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    Lin's Garden

    3.0 (115 reviews)
    ModerateBuffets, Chinese
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    Moderate noise
    Casual
    Good for groups
    Good for kids

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    These are burnt soup noodles.
    Kevin W.

    Male Host is clueless, cannot answer questions regarding what they serve. New Manager is absolutely wonderful. Unfortunately, I'll never go back as I got horrible food poisoning. BTW....Hot & Sour Soup was terrible. Wonton Soup was dish water. Egg Rolls are filled with MUSH, no firm vegetables at all. Spring rolls are pure garlic. Crab Rangoons were almost as burnt as soup noodles.

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    Teresa Y.

    The food was .....not sooo bad. It was fulfilling and didn't leave me feeling like...disgustingly stuffed. Went there during lunch, which was cool cuz it wasn't overly populated given that the priceee was not bad at all. Def a go to spot for ...when your not sure what to eat but want a variety. The server I had was very kind, soft spoken but sooo sweet. My bf and I agreed...would go again!

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    Justin R.

    Not at all what I expected. For a family of 5 we were charged $76. Out of 6 full bars only 2 had hot food and only 1 had cold deserts. The food was like eating straight from a microwave or deep fryer. Very poor selection, just had the basics nothing special. Deserts were very poorly prepared to the point some were just inventions that someone back stage made to fill a hole in the bar. All this keep in mind was on a Saturday at 5pm. Being this was in a high populated area I expected way better. Personally I don't see this place making far in the future as a business if all this is not corrected, got the feeling like it already might be on the path to closing.

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    Carise M.

    Well. This really sucks. Has been my favorite Chinese buffet for years, moved away came back from Texas brought my in laws & we paid $20 a person to get in and find out only half the buffet is open. They didn't even have white rice out! Even the food they had out there wasn't much of a selection...Super disappointed. Definitely should have a price change. $20 a person wasn't a problem when there was such a variety selection, and also why I loved Lin's Garden! Despite that the food is still good!

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    Marie M.

    Ok so, the food here is awesome, I really love the food. Now the reason I am giving it only three stars is non safe protocol. For starters, huge building with not many in it and they were setting us all in tiny spots next to each other. There was lots of open room, the tables should of been spread apart. Also, there was gloves sitting up by the plates, but nobody ever told us we had to wear gloves and some people I seen was not, we had them on tho. So for safety reasons they get a 3 this time, sorry folks and yes this is one of my favorite places to eat but I gotta call it as I see it. But with all that being said, will I be back at only three stars? Yes, yes I will cause I always love this place, the people and food are great. Although, I may wait a few more months before returning again, just because I didn't feel the safety was as good as it should have been.

    LINS NEVER DISAPPOINTS. GREAT BUFFET. IM STUFFED!

    Ate as a family tonight Good food! I went back for seconds. Had to have my hot tea, crab rangoons, egg drop and soup. Used chopsticks to the amusement of my family. We'll be back.

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    9 years ago

    Decent/standard Chinese buffet fare. Went about 5:30, food was hot and tasty. Not overly crowded.

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    7 years ago

    Nearly chocked to death on the food, but food was great! 10/10 would eat again. Definitely food worth dying for.

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    14 years ago

    Chinese buffet what else do you need you know. Maybe, that it's good, large (a lot of choices), and priced right.

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    Decent food during the dinner hours staff seems to refresh items quite often. Above average for a buffet.

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    10 years ago

    Clean place... even restrooms are clean... very fresh food ... bountiful buffet... best Chinese buffet in NW Ark

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    15 years ago

    Don't waste your time with this place, Hibachi Grill is better and less expensive.

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    13 years ago

    standard chinese buffet. they are all over the place in the midwest.

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    12 years ago

    Plenty of selection on buffet. Good place for a quick lunch. Items seemed fresh and plentiful on the two occasions I've been there.

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    11 years ago

    Lot of stuff and good quality and quantity. Being vegetarian it offers some good take away option if not the buffet

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    Love this place. It's not like extremely fancy pizza or anything, but my goodness is it a fantastic…read moreplace to get a healthy mix of a huge variety of pizzas (and you can ask them to make you any custom pizzas they have the ingredients for!) there is also a salad bar, which is pretty much what I eat when I go there, because I only like thin crust pizza. But they DO make thin crust pizza, it's just rare that they make it without you asking. Don't be afraid to ask. I just don't want to ask for more than one, and usually people eat the rest of it after i get my piece so it's like, "hey can you make me another thin crust pepperoni pizza?" yeah nah, i'm too shy for that. haha. And then there is pasta, and it's decent, though I don't really care for it. However the chicken noodle soup broth is delicious. Sometimes I literally just go there and eat bowl after bowl of soup. Like 5 bowls! Nothing but broth and lil veggie hunks and chicken hunks! piping hot! yummy!~ I will also mention, CiCi's is unbeatable on price at normal times, but there is also a specific time which makes their price just an INSANE bargain. 5.99 per person for full buffet and drink, monday-thursday between 2 and 4 pm. This makes it so me and my mom can go to CiCis and eat for like 11 dollars for both of us and like, eat all you can eat pizza, salad, soup, pasta, breadsticks, and their desserts. (I don't eat the desserts though, i don't like sweets...) I don't know of any other dine in OR take out experience where you can get that kind of caloric volume for that low a price. Talk about VALUE! That's what bumps this from a 4 star to a 5 star review for me! I will also like to honorably mention that the staff here is great, especially the manager, who is always so kind and will even bring your custom pizza (at least a few slices of it) to your table when it's done if you're elderly. (My mom is.) She's a completely lovely person and I hope she sees this haha. YOU ROCK. The interior of this location is nicer than the one in fayettevillle. It's a newer building so I suppose that has something to do with it, but I like the layout a lot more. Isntead of one (much shorter it seems like) line of pizza and dessert its 2 rows of pizza across from eachother with a gap for the workers and a salad bar on the outside. The seating is nice, and even when it's a rush hour it's usually not too full up or anything! I am sorry, I thought I rated this 5 stars and yet it doesn't seem to LET me rate it 5 stars. I'm kinda getting mad about it. Just know that whatever this yelp review star rating says, in my heart it is 5 stars and my intention was 5 stars. Idk why it wont let me edit the star rating. Making me mad!

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