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    Lo Kai Restaurant

    2.5 (94 reviews)
    ModerateChinese
    Closed 11:30 am - 9:00 pm

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    Casual
    Moderate noise
    Good for groups
    Good for kids

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    Barbecued Spareribs
    William D.

    Can't go wrong here, so glad the buffet is no longer available, food is cooked to order and always fresh.

    Jimmy M.

    Wow this is bad Chinese food. Look at the general Gao. I emptied the white box into a bowl . It's a big clump of garbage. Chicken wings were cold and flavorless. Rice was just ok. Crab rangoons were white wet soft moody. I wouldn't recommend this place to my worst enemy. I'm giving them a 2 because the rice was okay.

    Ian W.

    This Chinese restaurant is pretty old school, which has that mid 1980s feel inside. There are several dining rooms as well as a cocktail lounge with TVs and Keno. Mass Lottery scratch ticket machines are in the front lobby. There is live entertainment offered. The menu offers basic Chinese food including Cantonese, Szechuan, and Polynesian foods. Luncheon Specials and Combination Dinner Plates offered. A Lunch Buffet ($6.75) is served Mon-Sat (11:30AM-2:00PM) and Dinner Buffet ($9.75) is served Mon-Sat (5:00PM-9:00PM) and Sun (12PM-9PM). See the menu and gallery at http://www.lokaiweb.com I had lunch at the Lo Kai recently and I came here for the Lunch Buffet, offered in the back room, where I was seated. The waitress brought over tea and ice water and bread & butter. There were two hot buffet stations present, but only one hot station was in use. The lunch buffet offers around 20 items including vegetable lo mein, pork fried rice, lobster sauce, beef & broccoli, moo gai pork, chicken fingers, chicken chow mein, chicken and vegetables, chicken wings, boneless ribs, chicken kabobs, egg foo young, egg rolls, hot & sour soup, chicken rice vegetable soup, green salad, fruit, and soft serve ice cream. In general, the food on the buffet was decent, some of the food was lukewarm and several dishes were piping hot, fresh food brought out constantly by the manager. I did enjoy the fried rice, egg rolls, and chicken fingers. 7 bucks for an all you can eat buffet, I was fairly content with the meal. The service overall was decent too with the older waitress not talking much, just clearing plates between each trip to the buffet. NOTE: No checks accepted.

    I also realized, for an establishment older than myself - they don't have a lot of photos.

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    I got horrible food poisoning from this place and it wasn't even worth it because the food sucked.

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    The food literally tasted as if a vomit took a dump, and then they served it in a plate. Shame on you!

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    4 years ago

    Why are they still open this place sucks! Drinks are nasty and I'm scared to order food which used to be good

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    4 years ago

    Thefood was wonderful, the waiter was very attentive and the food was fresh . the drinks were string and delicious but no fruit

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    Love the manager he was so sweet and so fun. The food was delicious and what a drink menu... WOW. Plus they have a really cool room to rent

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    Amazing all around! Also the manger is the best, such a sweet guy and great at his job! Love this place.

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    Lanxang Star Restaurant - Larb Laarb Seen Salad (Beef Salad)

    Lanxang Star Restaurant

    4.6(275 reviews)
    0.2 mi
    $$

    This is one of the first places we tried when we moved here, and is stil one of our favorites. They…read morehave the old standby Thai dishes, but the real ticket are the Laotian dishes. The Laotian curry noodle soup, all the larbs and larb adjacent dishes, the tapioca balls etc are fantastic and unique. If you like spicy, they do it for real here. I can eat almost anything and normally order maximum heat level wherever I go, but 4/5 is all I'm willing to go here. It's the real deal. They even sell their own home made chile powders and sauces (cash only for the condiments). They have a full bar, and the service is friendly. Looks like a family run place with the younger people in the front of the house and a kitchen full of grandmotherly women. As it should be.

    My sister in law recommended that we tried this place for dinner. I'm always down to eat Cambodian,…read moreThai, Laos food. Restaurant felt like a local neighborhood spot for local families to come in and have dinner. About 9-10 tables. I called ahead and informed them that we had a party of 7-8 coming in. The front desk guy was super cool! Great customer service. He accommodated us and things were set up quick. He said over the phone he would take care of us and he did. Appreciate you! Food 4/5 - it was my first time having Nam Khao at a restaurant. Other previous times have been home made. I'm not sure how I feel about paying $19 for this dish lol it was a good portion but a little hefty. The wings were good but I still prefer Simply Khmer. My wife had pad thai and requested it to be extra spicy. In our experience at other restaurants, when you ask for spicy, it's never spicy. Lanxang does it spicy and we quickly figure that out lol it still packed a good punch of flavor! Overall, I would come back to try their other dishes. I want to try their papaya salad and boat noodle soup. Will definitely come back!

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    Oxyear Food Court

    Oxyear Food Court

    4.6(46 reviews)
    2.0 mi

    I spent about six months in China way back and am always on the lookout for the foods I remember…read more Oxyear was exactly what I've been looking for and brought back some fabulous memories. What we got: Smoked Bacon and Dried Tofu Stir-Fry Deep-fried Oyster Mushroom Spicy Sir-Fried Shredded Potato Every one of these dishes was just perfect, and the menu has so much more to explore. One important note is that many of the authentic and different dishes available were on the in-house restaurant menu though I didn't see them online. Not sure if I missed something on the website, but I was very excited to see the menu they had in-house. We also enjoyed some equally authentic tea with our meal - the meal was good at every turn. The guy serving us - who I took to be the owner - was super helpful with suggestions and very friendly. Everything we had was cooked fresh, so not super fast, but definitely in reasonable time. The chef was amazing. If you are looking for a place with truly good authentic food that falls a bit outside the New England Chinese staples, I strongly recommend Oxyear. This is a small local corner restaurant, but well worth the trip.

    Little hole in the wall food court with delicious food!…read more -Dan Dan Noodle: tasty and flavorful! -Mushroom and Chicken Soup: the noodles are so delicious! The broth is light but packs a punch. They don't skimp on the toppings! Owner is very nice and gets the food out very quickly. Great service!

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    China Maxim / the white lotus  - Chicken Teriyaki Rice Bowl.

    China Maxim / the white lotus

    3.3(12 reviews)
    0.2 mi

    The White Lotus opened in late 2023 at the Lakeview Shopping Center in Dracut, former China Maxim…read morespace. At the time of this posting, the menu here was very limited with a few Chinese, Thai, and Vietnamese selections including noodle dishes, rice bowls, fried rice, soup, fried appetizers, pupu platter, and cold drinks. The menu plans to be expanded including combination platters. I stopped by The White Lotus very recently for takeout after placing an online order via Clover. My order was ready within 10 minutes. I ordered the Cambodian Beef Lok Lak Rice Bowl ($15.99 plus tax) and a small order of Pork/Shrimp Egg Rolls (4 for $4,99 plus tax). The Cambodian Beef Lok Lak Rice Bowl had tender grilled pieces of marinated beef steak, lettuce, tomato, cucumbers, lime & black pepper sauce over soft white rice. This bowl was a great choice and the beef had nice flavors. The 4 egg rolls were actually like spring rolls, very crispy with shredded cabbage, carrot, ground pork/shrimp, very greasy though. I would return here when the menu is expanded and more combination platters besides appetizer platters are offered.

    A wonderfully different Pan-Asian restaurant. I ordered some basic takeout to dip my toe in the…read morewater of this new restaurant. Opened in December of'24 where China Maxim formerly was, The White Lotus offers Asian cuisine that differs from what we've become expect from a "standard Chinese" restaurant. Crab Rangoon - soft pillows with crispy edges hold a delicious filling that has the right amount of filling and texture. A little hint of sherry (?) give them a delicious flavor Chicken Wings - initially cooked like a traditional style (for around here anyway) but then tossed in a delicious light sauce. Get these! Lotus Fried Rice - like a house fried rice but with Chinese sausage (lap-xuong). I found this delicious and packed with non-rice ingredients.

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    China Maxim / the white lotus
    China Maxim / the white lotus
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    Kashin Garden - Egg Roll cross section

    Kashin Garden

    3.4(109 reviews)
    1.2 mi
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    Small but ambitiously decorated joint off a side street from Lakeview Avenue. Small bar, eight…read morebooths, and a separate section for sushi. Egg Roll: Golden, crunchy outside, crunchy inside, and moist. Mostly cabbage, with celery and an unusual flavor from five spice but closer to allspice or nutmeg. No protein I could discern. "And for that reason," as the Shark Tank investors like to say, I'm pegging this one as merely average, but a very interesting average. I'd still get it again. "Andy" Wings: An appetizer offering a spicy alternative to the regular wings, striking me as what Kowloon's Saugus Wings could be if Kowloon still cared enough to put effort in. Scoldingly hot, fully coated, lightly breaded, bumpily crisp even under the thick hot sauce, and flanked by an assortment of hot peppers, onions, and I think minced garlic. The sauce blended oyster or black bean sauce with garlic, sugar, and heat. Impressive preparation on the wings, "Frenching" them into lollipops to expose the ends of the bones (no meat is removed; they push it up to make a plumper formation). I've seen that before with the drum parts, but here they did that even with the flats. Inner meat not quite juicy but definitely moist. Elite for sure. Sweet and Sour Chicken: Ordered requesting sauce on the side per my eating buddy. The chicken fingers were fairly standard (as are roughly 80 percent of the fingers out there), so no praise, no faults. Meat-to-batter typically on the somewhat low side. Batter flirting with puffy while still crisp. Sauce closer to ruby or brick in color than typical, while also closer to straight sweet than sweet and sour. Zero glop. Nice inclusion of onion and pepper in addition to the pineapples. Overall, average. Pork Fried Rice: Not the 1970s by any means, but probably the best PFR I've had in the past year. I've had darker in the past year but not better. Good feel that felt better--moist to the brink of greasy but not quite--than the color would suggest. Onion, egg, bean sprouts all included. Pork nuggetry impressively dense. Took me back to the fried rice glory days of my childhood. Came back a week later, tried it again, and it was even better. Great flavor, great texture, unquestionably elite. Spareribs: The wings and rice arrived first and the server said the spareribs would be out in a bit. For this reason, I'm guessing they felt guilty that the ribs weren't ready and brought them out possibly too soon. So I'll start with the biggest flaw: the surfaces were light on char and lighter on crust, feeling like they weren't really ready yet. That said, there was a lot to like, most notably the very meaty cut, the scored surface, and the gushing juices. Pinkish red glaze very lightly applied, with a brown puddle from a different flavorizer underneath. A little on the fatty side, but another few minutes under the broiler would take care of that too. Gonna say above average this time, but I can envision another try coming in at near-elite. Chicken Wings: Had to give the basic version a test drive on visit 2. Six jointed pairs (drums and flats) to the order, so 12 pieces for $12.95, barely more than a buck a wing. I'm not into breaded wings, but these were breaded, although lightly. Decent crunch, but not much going on flavorwise on the surface. Inside, fully moist to juicy and noticeable flavor from five spice and maybe even hints of curry. Well above average but not elite or near-elite. Good enough to get again. The scorecard: two visits, six items, two average, one above average, one well above average, and two elite. In Dracut, of all places? Who'd a-thunk it?

    I've ordered to go a few times now and every time, I've been a little disappointed. Only good thing…read moreis that it's close by to my house. I usually get the spicy tuna and spicy salmon rolls along with other stuff. The tuna and salmon just don't seem fresh. They're not horrible but also not great compared to other places. The last time I ordered, i also got shrimp tempura rolls for my daughter. There was nothing in the roll except for the tempura shrimp which was extremely hard to chew. Even my daughter didn't want to eat it or could eat it. However, the place does offer other types of food as well, which I've not had so I can't comment on them.

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    Spareribs on the Bone

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    Lo Kai Restaurant - chinese - Updated June 2026

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