General Tso's Chicken (3/5): The breading was under fried and the chicken was very soft. This made it feel very mushy. The sauce was decent; pretty subtle and not spicy at all.  Crab Rangoon (2/5): Weirdly sweet filling with a shell that was much too thin. Not a fan.  RATING SYSTEM 5 - Great (Need to get this again) 4 - Good (Would get this again) 3 - Ok (Might give this another shot) 2 - Not Good (Won't get this again) 1 - Bad (Telling people to avoid this) read more

Fortune Cookie Chinese Restaurant - General Tso's Chicken - Chinese Near Me - Charlotte, North Carolina

I just ordered take out from here for the first time. Cashew chicken, won ton soup, beef lo mein and pork egg too. None of the food was marked as spicy, but the cashew chicken was like a level 5 spicy! It also had peanuts, not cashews and no vegetables of any kind. We could not eat it because it was so spicy. The won tons have maybe about 1/4 teaspoon of chicken, the rest is just a chewy mass. The lo mein was meh. Overall certainly not worth the price to me. read more

Food was discusting please don't waste your time. Also the customer service sucks. Spead your money else where

looking for NY Chinese take out? This place is fire. BEST sweet and sour chicken!! I'm now addicted. Ha! lo mein is also bomb and dumplings are super thin skin which is just the way I love them. Egg rolls are good and food is decently priced. I have no idea why there is a 3 star rating here. it's def 4.8 on door dash and 4.8 in my book! YUM! read more

Sigh, can anyone help me locate a really tasty, yummy, delicious, authentic is a plus , Chinese takeout in Matthews/Charlotte? Fortune cookie is not it .... Everything here lately taste like it's been cooked in old grease , with no seasonings. I tried calling and talking to the guy who is always there since we are "regulars" but he says the cooks haven't changed in 10years or the owners . Also says there have no other complaints. I find this very hard to believe , obviously they don't check their reviews . You can tell when they just take premade lomein noodles , dip them in hot water and pour soy sauce on them . You can taste the food from other foods being dried in the grease over and over when you bite into a stale egg roll . You can squeeze the old grease out of under seasoned egg foo young left in the wok too long . You can chew the shrimp in the tasteless shrimp lomein like it's chewing gum. This are just a few of the things that's unappetizing about this chain. Again I'm open to suggestions for a far better experience to spend my money . read more

Fortune Cookie Chinese Restaurant - Kids lomein, don't be fooled by size it's disgusting . My 5 year old has not touched it - Chinese Near Me - Charlotte, North Carolina

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First time having them and let me tell you ... AMAZING!!!! There's a bunch of other Chinese restaurants within 10 minutes of this one and I've tried a lot of them. The food was superb. I loved that there was actual egg in the fried rice which is the correct way. The vegetable lo mein had so many veggies and there was no extra seasoning but with just the sauce was more than enough flavor. Good portion of chicken for the sweet and sour. The crab Rangoon was actually filled nicely and no gaps or stinginess was there lol and I could actually see the crab meat. Definitely coming back!!! read more

Best price AND food. Love it. Come here often. The picture is just as good as it looks. read more

Fortune Cookie Chinese Restaurant - Pork Fried Rice with Boneless BBQ Ribs. - Chinese Near Me - Charlotte, North Carolina

I've never had a restaurant manager hang up on me when they made an order wrong. This place is ridiculous..

Tried this place for the 1st time tonight and everything was so yummy! Best shrimp fried rice around! Also really enjoyed their potstickers! Super yummy! read more

I waited 2 and a half hours for food. To be delivered. The woman told me it would be 45 minutes when I called. I called back after and hour or so. She said it would be here in 10 minutes. I wait and wait after an hour and thirty minutes comes around I try and call and I couldn't get an answer for 20 minutes I had to use my boyfriends phone to get an answer. She WAS AVOIDING MY CALL. All my food was COLD. I do not recommend Update: I tried them again today and wow. I was impressed. I try to give restaurants the benefit of the doubt and thank goodness i did. Cuz it was a quick delivery and amazing hot food read more

I love this place. It has become our favorite spot for Chinese, and it's right near our house. Their chicken fried rice is really solid, as are their teriyaki chicken skewers. Their egg rolls are average, and their spring rolls are good, but could use some fresher ingredients to really give it a good crunch. It's nice to be able to grab some Boba from the shop next door, or wander around Super G Mart while you wait for your order to be prepared. read more

Just tried this place through Uber Eats. It was one of the best out here. It was so good I had it 3 times this week. Their sesame chicken, chicken wings, and pork fried rice was amazing! Recommend to anyone looking for a new place for Chinese food. read more

Worst Chinese food I've ever had. My Mongolian beef tasted like nothing but fish, the egg drop soup just tasted like a bowl of oil and the fried rice just tasted like plain white rice. Even the crackers that go in the soup were so oily they were soft. Threw most of our food away. Don't waste your money! read more

First time ordering food from here. The food did come hot and the delivery guy was very nice. But unfortunately the food was subpar at best. The beef with broccoli had hardly any flavor to it, the pork fried rice was "ok", I ordered fried dumplings that were soggy and the egg roll I think was twice cooked and the beef teriyaki was the biggest disappointment. The beef teriyaki was as dry and as tough as beef jerky and I'll add the picture of the minuscule skewers it came with for the $5.45 that I paid for it. Super disappointed and won't be ordering from them again... read more

Fortune Cookie Chinese Restaurant - This was 1 of 4 piece of beef teriyaki. The meat tasted weird (gamey), it was dry and tough like beef jerky... (GROSS!) - Chinese Near Me - Charlotte, North Carolina

This place is less than a half mile over from me yet I have never made it into the actual restaurant. I have been in my apartment for a little over a year now and tried out a couple of Chinese delivery places within delivery range near me. I wasn't impressed with any so I kept changing around. Finally, I found Fortune Cookie and haven't ordered from another since. My go-to is the Honey Chicken. It is so good and always super crispy. They have awesome fried chicken wings too. I like their steamed dumplings and get those on a regular basis. I also enjoyed the steak on a stick type appetizer, several of the soups (egg drop wonton and hot&sour). I have had one or two things I didn't really care for but that's expected. You aren't going to like everything on the menu at any restaurant! The food itself is always warm. They always include plasticware and enough sauces. They have online ordering which is convenient. The service itself is always friendly and they always deliver within the time they say they will. It has been 9 months of consistent good service. As far as the negative review because of the MSG, I don't know anything about whether or not it's in their food. I don't even know much about what MSG is. However, I do know that Chinese restaurants are notorious for using MSG. I don't think that should be a negative unless you asked and they mislead you about it. If you try out Fortune Cookie I don't think you'll be disappointed!! read more

Not bad. We ordered from this place because it was one of the last places delivering through DoorDash and we were in the mood for Chinese food. We ordered a sesame chicken and a general tso's chicken. I know I know they're the same thing but my fiance doesn't like Her's spicy. Her loss. The chicken is low quality, first and foremost. I'm always impressed by Chinese places that don't use cheap chicken cuts just because it's fried and sauced and otherwise covered up. This unfortunately is not one of those places. The sauce is great, but the chicken is pretty tough and chewy. The fried rice and egg rolls were excellent, however. Outside of the delivery charges, our order was $17. Pretty inexpensive and overall a solid meal. I would try a different delivery place next time but this is a safe enough bet. read more

My go to for Chinese take out, we recently moved to university area and still make the drive to get take out from here. Sesame chicken is one of my favs. read more

I love this place!! It's super close to me and I enjoy coming here. I've been to sooo many Chinese restaurants in Charlotte, and this is for sure my favorite. The food is always good and fresh and super cheap. Not to mention, the staff is so nice. Their lunch and dinner combinations are amazing-you get so much food for such a cheap price. The only thing is, they don't put sauce or plastic ware in the bag. But there is specifically a sign that reads "to keep our costs low, we ask you only get what you need" A lot of other places put like 5 soy sauce, 5 duck sauce, etc. in the bags. But in reality you only need like 1/2 soy sauce and 1 duck sauce. So take what you need!!!! I will continue coming here & will always recommend this place. The best sweet and sour chicken is from here. read more

Decent Chinese . Their chicken is all white meat but it does the job. It's always hot and the portion size is awesome for what u pay - especially at lunch . I go there a couple times a month . My favorite has been the scallion chicken - extra spicy read more

My husband and I tried all Chinese restaurants and buffets in the area and this one is the one we chose as our Chinese take out place. The amount of food for the price is great. The dumpling sauce is the best and the staff is super nice. I order by phone, online or by doordash. read more

Fortune Cookie Chinese Restaurant - Chicken broccoli and orange chicken - Chinese Near Me - Charlotte, North Carolina

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Plentiful serving of Chinese and Vegetable for a great price. Good spring rolls and never have to wait in line upon entering.

Not a good place. Only ordered about 3 times now and every time disappointed. The crispy chicken dishes are alway dry and over fried and grisly. The flavor is fine just poor quality in my opinion. read more

Goodness no...I generally have a rule to only get Chinese in Charlotte that I know to be reputable. Made the mistake of straying from that tonight. The meat, totally questionable, tasted terrible. Between the lack of seasoning and how poorly it tasted, I couldn't finish my meal. read more

So this was an Uber Eats delivery, and I have to take in consideration that the food is going to be different than picking it up myself or eating in the venue itself. We started with Two Pork Eggrolls, which were just okay, very small for 1.75 a piece and not much of any pork. Then we had some very limp Pan fried Potstickers, also limp maybe from the delivery time, but not very good either. The Scallion Chicken was pretty flavorful and had quite a bit of fried chicken in it. Beef with Garlic sauce was full of a lot of veggies that were crisp but hardly any beef. We ordered the House Special Fried Rice which was very off tasting. Something was wrong with it. We had to throw the whole container out, Very bad Fried Rice. We will not be ordering from this place again. read more

Good food and prices. Great value. Friendly staff. The lunch specials are where the magic happens.

Online ordering and delivery is always awesome, especially for those days you just don't feel like going out. Their delivery is prompt and the food arrives piping hot and relatively tasty. The prices are event reasonable. The problem? I think the food is totally laden with MSG. That'll be the last time I eat food from here. I had just a few bites of food and a few hours later I realize that I've drank about 40oz of water and my tongue still feels dry, and I've got the headache from hell. To be fair MSG affects everybody differently and I'm pretty sensitive to it. Order at your own risk. Their egg rolls are pretty good. read more

Just ordered through Postmates. They forgot to put my spring roll with my food which ya know, isn't that big of a deal. Started to eat my food and it wasn't too bad.... up until I spit out a staple that was in my Lo mein noodles. Yeahhhh super disappointing. Will not be eating here again. read more

Fortune Cookie Chinese Restaurant - Chinese Near Me - Charlotte, North Carolina

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I've eaten here dozens of times, dine-in, take-out, and ordered delivery, and I've never been disappointed. Tried probably half the menu, and I've yet to find a stinker. My go-to is the Crispy Scallion Chicken w/Lo Mein, with the Beef Chow Fun being another stand out. read more

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I ate here for lunch 3 days ago and I'm just now able to get downstairs at my house due to food poisoning from the chicken and broccoli. I'm am in the process of reporting them to the nc authorities. This place needs to be shut down. Worst night of my life. read more

I got a message for the guy Victor R. He called asking where his chicken wings were, but he only ordered 1 wing combo in his order and 2 chicken fried rice plates. He didn't state clearly he wanted all of them a wing combo, he just said chicken fried rice on the first 2 orders and on his last order he stated he wanted the chicken WINGS with fried rice. The reason why he left his review is because I didn't give him 2 free orders of wings. read more

worst experience ever. Romi the assistant was very rude and wants to argue back and forth instead of trying to fix the problem. He stated to go ahead and give him a bad review on Yelp so this is what I am doing per his request. In the end her drops and F bomb thinking I didn't listen as I haven't hung up yet. read more

It's so amazing my family drives from southwest Ballantyne to get it even though there's a Chinese place across the street

Tried this place for shrimp fried rice - was good. Went to try something different today - shrimp with vegetables. It was tasteless and awful. Called to ask what can be done - they asked to bring the food back??!! Wtf?! NEVER going back there again! read more

We were really hoping that this would be a good place to order delivery from. Unfortunately, we were wrong. The soups were incredibly diluted and watery. The potstickers were tiny but didn't taste awful. The Mongolian beef was the worst I have ever had. It was rubbery, full of watered down sauce and tasted old and cheap. The general tso's chicken was okay, but lacked sauce so it all stuck together and was overly chewy. It was a rainy day around rush hour but we live not far away and it took over an hour to deliver the food. Really unfortunate. We will not be re-ordering from Fortune Cookies. read more

Love this place! Quick service; friendly staff; good food and cheap lunch specials. I believe it's family operated which I also love. My dad and I frequent this restaurant for take-out and they always treat us with kindness and respect. read more

Pretty darn good, all things considered! A little disclaimer: I have been SPOILED with American Chinese food growing up, so I'm rating this based on its competitors in specifically the Charlotte area (which I'm new to). I have yet to find anything that compares to the American Chinese in NY and other New England states. However, Fortune Cookie(at least this one), comes quite close. Lo mein is very flavorful, portions are large and the chicken (if it's a fried chicken kind of meal), is always crispy, but not over cooked or greasy. The rice is perfectly cooked, too. Not too mushy like a lot of other places. Crab Rangoon was good and so was the beef teriyaki. One of my favorites is the sweet and sour chicken. The sauce isn't runny and watery like some other restaurants in the area. I highly recommend this to anyone in the area who wants a more traditional American Chinese. I say "American" because if anyone has had classic Chinese they know this isn't like that. Not a criticism at all, though. It's just how it is in the U.S! Also, I read a terrible review on this restaurant posted 10 minutes before I decided to disregard it and go anyway. Despite the negative review, I found the staff very respectable and friendly, but at the same time, who goes to a take out Chinese establishment for the service. Probably why I disregarded the review. I will absolutely be returning! My ONLY criticism is the soup broths. They don't pack enough flavor to overpower the gross tap water we have down here. read more

I have given this place 3 tries within 2 years and am always disappointed with the generals chicken. Not spicy and over cooked with little flavor. And why would you call your restaurant fortune cookie and not give them with every meal????? Have not gotten one yet. Will not be going back. read more

Typically I have no issues from this place but today my order was prepared incorrectly and just downright BLAND! I called to complain and was given the run around by the woman in the phone. Needless to say I won't be back! Wish I could give 0 stars. read more

Usually their food is very good, delivery is as expected. Today I ordered chicken and snow peas. What I got was chicken and lots and lots and lots of carrots and water chestnuts and nothing else (not much chicken either). When I called the restaurant, the person said, "Oh yeah, we tried to call you to tell you that we are out of snow peas." Me: "I didn't get any call." Him: "Well, the call didn't go through." They couldn't try again?? I had received a previous call that verified I wanted no rice, so I know they had the correct number and that it works. No evidence on my cell phone of any incoming call or missed call. I can deal with mistakes, but I can't stand LIARS. BTW, the chicken/carrots/water chestnuts was pretty tasteless, and I can't even find that item on their menu. Definitely not worth $8.95. I have ordered from them many times, even for large family gatherings. No more. read more

One of the best in town. We loved the general to chicken, so good... Its a bit on the high price but its delicious, we order delivery and literally takes them 2 minutes to arrive, sooo good. read more