nw Georgia". I honestly don't see how. The food was mediocre and undercooked. They had a very small selection and it definitely wasn't worth the price. It also smelled funny inside like cleaning supplies and dirty diaper. I was very disappointed and won't eat there again. I recommend just making the trip down to Calhoun and eating at the eastern buffet on 53. read more

They have a really bad bug problem one of my friends work in the back and a family member found a roach bug on her plate. Use to be a good place but has gone very downhill. Wouldn't recommend to my worst enemy. read more

Love this buffet !!! 8.50 for lunch and you can eat some great food. Never had anything unsatisfactory. Ignore the negative reviews. Try it.

Outstanding! They even have some authentic dishes which makes my Chinese girlfriend extremely happy and everyone is so friendly!

Chef Lin, 100 W. Walnut Ave., Suite 145 Current score: 73 Current grade: C Previous score: 41 Previous grade: U Comments: Reinspection. All employee drinks must be in single-serve cup with lid and straw. Ensure proper date marking. Use only pesticide approved for commercial food establishment; label all chemicals properly. Keep sanitizer buckets off floor. Food must be stored in food-grade containers. Clean or replace all non-food contact surfaces as needed. Replace broken floor tiles. All exterior doors must be self-closing and tight fitting. Chef Lin, 100 W. Walnut Ave., Suite 148 Current score: 41 Current grade: U Previous score: 80 Previous grade: B Comments: Person in charge not performing required duties. PIC must teach employees when to wash hands. No bare hand contact with ready-to-eat food allowed. Employee sink full of wiping cloths. Cover food in walk-in cooler. Properly sanitize all utensils. Self-serve sushi must have advisory notice. Bean sprouts, sushi, salmon, tuna and imitation crabmeat out of temperature; must hold cold at 41 degrees or below. Chemical bottle not labeled. Do not remove mollusks and oysters from original container for long-term storage. Egg rolls not properly cooled. Ice cream cones need paper covering. Do not store employee drinks in ice machine. Cover self-serve sauces. Do not store utensils in standing water. Do not store knives between equipment. Do not stack containers up wet; must air dry first. Clean mixer. Do not use duct tape to repair leak at three-compartment sink. Repair broken floor tiles. Screen doors not keeping insects out. read more

My family and I all enjoyed the wide range of food here. Service was excellent and prompt, but the person preparing the sushi seemed slightly annoyed when asked what each contained. I would recommend labels for ALL the food. Other than that we had a great dining experience and we will be going here more often. read more

I have had lunch there for years now and it is very good and consistent. I recently made a trip to Chattanooga to try the much larger Forbidden City that has a larger selection on the buffet. Didn't come close to being as good as Chef Lin. Glad I went and now I know not to waste that drive and pay more for less. read more

great food good variety of food and ppl good locations. ...very nice ppl...food always great..and yummy