Lin’s Asian Fusion

I’ve decided to update my review because i’ve ventured here many times since my review a year ago. One thing i’d like to note, in my review last year i said that the egg rolls were small. Well, the spring rolls are small. the chicken or shrimp egg roll is normal size. My go to here is the general tso’s. It’s good, but not very spicy. more sweet. I’ve also tried to beef/​mixed veggies and Szechuan chicken. I enjoyed both. A friend ordered sushi here and it was plated beautifully. Also, they have a cool mix of sushi. even teriyaki chicken sushi for those who arent fans of seafood. They are BYOB. This is my new go to place for chinese. We’ve been satisfied every time.

Consistently A-​OK food that makes a quick meal eating in the restaurant and provides good delivery service eating at home. The lunch specials have small portions and don’t quite satisfy what you really wanted (pre-​determined combinations of three options that usually have two you were interested in and one that you wish could be subbed out).
As with most Chinese joints, the trick at Lin’s is to order right to achieve maximum food success. You’ll find your own path after a few trial-​and-​errors, but I’ve learned to stay away from the crab rangoon and egg rolls in favor of the gyoza and hot and sour soup. When it comes to entrees, my favorites include the lo mein, the seafood udon noodle soup, and the coconut chicken. Don’t be fooled by how cheap the combination bentos are: your best bet is to order family-​style.

Lin’s is our go to take-​out/​delivery spot, our order is always fast and correct. It’s not amazing, but consistent and not sketchy — exactly what I want in my Chinese takeout. I’ll be honest, it took us a few trial and error moments and a brief hiatus for us to get our order right, but now we have it down.
Here it is:
— Triple delight w/​fried rice
— Mixed meat udon
— Honey chicken w/​steamed rice
Sometimes if we’re feeling crazy we’ll add:
— Singapore Mai Fun
— Crab Rangoons
— Soup of any kind
We’ve also eaten in the restaurant and have never had a bad experience.

Good food, reasonable-​size portions, and a nice setting. Fun that sushi is also on offer, although I stuck with a traditional Chinese dish.

I love the food here. Especially the general tso chicken. The food is much better in house. Tried it delivery and it was mediocre. I think if I had started out eating the delivery food I wouldnt have noticed. Everything is better fresh from the kitchen. I’ve chatted with the owner while waiting for take out for my wife. Pretty down to earth guy. I’m happy to see they are still doing business. Eat there maybe 2 every 2 months. Try not to wear it out. Hope everyone that likes Asian tries it out once.

The food is good. However, my work is 1.9 miles away and my coworkers had ordered delivery from there before, but when I called today to put a hefty delivery order for the whole company, they wouldn’t deliver to us. We’re right over hot metal bridge, literally a stone’s throw away, and not at rush hour either, but no dice. So no lin’s for me anymore.

The chicken we ordered was so hard, you couldn’t stick it with a fork and my dish was totally not what I ordered. We ordered new dishes which were edible. But the point is, the owner wanted us to pay for all the meals, including the inedible one and the one that was incorrect. After some negotiations, she said she would only take meal off, which still wasn’t going to work. After about 15 minutes, she finally agreed to only charge us for the food we ate. I felt so bad for our waitress!!! We will never be going there again!!!

First, let me break down the 3 star rating: If it were not for the prompt correction and customer service, my experience would have warranted 1 star and Lin’s would have landed on my restaurant black list (dun dun dun)
It all started out so well. My date and I were craving sushi and it was Labor day. We used our trusty Unilocal app to filter sushi restaurants in the ‘Burgh but we struck out with the first four restaurants that we called. To our delight, Lin’s was open & they had a salmon and tuna sushi special. Score!
We settled on a to-​go order of spicy shrimp and vegetable vermicelli noodles, a spicy salmon roll and a tuna lover’s roll. We picked the spicy salmon roll because even though the ingredients were not listed, we’ve had many spicy salmon rolls from other restaurants and the recipe has never been anything but rice, seaweed wrap, salmon & spicy sauce. The ingredients listed for the tuna roll did not include tempura and that is the reason we chose that roll. My date and I both avoid gluten so tempura is a big no no.
Once we picked up the food & settled back in my apartment with our gluten free soy sauce, we were excited to dive into the rolls. That excitement was gone in a hot second when we realized that the spicy salmon roll used tempura as a filler! Instead of using more fish, the sushi chef rolled the salmon in tempura and loaded it into the roll. We opened our Tuna lover’s roll and found the same issue! Let me remind you that tempura was NOT listed in the ingredients for the Tuna lover’s roll. At this point, we were unable to eat both of our rolls so my date called Lin’s. He explained our situation and they told us that while we should have asked for the specific ingredients of the spicy salmon roll, we were correct about the tuna lover’s roll. They offered to re-​make our rolls and we could come back down to pick them up. My date had to be at the airport that evening so we were crunched for time. Lin’s didn’t hesitate, quickly took down my address and about 30 min later, their delivery driver arrived with two fresh, tempura free rolls. He apologized & explained that they hired a new sushi chef and that he tends to make rolls his way rather than following the menu and they are actively trying to fix the issue.
While I believe the driver, I am very disappointed that their sushi chef’s method of making rolls is to use tempura as a filler. It’s ultimately a cost saver for the restaurant and cut in quality for the consumer. Lin’s sushi rolls are not any cheaper than average so the quality shouldn’t be either. Due to Lin’s customer service & correction, I will not write them off. In fact, I will make sure to ask about their tempura filler the next time I order sushi to see if the problem is corrected… and that’s my advice to all of you!

This is BY FAR the best fusion restaurant in Pittsburgh! Fresh sushi, great Chinese food, and the owner (Lam) is awesome to talk to and will share knowledge of the many fresh dishes on the menu! I frequently visit for dinner or just to stop by for snacking and good conversation!

I have owed Lins a 5 star review for a long time… The General Tso and Sesame chicken are a staple in my diet… I loved next to Lins for a couple years yet it never got old!
The prices are amazing, it’s BYOB but they have a bar it’s the best Chinese food in SouthSide … Hands down worth 2X What they charge.
Try the L9!!! Again Try the L9!!! Like don’t even look at what it is just say one L9
Please.

I used to be a loyal customer. Not anymore.
I went in to order food to go, simple two meals. They give me the food, no problem, and me and my friend get in the car and get home, on Saturday night in the south side. We luckily found parking so no way we were leaving.
We get home and realize instead of one of our meals, we had an order of potstickers, not even close. So I call, and they tell us to bring the potstickers back to the restaurant in order to receive our food… are you kidding? They were open for another hour, couldn’t have driven it over and we could’ve exchanged it? They explained that no one else ordered potstickers so they don’t know why we got them and that’s why we had to bring them back… how is it our fault that the kitchen messed up?
Absolutely ridiculous.

Love the food here the presentation is always great, it is always fresh, and the food is always fast! I love that the windows open, there is usually a nice breeze. I have taken my grandma here a few times she loves the General Tso’s shrimp, its not on the menu but they make it by request. They are open until 10! Which i just found out and that is great news lol i ordered a drink, heard the blender, and for some reason said drink was sitting on the counter until it melted while the servers were talking, but I wasn’t gonna be a b! tch i drank it and it was good. Needless to say it’s a great little hidden gem that everyone just walks by. STOP in and try the General Tso’s it’s one of the best!
Now once you add Egg Foo Yung, you will get 5 stars! lol

I have never been disappointed here, as they offer pretty straightforward Asian food. The sushi is good, but I’ve noticed they don’t ever get the rolls very tight. I really love the wanton soup, especially for the price. I got a small cup and there were three delish wantons (I almost want to say they were dumplings). If you order a smoothie bubble drink, ask for it in a to-​go cup. TRUST ME. I ordered a pineapple smoothie and it came heaped into a little martini glass, spilling all over the place and dripping down the sides. Also, I had no idea how to approach drinking it. My meal was good. I sat outside and the waitress kept coming out to tell me «not to rush,» I wasn’t, but for some reason that made me feel a little uncomfortable!

The walnut chicken is the most delicious in the region, maybe the world. My friends rave about the rice teas. And they’re always friendly and speedy. Plenty of seating and a great atmosphere if you want to dine in.

This is not my first rodeo at Lin’s, but it is the first time my husband and I have been here with their sushi bar open. I started with Egg Flower soup, which is pretty standard as an egg drop soup goes but served very hot (keep the ice water close by!). He put in an order for a blue crab Philadelphia roll at the same time we ordered our entrees, white meat sesame chicken /​broccoli and vegetable lo mein. The chicken is delicious and their lo mein is always spot on. The roll didn’t come until after the entrees and he wasn’t impressed. The roll was much too large and the presentation was sloppy. No soy sauce for dipping was brought to the table until requested and there was less than a pea sized dollop of wasabi. He said he would have sushi here again but they have a lot of work to do. Hopefully this service will improve with more experience. Overall, Lin’s is a good choice for Chinese food but Nakama or Little Tokyo is preferential for sushi as of now.

My boys and husband would eat Chinese food every day of the week if they could. All four of us were able to have dinner together. It was a little bit of a celebration for my oldest son buying his first car. We all like Lin’s so we headed there for dinner.
There are so many great things about Lin’s. They have great Bubble Tea, appetizers, and lots of entrees. We started with Crab Rangoon. They are crispy shells filled with crab and cream goodness that come with a dipping sauce that makes a great bite.
We ordered Triple Delight, Street Noodles, Sesame Chicken, and Beef Noodle soup.
The Beef Noodle soup comes out in a big white bowl and smells heavenly. It has pieces of beef, beef broth, huge/​thick Udon noodles, mushrooms, and ski sees of carrots and other veggies. They also bring you out a shaker of «Magic Seasoning». I don’t know what’s in it but you definitely have to put some in your soup. It brings out even more flavor. They have a Grilled Chicken Noodle soup that’s even better. (IMHO).
The Sesame Chicken is small bites of chicken that are quick fried, plated with broccoli and rice and is finished with a sauce that is a little bit sweet but also savory. Sesame seeds are the icing on the cake.
Triple Delight is Beef, Chicken and Shrimp with mushrooms and veggies like carrots, celery and broccoli. It has a savory brown sauce that brings the 3 proteins together.
The Street Noodles are slim noodles that have the color of a yellow curry and smell a bit like curry. It is a little spicy but not so hot that you burn your taste buds.
It’s good to know that any time you walk in you are going to be eating hot, fresh, and flavorful food.

The Cantonese Egg Noodles here are by far my favorite in the city. Honestly, I love everything I’ve ever ordered from here. I usually get delivery, but I have been inside the actual restaurant and it’s really cute in there.
Delivery almost always arrives much sooner than expected, they also give you silverwear (which is always exciting), the food always arrives super hot, and the delivery people are very nice.
I only ever order via grubhub or foodler because I prefer to not speak to humans when I order food, so I can’t say much for the friendliness of the people who answer the phones.
All in all, I 100% recommend this place. Then teriyaki chicken is really good, but again… Cantonese Egg Noodles for the win.

It’s pretty good. Definitely better than common Asian restaurants in surrounding PGH area.
They offer some choices that are seldom available in other establishments. The avocado rolls are divine and their avocado milk tea was too. Their mango smoothie was fantastic. Everything that came out had great presentation!

I got them for takeout and it really was just mediocore. Very, very reasonable prices. I got beef fried rice, crab rangoons, wonton soup, and an egg roll all for $ 18. I wouldn’t recommend the crab rangoons they were more onion than anything. Everything else was good though! I will return for sure. Also, very nice and on point service. The to go person was very nice and on time, and they gave you more than you even need with condiments, silverware, and napkins. it was also all nicely delivered.
Good deals and good food!

This has become our go-​to Chinese/​Pan Asian take out place. Yes, they do have in-​house dining, but the atmosphere seems «meh». However, the food is spot-​on. The chicken fried rice has become my husband’s new favorite. We both enjoy their Bento box options for lunch and dinner. I usually get General Tso’s chicken, but recently branched out and tried their seafood soup to my delight. I’m hoping to explore more of their menu in the coming months. Also, LOVE that they have online ordering, however it does take longer than calling or picking up yourself.