Chin-Thai in Linden

The Chinese restaurant is lovely, and the buffet selection is very good. The staff is very friendly and helpful. However, you should reserve a table, otherwise you won't get a seat. The price-performance ratio is reasonable. I will gladly visit this restaurant again.

The ambiance is very, very nice, the buffet is clean and well-organized, the staff is friendly, and the fish that children can feed with koi food are a real highlight for kids. The prices are reasonable. However, unfortunately, you're required to order a drink with each meal; otherwise, there's a €3 charge. At that price, it's not far off a similar restaurant nearby that offers a much wider selection and includes countless drinks. We'll continue to prefer that restaurant. Here, we were told, "Next time, put less food on the plate," and this was to one person who had only ordered one plate and couldn't finish it due to stomach surgery. That wasn't nice, especially since everyone else finished their plates. The waiters made us feel like they were watching us and expected us to quickly clear the tables for the next customers.

Ed is getting worse and worse. A few years ago the food was hot, and now it's only lukewarm. The service is great, but €91.35 for three people is expensive. It used to be cheaper! I wouldn't recommend it at all!

We were there at lunchtime; the food was okay for the price. The selection is much larger and of higher quality in the evening. Parking is a challenge; there are too few parking spaces.

Pleasantly impressed with the range of seafood dishes, delicacies, drinks and service. Cozy atmosphere. Interesting design.

After the renovation, it's really beautiful. The new tables and chairs look great. The buffet is one of the most extensive in the region, and it's in the higher price range. However, the selection is so vast that the price is justified. Unlike some others, I can't complain about the noise level, although that does depend on where you're sitting.

I'm not going there anymore. The quality has steadily declined over the years. The place now resembles a train station or a large cafeteria. With that many guests, the noise level is deafening! The staff is efficient, though. Empty plates and cutlery are constantly being cleared away. The food doesn't impress me anymore either. The same old thing is becoming increasingly common.

First of all, I feel sorry for the fish, and on top of that, the food isn't the best. Sure, it's an all-you-can-eat buffet, but you can't taste the sauce on the food you're frying. Plus, it's way too loud. There are just so many better all-you-can-eat restaurants out there.

Highly recommended! Delicious Asian food – freshly prepared and bursting with flavor. The service is very friendly, attentive, and quick. The atmosphere is warm and welcoming; you immediately feel at home. All in all, a top-notch restaurant with truly excellent value for money. We'll definitely be back!

Delicious food, a great selection of products and dishes! Thank you!

We were there for the lunch buffet. The buffet was very extensive and very good. The service was also excellent. The waitresses were friendly and on the ball. However, the noise level was extremely high. My husband and I had to shout at each other and quickly fled the restaurant. It was almost impossible to have a conversation between us. This was no exception; I've been there before, and it was just as loud. Therefore, we won't be going there again – unfortunately.

Super delicious buffet. Good value for money.

Delicious food, friendly staff, and good service. If you don't mind the noise of what feels like 200 guests raiding the buffet at once, this is the place for you. The food is very varied and good, and the prices are great.

It was very tasty. Beautifully renovated.

Reopened after six weeks of renovations. It was incredibly busy. Food from the grill took forever. Sushi was practically plucked off your plate. Empty trays at the buffet. It was simply too crowded. The staff couldn't keep up. It wasn't the staff's fault, but the crowds. A shame.

Update October 2025: Super clean, great staff... The atmosphere is even nicer after the renovation. PS: This also applies to the restrooms. 🌄😍👍 Clean, friendly staff, great selection. I'd be happy to come back.

The food and service were good. Unsupervised feeding of koi by children with food should be prohibited. This borders on, or is already, animal cruelty.

Very nice ambience, service very friendly and the food is excellent

Great, very tasty food, large salmon, the sushi is meager, but otherwise a great buffet. In the evening you can put together raw food and have it freshly fried, a real treat.

Good service and actually quite a bit of variety. We'd be happy to come back!

Don't go there on Sundays, it's way too crowded! Otherwise, it's okay, but there are better places.

Very clean, and everyone is very polite. Restraint is relatively recently renovated.

Huge Asian restaurant in an industrial park just outside Giessen. Easy to reach, with plenty of parking right in front. Clean, large, and delicious buffet. Very friendly staff and kind to children, who can be entertained with the help of a fish pool.

We are beyond disappointed! We called the restaurant well in advance to celebrate a birthday with over 30 people and made reservations. Today, we happened to check the website and discovered that the restaurant is closed for renovations. No one informed us! Now we're on the cusp of the celebration without a venue and have to rush to find a new one. This is absolutely unprofessional and frustrating. This is definitely not how you treat customers!

The lunch buffet was varied and very tasty. The restaurant was fully booked for school enrollment celebrations, but the service was still friendly and prompt. The buffet was also constantly replenished with a variety of fresh dishes. Very good value for money. I would gladly return anytime.

The best restaurant of all. Delicious food, friendly staff, great atmosphere. Everything was perfect.

Not opened and it says open you sching schang schong

We were there for lunch on July 31, 2025, for a birthday party. Unfortunately, an older waitress with short dark hair was very unfriendly: plates were cleared away while we were still eating, our cutlery disappeared while we were at the buffet, and we had to ask for fish food twice. Unfortunately, it was a disappointment for us – we won't be going there again.

Mass processing.... If you like it....

I just saw this picture in another review here and what is being done to the poor fish is the worst animal cruelty!!! So many fish in such a small space, it's horrible!!

Not recommended. The buffet food wasn't that good, and the staff didn't understand anything or didn't care. We didn't feel comfortable there.

It's very tasty 😋 and tastes good. Lots of choice, with an all-you-can-eat menu. Friendly staff and reasonable prices.

The food (buffet) was great. Everything was fresh and delicious. Highly recommended. The ambiance is being improved by the renovations. We'll be back afterward.

The atmosphere is like a train station concourse, with the corresponding noise. Plenty of food to choose from, but a lot of it is fried. It's offered as an all-you-can-eat option, and the clientele is accordingly large. You have to like it; it wasn't for me.

The food was very tasty, the service was a bit stressed and inattentive as they didn't ask if you wanted something to drink but that's a small thing and the atmosphere is just as usual in these big all you can eat restaurants, usually a bit too loud.

Top-notch Service, food, great location 👍

I can only recommend this place

We recently went there again for dinner for a birthday. We've chosen this restaurant as our favorite. The buffet is incredibly extensive. We were there in the evening. I'm mentioning it specifically because I'm not sure if they serve a different buffet for lunch. The staff were so warm and friendly. We felt well looked after and very warmly welcomed. We really enjoyed it. Regards

I'm not a fan; I find the buffet dishes too "samey," although good. What bothers me more, however, is the excessive price. The service is even worse; first, you're asked several times in a short time if you know what you want. Then you don't ask at all. Three wrong drinks, some of them brought late. No menu, just a QR code. Chairs, benches, etc., are very worn. They'll be remodeled soon, though. I'm curious. I would, however, like to see more variety in the dishes, more attentiveness, friendliness, and better communication.

The food is fine as usual, but what the restaurant is doing now is simply outrageous: Anyone who doesn't order a drink has to pay a "penalty" of €2 at lunchtime and even €3 in the evening. This has nothing to do with a billing issue; it's a pure money-making scheme. Instead of standing for quality, they're obviously trying to increase sales through questionable additional costs. This approach is completely unfriendly to customers—for me, this was definitely my last visit.

Good food, large selection, but too loud!

Very friendly service, and the food was good as always. The fish was the highlight for our daughter 🫢

Love eating there, good selection, friendly staff

Very nice, very hospitable. I hope the announced renovations don't take too long.

Sunday lunch is very expensive and should be cheaper like the other days

The restaurant is nicely decorated. However, the food here is not recommended. The chicken soup I ordered from the menu was unfortunately inedible. That much potato starch has no place in the soup...

it’s great! i’ve been to germany to visit my uncle and aunt. my uncle took me here and it was awesome! the staff were nice and the food was delicious!!! highly recommended!!!!! 😁😍🤤

I celebrated my birthday here last year and was impressed by the friendliness of the staff. The ambiance was incredibly beautiful, the food was delicious, the buffet had a huge selection, and at the end, there was even a birthday serenade with a delicious dessert. 👌👌👌👌. Highly recommended.

Update 16.12. Die Ente Hong Kong Art erinnert mich an die in China. Recht authentisch und lecker. Stets gut. Auch wenn ich in einer Gruppe mit 20 komme, öffnen die flexibel einen Bereich. Klar, zu Stosszeiten wird es voll, aber ein Zeichen, dass essen gut ist. Wer kein Bock auf Warteschlange hat (ps. Unser Büro ist um die Ecke und wir sind ständig hier, aber schlangen haben wir selten, zuletzt als es Zeugnisse gab) soll einfach von der Karte bestellen.

Good food and service. Parking is available at the Kaufland store across the street. The restrooms and buffet, in particular, need some renovation.

We were there with a larger group, and everything was fine, but the man at the grill really messed up everything we put in the grill. The meat was tough as rubber, and the fish and shrimp were also inedible after the man finished cooking.

Today, we had a delicious meal with 11 people. The service was first-class. The food was plentiful and there was something for every taste. Our "birthday girl" even received a delicious dessert with a sparkler. Another thing worth mentioning is that they are incredibly child-friendly, and this restaurant is also very good for people with disabilities. Unfortunately, we live 260 km away, otherwise it would be one of our favorite restaurants.

Super delicious, large selection of dishes 😋😋😋😋

Great value for money Great food, great selection Love going there

The food and buffets are generally worth 5 stars. One star deducted for the ambiance. You have to like the crowds... Renovations are planned for the end of 2025, so things will definitely improve by then.

The food was very good, the service was very friendly, and the toilets were clean.

There are first and second class guests.

Very good, varied food, always quickly refilled buffet, friendly staff. We would recommend it again and again.

Very tasty again, could have been a bit more light-flooded!

Very delicious food, a huge selection, something for everyone. The service is simply excellent; you're greeted at the entrance and shown to your table. The staff is also very attentive. The ambiance is very nice; we especially loved the koi. We'll definitely be back.

I went there with my family, and the service was terrible. For some unknown reason, they were very unfriendly, which ultimately prevented us from enjoying our meal or our stay. I understand if you're having a bad day, but you shouldn't take your bad mood out on customers, and if you can't do that, then being a waiter is simply not for you. Furthermore, we were served expired cream with our coffee. Overall, it wasn't a great visit, and I wouldn't recommend it.

Very nice, clean, delicious. I recommend.

Great place to go with family and friends.

Very nice waitresses, you are taken to your seat and served straight away and you can go to the buffet The selection is large and varied, from sushi to desserts. Products are fresh and are regularly replenished. They are also suitable for vegetarians, but vegan are less so Everything is there, whether ready to eat or choosing what is then prepared and brought to the place The koi pond is something special; many large and medium-sized koi are popular with the younger guests because they can feed them For this area the prices in the middle segment are around 30 euros per person including a drink But you can also notice the price increases of the products here

Too loud and fries don't belong in Chinese, for example

Everything is fried, typical all you can eat restaurant. For €25 you can eat much tastier somewhere else. Not recommended.

A basically nice restaurant, with a koi pond and elevations that make it look really good visually. The service was friendly. Unfortunately, the food from the buffet was almost always cold, even when it was refilled. There was enough for vegetarians, but in my opinion it wasn't worth paying the full price for the entire buffet. Personally, I wouldn't go there again, but it was worth the experience, especially because of the fish - even if the tank is unfortunately too small for so many koi.

If you order something from the menu, it tastes really good. In the buffet, care must be taken to ensure that the meat does not only consist of cartilage and bones. Furthermore, almost all of the desserts in the buffet are Kaufland's own brand

Even after 100 first visit. Always delicious

Fresh food was available at the buffet throughout the evening and the selection was very large. Having the food from the grill delivered to the table by a robot is a fun change

Everything perfect, nice evening, thank you.

Very large buffet. Great taste. The buffet is always refilled quickly. I think the ice cream is outstanding. The price for the buffet is reasonable. Reservations are mandatory on weekends. If you don't have a reservation, you have to wait a long time until a table becomes available.

We were there for lunch. There is enough choice to eat there. For the price it's ok. If you don't feel like cooking and are unsure what you want to eat, you can always come here. There's not much going on here at lunchtime

Nice, friendly and a plentiful selection at the buffet.

The restaurant is visually appealing, but very loud, which I don't like (I prefer it quieter). This made the atmosphere more stressful than relaxed. The food (buffet) was okay, but for the price of around €25 it could - in my opinion - be of better quality. Most of the fried food consisted of breading, some of it was cold (!) and the sorting of the food could have been a little more structured. It would have been nice if there had been a few more main courses. A menu is only available upon request, which means you have no overview of the prices. That doesn't work at all! There should always be a map, purely for information. The service was friendly. And the serving robot was a small attraction. The restaurant is very family friendly.

Very nice place, delicious food clean and very friendly stuff, good price for eat as you can, there is a robot for delivery to tables

Full marks. It doesn't get much better than this. Very good and nice staff. Please do not write too good reviews, otherwise it will be too busy. ;-)

Enjoy your meal Nice staff Delicious buffet and Mongolian cuisine at the evening buffet I've always had some free time spontaneously.

Pleasant atmosphere, friendly welcome and a wide selection of dishes.

Great buffet food. Your own prepared plates are grilled and served at the table by a robot. Very attentive and friendly staff. I'd love to come back!

Waited over 20 minutes for the table despite a reservation. (At 5 degrees, in front of the door). Food at the buffet was also of better quality. Mussels tasted like chlorine, shrimps were hard to peel. Fried foods often have more breading than anything else. Biggest drawback: Overbooked tables, very loud atmosphere, mass events and crowds. I won't be coming back and will strongly advise my friends against it

Had reserved a table, arrived 10 minutes early and had to wait. After the first panoramic view of the entrance area, it was good that we had reserved 🤣 No more space available. Recommendation: Reservation of a table is essential. Buffet for €25.80 with a huge selection in all directions. Even the fries in the display (she wanted to test them out of curiosity since display fries are never good) were like fries should be. All dishes were labeled. Regular cleaning of the buffet area was a given. Everything I had was hot and tasted great. Although fully booked, the service was quick and friendly. I also take normal pictures, but I would have had to pixelate too much 🙊

The staff is always very friendly. The restaurant is clean and always busy. The food is delicious, but could be warmer.

Huge buffet selection, great koi pool

Rappels full. Fast and good service. There was a long line at the buffet but it went surprisingly quickly.

Everything fresh and delicious, always happy 😊

Huge selection at the buffet. Everyone will find something here. The quality is good, the taste is excellent. A reservation can't hurt on Saturday lunchtime.

I'm looking forward to the next visit.

Pure rip-off! A lot of money and then the taste is no longer what it used to be!!

Huge selection of dishes, always fresh supplies, a nice ambience, and the service leaves nothing to be desired. Gladly again, but the next time we want to go there in the evening, we will reserve in advance. Without a reservation, the restaurant was full to the last chair on Saturday evening, but after waiting 15 minutes we were still able to get in.

Very good selection of food. Friendly staff. Moderate prices.

They celebrated their birthday. I liked it very much.

Large selection, mostly delicious. Service very accommodating. Last time some dishes were almost cold at the buffet. This can still be improved. Still, we're always happy to come back. 👍🏻

Nette Bedienung und sehr gutes Essen. Die lokation ist super. Sorry die Preierhöhung kann ich nicht verstehen .. bei der Mehrwertsteuer Senkung wurde nach kurzer Zeit der Preis erhöht .. von 19.50 auf 21.50 und nun schon wieder.. klar alles wird teurer.aber man verdient nicht mehr…

It's great to eat enough, it also tastes very good 👍, only this time, on Thursday evening, the food in the buffet was cold, even though new dishes had been delivered, always cold. Annoyed me.

Very good restaurant, great service *******

I recently visited family in Linden. I am always looking for new restaurants, hotels, and stores to visit and write reviews that present my personal experience. The restaurant offers a large variety of Asian food. I would not go as far as "Traditional Chinese". The service and atmosphere are average. I spoke to other guests, and many of them come here regularly. Including my parents. I did not try their desserts, but was told that they are delicious. Parking seems to be difficult at times. I focused on vegetables, that were fresh and well cooked. I also enjoyed the sushi. The prices are bit high.

Good food and good service. The selection and quality of the food is top. Not so cheap anymore. Small negative point: there are only small Diet Coke and Zero bottles. I like to eat at the buffet at lunchtime, but unfortunately it has become too expensive for me in the evening

The Chin Thai Restaurant impresses with a well-thought-out buffet concept and offers a wide selection of dishes - from hearty dishes to fresh vegetables, fruit and ice cream. The price for the lunch buffet is €13.50 per person (excluding grilled dishes); However, ordering a drink is mandatory. In the evening the buffet costs €28 per person – without drinks and without coffee – which seems comparatively high.

Buffet is huge and very tasty Unfortunately, everything has the charm of a train station hall when it's overcrowded