Lucky Cafe — Restaurant in Gastonia

My wife and I were looking for some Chinese food for dinner. We have been ordering from this restaurant for over ten years. We had not had the chance to order since the pandemic, so we decided this would be a good time.

We called from the car and ordered General Tso’s chicken, extra spicey with four spring rolls. This dish had been our usual order, so we thought we would see if it had changed. Before, we always saw what we assumed to be the mother, the dad cooking, and her son taking orders. We watched him grow up. It will not surprise me if he is off to college. `We had to go to the Food Lion next door, so we did that before heading into the restaurant.

From the outside, it looked like the sign was maybe broken. You could not read the Lucky part. This might be something the landlord needs to fix. They used to have a very small seating area inside. We had always assumed that most of their business was takeout. I would imagine the pandemic made it, so they just went 100 percent takeout orders.. I do not fault them for that choice.

Our order was ready when we arrived. One this I have always appreciated about this location was its sanitation score. I have never seen anything lower than a 99, and usually, it’s a 100. It was the same this visit. Our food was what we remembers from the last time. The chicken was cooked well. The sauce was spiced to our liking. We spent $15 odd dollars and would do so again. We would, and do recommend this to...

My family and I used to frequent this place quite a bit when we first moved to the area almost two years ago. Unfortunately, we're going to have to take our business elsewhere. For the past few visits, we've noticed that the sweet & sour sauce has been runnier than usual and the fried rice has less flavor. We gave them the benefit of the doubt a few tries later. However, this past visit was the straw that broke the camel's back.

Not only was the sweet & sour sauce runnier, but my husband's beef & broccoli was swimming in water...YES, I SAID WATER!!! Instead of the thicker sauce it's supposed to be in...The crab rangoons are now only 15, instead of the 16 pieces, but the price remains the same. The fried rice has almost no flavor. Yet, the prices keep going up!! They are clearly cutting back on ingredients to save on costs, but charging their customers the same or higher prices for less quality. That's not okay!

I hate that we have to go elsewhere because this spot was closest to home, but we're not going to continue to pay their prices for less quality of food. Very...

We have been coming to lucky cafe for 10 years. Well actuality it's been longer than That. Every sense They open.We're even Were There one day when they had their Chinese New Year's day dinner. We ate with them. We got to eat more traditional stuff than They already have. But that's just the type of people they are. The food is always spot on and basically the same. So when you order someone have you can order it again and it tastes just as good. It's really one of those places you can tell somebody how good it is it when they go they say man you were right.Watching their kids grow up was pretty need to. Just got done eating in a little kids it used to sit and do their homework in the corner. Are very grown up mature and welcome you in. I think it's an awesome tradition. You must go. Put it on your I wanna...