Lin's has been cooking good Chinese food for Caroline County for years. It has been a go-to place for us throughout the years. When I was a manager at the FL in Ladysmith, I would do the afternoon/evening temp check in the store on Christmas Day and we would get Lin's for our dinner! It was a great tradition and it was great food! Thanks, Lin. read more

Never ordering from this place ever again in my entire life. First of all, the food is already bland and the only reason I have ordered here is because it's the only Chinese option. But after tonight, never again. I ordered what I thought was noodles aka chow mein, then got home and realized it was all vegetables. I drove all the way back, told them what happened and the lady says "we can't exchange it because we would lose profit." Understandable but jeez, if I made a mistake ordering why not just exchange it since it clearly wasn't what I thought it was and I don't like it? Thats what a normal business would do that wants returning customers. The other person with the review before was right... customer service is terrible. Doesn't care at all about the customer and just cares about their own profit. Beware. read more

This place never disappoints when I'm in the area. The fried chicken is always delicious!

Only good food I have gotten there was the egg rolls which look pre made at a factory or their spicy dumplings. The rest Panda can beat.

Almost the worst, therefor I've given it 2 stars because I have actually eaten slightly worse Chinese food. Nothing here is great and a lot of it isn't even good. The spicy dumplings are the best thing I've found so far. Their entrees are all bleh. You can tell they buy frozen from a low grade food distributor and don't make their sauces in-house. If you want quality Chinese food go check out Chen's Restaurant off of Nuckols Rd in Glen Allen. read more

My husband & I have not yet been disappointed with Lin's Gourmet. Always have had a fast & great experience going in to pick up our food each time. The portions they give you definitely not disappointing. They're very polite and friendly. Definitely will continue to come back. read more

This is the best Chinese food I've ever had. I have been eating here for about 7 years. There is no better egg rolls and the chicken wings are amazing the best I've had. I also love the fried rice with general tos sauce on top amazing. The crab Rangoon's taste amazing also the chicken on a stick is great. You have to try this place you won't be disappointed. The food is always fresh and for all that food I got I only payed $35 what a deal. I go somewhere else and pay $60 for the same amount. read more

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We were a little disappointed with their egg rolls. Very impersonal. Little in house seatings.

On Thursday June 1, 2023 I had THEE WORLD'S GREATEST KUNG PAO CHICKEN. I wish I could eat that for every meal. I WILL BE BACK. Sending my luv to Thee Chef! It was amazing. Thank You hugs read more

I tried the triple delight. Lots of yellow rice...very light on the shrimp and everything else. They do include a single spring roll which was a nice surprise. It was just OK on my 1st try...but sometimes that's all they might get. read more

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What a great find! Was visiting a friend and we wanted Chinese carryout for dinner and she said this was the place and she was right!!! You can only get carry out and you have to call it in before coming as they won't let you order at the restaurant. They have quite the system setup in this restaurant. First, after you walk in you see a great big plexiglass wall in front of you. There is a slot for payment and the staff behind the wall have headsets. Gave them my friend's phone number, verified the order through the glass, gave them my credit card, and paid for the food. Then they provided me my receipt and a pen to sign the merchant receipt. Then they put the bag of food on a special shelf where they slide the door closed and you open it from the other side and get your food. The staff was super nice and friendly. Now onto the food..... We got spring rolls, egg rolls, and shrimp rolls. The shrimp rolls were egg rolls with shrimp, but it was fine because I can't find "real" egg rolls in Northern Virginia!!! We got dumplings in a spicy, tangy sauce, and the house special soup. Both were very good and seasoned well. For entrees, we got the crispy beef and triple saute. The crispy beef was good and tasty. Wasn't expecting the broccoli on the bottom, but that just gave us some vegetables. The triple saute had shrimp, scallops and, chicken with mixed vegetables in a hot special sauce. The sauce was good and had a little kick to it and was very good. Make sure if you want soy sauce, duck sauce, or hot mustard, that you pick up those packets before leaving the restaurant. They do not include those sauces for you. Really good fast Chinese food and I highly recommend a visit here if you are looking for Chinese food in the area. read more

5 stars!! This is one of the best Chinese restaurants around!!! We ordered from here all the time.

Without a doubt, I can say I've had better Chinese take out. Lin's Gourmet was anything but. We were driving through the area looking for a quick place to eat. We saw the 4 star rating and figured it was better than stopping by a fast food joint. In hindsight, fast food would have been better. We ordered the shrimp lo-mein, triple delight (it was actually called something slightly different, but essentially is what everyone else calls triple delight, i.e.- shrimp, chicken, beef with vegetables), and shrimp with broccoli. Even though we ordered to eat-in, everything was packaged to-go. That just makes my needles on my enviro-meter instrument cluster go haywire. The 3 R's (Reduce, Reuse Recycle) is supposed to help your bottom line. Anyway, I'm not docking any points off for that, since they did seem to figure out how to recycle the 5-gallon bottled water dispenser by filling it with tap water. Though I can't normally tell or care to tell the difference between bottled water and tap water, I could tell easily it was tap water. But hey, I'm actually a proponent of tap water. It's a water cooler and the water was cold. Thumbs up for that. I do begin to take away stars for the quality of the food. Shrimp lo-mein was a-okay. The noodles is what I expected, but the small shrimp was a little bit too soft/mushy. Otherwise a-okay. Triple delight was terrible. I already mentioned the small shrimp wasn't that great, the chicken and the beef used is not the kind you buy the from the grocery store. It's some kind of highly processed meat that looks and tastes nothing like the real thing. We didn't even bother finishing the triple delight. It always pains me to leave food, because I always think of the poor starving children, but I think even they would be highly suspect too. LOL. I didn't much care for the carrots in this dish either. They tasted a bit strong and bitter. The biggest turn off had to be the white rice itself. You expect it to be "white" right? Much of the rice appeared to have dark imperfections including one big black piece of "junk". I also noticed one of the small black specks was a tiny gnat or something like that. Everything adds up to be a less than a-okay Chinese food experience. read more

Lin's Gourmet - empty tables and chairs in a restaurant - Chinese Near Me - Ruther Glen, Virginia

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Solid Chinese food! They are only doing phone-in orders for pick up. Service is very fast. The sweet donuts are a must have. Conveniently located right in Ladysmith by the Food Lion. read more

Lin's Gourmet - Pick Up only, Phone number - Chinese Near Me - Ruther Glen, Virginia

Always love getting food here. I hate they changed to calling your order in since Covid but they are always fast.

This place has been consistently nasty for around a decade now. The rice is mushy, all of the sauces are made in a warehouse, and the oil is obviously old. read more

Good food. Thank goodness because they are the monopoly here. Service is fine. This is not an eat In location.

After seeing that our neighborhood Chinese restaurant in our new area had 4 stars, we were excited to try their food. The people dealing with customers are very polite. Unfortunately the food does not live up to the hype. We have eaten from here 3 times, each time hoping it was a fluke. The first time, the wonton soup was good. The rest of the food was flavorless and over cooked. Last night my husband ordered Szechuan chicken and his sauce tasted and looked like sweet and sour sauce with Tabasco added. That is not how to make a Szechuan sauce. We continue to hunt for good Chinese food in the Fredericksburg vicinity. read more

Ya'll like chinese? Because I do. The chicken here is cooked to a perfect crisp, the cabbage a slight sweetness topped off with a smooth leaf covered in a heavenly broth. They got rats though. read more

Barely edible and very unfriendly. Had to place your payment in a slide out drawer as well as accept your food from a revolving door. Restaurant was filthy. My husband threw his food in the trash. Would never return here. Gross read more

I frequent this place regularly. I've never had a bad experience. The food is always fresh, always hot. And service is prompt.

Stopped here on my way to Washington D.C.. My initial impression was that this restaurant is like Panda Express. I tried Lo-Mein here. I have tried the same dish at Panda a lot of times. I thought the same dish at Lin's Gourmet was way tastier. The food was made to order and they also allowed customization. The quantity was huge. I could not finish it all for lunch. read more

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Huge Portions, Fresh and hot !!!!! You get your money worth here at Lins !! The only thing I wish is that they had more of a dine in atmosphere. read more

The seasame chicken is very good, but rumor has it they clean their place every time the health inspector is about to come; the rats return the next day and might as well be pets. If that rat ain't cookin', get him out! read more

I find this place excellent in flavor and customer service .. Try the combination lo-mein highly recommended delicious.. staff is always respectful and attentive , the prices are affordable too read more

The last few times I have given this place a try, I have been disappointed. The crispy walnut shrimp was soggy on a bed of broccoli with ketchup on top. So sad. read more

Thank goodness there is a decent Chinese food place in my town. I don't think I could have handled having one Chinese restaurant for miles and having it suck. Lin's makes a mean hot & sour soup and some great dumplings. I'm not too adventurous when it comes to Chinese so I usually get the General Tso's, but that's been pretty good also. Friends of mine have gone here as well and have been very happy with some of the other dishes so overall I don't think you can go wrong with Lin's. It always looks clean and the service is great - what more can you ask for! read more

HUGE portions! Mega bang for your buck. On our way up to Philly, we stopped by Ladysmith, Virginia off of the highway for a quick bite to eat. Little did we know that this fast food Chinese joint would actually be pretty decent. They have lunch and dinner combos that come with an egg roll and soup; and like I mentioned above, the portions are humongous. They give you so much food, it looked like we didn't even make a dent in it. For about $9, a dinner combo could feed 2-3 people comfortably. The taste was your basic kind of Chinese food. And for a weekday night, a lot of people were coming in and out to pick up their take-out. Not too shabby, Lin's. read more

Lin's has a standard Chinese take out menu, and they're always pretty fast at getting an order ready. We've always been happy with our food, and they give you a ton of food for your money. I'm a fan! read more

Lin's is okay. I usually order the General Tso's Chicken or the Kung Pow chicken. I would request they cook their food differently as it's not crisp like other places I use to get my cheap chinese food from. Their chicken fried rice...well it's horrible and bland and doesn't have much flavor to it. Though they do make your food quickly, they do not have delivery. They need competition so they aren't the only cheap chinese place around. read more

They have their good days sometimes you can't beat it and then they have some days where it's just ho-hum they will modify your order for you I don't eat seafood but I love their Triple delight so I have extra mushrooms my daughter don't eat onions and they will prepare her shrimp fried rice without onions without a problem overall if you have to have Chinese food in Caroline County Lin's Gourmet would be your best bet read more

I have had the chicken there it was ok but the fried rice was terrible and I have been in the area for 6 months have been there 2 not too impressed read more

I placed an order for shrimp fried rice yesterday along with an order for combination lo mein. I was very disappointed with the shrimp fried rice dish - the vegetables in the dish were frozen (peas and carrots) and the rice was undercooked. This is the first time there has been an issue with any order I placed. I've been a customer for 15+ years. I did notice that the young man whose usually at the front counter was not there. What a shame!! read more

We really enjoy Lin's! I've been to plenty of take out chains but this one is better than most. There is more flavor to the food. Suggestion: if you like spicy food ask for extra spicy and tell them not to put the hot spice/oil on the side (they normally do that). It's better mixed in. Their regular "spicy" isn't at all. :) read more

Standard Chinese joint. They have just about anything you can think of. I stick to the General Tso's of the crispy beef. If you like your food spicy, ask for it extra spicy. Their regular just doesn't do the trick. Bottom line is, it fills my need for chinese food from time to time, and I am glad to have it right down the road. read more

It's Chinese. The food is fresh and I've never had a bad order. I eat here once a month and I always tried something different. Service it's good but I wished they delivered. read more

Super fast and cheap with huge portions for both lunch and dinner. Took maybe 5 minutes. Nothing super amazing, just good Chinese food that really fills you up. read more

This place has awesome workers who work very hard to make great meals I love the General tso chicken with fried rice and the egg rolls are the best! If you never had there food you just have to try it. Also I love the candy bowl lol. read more

Above average Chinese take-out for its location. Lin's offers a wide selection and the get the food you're craving to you fast!

Good Chinese... have enjoyed everything I have tried. Only down side, wish they delivered