I have been coming to Lim's for over 25 years. They still have the original staff and they ALWAYS remember me. The food has been consistent for over 2 decades and it is such a prominent memory for me and my family. The sesame chicken and egg rolls have yet to be beat in my experience. read more

They need to bring back the original hot sauce they had & hook it up like they used to

Wow! Best Chinese restaurant in Phoenix! East coast style egg rolls and food is cooked fresh! Hole in the wall but definitely worth it! read more

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La comida esta buena pero no hay mucha variedad. Los empleados atentos. Muy tranquil el lunar.

I have tried 3 times to get a " to go" Buffett. All 3 times they have said it's a 30 to 45 min wait. How can that be? There were very few customers eating at the time and there was no line at the Buffett. About 4 parties entered after myself and were told the same wait time go a To Go buffett read more

I've been eating here since I was a little kid the food is so fire I give this place 10 out of 5 to be honest

Been customer for decades, food has been mostly consistant & overall good. That was until after remodeling. Lots of changes, Nicer updated kitchen and dining area along with modest higher prices. You pay ahead now which is fine, but while paying the cashier was reassuring us that its all the same food as before...which now made us wonder if that was in response to multiple negative feedback comments they were receiving of changes made... Once we got to line we found that selection dropped quite a bit, with no trays or waitress to get drinks. China plates were replaced with small styrofoam plates, and metal utensils replaced with plastic. We were disappointed that the good egg rolls they had before, were replaced with what tasted like a cheap crappy tasteless frozen spring roll variety. Why??? The good chow mein they had before, was replaced and appears they added lots of spagetti making it drier, while taking away much of the vegetables & seasonings, same happen with the fried rice. Again Why??? Broccoli and ? was MISSING pretty much everything else and void of the meat. What's the point? Constantly out of multiple items leaving you wait or go without. Everything else lost seasonings and flavor. Overall we found it to be cheapen, lower quality, and tasteless with a couple exceptions. I can't imagine this being the new business plan but rather new reopening issues to resolve. I can only imagine we're in good company with this disappointment. We won't come back for a while until we see they have corrected and rethought hopefully all the wrong they reopened with, giving them a chance given their past, but that's it. If this is the new plan, then so be it we're done with Lim's read more

We were in the neighborhood and searched for a buffet. Lim's was the nearest buffet. We stopped in and we were greeted. You pay first. They provided gloves. It was clean and quiet. Small buffet selection but the food was good. The only thing I had a problem with is the people that were serving behind the line didn't have gloves while handling food. There was a cashier that didn't change her gloves after cashiering, cleaning, and getting to go orders filled. Before we left I got a tea to go and it hit the spot. read more

Chill staff. Great food. Good proportions - and MAN their fried chicken is on point. Worth note that they're french fries are stand alone, and worth a swing for any potatoe fan looking to swing off the beaten path. read more

The food there is delicious, but I will not buy there again because I found a cockroach in the rice after two weeks my brother-in-law went to buy food and he found another cockroach in the rice again. I will not buy food there again. read more

Came to this place with little to no expectations. The outside almost made me want to go back into the car and speed off but I thought screw it im already there, I walked in and saw they had such a small selection so I was disappointed. HOWEVER, that disappointment disappeared as soon as I took a bite. I'm new-ish to the deer valley area and I've been trying multiple Chinese spots but none of them hit the spot quite like this place. This is what I would call a hidden gem in a very rough exterior. I will definitely come back here and I recommend everybody who reads this to give it a try. Damn. read more

Lim's Chinese Restaurant - Chinese Near Me - Phoenix, Arizona

Me and my friend have been going to Lim's for years and it's a great value with good food. Great options and one of the best buffets I have been to. Definitely worth your time. read more

If you like Chinese food, this is a little hidden gem. Walking in, it's simple and small, but the love they put into the food is huge. The soups taste home made and are so flavorful. All the meats that are friend are perfect, juicy and tasty. The price is reasonable for a buffet. They put a lot of attention into the food. I observed an older employee or owner directing a young employee on how to recenter the food and wipe the buffet after each set of customers. It was cool that he was speaking Spanish to her. They seemed happy in their work. I like food from places where people are enjoying their work. Try out the soups, the fried chicken, hot wings, all of everything it's all yummy read more

Their food is very fresh every time I order and the staff is very friendly.They are very happy and the restaurant it's always clean and it's very neat.I really enjoy their food it's very good and delicious I recommend going there. read more

This Chinese buffet was much better than I had expected. Nine of us went to the Buffet and the wait was about 10 minutes. The food, generally speaking, was fairly fresh, and there was a big selection. For a Chinese all-you-can-eat restaurant, it was worth the price. The Mongolian barbecue was OK for an American Chinese restaurant. I lived in Taiwan for 33 years. I think I liked the pork ribs the most. They were fresh and juicy. I am on a non-plant, no-carb, no sugar diet and there was plenty of a selection for me to eat!!! read more

If you haven't been here yet then you are missing out in the greatest Chinese food in the valley. The sesame chicken is beyond words, it's like mini bites of heavenly made chicken and waffles. The all you can eat buffet price is fantastic, the selection is small but the quality shines because of this. Shrimp are included in the buffet and they are freshwater caught. Please take the time to give this place a try. You will not regret it. read more

is this restaurant open? I know it was closer due to remodeling, but if not open now then when will it be open again Absolutely love it here & I can't wait to eat here read more

Nothing fancy here but some of the best fried chicken around: boneless, crispy skin and consistently fresh. The rest of the items are decent but the chicken is so good it has become my go-to potluck catering (large tray) order! read more

I'm happy to say Lim's buffet is open again following the lockdowns. Had a good lunch today with all of my old favorites that taste just like they used to. Excellent soups, orange/sesame chicken, beef and squash, lo mein, egg foo young, etc.. I like smaller family run buffets like Lim's a lot better than the "Mega sized buffets". read more

Doesn't look very good from the outside but it's been a childhood favorite. Also, great for price when ordering for takeout

They got rid of the beauty and charm but kept the dirty floors with stained grout and wobbly tables. Food quality has gown down and prices have gone up. Food was cold and dry but the coke was hoy. Eggrolls were clearly frozen at some point. Got indigestion. read more

The buffet choices are rather limited but the prices reasonably reflect that limitation. However, the food choices they do have are very good as is the service. My main criteria for service at a buffet is that drinks are refilled and used plates removed in a timely manner. I've been here several times since I moved to the area and will be back again and again! Update: I have lowered my review from 4 stars to 3 stars. I rarely eat shrimp but tried the peel and eat at a recent visit. I was shocked to find the shrimp had not been deveined. Tried a couple of more and the same thing. I know many people go to buffets for seafood so thought this important to include. Otherwise, the restaurant lives up to my original review. read more

Amazing food!!! I've been coming here for probably 10 years and it truly is delicious. The employees are so friendly and each time I come I am never disappointed. They give a great amount of food for the amount you pay. The sesame chicken is my all time favorite, it is the best in town!! I would recommend Lim's to anyone. If you eat here you will be happy! read more

Lim's Chinese Restaurant - Combination meal with Sesame chicken - Chinese Near Me - Phoenix, Arizona

Fast and awesome I recommend going here. Best Chinese food restaurant in AZ. The customer service is amazing and friendly.

Made 2 of us sick, Called to let them know & the lady was very rude. It was expensive & gross. Very small selection for a "buffet".

I left a pretty bad review about three weeks ago but I said as long as they fix the issues, I would change it. Great news! They are back 100%. Five star review now! Thanks guys and THANK YOU for bringing back the old style egg rolls! They should be considered a National Treasure! :) read more

This place is so good. Be prepared for a bit of a wait if there a couple of people in line with the new "Reopening Requirements" but the food is still great so it's worth the trip for takeout. Just make it simple and get Buffet to with Everything". So glad they are back open. read more

Super good!! I'm new to phoenix and one of the first thing s on my to do list was find a good Chinese place, this place is really good. I was mostly looking for egg rolls and good chicken. 5 stars is a no brainer, if your looking for quality over quantity this is the place read more

Been going here for 30 years. Went back today for the first time in months waiting for the remodel to finish. Was so disappointed. Quality has went way down. I hope they can go back to their usual level of quality soon. They were so consistent for decades. read more

I love the sesame chicken! It is the best sesame chicken I've had in a looong time. The fries they have are also so unique and tasty. Overall the food was very good and the service was good as well. I will definitely be going again and bringing my friends as well. read more

Food was duel not much taste to it. Take out order didn't have sauce or forks! Not really a good Chinese place to go for food. Service was very slow too! Would not go here again ! read more

Small mom and pops place with a limited selection of food but the food is authentic and amazing. I've been coming here for 9 year now and the staff is always very friendly. Very clean. read more

I had high hopes for this place seeing the photos, but it underwhelmed. No spicy options, all sweet. Even the hot and sour soup wasn't spicy. The sweet and sour pork, fried rice and Chow mein were good. The egg foo young was dry and the gravy was cold. The crab puffs and egg rolls were good, assuming you don't mind them being vegetarian. A bit pricey at $14.50 considering the limited assortment and quality. read more

A through back to the little all you can eat places I went to as a kid. They have a small selection maybe ten items. The stands outside and why they get 5 stars is their French fries and chicken wings. The fries are so.e of the best I have had crispy on the outside and soft almost like mashed potatoes on the inside. I usually don't get the fries or wings but I wish I started off with them. The wings were as good or better than most bar wings. The rest of the food is good the same you get at most buffets. The service was also good. So for a great little buffet this is the place to go. read more

Disappointed at the grand buffet prices for mini-buffet choices. $14.50 without drink. Food was mediocre at best. Kids enjoyed the jello. No ice cream. No almond cookies. Fortune cookies stale and broken. Won't be back. read more

I have been eating at Lim's my whole life. It still tastes exactly the same and yes, it's grungy looking inside and out but the food is delicious. My favorite dish is the beef squash. The fried fish on Friday is the best as well. read more

From the outside didn't look like much, but clean and welcoming, glad we went. Looked like it was family run, very friendly. The crispy (teriyaki) chicken was so good, and loved the orange chicken with nice ginger flavor. Great prices and good deal on take out! read more

Lim's Chinese Boofay is a throwback china boofay. If you want seafood and spring rolls and vegetables and no MSG, you'd better head elsewhere. If you remember going to a china boofay in 1979, back when nobody knew or cared that Chinese people never eat this stuff, and you loved the kitschy decor and salty fried food, then Lim's is your place. I'll bet that the recipes and decor are the same as they've been for the last 30 years. You've got your requisite fried rice, lo mein, beef/broccoli, sesame chicken, sweet&sour pork, egg foo young, eggrolls, fried chicken, and maybe a couple of other items beyond that. Everything was cooked not so bad as far as the consistency on the Crispy-Greasy Spectrum, but had so much msg that my mouth literally had a buzzing feel when I left. Not a taste, a FEELING, left over from the monosodium glutamate infused cuisine. Blech. The Discard Pile was actually tiny for the sesame chicken, but instead of honey it was flavored with syrup--cheapass imitaion ''maple'' corn syrup. Still, I must admit it was lean chunks of white meat chicken, and was my favorite if I had to pick a poison. S&S pork looked lean, with large chunks of nonfatty meat, but the insides were a little gristly, and each bite in had about 20% come back out onto the Discard Pile. Seems like they tried to keep it lean, though. In the entire boofay table, there was hardly any color from veggies. All I found was some icebertg lettuce and coleslaw in the cold section, plus brocolli in the beef&broc, carrots and onions in the S&S, and some white cabbage and a few onion pieces in the lo mein. That's about it. Oh, the egg rolls had cabbage inside, too, and Are the old school thick skinned, bubbly deep fried and mushy, not the spring roll thin skinned crispy kind. Lim's had some decent flavors and I created a small Discard Pile, so could be a 3Star boofay by getting rid of the msg, using honey instead of syrup on the chicken, and adding a bunch more veggies into the mix. $6.25 lunch ($1.50 more for a soda) was not worth it, no matter how much volume you shove in. Still buzzing from the weird msg high. No sir, I don't like it. read more

If you're a pot-smoker, then you can relate to this. Even if you don't smoke pot you'll still relate. You're hungry. No, you're starving. A sudden onset of the munchies so pronounced, you're willing to eat almost anything. You pour through the fridge searching for anything, but all you can find are some leftovers from weeks ago, whose vintage looks now resemble a science experiment. You know you'll hate yourself later, but God help you...you've got to eat something. Anything. In your shark-like eating frenzy, you microwave the orange colored shit, setting the timer for double the time you normally would, reasoning how the extreme heat should kill off any new strains of life-threatening diseases. You go to sleep afterward, and later awaken to the feeling you've just done something horribly wrong. If you've ever experienced that feeling. That cathartic moment when you ask yourself; "why did I just do that?" You'll experience it at least one more time if you eat here. There's another reason I don't like this place. The server, upon noticing how my plate resembled a chicken-bone graveyard of sorts, unceremoniously and very swiftly demanded I eat 'moh vegtubul'. I don't care for places where the server scolds me like my mother used to. If I want to dredge up those memories, I'll go to a shrink, not Lims. read more

BARF BARF BARF Quite possibly the grossest food I have ever eaten. The chicken lo mien was made with spam-ish meat product-- Does that make is Spamish meat product lo mien? I ended up eating just white rice and soy sauce with egg rolls--- can't mess up fried egg rolls right? I did have to salt them though, they were pretty taste-less. The ambiance is less than desirable as well, our plates never got cleared and the amount of unshowered people sitting near me made me want to go home and take a hot bath with all the soap in the world. I will not return to Lim's and I suggest you not go either. read more