Lucky's Last Chance- Manayunk — Restaurant in Philadelphia

Lucky's is, quite possibly, the best cheeseburger joint in the world. I can't say that for certain, because I haven't visited every single burger joint in the world. But I feel like this is a "when you know you know" situation.

Burgers are delicious and actually real deal smashburgers. My go-to is almost always the PB+Bacon burger. The grape jelly is out of this world good, and really makes the whole sandwich. I've attempted to recreate it at home but it's always missing something and I know it's the d*mn house made jelly. They need to bottle and sell it. The buffalo chicken mac n cheese is also incredible. Beats homemade any day. Which leads me to what makes Lucky's so special. Most restaurants I walk out of thinking "I can do that at home for cheaper and better" but I've never left Lucky's thinking that.

My daughter is vegetarian and Lucky's delivers there too. Offering Impossible and Bean burgers. She was a fan before she went vegetarian and remains to love Lucky's. Last time we visited Manyunk I offered to go to a Vegan joint and she said "No Dad, it'll always be Lucky's".

Both locations are quite small so we tend to go on the off hours. Peak hours can have some hefty wait times...but it's worth it.

The wait staff is fantastic as well. Always friendly and helpful with any questions you may have.

NOTE: I am not employed or know anyone that works for Lucky's. We live about 2 hours from Lucky's....and yes, we've been known to drive to Lucky's just for a burger (Thanksgiving burger! It was...

Lucky's has amazing burgers, but don't go here with children unless you want to be rudely discriminated against. We showed up on a Friday evening recently and the place was busy as expected, so when the hostess said there would be an hour wait for a table we asked if we could sit at the bar. We had our sixteen month old son with us, and he was already showing signs of being very hungry and was not about to be able to wait an hour. We had been looking forward to this outing all week, rare for families with young children as I'm sure any fellow parents out there well know. We have sat with him at many bars, in many states, and he happily sits on my lap, eats his food, and enjoys waving and talking to the bartender and those sitting nearby. This hostess looked at my son and said "well, you can't sit at the bar with him, you'll have to wait for a table."

Really? You do realize that is straight up capital D discrimination, right? That is not a Philadelphia law, it is not a state law. I understand that it is a private establishment and you get to make your own rules, but just like you don't get to say, "you can't sit here, you're (insert race here)" or "you can't sit here, you're trans/female/whatever", you also don't get to say, "you can't sit here, you brought your child to dinner." Like most people in this neighborhood often do.

We went to Bernie's instead, enjoyed some truly delicious burgers, and were told that yes, it would be absolutely fine to sit at the bar with our son. Don't waste your...

Went here for my 29th birthday on a Monday night in October. My husband and I sat upstairs against the wall by the bar. (They sat us there, not by choice). It was dark and stingy and I did not enjoy hearing the men's restroom toilet flush. The waitress was nice and checked on us and waited for me to decide.

We ordered the fries with bacon and Shredded cheese and they came out timely and were hot. But there wasn't enough topping on it for the full basket. I asked for ranch to drizzle on it. I did not like their ranch (being a ranch girly...I am very particular). It tasted like the ranch you get out of the heinz squeeze tub at a baseball game, lacking flavor. So I let my husband finish those.

I ordered the burger with peanut butter on it because I thought, why not its a top rated winner in Philly. It was SO good with flavor but the peanut butter was all I tasted because it overpowered the whole burger. It was a double patty and the meat was cooked as I asked so that was good. They give you a jam/jelly to dip the sandwich in, and it tasted like a strawberry syrup, rather than a jam or jelly. My husband ordered the Buffalo chicken burger and he said it was SOO good. I ordered 1 cocktail and it tasted like there wasn't any alcohol in it at all. The bathroom was out of paper towels, too. I also got nothing for my birthday, so that was a super bummer. Not a candle, not a happy birthday...