Sampan Inn - Havertown

This place used to be one of the best Chinese-American restaurants in Delaware county. Now, I would say it’s only about on par with an average city counter restaurant on a good night. Looking for an option for decent take out on a weeknight when you’re ending your day later than expected can be a challenge. My wife suggested Sampan, which seemed like a safe option. She asked me to order a “big broth noodle bowl” which they corrected me and said it was a “deluxe wonton noodle bowl”. It ended up not being what she intended on ordering, but she said it was still acceptable. Now, to the reason for the 1-star review. My order was the egg drop wonton soup. There wasn’t anything too bad about the broth (which admittedly is hard to screw up). I kid you not that the wontons in the soup tasted like bleach mixed with toilet water. I tried eating one and couldn’t even swallow the first bite. They had to be old and gone bad at least a day ago. You can read my other reviews posted about other restaurants: I am not known to be a super-picky eater and fairly judge the quality of the food I eat with perspective of the price and quality advertised. Saying that the food I was served was inedible is a terrible understatement and a disgrace for a restaurant that built up a reputation as Sampan has. I will not be ordering food from here and think everyone reading this review deserves to know how far this restaurant–once voted top Chinese restaurant in Delaware county no more than 5 years ago–has fallen from grace. I sincerely hope someone working from the restaurant reaches out to me and apologizes for the disgrace that was served to me this evening.