Lucky Dragon — Restaurant in Burlington

My wife and I don't do this--we don't write reviews, of anything, but we had to share this experience.

We live in Dayton, Ohio, and had 2 appointments yesterday, one in the Cincy area, and one in Florence Ky. It was a long drive in very heavy traffic, we had been in and out of the car at this point for over 6 hours, and we stopped and filled the tank and randomly parked in a strip mall next to the gas station to reset for a moment, and figure out something to grab to eat on the way home that didn't involve a fast food drive-thru.

As we were sitting in the car and I pulled the phone out to see what was near us to grab some take out, we noticed we were parked right in front of Lucky Dragon.

We hadn't even considered Chinese food as an option (not the easiest thing to eat while driving), but we both looked at each other and thought, ok, why not, it's probably the usual GFS/Sisco sourced, Americanized food, heavy on the greasy brown sauce that saturates almost every selection at almost every Chinese restaurant, and makes every dish taste the same, regardless of which one you order.

But having a 30 year "hobby" and passion of trying every egg roll we can in every city we've been in throughout the world, we figured it was at least worth a shot when we saw on their menu, "roast pork egg roll".

Here's where the ooooh myyyy part comes in.

I was greeted by a lovely husband and wife team, the owners, who could not have been more nice. I ordered Triple Ingredients (Triple Delight?), and Szechuan Chicken, not expecting anything special, but we were hopeful that their egg rolls were going to be decent.

I took them back to the car where my wife was waiting. We each took a bite of an egg roll. THE BEST, most flavorful and carefully made from scratch egg roll we've ever had in our lives.

The two dishes we ordered were utterly unique--no heavy greasy brown sauce, very light on oil and both had a completely different spice and flavor, the Szechuan having a distinct ginger and garlic vibe to it, the other a bit more savory and "juicy" thing going on that's hard to describe.

Simply put, don't let this tiny place in a strip mall let you assume it's one of the thousands of "generic but decent enough" places. It was the best Chinese meal we've ever had in our lives. I rushed back in and bought 6 more(!) egg rolls to take back to Dayton.

This wonderful couple really have it going on, and it's worth a trip there. Even if it's a long trip. It's THAT good.

Lucky Dragon indeed. We certainly got lucky, randomly discovering it. We will be...

Worst Chinese Food Ever....

First off the young man who answers the phone has a terrible attitude. We ordered for pick up.. my daughter and I wanted Chinese but my son and Husband did not..so I asked if they had wings (most places do) The boy acted like he didn't know what I was talking about ..but we got passed that... picked up the food took it home... THE WINGS WHERE HORRIBLE..HARD AND TASTELESS. THE RICE HAD NO FLAVOR AT ALL... WILL NEVER SPEND MONEY HERE AGAIN... OH AND THE ORANGE CHICKEN WAS SOGGY AND THE SAUCE WAS WATERY.. TOTAL WASTE OF MONEY!!😡😡😡😡😡😡 I will stick to House of Tang in Burlington from...

It's very sad when the only good rating you get is for atmosphere. How do you ruin Americanized Chinese food? Most Chinese restaurants in the area are at least 3.5 out of five stars, you could have been something good but you have become the Taco Bell of Chinese restaurants. (Don't bother with your snotty reply from the restaurant, I have over 10k reviews, all honest. Don't take anger out on reviewers, take it out on your subpar kitchen team, kitchen manager, and the ownership) Shame on you for even calling this chinese food! What a waste of a great location. ...