Run by a cute local Chinese family, now-called Mr. Lin Family Restaurant specializes in…read morewestern-style Chinese food. The buffet is a local favourite deal, but the order items offer fresh, hot quality at a reasonable price. Appetizers vary in expectations for the seasoned Chinese consumer, but entree preparation and portions are fairly standard. Ambience is casual family style, and customers can expect to be cheerfully greeted by the charming Ms. Lin upon entry. Less popular but available are their western cuisine menu including sandwiches and limited alcohol options. Chinese (jasmine) tea is extra.

Silver Sticks is the local chinese restaurant in Provost, Alberta…read more When you walk in, the decor is a little dated. However, you are greeted by a warm, friendly smile of the most adorible little asian lady. Most of the combo meals are in the $9-10.50 range, so you can go all out and get a huge plateful of food for very little money. I ordered the combo G (picture included), which came with ginger beef, sweet and sour chicken balls, fried rice and chicken chow mein. I also ordered an egg roll (since they are my favorite). They brought out the egg roll too, and it was deep fried to the max, which doesn't bother me. It was very crispy, but it was hot and pretty yummy by my standards. The ginger beef was unlike any I have had in the past, both in appearance and flavor. The flavor was extremely sweet. I know that ginger beef is always sweet, but take regular ginger beef and add an extra tablespoon of molasses. It actually tasted really good at first, but it was almost a little overwhelming before I could finish. Also the appearance was different. It wasn't as much in strips, as it was in very thin chunks. What I valued though, is that it was cooked. It was tender, but when I looked inside - there was no pink. Nothing gives me the willies more than rare or medium ginger beef. The chicken balls were yummy, but were quite dough-y. Full points for taste, but a bit more chickien would have been awesome. The chow mein and the fried rice were both really good, As you can see from the photo, the presentation was good as well. I left there full and satisfied, and the server was a ray of sunshine. She was the most smiley, friendly person I met in Provost. I would go back to this restaurant. It wasn't my best chinese food experience worldwide, but it was okay and the staff there make me want to support this establishment again. 15/30

The staff is super friendly!! the lady at the front told me about all their deals with pizza. I got…read morea pepperoni pizza it was 7/10. Needed a little more sauce for my liking & baked a little longer. It had a yummy amount of cheese. I will be back for sure.

This place has nice food. Buffet yaaaaaa…read moreBreakfast is good get the little pancakes. There is bar down stairs with pool.

Never again! The owner was extremely rude and the food was mediocre at best. There are lots of good…read morerestaurants in this little town and any one of them are a better choice.

I love small town Western Chinese food and this place is better than most! I stopped in for lunch…read morethe other day and had the special for $12 which includes 2 items, rice and soup or a drink. I had chow mein and ginger beef, fried rice and wonton soup. All were very good, service was quick and friendly, price reasonable. I'm not sure if I will be back in this neck of the woods but if I am will definitely come back.

I like this restaurant and visit every time I am in Oyen, but they are usually closed when I visit…read more Either they are closed for the day, or they are not open in the afternoon, despite advertised hours. They are almost never open from 2-4 pm. My previous review: My first visit I had a cheeseburger and fries. It was an awesome tasting meal. Today I had the combo with ginger beef. It tasted great. I would have hated the vegetables in the dish if they were fully cooked, so I very much appreciated the partial cooking they got, leaving them crisp. Yeah, I don't have much experience with Chinese food! . I will be eating there again when I'm in town. P.S. The host seems to have a smile bigger than the rest of her and is very kind.

This restaurant is about what you would expect for lunch in a small town. No big surprises on the…read moremenu, they offer American and Chinese food. Our group had burgers and myself, being a vegetarian, had a grilled cheese sandwich. Portions weren't huge but were just right for us. Coffee was good and fresh and the lady serving was very friendly. Food was hot, tasty and prices were very reasonable. The food was ready quite quickly also. Not a lot of choice for a vegetarian but they did have some Chinese options such as noodles and rice dishes that were vegetarian so you can certainly make do. I'd go back!

Great Local Chineese! Sometimes has a buffet on sundays but call ahead to make sure they are…read morehaving it. Sometimes closes so call or drive by to make sure they are open.

The violent diarrhea is not worth the mediocre food. You should drive past and go to the leafread more

Went here for Fathers Day. They had a buffet and you could order off the menu. The buffet was "ok",…read moremostly Chinese food items, had to wait constantly for items to be replaced as they ran out within minutes of putting it out. 3 of us had the buffet and 1 ordered off the menu. We asked for salt and pepper sqid. Seemed simple enough. After waiting 25 mins a young girl came out of the kitchen and asked if we minded waiting another 20 mins for the sqid!? No explanation at all...but we were very polite and we weren't in a hurry so we said sure ok. It finally came out and right away we knew something was wrong. (We eat s & p squid a lot in Calgary). It was really orange and soggy. But we tried a piece and within a second our mouths were on fire there was so much chili sauce on it!? I've never had sqid like this ever! It would have been more simple to just put a note on the menu so people know it's spicy.... It was not good. (At $18 it should be excellent). So we asked our waitress (Penny was lovely, and running her butt off alone) to let the cook know that we just couldn't eat it as it was ridiculously spicy. So she went to talk to him and he came out of the kitchen and started yelling at us in front of everyone! "That's how it's made in China, you don't come in and order and send back!" We were stunned and embarrassed. He went back to the kitchen and kept yelling at the staff! So unprofessional! Apparently "Tony" and his wife and daughter are new owners but he is completely out of touch with what "customer service is". We felt so bad for the waitress! Any we certainly won't be back, unfortunately for my parents who live in a small town near Castor, they won't have many options for restaurants now. It really ruined our Father's Day! Thanks Tony!!!!