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Lucky Chinese Restaurant
Category: Restaurants Chinese Chinese [Edit]
3774 Lawrence Ave EScarborough, ON M1G 1P9
Neighbourhood: Scarborough
(416) 431-0383
- Price Range:
-
$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Private Lot
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- Yes
- Delivery:
- Yes
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Wi-Fi:
- No
- Good For:
- Dinner
- Alcohol:
- No
- Noise Level:
- Average
- Ambience:
- Casual
- Has TV:
- Yes
- Caters:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
7 reviews for Lucky Chinese Restaurant
7 reviews in English
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Review from Joel S.
Dundas, ON
12/22/2011
I was introduced to this place by a coworker, who brought me in for lunch.
Love the ambiance; Bollywood videos playing on the TVs, very clean.
The food was great. We had chili chicken, Manchurian beef noodles, and spring rolls. The chili chicken was amazing. As hot as it could be and still be edible. I had sweat dripping down my nose! The beef noodle dish was quite good as well. The spring rolls were OK, nothing unusual. They did come with a great pickled salad, which was delicious.
The food is great, the service is prompt and friendly, and the price is good. Highly reccomend! -
Review from Ms. Soul S.
Markham, ON
5/19/2012
I love this place! My brother introduced it to as many years ago. We often have Lucky's HAKKA food once a month! Its so yummy!
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Review from William T.
Scarborough, ON
11/14/2011
Chinese decor with Bollywood films playing on the TVs, I have been to this small but nice restaurant a few times to sample some dishes.
Chilli Chicken, & Chilli Fish were really good, the spicy sauces permeated deeply into the flesh & resulted in delicious bite sized pieces of chicken & fish with full flavor throughout.
Chicken & Fish Pakoras were dark golden brown, crisp shell & the leavened interior was moist & infused with the flavors of each respective meat.
Vegetable fried rice is a great accompaniment with any meat dish as assorted vegetables such as, baby corn, onions & cubed peppers are plentiful throughout the mix.
I recommend this place for great spicy food at an easy going price. -
Review from Yvonne T.
Lucky Chinese Restaurant is located in a strip plaza at Lawrence and Scarborough Gulf Club Road. Most people would mistakenly call it Hakka food, but I would call it Chinese food made for Indian taste buds. The misclassification stems from the known fact that the local Chinese population residing in India are predominantly Hakka Chinese. While the root of most Chinese-Indian cuisine is indeed Hakka Chinese food, it is still erroneous to classify it as such.
Although the décor is authentically Chinese, you can tell just by looking up at the tv who their clientele is with Bollywood music videos beaming off the screen.The food here is spicy, but at least there's flavour. The Chili Chicken was not just a plate of breaded chicken that was drenched in a salty soy sauce unlike some other establishments I've frequented. If you can't handle your spicy, luckily they provide you with an entire pitcher of cold water upon seating. Hot tea is available as well, but that just worsens the burning effect on your taste buds. The Chili Chicken, albeit spicy, was quite flavourful. The chilis in this dish really pack in the heat, luckily, it is served with a bowl of rice to counteract some of the fiery sauce.
I also ordered Chicken Pakoras, which are fried fritters that are made with varied ingredients depending on the region. These ingredients can range from onions, to eggplant, to potato. The ones at Lucky's were served with lime wedges. The fritters were not too oily. The outside was nice and crispy while the inside was tender. I believe ours was of the Aloo Pakora variety, which is made with potato as the inside had the fluffy texture of a mashed potato. Most fritters (think chicken balls) are quite bland and flavourless and must rely on the saving graces of a sauce, but these were great with just a squirt of lime juice.
Verdict:
Prices here are a little more than what most Chinese restaurants charge (usually around the $5-$6 range). Our bill rang in at about $25 with tax and tip. The portion sizes are sufficient, and we had some pakoras left over that we just couldn't finish.
The staff here are quick to respond and the food comes out pretty fast as well. I can't quite decide which dish I liked better as both were good. But I think if I had to choose one, it would've been the pakoras as it allowed me to enjoy my meal without needed an extinguisher to douse the inferno that was building in my mouth. I know - I am a big wuss when it comes to spicy food but I'm building up my tolerance!
I am no expert when it comes to Chinese-Indian food, but the food at Lucky's is pretty yummy! -
Review from Tamarah S.
Scarborough, ON
10/17/2011 2 Check-ins Here
I've never actually eaten inside the restaurant, just dropped in for takeout. I'm pretty sure me and my boyfriend have gotten food here once a week for the past three weeks. The people that work here are very friendly and very helpful, if there's anything you want to know about the dishes they'll explain it to you. We've tried the chili chicken, egg fried rice with chicken, beef and broccoli, fried noodles with chicken, sweet and sour chicken balls, egg fried rice with shrimp, spring rolls, and cashew chicken. Everything has been fantastic! This is definitely our go-to place for chinese food and it doesn't hurt that it's about a 2 minute walk from where I live!
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Review from A.J. S.
3/30/2010
In India and other India related countries a specific type of chinese food exists. often immigrants from te Haka region migrate to these places and open up their on restaurants. These restaurants cater to the local spices and tastes and tend to be different and more spicier than the average chinese meal. these meals are often erroneously referred to as Hakka Chinese. The dishes like "curry chow mein" aren't actually typical Hakka dishes, just the people who are owning the restaurant are from the area.
Luck Chinese specializes in not actual hakka chinese food, but the Indianezed version of chinese food. It's sort of like Americanized Chinese food, just Indianized instead.
In this restaurant it is very obvious who the target clientele is, Indian music videos play in the background, and most of the customers I usually see are also Indians.
Ambiance - Nothing really super special, nice enough decor, has a bar, appears to be clean.
Service - The service here is usually pretty good. They are nice enough, and they are willing to help people who don't know much
Food- I LOVED their pickled carrot dish! It's delicious. Also I like the noodle dishes that they have. they let you chose your spiciness and it is usually accurate. I hate it when I order a 3/5 and get bland stuff. Other than that I like most of the dishes I have had here, I have been going for years, and it is one of my favorite places to go. The meals are really reasonably priced, and well worth it. -
Review from Amtul R.
1/1/2011
We went this place the waitresses were rude and refused to serve us. No one I know would go to this place again. I have never seen such treatment of customers.
