Strip Mall. No ambience. Mostly takeout. Brought us a Wrong order. No apology. The food was awful. I ordered no MSG and the waitress didn't know what I meant. My advice-just dont. Go home and have a peanut better sandwich instead. I wish I had. read more

We went here for lunch today and it was great! I ordered the sesame chicken meal. The meal came with the chicken, fried or steamed rice, 2 ragoons and 1 egg roll. The portion sizes are generous! The amount of food you get for the price is amazing. The taste was great and the food was still hot by the time we got home. My husband got the orange beef and I had a little of everything! I was very impressed. Highly recommend this restaurant for good quality Asian cuisine! read more

Lins Express - Sesame chicken - Fast Food Near Me - San Antonio, Texas

Was in the area and saw this and would definitely come back! Came with 2 crab ragoons, which were amazing, as well as an egg roll! And the plate was definitely enough for 2 people. I liked that it was a drive thru but still great taste! read more

Lins Express - General Tso's Chicken - Fast Food Near Me - San Antonio, Texas

I've been through the drive through a couple of times now. Usually there isn't much of a line during the week, mostly on the weekends. They don't have an overly extensive menu which I like. They are prompt to take your order and have the food ready fairly quickly. It tastes fresh and definitely satisfies my taste for Asian food. I like how they have a combination of Chinese and Japanese to choose from. I love their steamed dumplings, topped with the chili oil they give on the side tastes like fresh dim sum. Crab rangoons are crispy and full of cream cheese on the inside. I love the combination lo neon and the yaki udon. Im glad they have this place close by so I can satisfy my cravings. I definitely will be back many times more! read more

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Foods great and all but I found a hair in my curry, not saying don't come here just a bit disappointed read more

Lins Express - Chicken Curry Fried Rice extra spicy - Fast Food Near Me - San Antonio, Texas

This place has gone downhill..it used to be great. Prices were decent and you got a lot of food...now you no longer even get an egg roll with your entree thats $15 and in smaller containers. Today I ordered a meal and asked for steam rice and I got fried...i.also ordered a side of fried rice...the rice was nothing but rice and soy sauce..there was no peas, carrots or even egg..I could have made that at home and saved $5... and the drive through is a joke..if you order ahead you may as well go inside and pick up..if someone in front of you is making an order, they don't make them pull out of the drive through to service the cars behind. I sat for 15 minutes one time. There is a Thai place opening across the street and I hope they have better food and service. They will never get my money again.I'll go to panda express before I come here again read more

The owner is Racist to people with a darker skin color. He has said racist things to the employees about customers that come in. He also just stares and waits for them to leave and proceeds to says "no good". He has made me extremely uncomfortable with what he would say about people that I never want to repeat.He yells at his employees in front of customers making the worker and customers uncomfortable. He also makes the high school girls that work there uncomfortable. He makes comments on the workers body's for example, he says the girls with the big boobs ( she's in high-school). He knows his employees names ( and how old they are) but never calls them by their names. It's always girl or you, they are expected to answer. I've also witnessed him touching the girls on the lower back, and being very inappropriate with them. They have asked him to stop touching them and he continued to do so, making them extremely uncomfortable. When small mistakes are made he yells and calls the employees stupid, crazy or lazy ( none of which are true). He makes sure the person he is talking about never hears him say it, He only says it to whoever else is working and laughs, Thinking it's funny. When issues are brought up he ignores them and blames it on the manager (she has done everything he asked of her, even when she was not comfortable doing so). He also makes sure the employees knew he's the owner and whatever he says goes, even if it wrong. He would only say that when the workers would try to tell him what he was trying to do was wrong. There's roaches in the restaurant. The food is left out all day. There's raw meat sitting in sinks in the back. Lin's is open 11.5 hours. The meat is out most of the day if not all day. The sinks are not washed before or after. When the servers are with customers and the customers start talking and make conversation, the workers get yelled at for talking to them. They are told not to do that. But he wants the Customers to come back. How are we as workers supposed to do that and make a friendly and welcoming environment when we are not allowed to talk to them. As a former employee i highly doubt not recommend eating here. EVER!. read more

I ordered take-out over the weekend. As someone who has tried their buffets and repeatedly been disappointed, I must admit that I was pleasantly surprised by the overall quality of their food as well as the flavors. I ordered the egg drop soup and the Hunan Shrimp. I placed the order over the internet using my iPhone. When I arrived to pick up my order it was waiting for me. The order was 100% accurate. When I got home, I noted everything was still hot. The egg drop soup was very tasty and included peas and carrots. The peas were a little under cooked but the carrots were just right. The Hunan Shrimp was very tasty. Although spicy, not so spicy that it overwhelmed the terrific flavor. The dish included a great variety of vegetables, including mushrooms, carrots, broccoli, and others. My only complaint is the shrimp, which were otherwise cooked perfectly, had the tails left on. Just my preference, when eating a meal which requires a fork, I not have to stick my fingers into the dish to remove the tails and get sauce all over my fingers. Feel free to laugh, just my preference. The meal was also accompanied by a small egg roll and two crab rangoon. The egg roll was so-so but the rangoon very tasty. A very strong experience. I will visit again, maybe even again today. read more

Great food. We had the hibachi combo and the wife had the chicken yaki soba with crab rangoon. Delicious! I'd avoid the yum yum sauce though. Mine was very mayo flavored. read more

Lins Express - Restaurant area. - Fast Food Near Me - San Antonio, Texas

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The actual Lins location on Shaenfield is a lot better as it's a full blown buffet. However this place isn't too bad either. Just more expensive than the buffet in my opinion. I will say that they give you a huge serving for the price. For a couple I think one order of lo mein would be more than enough. All in all the customer service isn't bad for the times I have went and they also have a drive thru window, not sure if it's for ordering ahead or not though! read more

Great food plenty of food always fresh friendly stuff. I give Lins Xpress five stars.

The fried rice is flavorless and has nothing else in it and the orange chicken has chewy weird parts

How do you ruin one of the few good Alamo Ranch restaurants? You get new management. Learned today that my weekly entree no longer comes with the egg roll and rangoons and the fried rice isn't fried, it's just white rice tossed with some soy sauce. So SAD. What was a 4 star has dropped to two star. What distinguished this restaurant from its competition now just makes it ordinary and typical unsatisfactory meals found in AR. Prices had gone up, then dropped (new management idea)...lower the price cut the quality and value. Soooo the search is on for another option. I wondered why the lines grew so short. Bye. read more

If you are the manager here, please take this review as a way to help your restaurant. The young man who helped us today was fantastic and super friendly. But the food.....ugh. It really lacks any culinary skill or flavor. Are you guys using too much prepared foods? We ordered spring rolls, fried wontons, orange chicken and lemon chicken. The orange chicken was tough and hard to eat. I had to request a knife to cut the pieces in half. The sauce was ok, but it seems like it came from a jar or can. Forgive me if I'm wrong there. The orange slices on the dish was a nice addition. I ordered the noodles (I forget what those are called) instead of the rice. They needed more veggies and flavor. My daughter had the lemon chicken. The chicken was good and the portion was enormous. The lemon sauce ruined the dish. Any sweet and lemony flavor was overtaken by a vinegar flavor. Our fantastic waiter let us exchange that dish, thank you. Ugh I can't recall his name, I think it starred with an R. The spring rolls and fried wontons really lacked flavor. Please improve. We'd be happy to return if it gets better. Y'all have a great location so do better! Thanks!! read more

Not bad at all. The orange chicken was tasty. The General Tso's chicken was ok, but not great. In my opinion, the batter-to-chicken ratio was too high in the batter direction. I prefer much more chicken. Some bites contained only batter, it seemed. That being said, the meal was still tasty. And the orange chicken had plenty of chicken. Maybe the General Tso's was at the bottom of the barrel, so to speak. read more

Our server was fantastic and had a command knowledge of the menu. The prices are great for the amount you're served. Not loud like other restaurants. read more

Nope. If I could leave a one word rating that would be it. I was hungry and I'm the area so I decided to try this place. I've seen another location and as I'd never been I figured this was a good opportunity to try something new. This rating is solely based on the food as I did not venture inside (drive-thru order). I ordered the Chicken Hot & Sour lunch special which came with "fried rice", egg roll and egg drop soup. The egg drop soup was hot (only good thing about it). It had zero flavor. That in itself is pretty amazing. The "fried rice" was nothing more than white rice sprinkled with soy sauce and a couple of carrot and peas thrown in. I'm tired of Chinese places passing this crap as fried rice. The Hot & Sour chicken was worse. The chicken was battered and fried and sauce served on the side. Guessing this allows them to use the chicken for hot/sour, lemon, or orange chicken. Lazy! The sauce flavor was over powered by vinegar. Do yourself a flavor and go somewhere else. Anywhere else. read more

Was in the area decided to try something new. Upon walk in we saw a table that had several full plates but no people at the table. To me this seemed like they didn't like their food and took off. That wasn't a good sign. I ordered miso soup, lemon chicken (which came with an egg roll, fried rice and crab rangoons) and a tea. Let me say first off the portion size is incredible, however it doesn't matter when the food is horrible. The miso soup was the only thing I actually enjoyed. The Lemon Chicken was bland, crispy at the top, mushy on the bottom. Also lots of veins through out the chicken in the one piece I tried and the one piece my friend tried. The sauce was grossly sour, the fried rice bland as well. The crab rangoons were edible. The egg rolls were sad. This is how we ended our meal. It was such a waste. Our server asked if we wanted to go boxes and we said no. I don't know, but if I saw someone NOT taking their food with them, I'd ask if there was an issue/problem. We did tip our server, it wasn't his fault the food was bad. read more

Lins Express - Fast Food Near Me - San Antonio, Texas

We dined in for lunch and amazed of the quantity and quality of the our meal. We had the dumplings egg rolls and recommend both of them. Our entrees consisted of the beef and mushroom and Mongolian beef, the portions were large and took the rest home for dinner. Followed Covid mandated mask by all employees. The staff were friendly and polite. We will definitely return soon to experience more authentic Chinese cuisine. read more

I'm enjoying their food as I type. Ordered the basic fried rice with chicken plus a side of lo mein. I find it delicious! The chicken is perfect, cooked just right, moist and tender. We have ordered meals from our local drive through several times now. Not disappointed once. Our local is on Alamo Ranch Parkway. read more

Great amount of food for your dollar , food is always hot and tasty even when you order for pickup . Loved it definitely will return

Food is good and didn't have to wait too long in the drive through. We ordered Egg drop soup, egg rolls, Mongolian beef, and broccoli beef. Portions are very generous and a good price. The egg drop soup came with crispy noodles. The only complaint I had was the rice being a little hard but other than that the food isn't bad for being closer than most Chinese restaurants. read more

orange chicken had a really ugly taste to it, fried rice was plain, they do give a lot of food, too bad it's not good.

Lemon chicken is rubbery, sweet&sour chicken undercooked, fried rice is just white rice with too much soy sauce, kids fries aren't cooked all the way through. White rice was nicely cooked. read more

Looked good. Tasted terrible. Fried rice had burnt flavor. Generals tso chicken did not taste like chicken. Must be some other animal meat. Worse Chinese food I've had in my life. Don't waste your time or money. Food is really bad. read more

Lins Express - General tso chicken - Fast Food Near Me - San Antonio, Texas

Visited here the other day. Staff was friendly and the food was amazing especially the egg drop soup and egg rolls.

Only place available in a timely manner after that snow storm we had. Glad bc we had been wanting to eat here. The food is very good, so glad there is a good Chinese restaurant near my house. Good flavors great portions! Definitely will get get out from here again. Even through the chaos they handled it well! read more

Portions were like others have said a ton! I walked in and ordered and got my food very fast!

Fresh hot and decently priced very confident food to go. Soup was very good! Fried rice had good texture as well. read more

Over the last 20 to 30 years many of the first generation Chinese immigrants who really started the American Chinese food phenomenon have either died, passed on their restaurants to their children or sold them altogether. The food has really changed. There was a time when American Chinese food was identified by the region where the owner and his family lived when back in the old country. Canton, Hunan, Sichuan,Fujian,Shandong and a few others. Nowadays most of the food would fall in the Hunan region, unless other wise stated. Lin's Express Alamo Ranch, for the most part isn't that bad. It tastes just like all the others. It's right up there with Golden Wok in my opinion. The closest I've come to true authentic Chinese food is the Sichuan House. It of course specializes in food from the Sichuan region of China. They use a lot of ingredients true to the region. Lots of spices, especially Szechaun peppercorn, which makes the food kinda spicy. ENJOY! read more

Good food ! And nice people working in the back. The service was quick and fast. Affordable too

Placed an order for pickup. Arrive when I was supposed and they had no knowledge of the order. After a bunch of hassle they finally located the order and had to finally start it. read more

I ordered the B7. Jalapeño Beef and it was very spicy, delicious and now my favorite Asian Cuisine dishes. I will most definitely return to order and try their other dishes. OMG! read more

I ordered beef Lo Mein, and it was delicious! The server was prompt and courteous, and knew the menu well. I'm also happy that their dining room is open among a sea of restaurants that have chosen to do otherwise. Keep up the high standards! read more

I left a review a month ago but had to leave another. What a great place. the service is friendly and the food is such good quality. I tried their dumplings and they were amazing..home made chili sauce too. I lived in seattle and have visited China, I am kind of a food snob...I just live the food here. The only thing is that the atmosphere is not very romantic for a date. read more

I spent 76 dollars on three entrees. The only edible part of the meals was the rice. This place is overpriced and disgusting .

Great serving size, fast delivery, great tasting food. We have dined in and used delivery. We have tried about 6 of their entrees. They have a great variety in their menu. read more

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Great tasting food with great service!! So glad we stopped in to try! Thank you, Jaye, for great service and friendly smiling eyes!!

Won't order from here again...food has no flavor. Two stars for the crab rangoons and egg roll that are included with the order.

If I could id give this place a 0 star rating. The food was so terrible it was not edible. I ordered several main courses off the menu and they were all terrible. The chicken and beef smelled and tasted so bad I thought I would get food poisoning. Id should have asked for my money back. I'd recommend any other place besides here. Sorry Lin's...hopefully you improve fast! read more