An oldie - but not anymore a goodie :-(
Okay to take Tourist family too - in order to give them a little taste of China Town. Seems to be packed - but not necessarily with locals these days - seems more tourists.
I remember Lee Garden wayyyyy back in the day when you could get Special Coke - no you didn't sniff it - it was alcohol (Vodka/coke-cola) after bar hours. Those days the food tasted so good - but then maybe it was because I was younger, and my tastebuds weren't as developed as now :-)
Back in those days Lee's seemed more authentic, food much tastier, and the price point was an amazing deal. Boy has that ever changed.
Sure the place is packed - but the food is mediocre - not good - not bad - just okay food. The price for China Town is a tad more expensive than the other places around.
if you are heading to Lee's the wait for a table during the weekends will seem long - but they seem to turn the tables around in a jiffy - so what seems like a long line-up is not so in real-time.
The Lee's I remember back in the day was a bit more laid back (now it's table in - table out), I also remember the portions being a little more generous and a lot less $s for the food. Now it's a bit more of a well oiled machine - with okay Chinese Food - China Town vibe still there a little - even if it is a tad more "plastic" in the vibe department - but then again that matches their China Town Old School table cloths.