i've lived in pittsburgh 4 years and surprisingly ive never tried chinatown inn. I have my usual chinese spots and i normally dont steer away from them.
Today however, i was in the mood for chinese but remembered that i only had enough bus fare to get home rather than an unlimited pass.. so taking a bus to my usual chinese place was out of the question. I had my mind set on chinese so i decided to try out chinatown inn since a coworker raves about it.
I ordered my usual-- general tsos lunch special. You get to choose soup or egg roll. I chose a chicken egg roll and ohmygoooooodness it was huge.. like the size of my fist. I also had the option of white or fried rice and went with fried.
The lobby as well as the dining area seemed nice.. The girl who took my order was very kind as well as the gentleman who brought it out (in 5 minutes with no call-ahead, wooh!)
The main reason for only 3 stars is i didnt really care for the food :\ My chicken was tasty but i did not care for the general tsos sauce. It was super thin and extremely sweet. im used to a spicy, thicker(sticky) sauce. Also, the fried rice had one (tiny) piece of onion.. i didnt see any egg or carrots, ect... just rice and bean sprouts. Finally, every chinese joint i've been to i had enough for lunch + some leftover. Chinatown inn offered same food, same price but smaller portions.
I may head back to try out something else or just stick with the egg rolls. The food was not bad but it wasnt my taste. If you like sweet general tsos sauce then you will probably like it :)