New Luck Toy — Restaurant in Seattle

20$ for a small biodegradable container of stir fry and rice. It was about 1.75 cups of rice, 3/4 of a cup sauce, 1/8 of a cup broccoli, maybe 1/2 of a cup beef.

I read the reviews. I talked to multiple people who loved it but I think 100% of these five star reviews online and in person are from people who can’t fully taste much because this is one of many stops on a bar crawl rotation.

The waitress was extremely eager to push the slushies, I get it. It’s a bar. She wants as big of a tip as possible. Pouring three slushies is more profitable than food and less to clean up. It was a weekday night and I just wanted food and she completely turned on me after that. I’m in my late thirties, I work a Monday through Friday job- for no reason would I have a spiked slushee with work in the morning and for that apparently unforgivable personal choice I was treated like trash. She told me she was doing me a favor telling me to hide my water bottle in my bag because “nobody knows what’s in there” and repeated she wouldn’t “make me dump it out, it’s just a liquor board rule,” …I am a standard issue boring adult woman with Target brand linen pants and a tote bag. I’m not a 22 year old filling up water bottles with vodka to sneak in places .

I googled it while she was off doing something, in between trying not to drip the mostly sauce and rice bowl paid I TWENTY DOLLARS for- water bottles are not “banned because of some liquor board thing” this other woman Also looking like she’s pushing 40 with butt length braided piggy tails basically accused me of…overpaying for a rice bowl so I could drink clear liquor in their tiny bar?? It is illegal to bring alcohol in a bar- so she was accusing me of smuggling clear booze in my clear water bottle, which if you’re going to do that be an adult and stick with it, don’t lie and start back peddling.

It was a degrading experience. I regret going here because before being accused of smuggling clear liquor into a bar in my Nalgene I was starting to have a good night after a really really tough day. It looked cool inside at first glance but I felt like such trash after she said that to me it was literally like all the colors of the lanterns dimmed and I started noticing all the dust and grime, so I tried to get out as soon as possible after the waitress basically called me …I guess a cheap alcoholic? What else would I take away from that?

I will not be going back here. If you aren’t too picky about how you’re treated on one stop of a bar crawl I don’t think my experience matters to you, which is fine. I imagine most people go here in groups or pairs anyway. I can’t recommend just eating here because they obviously don’t want people to do that..even though they literally created a wall mural telling people they refuse to do take out…right inside the door.

It is not for me. Maybe you really like mean skinny women with long...

Formerly Howin and Chop Stix, New Luck Toy is the newest kid on the block to occupy this space. Its bright neon sign draws you into the unexpected. The first thing that catches your eye and nose are the bbq ducks hung through a small window. To your left, a small karaoke room. A blanket of lit red lanterns cover the ceiling. The mirrored wall gives it the illusion of hundreds. To your right, several glass cabinets filled with small waving lucky golden cat statues. And then...a skee-ball machine! Quite unexpected!

My friends and I have been at this location many times over the years. It was nice to see this new and vibrant transformation.

We sat ourselves and our server, Tony did a great job of welcoming and explaining to us how things worked. We ordered our dishes by marking our choices on a menu card. Tony gave us some good recommendations and we ended up ordering the hot and sour soup, General Oh Tso Good fried chicken, Mongolian beef, Honey Pecan Prawns, and Pineapple Fried Rice with Portuguese sausage. Typical Chinese- American fare with a slight twist and served on eco friendly and compostable plates and utensils.

The food was amazing! Every bite and slurp savored and enjoyed. To top it all off, Tony served us a delicious small sample of Crunchberry ice cream to share. Overall a wonderful experience. Will definitely be back to try some other...

Music and ambience are on point (if loud, so very loud), but I ordered three dishes and all of it was shockingly salty. Maybe I didn't order well? But my mouth feels mummified right now. FWIW I I had the dumplings--salt, so much salt, no sweetness; the salt and pepper short ribs (cooked to dry and crunchy cubes, if that's your jam, and all salt, no sweet) and their version of general Tso's, and yeah, same verdict.

The dumplings came in a soy sauce with herbs and I cannot even tell you what they were (probably green onion, parsley? But who knows because I legitimately could not taste them over the salt.

Loved the funk music but am glad I wasn't trying to converse, as the volume was deafening. The weird 80s Christian slater movie they were playing was...a choice. Looked like a comedy, stung like a bee (RIP Christian's adopted brother who was murdered a half hour in, we never even knew ye), but hey, better than sports!

Clearly people love this place, because on a Wednesday, it was packed tighter than whatever turn-of-the-century mechanism holds nicole kidman's face in place. But i was emphatically underwhelmed for $70.

My Manhattan was fine, and service got me fed and watered, then never came back again — but even that's okay if your food is delicious.

Now, feeling like I just ate 30 pounds of beef jerky on a roadtrip, I'm just desiccated...