Lucky Garden
Chinese · Albany
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About Lucky Garden
At Lucky Garden, we're dedicated to serving up authentic Chinese flavors that warm the heart and satisfy the palate. As a no-frills operation, we focus on quality over presentation, offering a vast selection of familiar favorites for takeout. Our guests rave about our tender beef with broccoli, a cl...
At Lucky Garden, we're dedicated to serving up authentic Chinese flavors that warm the heart and satisfy the palate. As a no-frills operation, we focus on quality over presentation, offering a vast selection of familiar favorites for takeout. Our guests rave about our tender beef with broccoli, a classic dish that never fails to hit the spot. Meanwhile, our cozy atmosphere provides the perfect setting for family gatherings or casual nights out with friends. With attentive service and generous portions, we're grateful for your loyalty and look forward to serving you soon at 1016 Central Ave in Albany, NY.
What Customers Say About Lucky Garden
Lucky Garden receives praise for friendly owners, fast delivery, and reasonable prices. Many customers highlight the freshness and deliciousness of the food, especially the fried dumplings. Negative reviews mention issues with food quality, incorrect orders, and pricing discrepancies.
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Lucky Garden Albany Reviews
The new owners were lovely people who really care about the customers. The food was DELICIOUS and they offer free delivery. Highly recommended
Its a small place, with the one gentleman always working hard, I absolutely love ordering from here. Good little spot
My office ordered food from this restaurant and were blown away. They are reasonable and the food is prepared with love. My absolute favorite are the fried dumplings. They are amazing!!!
Had delivery and the food was steaming hot. The food was really delicious and fresh. Service was timely and friendly.
The best Chinese food, served with love and respect. Owner is very good man
The food was really and delivery was fast. The price was awesome. I order chicken wings, shrimp lo mein, shrimp and Chinese veggies, pepper steak and although the bourbon chicken was a little dry but overall for 35 it was well worth it.
they are such lovely nice people ❤️ i order delivery with my office all the time and today for the first time I got the wrong dumplings and called to let them know... within minutes it seems they were back with my order and the man had a smile on his face. So friendly ❤️❤️ Thank you Lucky garden I LOVE YOUR VEGGIE DUMPLINGS!
I work all over the country and this Chinese food was some the best I have had in a long time. The owners are very friendly and go above and beyond service. Definitely recommend, very reasonable price also.
The best Chinese food, served with love and respect. Owner is very good man
Its a small place, with the one gentleman always working hard, I absolutely love ordering from here. Good little spot
Had delivery and the food was steaming hot. The food was really delicious and fresh. Service was timely and friendly.
I work all over the country and this Chinese food was some the best I have had in a long time. The owners are very friendly and go above and beyond service. Definitely recommend, very reasonable price also.
The food was really and delivery was fast. The price was awesome. I order chicken wings, shrimp lo mein, shrimp and Chinese veggies, pepper steak and although the bourbon chicken was a little dry but overall for 35 it was well worth it.
The new owners were lovely people who really care about the customers. The food was DELICIOUS and they offer free delivery. Highly recommended
they are such lovely nice people ❤️ i order delivery with my office all the time and today for the first time I got the wrong dumplings and called to let them know... within minutes it seems they were back with my order and the man had a smile on his face. So friendly ❤️❤️ Thank you Lucky garden I LOVE YOUR VEGGIE DUMPLINGS!
My office ordered food from this restaurant and were blown away. They are reasonable and the food is prepared with love. My absolute favorite are the fried dumplings. They are amazing!!!
Good fresh food and delivery is reasonably speedy and food always arrives hot. Good menu and lunch and dinner specials. Prices are competitive with other takeout in area.
Food was good and hot. Freshly prepared. Simple atmosphere. Clean.
Food was very good and ready quickly. Nice and hot! Much better than in the past. The beef lo mein was great. The steamed dumplings and dumpling sauce was delicious. The sesame chicken was a little sweet but good. Good value, fast and friendly service. Overall, I recommend and will go back.
Probably the best chinese takeout close to my house and i have at least 8 of them. There parking is horible, but if you can get past that the food is good. Not the best american chinese but up on the scale, the rice is desent too. Too many times you have to choose for really good chinese or disent rice. They may not be the best chinese in america but they are very good, that still has desent rice. I know that may seem strange but from my experience you have always had to choose, really good chinese with bad rice, vs really bad chinese with very good rice. This place does very good in both not the best in either but very good. I would highly suggest this place to others.
Food was good and hot. Freshly prepared. Simple atmosphere. Clean.
Probably the best chinese takeout close to my house and i have at least 8 of them. There parking is horible, but if you can get past that the food is good. Not the best american chinese but up on the scale, the rice is desent too. Too many times you have to choose for really good chinese or disent rice. They may not be the best chinese in america but they are very good, that still has desent rice. I know that may seem strange but from my experience you have always had to choose, really good chinese with bad rice, vs really bad chinese with very good rice. This place does very good in both not the best in either but very good. I would highly suggest this place to others.
Food was very good and ready quickly. Nice and hot! Much better than in the past. The beef lo mein was great. The steamed dumplings and dumpling sauce was delicious. The sesame chicken was a little sweet but good. Good value, fast and friendly service. Overall, I recommend and will go back.
Good fresh food and delivery is reasonably speedy and food always arrives hot. Good menu and lunch and dinner specials. Prices are competitive with other takeout in area.
The pork was ok the sweet & sour chicken dish was the only meal done correctly but the pork fried rice was dry & white with Jasmin season taste not normally used in a pork fried rice & tiny little pieces of pork hardly none at all. No scallions or any little vegtables even after we asked for extra. Successful chinese restaurants dont skip on the extra items that make the dishs popular. Maybe my comment will help realize that so they can be successfull in their new business venture.
I was looking forward to some take out but I think I should have ordered someplace else. I hate leaving a bad review but I did give it two stars which is very generous. Everything taste like onion. The soda was flat. The order was messed up and took quite awhile. All would have been forgiven if only the food didn’t taste so bad. I’m afraid that I will not be ordering here again and honestly that makes me feel bad all the way around. Thing is; how can you mess up fried dumplings. The sauce isn’t very good either. Haven’t gotten to the fried rice or generals chicken yet but I’m Leary at this point. Maybe I just caught a bad night.
I ordered on GrubHub. The restaurant had the driver call & tell me my order would be incomplete, didn't offer a replacement or refund and was rude about it. Of the food that came, the dumplings were good, sesame chicken a bit too sweet, lo mein was dry with not enough vegetables. Disappointing 'eating out' night.
I was looking forward to some take out but I think I should have ordered someplace else. I hate leaving a bad review but I did give it two stars which is very generous. Everything taste like onion. The soda was flat. The order was messed up and took quite awhile. All would have been forgiven if only the food didn’t taste so bad. I’m afraid that I will not be ordering here again and honestly that makes me feel bad all the way around. Thing is; how can you mess up fried dumplings. The sauce isn’t very good either. Haven’t gotten to the fried rice or generals chicken yet but I’m Leary at this point. Maybe I just caught a bad night.
I ordered on GrubHub. The restaurant had the driver call & tell me my order would be incomplete, didn't offer a replacement or refund and was rude about it. Of the food that came, the dumplings were good, sesame chicken a bit too sweet, lo mein was dry with not enough vegetables. Disappointing 'eating out' night.
The pork was ok the sweet & sour chicken dish was the only meal done correctly but the pork fried rice was dry & white with Jasmin season taste not normally used in a pork fried rice & tiny little pieces of pork hardly none at all. No scallions or any little vegtables even after we asked for extra. Successful chinese restaurants dont skip on the extra items that make the dishs popular. Maybe my comment will help realize that so they can be successfull in their new business venture.
I saw a pretty good ratings so I tried it. I don't know if something's going wrong with the business now or what but I was sold literally rotten food. Rotten. Two bites into an egg roll it was terribly rotted. I had to throw it all out. I lost 19$. The man was very friendly. But standing at the counter I could smell rotten seafood smells. I figured I was just near a trash can or something but I found out later the problem was much deeper. The soda cooler was warm. I don't know if it's purely a cost-cutting measure or what exactly the problem is but there's definitely a refrigeration issue. After my experience, I'm convinced that this establishment needs a complete sanitation overhaul not to mention obtaining operational refrigerators, and discarding expired food. I would give more than one star for service because the man was nice, but there's no getting around the fact. When you are serving from a food establishment you just don't hand customers rotten food. You are responsible to be able to tell whether or not you're handing somebody something that can make them deathly ill.
I have lived in that area on and off and the first time I ate from them. Everything was good. I recently tried them this year 2023 and I wasn’t even able to bite into the food as soon as I went into the location it was very dirty inside. I watched the man move, dirty plastic bins through the big, huge deep freezer. Take something out, put it into the microwave that was frozen and if that wasn’t enough, I watched a mouse run across the floor as I was sitting there waiting on the food. Thank God I didn’t pay for it. I just got up and walked away.
What a horror of a Chinese restaurant. New Lucky Garden presented a disappointing experience, as the food portions were notably inadequate. The rice was prepared incorrectly and had a mushy texture. The chicken wings I ordered were improperly breaded and appeared to be drenched in oil.(ordered general so chicken wings) Subsequently, I experienced physical discomfort after consuming the food. The atmosphere of the restaurant was unappealing, with a foul animal odor and poor lighting. The establishment's overall appearance and atmosphere raised concerns about whether it was properly zoned for food preparation. I intend to file a formal complaint with the health department regarding this matter.
Bait and switch with the pricing. They have menus on the counter and let you order but then over charge and point to some hand edited menu on a busted fridge and tell you the prices you ordered from are old prices. This is definitely not ok and will be reported.
This was the worst food I’ve ever eaten. I actually threw out 3/4’s of it. The good reviews HAVE TO BE written by friends. Don’t waste your time and money. I am not a fussy eater but I really threw out the food.
I have lived in that area on and off and the first time I ate from them. Everything was good. I recently tried them this year 2023 and I wasn’t even able to bite into the food as soon as I went into the location it was very dirty inside. I watched the man move, dirty plastic bins through the big, huge deep freezer. Take something out, put it into the microwave that was frozen and if that wasn’t enough, I watched a mouse run across the floor as I was sitting there waiting on the food. Thank God I didn’t pay for it. I just got up and walked away.
I saw a pretty good ratings so I tried it. I don't know if something's going wrong with the business now or what but I was sold literally rotten food. Rotten. Two bites into an egg roll it was terribly rotted. I had to throw it all out. I lost 19$. The man was very friendly. But standing at the counter I could smell rotten seafood smells. I figured I was just near a trash can or something but I found out later the problem was much deeper. The soda cooler was warm. I don't know if it's purely a cost-cutting measure or what exactly the problem is but there's definitely a refrigeration issue. After my experience, I'm convinced that this establishment needs a complete sanitation overhaul not to mention obtaining operational refrigerators, and discarding expired food. I would give more than one star for service because the man was nice, but there's no getting around the fact. When you are serving from a food establishment you just don't hand customers rotten food. You are responsible to be able to tell whether or not you're handing somebody something that can make them deathly ill.
What a horror of a Chinese restaurant. New Lucky Garden presented a disappointing experience, as the food portions were notably inadequate. The rice was prepared incorrectly and had a mushy texture. The chicken wings I ordered were improperly breaded and appeared to be drenched in oil.(ordered general so chicken wings) Subsequently, I experienced physical discomfort after consuming the food. The atmosphere of the restaurant was unappealing, with a foul animal odor and poor lighting. The establishment's overall appearance and atmosphere raised concerns about whether it was properly zoned for food preparation. I intend to file a formal complaint with the health department regarding this matter.
Bait and switch with the pricing. They have menus on the counter and let you order but then over charge and point to some hand edited menu on a busted fridge and tell you the prices you ordered from are old prices. This is definitely not ok and will be reported.
This was the worst food I’ve ever eaten. I actually threw out 3/4’s of it. The good reviews HAVE TO BE written by friends. Don’t waste your time and money. I am not a fussy eater but I really threw out the food.
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