Ordered the chicken with pickled ginger green bean stir fry and hot and sour soup. Prepared fresh and served piping hot. No complaints! There's also free self-serve hot oolong tea. I think mostly a take-out place but there are a few small tables for dining in. Tables were cleaned off and tidy counters. We'll make this our go to when in the area. read more

Lin Garden - Cantonese Near Me - Palmyra, Pennsylvania

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Every time I'm in the area, I must stop by for their sweet and sour chicken. I buy a little extra to take home for later.

Surprising good American/Chinese shop in Cambelltown, Pa., on the way to Hershey, the chocolate capital of the USA. Located in a nondescript strip mall next to a nail salon (aren't they all?), Lin Garden was a walk up to the counter to order place with 7 or 8 quad tables for those who preferred to eat in. The young woman who came up to take my order was very pleasant. Her young son was playing quietly at the table nearest the kitchen, and she called to him in Mandarin to stay at the table with the IPad while she was busy with the customer. She pointed out the lunch menu on the back of the neat stack of offerings used primarily for those planning to take the sheet with them. I did a double take, as the prices for the three part specials including rice and soup was $4.95 for almost everything. Had I travelled back in time by speeding west? I ordered the Hot & Sour Soup after asking about Weijing (MSG), and being assured it had none. First visits usually have me ordering General's Chicken to have a point of comparison with something most places make routinely. About 10 minutes later the soup arrived. It was not in the anticipated small cup teaser vessel, but a full large bowl. Well, alright! Just looking at the surface I knew she was right about the lack of flavor enhancer. It was reflective without the heavy oily sheen caused by msg. Beyond that, it was really good. Lots of thin slivers of Celery, ample Tofu, Water Chestnuts and Mushrooms, with the right balance of spice and vinegar. I finished the bowl by picking it up to my lips and letting it flow into my mouth. Not a drop to waste. I took a long look into the kitchen to check out the chef. Did he know he was that good? The full dinner plate piled high with General Tso's Chicken came out before I finished the final tip of the soup bowl. A substantial mound of Fried Rice held up one side of the jumble of lightly coated and fried Chicken pieces. The rice was yellow, with Peas, Pork, and Carrots showing themselves. The General would be proud. His namesake was on the high end of the continuum. The coating was not heavy, nor greasy. The sauce while a little too sweet to satisfy the local palate, as opposed to having that hint of chili heat in the best versions, was still satisfying and clearly composed of meat that had not been in the deep freeze, but fresh enough to offer the right crunch and soft inside. I ate it all. I was glad to be eating in when the meal was just out of the wok and large soup pot, and everything tastes best. When I asked for tea, I was brought a large styro cup (demerit) full to the brim with decent Chinese Tea. No extra charge for it (merit). I sat and watched Young Son as be continued with his play. People came in for take out and said kind things to the boy, to which he shyly responded under mom's watchful eyes. My guess was that dad was the man in the white apron who had just prepared my meal. I returned to the counter to settle up, and was told by the lovely hostess that the grand total was 5 and change. I almost felt guilty accepting her calculation because it bore no relationship to the quality nor quantity of the food. A nice tip would salve my conscience. All my usual suburban Chinese hangs (with exceptions) would do well to take a seminar from the Lins and learn how they make their Garden grow. When I find myself thinking about returning if given the opportunity, I know I am a fan. Thus, 4 Big Ones....with a bullet! read more

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Best Chinese food in the region. Order early, the wait time can be lengthy. Food: A+ Price: A+ Menu: A Wait time: C+ read more

Two thumbs up!! What a gem in this rural chocolate infused town near Hershey where the smell of cow manure is an essential facet of daily aroma. We were traveling between Gettysburg and Hershey for a short family getaway. While we were traveling, we craved some kind of Asian cuisine but didn't want any form of over cooked Chinese buffet with withering and grease infested vegetables. Looking around on Yelp, we found the only Chinese place open on the Fourth of July (thank you for being open). We did not expect much from a semi-takeout place but we were utterly surprised. Being an Asian who also cooks alot, I am very picky when it comes to any Asian cuisine but this place took me by surprise in this middle of nowhere little town of Palmyra. Food ordered: wonton soup, hot and sour soup, shrimp with garlic sauce, Hunan chicken and house special chow mai fun with white sauce. Hot and sour soup: fresh! Most Chinese places would serve their soup cooked to death with bitter after taste but not this place. Especially the celery and tofu in the soup were very savory and tasty as if they were place in the bowl minutes before the soup was served. Not over powering with sourness but good amount of spice and very clean after taste. Garlic shrimp: fresh and nutty. Absolutely cooked to perfection. They must have very high flame with great heat conducting wok that cooks in seconds. When I bit into a shrimp it absolutely bursted in my mouth with flavors of the sea. I have never tasted any shrimp with such flavor. I am not a big fan of shrimp from any Chinese places because they are so overcooked and greased but not this place. Also the vegetables were just cooked enough to compliment the shrimp with freshness. I felt all the sea and garden in this plate. Only let down for this dish was its sweetness. I dont like my food too sweet and sugar makes the food soggy much faster; however for an average American palate I guess this plate would be fine. Hunan chicken also fresh and moist. It was so good I had to ask what they used to season the dish and the front desk told me that they just season their food with small amounts of good salt and use all vegetable oil in small amounts. I always say that good food comes from being able to put just the right amounts of the basic ingredients and I think the cook in this establishment understands much more than just whipping out fast takeout food. Chicken was moist and seasoned well with just enough spices to indulge your palate. Broccoli was crunchy yet not raw and the sauce was so nutty. My kids loved the dish!!! House special chow mai fun also fresh and moist. I never order noodle dish from a Chinese place because how dry they make it. Although I go to Philly a lot for my Chinese food only noodle dish I eat is Pho because of how dry most of the places prepare their noodle dish but not this place. I ordered the noodle dish for the kids but I ended up eating the whole thing. Moist meats, seasoned vegetables and just right textured al dente noodles with great high heat flavor fused right into each strands of the noodles. White sauce had enough savory seasoning to moisten the dish. I was also very impressed by the fact that they served the noodle last which means they cook the noodle fresh just before serving and did not want us to eat soggy overcooked noodles. If you ever think about eating their food go there and have a sit down meal there. If you do take-out you are not doing justice to their food. Last 40 years of eating some authentic and fusion Chinese food from Susanna Foo to Sang Kee in Philly and Ocean Harbor for dim sums, this place is absolute best. I have said to the front desk that they can make it anywhere in US as a fine dining establishment. It is that good. Fresh, Fresh, Fresh is the key to this place. I will definitely visit this place again. Thank you for staying open on the Fourth of July. Best Chinese experience!!! read more

Lin Garden - The best Hunan Chicken I ever had... - Cantonese Near Me - Palmyra, Pennsylvania

Great Chinese food! Generous portions and the lunch specials are a great value. We've really employed the sweet and sour chicken, honey chicken and orange chicken. read more

Ordered here 5-6 times now. Food has always been very good. Menu is standard Chinese format. I'm definitely becoming a regular here. Only negative is that they are usually pretty busy, so plan ahead! read more

The people here are super nice and the food is also great. Our bill came out to be $24 even though there were five of us eating (granted, we only ordered 3 dishes). It seems like they cooked the food after we order so our dishes were hot and freshly made. The free hot tea was actually really good too, I thought that it was gonna be bitter because of its dark color but apparently I was wrong. The lobster egg foo young was phenomenal. It was the best egg foo young that i've had in the USA, my whole family was surprised as to how authentic it tasted. My little sister, who is an extremely picky eater, managed to finish her plate of roast pork lo mein. This is her first time ever finishing an adult sized dish. What a pleasant way to end the day after torturing my legs at the hersheypark. chinese restaurants in Houston better take notes! read more

Ordered from here today. The wonton soup was bland; it only contained very little green onions and NO pork. The vegetable fried rice had only a few peas and specks of carrot. read more

Delicious food for a great price highly recommended ! Staff was helpful and friendly and everything was very clean.

So, my husband's & I's first experience wasn't good at all. We tried it again just to see about a few weeks ago & it was so much better! So, I wanted to update my review. Maybe that one bad day were just different cooks but the second time we went back it was better. The food had more taste & it was just way better. read more

Good quality Chinese food at modest pricing. Service is fast, but could get easily swamped when multiple carry out orders come in. One cashier/prep person and one chef around 5pm on a weekday means grid-lock if they get a surge. Otherwise, the other Yelp reviews are pretty accurate: surprisingly good Chinese food at a strip mall in an otherwise predominately Caucasian area. I would certainly order here again. My wife ordered the Shrimp & Broccoli and Egg Drop Soup, while I got the Hunan Chicken and a Pork Egg Roll. The Egg Roll was ok, but way too much wrapper, and pretty much from a frozen roll. The Hunan Chicken was very good, spicy, but not overpowering. Chicken was good, no strong flavor, so it was certainly fresh, decent quality meat. My wife had no complaints and said everything was good. Lots of MSG in everything, but that's to be expected. Still tasted great. And no heart burn or other indigestion that night, nor the following day, so our food was prepared in a safe, clean manner. You probably want to ONLY order to-go food here. As the tables were sort of nasty, to the point that they felt sticky to touch. They're clean, so this was just the varnish wearing off (I checked another table and it was in the same condition). We had to dine in since we were from out of town and the wife wanted Chinese for dinner. read more

Lin Garden - The shop and small picture menu above the cashier's station wasn't appealing. But the menu is very broad, with usual Chinese fare covered. - Cantonese Near Me - Palmyra, Pennsylvania

This is seriously the best Chinese restaurant in the area. The place is always hopping! Be prepared for longer wait times over dinner time and over the weekend. It's very popular! As a vegan, I particularly enjoy the Hunan bean curd, General Tso's tofu, and the vegetable lo mein. The owners are very friendly. Generous portions. read more

Best Chinese food in the area, which is good and bad. They're always busy, and there is always a wait, that that usually exceeds what you are originally told. 20-25 minutes is really 45-60 minutes, depending on the day. If you know that going in, you're all good. Overall, it is probably worth it. I work two jobs, so I don't eat here that much, just because I'm either going out to a sit down meal, or I want quick and easy... and this plays walls within that range. read more

Man, people who Yelp review in Hershey must not have eaten outside of Hershey. All the restaurant reviews that I found that were 4- and 5- star were TERRIBLE. I also noticed this trend in Maui, Hawaii. At any rate, this place was a divy, hole-in-the-wall Chinese "restaurant" in a strip mall. The tables were sticky. The food was gross. And while it was cheap, it was very disappointing to this Chinese-American. All 3 dishes were covered with the same disgusting brown sauce (um, we don't do this in real Chinese cooking). May be fit for Americans who don't eat Chinese food, but two thumbs down from this Asian. read more

I would go back to visit the area just for this restaurant! The only dish I would not recommend is the chicken wings. I felt they weren't seasoned at all so very bland. Everything else that our party ate was delicious. During our seven day stay in the area, we ate at Lin Garden 4 times and ordered food to take home. Your best bet is to order by phone to cut down on wait time but the food is worth it. read more

My fiancé and I ordered one serving of the sweet and sour chicken combo and it was delicious! Enough food for the both of us and very tasty. The rice was moist and the chicken tasted fresh and crispy. read more

Being from NY used to good Chinese food. This is the best I've had in the area. Prices good!!

Favorite dishes are the plain fried tofu and mei fun. They are very accommodating with dishes like getting our fried tofu plain with no veggies or sauce. read more

Food was good and so was the service. The restaurant could use a little elbow grease to make it look cleaner.

Best Chinese food in Palmyra!!! Food is excellent and wonderful customer service. They are always so busy but it's worth the wait!!!

We love Lin Garden. Very fun Chinese. Great lunch specials. They do take out. They have added plexiglass between customers and employees and chefs. read more

We have ordered from here about 3 times. Enjoyed it every time. We have had a few hiccups, but I'm not sure if it was their fault or a mistake. I am from the south and recently moved to PA. I'm sure my southern drawl may have been an issue. We always order enough to have food for 2 days. My favorite is General Tso chicken and of course dumplings!!! I always forget how much I LOVE their dumplings read more

We were visiting Hershey for vacation and looking for a place for takeout Chinese. Thanks to the good reviews on yelp, we picked Lin Garden. We chose the family meal and had hunan pork, schezhuan beef, and orange chicken. All three were great! I wish we had this place back home. read more

Didn't have Chinese food in nearly a week and wife couldn't take it anymore so we came here. Typical American Chinese food. It was decently fast and the lady who took our order was nice. Food tasted like what u would expect. 4 star for meeting expectation as a generic American Chinese food take out place. I saw an earlier review stating that the food wasn't real Chinese food which is a statement I agree with, however note that this is an American Chinese take out joint, it doesn't claim to be authentic Chinese cooking from a particular region. Same as how u don't go to a dive bar and complain it's noisy and loud. When we make reviews on Yelp we need to ensure we are rating it based on what it is. We can't only give Michelin star restaurants 5 stars and Chinese takeout or fast food joint 1 star. read more

After 20+ years of mediocre/nasty Chinese takeout in Palmyra, my family and I were thrilled to discover this place! We eat here at least 3x a month, and my dad eats here once a week with his buddies. Their lunch special is very reasonable (everything is around $5) and they have a "family meal" deal where you can choose three items for $20. Our favorite dishes include: +moo shu pork +beef with snow peas +house special mai fun (rice vermicelli) Their food never leaves me dehydrated. The family who runs this business is super friendly and efficient. read more

This is hands down my favorite Chinese in the area. They use fresh ingredients and have great flavor. The owners are very nice. They do get busy so make sure you leave enough time when ordering during dinner rush. read more

The whole family loves this place! The food is always fresh and they know just how long to cook the vegetables...nice and crunchy. It's not the fastest place around, but worth the wait. They are consistently busy, which is another sign of the high quality food. The family that runs the place is always friendly and seems to enjoy interacting with the customers. Great place and great food! read more

The restaurant is roughly 10-15 minutes drive from the Hershey Lodge and was totally worth venturing out for. I was in the area for a work conference and I was craving Asian food. The ethnic selection is super limited in Hershey but I was pleasantly surprised with the good food at Lin Garden. I dined in since I was getting cabin fever at the hotel but it's definitely more of a take-out establishment. We ordered the dinner combination that comes with pork fried rice and an egg roll. The price for two dinner combo meals and a drink came up to be $16 something. Super cheap for Northern VA standards. read more

Lin Garden - Shrimp with lobster sauce dinner combo - Cantonese Near Me - Palmyra, Pennsylvania

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This out of the way place has THE best Chinese in the. area. Be prepared to wait as they apparently make everything fresh. It's basically the two owners and an occasional second cook who does all the work. I would imagine the other reason that it takes longer to get your food is that there is a constant stream of persons coming for take-out and also sitting in the restaurant. Seating is limited to perhaps 30 persons. The wait is very much worth it. Please don't get the large Won Ton soup unless you really love the soup--the portion is enormous! They hands-down have the best Won Ton soup in the entire area. The egg rolls, on the other hand, are oddly very average and do not match the rest of the food. The item I consistently order is Chicken Lo Mein which I barely ordered since I began eating Chinese-American food as an adult. Once I tried theirs, I am stuck on it and refuse to order anything else! It is wonderful! My daughter is from Philadelphia and is pretty persnickety, as the PA Dutch say, about her Chinese and she declared it the best Chicken Lo Mein she has ever had. Yes, in little old Campbelltown, PA! Ignore the haters who gave this place low ratings. Try the food and you won't regret it. Just be prepared to wait longer than normal for table service as good things come to those who are patient. p.s. the portion sizes are HUGE so if you have small children, don't bother to get them separate meals. read more

Love this place, great food, great price and awesome staff. Chicken wings and shrimp and garlic lunch special are my favorites.

We eat here all the time good prices great food! Only ever had one issue and the resolved it and gave us more food for free. Very nice staff! read more

I must say, I have eaten a lot of Chinese takeout in my life. That being said, I can say with confidence that this is not the best Chinese takeout I ever had. So why do I come back to this place almost every week? First off, the price to portion ratio. I dunno about you, but lunch specials here come to around $5~ and they pack as much food as possible. Not to mention the small here is still pretty large, and you must have a hole in your stomach if you can finish a large here. Service is prompt and great. The lady who runs the show is very prompt and if you have any accommodations or needs just let her know. She'll work with you, dont worry. Not to mention your order gets done in about 20-25 minutes from ordering to packing, which is not too bad in my book. Lastly the food. Now this is not the best chinese takeout I have eaten ever, but for what you are getting for the price it is not bad at all. Granted I wish their food was a little spicier, but hey that is just me. Overall, if you live 15~ minutes away from here and are looking for a decent and cheap meal to fill you up, just come on by here. So while the taste may be more 3.5 stars, the service, price, and portion makes me give it a 4.5-5 star review. read more

Since my original review, my family and I have eaten their food multiple times. Always quick and friendly. Reasonably priced and freshly cooked after you order. Their space isn't very exciting but I always take the food home anyway. It's the recipes I grew up on and I love. Plus they give you so much in the combo meals you can make two meals out of it. read more

I'm not sure how this place has 4 star review. Let's start with the confusing. It's takes a very long time to get your order. They call out your order by either what you ordered or your phone number. Now the sad. Ordered a beef and broccoli. Very little amount of beef. Lemon chicken is like a batter type of breading. Prices seem fine, they're friendly, that's why it's two. read more

Best Chinese takeout place in the area by a mile. The prices for a lunch or dinner combo are cheap and you get a lot of food. The meat has never been rubbery...it's always delicious and perfectly cooked! So many other places this is a huge problem but not here. Lots of flavor and the shrimp eggrolls are delicious! They'll customize your order as you want it and I am satisfied every time I order from here. Staff is so friendly. Go there more than a few times and they'll probably remember your order. Make sure to leave some time to order during the lunch and dinner hour as they get busy. Highly recommend! read more

Ordered takeout here more than I can count and I'm rarely disappointed. Best Chinese in the area by far. Great portions, delicious flavors, nice staff. Couldn't have asked for better. read more

Good food! Fresh, flavorful. Wished our spicy dishes were spicier. And they were a bit slow but I'd go there again! Good Hot and Sour Soup. Previous poster said Crab Wontons weren't good - I disagree! Some of the best I've ever had! read more

Been here about 3 times so far. The food is always good and I really like the people. They are super friendly. I'll drive out of my way to be a customer of people who appreciate my business. And oh, the price to food ratio is very good as well. Super fast whether you are taking out or eating in. read more

Lin Garden - Cantonese Near Me - Palmyra, Pennsylvania

I am from NYC, and working 20 years as a letter carrier. Lots of take out restaurants like this in NYC, and been eaten at lots of take out restaurants. Taking my boys to Hershey and want some Chinese food. Surprise Lin gardens food taste better than a lot of takeout restaurant in New York City read more