Linn Chau in Saint John

Great food at a reasonable price

Food was very average at best. Few late night options available, maybe we bought them at a bad time/end of the day

One of the beat places for the tastiest food in town. They have been around for years , fast and friendly place to enjoy

The food is delicious, the staff know what they are doing. It takes a bit of time to make it as they make it fresh when you order. But well worth it.

Great food and location.

Food was so good I forgot to take a picture of my spicy beef rice for this review. Other than the quick service, hot meal, friendly staff, the rice portions were incredibly generous.

Great customer service today .

Bought combo 5k five times there. The chicken is not fresh. The sweet and sour sauce has a weird taste. The rice is not that flavorful. Better spend a little more money for good fried rice and chiclen balls. The chicken roll is ok. Portion size though is good for $9. Food quality 5.5/10. Food doesnt tastes fresh. But cant complain as its $9 without tax. Bamboo East food and their sweet and sour sauce taste better.

Food is good and portions are generous but the place itself has only 2 little tables. So, it is a take out establishment mostly.

Ordered a COMBO 12, SO much food! Could not finish it all until next day. Only negative remark is that I should have requested extra sauce for the chicken balls. Really like the new take out containers. Food arrived in good time, and was hot! RECOMMEND! Food

I didnt know what to expect as I had never been during lunch rush hour, and I was pleased when combo 1 was ready within the promised 10 minutes wait. The chicken balls and spring rolls were flavorful and crispy on the outside; the short ribs were falling off the bone, and rice was good. There was a lot of food! Food

Best chinese in town

I ordered 2 combos online and selected my pickup from the available times. The wait said my order would be ready in 40 minutes. I got to the location at exactly the time that was given to me only to be told I had to wait an additional 30 minutes, this was extremely frustrating as I value my time and a quick phone call telling me about this could have went a long way as I entered all of my details before placing the order you figure this is the least they could do when doubling the wait time. And when I finally got home with my two combos for 54$, they seem to have not even bothered to read the instructions I asked for Lo main noodles instead of rice, and sauce for the chicken balls on side as me and my wife won t eat it all. Rice heats up horribly and sauce on the chicken balls makes them soggy when saved. It would have been nice if my order was correct as the food is actually pretty good and I waited double the given time.

This place is an institution in East SJ. Nerver change.

The quality of food has gone down in the last year. Still pretty good.

Honestly the best sweet and sour sauce in saint john Ive had so far, portions are always fairly large and it hits the spot for late night chinese cravings. They can be hit or miss in quality but its never straight up bad in my experience. They can get really busy so sometime its a wait to get your food or put an order in so sometimes it can be better to order ahead and pick up.

Parking: I m a disabled senior citizen and the parking lot is way in the back and the street parking is limited and sometimes if you park out front in front of store you can get a parking ticket the only complaint I have but it s not a really big deal I usually take my chances lol lol Food

I went to this restaurant in 2017 i think it was and i got food poisoning but the pictures I see now it looks a lot better and stuff and hopefully Ill get to try it again because I only want that once and got food poisoning and never went ever again since then but Ill probably give it a second try and I will change my review when I do by the pictures it looked like it changed a lot though so thats really good it looks a lot more delicious!

Combo #1 yummy.

The food is fantastic, if you feel like ordering 2 hours ahead of time. Delivery time at peak times is horrible.

Bamboo East in the citys North End puts this place to shame in terms of food quality and overall atmosphere and cleanliness. There are other things I could write that I have personally experienced however, I will simply recommend you spend your hard earned dollars elsewhere. Overall hygiene is a concern. Read between the lines.

Love Lynn chow I get mine delivered and its always hot

Walked in and ordered on New years Eve despite being extremely busy. I waited less than 10 minutes as I ordered off the express menu they mentioned on facebook. Food was piping hot and deli

Great service, excellent fresh food, portion sizes are generous. Will be back

Great food with good service. Fast delivery.

Ive order a few times from here. The food is great, portions are huge. Theyre always very nice. Zero complaints

I wonder why they stopped making the vietnamese rice paper rolls and pho. They were really good when they had them. I hope they will bring them back some day. They are very different from a chinese spring roll

Its new Years day, I get everyone in town wants their famous take out. So on top of making me wait 30 minutes for my order, my order was for pick up; why are you charging me delivery fee? You didnt deliver anything to my address, if I have to pick it up how is that delivered to me? For the 30 minutes I had to wait, pretty much nobody wrote down the order nor get started because you even had to ask me what was the order, if you asked for my number, the description would say in the paper. Just saying. Good tasting food, bad service I am afraid.

My nephew brought it over for supper, it was the best Chinese food I have had in a long time.Thank you David Gill & Linn Chau

STAY AWAY, THEY SERVE BAD FOOD THAT MAKES YOU SICK. WHEN ASKED FOR CORRECTION THEY TELL YOU TOO DEAL WITH IT.

Linn chau has been a staple in my life since high school (20 years) It s well priced and consistent. The customer service is always on point but Mr. Owner if you are reading this, put a tip option on your website and debit machines please. I m sure your employees are paid well but a little extra cash flow never hurt. P.s I ll change my rating to a 5 star if this happens :)

Great team lovely food

Disgusting I ordered a cheeseburger platter because they don t have sweet and sour pork.They give you gross oven fries and a hamburger with absolutely no condiments at all disgusting and charge a high price

Very good

Great food. Huge portions

as always, good Chinese food, first time having lo mein.

Awsome good and great services

Awesome food and buying there for years

Were from out of town, so by looking at the reviews we ordered chicken fried rice and fried chicken wings. Its the most pathetic food that Ive ever had in the world. There was no chicken in the fried rice, rice were just brown colored, no taste of soya sauce or vinegar. I can make better fried rice at home. The fried chicken wings had too much oil in them. Thank God I didnt order anything else and I hope that me and my family dont get an upset stomach. Pls pray for us.

Stopped in noticed by noticing the great deal on for Pad Thai. The portion is huge, got 5/10 spice; its a good spice level lots of flavor. Wish it came with some bean sprouts, but over all ... will definitely buy again Food : 4/5

I love the food here! Actually thinking about ordering tonight.

i lost my virginity eating too this meal.

The beef fried rice is so addictive and a game changer

I am definitely happy I tried Linn Chau. The Phò was so delicious. The Combo 14 was also so amazing. Great protion sizes. Everything in the order was great. Definitely my new go-to place for take out.

Absolutely fantastic food, this is definitely our new favourite! All of the foot was warm and huge portions. We ordered online and it was at our door in under an hour. Highly recommend this place!

Mostly for take out. Generous portions. Classic Chinese Canadian food done right!

Thanks Bonnie for suggesting such a great restaurant, I love the food here and what a positive atmosphere!! Once again thank you Bonnie -

This restaurant is disgrace! I ordered at 9 am on Christmas eve and asked for pickup to be at 4:15 pm. I was there on time, and stood in the cold for over 45 minutes. I went to the window twice and was told my food would be right out. I got fed up and went home, which is almost an hour away from this restaurant. I got a call at 6:15 pm that my order was ready. I understand that it was busy but there is no excuse for food to be 2 hours late when it was placed 7 hours beforehand. The manger was very rude on the phone and didnt even seem to care about how bad my experience was. If there was an option for zero stars that is what this place should get

We love the food here. fast, friendly and accommodating. We highly recommend this restaurant. Singapore noodles are my favorite!!!!

First time there,we had chicken chow mein,wongtong soup,and another noodle combo,lage portions,good price,we will return to try other dishes,takeout only

The meal was so so

Well first off I love the food service and members of the Lin Chau Restaurant however I am beginning get frustrated . I have been standing at my front door for just about a half hour waiting time is now... 2hrs total please let it arrive sooner rather than later.

Great food and service.

Its been years since I had linn chow we always got the combo one . Tonight we got the combo 1 it was awesome love the new Containers

The website needs so much work. Between eggrolls somehow not being anywhere on site, the terrible navigation and periodically saying that my delivery location is not available. I cant see me ordering here anymore.

Im a regular costumer, I absolutely loved their food, just one time I felt that the chicken in the pad Thai was a little too old. But it is still my go-to Chinese in Saint John

A legitimate Saint John landmark. This place should be on your bucket list. ;)

Being from Vancouver, Chinese food is at its premium, Linn Chau succeeds in comparison high standards of Vancouver for authentic Chinese cuisine.

Didnt get my order right and the cashier seemed very unorganized. Update* went again and still screwed my order up.

Just ordered to pick up and was delicious

I would suggest getting the 5K deal its worth the 10 dollars

Good Chinese food, price may seem high, but you get very hefty servings, try the bowl of wonton 3.50 very large serving.

Prepared quickly, and delicious food.

An excellent evening, the next day very ordinary. Probably not always the same boss. Good value for money. And yes, the wontong soup is definitely worth it for the price. Delivered to my hotel room with free item with promotional codes. I will probably order again.

Everytike i order veggie noodles and i got Chicken in it never order again from there

Amazing food. Friendly service.

Great service. Great portion sizes. Delicious.

Since we arrived at our destination too late, we searched and found that this store was open until 1 oclock in the evening, so we drove directly here! Not surprisingly, the store clerk doesnt speak Chinese, and the cooking chef is a Cantonese and cant understand Mandarin, but he can communicate with the boss! I ordered 8 stewed wontons, 4 fried rice, a Kung Pao chicken, and a beef spicy mushroom! It can be said to be very good! A Chinese restaurant catering to Western tastes is able to do this for us, and it s still so late! The portion of fried rice is huge, enough for 4 people with small appetites!

Great customer service. We got a lot of substitutes, they didnt make any mistakes! Food was nice and hot and super delicious. I wasnt a fan of their egg rolls (at all) and thats why I gave a 4.

Yummy

Only flavor was spices. It was cold and I would of preferred rice to taste like rice and not cyenne pepper. Not a good place if you cant eat alot of spices.

Cant say enough its my favorite place for Chinese food

Love it!!

Best food at 2 AM.

A standout asian food experience that captures a cozy ambience in a small space, delivers filling meals well worth every cent and full of flavour. While sometimes I find the sweet & sour sauce to be off at times, the quality of the food itself has never faltered in the 15 years Ive eaten here. Probably will get some tonight.

The simple combo I ordered was awful. The stir fry was a sad mound of overcooked unidentified mush, egg rolls were freezer to fryer, the chicken balls were just ok . None of the food was not even warm They will never see my money again

Wheelchair accessibility: There aint no parking Food

Died and went to heaven. So much food

It was quite a wait as they were extremely busy but the portions were huge and delicious

Great prices!

The food is great and the prices are amazing for the large portions. Cant go wrong with the family meals. Only looses 1 star due to restaurants appearance, but it never deterred me from going. They have a good Covid setup as well

Pretty good, good covid measures. Could use a little extra sauce on the side but Ill ask next time.

Not good food

This place has never failed to deliver a quality meal at competitive prices.

No consistency. One day its good the next, like today, theres chicken bones in your rice, the beef and broccoli has 3 small pieces of beef and the chicken balls have more batter than chicken. Its far too expensive for the quality of food.

For the low prices you get alot more than you can eat..try it

Good food would definitely go back

Good food and pooches

Food was great!

Great pricing and even greater food

Food portions are smaller, prices were hiked extremely high. What used to cost us under $30 is now over $40 for less food. Only reason they got 2 stars is because they have the best chicken balls in the city. Other than that they have high wait times and the food is not the hottest if not cold once you get home.

The best greasy spoon Chinese shop in town. Rude staff place looks sketchy but the food is always good.

Not sure what has happened lately but food quality is down, less food with higher prices and wait times are longer. I used to get the lunch specials but I can get better food for a dollar more elsewhere. Sorry Linn Chau, Ive been a long time customer but now were breaking up

This was my first time eating here. Food was fresh, hot and delicious. Will definitely be my new go to place for Chinese food.

Okay Chinese food! Servings are huge so its value for money I guess!

Food was delicious. But the wait for it was ridiculous

Great food!

Very good and quick delivery!

Wont order from here again. Mediocre food.

Amazing. Portion sizes were phenomenal and the food was delicious. Really top notch, was absolutely blown away. Cannot reccomend enough. Please stay in the valley!

This would be a zero if there was one, waited an hour and a half for delivery and finally had to cancel my order!!!

We ordered tonight for supper placed our order at 4:25pm on the order online options. We waited till 5:35 I called was told the order would leave the kitchen in 5 minutes. I live 5 minutes away from the restaurant so again waited till 6:10 to call and see where the order was I then received a call from the driver who was at the wrong address but was 2 houses away. At 6:35 I then called again and asked what happened I then asked for a discount the person on the phone offered me $5 off thats less the the delivery charge. I then asked to speak to the manager I was given his number. In the same time I was talking to the store the driver called again and told me theyd be 10 more minutes. So I called the manager who wanted me to pay $20 for food that was driving around for an hour and half already. I told him I thought he should refund the whole order he told me he couldnt cause he has to pay his driver the same driver with my food for the last hour and half. I canceled my order and told him I wont be back he suggested I try the place in Golden Grove. I loved the food here and sad to say I wont be back or ever recommend Lin Chaus.

Food is great. customer service needs improvement.

Great takeout experience! Excellent customer service! Giving 4 stars because we ordered wontons and they tasted like they had been sitting for a while. Otherwise, delicious.

Great take out experience. We had the Family Meal #2 and the portions were abundant. Would definitely recommend.

Ordered 50 minutes in advance online for a set pickup time. Showed up early, confirmed substitution of noodles for rice again (was noted on online order as well). Confirmed this again 20 minutes later when the food was finally ready. Place is disorganized, food is mediocre at best. Disappointing. While waiting for my food they were telling callers half hour wait for food as they had customers calling wondering where there delivery was (as it was sitting getting cold on the shelf by the front counter). Delivery driver uses a plastic crate to deliver food, so everyone s delivery should be cold. Terrible place not sure why this city loves it so much.

feels very hit or miss, had really good food and some really bad food.

Genuinely good chinese food went with my co worker matt he got the family discount

Food was delish tonight !!! Hot and fresh loved it

Great portions and flavour

This was my second time eating at Linn Chau tonight. The first time we really enjoyed it. Tonight we ordered 2 combos.. The lemon chicken was gross. It was like no name chicken nuggets with sweet sauce just not good.... Then for some reason my rice tasted of fish... but... What i really wanted was hot and sour soup which we ordered.. We ended up with some gelatin goo with vegetables in it... No idea what it even is.. It was yuck! In the morning the to the trash it will go. I live too far away so it wasnt worth my time to go back... Tried to call was on hold forever and gave up. It appears my second time will be my last time.. Waste of money!

Recognized a good portion of the dishes I ordered from the frozen aisles of Costco. I wouldnt expect all the food from an American-Chinese restaurant to be fresh, but when I could stock exactly what they serve in my freezer it really makes me wonder why anyone would order from here. Super nice staff though!

Classic

Gluten free chicken balls!!! Large portions

Food was great as always

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Love their food and great staff

Very happy with the large portions but the rice was greasy and seems like it was in the fridge for days and then reheated, the chicken balls were mostly batter and they forgot to put sauce on them, egg rolls and spring rolls taste like store bought frozen ones with nothing but cabbage in them. Not worth $40 for 2 combos.

First they said were open for order, I called exactly after 1 min, the lady said were closed for orders now. What kind of a stupid restaurant is it!

Love it

Food is great delicious lots for your dollars

Its a real hit or miss most of the time. Sometimes food can be amazing and other times food is over cooked/dry. I ordered chicken chow main once and there wanted even any chicken in it

Its one of my favorite places. Food is usually decent and my order is always on time.

Food was mushy and fishy, much worse than other places I have tried.

B B B

Food has been lovely every time we ordered (the spring rolls, fried wontons, and General Tsos chicken are especially good) and preparation was very quick! The only complaint I have is that the wonton soup is a little bland, but still eminently edible with a little soy sauce added in.

Good food

Low cost Chinese food but price matches quality. Great for a unhealthy treat.

Quantities are large but food tastes very old... odd times it is good is when it s eaten on the same day. Although my last order tasted like cardboard so I m Not ordering from them again

This place has the best food. You get more than your moneys worth. Id recommend it to anyone.

This is a wonderful place to eat and the food is Great prices

We hadn t had Linn Chau in over a year and decided to order it tonight and it s the best food we ve ever had from here! Quick delivery, big portions, great prices and everything tasted absolutely amazing. They ve really improved all around! We will definitely be ordering again in the near future.

It was not the greatest ...its a hit and miss eating this spot

I ordered the curry with noodles and tofu on the weekend. Hands down one of the best curry dishes I have had. Lots of leftovers.Thanks!

Late night spot good food

Always great food and service

Great pricing!!

called to order food lady was very rude cutting me off when i talked.. will never oder here again I was a loyal customer.

Delicious

Yummy

Wicked prices. Open late Park at church to avoid getting ticketed on street

Best Chinese in Saint john

Food was absolutely amazing tonight, hot and fresh with big portions

Linn Chau has the best Chinese food ever!! Try it, you will love it!!!

Food is usually pretty good hours are great friendly

The special fried rice is very good and the serving amount is huge

Had a delicious meal here with friends. Service was quick and friendly.

It was great so much food

Substitutions are allowed! Good portions, food is always hot and tasty. Canadain Chinese with other options. Pick up and delivery. I would recommend taking it to go. Sit down area is limited, building is clean but cluttered and outdated. Probably helps to keep cost down.