I have lived in Canton for most of my life, but after meeting my husband he introduced me to the Redford area. Chin's was about 5 minutes away from his home and he absolutely adores it. He always gets the almond chicken combination dinner with white rice and sweet and sour sauce instead of gravy. He has always loved it. I have only been a handful of times and have gotten the shrimp and chicken. I have not been the biggest fan myself as I do feel it could be cooked a bit more. Their rice also leaves something to desire. It doesn't always seem completely mixed. The times I have been they have had their dining area closed due to COVID- I am not sure if that has re-opened at this time. It seems like a neat place to hang out and I've heard great things about the interior. The people who work here are awesome and are always nice and welcoming. I appreciate that! Genuinely I have enjoyed their food, but the consistency isn't always there. I haven't been in a minute, but hope to revisit soon to update this review. You guys have a good place going. read more

My husband and I both worked late and we both wanted Chinese and try something new, so he remembered driving by Chin's so we headed that way, ready to have a seat and enjoy our date night out at a restaurant. Well, soon as we walked in, they had a large hand written notice stating pick up orders only no dining. Time was already late and we didn't want to drive another 10 to 15 minutes to go somewhere else so we waiting the 20 minutes to get our food. I ordered the sweet and sour shrimp and he ordered the shrimp and lobster sauce. Mine was really good and his meal he said was just ok. The shrimp and lobster sauce looked more like brown gravy and he did not like the flavor. So I know he was a bit disappointed, my meal was great, the fried shrimp was perfect and so was the rice, I added my own garlic butter and made it perfect. read more

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I grew up across the street from chins and I moved and lived in many places and still haven't found a place as good as chins. I traveled from Florida Texas and California just to come eat chins! Please open the dining back up it's the only thing is the carry out I come across the whole country to eat and I have to eat in the parking lot now lol all in all this is my favorite place to eat in the world sounds silly but they have the best food always fresh and always good service it's a true gem in my book and the ambiance of eating inside and the tiki huts is everything read more

I was so excited to find that Chins was the old Chin Tiki! We used to dine there when I was 5yo and now I am.... Vintage. Lmbo I live so far away and hate to eat in the car. Wish I could dine inside. Maybe one day I will be able to come back and reminisce! Please reopen inside. Even if we have to come in and order our food at a front desk, pick it up on a tray and sit down at a table to dine. Customers could put the tray at a service station when they leave? Other restaurants do this ... yummy food. No place has the ambiance Chin's offers! Vintage Tiki throughout. Amazing. read more

Was meeting a friend of mine for lunch one day and, since he's a cocktail aficionado, he wanted to meet at Chin's since it was halfway between our houses and also a legendary tiki bar in the area. Alas the whole experience was just "OK." Despite being noteworthy as "the original" tiki bar in Detroit the drinks were underwhelming. Mine was just basically Hawaiian fruit punch and rum served in a plastic cup. Nothing interesting or noteworthy in their cocktail program. Food was ok. I ordered the Mongolian beef and we split a few appetizers like crab rangoon and some potstickers. Nothing particularly stood out or was memorable. I suppose if you grew up going here you'll love it (as I acknowledge that the Chinese place I grew up going to is not great but I love it because it reminds me of being a kid) but for a newbie I wasn't all that wowed. The space is pretty fun tho. The decor is definitely a great throwback with tons of lights and things to look at. read more

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Best Chinese food ever!!!! This was my first time there. I ordered sesame chicken, and my son-in-law got almond boneless chicken and they were both awesome. The guy that works there didn't get his name. He was very pleasant. Very friendly and great customer service. I will definitely be back. I wish I could give them more stars read more

I miss Kitty's Chop Suey in Garden City so this is my go-to place for almond chicken now.

This is out go to for Chinese take out. Always good and they don't screw up your order.

Amazing service, very patient and easy to work with even during big rushes. The interior, though closed currently for dine-in, is beautiful and really gets you in the mood for their food. read more

Great portions been eating since I was a kid. Food is great love the egg rolls. Hours have changed due to COVID wish dine in was open

I give this Restaurant Ten Stars, each and every time I ordered from this Restaurant, I always had a good meal. The owner is very pleasant, and nice. The food is very good, lots of . read more

I wish I could give rate it higher, but unless you are a tiki aficionado, it is not a good place to dine. The manager was very pleasant, especially after having to deal with a very surly server. From a dining perspective, that was the highlight. I know this isn't a tiki bar, but it does have tiki history so you would think they may want to at least attempt to make a somewhat authentic tiki drink, but nope; they just dump rum into juice and call it a mai tai, or whatever. I posted pick of their tiki drink menu. They also didn't have Tsingtao beer, and got the distinct impression they haven't had it in a very long time. How about just take it off the table tent menu. For the food... well here goes nothing. The hot and sour soup tasted weakly of beef and vinegar, then thickened with way too much cornstarch and then a few lumps of tofu thrown in for texture. The egg roll was the shining star of my meal, and it was average. Not a lot of flavor and really way too thick. Two thinner ones would have been easier to eat and would have used the same number of wonton wrappers, as the cook used at least two on mine to hold it all together. The hot mustard was HOT! So pungent I could only use a bit at a time. I had some sort of pork cellophane noodle dish. I don't speak Chinese so I don't know if their dish names were some sort of dialect or a different interpretation of the Chinese dish names everyone knows. In any case, this was a congealed mass of mush with no flavor at all. Even though I couldn't, or more accurately, didn't want to finish anything, I wasn't asked if I wanted a to go box. Perhaps it was to save us both some embarrassment? The tiki motif is very cool though. read more

So I read that this place was the place to go so I ordered some Mongolian beef and was very disappointed. What I got some some mushy food that does not look anything like a Mongolian beef. This was more like a stew. It had mushrooms and carrots. No sautéed beef no green onions.. very disappointing. It's only take out so I didn't check until I was at my hotel. read more

Ok I driven by this spot for a few yrs. First impression not good, business is open but looks closed. Anyway, went inside and there is an immediate smell of mold and funky old smell.like the place has never been cleaned properly. Like an old house, that is never a good sign for me. Looked at menu, standard asian fair, prices were In normal range. I didn't have a good feeling so I ended up not ordering anything. Always be leary of a restaurant that smells, food is probably dealt with the same way. The place was completely dark inside and take out only. For those that do eat here and give rave reviews, can u tell me what the appeal is, because I found none. read more

Sure, you'll get a mess o' decent Chinese food. But that is NOT why you go to Chin's. GO FOR THE DECOR! If you're in the mood to bask in pure crazy kitschified tiki goodness 1950's style, this is THE only authentic place I know of left in this area besides Chin Tiki, their former sister restaurant downtown, sitting vacant and in darkness when it's not being used in Eminem flicks. Though much smaller, Chin's is fabulous and COVERED in tikification from the stone figures outside to the lights-in-pufferfish fixtures to, well, everything. You will giggle with delight, lost in moai and bamboo. read more

This place is really cool inside. Definitely a very nostalgic, classic Chinese restaurant feel. I came with a coworker for lunch. We have worked across the street for over a year and finally decided to give it a try after seeing good reviews here. Let me start by saying their lunch specials are a great deal, and they're delicious. They cme with soup, entree , rice, and egg roll. I had the Kung pao chicken which was very flavorful. My coworker had general Tso, which was interesting because it came with umbreaded chicken. Other than that observation, there were no complaints. Great service, great atmosphere, and great food for the price. I will definitely be returning. read more

Tasted like something out of a microwave box from the grocery store. Ordered Sesame Chicken with fried rice and an order of vegetable Chow Mein. They said 15 mins & I showed up after 10. Food wasn't even hot somehow. For the same price I paid I could have gotten Ichiban take out or any higher quality Chinese food meal. Also greeted by a loud sigh coming from the back of the restaurant which lasted her whole way up to the counter. Do not recommend!!! read more

Chin's Chop Suey - Vegetable Chow Mein - Chinese Near Me - Livonia, Michigan

I am completely confused on the other reviews as they all claim this is some of the best Chinese food ever. I disagree whole-heartedly. Finally went with a friend after passing this place for years and saying we should check it out. Well he got the Schezwan chicken, and it was very bland. No heat or spice to it, the sauce was a very watery. The only vegetables in the sauce were julienne-style carrots and pea pods. I had ordered the General Tso chicken, and I am saddened by how tasteless it was. Once again, no spice, no heat, and the sauce was very watered down and had a strong vinegar aftertaste. The fried rice was super buttery, was not too appealing to the stomach. Major complaint: no flavor and no spice! This place left my tastebuds in an angry uproar. Not a single red pepper, chili pepper; just your basic cracked black pepper and salt. I have had $2 microwave Chinese dinners that knocked my socks off, I would have expected $10 dinners to do the same, if not more. read more

I'd been eyeing this old school tiki style Chinese restaurant for quite a while before I finally tried it. Food is decent, decor is fun. Come for the egg rolls. Stay for the food. These egg rolls gave me a flashback to childhood that I forgot I even missed. Old school bean sprout egg rolls, handmade. Delicious, hot and dripping with oil as they should be. Served with a house made vinegar based dipping sauce thats amazing. Ive missed this combination for so many years. I'm honestly so happy to have found this place, and maybe I can find someone else find their happy taste memory too! (Egg drop soup is pretty awesome as well) read more

Old School chinese food at it's best, when they want to make it correctly anyway. Mammasan has been in business over 50 years and makes the good food I grew up eating, not the healthiest but the tastiest. Keep it up mammasan...hopefully jr, won't change anything too dramatically when mammasan is gone but not forgotten. The duck sauce has gotten too thin and watery over the years though. read more

Went to Chin's for lunch and was very happy I did. Hot and Sour soup with chunks of tofu..great. General Tso's...not all breading. Nice chunks of white meat...great. Egg roll..really good. But damn...I truly loved their fried rice. So good...I could eat a while plate of it. Good work Chin's. Thanx. read more

The only original tiki bar in Detroit from the tiki hay day. Drinks were good, food was good, and service was great. Marlon was awesome to meet and very knowledgeable about tiki culture. He was awesome to talk to. Super fun to talk with. They sell some of the original chin tiki glasses. Mutiny doesn't sell any glasses, so we were glad we went to Chin's! Give it a try, you will love it read more

I first found China's when I was 6 years old I grew up right across the street. Scraping up $5.50 use to get me the lunch special and I could walk anytime I wanted. I now live in Florida and still have to make my Chin's stop while I'm back home. In 18-19 years I have never had a bad experience. By far the best service and food. It's a must! Forever my favorite egg roll joint read more

Interesting dining experience- We arrived around 5 pm on NYE and we were the only ones there- the Asian older man didn't really even acknowledge us-not a hello- happy NY... we asked to sit and he pointed to the rightbrought us our menus but we had to ask him if we could get drinks- we had to indicate to him that we were ready to order- 20 minutes in and we still are the only ones we're beginning to think this is hilarious as we purposely didn't go to our usual Chinese NYE place because it's always packed and the food isn't as good on a holiday - Our Rangoon is placed along with some very very watery dipping sauce-the Rangoons were hot on outside but weirdly cold on the inside... now a waitress has appeared and another couple the waitress stops by to ask us about our Rangoon and drinks- then says " I would have made them better" which made me wonder if the elderly man made them alcohol free- The hot sour soup was perfect! Delicious and it was actually hot- The egg roll was the grossest egg roll I've ever eaten - again hot on the outside but cool inside and bean sprout base rather than cabbage- My sweet sour chicken combo was a good/ bad dish - the chicken pieces were great- sauce was yummy and hot BUT the pineapple, and veggies were cold... and created a yuck taste with the hot- the fried rice was more like soy sauce rice and was cold- My husband's Kung pao beef was bland - for a schezuan dish they didn't add any heat or flavor- a the meat was tender but again a lukewarm dish...the rice was spicier than theKpb When my husband was a kid 60's/70's this was their go to place for Chinese- the ambiance/ decor remains the same and I loved it- the service was still very lacking or at least the interaction was- So we can take this place off our list read more

I love anything tiki anything, and Chin's made me very happy! The food is old school - no surprises but solid. Best part - bean sprout egg rolls - the best - why are these so hard to find?? Loved the tiki drinks and got a souvenir mug, unfortunately they only had one design still available - maybe next time I can snag the other! Almond chicken, sweet and sour anything, all good choices. It's like time travel with drinks!! read more

Husband loves it, I like it just fine. We get carry out and also dine in, depending on the day. Tonight, I'll be picking up too much fried rice and too many egg rolls because we don't want to cook! I recommend it if you're in the Livonia area and looking for some classic Chinese food. Egg rolls here are GREAT. read more

After watching "The Search for General Tso" on Netflix, I went on a search of my own. For an old school Chinese place I remember from childhood- Chin's. Chin's is exactly the kind of chinese food place described in the film. The menu is full of 'chinese food' choices that would appeal to timid American palates in the early to mid 20th century, after many Chinese in California, who were treated very poorly (by Americans there who likened them to nothing more than aliens from another planet) decided to relocate all over the country in small towns where they might have a better life. We both got classic not-even-remotely chinese lunches: me- Almond Boneless Chicken (AKA 'ABC') and other half Steve- Chicken Chop Suey. Chop Suey was the dish a long, long time ago that was invented by enterprising chinese restaurant owners to appeal to American diners, who were otherwise afraid of what they might actually see hanging in the kitchen! ABC, is, well, batter fried sliced chicken breast with gravy and a little sprinkling of almond dust. And brown gravy! Nothing chinese about it. But it's delicious and if you really want an authentic, 1950's style "chinese" food experience, these are the kinds of dishes you get! My 5 stars are for the authentic mid-century experience, including its time capsule interior- a full-on Tiki bar experience, complete with waterfall (does not work but it is there), Tiki gods, authentic looking decor and rug that looks (and sadly, smells) like it's been here this whole time. What drinks have been spilled on this carpet...if it could only talk. It does look like a place from another time, when local Mad Men era businessmen, race track execs and horse owners (the Detroit Race Course/DRC was right around the corner) and pilots and stewardesses from Metro Airport would come and drink fruity boat drinks and smoke up a storm and listen to island music and dream. You still can! At Chin's! ****Chin's is one of only a tiny handful of businesses (on the strip of Livonia on Plymouth between Inkster and Farmington Rds) still standing from my memories of visiting Grandma and Grandpa in Livonia as a kid in the 70's, it has an iconic retro sign we drove past over and over again. 'Why didn't Grandpa ever get dinner THERE?' I wondered. Perhaps he would have enjoyed a few too may tropical tiki drinks, looking back! Hey, for 10 bucks more, you can have a cool ceramic Tiki glass, just like in the 50's!*** read more

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Do you like bean sprouts? LOVE bean sprouts? Then Chin's is your place because that's all that was in the eggrolls that came with our meal, which gave them an odd chewy/crunch texture. My mom had the Chop Suey and she said it was also oddly full of bean sprouts and not many other veggies. I'm a lover of crispy orange beef, so I ordered the orange beef (which is not crispy at Chin's), but there wasn't anything orangey about it until my fork scraped the plate. My meal tasted good, but it wasn't what I was expecting or hoping for. Neither of us were blown away by the food. Our server was nice and the service was prompt. Prices are fair. My quest for an awesome Chinese restaurant continues.... read more

This is my go-to place. I've tried others and am always disappointed so even though I moved away, I still drive here to eat-in or get takeout. Their egg rolls are perfect. I don't know why so many restaurant's egg rolls are just full of cabbage and nothing else nowadays, but Chin's does it right. Their sweet and sour chicken has carrots, pineapples and peppers in the sauce, just how I like. Their breading is soft. Every place I've tried has rock-hard breading. Not Chin's. Egg drop soup is also great! The inside is dated, but hey, the food makes up for it. It's what I crave when I want American style chinese food. The server was super friendly and they never do me wrong. read more

We have been coming here for YEARS! The decor has not changed and neither has the food.....consistently fabulous. The egg rolls are as large as the tikis outside welcoming you in. They have the perfect amount of bean sprouts, waaaaayyyy better than cabbage! The Cantonese fried shrimp is jumbo in size with light and fluffy breading. As a matter of fact, all breading on all the dishes are light and fluffy.....yummmmmm. Splash on the sweet and sour sauce and now you're stomach is smiling! Happy to report that we carry out all the time and have not had any issues/mishaps or incorrect orders....just delicious, hot goodness!! Please give it a try and tell your neighbors. Chins is definitely a small business worthy of our community patronage. read more

Chin's is a consistently good place that serves up the basics. They're fast, friendly and affordable, with great lunch specials. Another nice little bonus: they make their egg rolls with bean sprouts, not cabbage. The only thing that's so-so (that I've had) is the fried rice... There's just not much to it, so I would go with the white. I've never walked in here and been disappointed, and I've never walked out wondering if I just gave myself some fascinating new super stomach bug. For that I thank you. read more

This has to be my favorite place to get Chinese food! The prices are decent and definitely worth it for the amount of food you get. The almond chicken and the General Tso's are good and the wonton soup and egg rolls are awesome! Not a big fan of the gravy that comes with the almond chicken, they give you a pint (way too much) and it congeals very fast. The place is very much a hole in the wall eatery and is very funky. The best way I could describe it is "Hawaii if it was always nighttime"... It's pretty interesting and definitely unique. I normally carry-out and the service is normally fast. Only complaint is that the staff can be kind of curt oftentimes. They have been hiring new people however and their new waitstaff are far more friendly. read more

Man I love this place. Where else can you sit under a blowfish and drink a flaming drink named the volcano? Chins! Do you know how crazy popular this place would be if it was somewhere trendy like downtown Ann Arbor or Royal Oak. It'd be nuts. But Chins stays so low key cause of it's location and really that's fine by me. If you love everything Tiki, you'll love it here. It's like stepping back into the 50's-60's. Very cool. The food isnt bad either and those cripsy won ton noodles get me everytime! I'm a fan of their hot and sour soup/ egg drop soup along with their Cantonese section of the menu. read more

I have never had a bad experience here. The food is great, the ambience is pretty cool, and the prices are fair. One thing I've never understood...no matter what time of day, or what day of the week, I've never seen more than two other tables full. It's a shame. That means a lot of people are missing out read more

Best Chinese food. Tiki inspired restaurant. Best Almond Chicken and Lo Main. Try the sizzling rice soup. Owner is kind and hardworking. Hidden gem read more

Super satisfied with carry out order of pork fried rice and egg rolls. Great addition to steaks on the grill with a friend who often ate there as a kid with her family decades ago. If you like your egg roll with bean sprouts instead of cabbage, and a light more tart duck sauce than the thick gelatinous stuff that comes in tiny plastic packets, you can get that at Chin's! At first, it was disappointing to see a lack of egg, bean sprouts and scallions in the fried rice, but it was so tasty that it ended up being no biggie. read more

Decor is awesome Service is great Food is fast and for the most part great-Agreed w/ the another reviewer about the fried rice.. All in all solid ...B+ read more

The Suey is good, We order ours unchopped because whole Suey is pretty dang good. My mom is from Belgium and she loves the Cheesy Noodles with Squid and Barley. read more

I've been visiting Chin's for just about 10 years now. They have excellent quality food and great prices. Over the years, the service has been iffy here and again but not so much as to take a star away. I'd say in 10 years I've probably had under 5 visits where I thought "What's his/her problem?" about a servers attitude. The quality of food has always been excellent and I've never had to send anything back or felt they've lowered their standards. read more

The decor is indeed cool. Looks like inside of the old Polynesian resort at WDW in Florida. I want the chair - it's like the kind Mortita sat in on the Addams Family. The food is below average. Sorry, folks. These glowing reviews on here are delusional. I've never had such flavorless food. Avoid the almond chicken - comes with a bowl of tepid gravy with no almonds. The frozen Chinese kits in a grocery store for $8 taste better. Is the AC always broken? I get that it's 100 degrees out, but a few ceiling fans aren't cutting it (why I voided spicy Schezuan). read more