Lucky Boy — Restaurant in Albuquerque

Respectfully, the food we had here just was not very good. The owners were exceptionally friendly and welcoming though! And it sounds like they have been in business for quite a long time. The customers that were in there (it seemed to be an older crowd) were chatting with the owners with familiarity. We were not aware of the history of the establishment but, we have driven by a few times while in the area and became intrigued by the restaurant’s concept as well as charmingly unmaintained exterior. Overall, it was worth a try and the prices are low (the owner kind of just told us the new prices as the menus have not been updated apparently). We paid a little over $20 (cash only) for a burger, fried rice, and 2 shakes. The shakes were an odd icy consistency and certainly not like any shakes that I have ever personally had. The strawberry did not contain any fruit but instead had a pink flavoring mixed in. The burger was alright but the rice was sadly quite bland (food did come out hot and fresh though). We probably would not come back but again, the owners seem like truly good people and I can’t help but hope they continue to stay in business for their loyal customers that seem to frequent...

If I could give it 0 I would. Got 3 different Chinese meals. One was chicken lo mein that just had a very very nasty smell to it. I never tasted it or even looked at it because it was my mom's food and she was at her home with it. The second was Beef and Broccoli. Lod have mercy it was the nastiest thing I had see in a while come out of a restaurant. It was like beef and broccoli, carrots and flour(way to much flour) gravy or soup base. Just nasty as all get out. Last but not least was sweet and sour chicken. It was edible at least a bit. The outside of the chicken breading was really burnt. I had to peal it off in order to eat it. The sauce was pretty good but not much of it and the pieces of chicken were small compared to the breading. Both meals came with "fried" rice. It really wasn't fried had corn, peas and carrots in it with I think eggs. It was so very very bland; absolutely no salt or pepper or anything. We have been eating there off and on for several years and never ever had this problem. We will never eat there and will never ever recommend...

I mostly eat the burgers there and have had people criticize me for that. Their green chili cheeseburger is up there w/the old Gin Mill! Very tasty. But I also enjoy the salmon burger. I work very close by and I've been trying to recruit my co-workers to come along. So far I've been successful in recruiting one. Conroy Chino apparently did an expose' piece on restaurants that used MSG in their product years ago and Lucky Boy was rated at the highest...:( However, this was in the early 90's or so and I think they may have switched things up a bit. My side quest to venturing towards this East meets West phenomenon is finding out who this Iguana Man is... Anyway, if you haven't eaten here, give it a try and see what you think. They've been in business for over 40 years, in my opinion that speaks to them doing something right! Tell you what, if you go there and give it a try I'll make it a point to try and eat more of the Chinese food menu items...except the pork, that's...