The Lucky Dog - Comfort food and Cocktails — Restaurant in Gibsonville

Mission is an overpriced, low quality Chipotle + college cocktail bar with terrible service and sticky floor. I don't recommend it and I won't be back.

We went here at 6pm on a Friday evening. There were a few tables seated outside and no one inside. We opted to seat inside, but this turned out to be a bad decision. On the way to our table my shoe got stuck to the floor and I almost tripped. It looked and smelled as if a margarita had spilled and no one had bothered to mop it up. Although the restaurant was well-staffed for the limited number of customers, no one cleaned the spill while we were there.

We ordered a total of 4 sodas (they sell coke by the can), a strawberry lemonade, a dip sampler, a plate of tacos plus an additional taco, and a spicy braised beef bowl.

The lemonade with strawberry puree was very small, but very tasty. The dip sampler was terrible and not worth the $10 charge. It contained a small dish of Tostitos queso, a small dish of Tostitos salsa, and a small dish of "guacamole" along with some seasoned chips. Unlike the queso and salsa, the guacamole appears to be house-made, but it was just an avocado smashed up. I asked our server how they make their guacamole and she said it was avocado, onion, lime juice, and cilantro. When I told her I thought they forgot to add those ingredients to dish of guacamole, she insisted they were in there even though a careful search revealed not one onion or cilantro leaf. What bothered me the most, though, is that the server didn't apologize or offer to remake it. It's possible they make their guac in large batches and simply failed to mix it well, resulting in our avocado-only serving. However, we'll never know as the overall experiences was so poor we won't be going back. Don't get me wrong - I like avocado, but calling a smashed avocado "guacamole" is like calling a chopped tomato "salsa."

My husband got the two taco + rice and bean plate ($10) with an additional taco ($4). He reported that everything was remarkably bland and mushy. He was surprised the tacos did not come with any onion, lettuce, cilantro, corn or anything to add a bit of flavor and/or crunch.

My rice bowl was also shockingly bland and had way too much sour cream mixture poured on it. It tasted like they use instant rice cooked in too much water. A little lime juice and cilantro would have good a long way but, alas, they were either out or their cook seriously has something against them. As with my husband's tacos, the bowl was mushy and lacking both flavor and texture. Some beans, a fresh corn salsa, or a fresh pico might have helped, but a burrito bowl from Chipotle or Moe's would have been less expensive and better tasting.

From the looks of it, Mission makes the bulk of its money selling alcohol to Elon students, so maybe they don't have any desire to make good food. Their drink menu is very extensive and drinks come in a rainbow of colors, with margarita flights being a popular choice. However, most of the drinks appeared to be made with the cheap swill that only a budget-minded college student with a hankering for fruity/sugary alcohol would...

My wife and I went to The Mission tonight for dinner. We haven't been back here in several months and were looking forward to some tacos. Well, we never got to taste anything. First off, it was seat yourself. It took someone almost 10 min to acknowledge us and when they did, they only brought us a menu and did not take drink orders. It took at least another 10 min for someone to come by and even ask what we wanted to drink. We almost got up and left right before the waitress came by but decided to stick it out. We asked for waters and placed our order with an app of chips and salsa. 10 min later, we still did not have anything to drink and had no chips and salsa. And no one was even acting like we were there. It was really weird. There weren't even that many people there. With three waitresses and a bar tender that was coming out from time to time to bring other people drinks, you would have thought the service would have been much better. It pains me to write this review because my wife and I enjoyed this place. But if they keep this up, they won't be around much longer. We love supporting local restaurants. We are very very...

Cool atmosphere but terrible food and really overpriced. Fair warning: they include a 15% gratuity right when you order BEFORE you get any sort of service. That’d be fine under better circumstances, but not for what you’ll actually get. I built a bowl and put in guacamole since it was a selection and I thought it was part of the bowl. Turns out it was $3.00 for some premade guacamole. Chicken was cold and super salty. Rice was no better than a pack of minute rice. Worst part was probably the “pineapple salsa” that was actually just one of those kids’ containers of flavorless, colorless pineapple. Also, the furniture is rickety; the table nearly fell over when I sat down and my barstool had really loose feet. I’m sure this is a great place to grab a drink and is a cool spot to hang out, but don’t bank on getting a solid meal for even close to a reasonable price. A waste of...